V Blair

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

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V Blair is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Oncology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, V Blair has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Epidemiology, 11 papers in Oncology and 10 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in V Blair's work include Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research (9 papers), Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (8 papers) and Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (6 papers). V Blair is often cited by papers focused on Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research (9 papers), Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (8 papers) and Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (6 papers). V Blair collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Africa and United States. V Blair's co-authors include D. Gareth Evans, Dian Donnai, R Harris, W Neary, Valerie Newton, Jillian M. Birch, Anne Charlton, T Strachan, Susan Huson and M. Dawn Teare and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute and Cancer.

In The Last Decade

V Blair

40 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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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.

A Clinical Study of Type 2 Neurofibromatosis

1992 475 citations D. Gareth Evans, V Blair et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
V Blair United Kingdom	24	968	897	500	352	322	40	2.3k
G J Draper United Kingdom	23	339 0.4×	421 0.5×	751 1.5×	449 1.3×	516 1.6×	36	2.3k
Robert P. Castleberry United States	39	2.5k 2.6×	477 0.5×	657 1.3×	522 1.5×	411 1.3×	75	4.6k
Ibrahim Qaddoumi United States	33	771 0.8×	515 0.6×	688 1.4×	884 2.5×	565 1.8×	161	3.5k
Kimberly Johnson United States	27	723 0.7×	446 0.5×	736 1.5×	471 1.3×	764 2.4×	100	4.0k
Angela Chetrit Israel	20	232 0.2×	457 0.5×	446 0.9×	249 0.7×	294 0.9×	31	2.6k
R. Dopfer Germany	24	474 0.5×	159 0.2×	518 1.0×	181 0.5×	714 2.2×	96	2.2k
Maura O’Leary United States	21	746 0.8×	250 0.3×	576 1.2×	248 0.7×	707 2.2×	34	2.5k
Roberto Luksch Italy	38	1.8k 1.8×	344 0.4×	918 1.8×	1.3k 3.7×	269 0.8×	189	4.5k
Martin Berry Australia	23	391 0.4×	319 0.4×	464 0.9×	631 1.8×	164 0.5×	43	1.9k
Robert E. Goldsby United States	31	712 0.7×	239 0.3×	617 1.2×	1.5k 4.4×	331 1.0×	94	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by V Blair

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of V Blair

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20 of 20 papers shown

McNally, Richard, J.M. Birch, F E Alexander, et al.. (1999). Space-time clustering patterns in childhood leukaemia suggest a role for infection. European Journal of Cancer. 35. S275–S275. 1 indexed citations

Blair, V, et al.. (1998). Seasonal variations in the onset of childhood leukaemia and lymphoma. British Journal of Cancer. 78(1). 119–124. 47 indexed citations

Taylor, G. Malcolm, David Gokhale, J.M. Birch, et al.. (1998). Evidence that an HLA-DQA1-DQB1 haplotype influences susceptibility in childhood common acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in boys provides further support for an infection-related aetiology. British Journal of Cancer. 78(5). 561–565. 43 indexed citations

Hartley, Ann L., Jillian M. Birch, V Blair, et al.. (1994). Genitourinary tumors in the families of children with renal tumors. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics. 72(1). 28–32. 3 indexed citations

Evans, D. Gareth, et al.. (1994). The impact of genetic counselling on risk perception in women with a family history of breast cancer. British Journal of Cancer. 70(5). 934–938. 151 indexed citations

Blair, V & Jillian M. Birch. (1994). Patterns and temporal trends in the incidence of malignant disease in children: II. Solid tumours of childhood. European Journal of Cancer. 30(10). 1498–1511. 49 indexed citations

Blair, V, et al.. (1993). Multiple primary tumours in a population-based series of patients with histopathologically peer-reviewed sarcomas. British Journal of Cancer. 68(6). 1243–1246. 9 indexed citations

Shah, Sidrah, et al.. (1993). Assessment of relative risk of second primary tumors after ovarian cancer and of the usefulness of double primary cases as a source of material for genetic studies with a cancer registry. Cancer. 72(3). 819–827. 23 indexed citations

Blair, V, et al.. (1992). Sarcomas in north west England: III Survival. British Journal of Cancer. 66(4). 685–691. 9 indexed citations

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Teare, M. Dawn, et al.. (1991). Cancer risk in second degree relatives of children with soft tissue sarcoma. British Journal of Cancer. 63(6). 959–962. 4 indexed citations

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Birch, Jillian M., et al.. (1991). Cancer Incidence in the Families of Children With Ewing's Tumor. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 83(13). 955–957. 7 indexed citations

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Birch, Jillian M., Ann L. Hartley, V Blair, et al.. (1990). Identification of factors associated with high breast cancer risk in the mothers of children with soft tissue sarcoma.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 8(4). 583–590. 17 indexed citations

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Hartley, Ann L., Jillian M. Birch, Anna Kelsey, et al.. (1990). Epidemiological and familial aspects of hepatoblastoma. Medical and Pediatric Oncology. 18(2). 103–109. 21 indexed citations

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Charlton‐Perez, Andrew & V Blair. (1989). Absence from school related to children's and parental smoking habits.. BMJ. 298(6666). 90–92. 46 indexed citations

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Charlton, Anne & V Blair. (1989). Predicting the onset of smoking in boys and girls. Social Science & Medicine. 29(7). 813–818. 126 indexed citations

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Kibirige, M S, et al.. (1989). A Review of Astrocytoma in Childhood. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. 6(4). 319–329. 14 indexed citations

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Hartley, Ann L., Jillian M. Birch, H. B. Marsden, Martin Harris, & V Blair. (1988). Neurofibromatosis in Children with Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. 5(1). 7–16. 37 indexed citations

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Birch, Jillian M., H. B. Marsden, Patricia H. Morris Jones, D Pearson, & V Blair. (1988). Improvements in survival from childhood cancer: results of a population based survey over 30 years. BMJ. 296(6633). 1372–1376. 111 indexed citations

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Hartley, Ann L., et al.. (1988). Malignant disease in the mothers of children with Ewing's tumour. Medical and Pediatric Oncology. 16(2). 95–97. 2 indexed citations

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McKinney, P A, M. Dawn Teare, V Blair, et al.. (1988). The Inter-Regional Epidemiological Study of Childhood Cancer (IRESCC): case control study of children with bone and soft tissue sarcomas. British Journal of Cancer. 58(6). 838–842. 44 indexed citations

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