William Small

20.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
412 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

About

William Small is a scholar working on Obstetrics and Gynecology, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, William Small has authored 412 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 146 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 110 papers in Surgery and 96 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in William Small's work include Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments (145 papers), Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment (64 papers) and Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (56 papers). William Small is often cited by papers focused on Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments (145 papers), Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment (64 papers) and Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (56 papers). William Small collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. William Small's co-authors include David K. Gaffney, Anuja Jhingran, Akila N. Viswanathan, Matthew M. Harkenrider, Bradley A. Erickson, Linus Chuang, Mannudeep K. Kalra, Linda Mileshkin, Amishi Bajaj and Henry C Kitchener and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

William Small

396 papers receiving 11.9k citations

Hit Papers

Long-term outcome in patients with a pathological complet... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2017 2019 2019 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Long-term outcome in patients with a pathological complete response after chemoradiation for rectal cancer: a pooled analysis of individual patient data
    2010 1.4k citations William Small et al. profile →
  2. Cervical cancer: A global health crisis
    2017 845 citations William Small, Monica Bacon et al. Cancer profile →
  3. Adjuvant Chemotherapy plus Radiation for Locally Advanced Endometrial Cancer
    2019 289 citations Virginia L. Filiaci, Marcus E. Randall et al. profile →
  4. Phase III Trial: Adjuvant Pelvic Radiation Therapy Versus Vaginal Brachytherapy Plus Paclitaxel/Carboplatin in High-Intermediate and High-Risk Early-Stage Endometrial Cancer
    2019 209 citations Marcus E. Randall, Virginia L. Filiaci et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology 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 Small United States 53 3.9k 3.6k 3.6k 2.3k 2.0k 412 12.1k
Bradley A. Erickson United States 58 6.0k 1.5× 2.3k 0.6× 4.5k 1.3× 2.6k 1.1× 2.5k 1.2× 445 13.2k
Valter Torri Italy 66 3.8k 1.0× 8.8k 2.4× 1.5k 0.4× 2.3k 1.0× 7.2k 3.5× 305 21.2k
Robert P. Edwards United States 53 2.3k 0.6× 3.9k 1.1× 2.7k 0.8× 442 0.2× 1.1k 0.5× 310 11.9k
David G. Mutch United States 68 4.6k 1.2× 4.3k 1.2× 9.4k 2.6× 968 0.4× 2.0k 1.0× 449 19.1k
Mark F. Munsell United States 64 2.8k 0.7× 3.6k 1.0× 2.1k 0.6× 383 0.2× 2.2k 1.1× 243 11.8k
Richard Pötter Austria 70 8.1k 2.1× 2.4k 0.7× 10.3k 2.9× 4.6k 2.0× 4.8k 2.3× 468 19.6k
Roman Rouzier France 61 3.7k 0.9× 5.6k 1.5× 4.3k 1.2× 1.3k 0.6× 1.6k 0.8× 484 16.8k
Jonathan S. Berek United States 67 4.7k 1.2× 4.3k 1.2× 7.4k 2.1× 877 0.4× 1.3k 0.7× 297 16.6k
Hys Ngan Hong Kong 68 3.8k 1.0× 4.1k 1.1× 4.3k 1.2× 723 0.3× 2.1k 1.0× 521 21.5k
John R. van Nagell United States 47 1.6k 0.4× 1.4k 0.4× 2.8k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 604 0.3× 226 7.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Small

