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130
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69156
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2480
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1398

William J. Catalona 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 William J. Catalona sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 806 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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William J. Catalona 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 William J. Catalona sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 130 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

William J. Catalona is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and has a body of work primarily focused on medicine, with significant contributions in pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oncology, cancer research, genetics, and economics and econometrics as related to health research.

Their research centers on prostate cancer, with a substantial number of publications addressing treatment and research, diagnosis and treatment, as well as broader topics concerning cancer, lipids, and metabolism. Additional areas of investigation include genetic associations and epidemiology, colorectal cancer screening and detection, global cancer incidence and screening, and treatments related to bladder and urothelial cancers.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Matthew R. Cooperberg, Stacy Loeb, Franklin Gaylis, Michael Leapman, and Tyler M. Seibert. These coauthors have worked with Catalona on various publications, contributing to the depth of the research.

The most common publication venues for Catalona's work include The Journal of Urology, Urology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, and Urology Practice. These venues reflect a consistent engagement with urology and related medical fields.

Recent significant papers authored by or involving Catalona provide an overview of their research focus:

  • NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Prostate Cancer Early Detection, Version 1.2023 (2023), Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • Time Trends and Variation in the Use of Active Surveillance for Management of Low-risk Prostate Cancer in the US (2023), JAMA Network Open
  • HOXB13 suppresses de novo lipogenesis through HDAC3-mediated epigenetic reprogramming in prostate cancer (2022), Nature Genetics
  • Germline Sequencing DNA Repair Genes in 5545 Men With Aggressive and Nonaggressive Prostate Cancer (2020), JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Germline Sequencing Analysis to Inform Clinical Gene Panel Testing for Aggressive Prostate Cancer (2023), JAMA Oncology

Best Publications

  • Measurement of prostate-specific antigen in serum as a screening test for prostate cancer.

    William J. Catalona;Deborah S. Smith;Timothy L. Ratliff;Kathy M. Dodds

  • REVEL: An Ensemble Method for Predicting the Pathogenicity of Rare Missense Variants

    Nilah M M. Ioannidis;Joseph H H. Rothstein;Joseph H H. Rothstein;Vikas Pejaver;Sumit Middha

  • Comparison of digital rectal examination and serum prostate specific antigen in the early detection of prostate cancer: results of a multicenter clinical trial of 6,630 men.

    William J. Catalona;Jerome P. Richie;Frederick R. Ahmann;M'Liss A. Hudson

  • Use of the Percentage of Free Prostate-Specific Antigen to Enhance Differentiation of Prostate Cancer From Benign Prostatic Disease: A Prospective Multicenter Clinical Trial

    W.J. Catalona;A.W. Partin;K.M. Slawin;M.K. Brawer

  • Detection of organ-confined prostate cancer is increased through prostate-specific antigen-based screening.

    William J. Catalona;Deborah S. Smith;Timothy L. Ratliff;Joseph W. Basler

  • High-throughput oncogene mutation profiling in human cancer

    Roman K. Thomas;Alissa C. Baker;Ralph M. DeBiasi;Ralph M. DeBiasi;Wendy Winckler;Wendy Winckler

  • CANCER PROGRESSION AND SURVIVAL RATES FOLLOWING ANATOMICAL RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY IN 3,478 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS: LONG-TERM RESULTS

    Kimberly A. Roehl;Misop Han;Christian G. Ramos;Jo Ann V. Antenor

  • Genome-wide association study identifies a second prostate cancer susceptibility variant at 8q24.

    Julius Gudmundsson;Patrick Sulem;Andrei Manolescu;Laufey T Amundadottir

  • POTENCY, CONTINENCE AND COMPLICATION RATES IN 1,870 CONSECUTIVE RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMIES

    William J. Catalona;Gustavo F. Carvalhal;Douglas E. Mager;Deborah S. Smith

  • Prostate cancer detection in men with serum PSA concentrations of 2.6 to 4.0 ng/mL and benign prostate examination. Enhancement of specificity with free PSA measurements.

    William J. Catalona;Deborah S. Smith;David K. Ornstein

  • Preoperative PSA Velocity and the Risk of Death from Prostate Cancer after Radical Prostatectomy

    Anthony V. D'Amico;Ming Hui Chen;Kimberly A. Roehl;William J. Catalona

  • A common variant associated with prostate cancer in European and African populations

    Laufey T. Amundadottir;Patrick Sulem;Julius Gudmundsson;Agnar Helgason

  • Incidence and treatment of complications of bacillus Calmette-Guerin intravesical therapy in superficial bladder cancer.

    Donald L. Lamm;Ad P.M. Van Der Meijden;Alvaro Morales;Stanley A. Brosman

  • Evaluation of percentage of free serum prostate-specific antigen to improve specificity of prostate cancer screening.

    William J. Catalona;Deborah S. Smith;Robert L. Wolfert;Tang J. Wang

  • Two variants on chromosome 17 confer prostate cancer risk, and the one in TCF2 protects against type 2 diabetes

    Julius Gudmundsson;Patrick Sulem;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Jon T. Bergthorsson

  • Sequence variants at the TERT-CLPTM1L locus associate with many cancer types.

    Thorunn Rafnar;Patrick Sulem;Simon N Stacey;Frank Geller

  • Serial prostatic biopsies in men with persistently elevated serum prostate specific antigen values

    David W. Keetch;William J. Catalona;Deborah S. Smith

  • POTENCY, CONTINENCE AND COMPLICATIONS IN 3,477 CONSECUTIVE RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMIES

    Shilajit D. Kundu;Kimberly A. Roehl;Scott E. Eggener;Jo Ann V. Antenor

  • Effect of Inflammation and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia on Elevated Serum Prostate Specific Antigen Levels

    Robert B. Nadler;Peter A. Humphrey;Deborah S. Smith;William J. Catalona

  • 5-year tumor recurrence rates after anatomical radical retropubic prostatectomy for prostate cancer.

    William J. Catalona;Deborah S. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Stacy Loeb
Stacy Loeb New York University
Timothy L. Ratliff
Timothy L. Ratliff Purdue University West Lafayette
Anthony V. D'Amico
Anthony V. D'Amico Brigham and Women's Hospital
Gerald L. Andriole
Gerald L. Andriole Washington University in St. Louis
Alan W. Partin
Alan W. Partin Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Louis R. Kavoussi
Louis R. Kavoussi Northwell Health
Peter A. Humphrey
Peter A. Humphrey Yale University
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Patrick C. Walsh
Patrick C. Walsh Johns Hopkins University
Ximing J. Yang
Ximing J. Yang Northwestern University

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