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 Patrick S. Parfrey sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 486 publications — 56th percentile
56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patrick S. Parfrey sits on this spectrum.
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.
Patrick S. Parfrey is affiliated with Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada. Their research spans several areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on colorectal cancer.
Their recent publications include studies on genetic and environmental risk factors, molecular subtypes, and the role of nutrition in colorectal cancer, published in recognized venues such as Gut, BMC Medicine, JNCI Cancer Spectrum, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, and Cancer Research. Notable papers are:
Their main fields of study include medicine with 52 publications, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology with 13 publications. Subfields of particular focus are pathology and forensic medicine, oncology, statistics and probability, molecular biology, and physiology.
Research topics covered encompass genetic factors in colorectal cancer, colorectal cancer screening and detection, genetic associations and epidemiology, nutrition and health in aging, health systems and economic evaluations including quality of life, advanced causal inference techniques, and nutritional studies related to diet.
Frequent publication venues include the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Gut, BMC Medicine, JNCI Cancer Spectrum, and JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Patrick S. Parfrey has collaborated extensively with several coauthors over their recent publications. Frequent coauthors include Lori C. Sakoda, Michael Hoffmeister, Tabitha A. Harrison, Martha L. Slattery, and Hermann Brenner, each appearing in multiple joint works.
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Jin Billy Li;Jantje M Gerdes;Courtney J Haycraft;Yanli Fan
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David N. Churchill;D. Wayne Taylor;Richard J. Cook;Patricia LaPlante
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Jane S. Green;Patrick S. Parfrey;John D. Harnett;Nadir R. Farid
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John McMurray;Patrick Parfrey;John W. Adamson;Pedro Aljama
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