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Lester D. R. Thompson

Lester D. R. Thompson

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
86
Citations
30111
World Ranking
14027
National Ranking
7116

Lester D. R. Thompson 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 Lester D. R. Thompson sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 422 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Lester D. R. Thompson 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 Lester D. R. Thompson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 86 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Lester D. R. Thompson is affiliated with Kaiser Permanente in the United States and specializes in the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Surgery, Oncology, Rheumatology, Oral Surgery, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Their scholarly work extensively covers topics related to Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment, Ear and Head Tumors, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Head and Neck Cancer Studies, Tumors and Oncological Cases, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, and Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments.

Thompson has contributed significantly to academic research through publications in several prominent venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Head and Neck Pathology
  • The American Journal of Surgical Pathology
  • Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin
  • Surgical Pathology Clinics
  • Modern Pathology

Their recent papers include:

  • Update from the 5th Edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Head and Neck Tumors: Nasal Cavity, Paranasal Sinuses and Skull Base, 2022, Head and Neck Pathology
  • Proliferative Verrucous Leukoplakia: An Expert Consensus Guideline for Standardized Assessment and Reporting, 2021, Head and Neck Pathology

Lester D. R. Thompson frequently collaborated with several researchers throughout their career. Notable co-authors include:

  • Justin A. Bishop
  • Lisa M. Rooper
  • Abbas Agaimy
  • Jeffrey Gagan
  • James S. Lewis

In addition to articles, Thompson has contributed to book publications under the American Registry of PathologyArlington, Virginia eBooks. The published titles include:

  • Tumors of the Salivary Glands, 2021
  • Tumors of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract, Ear, and Jaw, scheduled for 2025

The focus of Thompson's body of work reflects a consistent engagement with head and neck oncology, surgical pathology, and tumor classification, contributing to both clinical practice and academic understanding in these specialized medical fields.

Best Publications

  • World Health Organization Classification of Tumours: Pathology and Genetics of Head and Neck Tumours:

    Lester D.R. Thompson

  • Nomenclature Revision for Encapsulated Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Paradigm Shift to Reduce Overtreatment of Indolent Tumors

    Yuri E. Nikiforov;Raja R. Seethala;Giovanni Tallini;Zubair W. Baloch

  • Pheochromocytoma of the Adrenal gland Scaled Score (PASS) to separate benign from malignant neoplasms: a clinicopathologic and immunophenotypic study of 100 cases.

    Lester D R Thompson

  • Malignant lymphoma of the thyroid gland: a clinicopathologic study of 108 cases.

    Gregory Derringer;Lester Thompson;R. Frommelt;Karen Bijwaard

  • Kimura Disease: A Clinicopathologic Study of 21 Cases

    Hong Chen;Lester D. R. Thompson;Nadine S. Ives Aguilera;Susan L. Abbondanzo

  • Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck--An update.

    Andrés Coca-Pelaz;Juan P. Rodrigo;Patrick J. Bradley;Vincent Vander Poorten

  • Sinonasal tract and nasopharyngeal melanomas: a clinicopathologic study of 115 cases with a proposed staging system.

    Lester D R Thompson;Jacqueline A Wieneke;Markku Miettinen

  • Monoclonal origins of malignant mixed tumors (carcinosarcomas). Evidence for a divergent histogenesis.

    Lester Thompson;Bernard Chang;Sanford H. Barsky

  • Mucinous cystic neoplasm (mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of low-grade malignant potential) of the pancreas: a clinicopathologic study of 130 cases

    Lester D.R. Thompson;Robert C. Becker;Ronald M. Przygodzki;Carol F. Adair

  • Adrenal cortical neoplasms in the pediatric population: a clinicopathologic and immunophenotypic analysis of 83 patients.

    Jacqueline A. Wieneke;Lester D. R. Thompson;Clara S. Heffess

  • Properties of hadronic Z decays and test of QCD generators

    D. Buskulic;D. Decamp;C. Goy;J. P. Lees

  • Replication of HIV-1 in dendritic cell-derived syncytia at the mucosal surface of the adenoid.

    Sarah S. Frankel;Bruce M. Wenig;Allen P. Burke;Poonam Mannan

  • Spindle cell (sarcomatoid) carcinomas of the larynx: a clinicopathologic study of 187 cases.

    Lester D. R. Thompson;Jacqueline A. Wieneke;Markku Miettinen;Dennis K. Heffner

  • Sox10 – A marker for not only Schwannian and melanocytic neoplasms but also myoepithelial cell tumors of soft tissue. A systematic analysis of 5134 tumors

    Markku Miettinen;Peter A. McCue;Maarit Sarlomo-Rikala;Wojciech Biernat

  • The data acquisition system for the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

    J.A. Aguilar;A. Albert;F. Ameli;M. Anghinolfi

  • Sinonasal-type hemangiopericytoma: a clinicopathologic and immunophenotypic analysis of 104 cases showing perivascular myoid differentiation.

    Lester D R Thompson;Markku Miettinen;Bruce M Wenig

  • Olfactory Neuroblastoma

    Lester D. R. Thompson

  • Polymorphous low grade adenocarcinoma: a clinicopathologic study of 164 cases.

    James T. Castle;Lester D. R. Thompson;R. Allen Frommelt;Bruce M. Wenig

  • Chondrosarcoma of the larynx: a clinicopathologic study of 111 cases with a review of the literature.

    Lester D R Thompson;Francis H Gannon

  • Papillary thyroid carcinoma.

    Brenda L. Nelson;Lester D.R. Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jie Zhang
Jie Zhang East China University of Science and Technology
M. Davier
M. Davier University of Paris-Saclay

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