V. O. Speights

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
59 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

V. O. Speights is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, V. O. Speights has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 18 papers in Surgery and 14 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in V. O. Speights's work include Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (21 papers), Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (18 papers) and Urologic and reproductive health conditions (12 papers). V. O. Speights is often cited by papers focused on Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (21 papers), Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (18 papers) and Urologic and reproductive health conditions (12 papers). V. O. Speights collaborates with scholars based in United States, Portugal and Germany. V. O. Speights's co-authors include David P. Wood, Ronald B. Natale, Donald L. Trump, E. David Crawford, Nicholas J. Vogelzang, H. Barton Grossman, Catherine M. Tangen, Michael F. Sarosdy, Ralph W. deVere White and Derek Raghavan and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and Cancer.

In The Last Decade

V. O. Speights

59 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy plus Cystectomy Compared with Cystectomy Alone for Locally Advanced Bladder Cancer

2003 1.8k citations H. Barton Grossman, Ronald B. Natale et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Prognostic value of an RNA expression signature derived from cell cycle proliferation genes in patients with prostate cancer: a retrospective study

2011 548 citations Jack Cuzick, Gregory P. Swanson et al. The Lancet Oncology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
V. O. Speights United States	27	2.3k	1.5k	854	851	736	59	4.4k
Andrea Haitel Austria	42	1.7k 0.8×	2.3k 1.6×	618 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	2.0k 2.7×	153	5.3k
Richard Cathomas Switzerland	28	2.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	410 0.5×	1.5k 1.7×	1.1k 1.5×	149	4.0k
Marc Zerbib France	34	2.0k 0.8×	2.3k 1.6×	880 1.0×	776 0.9×	862 1.2×	262	4.7k
Dragan Golijanin United States	33	1.5k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	535 0.6×	628 0.7×	1.2k 1.6×	110	4.0k
Bruce A. Lowe United States	25	1.5k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	592 0.7×	569 0.7×	500 0.7×	53	3.4k
Pramod C. Sogani United States	49	6.2k 2.7×	2.3k 1.6×	1.3k 1.5×	1.4k 1.6×	1.3k 1.7×	114	7.9k
Maria Rosaria Raspollini Italy	30	1.2k 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	215 0.3×	1.1k 1.3×	1.3k 1.8×	149	4.0k
Lance C. Pagliaro United States	41	2.1k 0.9×	2.4k 1.6×	452 0.5×	2.1k 2.5×	1.6k 2.1×	199	5.9k
L Boccon-Gibod France	37	938 0.4×	2.7k 1.8×	514 0.6×	543 0.6×	564 0.8×	168	4.1k
Marc‐Oliver Grimm Germany	35	2.4k 1.0×	2.5k 1.7×	433 0.5×	2.5k 2.9×	1.6k 2.2×	243	5.8k

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Sybenga, Amelia, Daniel C. Jupiter, V. O. Speights, & Arundhati Rao. (2019). Diagnosing Osteomyelitis: A Histology Guide for Pathologists. The Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery. 59(1). 75–85. 22 indexed citations

Brady, Martin, K. Scott Coffield, Thomas J. Kuehl, et al.. (2018). A pilot study in intraparenchymal therapy delivery in the prostate: a comparison of delivery with a porous needle vs standard needle. BMC Urology. 18(1). 66–66. 2 indexed citations

Cuzick, Jack, Gregory P. Swanson, Gabrielle Fisher, et al.. (2011). Prognostic value of an RNA expression signature derived from cell cycle proliferation genes in patients with prostate cancer: a retrospective study. The Lancet Oncology. 12(3). 245–255. 548 indexed citations breakdown →

Scosyrev, Emil, Benjamin Ely, Edward M. Messing, et al.. (2010). Do mixed histological features affect survival benefit from neoadjuvant platinum‐based combination chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced bladder cancer? A secondary analysis of Southwest Oncology Group‐Directed Intergroup Study (S8710). British Journal of Urology. 108(5). 693–699. 102 indexed citations

Banu, Sakhila K., Anna Starzinski‐Powitz, V. O. Speights, Robert C. Burghardt, & Joe A. Arosh. (2008). Induction of peritoneal endometriosis in nude mice with use of human immortalized endometriosis epithelial and stromal cells: a potential experimental tool to study molecular pathogenesis of endometriosis in humans. Fertility and Sterility. 91(5). 2199–2209. 36 indexed citations

Grossman, H. Barton, Ronald B. Natale, Catherine M. Tangen, et al.. (2003). Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy plus Cystectomy Compared with Cystectomy Alone for Locally Advanced Bladder Cancer. New England Journal of Medicine. 349(9). 859–866. 1834 indexed citations breakdown →

Stewart, B. A., et al.. (2002). Unusual case of stridor and wheeze in an infant: Tracheal bronchogenic cyst. Pediatric Pulmonology. 34(4). 320–323. 16 indexed citations

Speights, V. O., et al.. (1998). A Cytogenetic Study of a Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics. 103(2). 167–169. 11 indexed citations

Speights, V. O., et al.. (1997). Neuroendocrine stains and proliferative indices of prostatic adenocarcinomas in transurethral resection samples. British Journal of Urology. 80(2). 281–286. 27 indexed citations

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Brawn, Peter N., Dennis W. Jay, Donald M. Foster, et al.. (1996). Prostatic acid phosphatase levels (enzymatic method) from completely sectioned, clinically benign, whole prostates. The Prostate. 28(5). 295–299. 4 indexed citations

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Drew, Peter A., William M. Murphy, Francisco Civantos, & V. O. Speights. (1996). The histogenesis of clear cell adenocarcinoma of the lower urinary tract: Case series and review of the literature. Human Pathology. 27(3). 248–252. 63 indexed citations

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Speights, V. O., et al.. (1995). Evaluation of age-specific normal ranges for prostate-specific antigen. Urology. 45(3). 454–458. 14 indexed citations

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Dobin, Sheila M., Ludvik R. Donner, & V. O. Speights. (1995). Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma A cytogenetic, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics. 83(1). 56–60. 23 indexed citations

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Speights, V. O., et al.. (1994). Long-term survival of stage A prostate carcinoma, atypical hyperplasia/adenosis and BPH. British Journal of Cancer. 69(6). 1098–1101. 4 indexed citations

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Cohen, Michael K., et al.. (1994). Neuroendocrine differentiation in prostatic adenocarcinoma and its relationship to tumor progression. Cancer. 74(7). 1899–1903. 83 indexed citations

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Brawn, Peter N., et al.. (1993). Stage at presentation and survival of white and black patients with prostate carcinoma. Cancer. 71(8). 2569–2573. 125 indexed citations

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Speights, V. O., et al.. (1993). Analysis of Prostate Cancer by Flow Cytometry and Correlation with Gleason Scores. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 677(1). 431–432. 1 indexed citations

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Dobin, Sheila M., Charles P. Harris, Robert F. Peterson, et al.. (1992). Cytogenetic abnormalities in renal oncocytic neoplasms. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 4(1). 25–31. 39 indexed citations

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Speights, V. O. & S. C. Bauserman. (1991). Sudden Death in an Infant with Central Nervous System Abnormalities. Pediatric Pathology. 11(5). 751–758. 5 indexed citations

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Speights, V. O., et al.. (1989). The dedifferentiation of metastatic prostate carcinoma. British Journal of Cancer. 59(1). 85–88. 27 indexed citations

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