2026 Paul Okunieff: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	75	19054	17899	9499	8775	468	23810

Overview

Paul Okunieff is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular attention to cancer-related studies.

The main areas of study include:

Cancer Research
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Oncology
Radiation

Their work covers diverse topics related to cancer treatment and diagnostics, focusing on:

Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Effects of Radiation Exposure
Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry

Paul Okunieff has published extensively, including recent papers such as:

"Five-Year Breast Surgeon Experience in LYMPHA at Time of ALND for Treatment of Clinical T1-4N1-3M0 Breast Cancer" (2021) in Annals of Surgical Oncology
"Palliative care utilization and racial and ethnic disparities among women with de novo metastatic breast cancer in the United States" (2023) in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
"Frailty and risk of mortality in older cancer survivors and adults without a cancer history: Evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2014" (2022) in Cancer
"The dose-response characteristics of four NTCP models: using a novel CT-based radiomic method to quantify radiation-induced lung density changes" (2020) in Scientific Reports
"An Amino Acid-Based Oral Rehydration Solution Regulates Radiation-Induced Intestinal Barrier Disruption in Mice" (2020) in Journal of Nutrition

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Paul Okunieff include:

Nancy P. Mendenhall
Raymond B. Mailhot Vega
Julie A. Bradley
Natalie A. Lockney
Fantine Giap

Okunieff's research has been published repeatedly in several venues, notably:

International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
Annals of Surgical Oncology
Scientific Reports
Cancer Control
American Journal of Clinical Oncology

Best Publications

Blood Flow, Oxygen and Nutrient Supply, and Metabolic Microenvironment of Human Tumors: A Review

Peter Vaupel;Friedrich Kallinowski;Paul Okunieff

4366
Citations
Ten-Year Results of a Comparison of Conservation with Mastectomy in the Treatment of Stage I and II Breast Cancer

Joan A. Jacobson;David N. Danforth;Kenneth H. Cowan;Teresa D'angelo

1188
Citations
RANDOMIZED COMPARISON OF STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY FOLLOWED BY CONVENTIONAL RADIOTHERAPY WITH CARMUSTINE TO CONVENTIONAL RADIOTHERAPY WITH CARMUSTINE FOR PATIENTS WITH GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME: REPORT OF RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUP 93-05 PROTOCOL

Luis Souhami;Wendy Seiferheld;David Brachman;Ervin B. Podgorsak

701
Citations
Oligometastases treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy: long-term follow-up of prospective study.

Michael T. Milano;Alan W. Katz;Hong Zhang;Paul Okunieff;Paul Okunieff

489
Citations
Animal Models for Medical Countermeasures to Radiation Exposure

Jacqueline P. Williams;Stephen L. Brown;George E. Georges;Martin Hauer-Jensen

478
Citations
Radiation dose-response of human tumors

Paul Okunieff;David Morgan;Andrzej Niemierko;Herman D. Suit

392
Citations
Consideration of dose limits for organs at risk of thoracic radiotherapy: atlas for lung, proximal bronchial tree, esophagus, spinal cord, ribs, and brachial plexus.

Feng-Ming Spring Kong;Timothy Ritter;Douglas J Quint;Suresh Senan

366
Citations
Blood flow, metabolism, cellular microenvironment, and growth rate of human tumor xenografts.

F Kallinowski;K H Schlenger;S Runkel;M Kloes

352
Citations
Testicular Cancer Survivorship: Research Strategies and Recommendations

Lois B. Travis;Clair Beard;James M. Allan;Alv A. Dahl

327
Citations
Radiation pneumonitis and early circulatory cytokine markers

Yuhchyau Chen;Jacqueline Williams;Ivan Ding;Eric Hernady

322
Citations
Is there a favorable subset of patients with prostate cancer who develop oligometastases

Deepinder Singh;Won Sam Yi;Ralph A Brasacchio;Ann G Muhs

296
Citations
Antioxidant properties of quercetin.

Mei Zhang;Steven G. Swarts;Liangjie Yin;Chaomei Liu

290
Citations
Accelerated fractionated proton/photon irradiation to 90 cobalt gray equivalent for glioblastoma multiforme: results of a phase II prospective trial.

Markus M. Fitzek;Markus M. Fitzek;Allan F. Thornton;James D. Rabinov;Michael H. Lev

286
Citations
A prospective pilot study of curative-intent stereotactic body radiation therapy in patients with 5 or fewer oligometastatic lesions.

Michael T. Milano;Alan W. Katz;Ann G. Muhs;Abraham Philip

285
Citations
Hypofractionated stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for limited hepatic metastases.

Alan W. Katz;Madeleine Carey-Sampson;Ann G. Muhs;Michael T. Milano

274
Citations
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for lung metastases.

Paul Okunieff;Anncatrine L. Petersen;Abraham Philip;Michael T. Milano

264
Citations
Breast-conserving therapy vs mastectomy in early-stage breast cancer: a meta-analysis of 10-year survival.

A D Morris;R D Morris;J F Wilson;J White

256
Citations
Circulating IL-6 as a predictor of radiation pneumonitis.

Yuhchyau Chen;Philip Rubin;Jacky Williams;Eric Hernady

235
Citations
Radiotherapy for Liver Metastases: A Review of Evidence

Morten Høyer;Anand Swaminath;Sean Bydder;Michael Lock

221
Citations
Normal tissue tolerance dose metrics for radiation therapy of major organs.

Michael T. Milano;Louis S. Constine;Paul Okunieff

220
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Herman D. Suit Harvard University

Peter C. Keng University of Rochester

Louis S. Constine University of Rochester Medical Center

Walter J. Curran Emory University

Adam P. Dicker Thomas Jefferson University

Philip Rubin University of Rochester Medical Center

Minesh P. Mehta University of Maryland, Baltimore

William M. Mendenhall University of Florida

Mei Zhang Florida State University

Jason A. Koutcher Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

External Links

Personal website of Paul Okunieff

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