William D. Travis

137.4k total citations · 32 hit papers
546 papers, 56.6k citations indexed

About

William D. Travis is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, William D. Travis has authored 546 papers receiving a total of 56.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 336 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 174 papers in Oncology and 88 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in William D. Travis's work include Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (145 papers), Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (127 papers) and Lung Cancer Research Studies (96 papers). William D. Travis is often cited by papers focused on Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (145 papers), Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (127 papers) and Lung Cancer Research Studies (96 papers). William D. Travis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. William D. Travis's co-authors include Valerie W. Rusch, E. Brambilla, Thomas V. Colby, Natasha Rekhtman, Élisabeth Brambilla, Prasad S. Adusumilli, Camelia S. Sima, B Corrin, Yukío Shimosato and Gregory J. Riely and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

William D. Travis

539 papers receiving 55.3k citations

Hit Papers

Wegener Granulomatosis: An Analysis of 158 Patients 1986 2026 1999 2012 1992 2017 2004 1999 2015 500 1000 1.5k
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  1. Wegener Granulomatosis: An Analysis of 158 Patients
    1992 2.0k citations William D. Travis et al. profile →
  2. Guidelines for Management of Incidental Pulmonary Nodules Detected on CT Images: From the Fleischner Society 2017
    2017 1.5k citations William D. Travis, Paul Van Schil et al. profile →
  3. Pathology and genetics of tumours of the lung , pleura, thymus and heart
    2004 1.5k citations William D. Travis profile →
  4. Histological Typing of Lung and Pleural Tumours
    1999 1.3k citations William D. Travis et al. profile →
  5. WHO classification of tumours of the lung, pleura, thymus and heart
    2015 1.2k citations William D. Travis profile →
  6. A Report of Three Cases
    1986 952 citations William D. Travis et al. profile →
  7. The new World Health Organization classification of lung tumours
    2001 864 citations William D. Travis et al. profile →
  8. Impact of proposed IASLC/ATS/ERS classification of lung adenocarcinoma: prognostic subgroups and implications for further revision of staging based on analysis of 514 stage I cases
    2011 757 citations Akihiko Yoshizawa, Gregory J. Riely et al. profile →
  9. The 2021 WHO Classification of Lung Tumors: Impact of Advances Since 2015
    2021 752 citations Andrew G. Nicholson, Ming‐Sound Tsao et al. Journal of Thoracic Oncology profile →
  10. Recommendations for the Management of Subsolid Pulmonary Nodules Detected at CT: A Statement from the Fleischner Society
    2012 712 citations William D. Travis et al. profile →
  11. Solid Cancers after Bone Marrow Transplantation
    1997 677 citations William D. Travis et al. profile →
  12. Diagnostic criteria for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a Fleischner Society White Paper
    2017 655 citations William D. Travis, Andrew G. Nicholson et al. profile →
  13. Survival Analysis of 200 Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Tumors With Clarification of Criteria for Atypical Carcinoid and Its Separation From Typical Carcinoid
    1998 594 citations William D. Travis et al. profile →
  14. American Cancer Society lung cancer screening guidelines
    2013 561 citations William D. Travis et al. profile →
  15. Pathology of lung cancer
    2002 543 citations William D. Travis profile →
  16. Mutations in the EGFR kinase domain mediate STAT3 activation via IL-6 production in human lung adenocarcinomas
    2007 535 citations William Pao, William D. Travis et al. profile →
  17. The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for the Revisions of the T Descriptors in the Forthcoming Eighth Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer
    2015 530 citations William D. Travis et al. Journal of Thoracic Oncology profile →
  18. The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for the Revision of the T Descriptors in the Forthcoming (Seventh) Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer
