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D-Index
111
Citations
48123
World Ranking
5315
National Ranking
2868

Ruth M. Pfeiffer 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 Ruth M. Pfeiffer sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 699 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ruth M. Pfeiffer 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 Ruth M. Pfeiffer sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 111 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Ruth M. Pfeiffer is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily spans medicine with a strong emphasis on oncology and epidemiology. Their body of work includes significant contributions in cancer research and related medical fields.

The scientist's research extensively covers multiple subfields including:

  • Oncology
  • Epidemiology
  • Cancer Research
  • Surgery
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Main topics of their work address a range of cancer-related and medical subjects such as:

  • Viral-associated cancers and disorders
  • Polyomavirus and related diseases
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies

Ruth M. Pfeiffer's frequent co-authors include:

  • Eric A. Engels
  • Allan Hildesheim
  • Kelly J. Yu
  • Gretchen L. Gierach
  • Meredith S. Shiels

The scientist has published regularly in notable venues, with multiple publications in the following journals:

  • Cancer Research
  • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • International Journal of Cancer
  • American Journal of Transplantation

Selected recent papers include:

  • Human Papillomavirus and Rising Oropharyngeal Cancer Incidence in the United States, 2023, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Bile acid synthesis, modulation, and dementia: A metabolomic, transcriptomic, and pharmacoepidemiologic study, 2021, PLoS Medicine
  • Deaths Attributable to Cancer in the US Human Immunodeficiency Virus Population During 2001-2015, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Mitochondrial DNA alterations underlie an irreversible shift to aerobic glycolysis in fumarate hydratase-deficient renal cancer, 2021, Science Signaling
  • Trends and predictors of hysterectomy prevalence among women in the United States, 2022, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

In 2013, Ruth M. Pfeiffer was recognized as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA), reflecting contributions relevant to statistical methods in their scientific fields.

Best Publications

  • Human Papillomavirus and Rising Oropharyngeal Cancer Incidence in the United States

    Anil K. Chaturvedi;Eric A. Engels;Ruth M. Pfeiffer;Brenda Y. Hernandez

  • Spectrum of cancer risk among US solid organ transplant recipients.

    Eric A. Engels;Ruth M. Pfeiffer;Joseph F. Fraumeni;Bertram L. Kasiske

  • Prediction error estimation: a comparison of resampling methods

    Annette M. Molinaro;Richard Simon;Ruth M. Pfeiffer

  • Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) consistently precedes multiple myeloma: A prospective study

    Ola Landgren;Robert A. Kyle;Ruth M. Pfeiffer;Jerry A. Katzmann

  • A variant upstream of IFNL3 (IL28B) creating a new interferon gene IFNL4 is associated with impaired clearance of hepatitis C virus

    Ludmila Prokunina-Olsson;Brian Muchmore;Wei Tang;Ruth M Pfeiffer

  • Trends in cancer risk among people with AIDS in the United States 1980-2002.

    Eric A Engels;Ruth M Pfeiffer;James J Goedert;Phillip Virgo

  • Cancer Burden in the HIV-Infected Population in the United States

    Meredith S. Shiels;Ruth M. Pfeiffer;Mitchell H. Gail;H. Irene Hall

  • Malignant thymoma in the United States: demographic patterns in incidence and associations with subsequent malignancies.

    Eric A. Engels;Ruth M. Pfeiffer

  • Adverse Health Outcomes in Women Exposed In Utero to Diethylstilbestrol

    Robert H. Hoover;Marianne Hyer;Ruth M. Pfeiffer;Ervin Adam

  • Meta-analysis shows that prevalence of Epstein-Barr virus-positive gastric cancer differs based on sex and anatomic location.

    Gwen Murphy;Ruth Pfeiffer;M. Constanza Camargo;Charles S. Rabkin

  • The association of telomere length and cancer: a meta-analysis.

    Ingrid M. Wentzensen;Lisa Mirabello;Ruth M. Pfeiffer;Sharon A. Savage

  • Performance of Common Genetic Variants in Breast-Cancer Risk Models

    Sholom Wacholder;Patricia Hartge;Ross Prentice;Montserrat Garcia-Closas

  • Hodgkin lymphoma and immunodeficiency in persons with HIV/AIDS

    Robert J Biggar;Elaine S Jaffe;James J Goedert;Anil Chaturvedi

  • Impact of Classification of Hilar Cholangiocarcinomas (Klatskin Tumors) on the Incidence of Intra- and Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma in the United States

    Tania M. Welzel;Katherine A. McGlynn;Ann W. Hsing;Thomas R. O'Brien

  • MC1R germline variants confer risk for BRAF-mutant melanoma

    Maria Teresa Landi;Jürgen Bauer;Jürgen Bauer;Ruth M. Pfeiffer;David E. Elder

  • Pathway analysis by adaptive combination of P‐values

    Kai Yu;Qizhai Li;Andrew W. Bergen;Ruth M. Pfeiffer

  • On criteria for evaluating models of absolute risk

    Mitchell H. Gail;Ruth M. Pfeiffer

  • Population-based study of autoimmune conditions and the risk of specific lymphoid malignancies

    Lesley A. Anderson;Shahinaz Gadalla;Lindsay M. Morton;Ola Landgren

  • Colorectal Cancer Risk Prediction Tool for White Men and Women Without Known Susceptibility

    Andrew N. Freedman;Martha L. Slattery;Rachel Ballard-Barbash;Gordon Willis

  • Pooled Analysis and Meta-analysis of Glutathione S-Transferase M1 and Bladder Cancer: A HuGE Review

    Lawrence S. Engel;Emanuela Taioli;Ruth Pfeiffer;Montserrat Garcia-Closas

Frequent Co-Authors

Louise A. Brinton
Louise A. Brinton National Institutes of Health
Eric A. Engels
Eric A. Engels National Institutes of Health
Mark E. Sherman
Mark E. Sherman Mayo Clinic
Allan Hildesheim
Allan Hildesheim National Institutes of Health
Mitchell H. Gail
Mitchell H. Gail National Institutes of Health
Ola Landgren
Ola Landgren University of Miami
Meredith Yeager
Meredith Yeager Hood College
Thomas R. O'Brien
Thomas R. O'Brien National Institutes of Health
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health
Ligia A. Pinto
Ligia A. Pinto Leidos (United States)

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