2026 Laurence N. Kolonel: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	140	1696	1572	981	898	689	72660

Laurence N. Kolonel 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 Laurence N. Kolonel sits on this spectrum.

101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 689 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Laurence N. Kolonel 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 Laurence N. Kolonel sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 140 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Laurence N. Kolonel is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in Genetics, Oncology, Neurology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of their work include:

Estrogen and related hormone effects
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Cancer Risks and Factors
Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments
BRCA gene mutations in cancer
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research

Among the frequent co-authors with whom they have collaborated are:

Loïc Le Marchand
Christopher A. Haiman
Christine B. Ambrosone
Elisa V. Bandera
Andrew F. Olshan

Laurence N. Kolonel has published extensively in several venues, most notably:

UNC Libraries
Leukemia
Neurology
The American Journal of Human Genetics
Blood Advances

Selected recent papers include:

"Prediagnostic Neurofilament Light Chain Levels in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis," 2021, Neurology
"Discovery and fine-mapping of height loci via high-density imputation of GWASs in individuals of African ancestry," 2021, The American Journal of Human Genetics
"Distinct germline genetic susceptibility profiles identified for common non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes," 2022, Leukemia
"A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of multiple myeloma among men and women of African ancestry," 2020, Blood Advances
"Pre-diagnostic plasma lipid levels and the risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis," 2020, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Best Publications

American Cancer Society Guidelines on Nutrition and Physical Activity for Cancer Prevention: Reducing the Risk of Cancer with Healthy Food Choices and Physical Activity

Lawrence H. Kushi;Tim Byers;Colleen Doyle;Elisa V. Bandera

1746
Citations
Migration Patterns and Breast Cancer Risk in Asian-American Women

Regina G. Ziegler;Robert N. Hoover;Malcolm C. Pike;Allan Hildesheim

1537
Citations
A Multiethnic Cohort in Hawaii and Los Angeles: Baseline Characteristics

Laurence N. Kolonel;Brian E. Henderson;Jean H. Hankin;Abraham M. Y. Nomura

1072
Citations
Prostate Cancer in Relation to Diet, Physical Activity, and Body Size in Blacks, Whites, and Asians in the United States and Canada

Whittemore As;Kolonel Ln;Wu Ah;John Em

924
Citations
Associations of Breast Cancer Risk Factors With Tumor Subtypes: A Pooled Analysis From the Breast Cancer Association Consortium Studies

Xiaohong R. Yang;Jenny Chang-Claude;Ellen L. Goode;Fergus J. Couch

916
Citations
Common variants on chromosomes 2q35 and 16q12 confer susceptibility to estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.

Simon N Stacey;Andrei Manolescu;Patrick Sulem;Thorunn Rafnar

910
Citations
Type I and II Endometrial Cancers: Have They Different Risk Factors?

Veronica Wendy Setiawan;Hannah P. Yang;Malcolm C. Pike;Malcolm C. Pike;Susan E. McCann;Susan E. McCann

870
Citations
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

860
Citations
Ethnic and Racial Differences in the Smoking-Related Risk of Lung Cancer

Christopher A. Haiman;Daniel O. Stram;Lynne R. Wilkens;Malcolm C. Pike

856
Citations
Multiple regions within 8q24 independently affect risk for prostate cancer.

Christopher A Haiman;Nick Patterson;Matthew L Freedman;Matthew L Freedman;Simon R Myers

782
Citations
Intake of Flavonoids and Lung Cancer

Loïc Le Marchand;Suzanne P. Murphy;Jean H. Hankin;Lynne R. Wilkens

759
Citations
Lung Cancer Incidence in Never Smokers

Heather A. Wakelee;Ellen T. Chang;Scarlett L. Gomez;Theresa H. M. Keegan

713
Citations
Vegetables, fruits, legumes and prostate cancer: a multiethnic case-control study.

Laurence N. Kolonel;Jean H. Hankin;Alice S. Whittemore;Anna H. Wu

687
Citations
Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

Kevin B. Jacobs;Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

645
Citations
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

578
Citations
Lung cancer occurrence in never-smokers: an analysis of 13 cohorts and 22 cancer registry studies.

Michael J Thun;Lindsay M Hannan;Lucile L Adams-Campbell;Paolo Boffetta

571
Citations
Common variants on chromosome 5p12 confer susceptibility to estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.

Simon N Stacey;Andrei Manolescu;Patrick Sulem;Steinunn Thorlacius

556
Citations
Rationale and Strategies for Chemoprevention of Cancer in Humans

John S. Bertram;Laurence N. Kolonel;Frank L. Meyskens

544
Citations
Associations of Sedentary Lifestyle, Obesity, Smoking, Alcohol Use, and Diabetes with the Risk of Colorectal Cancer

Loïc Le Marchand;Lynne R. Wilkens;Laurence N. Kolonel;Jean H. Hankin

532
Citations
Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian E. Henderson University of Southern California

Loic Le Marchand University of Hawaii at Manoa

Lynne R. Wilkens University of Hawaii at Manoa

Christopher A. Haiman University of Southern California

Daniel O. Stram University of Southern California

Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health

David J. Hunter Harvard University

Marc T. Goodman Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Malcolm C. Pike Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Peter Kraft Harvard University

External Links

Personal website of Laurence N. Kolonel

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