    2007 482 citations William D. Travis et al. Journal of Thoracic Oncology profile →
  19. International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society: International Multidisciplinary Classification of Lung Adenocarcinoma: Executive Summary
    2011 475 citations William D. Travis, Masayuki Noguchi et al. profile →
  20. Lung cancer
    1995 474 citations William D. Travis et al. profile →
  21. The American Association for Thoracic Surgery guidelines for lung cancer screening using low-dose computed tomography scans for lung cancer survivors and other high-risk groups
    2012 464 citations William D. Travis et al. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery profile →
  22. New Pathologic Classification of Lung Cancer: Relevance for Clinical Practice and Clinical Trials
    2013 425 citations William D. Travis, Élisabeth Brambilla et al. profile →
  23. Pathological response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in resectable non-small-cell lung cancers: proposal for the use of major pathological response as a surrogate endpoint
    2014 416 citations Matthew D. Hellmann, Jamie E. Chaft et al. profile →
  24. Tumor Spread through Air Spaces is an Important Pattern of Invasion and Impacts the Frequency and Location of Recurrences after Limited Resection for Small Stage I Lung Adenocarcinomas
    2015 416 citations Kyuichi Kadota, Jun‐ichi Nitadori et al. Journal of Thoracic Oncology profile →
  25. EWSR1‐POU5F1 fusion in soft tissue myoepithelial tumors. A molecular analysis of sixty‐six cases, including soft tissue, bone, and visceral lesions, showing common involvement of the EWSR1 gene
    2010 371 citations Cristina R. Antonescu, William D. Travis et al. profile →
  26. Next-Generation Sequencing of Pulmonary Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Reveals Small Cell Carcinoma–like and Non–Small Cell Carcinoma–like Subsets
    2016 325 citations Natasha Rekhtman, M. Catherine Pietanza et al. Clinical Cancer Research profile →
  27. SCLC Subtypes Defined by ASCL1, NEUROD1, POU2F3, and YAP1: A Comprehensive Immunohistochemical and Histopathologic Characterization
    2020 301 citations Marina K. Baine, Francis M. Bodd et al. Journal of Thoracic Oncology profile →
  28. Lung cancer — major changes in the American Joint Committee on Cancer eighth edition cancer staging manual
    2017 280 citations William D. Travis, Valerie W. Rusch et al. profile →
  29. Lung cancer statistics, 2023
    2024 177 citations William D. Travis et al. profile →
  30. The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for Revision of the TNM Stage Groups in the Forthcoming (Ninth) Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer
    2024 98 citations James Huang, Andrew G. Nicholson et al. Journal of Thoracic Oncology profile →
  31. The 2021 WHO Classification of Tumors of the Pleura: Advances Since the 2015 Classification
    2022 95 citations Jennifer L. Sauter, Sanja Đačić et al. Journal of Thoracic Oncology profile →
  32. Fleischner Society: Glossary of Terms for Thoracic Imaging
    2024 91 citations William D. Travis et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William D. Travis United States 122 34.4k 17.7k 8.6k 7.7k 6.5k 546 56.6k
Murray F. Brennan United States 143 43.3k 1.3× 38.6k 2.2× 8.3k 1.0× 5.6k 0.7× 31.6k 4.8× 954 81.0k
Razelle Kurzrock United States 119 12.3k 0.4× 24.9k 1.4× 5.0k 0.6× 21.0k 2.7× 4.5k 0.7× 1.2k 60.4k
Christopher D.�M. Fletcher United States 125 41.3k 1.2× 20.1k 1.1× 3.6k 0.4× 10.0k 1.3× 15.0k 2.3× 674 70.0k
Richard Kaplan United Kingdom 48 20.2k 0.6× 22.4k 1.3× 3.9k 0.5× 7.3k 0.9× 7.8k 1.2× 173 46.0k
Maria J. Merino United States 98 17.3k 0.5× 8.1k 0.5× 2.1k 0.2× 12.3k 1.6× 5.5k 0.8× 593 37.5k
Jaap Verweij Netherlands 100 22.3k 0.6× 28.2k 1.6× 3.1k 0.4× 13.7k 1.8× 8.8k 1.4× 621 55.4k
W. Marston Linehan United States 113 20.9k 0.6× 7.5k 0.4× 2.4k 0.3× 22.2k 2.9× 7.9k 1.2× 586 44.9k
Luigi Mariani Italy 84 8.8k 0.3× 10.6k 0.6× 3.4k 0.4× 6.6k 0.9× 7.5k 1.2× 451 32.0k
Christine M. Lohse United States 90 16.4k 0.5× 7.0k 0.4× 4.9k 0.6× 11.2k 1.5× 8.7k 1.3× 618 32.3k
Elaine S. Jaffe United States 122 4.4k 0.1× 28.2k 1.6× 5.5k 0.6× 8.6k 1.1× 4.2k 0.6× 720 63.1k

