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D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
89
Citations
23305
World Ranking
12854
National Ranking
6572

Kathleen E. Malone publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 291 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Kathleen E. Malone 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 Kathleen E. Malone sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 89 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Kathleen E. Malone is affiliated with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant work in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broader fields, specialized subfields include oncology, cancer research, genetics, molecular biology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientific topics covered in their work include:

  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer

Kathleen E. Malone has contributed to various journals, with frequent publication venues including:

  • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Cancer
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Cancer Research
  • Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Selected recent papers detail their contributions to cancer research and epidemiology, including:

  • "Coronary Artery Disease in Young Women After Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer" (2021), JACC CardioOncology
  • "Radiation Treatment, ATM, BRCA1/2, and CHEK2*1100delC Pathogenic Variants and Risk of Contralateral Breast Cancer" (2020), JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • "Race, ethnicity and risk of second primary contralateral breast cancer in the United States" (2021), International Journal of Cancer
  • "Racial/ethnic disparities in risk of breast cancer mortality by molecular subtype and stage at diagnosis" (2021), Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
  • "Alcohol consumption, smoking, and invasive breast cancer risk after ductal carcinoma in situ" (2022), Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a circle of coauthors, including:

  • Esther M. John (14 coauthored papers)
  • Jonine L. Bernstein (14 coauthored papers)
  • Julia A. Knight (13 coauthored papers)
  • Meghan Woods (12 coauthored papers)
  • Charles F. Lynch (12 coauthored papers)

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

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

  • 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

  • Expression of cell-cycle regulators p27Kip1 and cyclin E, alone and in combination, correlate with survival in young breast cancer patients.

    Peggy L. Porter;Peggy L. Porter;Kathleen E. Malone;Kathleen E. Malone;Patrick J. Heagerty;Patrick J. Heagerty;Gail M. Alexander

  • 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

  • Differences in breast cancer stage, treatment, and survival by race and ethnicity.

    Christopher I. Li;Kathleen E. Malone;Janet R. Daling

  • Genome-wide association analysis of more than 120,000 individuals identifies 15 new susceptibility loci for breast cancer

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley;Sara Lindstrom;Sander Canisius

  • Relationship between long durations and different regimens of hormone therapy and risk of breast cancer

    Christopher I. Li;Kathleen E. Malone;Peggy L. Porter;Noel S. Weiss

  • Type and timing of menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer risk: individual participant meta-analysis of the worldwide epidemiological evidence

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

  • Prevalence and Predictors of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations in a Population-Based Study of Breast Cancer in White and Black American Women Ages 35 to 64 Years

    Kathleen E. Malone;Janet R. Daling;David R. Doody;Li Hsu

  • BRCA1 mutations in a population-based sample of young women with breast cancer.

    Amelia A. Langston;Kathleen E. Malone;Jennifer D. Thompson;Janet R. Daling

  • Projecting Individualized Absolute Invasive Breast Cancer Risk in African American Women

    Mitchell H. Gail;Joseph P. Costantino;David Pee;Melissa Bondy

  • Relation of body mass index to tumor markers and survival among young women with invasive ductal breast carcinoma.

    Janet R. Daling;Janet R. Daling;Kathleen E. Malone;Kathleen E. Malone;David R. Doody;Lisa G. Johnson

  • Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer.

    Roger L Milne;Roger L Milne;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley

  • BRCA1 Mutations and Breast Cancer in the General Population: Analyses in Women Before Age 35 Years and in Women Before Age 45 Years With First-Degree Family History

    Kathleen E. Malone;Janet R. Daling;Jennifer D. Thompson;Cecilia A. O'Brien

  • Dose to the Contralateral Breast From Radiotherapy and Risk of Second Primary Breast Cancer in the WECARE Study

    Marilyn Stovall;Susan A. Smith;Bryan M. Langholz;John D. Boice

  • Variation of breast cancer risk among BRCA1/2 carriers

    Colin B. Begg;Robert W. Haile;Åke Borg;Kathleen E. Malone

  • Risk Factors for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer in Women Under the Age of 45 Years

    Jessica M. Dolle;Janet R. Daling;Emily White;Louise A. Brinton

  • Incidence of Invasive Breast Cancer by Hormone Receptor Status From 1992 to 1998

    Christopher I. Li;Janet R. Daling;Kathleen E. Malone

  • Frequency of BRCA1/BRCA2 mutations in a population‐based sample of young breast carcinoma cases

    Kathleen E. Malone;Kathleen E. Malone;Janet R. Daling;Janet R. Daling;Cassandra Neal;Nicola M. Suter

Frequent Co-Authors

Janet R. Daling
Janet R. Daling Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Christopher I. Li
Christopher I. Li Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Noel S. Weiss
Noel S. Weiss University of Washington
Brian L. Strom
Brian L. Strom Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Giske Ursin
Giske Ursin University of Oslo
Dennis Deapen
Dennis Deapen University of Southern California
Emily White
Emily White Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
William E. Barlow
William E. Barlow Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Michael F. Press
Michael F. Press University of Southern California
Diana S. M. Buist
Diana S. M. Buist Kaiser Permanente

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