Roberta M. Ray

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Roberta M. Ray is a scholar working on Oncology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberta M. Ray has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Oncology, 26 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 23 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Roberta M. Ray's work include Cancer Risks and Factors (26 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (17 papers) and Occupational and environmental lung diseases (17 papers). Roberta M. Ray is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Risks and Factors (26 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (17 papers) and Occupational and environmental lung diseases (17 papers). Roberta M. Ray collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Africa. Roberta M. Ray's co-authors include David B. Thomas, Leonard A. Cobb, Alfred P. Hallstrom, Dao Li Gao, D. B. Thomas, Harvey Checkoway, W. Douglas Weaver, Carol Fahrenbruch, Michael K. Copass and Matthew Allison and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Roberta M. Ray

101 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Randomized Trial of Breast Self-Examination in Shanghai: Final Results

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roberta M. Ray United States	30	1.0k	726	701	454	444	101	3.7k
Shai Linn Israel	36	538 0.5×	752 1.0×	443 0.6×	290 0.6×	267 0.6×	128	4.2k
Kilian Rapp Germany	41	792 0.8×	623 0.9×	1.2k 1.8×	472 1.0×	174 0.4×	151	5.3k
Shoaib Afzal Denmark	39	304 0.3×	603 0.8×	694 1.0×	1.1k 2.4×	487 1.1×	168	4.9k
Αναστασία Τζώνου Greece	48	1.7k 1.7×	1.0k 1.4×	985 1.4×	606 1.3×	88 0.2×	128	6.8k
Niclas Håkansson Sweden	35	475 0.5×	740 1.0×	400 0.6×	223 0.5×	108 0.2×	82	3.5k
N. E. Day United Kingdom	22	776 0.8×	1.2k 1.7×	398 0.6×	333 0.7×	84 0.2×	35	4.0k
Nancy Kreiger Canada	53	1.9k 1.8×	1.6k 2.2×	724 1.0×	1.2k 2.7×	112 0.3×	156	8.0k
Lisa B. Signorello United States	43	960 0.9×	1.5k 2.1×	518 0.7×	560 1.2×	55 0.1×	114	5.7k
L. Douglas Case United States	37	668 0.7×	301 0.4×	517 0.7×	184 0.4×	98 0.2×	51	3.3k
Eva Buiatti Italy	39	1.1k 1.0×	530 0.7×	642 0.9×	421 0.9×	56 0.1×	161	4.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roberta M. Ray

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Yogeswaran, Vidhushei, Roberta M. Ray, Alexi Vasbinder, et al.. (2025). Social determinants of cardiovascular disease in women with and without breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 212(2). 371–386. 1 indexed citations

Brasky, Theodore M., Roberta M. Ray, Sandi L. Navarro, et al.. (2023). Supplemental B-Vitamins and Risk of Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers in the Women’s Health Initiative. Nutrition and Cancer. 75(4). 1103–1108. 1 indexed citations

Reding, Kerryn W., Richard K. Cheng, Alexi Vasbinder, et al.. (2022). Lifestyle and Cardiovascular Risk Factors Associated With Heart Failure Subtypes in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Survivors. JACC CardioOncology. 4(1). 53–65. 23 indexed citations

Ray, Roberta M., et al.. (2017). ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN EXERCISE PRIOR TO AND AROUND THE TIME OF CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND SUBSEQUENT CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS IN WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER: A WOMEN'S HEALTH INITIATIVE (WHI) ANALYSIS. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 69(11). 1774–1774. 14 indexed citations

Li, Wenjin, Lisa G. Gallagher, Roberta M. Ray, et al.. (2016). Risk of Pancreatic Cancer in Female Textile Workers in Shanghai, China, Exposed to Metals, Solvents, Chemicals, and Endotoxin. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 58(2). 195–199. 8 indexed citations

