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D-Index
128
Citations
71741
World Ranking
2677
National Ranking
1496

Stuart R. Lipsitz 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 Stuart R. Lipsitz sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 861 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stuart R. Lipsitz 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 Stuart R. Lipsitz sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 128 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% 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

Stuart R. Lipsitz is affiliated with Brigham and Women's Hospital in the United States. Their research contributions span a broad range of topics within medicine, with a particular focus on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, surgery, oncology, public health, and epidemiology.

The scientist has published extensively, with over four hundred works primarily concentrated in the field of medicine. Specific subfields highlighted in their work include:

  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Oncology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Epidemiology

Key topics explored in Lipsitz's research cover:

  • Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in a number of journals and venues, with frequent publications in:

  • The Journal of Urology
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Circulation
  • Urologic Oncology Seminars and Original Investigations
  • UNC Libraries

Noteworthy recent papers include:

  • The Safety of Inpatient Health Care, 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Cancer Screening Tests and Cancer Diagnoses During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021, JAMA Oncology
  • Evaluation of a Patient-Centered Fall-Prevention Tool Kit to Reduce Falls and Injuries, 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • Cost of Inpatient Falls and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Implementation of an Evidence-Based Fall Prevention Program, 2023, JAMA Health Forum
  • Variation in global uptake of the Surgical Safety Checklist, 2020, British Journal of Surgery

Lipsitz collaborates frequently with a range of researchers including Quoc-Dien Trinh, Alexander P. Cole, Muhieddine Labban, Adam S. Kibel, and David W. Bates.

In recognition of professional contributions, Lipsitz was named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • A Surgical Safety Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Population

    Alex B. Haynes;Thomas G. Weiser;Thomas G. Weiser;William R. Berry;Stuart R. Lipsitz

  • An estimation of the global volume of surgery: a modelling strategy based on available data

    Thomas G Weiser;Thomas G Weiser;Scott E Regenbogen;Katherine D Thompson;Alex B Haynes

  • Streptozocin–Doxorubicin, Streptozocin–Fluorouracil, or Chlorozotocin in the Treatment of Advanced Islet-Cell Carcinoma

    Charles G. Moertel;Myrto Lefkopoulo;Stuart Lipsitz;Richard G. Hahn

  • Patterns of Communication Breakdowns Resulting in Injury to Surgical Patients

    Caprice C. Greenberg;Scott E. Regenbogen;David M. Studdert;Stuart R. Lipsitz

  • Changes in Medical Errors after Implementation of a Handoff Program

    Amy J. Starmer;Amy J. Starmer;Nancy D. Spector;Rajendu Srivastava;Rajendu Srivastava;Daniel C. West

  • Comparative effectiveness of minimally invasive vs open radical prostatectomy.

    Jim C. Hu;Xiangmei Gu;Stuart R. Lipsitz;Michael J. Barry

  • Female sex and higher drug dose as risk factors for late cardiotoxic effects of doxorubicin therapy for childhood cancer.

    Lipshultz Se;Lipsitz;Mone Sm;Goorin Am

  • Estimate of the global volume of surgery in 2012: an assessment supporting improved health outcomes.

    Thomas G Weiser;Alex B Haynes;George Molina;Stuart R Lipsitz

  • Chronic Progressive Cardiac Dysfunction Years After Doxorubicin Therapy for Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

    Steven E. Lipshultz;Stuart R. Lipsitz;Stephen E. Sallan;Virginia M. Dalton

  • Effect of Bar-code Technology on the Safety of Medication Administration

    Eric G. Poon;Carol A. Keohane;Catherine S. Yoon;Matthew Ditmore

  • The Effect of Dexrazoxane on Myocardial Injury in Doxorubicin-Treated Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

    Steven E. Lipshultz;Nader Rifai;Virginia M. Dalton;Donna E. Levy

  • Relationship Between Cesarean Delivery Rate and Maternal and Neonatal Mortality

    George Molina;Thomas G. Weiser;Stuart R. Lipsitz;Micaela M. Esquivel

  • Implant-based breast reconstruction using acellular dermal matrix and the risk of postoperative complications

    Yoon S. Chun;Kapil Verma;Heather Rosen;Stuart Lipsitz

  • Size and distribution of the global volume of surgery in 2012.

    Thomas G Weiser;Alex B Haynes;George Molina;Stuart R Lipsitz

  • Changes in safety attitude and relationship to decreased postoperative morbidity and mortality following implementation of a checklist-based surgical safety intervention

    Alex B Haynes;Thomas G Weiser;William R Berry;Stuart R Lipsitz

  • Simulation-Based Trial of Surgical-Crisis Checklists

    Alexander F. Arriaga;Angela M. Bader;Judith M. Wong;Stuart R. Lipsitz

  • Missing-data methods for generalized linear models: A comparative review

    Joseph G. Ibrahim;Ming Hui Chen;Stuart R. Lipsitz;Amy H. Herring

  • Cardiovascular status in long-term survivors of Hodgkin's disease treated with chest radiotherapy.

    M. Jacob Adams;Stuart R. Lipsitz;Steven D. Colan;Nancy J. Tarbell

  • Generalized estimating equations for correlated binary data: Using the odds ratio as a measure of association

    Stuart R. Lipsitz;Nan M. Laird;David P. Harrington

  • Analysis of repeated categorical data using generalized estimating equations.

    Stuart R. Lipsitz;Kyungmann Kim;Lueping Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Atul A. Gawande
Atul A. Gawande Brigham and Women's Hospital
Quoc-Dien Trinh
Quoc-Dien Trinh Brigham and Women's Hospital
Adam S. Kibel
Adam S. Kibel Brigham and Women's Hospital
Steven E. Lipshultz
Steven E. Lipshultz University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Toni K. Choueiri
Toni K. Choueiri Harvard University
Garrett M. Fitzmaurice
Garrett M. Fitzmaurice Harvard University
Paul L. Nguyen
Paul L. Nguyen Harvard Medical School
Joseph G. Ibrahim
Joseph G. Ibrahim University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David W. Bates
David W. Bates Brigham and Women's Hospital
Joel S. Weissman
Joel S. Weissman Brigham and Women's Hospital

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