Vesna Zadnik

35.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Vesna Zadnik is a scholar working on Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Vesna Zadnik has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Oncology, 13 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 9 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Vesna Zadnik's work include Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (14 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (8 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (7 papers). Vesna Zadnik is often cited by papers focused on Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (14 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (8 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (7 papers). Vesna Zadnik collaborates with scholars based in Slovenia, Netherlands and Germany. Vesna Zadnik's co-authors include Mário Dinis‐Ribeiro, María Pellisé, María José Bento, Manon C.W. Spaander, Michał F. Kamiński, Fanny E. Vuik, Štěpán Suchánek, Marc Bardou, Ondřej Májek and Ondřej Ngo and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Vesna Zadnik

55 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Increasing incidence of colorectal cancer in young adults... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Increasing incidence of colorectal cancer in young adults in Europe over the last 25 years
    2019 531 citations Fanny E. Vuik, Stella A. V. Nieuwenburg et al. Gut profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vesna Zadnik Slovenia 18 915 331 300 202 201 56 1.4k
Shouki Bazarbashi Saudi Arabia 18 573 0.6× 316 1.0× 294 1.0× 245 1.2× 104 0.5× 100 1.1k
Caitlin C Morrison United States 9 790 0.9× 272 0.8× 226 0.8× 440 2.2× 143 0.7× 17 1.5k
Shibao Feng United States 20 948 1.0× 259 0.8× 347 1.2× 192 1.0× 475 2.4× 52 1.9k
Lucia Fratino Italy 16 673 0.7× 366 1.1× 183 0.6× 156 0.8× 115 0.6× 75 1.4k
Shenying Fang United States 24 1.1k 1.2× 333 1.0× 271 0.9× 164 0.8× 480 2.4× 68 1.9k
Lucìa Mangone Italy 22 1.3k 1.4× 484 1.5× 318 1.1× 289 1.4× 345 1.7× 96 2.1k
Andreas Brandt Germany 23 417 0.5× 259 0.8× 225 0.8× 174 0.9× 320 1.6× 51 1.7k
Patricia Delafosse France 24 665 0.7× 278 0.8× 171 0.6× 242 1.2× 112 0.6× 62 1.4k
Jaume Galcerán Spain 20 803 0.9× 284 0.9× 130 0.4× 167 0.8× 102 0.5× 70 1.3k
Zeba Aziz Pakistan 22 1.2k 1.4× 326 1.0× 130 0.4× 269 1.3× 261 1.3× 73 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Vesna Zadnik

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vesna Zadnik

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Vesna Zadnik. 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 Vesna Zadnik. The network helps show where Vesna Zadnik may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vesna Zadnik

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Vesna Zadnik. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Vesna Zadnik 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 Vesna Zadnik. Vesna Zadnik is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Giusti, Francesco, Carmen Martos, R. Carvalho, et al.. (2024). Facing further challenges in cancer data quality and harmonisation. Frontiers in Oncology. 14. 1438805–1438805. 2 indexed citations
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Žagar, Tina, et al.. (2024). Impact of Indoor Radon Exposure on Lung Cancer Incidence in Slovenia. Cancers. 16(8). 1445–1445. 3 indexed citations
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Huang, Lei, Lina Jansen, Rob H.A. Verhoeven, et al.. (2022). Survival trends of patients with non‐metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma in the US and European countries: the impact of decreasing resection rates. Cancer Communications. 42(7). 648–662. 15 indexed citations
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Zadnik, Vesna, et al.. (2021). Trends in population-based cancer survival in Slovenia. Radiology and Oncology. 55(1). 42–49. 13 indexed citations
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Sacchetto, Lidia, Stefano Rosso, Harry Comber, et al.. (2021). Skin melanoma deaths within 1 or 3 years from diagnosis in Europe. International Journal of Cancer. 148(12). 2898–2905. 11 indexed citations
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Jarm, Katja, Maksimiljan Kadivec, Maja Primic Žakelj, et al.. (2021). Quality assured implementation of the Slovenian breast cancer screening programme. PLoS ONE. 16(10). e0258343–e0258343. 5 indexed citations
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Zadnik, Vesna, et al.. (2020). Breast cancer risk based on adapted IBIS prediction model in Slovenian women aged 40–49 years - could it be better?. Radiology and Oncology. 54(3). 335–340. 2 indexed citations
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Boer, Angela G. E. M. de, Steffen Torp, Trine Allerslev Horsbøl, et al.. (2020). Long-term work retention after treatment for cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Cancer Survivorship. 14(2). 135–150. 76 indexed citations
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Vuik, Fanny E., Stella A. V. Nieuwenburg, Marc Bardou, et al.. (2019). Increasing incidence of colorectal cancer in young adults in Europe over the last 25 years. Gut. 68(10). 1820–1826. 531 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ratoša, Ivica, et al.. (2019). Explaining variation in quality of breast cancer care and its impact: a nationwide population-based study from Slovenia. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 175(3). 585–594. 6 indexed citations
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Novaković, Srdjan, et al.. (2018). Prevalence of BRAF, NRAS and c-KIT mutations in Slovenian patients with advanced melanoma. Radiology and Oncology. 52(3). 289–295. 9 indexed citations
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Kuhar, Cvetka Grašič, Primož Strojan, Vesna Zadnik, & Branko Zakotnik. (2018). Importance of magnesium sulfate supplementation in the prevention of hypomagnesemia and hypocalcemia during chemoradiation in head and neck cancer. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology. 50. 327–331. 5 indexed citations
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Weberpals, Janick, Lina Jansen, Geert Silversmit, et al.. (2018). Comparative performance of a modified landmark approach when no time of treatment data are available within oncological databases: exemplary cohort study among resected pancreatic cancer patients. Clinical Epidemiology. Volume 10. 1109–1125. 7 indexed citations
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Zadnik, Vesna, et al.. (2017). Filgrastim-alone versus pegylated filgrastim-alone for autologous peripheral blood stem cells mobilization in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients. Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. 129(15-16). 545–551. 7 indexed citations
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Šeruga, Boštjan, Vesna Zadnik, Cvetka Grašič Kuhar, et al.. (2014). Association of Aromatase Inhibitors With Coronary Heart Disease in Women With Early Breast Cancer. Cancer Investigation. 32(4). 99–104. 19 indexed citations
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Gašljević, Gorana, et al.. (2013). HER2 in Gastric Cancer: An Immunohistochemical Study on Tissue Microarrays and the Coressponding Whole-Tissue Sections with a Supplemental Fish Study. Pathology & Oncology Research. 19(4). 855–865. 12 indexed citations
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Zadnik, Vesna, Maja Primic Žakelj, & Mateja Krajc. (2012). Cancer burden in Slovenia in comparison with the burden in other European countries. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 81(5). 407–412. 3 indexed citations
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