2026 Rulla M. Tamimi: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	102	7601	7145	3958	3662	677	42734

Overview

Rulla M. Tamimi is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and specializes primarily in Medicine, with significant contributions to Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research focuses heavily on oncology, public health, genetics, cancer research, and molecular biology. Key areas of study include cancer risks and factors, global cancer incidence and screening, breast cancer treatment studies, nutritional studies and diet, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, AI in cancer detection, and breast lesions and carcinomas.

Among the scientist's recent papers are:

A Population-Based Study of Genes Previously Implicated in Breast Cancer, 2021, published in New England Journal of Medicine
Is early-onset cancer an emerging global epidemic? Current evidence and future implications, 2022, published in Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
Association of Breast Cancer Surgery With Quality of Life and Psychosocial Well-being in Young Breast Cancer Survivors, 2020, published in JAMA Surgery
Trajectories of fear of cancer recurrence in young breast cancer survivors, 2021, published in Cancer
Risk of Breast Cancer Among Carriers of Pathogenic Variants in Breast Cancer Predisposition Genes Varies by Polygenic Risk Score, 2021, published in Journal of Clinical Oncology

Rulla M. Tamimi has frequently collaborated with several researchers who have appeared as co-authors in numerous works, including:

A. Heather Eliassen (78 collaborations)
Bernard Rosner (58 collaborations)
Kathryn J. Ruddy (53 collaborations)
Virginia F. Borges (53 collaborations)
Steven E. Come (50 collaborations)

Their work has been published repeatedly in several prominent venues, with the following representing the most frequent publication outlets:

Cancer Research (41 publications)
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention (18 publications)
Breast Cancer Research (16 publications)
Journal of Clinical Oncology (14 publications)
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (11 publications)

Rulla M. Tamimi's research spans a multidisciplinary approach combining oncology, genetics, molecular biology, and public health. The scientist's contributions help illuminate various dimensions of cancer incidence, risk factors, genetic predispositions, and treatment outcomes, with a strong emphasis on breast cancer studies and related genetic mutations.

Best Publications

Clinical impact of COVID-19 on patients with cancer (CCC19): a cohort study.

Nicole M. Kuderer;Toni K. Choueiri;Dimpy P. Shah;Yu Shyr

1776
Citations
Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Jian Yang;Hilary K. Finucane;Alexander Gusev

1506
Citations
Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

1400
Citations
Artificial intelligence in cancer imaging: Clinical challenges and applications.

Wenya Linda Bi;Ahmed Hosny;Matthew B. Schabath;Maryellen L. Giger

1328
Citations
Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Subtypes

Nasim Mavaddat;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Joe Dennis;Michael Lush

940
Citations
Associations of Breast Cancer Risk Factors With Tumor Subtypes: A Pooled Analysis From the Breast Cancer Association Consortium Studies

Xiaohong R. Yang;Jenny Chang-Claude;Ellen L. Goode;Fergus J. Couch

916
Citations
HSF1 Drives a Transcriptional Program Distinct from Heat Shock to Support Highly Malignant Human Cancers

Marc L. Mendillo;Sandro Santagata;Sandro Santagata;Martina Koeva;George W. Bell

742
Citations
Prediction of Breast Cancer Risk Based on Profiling With Common Genetic Variants

Nasim Mavaddat;Paul D.P. Pharoah;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Tyrer

643
Citations
World Endometriosis Society consensus on the classification of endometriosis

Neil P. Johnson;Lone Hummelshoj;G. David Adamson;Jörg Keckstein

617
Citations
A Population-Based Study of Genes Previously Implicated in Breast Cancer

Chunling Hu;Steven N Hart;Rohan Gnanaolivu;Hongyan Huang

587
Citations
Heterogeneity of Breast Cancer Associations with Five Susceptibility Loci by Clinical and Pathological Characteristics

Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Per Hall;Heli Nevanlinna;Karen Pooley

474
Citations
Androgen Receptor Expression and Breast Cancer Survival in Postmenopausal Women

Rong Hu;Shaheenah Dawood;Michelle D. Holmes;Laura C. Collins

464
Citations
Androgen receptor expression in breast cancer in relation to molecular phenotype: results from the Nurses' Health Study.

Laura C Collins;Kimberly S Cole;Jonathan D Marotti;Rong Hu;Rong Hu

439
Citations
The Adaptor Protein Paxillin Is Essential for Normal Development in the Mouse and Is a Critical Transducer of Fibronectin Signaling

Margit Hagel;Elizabeth L. George;Ann Kim;Rulla Tamimi

420
Citations
Subtype-Dependent Relationship Between Young Age at Diagnosis and Breast Cancer Survival

Ann H. Partridge;Melissa E. Hughes;Erica T. Warner;Rebecca A. Ottesen

416
Citations
Comparison of molecular phenotypes of ductal carcinoma in situ and invasive breast cancer.

Rulla May Tamimi;Rulla May Tamimi;Heather Joanne Baer;Heather Joanne Baer;Jonathan Marotti;Mark Galan

401
Citations
Prospective Study of Fertility Concerns and Preservation Strategies in Young Women With Breast Cancer

Kathryn J. Ruddy;Shari I. Gelber;Rulla M. Tamimi;Elizabeth S. Ginsburg

398
Citations
Mammographic Density Phenotypes and Risk of Breast Cancer: A Meta-analysis

Andreas Pettersson;Rebecca E Graff;Giske Ursin;Isabel Dos Santos Silva

378
Citations
Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer.

Roger L Milne;Roger L Milne;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley

376
Citations
Luminal B breast tumors are not HER2 positive – authors' response

Rulla May Tamimi;Rulla May Tamimi;Stuart Jay Schnitt;Graham A. Colditz;Graham A. Colditz;Laura Christine Collins

2
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan E. Hankinson University of Massachusetts Amherst

A. Heather Eliassen Harvard University

Bernard Rosner Harvard University

Graham A. Colditz Washington University in St. Louis

Walter C. Willett Harvard University

Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne

David J. Hunter Harvard University

Peter Kraft Harvard University

Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria

Stuart J. Schnitt Brigham and Women's Hospital

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