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Ara A. Vaporciyan

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
90
Citations
23935
World Ranking
12376
National Ranking
6336

Ara A. Vaporciyan publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 627 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Ara A. Vaporciyan D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ara A. Vaporciyan sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 90 D-Index — 41st percentile

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Overview

Ara A. Vaporciyan is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research spans various areas within medicine, with a strong focus on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oncology, surgery, radiology, nuclear medicine, imaging, and cancer research.

Their work predominantly revolves around lung cancer diagnosis and treatment, lung cancer treatments and mutations, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, cancer genomics and diagnostics, radiomics and machine learning in medical imaging, gastric cancer management and outcomes, as well as esophageal cancer research and treatment.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Mara B. Antonoff, Boris Sepesi, Stephen G. Swisher, John V. Heymach, and Reza J. Mehran, indicating collaborations with experts in related fields.

They have published extensively in several journals and conferences, with frequent publication venues including:

  • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • Journal of Thoracic Oncology
  • Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology

Notable recent papers include:

  • Neoadjuvant nivolumab or nivolumab plus ipilimumab in operable non-small cell lung cancer: the phase 2 randomized NEOSTAR trial, 2021, Nature Medicine
  • Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for operable stage I non-small-cell lung cancer (revised STARS): long-term results of a single-arm, prospective trial with prespecified comparison to surgery, 2021, The Lancet Oncology
  • Randomized Phase IIB Trial of Proton Beam Therapy Versus Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer, 2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Comprehensive T cell repertoire characterization of non-small cell lung cancer, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy with or without immunotherapy for early-stage or isolated lung parenchymal recurrent node-negative non-small-cell lung cancer: an open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial, 2023, The Lancet

Best Publications

  • Involvement of platelet-endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 in neutrophil recruitment in vivo

    Ara A. Vaporciyan;Horace M. DeLisser;Horng Chin Yan;Ignacio I. Mendiguren

  • C5a-induced expression of P-selectin in endothelial cells.

    Kimberly E. Foreman;Ara A. Vaporciyan;Brian K. Bonish;Michael L. Jones

  • Neoadjuvant nivolumab or nivolumab plus ipilimumab in operable non-small cell lung cancer: the phase 2 randomized NEOSTAR trial.

    Tina Cascone;William N. William;Annikka Weissferdt;Cheuk H. Leung

  • Risk factors associated with atrial fibrillation after noncardiac thoracic surgery: analysis of 2588 patients

    Ara A Vaporciyan;Arlene M Correa;David C Rice;Jack A Roth

  • Utility of PET, CT, and EUS to identify pathologic responders in esophageal cancer

    Stephen G. Swisher;Mary Maish;Jeremy J. Erasmus;Arlene M. Correa

  • Histopathologic response criteria predict survival of patients with resected lung cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

    Apar Pataer;Neda Kalhor;Arlene M. Correa;Maria Gabriela Raso

  • 2-Fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography imaging is predictive of pathologic response and survival after preoperative chemoradiation in patients with esophageal carcinoma.

    Stephen G. Swisher;Jeremy Erasmus;Mary Maish;Arlene M. Correa

  • Treatment Outcomes of Resected Esophageal Cancer

    Wayne Hofstetter;Stephen G. Swisher;Arlene M. Correa;Kenneth Hess

  • Salvage esophagectomy for recurrent tumors after definitive chemotherapy and radiotherapy

    Stephen G. Swisher;Paula Wynn;Joe B. Putnam;Melinda B. Mosheim

  • Automated Symptom Alerts Reduce Postoperative Symptom Severity After Cancer Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

    Charles S. Cleeland;Xin Shelley Wang;Qiuling Shi;Tito R. Mendoza

  • Induction of p53-regulated genes and tumor regression in lung cancer patients after intratumoral delivery of adenoviral p53 (INGN 201) and radiation therapy.

    Stephen G Swisher;Jack A Roth;Ritsuko Komaki;Jian Gu

  • Bayesian Adaptive Randomization Trial of Passive Scattering Proton Therapy and Intensity-Modulated Photon Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    Zhongxing Liao;J. Jack Lee;Ritsuko Komaki;Daniel R. Gomez

  • Outpatient management of malignant pleural effusion by a chronic indwelling pleural catheter

    Joe B. Putnam;Garrett L. Walsh;Stephen G. Swisher;Jack A. Roth

  • Tumor necrosis factor α regulates in vivo intrapulmonary expression of ICAM-1

    Michael S. Mulligan;Ara A. Vaporciyan;Masayuki Miyasaka;Takuya Tamatani

  • Management of primary pulmonary artery sarcomas.

    Shanda H. Blackmon;David C Rice;Arlene M Correa;Reza John Mehran

  • Investigation of clinical and dosimetric factors associated with postoperative pulmonary complications in esophageal cancer patients treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery.

    Shu Lian Wang;Zhongxing Liao;Ara A Vaporciyan;Susan L. Tucker

  • Outcomes after extrapleural pneumonectomy and intensity-modulated radiation therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma.

    David C. Rice;Craig W. Stevens;Arlene M. Correa;Ara A. Vaporciyan

  • Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for operable stage I non-small-cell lung cancer (revised STARS): long-term results of a single-arm, prospective trial with prespecified comparison to surgery.

    Joe Y Chang;Reza J Mehran;Lei Feng;Vivek Verma

  • Postoperative pulmonary complications after preoperative chemoradiation for esophageal carcinoma: correlation with pulmonary dose-volume histogram parameters.

    Hoon K Lee;Ara A Vaporciyan;James D Cox;Susan L Tucker

  • Factors affecting interest in cardiothoracic surgery: Survey of North American general surgery residents.

    Ara A. Vaporciyan;Carolyn E. Reed;Clese Erikson;Michael J. Dill

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen G. Swisher
Stephen G. Swisher The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
David C. Rice
David C. Rice The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jack A. Roth
Jack A. Roth The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Garrett L. Walsh
Garrett L. Walsh The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Wayne L. Hofstetter
Wayne L. Hofstetter The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
John V. Heymach
John V. Heymach The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jaffer A. Ajani
Jaffer A. Ajani The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Ritsuko Komaki
Ritsuko Komaki The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Ignacio I. Wistuba
Ignacio I. Wistuba The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Joe B. Putnam
Joe B. Putnam The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Best Scientists Citing Ara A. Vaporciyan

Wayne L. Hofstetter

Wayne L. Hofstetter

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Publications: 95

Jaffer A. Ajani

Jaffer A. Ajani

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Publications: 71

Peter A. Ward

Peter A. Ward

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Publications: 66

Stephen G. Swisher

Stephen G. Swisher

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Publications: 64

Zhongxing Liao

Zhongxing Liao

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Publications: 61

Valerie W. Rusch

Valerie W. Rusch

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Publications: 57

Ritsuko Komaki

Ritsuko Komaki

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Publications: 51

David C. Rice

David C. Rice

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Publications: 47

Steven M. Albelda

Steven M. Albelda

University of Pennsylvania

Publications: 41

Ignacio I. Wistuba

Ignacio I. Wistuba

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Publications: 39

Peter J. Newman

Peter J. Newman

Medical College of Wisconsin

Publications: 38

Jack A. Roth

Jack A. Roth

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Publications: 36

William A. Muller

William A. Muller

Northwestern University

Publications: 34

Michael J. Reardon

Michael J. Reardon

Houston Methodist

Publications: 34

Vladimir R. Muzykantov

Vladimir R. Muzykantov

University of Pennsylvania

Publications: 31

David R. Jones

David R. Jones

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Publications: 31

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