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David Zaridze publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Zaridze sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 391 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

David Zaridze 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 David Zaridze sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

David Zaridze is affiliated with the Russian Society of Clinical Oncology in the Russian Federation. Their research contributions span significant areas within medicine, particularly focusing on oncology, molecular biology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Postdiagnosis Smoking Cessation and Reduced Risk for Lung Cancer Progression and Mortality, 2021, Annals of Internal Medicine
  • Geographic variation of mutagenic exposures in kidney cancer genomes, 2024, Nature
  • Fruits and vegetables intake and gastric cancer risk: A pooled analysis within the Stomach cancer Pooling Project, 2020, International Journal of Cancer
  • Immune-mediated genetic pathways resulting in pulmonary function impairment increase lung cancer susceptibility, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Protein-altering germline mutations implicate novel genes related to lung cancer development, 2020, Nature Communications

Their research fields primarily include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broader disciplines, their studies have frequently focused on subfields such as:

  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Oncology
  • Surgery
  • Cancer Research

Their main topics of work address a variety of cancer-related issues and biological mechanisms, including:

  • Renal cell carcinoma treatment
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection

David Zaridze has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • María Paula Curado
  • Paul Brennan
  • Zuo-Feng Zhang
  • Ivana Holcátová
  • Carlo La Vecchia

The venues where Zaridze has most often published their work are:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Public Health
  • European Journal of Cancer Prevention
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Cancer

Best Publications

  • International network of cancer genome projects

    Thomas J. Hudson;Thomas J. Hudson;Warwick Anderson;Axel Aretz;Anna D. Barker

  • A susceptibility locus for lung cancer maps to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit genes on 15q25

    Rayjean J. Hung;James D. Mckay;Valerie Gaborieau;Paolo Boffetta

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses identify multiple loci associated with smoking behavior

    Helena Furberg;Yunjung Kim;Jennifer Dackor;Eric Boerwinkle

  • Tobacco and cancer: recent epidemiological evidence.

    Paolo Vineis;M. Alavanja;P. Buffler;E. Fontham

  • Alcohol Drinking in Never Users of Tobacco, Cigarette Smoking in Never Drinkers, and the Risk of Head and Neck Cancer: Pooled Analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium

    Mia Hashibe;Paul Brennan;Simone Benhamou;Xavier Castellsague

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new lung cancer susceptibility loci and heterogeneity in genetic susceptibility across histological subtypes

    James D McKay;Rayjean J Hung;Younghun Han;Xuchen Zong

  • Obesity, metabolic factors and risk of different histological types of lung cancer: A Mendelian randomization study

    Robert Carreras-Torres;Mattias Johansson;Philip C. Haycock;Kaitlin H. Wade

  • Lung cancer susceptibility locus at 5p15.33

    James D McKay;Rayjean J Hung;Rayjean J Hung;Valerie Gaborieau;Paolo Boffetta

  • Improved Identification of von Hippel-Lindau Gene Alterations in Clear Cell Renal Tumors

    Michael L. Nickerson;Erich Jaeger;Yangu Shi;Jeffrey A. Durocher

  • Cigarette smoking and lung cancer – relative risk estimates for the major histological types from a pooled analysis of case-control studies

    Beate Pesch;Benjamin Kendzia;Per Gustavsson;Karl Heinz Jöckel

  • Oral Health and Risk of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck and Esophagus: Results of Two Multicentric Case-Control Studies

    Neela Guha;Paolo Boffetta;Victor Wünsch Filho;Jose Eluf Neto

  • European Code Against Cancer and scientific justification: third version (2003)

    P. Boyle;P. Autier;H. Bartelink;J. Baselga

  • Alcohol and cause-specific mortality in Russia: a retrospective case–control study of 48 557 adult deaths

    David Zaridze;Paul Brennan;Jillian Boreham;Alex Boroda

  • Rare variants of large effect in BRCA2 and CHEK2 affect risk of lung cancer

    Yufei Wang;James D McKay;Thorunn Rafnar;Zhaoming Wang

  • Cessation of alcohol drinking, tobacco smoking and the reversal of head and neck cancer risk

    Manuela Marron;Manuela Marron;Paolo Boffetta;Zuo Feng Zhang;David Zaridze

  • TP53 and KRAS mutation load and types in lung cancers in relation to tobacco smoke : distinct patterns in never, former, and current smokers

    Florence Le Calvez;Anush Mukeria;Jay D. Hunt;Olaf Kelm

  • Quantitative Analysis of DNA Methylation Profiles in Lung Cancer Identifies Aberrant DNA Methylation of Specific Genes and Its Association with Gender and Cancer Risk Factors

    Thomas Vaissière;Rayjean J. Hung;David Zaridze;Anush Moukeria

  • A Genome-Wide Association Study of Upper Aerodigestive Tract Cancers Conducted within the INHANCE Consortium

    James D. McKay;Therese Truong;Valerie Gaborieau;Amelie Chabrier

  • Genome-wide association study of renal cell carcinoma identifies two susceptibility loci on 2p21 and 11q13.3

    Mark P. Purdue;Mattias Johansson;Diana Zelenika;Jorge R. Toro

  • Russian mortality trends for 1991-2001: analysis by cause and region

    Tamara Men;Paul Brennan;Paolo Boffetta;David Zaridze

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Boffetta
Paolo Boffetta Stony Brook Medicine
Paul Brennan
Paul Brennan International Agency For Research On Cancer
Jolanta Lissowska
Jolanta Lissowska Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology
Eleonora Fabianova
Eleonora Fabianova Regional Authority of Public Health
Lenka Foretova
Lenka Foretova Masaryk University
Peter Rudnai
Peter Rudnai National Institutes of Health
Ghislaine Scelo
Ghislaine Scelo International Agency For Research On Cancer
Rayjean J. Hung
Rayjean J. Hung Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
James McKay
James McKay International Agency For Research On Cancer

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