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D-Index
88
Citations
31056
World Ranking
13077
National Ranking
6678

Paul L. Nguyen 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 Paul L. Nguyen sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 808 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul L. Nguyen 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 Paul L. Nguyen sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Paul L. Nguyen is affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions particularly in pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oncology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, cancer research, and radiation.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to prostate cancer treatment and research as well as diagnosis and treatment. Additional research areas include advanced radiotherapy techniques, cancer, lipids, and metabolism, global cancer incidence and screening, economic and financial impacts of cancer, and radiomics and machine learning in medical imaging.

Among the notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Paul L. Nguyen are:

  • The Lancet Commission on prostate cancer: planning for the surge in cases (2024), published in The Lancet
  • A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Local Salvage Therapies After Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer (MASTER) (2020), published in European Urology
  • A Systematic Review of the Evidence for the Decipher Genomic Classifier in Prostate Cancer (2020), published in European Urology
  • Management of patients with advanced prostate cancer-metastatic and/or castration-resistant prostate cancer: Report of the Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference (APCCC) 2022 (2023), published in European Journal of Cancer
  • Validation of a 22-Gene Genomic Classifier in Patients With Recurrent Prostate Cancer (2021), published in JAMA Oncology

Paul L. Nguyen has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Edward Christopher Dee, Daniel E. Spratt, Felix Y. Feng, Brandon A. Mahal, and Martin T. King. These collaborations have contributed substantially to the breadth of Nguyen's publications.

They have published many articles in a range of scholarly journals, with the most frequent venues being:

  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics (54 publications)
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology (49 publications)
  • European Urology (9 publications)
  • Cancer (8 publications)
  • Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases (8 publications)

Best Publications

  • Marital Status and Survival in Patients With Cancer

    Ayal A. Aizer;Ming Hui Chen;Ellen P. McCarthy;Mallika L. Mendu

  • Breast Cancer Subtype Approximated by Estrogen Receptor, Progesterone Receptor, and HER-2 Is Associated With Local and Distant Recurrence After Breast-Conserving Therapy

    Paul L. Nguyen;Alphonse G. Taghian;Matthew S. Katz;Andrzej Niemierko

  • Adverse Effects of Androgen Deprivation Therapy and Strategies to Mitigate Them

    Paul L. Nguyen;Shabbir M.H. Alibhai;Shehzad Basaria;Anthony V. D’Amico

  • Fatty acid synthase as a potential therapeutic target in cancer

    Richard Flavin;Stephane Peluso;Paul L Nguyen;Massimo Loda

  • Randomized Phase III Noninferiority Study Comparing Two Radiotherapy Fractionation Schedules in Patients With Low-Risk Prostate Cancer

    W. Robert Lee;James J. Dignam;Mahul B. Amin;Deborah W. Bruner

  • Age, Breast Cancer Subtype Approximation, and Local Recurrence After Breast-Conserving Therapy

    Nils D. Arvold;Alphonse G. Taghian;Andrzej Niemierko;Rita F. Abi Raad

  • Association of Androgen Deprivation Therapy With Cardiovascular Death in Patients With Prostate Cancer: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials

    Paul L. Nguyen;Youjin Je;Fabio A. B. Schutz;Karen E. Hoffman

  • Prediagnostic body-mass index, plasma C-peptide concentration, and prostate cancer-specific mortality in men with prostate cancer: a long-term survival analysis

    Jing Ma;Haojie Li;Haojie Li;Ed Giovannucci;Ed Giovannucci;Lorelei Mucci

  • The role of focal therapy in the management of localised prostate cancer: a systematic review

    Massimo Valerio;Massimo Valerio;Hashim U Ahmed;Mark Emberton;Nathan L Lawrentschuk

  • Congestive Heart Failure Risk in Patients With Breast Cancer Treated With Bevacizumab

    Toni K. Choueiri;Erica L. Mayer;Youjin Je;Jonathan E. Rosenberg

  • Association of Black Race with Prostate Cancer-Specific and Other-Cause Mortality

    Robert T. Dess;Holly E. Hartman;Brandon A. Mahal;Payal D. Soni

  • Cost Implications of the Rapid Adoption of Newer Technologies for Treating Prostate Cancer

    Paul L. Nguyen;Paul L. Nguyen;Xiangmei Gu;Xiangmei Gu;Stuart R. Lipsitz;Stuart R. Lipsitz;Toni K. Choueiri;Toni K. Choueiri

  • Radical Prostatectomy, External Beam Radiotherapy, or External Beam Radiotherapy With Brachytherapy Boost and Disease Progression and Mortality in Patients With Gleason Score 9-10 Prostate Cancer.

    Amar U. Kishan;Ryan R. Cook;Jay P. Ciezki;Ashley E. Ross

  • Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Over 6,000 Patients Treated On Prospective Studies.

    William C. Jackson;Jessica Silva;Holly E. Hartman;Robert T. Dess

  • Radiotherapy treatment of early stage prostate cancer with IMRT and protons: a treatment planning comparison

    Alexei Trofimov;Paul L. Nguyen;John J. Coen;Karen P. Doppke

  • Lack of reduction in racial disparities in cancer-specific mortality over a 20-year period.

    Ayal A. Aizer;Tyler J. Wilhite;Ming Hui Chen;Powell L. Graham

  • Patient selection, cancer control, and complications after salvage local therapy for postradiation prostate-specific antigen failure : A systematic review of the literature

    Paul L. Nguyen;Anthony V. D'Amico;Andrew K. Lee;W. Warren Suh

  • Associations of Luminal and Basal Subtyping of Prostate Cancer With Prognosis and Response to Androgen Deprivation Therapy.

    Shuang G. Zhao;S. Laura Chang;Nicholas Erho;Menggang Yu

  • Results of Whole-Brain Radiation As Salvage of Methotrexate Failure for Immunocompetent Patients With Primary CNS Lymphoma

    Paul L. Nguyen;Arnab Chakravarti;Dianne M. Finkelstein;Fred H. Hochberg

  • Survival Analyses of Patients With Metastatic Renal Cancer Treated With Targeted Therapy With or Without Cytoreductive Nephrectomy: A National Cancer Data Base Study

    Nawar Hanna;Maxine Sun;Christian P. Meyer;Paul L. Nguyen

Frequent Co-Authors

Quoc-Dien Trinh
Quoc-Dien Trinh Brigham and Women's Hospital
Toni K. Choueiri
Toni K. Choueiri Harvard University
Anthony V. D'Amico
Anthony V. D'Amico Brigham and Women's Hospital
Daniel E. Spratt
Daniel E. Spratt University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Adam S. Kibel
Adam S. Kibel Brigham and Women's Hospital
Christopher Sweeney
Christopher Sweeney Harvard University
Ming-Hui Chen
Ming-Hui Chen University of Connecticut
Stuart R. Lipsitz
Stuart R. Lipsitz Brigham and Women's Hospital
Maxine Sun
Maxine Sun Harvard Medical School
Edward M. Schaeffer
Edward M. Schaeffer Northwestern University

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