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D-Index
90
Citations
97895
World Ranking
11937
National Ranking
1130

Sarah C. Darby 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 Sarah C. Darby sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 294 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sarah C. Darby 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 Sarah C. Darby sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 90 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Sarah C. Darby is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The primary domain of their research is Medicine, with a particular focus on Cancer Research, Oncology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their work also extends into Pathology and Forensic Medicine as well as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their recent publications cover several important aspects of breast cancer and related treatments. These include:

  • Adjuvant and neoadjuvant breast cancer treatments: A systematic review of their effects on mortality, 2022, Cancer Treatment Reviews
  • Breast cancer mortality in 500,900 women with early invasive breast cancer diagnosed in England, 1993-2015: population based observational cohort study, 2023, BMJ
  • Invasive breast cancer and breast cancer mortality after ductal carcinoma in situ in women attending for breast screening in England, 1988-2014: population based observational cohort study, 2020, BMJ
  • Cardiac mortality after radiotherapy, chemotherapy and endocrine therapy for breast cancer: Cohort study of 2 million women from 57 cancer registries in 22 countries, 2020, International Journal of Cancer
  • Predicted Risks of Cardiovascular Disease Following Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy in the UK NCRI RAPID Trial of Positron Emission Tomography-Directed Therapy for Early-Stage Hodgkin Lymphoma, 2021, Journal of Clinical Oncology

Frequent co-authors working with Sarah C. Darby include:

  • David J. Cutter
  • David Dodwell
  • John Broggio
  • Georgios Ntentas
  • Paul McGale

Their research has been published predominantly in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • BMJ
  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • Radiotherapy and Oncology
  • Cancer Treatment Reviews

Their research topics span multiple areas including:

  • Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Breast Lesions and Carcinomas
  • Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques

In 2019, Sarah C. Darby was awarded the distinction of Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Effects of chemotherapy and hormonal therapy for early breast cancer on recurrence and 15-year survival: an overview of the randomised trials

    O. Abe;R. Abe;K. Enomoto;K. Kikuchi

  • A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Stephen S. Lim;Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Goodarz Danaei

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Effects of radiotherapy and of differences in the extent of surgery for early breast cancer on local recurrence and 15-year survival: an overview of the randomised trials.

    M Clarke;R Collins;S Darby;C Davies

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Effect of radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery on 10-year recurrence and 15-year breast cancer death: meta-analysis of individual patient data for 10,801 women in 17 randomised trials

    S Darby;P McGale;C Correa

  • Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease in Women After Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer

    Sarah C. Darby;Marianne Ewertz;Paul McGale;Anna M. Bennet

  • Relevance of breast cancer hormone receptors and other factors to the efficacy of adjuvant tamoxifen: patient-level meta-analysis of randomised trials

    C Davies;J Godwin;Richard Gray

  • 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

  • Risk of cancer from diagnostic X-rays: estimates for the UK and 14 other countries.

    Amy Berrington de González;Sarah Darby

  • Cancer risk in 680 000 people exposed to computed tomography scans in childhood or adolescence: data linkage study of 11 million Australians

    John D Mathews;Anna V Forsythe;Zoe Brady;Martin W Butler

  • Comparisons between different polychemotherapy regimens for early breast cancer: meta-analyses of long-term outcome among 100,000 women in 123 randomised trials.

    R Peto;C Davies;J Godwin

  • 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

  • Effect of radiotherapy after mastectomy and axillary surgery on 10-year recurrence and 20-year breast cancer mortality: meta-analysis of individual patient data for 8135 women in 22 randomised trials

    P McGale;C. Taylor;C Correa

  • Long-term mortality from heart disease and lung cancer after radiotherapy for early breast cancer: prospective cohort study of about 300,000 women in US SEER cancer registries.

    Sarah C Darby;Paul McGale;Carolyn W Taylor;Richard Peto

  • Overview of the randomized trials of radiotherapy in ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast

    C Correa;P McGale;C Taylor

  • Mortality from liver cancer and liver disease in haemophilic men and boys in UK given blood products contaminated with hepatitis C

    Sarah C Darby;David W Ewart;Paul Lf Giangrande;Rosemary Jd Spooner

  • Radiation-related heart disease: current knowledge and future prospects.

    Sarah C. Darby;David J. Cutter;Marjan Boerma;Louis S. Constine

  • Mortality rates, life expectancy, and causes of death in people with hemophilia A or B in the United Kingdom who were not infected with HIV.

    Sarah C. Darby;Sau Wan Kan;Rosemary J. Spooner;Paul L. F. Giangrande

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Doll
Richard Doll University of Oxford
Richard Peto
Richard Peto University of Oxford
Flora E. van Leeuwen
Flora E. van Leeuwen Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Per Hall
Per Hall Karolinska Institute
Kazem Rahimi
Kazem Rahimi University of Oxford
Gillian K Reeves
Gillian K Reeves University of Oxford
Paolo Boffetta
Paolo Boffetta Stony Brook Medicine
Karl-Heinz Jöckel
Karl-Heinz Jöckel University of Duisburg-Essen
Till Bärnighausen
Till Bärnighausen Heidelberg University
Aaron van Donkelaar
Aaron van Donkelaar Washington University in St. Louis

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