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Podgorsak, Alexander R., et al.. (2024). Geometric and dosimetric evaluation for breast and regional nodal auto‐segmentation structures. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 25(10). e14461–e14461. 2 indexed citations
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Jethwa, Krishan R., Edward Kim, Jordan Berlin, et al.. (2023). Executive Summary of the American Radium Society Appropriate Use Criteria for Neoadjuvant Therapy for Nonmetastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 47(4). 185–199. 1 indexed citations
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Hallemeier, Christopher L., Navesh Sharma, Christopher J. Anker, et al.. (2023). American Radium Society Appropriate Use Criteria for the use of liver‐directed therapies for nonsurgical management of liver metastases: Systematic review and guidelines. Cancer. 129(20). 3193–3212. 5 indexed citations
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Henry, Travis S., Mark F. Berry, Geoffrey B. Johnson, et al.. (2023). ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Incidentally Detected Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodule. Journal of the American College of Radiology. 20(11). S455–S470. 5 indexed citations
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Saripalli, Anjali L., Brian Lee, William Adams, et al.. (2023). Multi-institutional Development and Validation of Contouring Guidelines for Para-aortic Elective Nodal Irradiation in Prostate Cancer Based on Patterns of Involvement on Targeted Molecular Imaging Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 117(3). 630–640. 1 indexed citations
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Suneja, Gita, Y. Jessica Huang, Kenneth M. Boucher, et al.. (2023). Short Course Adjuvant Vaginal Cuff Brachytherapy (VCB) in Early Endometrial Cancer: Primary Endpoint Results of the SAVE Randomized Clinical Trial. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 117(2). S39–S40. 3 indexed citations
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Lu, Diana J., Katelyn M. Atkins, William Small, & Mitchell Kamrava. (2021). Evaluation of sociodemographic and baseline patient characteristic differences in cervical cancer patients treated with either external beam or brachytherapy boost. Brachytherapy. 21(1). 22–28. 2 indexed citations
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Randall, Marcus E., Virginia L. Filiaci, D. Scott McMeekin, et al.. (2019). Phase III Trial: Adjuvant Pelvic Radiation Therapy Versus Vaginal Brachytherapy Plus Paclitaxel/Carboplatin in High-Intermediate and High-Risk Early-Stage Endometrial Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 37(21). 1810–1818. 209 indexed citations breakdown →
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Small, William, Monica Bacon, Amishi Bajaj, et al.. (2017). Cervical Cancer: A Global Health Crisis. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 72(11). 654–655. 35 indexed citations
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Wagner, Lynne I., Stephanie L. Pugh, William Small, et al.. (2016). Screening for depression in cancer patients receiving radiotherapy: Feasibility and identification of effective tools in the NRG Oncology RTOG 0841 trial. Cancer. 123(3). 485–493. 25 indexed citations
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Alvarado, Michael, et al.. (2015). TARGIT-U.S.: A registry trial of targeted intraoperative radiation therapy following breast-conserving surgery.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 1 indexed citations
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Ben‐Josef, Edgar, William F. Regine, Ross A. Abrams, et al.. (2015). Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 Beta Predicts Survival in Resected Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas. Clinical Cancer Research. 21(24). 5612–5618. 5 indexed citations
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Small, William, Tamer Refaat, Jonathan Strauss, et al.. (2015). Clinical outcomes with the MammoSite radiation therapy system: results of a prospective trial. Journal of Radiation Oncology. 4(4). 395–400. 1 indexed citations
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Refaat, Tamer, Mehee Choi, Krystyna Kiel, et al.. (2013). Markov Model and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Bevacizumab in HER2-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer. American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 37(5). 480–485. 17 indexed citations
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Schefter, Tracey E., et al.. (2012). RTOG 0417: Efficacy of Bevacizumab in Combination With Definitive Radiation Therapy and Cisplatin Chemotherapy in Untreated Patients With Locally Advanced Cervical Carcinoma. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 84(3). S17–S17. 9 indexed citations
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Small, William, Kathryn Winter, Charles Levenback, et al.. (2011). Extended-Field Irradiation and Intracavitary Brachytherapy Combined With Cisplatin and Amifostine for Cervical Cancer With Positive Para-Aortic or High Common Iliac Lymph Nodes. International Journal of Gynecological Cancer. 21(7). 1266–1275. 26 indexed citations
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Hadland, Scott E., Thomas Kerr, Brandon D. L. Marshall, et al.. (2010). Non-Injection Drug Use Patterns and History of Injection among Street Youth. European Addiction Research. 16(2). 91–98. 29 indexed citations
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Rademaker, Alfred, et al.. (2008). Change in Creatinine Clearance Over Time Following Upper Abdominal Irradiation: A Dose Volume Histogram Multivariate Analysis. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 72(1). S126–S127. 2 indexed citations
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Small, William, et al.. (1995). Enzymic and metabolic studies on retrograde regulation mutants of yeast. Biochemistry. 34(16). 5569–5576. 46 indexed citations

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