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Richard L. Wahl

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
109
Citations
50567
World Ranking
5719
National Ranking
3074

Richard L. Wahl 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 L. Wahl sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 733 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard L. Wahl 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 L. Wahl sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 109 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Richard L. Wahl is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research is predominantly situated within the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to subfields such as Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, Cancer Research, and Epidemiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to various research topics. These include:

  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  • Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments

Among their recent scholarly articles are the following publications:

  • Joint EANM/SNMMI/ANZSNM practice guidelines/procedure standards on recommended use of [18F]FDG PET/CT imaging during immunomodulatory treatments in patients with solid tumors version 1.0, 2022, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • Nuclear Medicine and Artificial Intelligence: Best Practices for Evaluation (the RELAINCE Guidelines), 2022, Journal of Nuclear Medicine
  • Radiotherapy and theranostics: a Lancet Oncology Commission, 2024, The Lancet Oncology
  • Nuclear Medicine and Artificial Intelligence: Best Practices for Algorithm Development, 2021, Journal of Nuclear Medicine
  • The QIBA Profile for FDG PET/CT as an Imaging Biomarker Measuring Response to Cancer Therapy, 2020, Radiology

The scientist's frequent collaborators include:

  • Lilja B. Sólnes
  • Abhinav K. Jha
  • Farrokh Dehdashti
  • Roisín M. Connolly
  • Vered Stearns

Richard L. Wahl's work has been published extensively in a number of venues, including:

  • Journal of Nuclear Medicine (31 publications)
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology (6 publications)
  • European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (5 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (5 publications)
  • Tomography (3 publications)

Recognition of their contributions includes election as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2015 and membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • From RECIST to PERCIST: Evolving Considerations for PET Response Criteria in Solid Tumors

    Richard L. Wahl;Heather Jacene;Yvette Kasamon;Martin A. Lodge

  • American Society of Clinical Oncology Guideline Recommendations for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

    Gary H. Lyman;Armando E. Giuliano;Mark R. Somerfield;Al B. Benson

  • Recommendations on the Use of 18F-FDG PET in Oncology

    James W. Fletcher;James W. Fletcher;Benjamin Djulbegovic;Heloisa P. Soares;Barry A. Siegel

  • Pitfalls in Oncologic Diagnosis with FDG PET Imaging: Physiologic and Benign Variants

    Paul D. Shreve;Yoshimi Anzai;Richard L. Wahl

  • Metastases from non-small cell lung cancer: mediastinal staging in the 1990s--meta-analytic comparison of PET and CT.

    Ben A. Dwamena;Seema S. Sonnad;Jeff O. Angobaldo;Richard L. Wahl

  • 131I-tositumomab therapy as initial treatment for follicular lymphoma.

    Mark S. Kaminski;Melissa Tuck;Judith Estes;Arne Kolstad

  • Radioimmunotherapy of B-Cell Lymphoma with [131I]Anti-B1 (Anti-CD20) Antibody

    Mark S. Kaminski;Kenneth R. Zasadny;Isaac R. Francis;Adam W. Milik

  • Radioimmunotherapy with iodine 131I tositumomab for relapsed or refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma: Updated results and long-term follow-up of the University of Michigan experience

    Mark S. Kaminski;Judith Estes;Kenneth R. Zasadny;Isaac R. Francis

  • Standardized uptake values of normal tissues at PET with 2-[fluorine-18]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose: Variations with body weight and a method for correction

    Kenneth R. Zasadny;Richard L. Wahl

  • Dynamic Imaging of Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem Cells Trafficking to Myocardial Infarction

    Dara L. Kraitchman;Mitsuaki Tatsumi;Wesley D. Gilson;Takayoshi Ishimori

  • Metabolic monitoring of breast cancer chemohormonotherapy using positron emission tomography: initial evaluation.

    Richard L. Wahl;Ken Zasadny;Mark Helvie;Gary D. Hutchins

  • Pivotal study of iodine I 131 tositumomab for chemotherapy-refractory low-grade or transformed low-grade B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas

    M. S. Kaminski;A. D. Zelenetz;O. W. Press;M. Saleh

  • Demonstration of accuracy and clinical versatility of mutual information for automatic multimodality image fusion using affine and thin-plate spline warped geometric deformations.

    Charles R. Meyer;Jennifer L. Boes;Boklye Kim;Peyton H. Bland

  • Staging of mediastinal non-small cell lung cancer with FDG PET, CT, and fusion images: preliminary prospective evaluation.

    Richard L. Wahl;Leslie E. Quint;Robert L. Greenough;Charles R. Meyer

  • Primary and metastatic breast carcinoma: initial clinical evaluation with PET with the radiolabeled glucose analogue 2-[F-18]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose.

    Richard L. Wahl;Robert L. Cody;Gary D. Hutchins;Elizabeth E. Mudgett

  • Iodine-131-anti-B1 radioimmunotherapy for B-cell lymphoma.

    M. S. Kaminski;K. R. Zasadny;I. R. Francis;M. C. Fenner

  • Uptake in Supraclavicular Area Fat (“USA-Fat”): Description on 18F-FDG PET/CT

    Christian Cohade;Medhat Osman;Harpreet K. Pannu;Richard L. Wahl

  • Does FDG Uptake Measure Proliferative Activity of Human Cancer Cells? In Vitro Comparison with DNA Flow Cytometry and Tritiated Thymidine Uptake

    Kotaro Higashi;Anaira C. Clavo;Richard L. Wahl

  • Iodine Biokinetics and Dosimetry in Radioiodine Therapy of Thyroid Cancer: Procedures and Results of a Prospective International Controlled Study of Ablation After rhTSH or Hormone Withdrawal

    Heribert Hänscheid;Michael Lassmann;Markus Luster;Stephen R. Thomas

  • Multicenter phase II study of iodine-131 tositumomab for chemotherapy- relapsed/refractory low-grade and transformed low-grade B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas

    Julie Marie Vose;Richard L. Wahl;Mansoor Saleh;Ama Z. Rohatiner

Frequent Co-Authors

George Sgouros
George Sgouros Johns Hopkins University
Eric C. Frey
Eric C. Frey Johns Hopkins University
Arman Rahmim
Arman Rahmim University of British Columbia
Frank M. Bengel
Frank M. Bengel Hannover Medical School
Martin G. Pomper
Martin G. Pomper Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Benjamin M. W. Tsui
Benjamin M. W. Tsui Johns Hopkins University
Elliot K. Fishman
Elliot K. Fishman Johns Hopkins University
Isaac R. Francis
Isaac R. Francis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Vered Stearns
Vered Stearns Johns Hopkins University
Paul E. Kinahan
Paul E. Kinahan University of Washington

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