Sam Shapiro

10.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
134 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Sam Shapiro is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Oncology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam Shapiro has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in General Health Professions, 28 papers in Oncology and 23 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Sam Shapiro's work include Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (28 papers), Child and Adolescent Health (13 papers) and Healthcare Policy and Management (13 papers). Sam Shapiro is often cited by papers focused on Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (28 papers), Child and Adolescent Health (13 papers) and Healthcare Policy and Management (13 papers). Sam Shapiro collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Africa. Sam Shapiro's co-authors include Charles W. Frank, Eve Weinblatt, Ellen J. MacKenzie, James N. Eastham, Bárbara Starfield, Philip Strax, Marie C. McCormick, Louis Venet, Judith D. Goldberg and Barbara K. Rimer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Sam Shapiro

130 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Utilization of Health and Mental Health Services

1984 669 citations Sam Shapiro profile →
Report of the International Workshop on Screening for Breast Cancer

1993 608 citations Suzanne W. Fletcher, William C. Black et al. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute profile →
The Abbreviated Injury Scale and Injury Severity Score

1985 554 citations Ellen J. MacKenzie, Sam Shapiro et al. Medical Care profile →
Ventricular Premature Beats and Mortality after Myocardial Infarction

1977 476 citations Eve Weinblatt, Charles W. Frank et al. profile →
Evidence on screening for breast cancer from a randomized trial

1977 419 citations Sam Shapiro Cancer profile →
Periodic Breast Cancer Screening in Reducing Mortality From Breast Cancer

1971 347 citations Sam Shapiro profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sam Shapiro United States	48	2.3k	1.7k	939	898	858	134	8.5k
Elizabeth A. Hahn United States	47	2.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	764 0.9×	741 0.9×	172	7.8k
Carol Estwing Ferrans United States	38	1.6k 0.7×	2.3k 1.4×	1.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	532 0.6×	110	8.0k
Richard F Heller Australia	43	2.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.9×	1.9k 2.1×	1.6k 1.8×	262	9.9k
Giovanni Apolone Italy	54	1.8k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	2.1k 2.2×	2.0k 2.2×	1.0k 1.2×	209	14.9k
Mark C. Hornbrook United States	52	2.2k 1.0×	2.3k 1.4×	2.1k 2.2×	1.1k 1.2×	407 0.5×	200	10.5k
Marie‐Louise Essink‐Bot Netherlands	61	2.4k 1.1×	2.7k 1.6×	1.7k 1.8×	1.9k 2.2×	457 0.5×	230	13.3k
Arthur J. Hartz United States	42	616 0.3×	1.4k 0.8×	1.5k 1.6×	747 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	131	8.0k
A. Laupacis Canada	26	564 0.2×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	862 1.0×	45	8.0k
Timothy E. Stump United States	46	898 0.4×	1.9k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	934 1.0×	572 0.7×	195	6.8k
Stephen Joel Coons United States	42	1.1k 0.5×	1.7k 1.0×	980 1.0×	856 1.0×	385 0.4×	139	8.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Sam Shapiro

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sam Shapiro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam Shapiro

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sam Shapiro. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sam Shapiro based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sam Shapiro. Sam Shapiro is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Burton, Lynda, Sam Shapiro, & Pearl S. German. (1999). Determinants of Physical Activity Initiation and Maintenance among Community-Dwelling Older Persons. Preventive Medicine. 29(5). 422–430. 128 indexed citations

Hardy, Janet B., et al.. (1998). Like mother, like child: Intergenerational patterns of age at first birth and associations with childhood and adolescent characteristics and adult outcomes in the second generation.. Developmental Psychology. 34(6). 1220–1232. 108 indexed citations

Shapiro, Sam. (1997). Periodic Screening for Breast Cancer: The HIP Randomized Controlled Trial. JNCI Monographs. 1997(22). 27–30. 175 indexed citations

Burton, Lynda, Pearl S. German, & Sam Shapiro. (1997). A Preventive Services Demonstration. Medical Care. 35(11). 1149–1157. 16 indexed citations

Shapiro, Sam, et al.. (1997). Epidemiology and Health Services. 26 indexed citations

Caplan, Lee, Kathy J. Helzlsouer, Sam Shapiro, Margaret N. Wesley, & Brenda K. Edwards. (1996). Reasons for Delay in Breast Cancer Diagnosis. Preventive Medicine. 25(2). 218–224. 98 indexed citations

Caplan, Lee, Kathy J. Helzlsouer, Sam Shapiro, et al.. (1995). System Delay in Breast Cancer in Whites and Blacks. American Journal of Epidemiology. 142(8). 804–812. 58 indexed citations

Santos‐Eggimann, Brigitte & Sam Shapiro. (1994). Neonatal Intensive Care Units: Is the Level of Utilization Still Paralleled by Infant Mortality?. International Journal of Epidemiology. 23(3). 528–535. 3 indexed citations

Shapiro, Sam. (1994). Screening: Assessment of current studies. Cancer. 74(S1). 231–238. 93 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Suzanne W., William C. Black, Russell Harris, Barbara K. Rimer, & Sam Shapiro. (1993). Report of the International Workshop on Screening for Breast Cancer. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 85(20). 1644–1656. 608 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shapiro, Sam. (1992). Periodic breast cancer screening in seven foreign countries. Cancer. 69(S7). 1919–1924. 28 indexed citations

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MacKenzie, Ellen J., John H. Siegel, Sam Shapiro, Mark Moody, & Richard T. Smith. (1988). Functional Recovery and Medical Costs of Trauma: An Analysis by Type and Severity of Injury. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 28(3). 281–297. 209 indexed citations

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Weiner, Jonathan P., et al.. (1987). Assessing a Methodology for Physician Requirement Forecasting. Medical Care. 25(5). 426–436. 9 indexed citations

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German, Pearl S., Sam Shapiro, & Elizabeth A. Skinner. (1985). Mental Health of the Elderly: Use of Health and Mental Health Services. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 33(4). 246–252. 112 indexed citations

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Starfield, Bárbara, Sam Shapiro, Marie C. McCormick, & Dean S. Bross. (1982). Mortality and morbidity in infants with intrauterine growth retardation. The Journal of Pediatrics. 101(6). 978–983. 67 indexed citations

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McCormick, Marie C., Sam Shapiro, & Bárbara Starfield. (1980). Rehospitalization in the First Year of Life for High-Risk Survivors. PEDIATRICS. 66(6). 991–999. 112 indexed citations

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Steinwachs, Donald M., et al.. (1976). The Role of New Health Practitioners in a Prepaid Group Practice. Medical Care. 14(2). 95–120. 26 indexed citations

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Levine, David M., et al.. (1976). The Role of New Health Practitioners in a Prepaid Group Practice:. Medical Care. 14(4). 326–347. 50 indexed citations

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Shapiro, Sam, Philip Strax, & Louis Venet. (1967). Periodic Breast Cancer Screening. Archives of Environmental Health An International Journal. 15(5). 547–553. 32 indexed citations

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Shapiro, Sam, Eve Weinblatt, Charles W. Frank, & Robert V. Sager. (1965). THE H.I.P. STUDY OF INCIDENCE AND PROGNOSIS OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE; PRELIMINARY FINDINGS ON INCIDENCE OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND ANGINA.. PubMed. 18. 527–58. 114 indexed citations

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