Steven J. Atlas

14.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
187 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Steven J. Atlas is a scholar working on Pharmacology, General Health Professions and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven J. Atlas has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Pharmacology, 47 papers in General Health Professions and 42 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Steven J. Atlas's work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (45 papers), Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (36 papers) and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (33 papers). Steven J. Atlas is often cited by papers focused on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (45 papers), Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (36 papers) and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (33 papers). Steven J. Atlas collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Steven J. Atlas's co-authors include Daniel E. Singer, Richard A. Deyo, Robert B. Keller, Yuchiao Chang, Donald L. Patrick, Yen A. Wu, Jeffrey M. Ashburner, Seth A. Berkowitz, Stéphane Genevay and Richard W. Rosenquist and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Steven J. Atlas

177 papers receiving 9.4k 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.

Assessing Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Sciatica

1995 658 citations Steven J. Atlas, Daniel E. Singer et al. Spine profile →
Detection of Atrial Fibrillation in a Large Population Using Wearable Devices: The Fitbit Heart Study

2022 173 citations Steven A. Lubitz, Anthony Z. Faranesh et al. Circulation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steven J. Atlas United States	52	4.4k	3.9k	2.9k	1.9k	1.1k	187	9.8k
Timothy S. Carey United States	47	3.3k 0.8×	1.7k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	2.7k 1.4×	1.8k 1.6×	171	9.6k
Christian Mallen United Kingdom	48	1.5k 0.3×	850 0.2×	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	720 0.6×	423	8.8k
Kelvin P. Jordan United Kingdom	48	3.4k 0.8×	683 0.2×	1.9k 0.7×	987 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	202	8.7k
Jon D. Lurie United States	55	7.0k 1.6×	9.1k 2.3×	7.7k 2.7×	588 0.3×	1.0k 0.9×	183	12.1k
Vincenza Snow United States	34	1.9k 0.4×	890 0.2×	946 0.3×	669 0.4×	863 0.8×	72	6.2k
Andrew L. Avins United States	40	1.6k 0.4×	934 0.2×	921 0.3×	937 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	148	7.2k
M. Carrington Reid United States	49	2.2k 0.5×	740 0.2×	625 0.2×	2.2k 1.1×	2.9k 2.6×	270	9.5k
Michael Von Korff United States	18	2.7k 0.6×	988 0.3×	568 0.2×	2.8k 1.5×	986 0.9×	18	9.4k
Risto P. Roine Finland	42	1.0k 0.2×	661 0.2×	1.6k 0.6×	894 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	236	6.4k
Tracy Dana United States	32	1.7k 0.4×	519 0.1×	944 0.3×	470 0.2×	1.4k 1.2×	106	6.4k

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Thompson, Alexandra, et al.. (2026). Polygenic Risk Based Detection and Treatment of Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis in the PROACT Clinical Trials. Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Tiro, Jasmin A., Jacquelyn M. Lykken, Cheryl R. Clark, et al.. (2025). Delivering Guideline-Concordant Care for Patients With High-Risk HPV and Normal Cytologic Findings. JAMA Network Open. 8(1). e2454969–e2454969. 1 indexed citations

Lubitz, Steven A., Michael V. McConnell, Caitlin Selvaggi, et al.. (2025). Wearable Irregular Heart Rhythm Detection Recurrences and Electrocardiographic Atrial Fibrillation Confirmation: The Fitbit Heart Study. Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 18(7). e013565–e013565.

Clark, Cheryl R., Jacquelyn M. Lykken, Sarah Feldman, et al.. (2025). Barriers to the Equitable Implementation of Risk-Based Cervical Cancer Management Guidelines. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 41(3). 759–766.

