William J. Blot

59.3k total citations · 11 hit papers
532 papers, 33.0k citations indexed

About

William J. Blot is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Blot has authored 532 papers receiving a total of 33.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Surgery, 111 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 106 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in William J. Blot's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (48 papers), Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (43 papers) and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (41 papers). William J. Blot is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (48 papers), Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (43 papers) and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (41 papers). William J. Blot collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Denmark. William J. Blot's co-authors include Joseph F. Fraumeni, Joseph K. McLaughlin, Susan S. Devesa, Janet B. Schoenberg, Lisa B. Signorello, Wong‐Ho Chow, J. K. McLaughlin, Wei Zheng, Deborah M. Winn and Margaret K. Hargreaves and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

William J. Blot

520 papers receiving 31.6k 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.

Changing patterns in the incidence of esophageal and gastric carcinoma in the United States

1998 1.6k citations William J. Blot et al. profile →
Smoking and drinking in relation to oral and pharyngeal cancer.

1988 1.5k citations William J. Blot et al. profile →
Nutrition Intervention Trials in Linxian, China: Supplementation With Specific Vitamin/Mineral Combinations, Cancer Incidence, and Disease-Specific Mortality in the General Population

1993 1.3k citations William J. Blot et al. profile →
Increased risk of noncardia gastric cancer associated with proinflammatory cytokine gene polymorphisms

2003 731 citations William J. Blot et al. profile →
Population Attributable Risks of Esophageal and Gastric Cancers

2003 525 citations William J. Blot et al. profile →
Body Mass Index and Risk of Adenocarcinomas of the Esophagus and Gastric Cardia

1998 469 citations William J. Blot et al. profile →
Rising incidence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and gastric cardia

1991 461 citations William J. Blot profile →
Tobacco, alcohol, and socioeconomic status and adenocarcinomas of the esophagus and gastric cardia

1997 453 citations William J. Blot et al. profile →
Snuff Dipping and Oral Cancer among Women in the Southern United States

1981 452 citations William J. Blot et al. profile →
A case‐control study of gastric cancer and diet in Italy

1989 411 citations William J. Blot et al. profile →
Fifteen-Year Effects of Helicobacter pylori, Garlic, and Vitamin Treatments on Gastric Cancer Incidence and Mortality

2012 344 citations William J. Blot et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
William J. Blot	11.0k	8.4k	5.9k	4.5k	4.2k	532	33.0k
Christian C. Abnet	7.9k 0.7×	4.3k 0.5×	4.6k 0.8×	4.8k 1.1×	2.6k 0.6×	400	21.6k
Rory Collins	15.0k 1.4×	4.6k 0.5×	3.6k 0.6×	4.9k 1.1×	7.0k 1.7×	245	62.1k
John A. Baron	9.7k 0.9×	5.4k 0.6×	12.3k 2.1×	4.4k 1.0×	3.6k 0.9×	520	39.8k
Peter Boyle	5.6k 0.5×	8.6k 1.0×	13.9k 2.4×	8.1k 1.8×	4.2k 1.0×	635	43.8k
Hans‐Olov Adami	8.8k 0.8×	9.6k 1.1×	16.8k 2.9×	6.9k 1.5×	5.7k 1.4×	663	48.1k
Mary Cushman	10.6k 1.0×	5.9k 0.7×	2.4k 0.4×	3.3k 0.7×	4.3k 1.0×	765	56.9k
Eero Pukkala	7.1k 0.6×	6.8k 0.8×	10.9k 1.9×	5.3k 1.2×	4.1k 1.0×	734	39.1k
Aaron R. Folsom	11.1k 1.0×	8.4k 1.0×	6.4k 1.1×	7.2k 1.6×	10.7k 2.6×	867	75.6k
Robert S. Sandler	11.5k 1.0×	4.2k 0.5×	8.1k 1.4×	3.8k 0.8×	3.0k 0.7×	519	33.2k
Joseph F. Fraumeni	13.0k 1.2×	10.3k 1.2×	14.6k 2.5×	10.2k 2.3×	4.3k 1.0×	474	46.4k

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All Works

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Conway, Baqiyyah, et al.. (2025). BMI and Mortality: The Diabetes-Obesity Paradox Examined in a Large US Cohort. Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity. Volume 18. 1195–1206. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Lili, Wanqing Wen, Martha J. Shrubsole, et al.. (2024). Impacts of Poverty and Lifestyles on Mortality: A Cohort Study in Predominantly Low-Income Americans. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 67(1). 15–23. 3 indexed citations

Yoon, Hyung‐Suk, Adrian A. Franke, Dejana Braithwaite, et al.. (2024). Associations between Plasma Tocopherols and Lung Cancer Risk: Results from the Southern Community Cohort Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 33(4). 480–488.

