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Patricia Hartge 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 Patricia Hartge sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 460 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Patricia Hartge 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 Patricia Hartge sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 400 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 133 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% 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

Patricia Hartge is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their primary research focus spans medicine as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant output in genetics and molecular biology subfields. Epidemiology and reproductive medicine also form part of their research interests.

The scientist's recent publications cover various topics related to cancer and epidemiology. Notable recent papers include:

  • Trends in Mortality From Drug Poisonings, Suicide, and Alcohol-Induced Deaths in the United States From 2000 to 2017 (2020), published in JAMA Network Open
  • The Risk of Ovarian Cancer Increases with an Increase in the Lifetime Number of Ovulatory Cycles: An Analysis from the Ovarian Cancer Cohort Consortium (OC3) (2020), published in Cancer Research
  • Hepcidin-regulating iron metabolism genes and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a pathway analysis of genome-wide association studies (2021), published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Associations between reproductive factors and biliary tract cancers in women from the Biliary Tract Cancers Pooling Project (2020), published in Journal of Hepatology
  • Modification of the Association Between Frequent Aspirin Use and Ovarian Cancer Risk: A Meta-Analysis Using Individual-Level Data From Two Ovarian Cancer Consortia (2022), published in Journal of Clinical Oncology

Hartge has contributed frequently to several publication venues, with the highest number of works appearing in UNC Libraries. Other repeated venues include Cancer Research, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, JAMA Network Open, and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Graham G. Giles (8 collaborations)
  • Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte (8 collaborations)
  • Roger L. Milne (7 collaborations)
  • Demetrius Albanes (6 collaborations)
  • Julie E. Buring (6 collaborations)

Key research topics covered in their work include:

  • Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • Chronic lymphocytic leukemia research
  • Cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancer studies
  • Pancreatic and hepatic oncology research
  • Cancer, lipids, and metabolism
  • Epigenetics and DNA methylation
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer

Best Publications

  • The Risk of Cancer Associated with Specific Mutations of BRCA1 and BRCA2 among Ashkenazi Jews

    Jeffery P. Struewing;Patricia Hartge;Sholom Wacholder;Sonya M. Baker

  • Body-Mass Index and Mortality among 1.46 Million White Adults

    Amy Berrington De Gonzalez;Patricia Hartge;James R. Cerhan;Alan J. Flint

  • Body-mass index and all-cause mortality: individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continents

    Emanuele Di Angelantonio;Shilpa N Bhupathiraju;David Wormser;Pei Gao;Pei Gao

  • Lymphoma incidence patterns by WHO subtype in the United States, 1992-2001

    Lindsay M. Morton;Sophia S. Wang;Sophia S. Wang;Susan S. Devesa;Susan S. Devesa;Patricia Hartge;Patricia Hartge

  • Effect of screening on ovarian cancer mortality: the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Saundra S. Buys;Edward Partridge;Amanda Black;Christine C. Johnson

  • Leisure Time Physical Activity and Mortality: A Detailed Pooled Analysis of the Dose-Response Relationship

    Hannah Arem;Steven C. Moore;Alpa Patel;Patricia Hartge

  • Association of Leisure-Time Physical Activity With Risk of 26 Types of Cancer in 1.44 Million Adults

    Steven C. Moore;I-Min Lee;Elisabete Weiderpass;Peter T. Campbell

  • 50-Year Trends in Smoking-Related Mortality in the United States

    Michael J. Thun;Brian D. Carter;Diane Feskanich;Neal D. Freedman

  • EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVALUATION OF MEASUREMENT DATA IN THE PRESENCE OF DETECTION LIMITS

    J H. Lubin;J S. Colt;D Camann;S Davis

  • Smoking and mortality--beyond established causes.

    Brian D. Carter;Christian C. Abnet;Diane Feskanich;Neal D. Freedman

  • Menopausal hormone replacement therapy and risk of ovarian Cancer

    James V. Lacey;Pamela J. Mink;Jay H. Lubin;Mark E. Sherman

  • Leisure Time Physical Activity of Moderate to Vigorous Intensity and Mortality: A Large Pooled Cohort Analysis

    Steven C. Moore;Alpa V. Patel;Charles E. Matthews;Amy Berrington de Gonzalez

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants in the ABO locus associated with susceptibility to pancreatic cancer

    Laufey Amundadottir;Peter Kraft;Rachael Z. Stolzenberg-Solomon;Charles S. Fuchs

  • Association Between BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations and Survival in Women with Invasive Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

    Kelly L. Bolton;Kelly L. Bolton;Georgia Chenevix-Trench;Cindy Goh;Siegal Sadetzki

  • Reporting Participation in Epidemiologic Studies: A Survey of Practice

    Lindsay M. Morton;Jack Cahill;Patricia Hartge

  • A genome-wide association study identifies pancreatic cancer susceptibility loci on chromosomes 13q22.1, 1q32.1 and 5p15.33

    Gloria M. Petersen;Laufey Amundadottir;Charles S. Fuchs;Peter Kraft

  • 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

  • Recent Trends in Cutaneous Melanoma Incidence Among Whites in the United States

    Ahmedin Jemal;Susan S. Devesa;Patricia Hartge;Margaret A. Tucker

  • Adverse Health Outcomes in Women Exposed In Utero to Diethylstilbestrol

    Robert H. Hoover;Marianne Hyer;Ruth M. Pfeiffer;Ervin Adam

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

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

Frequent Co-Authors

James R. Cerhan
James R. Cerhan Mayo Clinic
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health
Wendy Cozen
Wendy Cozen University of Southern California
Nathaniel Rothman
Nathaniel Rothman National Institutes of Health
Richard K. Severson
Richard K. Severson Wayne State University
Sophia S. Wang
Sophia S. Wang City Of Hope National Medical Center
Robert N. Hoover
Robert N. Hoover National Institutes of Health
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Mark P. Purdue
Mark P. Purdue National Institutes of Health
Julie E. Buring
Julie E. Buring Brigham and Women's Hospital

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