Valerie McCormack

14.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
132 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Valerie McCormack is a scholar working on Oncology, Epidemiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Valerie McCormack has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Oncology, 29 papers in Epidemiology and 28 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Valerie McCormack's work include Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (59 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (23 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (21 papers). Valerie McCormack is often cited by papers focused on Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (59 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (23 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (21 papers). Valerie McCormack collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. Valerie McCormack's co-authors include Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva, Joachim Schüz, Hyuna Sung, Miranda M Fidler-Benaoudia, Bianca De Stavola, Emily Heer, Andrew Harper, Sarah Vinnicombe, Clement Adebamowo and Elima Jedy‐Agba and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Nature Communications and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Valerie McCormack

130 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories sort by overperformance

What are hit papers?

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.

Breast Density and Parenchymal Patterns as Markers of Breast Cancer Risk: A Meta-analysis

2006 1.6k citations Valerie McCormack, Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention profile →
Global burden and trends in premenopausal and postmenopausal breast cancer: a population-based study

2020 530 citations Hyuna Sung, Valerie McCormack et al. profile →
Global patterns and trends in breast cancer incidence and mortality across 185 countries

2025 159 citations Joanne Kim, Andrew R. Harper et al. Nature Medicine profile →
Current Status and Future Prospects for Esophageal Cancer

2023 118 citations Valerie McCormack et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author						Papers	Cites
Valerie McCormack	3.6k	2.3k	1.4k	1.3k	865	132	7.4k
Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva	4.1k 1.1×	2.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	989 1.1×	155	9.4k
Kamila Czene	3.2k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	868 0.6×	2.0k 1.6×	546 0.6×	261	7.1k
Jeffrey A. Tice	2.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	795 0.6×	773 0.6×	679 0.8×	123	6.3k
Diana S.M. Buist	5.9k 1.6×	2.9k 1.3×	2.2k 1.6×	2.8k 2.2×	2.1k 2.4×	293	11.5k
Giske Ursin	6.2k 1.7×	2.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	2.4k 1.9×	550 0.6×	296	11.1k
Erin J. Aiello Bowles	2.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	441 0.3×	1.1k 0.8×	793 0.9×	155	5.6k
Amy Trentham‐Dietz	6.1k 1.7×	1.2k 0.5×	498 0.4×	1.9k 1.5×	494 0.6×	271	10.2k
Sabine Siesling	5.4k 1.5×	2.0k 0.9×	501 0.4×	3.2k 2.6×	1.0k 1.2×	384	11.1k
Catherine Schairer	4.5k 1.2×	1.2k 0.5×	530 0.4×	1.7k 1.3×	370 0.4×	130	9.7k
Tomotaka Sobue	4.2k 1.2×	3.0k 1.3×	278 0.2×	1.1k 0.8×	941 1.1×	332	12.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Valerie McCormack

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Valerie McCormack's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Valerie McCormack with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Valerie McCormack more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Valerie McCormack

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Valerie McCormack. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Valerie McCormack. The network helps show where Valerie McCormack may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Valerie McCormack

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Valerie McCormack. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Valerie McCormack based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Valerie McCormack. Valerie McCormack is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Bauer, Marcus, Annelle Zietsman, Martina Vetter, et al.. (2025). HIV status alters immune cell infiltration and activation profile in women with breast cancer. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4699–4699. 2 indexed citations

Boucheron, Pauline, Annelle Zietsman, Angelica A. Anele, et al.. (2025). Measuring the WHO Global Breast Cancer Initiative Pillars’ key performance indicators in Sub-Saharan Africa: experience in the African Breast Cancer—Disparities in Outcomes hospital-based cohort study. EClinicalMedicine. 81. 103104–103104. 3 indexed citations

Kim, Joanne, Andrew R. Harper, Valerie McCormack, et al.. (2025). Global patterns and trends in breast cancer incidence and mortality across 185 countries. Nature Medicine. 31(4). 1154–1162. 159 indexed citations breakdown →

Boucheron, Pauline, Valerie McCormack, Moses Galukande, et al.. (2024). Quality of life in long-term breast cancer survivors in Sub-Saharan Africa: the African Breast Cancer–Disparities in Outcomes study. Journal of Cancer Survivorship. 1 indexed citations

Kapambwe, Sharon, Jane Bates, Rose Anorlu, et al.. (2024). Impact of Cancer Across the Intergenerational Family: A Multidimensional Perspective From African Countries. JCO Global Oncology. 10(10). e2400116–e2400116.

