Tracy A. Balboni

15.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
170 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Tracy A. Balboni is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Tracy A. Balboni has authored 170 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 73 papers in Surgery and 55 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Tracy A. Balboni's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (81 papers), Management of metastatic bone disease (63 papers) and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (54 papers). Tracy A. Balboni is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (81 papers), Management of metastatic bone disease (63 papers) and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (54 papers). Tracy A. Balboni collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Tracy A. Balboni's co-authors include Holly G. Prigerson, Susan D. Block, Alexi A. Wright, Michael J. Balboni, John R. Peteet, Tyler J. VanderWeele, Betty Ferrell, Jennifer S. Temel, M. Elizabeth Paulk and Erin R. Alesi and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Tracy A. Balboni

161 papers receiving 9.5k 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.

Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update

2017 1.3k citations Betty Ferrell, Sarah Temin et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
American Society of Clinical Oncology Provisional Clinical Opinion: The Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care

2012 922 citations Thomas J. Smith, Sarah Temin et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Religiousness and Spiritual Support Among Advanced Cancer Patients and Associations With End-of-Life Treatment Preferences and Quality of Life

2007 663 citations Tracy A. Balboni, John R. Peteet et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Place of Death: Correlations With Quality of Life of Patients With Cancer and Predictors of Bereaved Caregivers' Mental Health

2010 565 citations Tracy A. Balboni et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Palliative radiation therapy for bone metastases: Update of an ASTRO Evidence-Based Guideline

2016 293 citations Tracy A. Balboni et al. profile →
Spirituality in Serious Illness and Health

2022 161 citations Tracy A. Balboni, Tyler J. VanderWeele et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Tracy A. Balboni	6.2k	2.8k	2.7k	2.5k	2.1k	170	9.8k
Alexi A. Wright	6.1k 1.0×	882 0.3×	2.0k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	2.6k 1.2×	157	9.8k
Thomas F. Hack	4.8k 0.8×	408 0.1×	3.0k 1.1×	2.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	120	9.3k
Amy H. Peterman	1.8k 0.3×	1.8k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	2.7k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	64	7.6k
Marcia Grant	3.5k 0.6×	288 0.1×	812 0.3×	4.5k 1.8×	2.9k 1.4×	275	10.0k
Laurel Northouse	2.9k 0.5×	266 0.1×	1.3k 0.5×	5.5k 2.2×	2.6k 1.2×	135	10.7k
Peter Strang	2.0k 0.3×	285 0.1×	856 0.3×	1.4k 0.6×	856 0.4×	200	5.0k
Marjorie Kagawa‐Singer	2.2k 0.4×	530 0.2×	1.2k 0.4×	2.0k 0.8×	508 0.2×	114	6.3k
Margaret Holmes‐Rovner	3.5k 0.6×	383 0.1×	558 0.2×	1.4k 0.6×	924 0.4×	104	11.0k
Marianne J. Brady	1.4k 0.2×	1.2k 0.4×	996 0.4×	2.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	21	4.5k
Guido Miccinesi	3.6k 0.6×	231 0.1×	1.3k 0.5×	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	193	5.8k

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Peng‐Keller, Simon, Michael Balboni, Tracy A. Balboni, et al.. (2025). Spiritual Care at the Crossroads: An Ecumenical White Paper on the Future of Christian Healthcare Chaplaincy. Journal of Religion and Health. 64(2). 1031–1046.

Jensen, Lars Henrik, Sonja Wehberg, Linda Juel Ahrenfeldt, et al.. (2025). Spiritual needs following cancer diagnosis: A national cross-sectional survey of randomly selected adults and cancer patients linked to nationwide registers. Social Science & Medicine. 381. 118198–118198.

Symons, Xavier, et al.. (2024). Flourishing at the end of life. Metamedicine. 45(5). 401–425.

Long, Katelyn, Xavier Symons, Tyler J. VanderWeele, et al.. (2024). Spirituality As A Determinant Of Health: Emerging Policies, Practices, And Systems. Health Affairs. 43(6). 783–790. 13 indexed citations

Chen, Yu‐Hui, Joseph H. Killoran, Marco Ferrone, et al.. (2024). Clinical Outcomes Among Patients Treated With Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy to Femur Metastases for Oligometastatic Disease Control or Reirradiation: Results From a Large Single-Institution Experience. Advances in Radiation Oncology. 9(4). 101439–101439. 1 indexed citations

Balboni, Tracy A. & Dirk Rades. (2023). Palliative Radiation Oncology: Personalized Approaches to Radiotherapeutic Technologies, Quality of Life, and End-of-life Cancer Care. Seminars in Radiation Oncology. 33(2). 91–92. 1 indexed citations

Chow, Ronald, et al.. (2023). Advance care planning and hospital outcomes in solid tumour oncology inpatients. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 14(e1). e541–e544. 1 indexed citations

Wehberg, Sonja, Arndt Büssing, Harold G. Koenig, et al.. (2023). Spiritual needs in Denmark: a population-based cross-sectional survey linked to Danish national registers. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 28. 100602–100602. 14 indexed citations

Lee, J, Diana D. Shi, Elizabeth Buckley, et al.. (2023). A Prospective Study Assessing the Efficacy and Toxicity of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Oligometastatic Bone Metastases. Advances in Radiation Oncology. 9(4). 101411–101411.

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Chen, Yu‐Hui, Jeremy S. Bredfeldt, Fred Hacker, et al.. (2022). Less Time Is Less Motion: Analysis of Practical Efficiencies Gained With a Modified Workflow Integrating Planar kV Midimaging With CBCT for Spine Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. Advances in Radiation Oncology. 7(5). 100961–100961. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Yu‐Hui, et al.. (2022). Spinal Cord Delineation Based on Computed Tomography Myelogram Versus T2 Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Spinal Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. Advances in Radiation Oncology. 8(3). 101158–101158. 2 indexed citations

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Huynh, Mai Anh, Andrea Kelly, Allison Taylor, et al.. (2020). Characteristics of Patients and Treatment Recommendations from a Multidisciplinary Spinal Tumor Program. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 143–148. 6 indexed citations

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Argentieri, M. Austin, et al.. (2020). A Roadmap for conducting psychosocial research in epidemiological studies: perspectives of cohort study principal investigators. BMJ Open. 10(7). e037235–e037235. 2 indexed citations

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Puchalski, Christina M., Andrea Sbrana, Betty Ferrell, et al.. (2019). Interprofessional spiritual care in oncology: a literature review. ESMO Open. 4(1). e000465–e000465. 69 indexed citations

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Balboni, Michael J. & Tracy A. Balboni. (2018). From Hostility to Hospitality. Oxford University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations

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Lawton, Andrew J., Andrea Cheville, Marco Ferrone, et al.. (2018). Assessment and Management of Patients With Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression: A Multidisciplinary Review. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 37(1). 61–71. 77 indexed citations

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Balboni, Michael J., Julia Bandini, Christine Mitchell, et al.. (2015). Religion, Spirituality, and the Hidden Curriculum: Medical Student and Faculty Reflections. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 50(4). 507–515. 46 indexed citations

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Powell, Richard A., Linda L. Emanuel, George Handzo, et al.. (2015). Transcending differences to study the transcendent: an exploratory study of researchers’ and chaplains’ reflections on interdisciplinary spiritual care research collaboration. BMC Palliative Care. 14(1). 12–12. 7 indexed citations

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Smith, Thomas J., Sarah Temin, Erin R. Alesi, et al.. (2012). American Society of Clinical Oncology Provisional Clinical Opinion: The Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 30(8). 880–887. 922 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sher, David J., Tracy A. Balboni, Charles M. Norris, et al.. (2011). Treatment of Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma With Adjuvant or Definitive Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 81(4). e215–e222. 56 indexed citations

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