2026 Stephen J. Freedland: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	108	6006	5643	3212	2977	1236	42460

Research.com Recognitions

2021 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
2020 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
2019 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
2018 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
2017 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
2016 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
2015 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
2014 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
2013 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
2012 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
2011 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
2010 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
2009 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
2008 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
2007 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
2006 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
2005 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
2004 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
2003 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
2002 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
2001 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
2000 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
1999 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
1998 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
1997 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
1996 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
1995 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
1994 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
1993 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
1992 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
1991 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
1990 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
1989 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
1988 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
1987 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
1986 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
1985 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
1984 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
1983 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
1982 - Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation

Overview

Stephen J. Freedland is affiliated with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions across various subfields including pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oncology, cancer research, surgery, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The scientist's work extensively covers prostate cancer, demonstrated by the main topics they have published on: prostate cancer treatment and research, prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment, cancer, lipids, and metabolism, radiopharmaceutical chemistry and applications, bladder and urothelial cancer treatments, hormonal and reproductive studies, and statistical methods in clinical trials.

Freedland has authored numerous papers, with notable recent publications including:

Epidemiology and Prevention of Prostate Cancer, 2021, European Urology Oncology
Epidemiology and Genomics of Prostate Cancer in Asian Men, 2021, Nature Reviews Urology
Improved Outcomes with Enzalutamide in Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Cancer, 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
A Systematic Review of the Evidence for the Decipher Genomic Classifier in Prostate Cancer, 2020, European Urology
Survival of African-American and Caucasian Men after Sipuleucel-T Immunotherapy: Outcomes from the PROCEED Registry, 2020, Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

Freedland frequently publishes in a range of venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

The Journal of Urology
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases
Urologic Oncology Seminars and Original Investigations
European Urology

Regular co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Freedland include Amanda M. De Hoedt, Zachary Klaassen, Lauren E. Howard, Matthew R. Cooperberg, and William J. Aronson.

Over the years, Freedland has received recognition as a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation consistently from 1982 through 2021, reflecting a longstanding engagement with the clinical research community.

Best Publications

Early detection of prostate cancer: AUA Guideline

H. Ballentine Carter;Peter C. Albertsen;Michael J. Barry;Ruth Etzioni

1365
Citations
Autonomic nerve development contributes to prostate cancer progression.

Claire Magnon;Simon J. Hall;Juan Lin;Xiaonan Xue

1054
Citations
Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: AUA/ASTRO/SUO Guideline. Part I: Risk Stratification, Shared Decision Making, and Care Options

Martin G. Sanda;Jeffrey A. Cadeddu;Erin Kirkby;Ronald C. Chen

865
Citations
Prostate Cancer–Specific Survival Following Salvage Radiotherapy vs Observation in Men With Biochemical Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy

Bruce J. Trock;Misop Han;Stephen J. Freedland;Elizabeth B. Humphreys

750
Citations
Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease During Androgen Deprivation Therapy: Observational Study of Veterans With Prostate Cancer

Nancy L. Keating;A. James O'Malley;Stephen J. Freedland;Matthew R. Smith

628
Citations
Impact of Obesity on Biochemical Control After Radical Prostatectomy for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: A Report by the Shared Equal Access Regional Cancer Hospital Database Study Group

Stephen J. Freedland;William J. Aronson;Christopher J. Kane;Joseph C. Presti

544
Citations
Body mass index, weight change, and risk of prostate cancer in the Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort.

Carmen Rodriguez;Stephen J Freedland;Anusila Deka;Eric J Jacobs

449
Citations
The Correlation Between Metabolic Syndrome and Prostatic Diseases

Cosimo De Nunzio;William Aronson;Stephen J. Freedland;Edward Giovannucci

428
Citations
Obesity-related plasma hemodilution and PSA concentration among men with prostate cancer.

Lionel L. Bañez;Robert J. Hamilton;Robert J. Hamilton;Alan W. Partin;Robin T. Vollmer

410
Citations
Update on Systemic Prostate Cancer Therapies: Management of Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer in the Era of Precision Oncology.

Philipp Nuhn;Johann S. De Bono;Karim Fizazi;Stephen J. Freedland;Stephen J. Freedland

404
Citations
The Contemporary Concept of Significant Versus Insignificant Prostate Cancer

Guillaume Ploussard;Jonathan I. Epstein;Rodolfo Montironi;Rodolfo Montironi;Peter R. Carroll

363
Citations
Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: AUA/ASTRO/SUO Guideline. Part II: Recommended Approaches and Details of Specific Care Options

Martin G. Sanda;Jeffrey A. Cadeddu;Erin Kirkby;Ronald C. Chen

363
Citations
Association of Black Race with Prostate Cancer-Specific and Other-Cause Mortality

Robert T. Dess;Holly E. Hartman;Brandon A. Mahal;Payal D. Soni

354
Citations
Epidemiology and Prevention of Prostate Cancer.

Giorgio Gandaglia;Riccardo Leni;Freddie Bray;Neil Fleshner

353
Citations
Exercise intolerance in cancer and the role of exercise therapy to reverse dysfunction

Lee W Jones;Neil D Eves;Mark Haykowsky;Stephen J Freedland

347
Citations
Defining the ideal cutpoint for determining PSA recurrence after radical prostatectomy

Stephen J Freedland;Mark E Sutter;Frederick Dorey;William J Aronson;William J Aronson

337
Citations
Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: AUA Guideline

Michael S. Cookson;Bruce J. Roth;Philipp Dahm;Christine Engstrom

305
Citations
Obesity and Prostate Cancer: Making Sense out of Apparently Conflicting Data

Stephen J. Freedland;Stephen J. Freedland;Elizabeth A. Platz

294
Citations
Prostate Size and Risk of High-Grade, Advanced Prostate Cancer and Biochemical Progression After Radical Prostatectomy: A Search Database Study

Stephen J. Freedland;William B. Isaacs;Elizabeth A. Platz;Martha Kennedy Terris

283
Citations
Associations of Luminal and Basal Subtyping of Prostate Cancer With Prognosis and Response to Androgen Deprivation Therapy.

Shuang G. Zhao;S. Laura Chang;Nicholas Erho;Menggang Yu

265
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

William J. Aronson University of California, Los Angeles

Martha K. Terris Augusta University

Christopher J. Kane University of California, San Diego

Matthew R. Cooperberg University of California, San Francisco

Gerald L. Andriole Washington University in St. Louis

Leah Gerber Duke University

Alan W. Partin Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Judd W. Moul Duke University

Thomas J. Polascik Duke University

Edward M. Schaeffer Northwestern University

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