Sitas, Freddy, Chantal Babb de Villiers, Ariadna Feliu, et al.. (2024). Smokeless tobacco (snuff) and site‐specific cancer risks in adult Black South African women: Findings from the Johannesburg Cancer Study. International Journal of Cancer. 156(10). 1916–1925. 1 indexed citations

dos‐Santos‐Silva, Isabel, et al.. (2023). Survival Disparities Between Patients with Breast Cancer With and Without HIV: A Research Framework. JCO Global Oncology. 9(9). e2200330–e2200330. 2 indexed citations

Mapanga, Witness, Oluwatosin Ayeni, Wenlong Carl Chen, et al.. (2023). The South African breast cancer and HIV outcomes study: Profiling the cancer centres and cohort characteristics, diagnostic pathways, and treatment approaches. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(10). e0002432–e0002432. 1 indexed citations

Mapanga, Witness, Shane A. Norris, Ashleigh Craig, et al.. (2023). Drivers of disparities in stage at diagnosis among women with breast cancer: South African breast cancers and HIV outcomes cohort. PLoS ONE. 18(2). e0281916–e0281916. 5 indexed citations

10.

Cubasch, Herbert, Caroline Dickens, Maureen Joffe, et al.. (2018). Breast cancer survival in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa: A receptor-defined cohort of women diagnosed from 2009 to 11. Cancer Epidemiology. 52. 120–127. 33 indexed citations

11.

Jedy‐Agba, Elima, Valerie McCormack, Monday Yilkudi, et al.. (2017). Determinants of stage at diagnosis of breast cancer in Nigerian women: sociodemographic, breast cancer awareness, health care access and clinical factors. Cancer Causes & Control. 28(7). 685–697. 48 indexed citations

12.

Dickens, Caroline, Ruth M. Pfeiffer, William F. Anderson, et al.. (2016). Investigation of breast cancer sub-populations in black and white women in South Africa. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 160(3). 531–537. 11 indexed citations

13.

McKenzie, Fiona, Annelle Zietsman, Moses Galukande, et al.. (2016). African Breast Cancer—Disparities in Outcomes (ABC-DO): protocol of a multicountry mobile health prospective study of breast cancer survival in sub-Saharan Africa. BMJ Open. 6(8). e011390–e011390. 44 indexed citations

14.

Arem, Hannah, Louise A. Brinton, Steven C. Moore, et al.. (2015). Physical Activity and Risk of Male Breast Cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 24(12). 1898–1901. 2 indexed citations

15.

Dickens, Caroline, Raquel Duarte, Annelle Zietsman, et al.. (2014). Racial Comparison of Receptor-Defined Breast Cancer in Southern African Women: Subtype Prevalence and Age–Incidence Analysis of Nationwide Cancer Registry Data. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 23(11). 2311–2321. 26 indexed citations

16.

McCormack, Valerie, Maureen Joffe, Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva, et al.. (2013). Breast cancer receptor status and stage at diagnosis in over 1,200 consecutive public hospital patients in Soweto, South Africa: a case series. Breast Cancer Research. 15(5). R84–R84. 89 indexed citations

17.

Antoni, Sébastien, Annie J. Sasco, Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva, & Valerie McCormack. (2012). Is mammographic density differentially associated with breast cancer according to receptor status? A meta-analysis. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 137(2). 337–347. 62 indexed citations

18.

Pereira, Snehal M. Pinto, John H. Hipwell, Valerie McCormack, et al.. (2010). Automated registration of diagnostic to prediagnostic x‐ray mammograms: Evaluation and comparison to radiologists’ accuracy. Medical Physics. 37(9). 4530–4539. 7 indexed citations

19.

Walker, Kate, Olivia Fletcher, Nichola Johnson, et al.. (2009). Premenopausal Mammographic Density in Relation to Cyclic Variations in Endogenous Sex Hormone Levels, Prolactin, and Insulin-like Growth Factors. Cancer Research. 69(16). 6490–6499. 54 indexed citations

20.

McCormack, Valerie, et al.. (2005). Birth characteristics and adult cancer incidence: Swedish cohort of over 11,000 men and women : International Journal of Cancer. International Journal of Cancer. 115(4). 2 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact