William A. Smithson

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

William A. Smithson is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Smithson has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 12 papers in Surgery and 11 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in William A. Smithson's work include Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research (11 papers), Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (9 papers) and Testicular diseases and treatments (7 papers). William A. Smithson is often cited by papers focused on Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research (11 papers), Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (9 papers) and Testicular diseases and treatments (7 papers). William A. Smithson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and Japan. William A. Smithson's co-authors include Noralane M. Lindor, Robert W. Miller, Yasuhiro Furuichi, Akira Shimamoto, Makoto Goto, Saori Kitao, Robert L. Telander, Douglas J. Pritchard, Robert V. Groover and Frank J. Frassica and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Cancer.

In The Last Decade

William A. Smithson

36 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Mutations in RECQL4 cause a subset of cases of Rothmund-Thomson syndrome

1999 532 citations Saori Kitao, Akira Shimamoto et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William A. Smithson United States	18	656	447	293	245	239	37	1.6k
Jorge A. Ortega United States	18	362 0.6×	431 1.0×	451 1.5×	375 1.5×	367 1.5×	25	1.6k
C.A. Griffin United States	21	795 1.2×	390 0.9×	180 0.6×	79 0.3×	419 1.8×	41	2.1k
Sérgio Castedo Portugal	25	700 1.1×	477 1.1×	905 3.1×	151 0.6×	358 1.5×	80	1.9k
Ingrid Laurendeau France	22	467 0.7×	341 0.8×	403 1.4×	592 2.4×	122 0.5×	35	1.7k
Hans-Jürgen Holzhausen Germany	26	562 0.9×	532 1.2×	451 1.5×	220 0.9×	612 2.6×	71	2.0k
MP Link United States	32	841 1.3×	493 1.1×	168 0.6×	207 0.8×	543 2.3×	67	2.8k
Massimo Brisigotti Italy	20	488 0.7×	326 0.7×	328 1.1×	377 1.5×	232 1.0×	55	1.4k
J. J. Mulvihill United States	12	534 0.8×	229 0.5×	175 0.6×	199 0.8×	633 2.6×	20	1.4k
O. Margaret Garson Australia	30	1.1k 1.6×	195 0.4×	111 0.4×	84 0.3×	412 1.7×	116	3.1k
Jean‐Louis Michaux Belgium	28	620 0.9×	178 0.4×	212 0.7×	86 0.4×	545 2.3×	71	2.5k

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Rodriguez, Vilmarie, Ann M. Reed, Nancy L. Kuntz, et al.. (2005). Antiphospholipid Syndrome With Catastrophic Bleeding and Recurrent Ischemic Strokes as Initial Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 27(7). 403–407. 6 indexed citations

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Anderson, Peter M., Gregory A. Wiseman, Angela Dispenzieri, et al.. (2002). High-Dose Samarium-153 Ethylene Diamine Tetramethylene Phosphonate: Low Toxicity of Skeletal Irradiation in Patients With Osteosarcoma and Bone Metastases. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 20(1). 189–196. 75 indexed citations

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Kitao, Saori, Akira Shimamoto, Makoto Goto, et al.. (1999). Mutations in RECQL4 cause a subset of cases of Rothmund-Thomson syndrome. Nature Genetics. 22(1). 82–84. 532 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schomberg, Paula J., Leonard L. Gunderson, Christopher R. Moir, Gerald S. Gilchrist, & William A. Smithson. (1997). Intraoperative electron irradiation in the management of pediatric malignancies. Cancer. 79(11). 2251–2256. 15 indexed citations

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Schomberg, Paula J., Leonard L. Gunderson, Christopher R. Moir, Gerald S. Gilchrist, & William A. Smithson. (1997). Intraoperative electron irradiation in the management of pediatric malignancies. Cancer. 79(11). 2251–2256.

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Lindor, Noralane M., Virginia V. Michels, Syed M. Jalal, et al.. (1996). Rothmund‐Thomson syndrome in siblings: evidence for acquired in vivo mosaicism. Clinical Genetics. 49(3). 124–129. 55 indexed citations

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Horwitz, Marshall S., Daniel E. Sabath, William A. Smithson, & Jerald P. Radich. (1996). A family inheriting different subtypes of acute myelogenous leukemia. American Journal of Hematology. 52(4). 295–304. 16 indexed citations

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O’Marcaigh, Aengus, Christopher M. Johnson, William A. Smithson, et al.. (1996). Successful Treatment of Intrathecal Methotrexate Overdose by Using Ventriculolumbar Perfusion and Intrathecal Instillation of Carboxypeptidase G2. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 71(2). 161–165. 34 indexed citations

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Lindor, Noralane M., et al.. (1995). Asplenia in two father‐son Pairs. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 56(1). 10–11. 15 indexed citations

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Khan, Shakila P., Gerald S. Gilchrist, Carola A.S. Arndt, et al.. (1994). Vancouver Hybrid: Preliminary Experience in the Treatment of Hodgkin's Disease in Childhood and Adolescence. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 69(10). 949–954. 4 indexed citations

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Miser, James S., et al.. (1992). Phase II Trial of Indicine N-Oxide in Relapsed Acute Leukemia of Childhood. American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 15(2). 135–140. 12 indexed citations

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Miser, James S., et al.. (1991). Phase II trial of indicine N-oxide in relapsed pediatric solid tumors. Investigational New Drugs. 9(4). 339–342. 9 indexed citations

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Telander, Robert L., William A. Smithson, & Robert V. Groover. (1989). Clinical outcome in children with acute cerebellar encephalopathy and neuroblastoma. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 24(1). 11–14. 53 indexed citations

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Pritchard, Douglas J., et al.. (1989). Extraosseous Ewing's sarcoma. A study of 42 cases. Cancer. 64(7). 1548–1553. 154 indexed citations

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Pearson, Philip, William A. Smithson, David J. Driscoll, Peter M. Banks, & Richard L. Ehman. (1988). Inoperable Plasma Cell Granuloma of the Heart: Spontaneous Decrease in Size During an 11-Month Period. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 63(10). 1022–1025. 35 indexed citations

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Ensing, Gregory J., et al.. (1987). Left atrial mass 16 years after radiation therapy for mediastinal neuroblastoma. Pediatric Cardiology. 8(4). 271–274. 3 indexed citations

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Kadota, Richard & William A. Smithson. (1984). Bone Marrow Transplantation for Diseases of Childhood. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 59(3). 171–184. 17 indexed citations

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Kaufman, Bruce H., Leonard L. Gunderson, Richard G. Evans, et al.. (1984). Intraoperative irradiation: A new technique in pediatric oncology. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 19(6). 861–862. 18 indexed citations

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King, R. Michael, et al.. (1982). Primary mediastinal tumors in children. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 17(5). 512–520. 90 indexed citations

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Smithson, William A., R. A. Siem, Roy E. Ritts, et al.. (1978). Response to influenza virus vaccine in children receivingchemotherapy for malignancy. The Journal of Pediatrics. 93(4). 632–634. 34 indexed citations

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