2026 James D. Luketich: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	111	5247	4923	2831	2622	728	62079

Overview

James D. Luketich is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Oncology. Subfields covered in their work also include Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, as well as Neurology.

The scientist's recent papers cover a range of topics related to lung and esophageal diseases, cancer diagnosis and treatment, and surgical interventions. Notable publications include:

Prospective Evaluation of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccine Responses Across a Broad Spectrum of Immunocompromising Conditions: the COVID-19 Vaccination in the Immunocompromised Study (COVICS), 2022, Clinical Infectious Diseases
Definition and assessment of high risk in patients considered for lobectomy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer: The American Association for Thoracic Surgery expert panel consensus document, 2021, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Outcomes with segmentectomy versus lobectomy in patients with clinical T1cN0M0 non-small cell lung cancer, 2020, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Worldwide Techniques and Outcomes in Robot-assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (RAMIE), 2020, Annals of Surgery
National Trends in Extended Criteria Donor Utilization and Outcomes for Lung Transplantation, 2020, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Luketich include Arjun Pennathur, Inderpal S. Sarkaria, Matthew J. Schuchert, Rajeev Dhupar, and Ryan M. Levy. These collaborations have resulted in numerous joint publications, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Publication venues where Luketich has contributed extensively include:

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Annals of Esophagus
Annals of Surgical Oncology

Luketich's main research topics emphasize areas such as Esophageal and GI Pathology, Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, as well as Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging. Additional areas include Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations and Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases.

Best Publications

Comprehensive molecular characterization of gastric adenocarcinoma

Adam J. Bass;Vesteinn Thorsson;Ilya Shmulevich;Sheila M. Reynolds

6006
Citations
Oncogenic Signaling Pathways in The Cancer Genome Atlas

Francisco Sanchez-Vega;Marco Mina;Joshua Armenia;Walid K. Chatila

3193
Citations
Cell-of-Origin Patterns Dominate the Molecular Classification of 10,000 Tumors from 33 Types of Cancer.

Katherine A. Hoadley;Christina Yau;Christina Yau;Toshinori Hinoue;Denise M. Wolf

2565
Citations
Comprehensive Characterization of Cancer Driver Genes and Mutations.

Matthew H Bailey;Collin Tokheim;Eduard Porta-Pardo;Sohini Sengupta

2512
Citations
Outcomes After Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity

Philip R. Schauer;Sayeed Ikramuddin;William Gourash;Ramesh Ramanathan

1995
Citations
Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax: An American College of Chest Physicians Delphi Consensus Statement

Michael H. Baumann;Charlie Strange;John E. Heffner;Richard Light

1499
Citations
Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: Outcomes in 222 Patients

James D. Luketich;Miguel Alvelo-Rivera;Percival O. Buenaventura;Neil A. Christie

1249
Citations
Genomic and Functional Approaches to Understanding Cancer Aneuploidy

Alison M. Taylor;Alison M. Taylor;Juliann Shih;Gavin Ha;Gavin Ha;Galen F. Gao

1116
Citations
Outcomes after minimally invasive esophagectomy: review of over 1000 patients

James D. Luketich;Arjun Pennathur;Omar Awais;Ryan M. Levy

965
Citations
Pathogenic Germline Variants in 10,389 Adult Cancers

Kuan-Lin Huang;R Jay Mashl;Yige Wu;Deborah I Ritter

848
Citations
Exome and whole-genome sequencing of esophageal adenocarcinoma identifies recurrent driver events and mutational complexity

Austin M Dulak;Petar Stojanov;Petar Stojanov;Petar Stojanov;Shouyong Peng;Shouyong Peng;Michael S Lawrence

843
Citations
Human non-small cell lung tumors and cells derived from normal lung express both estrogen receptor α and β and show biological responses to estrogen

Laura P. Stabile;Autumn L. Gaither Davis;Christopher T. Gubish;Toni M. Hopkins

638
Citations
MicroRNA Expression Profiles of Esophageal Cancer

Andrew Feber;Liqiang Xi;James D. Luketich;Arjun Pennathur

547
Citations
Adaptive plasticity of IL-10 + and IL-35 + T reg cells cooperatively promotes tumor T cell exhaustion

Deepali V Sawant;Deepali V Sawant;Hiroshi Yano;Maria Chikina;Qianxia Zhang;Qianxia Zhang

517
Citations
Wedge resection versus lobectomy for stage I (T1 N0 M0) non-small-cell lung cancer

Rodney J. Landreneau;David J. Sugarbaker;Michael J. Mack;Stephen R. Hazelrigg

464
Citations
Pan-cancer Alterations of the MYC Oncogene and Its Proximal Network across the Cancer Genome Atlas

Franz X. Schaub;Varsha Dhankani;Ashton C. Berger;Mihir Trivedi

445
Citations
Symptomatic improvement in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) following laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

E. E. Frezza;S. Ikramuddin;W. Gourash;T. Rakitt

425
Citations
Outcomes of sublobar resection versus lobectomy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a 13-year analysis.

Amgad El-Sherif;William E. Gooding;Ricardo Santos;Brian Pettiford

411
Citations
Anatomic Segmentectomy in the Treatment of Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Matthew J. Schuchert;Brian L. Pettiford;Samuel Keeley;Thomas A. D’Amato

370
Citations
Characterization of Amplifiable, Circulating RNA in Plasma and Its Potential as a Tool for Cancer Diagnostics

Talal El-Hefnawy;Siva Raja;Lori Kelly;William L. Bigbee

369
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Rodney J. Landreneau University of Pittsburgh

William E. Gooding University of Pittsburgh

Robert J. Keenan University of Chicago

Jill M. Siegfried University of Minnesota

Ninh T. Nguyen University of California, Irvine

Chandra P. Belani Penn State Cancer Institute

Joel S. Greenberger University of Pittsburgh

Samuel A. Yousem University of Pittsburgh

Joseph M. Pilewski University of Pittsburgh

Steven E. Schumacher Broad Institute

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