Yang, Jae Jeong, Laura M. Keohane, Xiong‐Fei Pan, et al.. (2022). Association of Healthy Lifestyles With Risk of Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias in Low-Income Black and White Americans. Neurology. 99(9). e944–e953. 21 indexed citations

Andersen, Shaneda Warren, Wei Zheng, Mark Steinwandel, et al.. (2022). Sociocultural Factors, Access to Healthcare, and Lifestyle: Multifactorial Indicators in Association with Colorectal Cancer Risk. Cancer Prevention Research. 15(9). 595–603. 11 indexed citations

Guo, Xingyi, Jie Ping, Wanqing Wen, et al.. (2022). Evaluating breast cancer predisposition genes in women of African ancestry. Genetics in Medicine. 24(7). 1468–1475. 6 indexed citations

Lo, Chun‐Han, William J. Blot, Lauren R. Teras, et al.. (2021). Prediagnostic Antibody Responses to Fusobacterium nucleatum Proteins Are Not Associated with Risk of Colorectal Cancer in a Large U.S. Consortium. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 30(6). 1279–1282. 3 indexed citations

Varga, Matthew G., Julia Butt, William J. Blot, et al.. (2020). Racial Differences in Helicobacter pylori CagA Sero-prevalence in a Consortium of Adult Cohorts in the United States. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 29(10). 2084–2092. 25 indexed citations

Epplein, Meira, Loı̈c Le Marchand, Timothy L. Cover, et al.. (2020). Association of Combined Sero-Positivity to Helicobacter pylori and Streptococcus gallolyticus with Risk of Colorectal Cancer. Microorganisms. 8(11). 1698–1698. 6 indexed citations

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Ping, Jie, Xingyi Guo, Fei Ye, et al.. (2020). Differences in gene-expression profiles in breast cancer between African and European-ancestry women. Carcinogenesis. 41(7). 887–893. 9 indexed citations

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Bradford, Yuki, Christopher I. Amos, William J. Blot, et al.. (2019). Cross-Cancer Pleiotropic Associations with Lung Cancer Risk in African Americans. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 28(4). 715–723. 8 indexed citations

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Pike, Mindy, Jacob Taylor, Edmond K. Kabagambe, et al.. (2019). The association of exercise and sedentary behaviours with incident end-stage renal disease: the Southern Community Cohort Study. BMJ Open. 9(8). e030661–e030661. 14 indexed citations

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Yang, Yaohua, Wei Zheng, Qiuyin Cai, et al.. (2019). Racial Differences in the Oral Microbiome: Data from Low-Income Populations of African Ancestry and European Ancestry. mSystems. 4(6). 39 indexed citations

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Bush, William S., Dana C. Crawford, Angela S. Wenzlaff, et al.. (2017). Germline Genetic Variants and Lung Cancer Survival in African Americans. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 26(8). 1288–1295. 7 indexed citations

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Andersen, Shaneda Warren, Xiao‐Ou Shu, Qiuyin Cai, et al.. (2017). Total and Free Circulating Vitamin D and Vitamin D–Binding Protein in Relation to Colorectal Cancer Risk in a Prospective Study of African Americans. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 26(8). 1242–1247. 19 indexed citations

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Andersen, Shaneda Warren, William J. Blot, Xiao‐Ou Shu, et al.. (2016). Adherence to Cancer Prevention Guidelines and Cancer Risk in Low-Income and African American Populations. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 25(5). 846–853. 28 indexed citations

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Haznadar, Majda, Qiuyin Cai, Kristopher W. Krausz, et al.. (2016). Urinary Metabolite Risk Biomarkers of Lung Cancer: A Prospective Cohort Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 25(6). 978–986. 45 indexed citations

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Cui, Yong, Margaret K. Hargreaves, Xiao‐Ou Shu, et al.. (2012). Prevalence and Correlates of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Services Use in Low-Income African Americans and Whites: A Report from the Southern Community Cohort Study. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 18(9). 844–849. 15 indexed citations

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Rahman, S.M. Jamshedur, Adriana L. Gonzalez, Ming Li, et al.. (2011). Lung Cancer Diagnosis from Proteomic Analysis of Preinvasive Lesions. Cancer Research. 71(8). 3009–3017. 59 indexed citations

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Signorello, Lisa B., Scott M. Williams, Wei Zheng, et al.. (2010). Blood Vitamin D Levels in Relation to Genetic Estimation of African Ancestry. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 19(9). 2325–2331. 50 indexed citations

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