Atlas, Steven J., Jennifer S. Haas, Giselle K. Perez, Elyse R. Park, & Jeffrey Peppercorn. (2024). Engaging Patients, Oncologists, and Primary Care Clinicians in the Care of Cancer Survivors: A Coordinated Care Model With System-Level Technology to Move the Outcomes Needle. JCO Oncology Practice. 21(2). 123–127. 4 indexed citations

Lópes, Renato D., Steven J. Atlas, Alan S. Go, et al.. (2024). Effect of Screening for Undiagnosed Atrial Fibrillation on Stroke Prevention. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 84(21). 2073–2084. 17 indexed citations

Ashburner, Jeffrey M., Yuchiao Chang, Bianca Porneala, et al.. (2024). Predicting post-stroke cognitive impairment using electronic health record data. International Journal of Stroke. 19(8). 898–906. 3 indexed citations

Cheng, David, Jacquelyn M. Lykken, Claudia L. Werner, et al.. (2024). Assessing Management of Abnormal Cervical Cancer Screening Results and Concordance with Guideline Recommendations in Three US Healthcare Settings. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 33(7). 912–922.

Shah, Kuldeep, et al.. (2023). EE8 Cost-Effectiveness of Long-Term Medication Therapy for Obesity Management. Value in Health. 26(6). S61–S61. 1 indexed citations

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Lubitz, Steven A., Steven J. Atlas, Jeffrey M. Ashburner, et al.. (2022). Screening for Atrial Fibrillation in Older Adults at Primary Care Visits: VITAL-AF Randomized Controlled Trial. Circulation. 145(13). 946–954. 63 indexed citations

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Singer, Daniel E., Steven J. Atlas, Alan S. Go, et al.. (2022). ReducinG stroke by screening for UndiAgnosed atRial fibrillation in elderly inDividuals (GUARD-AF): Rationale and design of the GUARD-AF randomized trial of screening for atrial fibrillation with a 14-day patch-based continuous ECG monitor. American Heart Journal. 249. 76–85. 10 indexed citations

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Kruse, Gina, Jacquelyn M. Lykken, Jennifer S. Haas, et al.. (2022). Provider beliefs in effectiveness and recommendations for primary HPV testing in 3 health-care systems. JNCI Cancer Spectrum. 7(1). 4 indexed citations

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Singer, Daniel E., Steven J. Atlas, Alan S. Go, et al.. (2022). A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL OF SCREENING FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION WITH A 14-DAY PATCH MONITOR: ANALYSIS OF ECG RECORDINGS FROM THE GUARD-AF STUDY. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 79(9). 28–28. 1 indexed citations

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Ashburner, Jeffrey M., Yuchiao Chang, Xin Wang, et al.. (2022). Natural Language Processing to Improve Prediction of Incident Atrial Fibrillation Using Electronic Health Records. Journal of the American Heart Association. 11(15). e026014–e026014. 8 indexed citations

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Roseen, Eric J., et al.. (2021). Initial Management of Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain: Responses from Brief Interviews of Primary Care Providers. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 27(S1). S–106. 14 indexed citations

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Touchette, Daniel R., Nicole Boyer, Steven J. Atlas, et al.. (2019). PMH16 LONG-TERM COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ESKETAMINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF TREATMENT-RESISTANT DEPRESSION. Value in Health. 22. S683–S683.

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Percac‐Lima, Sanja, Jeffrey M. Ashburner, Nancy A. Rigotti, et al.. (2018). Patient navigation for lung cancer screening among current smokers in community health centers a randomized controlled trial. Cancer Medicine. 7(3). 894–902. 57 indexed citations

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Genevay, Stéphane & Steven J. Atlas. (2010). Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology. 24(2). 253–265. 251 indexed citations

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Chou, Roger, John D. Loeser, Douglas K Owens, et al.. (2009). Interventional Therapies, Surgery, and Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation for Low Back Pain. Spine. 34(10). 1066–1077. 395 indexed citations

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Edwards, Robert R., Brendan Klick, Luis F. Buenaver, et al.. (2006). Symptoms of distress as prospective predictors of pain-related sciatica treatment outcomes. Pain. 130(1). 47–55. 60 indexed citations

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