Richard Doll

Richard Doll 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 Richard Doll sits on this spectrum.

Richard Doll 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 Richard Doll sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• 2005 - King Faisal Prize
• 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 1988 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
• 1979 - Charles S. Mott Prize, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation
• 1972 - Buchanan Medal, Royal Society (UK) for his outstanding studies on the aetiology, prevention and treatment of disease, especially cancer
• 1962 - Bisset Hawkins Medal, Royal College of Physicians of London for contributions to preventative medicine

Overview

Best Publications

• The Causes of Cancer: Quantitative Estimates of Avoidable Risks of Cancer in the United States Today

  Richard Doll;Richard Peto

  8920
  Citations

• COLLABORATIVE OVERVIEW OF RANDOMIZED TRIALS OF ANTIPLATELET THERAPY .1. PREVENTION OF DEATH, MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, AND STROKE BY PROLONGED ANTIPLATELET THERAPY IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF PATIENTS

  R Altman;L Carreras;R Diaz;E Figueroa

  6329
  Citations

• Mortality in relation to smoking: 50 years' observations on male British doctors

  Richard Doll;Richard Peto;Jillian Boreham;Isabelle Sutherland

  4749
  Citations

• Breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy: collaborative reanalysis of data from 51 epidemiological studies of 52 705 women with breast cancer and 108 411 women without breast cancer

  E. E. Calle;C. W. Heath;R. J. Coates;J. M. Liff

  3606
  Citations

• Environmental factors and cancer incidence and mortality in different countries, with special reference to dietary practices

  Bruce Armstrong;Richard Doll

  3117
  Citations

• Smoking and Carcinoma of the Lung

  R Doll;A B Hill

  2469
  Citations

• Tobacco smoke and involuntary smoking

  Michael Alavanja;John A. Baron;Ross C. Brownson;Patricia A. Buffler

  2452
  Citations

• Radon in homes and risk of lung cancer: collaborative analysis of individual data from 13 European case-control studies.

  S. Darby;D. Hill;A. Auvinen;J. M. Barros-Dios

  2355
  Citations

• ISIS-4: a randomised factorial trial assessing early oral captopril, oral mononitrate, and intravenous magnesium sulphate in 58,050 patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction. ISIS-4 (Fourth International Study of Infarct Survival) Collaborative Group.

  R Collins;R Peto;M Flather;S Parish

  2331
  Citations

• Can dietary beta-carotene materially reduce human cancer rates?

  R. Peto;R. Doll;J. D. Buckley;M. B. Sporn

  2210
  Citations

• Cancer risks attributable to low doses of ionizing radiation: Assessing what we really know

  David J. Brenner;Richard Doll;Dudley T. Goodhead;Eric J. Hall

  2151
  Citations

• The age distribution of cancer and a multi-stage theory of carcinogenesis.

  P Armitage;R Doll;R Doll

  1986
  Citations

• Alcohol Consumption and Mortality among Middle-Aged and Elderly U.S. Adults

  M J Thun;R Peto;A D Lopez;J H Monaco

  1912
  Citations

• Smoking, smoking cessation, and lung cancer in the UK since 1950: combination of national statistics with two case-control studies

  Richard Peto;Sarah Darby;Harz Deo;Paul Silcocks

  1856
  Citations

• Breast cancer and hormonal contraceptives : collaborative reanalysis of individual data on 53.297 women with breast cancer and 100.239 women without breast cancer from 54 epidemiological studies

  E. E. Calle;C. W. Heath;H. L. Miracle-McMahill;R. J. Coates

  1803
  Citations

• Effect of four monthly oral vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) supplementation on fractures and mortality in men and women living in the community: randomised double blind controlled trial.

  Daksha P Trivedi;Richard Doll;Kay Tee Khaw

  1780
  Citations

• Randomised trial of prophylactic daily aspirin in British male doctors

  R Peto;R Gray;R Collins;K Wheatley

  1604
  Citations

• ISIS-3 - A RANDOMIZED COMPARISON OF STREPTOKINASE VS TISSUE PLASMINOGEN-ACTIVATOR VS ANISTREPLASE AND OF ASPIRIN PLUS HEPARIN VS ASPIRIN ALONE AMONG 41,299 CASES OF SUSPECTED ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION

  D Hunt;J Varigos;F Dienstl;P Lechleitner

  1423
  Citations

• Mortality in relation to consumption of alcohol: 13 years' observations on male British doctors

  Richard Doll;R. Peto;E. Hall;K. Wheatley

  1164
  Citations

• Mortality inrelation tosmoking: 40years' observations onmale British doctors

  Richard Doll;Richard Peto;Keith Wheatley;Richard Gray

  2
  Citations