Will D. King

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
88 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Will D. King is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Will D. King has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 24 papers in Oncology and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Will D. King's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (12 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (12 papers) and Water Treatment and Disinfection (11 papers). Will D. King is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (12 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (12 papers) and Water Treatment and Disinfection (11 papers). Will D. King collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Will D. King's co-authors include Loraine D. Marrett, Linda Dodds, Dylan E. O’Sullivan, William J. Mackillop, Christopher M. Booth, Manolis Kogevinas, Sylvaine Cordier, Michael J. Raphael, James Biagi and Kenneth P. Cantor and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Journal of Clinical Oncology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Will D. King

86 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

Mortality due to cancer treatment delay: systematic review and meta-analysis

2020 786 citations Will D. King, Dylan E. O’Sullivan et al. profile →
Association Between Time to Initiation of Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Survival in Colorectal Cancer

2011 463 citations James Biagi, Michael J. Raphael et al. JAMA profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Will D. King Canada	33	1.6k	1.5k	569	457	449	88	4.8k
Reina Haque United States	33	1.2k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	420 0.7×	282 0.6×	776 1.7×	116	4.4k
Gonzalo López‐Abente Spain	39	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	699 1.2×	687 1.5×	699 1.6×	177	5.5k
Núria Aragonés Spain	35	1.3k 0.8×	892 0.6×	333 0.6×	523 1.1×	518 1.2×	156	4.0k
Feng Sun China	38	741 0.5×	685 0.5×	924 1.6×	358 0.8×	529 1.2×	301	6.9k
Chien‐Jen Chen Taiwan	50	1.8k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	661 1.2×	401 0.9×	435 1.0×	138	9.3k
Beatriz Pérez‐Gómez Spain	38	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	202 0.4×	584 1.3×	544 1.2×	208	5.2k
Jing Chen China	40	889 0.5×	898 0.6×	400 0.7×	413 0.9×	421 0.9×	389	7.7k
Loraine D. Marrett Canada	40	692 0.4×	2.0k 1.4×	715 1.3×	780 1.7×	492 1.1×	110	5.0k
Joanne S. Colt United States	41	2.1k 1.3×	678 0.5×	416 0.7×	628 1.4×	655 1.5×	127	5.2k
Denise Riedel Lewis United States	23	446 0.3×	1.2k 0.8×	278 0.5×	404 0.9×	688 1.5×	39	3.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Will D. King

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20 of 20 papers shown

King, Will D., et al.. (2024). The risk of thyroid cancer in relation to residential proximity to nuclear power plants: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Environmental Health. 23(1). 106–106.

Villeneuve, Paul J., Elisabeth Galarneau, Kristian Larsen, et al.. (2024). Ambient polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and breast cancer risk in a population-based Canadian case–control study. Cancer Causes & Control. 35(8). 1165–1180. 5 indexed citations

Rose, A, et al.. (2022). Anterior Interosseous Nerve to Ulnar Nerve Transfer: A Systematic Review. JPRAS Open. 32. 195–210. 14 indexed citations

Ruan, Yibing, Abbey E. Poirier, Joy Pader, et al.. (2021). Estimating the future cancer management costs attributable to modifiable risk factors in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 112(6). 1083–1092. 8 indexed citations

Gogna, Priyanka, Dylan E. O’Sullivan, Paul J. Villeneuve, et al.. (2019). Estimates of the current and future burden of lung cancer attributable to PM2.5 in Canada. Preventive Medicine. 122. 91–99. 23 indexed citations

O’Sullivan, Dylan E., Darren R. Brenner, Paul J. Villeneuve, et al.. (2019). Estimates of the current and future burden of melanoma attributable to ultraviolet radiation in Canada. Preventive Medicine. 122. 81–90. 19 indexed citations

Poirier, Abbey E., Yibing Ruan, Stephen D. Walter, et al.. (2019). The future burden of cancer in Canada: Long-term cancer incidence projections 2013–2042. Cancer Epidemiology. 59. 199–207. 55 indexed citations

O’Sullivan, Dylan E., et al.. (2018). Indoor tanning and the risk of developing non-cutaneous cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Cancer Causes & Control. 29(10). 937–950. 4 indexed citations

Gupta, Shagun, et al.. (2016). The Effect of Waiting Times for Postoperative Radiotherapy on Outcomes for Women Receiving Partial Mastectomy for Breast Cancer: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Clinical Oncology. 28(12). 739–749. 33 indexed citations

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Biagi, James, Michael J. Raphael, William J. Mackillop, et al.. (2011). Association Between Time to Initiation of Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Survival in Colorectal Cancer. JAMA. 305(22). 2335–2335. 463 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ho, Vikki, Thomas E. Massey, & Will D. King. (2011). Thymidylate synthase gene polymorphisms and markers of DNA methylation capacity. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 102(4). 481–487. 8 indexed citations

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Ho, Vikki, Thomas E. Massey, & Will D. King. (2010). Influence of thymidylate synthase gene polymorphisms on total plasma homocysteine concentrations. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 101(1). 18–24. 7 indexed citations

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Goy, Jennifer, Mark W. Rosenberg, & Will D. King. (2008). Health Risk Behaviors: Examining Social Inequalities in Bladder and Colorectal Cancers. Annals of Epidemiology. 18(2). 156–162. 22 indexed citations

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Zheng, Chen, Will D. King, R. Pearcey, Marc Kerba, & William J. Mackillop. (2007). The relationship between waiting time for radiotherapy and clinical outcomes: A systematic review of the literature. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 87(1). 3–16. 308 indexed citations

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King, Will D., Linda Dodds, A C Allen, et al.. (2005). Haloacetic acids in drinking water and risk for stillbirth. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 62(2). 124–127. 23 indexed citations

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King, Will D., et al.. (2001). A prospective study of rural drinking water quality and acute gastrointestinal illness. BMC Public Health. 1(1). 8–8. 58 indexed citations

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King, Will D., Linda Dodds, & A C Allen. (2000). Relation between stillbirth and specific chlorination by-products in public water supplies.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 108(9). 883–886. 98 indexed citations

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Pickett, William, et al.. (1998). Suicide mortality and pesticide use among Canadian farmers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 34(4). 364–372. 56 indexed citations

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King, Will D., Gerarda Darlington, Nancy Kreiger, & Gordon Fehringer. (1993). Response of a cancer registry to reports of disease clusters. European Journal of Cancer. 29(10). 1414–1418. 5 indexed citations

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Kreiger, Nancy, Will D. King, Lynn Rosenberg, et al.. (1991). Steroid receptor status and the epidemiology of breast cancer. Annals of Epidemiology. 1(6). 513–523. 38 indexed citations

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