Robert R. German

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Robert R. German is a scholar working on Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert R. German has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Oncology, 7 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 6 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Robert R. German's work include Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (13 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (9 papers) and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (6 papers). Robert R. German is often cited by papers focused on Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (13 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (9 papers) and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (6 papers). Robert R. German collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Kenya. Robert R. German's co-authors include Lisa M. Lee, John M. Horan, Michael Waller, Carol Pertowski, Jessica King, William H. Herman, Aliza K. Fink, Jack L. Finch, C. Neti and Jeannette Jackson‐Thompson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Diabetes Care and JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

In The Last Decade

Robert R. German

34 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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Updated Guidelines for Evaluating Public Health Surveillance Systems: Recommendations from the Guidelines Working Group

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert R. German United States	22	687	557	403	395	353	34	2.6k
Vendhan Gajalakshmi India	28	718 1.0×	667 1.2×	505 1.3×	421 1.1×	315 0.9×	34	3.9k
Mette Søgaard Denmark	32	1.1k 1.7×	647 1.2×	383 1.0×	409 1.0×	536 1.5×	153	3.8k
Robin Turner Australia	33	878 1.3×	728 1.3×	331 0.8×	751 1.9×	501 1.4×	153	4.2k
Mark D. Aronson United States	32	1.0k 1.5×	397 0.7×	735 1.8×	432 1.1×	396 1.1×	108	3.9k
Ana P. Ortíz Puerto Rico	26	1.1k 1.6×	922 1.7×	328 0.8×	569 1.4×	260 0.7×	164	2.7k
A. Marshall McBean United States	30	1.2k 1.8×	337 0.6×	382 0.9×	329 0.8×	495 1.4×	70	4.3k
Raoh‐Fang Pwu Taiwan	20	743 1.1×	323 0.6×	209 0.5×	366 0.9×	329 0.9×	46	2.6k
Randy S. Wax Canada	18	577 0.8×	364 0.7×	244 0.6×	207 0.5×	522 1.5×	31	2.6k
Kenneth J. Smith United States	38	1.5k 2.2×	411 0.7×	609 1.5×	733 1.9×	496 1.4×	315	6.1k
Marie Reilly Sweden	41	637 0.9×	474 0.9×	364 0.9×	322 0.8×	251 0.7×	129	4.4k

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Johnson, Christopher J., Aliza K. Fink, & Robert R. German. (2012). Disparities in Cause-Specific Cancer Survival by Census Tract Poverty Level in Idaho, U.S.. Digital Scholarship - UNLV (University of Nevada Reno). 5(2). 5. 1 indexed citations

Hamilton, Ann S., Xiao Wu, Joseph Lipscomb, et al.. (2012). Regional, Provider, and Economic Factors Associated With the Choice of Active Surveillance in the Treatment of Men With Localized Prostate Cancer. JNCI Monographs. 2012(45). 213–220. 13 indexed citations

Johnson, Christopher J., et al.. (2012). The impact of National Death Index linkages on population-based cancer survival rates in the United States. Cancer Epidemiology. 37(1). 20–28. 29 indexed citations

Johnson, Christopher J., Christine Hahn, Aliza K. Fink, & Robert R. German. (2011). Variability in Cancer Death Certificate Accuracy by Characteristics of Death Certifiers. American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology. 33(2). 137–142. 24 indexed citations

Fink, Aliza K., Robert R. German, Melonie Heron, et al.. (2011). Impact of using multiple causes of death codes to compute site-specific, death certificate-based cancer mortality statistics in the United States. Cancer Epidemiology. 36(1). 22–28. 15 indexed citations

Yin, Da‐Chuan, Carole Morris, Jason H. T. Bates, & Robert R. German. (2011). Effect of Misclassified Underlying Cause of Death on Survival Estimates of Colon and Rectal Cancer. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 103(14). 1130–1133. 54 indexed citations

Li, Jun, Robert R. German, Jessica King, et al.. (2011). Recent trends in prostate cancer testing and incidence among men under age of 50. Cancer Epidemiology. 36(2). 122–127. 35 indexed citations

German, Robert R., Aliza K. Fink, Melonie Heron, et al.. (2010). The accuracy of cancer mortality statistics based on death certificates in the United States. Cancer Epidemiology. 35(2). 126–131. 150 indexed citations

Schymura, Maria J., Amy R. Kahn, Robert R. German, et al.. (2010). Factors associated with initial treatment and survival for clinically localized prostate cancer: results from the CDC-NPCR Patterns of Care Study (PoC1). BMC Cancer. 10(1). 152–152. 60 indexed citations

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Hernandez, Brenda Y., Jill S. Barnholtz‐Sloan, Robert R. German, et al.. (2008). Burden of invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the penis in the United States, 1998-2003. Cancer. 113(S10). 2883–2891. 174 indexed citations

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Henderson, Jeffrey A., David K. Espey, Melissa A. Jim, et al.. (2008). Prostate cancer incidence among American Indian and Alaska Native men, US, 1999-2004. Cancer. 113(S5). 1203–1212. 28 indexed citations

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German, Robert R., et al.. (2007). Case completeness and data accuracy in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Program of Cancer Registries. Cancer. 109(8). 1607–1616. 81 indexed citations

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Jackson‐Thompson, Jeannette, Faruque Ahmed, Robert R. German, Sue‐Min Lai, & Carol Friedman. (2006). Descriptive epidemiology of colorectal cancer in the United States, 1998–2001. Cancer. 107(S5). 1103–1111. 93 indexed citations

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Reed, Eddie, Faruque Ahmed, Jeannette Jackson‐Thompson, et al.. (2006). Foreword: Promoting the use of registry-based national cancer surveillance data for colorectal cancer prevention and control. Cancer. 107(S5). 1101–1102. 3 indexed citations

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German, Robert R., et al.. (2001). Lessons Learned from the First Funding Period of the CDC Assessment Initiative. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 7(5). 50–57. 10 indexed citations

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German, Robert R.. (2000). Sensitivity and Predictive Value Positive Measurements for Public Health Surveillance Systems. Epidemiology. 11(6). 720–727. 34 indexed citations

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Eberhardt, Mark S., et al.. (1994). Is race related to glycemic control? An assessment of glycosylated hemoglobin in two South Carolina communities. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 47(10). 1181–1189. 46 indexed citations

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Will, Julie C., et al.. (1994). Patient adherence to guidelines for diabetes eye care: results from the diabetic eye disease follow-up study.. American Journal of Public Health. 84(10). 1669–1671. 54 indexed citations

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Geiss, Linda S., William H. Herman, Merilyn G. Goldschmid, et al.. (1993). Surveillance for diabetes mellitus--United States, 1980-1989.. PubMed. 42(2). 1–20. 56 indexed citations

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Wetterhall, Scott, David R. Olson, Frank DeStefano, et al.. (1992). Trends in Diabetes and Diabetic Complications, 1980–1987. Diabetes Care. 15(8). 960–967. 88 indexed citations

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