W Jack

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

W Jack is a scholar working on Oncology, Cancer Research and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, W Jack has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Oncology, 36 papers in Cancer Research and 20 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in W Jack's work include Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (35 papers), Breast Lesions and Carcinomas (17 papers) and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (13 papers). W Jack is often cited by papers focused on Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (35 papers), Breast Lesions and Carcinomas (17 papers) and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (13 papers). W Jack collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. W Jack's co-authors include J. Michael Dixon, David Cameron, Ian Kunkler, Linda Williams, G.R. Kerr, U Chetty, W. Duncan, S.J. Arnott, William R. Miller and Matthew Barber and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

W Jack

65 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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-conserving surgery with or without irradiation in women aged 65 years or older with early breast cancer (PRIME II): a randomised controlled trial

2015 600 citations Ian Kunkler, Linda Williams et al. The Lancet Oncology profile →
Breast-Conserving Surgery with or without Irradiation in Early Breast Cancer

2023 172 citations Ian Kunkler, Linda Williams et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W Jack United Kingdom	26	1.3k	1.2k	598	572	504	65	2.4k
Günther Gruber Switzerland	15	1.8k 1.4×	1.7k 1.4×	421 0.7×	596 1.0×	556 1.1×	24	3.2k
Rinaa S. Punglia United States	28	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	550 0.9×	578 1.0×	973 1.9×	120	3.1k
Luigi Cataliotti Italy	30	1.9k 1.5×	1.5k 1.3×	747 1.2×	1.2k 2.0×	329 0.7×	101	3.0k
Wendy Shelley Canada	19	1.3k 1.0×	789 0.7×	462 0.8×	586 1.0×	369 0.7×	25	2.2k
B. Cutuli France	27	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	389 0.7×	945 1.7×	316 0.6×	91	2.9k
Barry C. Lembersky United States	31	1.1k 0.8×	2.5k 2.1×	663 1.1×	555 1.0×	764 1.5×	82	3.3k
S. Kyriakides Italy	8	2.0k 1.5×	2.1k 1.8×	389 0.7×	572 1.0×	795 1.6×	13	3.6k
Julia S. Wong United States	29	2.6k 2.1×	1.6k 1.4×	774 1.3×	1.5k 2.6×	460 0.9×	83	3.7k
Herman Høst Norway	21	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	469 0.8×	686 1.2×	532 1.1×	66	2.5k
Karin Zedeler Denmark	22	2.6k 2.0×	1.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.8×	1.5k 2.7×	444 0.9×	34	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by W Jack

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Fields of papers citing papers by W Jack

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W Jack

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

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Williams, Linda, Ian Kunkler, Karen J. Taylor, et al.. (2024). Postoperative radiotherapy in women with early operable breast cancer (Scottish Breast Conservation Trial): 30-year update of a randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial. The Lancet Oncology. 25(9). 1213–1221. 5 indexed citations

Edirisooriya, Monisha, W Jack, Dominique Twelves, et al.. (2021). Diagnostic accuracy of core biopsy in patients presenting with axillary lymphadenopathy and suspected non-breast malignancy. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 47(7). 1575–1580. 1 indexed citations

Kunkler, Ian, Linda Williams, W Jack, David Cameron, & J. Michael Dixon. (2015). Breast-conserving surgery with or without irradiation in women aged 65 years or older with early breast cancer (PRIME II): a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Oncology. 16(3). 266–273. 600 indexed citations breakdown →

Stephen, Jacqueline, Gordon Murray, David Cameron, et al.. (2014). Time dependence of biomarkers: non-proportional effects of immunohistochemical panels predicting relapse risk in early breast cancer. British Journal of Cancer. 111(12). 2242–2247. 10 indexed citations

Bulley, Catherine, Fiona Coutts, W Jack, et al.. (2013). A Morbidity Screening Tool for identifying fatigue, pain, upper limb dysfunction and lymphedema after breast cancer treatment: A validity study. European Journal of Oncology Nursing. 18(2). 218–227. 41 indexed citations

Spears, Melanie, Jeremy Thomas, G.R. Kerr, et al.. (2012). Expression of activated type I receptor tyrosine kinases in early breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 134(2). 701–708. 3 indexed citations

Jack, W, et al.. (2011). A randomised controlled trial of post-operative radiotherapy following breast-conserving surgery in a minimum-risk population. Quality of life at 5 years in the PRIME trial. Health Technology Assessment. 15(12). i–xi, 1. 58 indexed citations

Spears, Melanie, Steffi Oesterreich, Ilenia Migliaccio, et al.. (2011). The p160 ER co-regulators predict outcome in ER negative breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 131(2). 463–472. 14 indexed citations

Bartlett, John M.S., Jeremy Thomas, Douglas T. Ross, et al.. (2010). Mammostrat®as a tool to stratify breast cancer patients at risk of recurrence during endocrine therapy. Breast Cancer Research. 12(4). R47–R47. 85 indexed citations

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Thomas, Jeremy, G.R. Kerr, W Jack, et al.. (2009). Histological grading of invasive breast carcinoma – a simplification of existing methods in a large conservation series with long‐term follow‐up. Histopathology. 55(6). 724–731. 28 indexed citations

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Prescott, R., I. Kunkler, Letitia Williams, et al.. (2007). A randomised controlled trial of postoperative radiotherapy following breast-conserving surgery in a minimum-risk older population. The PRIME trial. Health Technology Assessment. 11(31). 1–149, iii. 87 indexed citations

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Chetty, U, et al.. (2007). Combination blue dye sentinel lymph node biopsy and axillary node sampling: The Edinburgh experience. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 34(1). 13–16. 10 indexed citations

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Karnon, Jonathan, et al.. (2007). Health care costs for the treatment of breast cancer recurrent events: estimates from a UK-based patient-level analysis. British Journal of Cancer. 97(4). 479–485. 29 indexed citations

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Barber, Matthew, W Jack, & J. Michael Dixon. (2004). Diagnostic delay in breast cancer. British journal of surgery. 91(1). 49–53. 79 indexed citations

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Kunkler, I.H., et al.. (2001). What is the evidence for a reduced risk of local recurrence with age among older patients treated by breast conserving therapy?. The Breast. 10(6). 464–469. 4 indexed citations

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Cameron, David, J Craig, Hani Gabra, et al.. (1996). High-dose chemotherapy supported by peripheral blood progenitor cells in poor prognosis metastatic breast cancer--phase I/II study. British Journal of Cancer. 74(12). 2013–2017. 4 indexed citations

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Jack, W, U Chetty, & A. Rodger. (1990). Recruitment to a prospective breast conservation trial: why are so few patients randomised?. BMJ. 301(6743). 83–85. 51 indexed citations

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Price, A., W Jack, G.R. Kerr, & A. Rodger. (1990). Acute radiation pneumonitis after postmastectomy irradiation: Effect of fraction size. Clinical Oncology. 2(4). 224–229. 29 indexed citations

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Duncan, W., S.J. Arnott, W Jack, et al.. (1987). Results of two randomised clinical trials of neutron therapy in rectal adenocarcinoma. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 8(3). 191–198. 23 indexed citations

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Duncan, W., J. McLelland, W Jack, et al.. (1986). The results of a randomised trial of mixed-schedule (neutron/photon) irradiation in the treatment of supratentorial Grade III and Grade IV astrocytoma. British Journal of Radiology. 59(700). 379–383. 25 indexed citations

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