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Gary E. Swan 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 Gary E. Swan sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 294 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gary E. Swan 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 Gary E. Swan sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gary E. Swan is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of medicine, with particular attention to physiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, applied psychology, health toxicology and mutagenesis, and clinical psychology.

The main topics addressed in Gary E. Swan's work include:

  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies

Their publication record is significant, with articles in several venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Tobacco Control
  • UNC Libraries
  • American Journal of Public Health
  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • Addiction Neuroscience

Gary E. Swan has contributed to multiple papers, including the following recent works:

  • "Balancing Consideration of the Risks and Benefits of E-Cigarettes" (2021), published in American Journal of Public Health
  • "PhenX: Vector measures for tobacco regulatory research" (2020), published in Tobacco Control
  • "PhenX: Host: Social/Cognitive measures for tobacco regulatory research" (2020), published in Tobacco Control
  • "PhenX: Environment measures for Tobacco Regulatory Research" (2020), published in Tobacco Control
  • "PhenX: Agent measures for tobacco regulatory research" (2020), published in Tobacco Control

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Tabitha Hendershot
  • Neal L. Benowitz
  • Robin J. Mermelstein
  • Destiney S Nettles
  • David J.K. Balfour

Gary E. Swan's work intersects several subfields, contributing extensively to physiology and clinical psychology as well as environmental and occupational health. Through this interdisciplinary approach, they engage with behavioral health issues, particularly smoking behavior and cessation, and explore related health impacts in both individual and broader public health contexts.

Best Publications

  • Measures of abstinence in clinical trials: issues and recommendations.

    John R. Hughes;Josue P. Keely;Ray S. Niaura;Deborah J. Ossip-Klein

  • Variation in the Human Immune System Is Largely Driven by Non-Heritable Influences

    Petter Brodin;Petter Brodin;Vladimir Jojic;Tianxiang Gao;Sanchita Bhattacharya

  • Cholinergic nicotinic receptor genes implicated in a nicotine dependence association study targeting 348 candidate genes with 3713 SNPs

    Scott F. Saccone;Anthony L. Hinrichs;Nancy L. Saccone;Gary A. Chase

  • The need for dissemination of evidence-based results from research on nicotine and tobacco

    Gary E Swan

  • Variants in nicotinic receptors and risk for nicotine dependence

    Laura Jean Bierut;Jerry A. Stitzel;Jen C. Wang;Anthony L. Hinrichs

  • Novel genes identified in a high-density genome wide association study for nicotine dependence

    Laura Jean Bierut;Pamela A F Madden;Naomi Breslau;Eric O. Johnson

  • A meta-analysis of estimated genetic and environmental effects on smoking behavior in male and female adult twins.

    Ming D. Li;Rong Cheng;Jennie Z. Ma;Gary E. Swan

  • Genetic and environmental determinants of human NK cell diversity revealed by mass cytometry

    Amir Horowitz;Dara M. Strauss-Albee;Michael Leipold;Jessica Kubo

  • The effects of tobacco smoke and nicotine on cognition and the brain.

    Gary E. Swan;Christina N. Lessov-Schlaggar

  • Female sex and oral contraceptive use accelerate nicotine metabolism.

    Neal L. Benowitz;Neal L. Benowitz;Christina N. Lessov‐Schlaggar;Christina N. Lessov‐Schlaggar;Gary E. Swan;Gary E. Swan;Peyton Jacob;Peyton Jacob

  • Maternal nutrition at conception modulates DNA methylation of human metastable epialleles

    Paula Dominguez-Salas;Sophie E. Moore;Maria S. Baker;Andrew W. Bergen

  • Genetic Influence on Smoking — A Study of Male Twins

    Dorit Carmelli;Gary E. Swan;Dennis Robinette;Richard Fabsitz

  • Association of midlife blood pressure to late-life cognitive decline and brain morphology

    Gary E. Swan;Charles DeCarli;B. L. Miller;T. Reed

  • Evidence For Genetic Variance in White Matter Hyperintensity Volume in Normal Elderly Male Twins

    Dorit Carmelli;Charles DeCarli;Gary E. Swan;Lisa M. Jack

  • Cerebrovascular and brain morphologic correlates of Mild cognitive impairment in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Twin study

    Charles DeCarli;Bruce L. Miller;Gary E. Swan;Terry Reed

  • Use of the nicotine metabolite ratio as a genetically informed biomarker of response to nicotine patch or varenicline for smoking cessation: a randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled trial

    Caryn Lerman;Robert A. Schnoll;Larry W. Hawk;Paul M Cinciripini

  • Mitochondrial DNA Content: Its Genetic Heritability and Association With Renal Cell Carcinoma

    Jinliang Xing;Meng Chen;Christopher G. Wood;Jie Lin

  • Predictors of brain morphology for the men of the NHLBI twin study

    Charles DeCarli;B. L. Miller;G. E. Swan;T. Reed

  • Multiple Distinct Risk Loci for Nicotine Dependence Identified by Dense Coverage of the Complete Family of Nicotinic Receptor Subunit (CHRN) Genes

    Nancy L. Saccone;Scott F. Saccone;Anthony L. Hinrichs;Jerry A. Stitzel

  • CYP2A6 genotype and the metabolism and disposition kinetics of nicotine

    Neal L. Benowitz;Gary E. Swan;Peyton Jacob;Christina N. Lessov‐Schlaggar

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew W. Bergen
Andrew W. Bergen Oregon Research Institute
Neal L. Benowitz
Neal L. Benowitz University of California, San Francisco
Rachel F. Tyndale
Rachel F. Tyndale University of Toronto
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki
Karri Silventoinen
Karri Silventoinen University of Helsinki
Catherine Tuvblad
Catherine Tuvblad Örebro University
Caryn Lerman
Caryn Lerman University of Southern California
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Grant W. Montgomery
Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland
Philip A. Wolf
Philip A. Wolf Boston University

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