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Best Female Scientists

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World Ranking
765
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Medicine

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116
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58610
World Ranking
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National Ranking
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Janet L. Stanford 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 Janet L. Stanford sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 454 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Janet L. Stanford 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 Janet L. Stanford sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 116 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Janet L. Stanford is affiliated with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on prostate cancer, encompassing treatment, diagnosis, genetic associations, and epidemiology, among other related aspects.

Their contribution to scientific literature is reflected in a variety of recent publications, including:

  • Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • A Multiple-Testing Procedure for High-Dimensional Mediation Hypotheses, 2020, Journal of the American Statistical Association
  • Evidence of Novel Susceptibility Variants for Prostate Cancer and a Multiancestry Polygenic Risk Score Associated with Aggressive Disease in Men of African Ancestry, 2023, European Urology
  • Prostate cancer risk stratification improvement across multiple ancestries with new polygenic hazard score, 2022, Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases
  • DNA methylation and cis-regulation of gene expression by prostate cancer risk SNPs, 2020, PLoS Genetics

Janet L. Stanford frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Elaine A. Ostrander, with 10 collaborative works
  • Rosalind A. Eeles, 9 collaborations
  • Jianfeng Xu, 8 collaborations
  • Olivier Cussenot, 8 collaborations
  • Johanna Schleutker, 7 collaborations

Their publications appear across multiple venues, notably:

  • UNC Libraries (10 publications)
  • European Urology (2 publications)
  • Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases (2 publications)
  • Cancer Research (2 publications)
  • Nature Genetics (1 publication)

Janet L. Stanford's work spans several fields of study, including:

  • Medicine, with 38 publications
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, totaling 16 publications

Within these broader fields, their research focuses on specific subfields such as:

  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (32 publications)
  • Genetics (8 publications)
  • Molecular Biology (4 publications)
  • Cancer Research (4 publications)
  • Statistics and Probability (3 publications)

Key topics covered in Janet L. Stanford's research include:

  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (40 publications)
  • Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (24 publications)
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (14 publications)
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 publications)
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (4 publications)
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (4 publications)
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • Breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy: collaborative reanalysis of data from 51 epidemiological studies of 52 705 women with breast cancer and 108 411 women without breast cancer

    E. E. Calle;C. W. Heath;R. J. Coates;J. M. Liff

  • REVEL: An Ensemble Method for Predicting the Pathogenicity of Rare Missense Variants

    Nilah M M. Ioannidis;Joseph H H. Rothstein;Joseph H H. Rothstein;Vikas Pejaver;Sumit Middha

  • Breast cancer and hormonal contraceptives : collaborative reanalysis of individual data on 53.297 women with breast cancer and 100.239 women without breast cancer from 54 epidemiological studies

    E. E. Calle;C. W. Heath;H. L. Miracle-McMahill;R. J. Coates

  • Urinary and sexual function after radical prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer : The Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study

    Janet L. Stanford;Janet L. Stanford;Ziding Feng;Ann S. Hamilton;Frank D. Gilliland;Frank D. Gilliland

  • Increased risk of noncardia gastric cancer associated with proinflammatory cytokine gene polymorphisms

    Emad M El-Omar;Charles S Rabkin;Marilie D Gammon;Thomas L Vaughan

  • Alcohol, tobacco and breast cancer - Collaborative reanalysis of individual data from 53 epidemiological studies, including 58 515 women with breast cancer and 95 067 women without the disease

    N Hamajima;K Hirose;K Tajima;T Rohan

  • Menarche, menopause, and breast cancer risk: Individual participant meta-analysis, including 118 964 women with breast cancer from 117 epidemiological studies

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • Fruit and Vegetable Intakes and Prostate Cancer Risk

    Jennifer H. Cohen;Alan R. Kristal;Janet L. Stanford

  • Long-Term Functional Outcomes after Treatment for Localized Prostate Cancer

    Matthew J. Resnick;Tatsuki Koyama;Kang-Hsien Fan;Peter C. Albertsen

  • Population attributable risks of esophageal and gastric cancers.

    Lawrence S. Engel;Lawrence S. Engel;Wong Ho Chow;Thomas L. Vaughan;Marilie D. Gammon

  • Association analyses of more than 140,000 men identify 63 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci

    Fredrick R. Schumacher;Ali Amin Al Olama;Sonja I. Berndt;Sara Benlloch

  • Tobacco, Alcohol, and Socioeconomic Status and Adenocarcinomas of the Esophagus and Gastric Cardia

    Marilie D. Gammon;Habibul Ahsan;Janet B. Schoenberg;A. Brian West

  • Body mass index and risk of adenocarcinomas of the esophagus and gastric cardia.

    Wong Ho Chow;William J. Blot;Thomas L. Vaughan;Harvey A. Risch

  • Outcomes ascertainment and adjudication methods in the women's health initiative

    J.David Curb;Anne Mctiernan;Susan R Heckbert;Charles Kooperberg

  • 5-year urinary and sexual outcomes after radical prostatectomy: results from the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study.

    David F. Penson;Dale McLerran;Ziding Feng;Lin Li

  • An Inverse Relation between cagA + Strains of Helicobacter pylori Infection and Risk of Esophageal and Gastric Cardia Adenocarcinoma

    Wong Ho Chow;Martin J. Blaser;Martin J. Blaser;William J. Blot;Marilie D. Gammon

  • Identification of 23 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci using the iCOGS custom genotyping array

    Rosalind A. Eeles;Ali Amin Al Olama;Sara Benlloch;Edward J. Saunders

  • Polymorphic Repeats in the Androgen Receptor Gene: Molecular Markers of Prostate Cancer Risk

    Janet L. Stanford;Jeanette J. Just;Mark Gibbs;Kristine G. Wicklund

  • Prostate Specific Antigen Best Practice Statement: 2009 Update

    Kirsten L. Greene;Peter C. Albertsen;Richard J. Babaian;H. Ballentine Carter

  • Health outcomes after prostatectomy or radiotherapy for prostate cancer: results from the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study.

    Arnold L. Potosky;Julie Legler;Peter C. Albertsen;Janet L. Stanford

Frequent Co-Authors

Elaine A. Ostrander
Elaine A. Ostrander National Institutes of Health
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Johanna Schleutker
Johanna Schleutker Turku University Hospital
Lisa A. Cannon-Albright
Lisa A. Cannon-Albright University of Utah
Kenneth W. Muir
Kenneth W. Muir University of Manchester
Rosalind A. Eeles
Rosalind A. Eeles Institute of Cancer Research
David E. Neal
David E. Neal University of Cambridge
Christopher A. Haiman
Christopher A. Haiman University of Southern California
Esther M. John
Esther M. John Stanford University
Zsofia Kote-Jarai
Zsofia Kote-Jarai Institute of Cancer Research

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