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All Works

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Fick, Cameron N., Kay See Tan, Gaetano Rocco, et al.. (2024). High-risk features associated with recurrence in stage I lung adenocarcinoma. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 169(2). 436–444.e6. 10 indexed citations
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Nicholson, Andrew G., Ming‐Sound Tsao, Mary Beth Beasley, et al.. (2021). The 2021 WHO Classification of Lung Tumors: Impact of Advances Since 2015. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 17(3). 362–387. 752 indexed citations breakdown →
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Laddha, Saurabh V., Edaise M. da Silva, Kenneth Robzyk, et al.. (2019). Integrative Genomic Characterization Identifies Molecular Subtypes of Lung Carcinoids. Cancer Research. 79(17). 4339–4347. 50 indexed citations
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Chang, Jason C., Deepu Alex, Matthew J. Bott, et al.. (2019). Comprehensive Next-Generation Sequencing Unambiguously Distinguishes Separate Primary Lung Carcinomas From Intrapulmonary Metastases: Comparison with Standard Histopathologic Approach. Clinical Cancer Research. 25(23). 7113–7125. 67 indexed citations
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Girard, Luc, Jaime Rodriguez‐Canales, Carmen Behrens, et al.. (2016). An Expression Signature as an Aid to the Histologic Classification of Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 22(19). 4880–4889. 132 indexed citations
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Rekhtman, Natasha, M. Catherine Pietanza, Matthew D. Hellmann, et al.. (2016). Next-Generation Sequencing of Pulmonary Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Reveals Small Cell Carcinoma–like and Non–Small Cell Carcinoma–like Subsets. Clinical Cancer Research. 22(14). 3618–3629. 325 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kiess, Ana P., Hangjun Wang, William D. Travis, & Joachim Yahalom. (2015). Sarcoid in cancer patients: clinical characteristics and associated disease status.. PubMed. 32(3). 200–7. 9 indexed citations
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Travis, William D.. (2015). WHO classification of tumours of the lung, pleura, thymus and heart. 1173 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yeh, Yi‐Chen, Jun‐ichi Nitadori, Kyuichi Kadota, et al.. (2014). Using frozen section to identify histological patterns in stage I lung adenocarcinoma of ≤3 cm: accuracy and interobserver agreement. Histopathology. 66(7). 922–938. 112 indexed citations
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Kachala, Stefan S., Adam J. Bograd, Jonathan Villena‐Vargas, et al.. (2013). Mesothelin Overexpression Is a Marker of Tumor Aggressiveness and Is Associated with Reduced Recurrence-Free and Overall Survival in Early-Stage Lung Adenocarcinoma. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(4). 1020–1028. 132 indexed citations
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Rekhtman, Natasha, Paul K. Paik, Maria E. Arcila, et al.. (2012). Clarifying the Spectrum of Driver Oncogene Mutations in Biomarker-Verified Squamous Carcinoma of Lung: Lack of EGFR / KRA S and Presence of PIK3CA / AKT1 Mutations. Clinical Cancer Research. 18(4). 1167–1176. 289 indexed citations
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Pietanza, M. Catherine, Kyuichi Kadota, Kety Huberman, et al.. (2012). Phase II Trial of Temozolomide in Patients with Relapsed Sensitive or Refractory Small Cell Lung Cancer, with Assessment of Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase as a Potential Biomarker. Clinical Cancer Research. 18(4). 1138–1145. 122 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Kei, Stefan S. Kachala, Kyuichi Kadota, et al.. (2011). Prognostic Immune Markers in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 17(16). 5247–5256. 147 indexed citations
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Girard, Nicolas, Ronglai Shen, Tianhua Guo, et al.. (2009). Comprehensive Genomic Analysis Reveals Clinically Relevant Molecular Distinctions between Thymic Carcinomas and Thymomas. Clinical Cancer Research. 15(22). 6790–6799. 147 indexed citations
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Girard, Nicolas, Irina Ostrovnaya, Christopher Lau, et al.. (2009). Genomic and Mutational Profiling to Assess Clonal Relationships Between Multiple Non–Small Cell Lung Cancers. Clinical Cancer Research. 15(16). 5184–5190. 112 indexed citations
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Yoshizawa, Akihiko, Junya Fukuoka, Shigeki Shimizu, et al.. (2009). Overexpression of Phospho-eIF4E Is Associated with Survival through AKT Pathway in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 16(1). 240–248. 127 indexed citations
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Jeon, Hyo-Sung, Tatiana Dracheva, Daoud Meerzaman, et al.. (2008). SMAD6 Contributes to Patient Survival in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer and Its Knockdown Reestablishes TGF-β Homeostasis in Lung Cancer Cells. Cancer Research. 68(23). 9686–9692. 51 indexed citations
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Matsui, Kazuhiro, Kazuyo Takeda, Zu‐Xi Yu, et al.. (2000). Downregulation of Estrogen and Progesterone Receptors in the Abnormal Smooth Muscle Cells in Pulmonary Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Following Therapy: An Immunohistochemical Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 161(3). 1002–1009. 100 indexed citations

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