Thomas W. Rice

32.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
277 papers, 16.0k citations indexed

About

Thomas W. Rice is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas W. Rice has authored 277 papers receiving a total of 16.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 167 papers in Surgery and 35 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Thomas W. Rice's work include Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (97 papers), Esophageal and GI Pathology (87 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (76 papers). Thomas W. Rice is often cited by papers focused on Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (97 papers), Esophageal and GI Pathology (87 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (76 papers). Thomas W. Rice collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Thomas W. Rice's co-authors include Eugene H. Blackstone, John R. Goldblum, Hemant Ishwaran, Eugene H. Blackstone, Sudish C. Murthy, Thomas J. Kirby, Joel E. Richter, Valerie W. Rusch, Deepa T. Patil and Lisa Rybicki and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas W. Rice

273 papers receiving 15.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Concurrent cisplatin/etoposide plus chest radiotherapy followed by surgery for stages IIIA (N2) and IIIB non-small-cell lung cancer: mature results of Southwest Oncology Group phase II study 8805.

1995 633 citations Valerie W. Rusch, Thomas W. Rice et al. profile →
The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for the Revisions of the T Descriptors in the Forthcoming Eighth Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer

2015 530 citations Thomas W. Rice et al. Journal of Thoracic Oncology profile →
8th edition AJCC/UICC staging of cancers of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction: application to clinical practice

2017 475 citations Thomas W. Rice, Eugene H. Blackstone et al. profile →
Cancer of the Esophagus and Esophagogastric Junction: An Eighth Edition Staging Primer

2016 456 citations Thomas W. Rice, Hemant Ishwaran et al. Journal of Thoracic Oncology profile →
The Number of Lymph Nodes Removed Predicts Survival in Esophageal Cancer: An International Study on the Impact of Extent of Surgical Resection

2008 413 citations Antoon Lerut, Simon Law et al. Annals of Surgery profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Esophagectomy: Left Thoracoabdominal and Left Neck 2013 ·Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ·Thomas W. Rice	2
2	Clinicopathologic features and treatment outcomes of patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction 2012 ·Diseases of the Esophagus ·(unknown), Raymond R. Tubbs, Thomas W. Rice, Lisa Rybicki, Thomas Plesec, Cristina P. Rodriguez, Gregory M.M. Videtic, Jerrold P. Saxton, (unknown), David J. Adelstein	18
3	Surgical Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions 2012 ·Thoracic surgery clinics/Thorac. surg. clin. ·Sudish C. Murthy, Thomas W. Rice	6
4	Optimum Lymphadenectomy for Esophageal Cancer 2009 ·Annals of Surgery ·Nabil P. Rizk, Hemant Ishwaran, Thomas W. Rice, Longqi Chen, Paul H. Schipper, Kenneth A. Kesler, Simon Law, Antoon Lerut, Carolyn E. Reed, Jarmo Salo, Walter J. Scott, Wayne L. Hofstetter, Thomas J. Watson, Mark S. Allen, Valerie W. Rusch, Eugene H. Blackstone	324
5	A Comparison of Two Stereotactic Body Radiation Fractionation Schedules for Medically Inoperable Stage I Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: The Cleveland Clinic Experience 2009 ·Journal of Thoracic Oncology ·Kevin L. Stephans, T. Djemil, C.A. Reddy, S Gajdos, M.D. Kolar, David Mason, (unknown), Thomas W. Rice, Peter J. Mazzone, Michael Machuzak, Tarek Mekhail, Gregory M.M. Videtic	104
6	T2N0M0 esophageal cancer 2007 ·Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ·Thomas W. Rice, David P. Mason, Sudish C. Murthy, Gregory Zuccaro, David J. Adelstein, Lisa Rybicki, Eugene H. Blackstone	71
7	Multicity Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates Producing the Carbapenemase OXA-40 2006 ·Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ·Karen Lolans, Thomas W. Rice, L. Silvia Muñoz-Price, John P. Quinn	165
8	Tracheostomy after cardiovascular surgery: An assessment of long-term outcome 2006 ·Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ·Peter A. Walts, Sudish C. Murthy, Alejandro C. Arroliga, Jean-Pierre Yared, Jeevanantham Rajeswaran, Thomas W. Rice, Bruce W. Lytle, Eugene H. Blackstone	22
9	A physiologic clinical study of achalasia: Should Dor fundoplication be added to Heller myotomy? 2005 ·Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ·Thomas W. Rice, Alicia A. McKelvey, Joel E. Richter, Mark E. Baker, Michael F. Vaezi, Jingyuan Feng, Sudish C. Murthy, David P. Mason, Eugene H. Blackstone	20
10	Role of clinically determined depth of tumor invasion in the treatment of esophageal carcinoma 2003 ·Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ·Thomas W. Rice, Eugene H. Blackstone, David J. Adelstein, Gregory Zuccaro, John J. Vargo, John R. Goldblum, Sudish C. Murthy, Malcolm M. DeCamp, Lisa Rybicki	53
11	Refining esophageal cancer staging 2003 ·Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ·Thomas W. Rice, Eugene H. Blackstone, Lisa Rybicki, David J. Adelstein, Sudish C. Murthy, Malcolm M. DeCamp, John R. Goldblum	122
12	Value of accelerated multimodality therapy in stage IIIA and IIIB non–small cell lung cancer 2003 ·Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ·Malcolm M. DeCamp, Thomas W. Rice, David J. Adelstein, Mark A. Chidel, Lisa Rybicki, Sudish C. Murthy, Eugene H. Blackstone	29
13	Stage III non–small cell lung cancer and metachronous brain metastases 2002 ·Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ·Nader Moazami, Thomas W. Rice, Lisa Rybicki, David J. Adelstein, Sudish C. Murthy, Malcolm M. DeCamp, Gene H. Barnett, Mark A. Chidel, John H. Suh, Eugene H. Blackstone	35
14	Timed barium esophagogram: A simple physiologic assessment for achalasia 2000 ·Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ·(unknown), Thomas W. Rice, Mark E. Baker, Malcolm M. DeCamp, Sudish C. Murthy, Lisa Rybicki, Eugene H. Blackstone, Joel E. Richter	61
15	TECHNIQUES OF PNEUMONECTOMY: Standard Pneumonectomy 1999 ·Chest Surgery Clinics of North America ·Thomas W. Rice	1
16	Esophagectomy with gastric reconstruction for achalasia 1999 ·Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ·Michael K. Banbury, Thomas W. Rice, John R. Goldblum, (unknown), Mark E. Baker, Joel E. Richter, Lisa Rybicki, Eugene H. Blackstone	44
17	Lobectomy—video-assisted thoracic surgery versus muscle-sparing thoracotomy: A randomized trial 1995 ·Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ·Thomas J. Kirby, Michael J. Mack, Rodney J. Landreneau, Thomas W. Rice	342
18	Benign neoplasms and cysts of the mediastinum. 1992 ·PubMed ·Thomas W. Rice	15
19	Increased Risk of Gastrointestinal Perforations in Neonates Mechanically Ventilated with Either Face Mask or Nasal Prongs 1985 ·PEDIATRICS ·Jeffery S. Garland, David Nelson, Thomas W. Rice, Josef Neu	112
20	A study of the renin-angiotensin system in newborn infants 1972 ·The Journal of Pediatrics ·Theodore A. Kotchen, Alva L. Strickland, Thomas W. Rice, (unknown)	119

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