William G. Christen

9.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

William G. Christen is a scholar working on Ophthalmology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, William G. Christen has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Ophthalmology, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 23 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in William G. Christen's work include Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (23 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (20 papers) and Connexins and lens biology (14 papers). William G. Christen is often cited by papers focused on Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (23 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (20 papers) and Connexins and lens biology (14 papers). William G. Christen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Vietnam and Japan. William G. Christen's co-authors include Robert J. Glynn, Julie E. Buring, JoAnn E. Manson, Debra A. Schaumberg, George D. Mower, Charles H. Hennekens, Vadim Bubes, M. Reza Dana, Umed A. Ajani and J. Michael Gaziano and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

William G. Christen

102 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Marine n−3 Fatty Acids and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William G. Christen United States	41	2.2k	1.2k	1.2k	822	775	103	5.5k
Stephen Beatty Ireland	44	5.3k 2.4×	2.7k 2.3×	2.4k 2.1×	273 0.3×	2.5k 3.3×	168	7.5k
Robert D. Sperduto United States	35	3.5k 1.6×	2.4k 2.0×	1.5k 1.3×	203 0.2×	568 0.7×	65	5.5k
Takeo Kato Japan	46	390 0.2×	590 0.5×	2.1k 1.8×	395 0.5×	67 0.1×	277	8.6k
John G Lawrenson United Kingdom	33	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	642 0.6×	90 0.1×	173 0.2×	136	3.7k
Ireneusz Majsterek Poland	37	366 0.2×	208 0.2×	2.3k 2.0×	174 0.2×	147 0.2×	238	5.2k
Yi Shao China	32	753 0.3×	1.2k 1.0×	648 0.6×	33 0.0×	62 0.1×	297	3.9k
Yuqing Huo United States	50	190 0.1×	250 0.2×	3.7k 3.2×	360 0.4×	78 0.1×	146	10.9k
Jorge D. Erusalimsky United Kingdom	39	146 0.1×	235 0.2×	3.4k 2.9×	185 0.2×	328 0.4×	87	8.0k
Michael E. Mendelsohn United States	58	58 0.0×	348 0.3×	4.6k 4.0×	374 0.5×	504 0.7×	118	16.0k
Yasuko Uchigata Japan	39	256 0.1×	241 0.2×	897 0.8×	128 0.2×	32 0.0×	217	5.6k

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Sesso, Howard D., Susanne Rautiainen, Eunjung Kim, et al.. (2024). Intake of Blueberries, Anthocyanins, and Risk of Eye Disease in Women. Journal of Nutrition. 154(4). 1404–1413. 6 indexed citations

Christen, William G., Nancy R. Cook, JoAnn E. Manson, et al.. (2020). Effect of Vitamin D and ω-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation on Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration. JAMA Ophthalmology. 138(12). 1280–1280. 29 indexed citations

Wang, Lu, Howard D. Sesso, Robert J. Glynn, et al.. (2014). Vitamin E and C supplementation and risk of cancer in men: posttrial follow-up in the Physicians’ Health Study II randomized trial , , ,. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 100(3). 915–923. 67 indexed citations

Schaumberg, Debra A., Miki Uchino, William G. Christen, et al.. (2013). Patient Reported Differences in Dry Eye Disease between Men and Women: Impact, Management, and Patient Satisfaction. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e76121–e76121. 102 indexed citations

Christen, William G., Robert J. Glynn, JoAnn E. Manson, et al.. (2013). Effects of Multivitamin Supplement on Cataract and Age-Related Macular Degeneration in a Randomized Trial of Male Physicians. Ophthalmology. 121(2). 525–534. 43 indexed citations

Feldman, Ron J., William G. Christen, & A. R. Ahmed. (2011). Comparison of immunological parameters in patients with pemphigus vulgaris following rituximab and IVIG therapy. British Journal of Dermatology. 166(3). 511–517. 25 indexed citations

Schaumberg, Debra A., et al.. (2010). Novel Associations of SNPs on Chromosomes 2 and 16 and Risk of Incident Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the Women’s Genome Health Study. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 51(13). 1623–1623. 1 indexed citations

Christen, William G., Robert J. Glynn, Emily Y. Chew, & Julie E. Buring. (2009). Low-Dose Aspirin and Medical Record–Confirmed Age-related Macular Degeneration in a Randomized Trial of Women. Ophthalmology. 116(12). 2386–2392. 44 indexed citations

Letko, Erik, et al.. (2007). Relative risk for cancer in mucous membrane pemphigoid associated with antibodies to the β4 integrin subunit. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. 32(6). 637–641. 15 indexed citations

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Baltatzis, Stefanos, et al.. (2005). Outcomes of Treatment with Immunomodulatory Therapy in Patients with Corticosteroid-Resistant Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis-Associated Chronic Iridocyclitis. Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. 13(5). 353–360. 35 indexed citations

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Brazitikos, Periklis, Sofia Androudi, William G. Christen, & N Stangos. (2005). PRIMARY PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY VERSUS SCLERAL BUCKLE SURGERY FOR THE TREATMENT OF PSEUDOPHAKIC RETINAL DETACHMENT. Retina. 25(8). 957–964. 193 indexed citations

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Letko, Erik, Elisabetta Miserocchi, Yassine J. Daoud, et al.. (2004). A nonrandomized comparison of the clinical outcome of ocular involvement in patients with mucous membrane (cicatricial) pemphigoid between conventional immunosuppressive and intravenous immunoglobulin therapies. Clinical Immunology. 111(3). 303–310. 70 indexed citations

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Baltatzis, Stefanos, et al.. (2001). Pars plana vitrectomy in patients with intermediate uveitis. Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. 9(3). 141–151. 32 indexed citations

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Uy, Harvey S., et al.. (2001). HLA-B27-associated uveitis and cystoid macular edema. Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. 9(3). 177–183. 16 indexed citations

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Christen, William G., Julie E. Buring, JoAnn E. Manson, & Charles H. Hennekens. (1999). Beta-carotene supplementation. Current Opinion in Lipidology. 10(1). 29–34. 12 indexed citations

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Ajani, Umed A., William G. Christen, JoAnn E. Manson, et al.. (1999). A Prospective Study of Alcohol Consumption and the Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Annals of Epidemiology. 9(3). 172–177. 32 indexed citations

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Christen, William G., JoAnn E. Manson, Robert J. Glynn, et al.. (1998). Low-dose aspirin and risk of cataract and subtypes in a randomized trial of U.S. physicians. Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 5(3). 133–142. 24 indexed citations

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Christen, William G.. (1996). A prospective study of cigarette smoking and risk of age-related macular degeneration in men. JAMA. 276(14). 1147–1151. 53 indexed citations

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Mower, George D., William G. Christen, James L. Burchfiel, & Frank H. Duffy. (1984). Microiontophoretic bicuculline restores binocular responses to visual cortical neurons in strabismic cats. Brain Research. 309(1). 168–172. 42 indexed citations

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Mower, George D., et al.. (1983). Very Brief Visual Experience Eliminates Plasticity in the Cat Visual Cortex. Science. 221(4606). 178–180. 91 indexed citations

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