Zambrana, Ruth Enid, Lenny López, Gniesha Y. Dinwiddie, et al.. (2016). Association of Baseline Depressive Symptoms with Prevalent and Incident Pre-Hypertension and Hypertension in Postmenopausal Hispanic Women: Results from the Women’s Health Initiative. PLoS ONE. 11(4). e0152765–e0152765. 8 indexed citations

Atkinson, Charlotte, Roberta M. Ray, Wenjin Li, et al.. (2016). Plasma equol concentration is not associated with breast cancer and fibrocystic breast conditions among women in Shanghai, China. Nutrition Research. 36(8). 863–871. 6 indexed citations

Zambrana, Ruth Enid, Lenny López, Gniesha Y. Dinwiddie, et al.. (2014). Prevalence and Incident Prehypertension and Hypertension in Postmenopausal Hispanic Women: Results from the Women's Health Initiative. American Journal of Hypertension. 27(3). 372–381. 17 indexed citations

Simon, Michael S., Sylvia Wassertheil‐Smoller, Cynthia A. Thomson, et al.. (2014). Mammography interval and breast cancer mortality in women over the age of 75. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 148(1). 187–195. 9 indexed citations

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Zschäbitz, Stefanie, Ting‐Yuan David Cheng, Marian L. Neuhouser, et al.. (2012). B vitamin intakes and incidence of colorectal cancer: results from the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study cohort. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 97(2). 332–343. 63 indexed citations

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Gallagher, Lisa G., Roberta M. Ray, Wenjin Li, et al.. (2012). Occupational exposures and mortality from cardiovascular disease among women textile workers in Shanghai, China. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 55(11). 991–999. 14 indexed citations

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Agalliu, Ilir, Sadie Costello, Katie M. Applebaum, et al.. (2011). Risk of lung cancer in relation to contiguous windows of endotoxin exposure among female textile workers in Shanghai. Cancer Causes & Control. 22(10). 1397–1404. 6 indexed citations

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Margolis, Karen L., Lisa W. Martin, Roberta M. Ray, et al.. (2011). A Prospective Study of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels, Blood Pressure, and Incident Hypertension in Postmenopausal Women. American Journal of Epidemiology. 175(1). 22–32. 44 indexed citations

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Nelson, Zakia C, Roberta M. Ray, Chunyuan Wu, et al.. (2010). Fruit and Vegetable Intakes Are Associated with Lower Risk of Breast Fibroadenomas in Chinese Women. Journal of Nutrition. 140(7). 1294–1301. 9 indexed citations

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Wernli, Karen J., Roberta M. Ray, Dao Li Gao, et al.. (2008). Occupational Exposures and Ovarian Cancer in Textile Workers. Epidemiology. 19(2). 244–250. 23 indexed citations

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Shannon, Jackilen, Irena B. King, Johanna W. Lampe, et al.. (2007). Erythrocyte fatty acids and breast cancer risk: a case-control study in Shanghai, China. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 85(4). 1090–1097. 114 indexed citations

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Rosenblatt, Karin A., Dao Li Gao, Roberta M. Ray, et al.. (2007). Monthly injectable contraceptives and the risk of all cancers combined and site-specific cancers in Shanghai. Contraception. 76(1). 40–44. 3 indexed citations

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Gold, Laura S., Anneclaire J. De Roos, Roberta M. Ray, et al.. (2006). Brain tumors and occupational exposures in a cohort of female textile workers in Shanghai, China. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 32(3). 178–184. 9 indexed citations

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Thomas, D. B. & Roberta M. Ray. (1996). Oral Contraceptives and Invasive Adenocarcinomas and Adenosquamous Carcinomas of the Uterine Cervix. American Journal of Epidemiology. 144(3). 281–289. 55 indexed citations

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Weaver, W. Douglas, Leonard A. Cobb, Alfred P. Hallstrom, et al.. (1986). Factors influencing survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 7(4). 752–757. 256 indexed citations

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