OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Cancer is 44. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
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Issue Information	181
	152
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Issue Information	100
Cervical cancer screening: Sharing best practices and addressing common challenges in cervical cancer screening programs	97
Erratum	96
Latent class analysis‐derived classification improves the cancer‐specific death stratification of lymphomas: A large retrospective cohort study	93
Education level and risk of breast cancer by tumor subtype in the EPIC cohort	91
Maternal illnesses during pregnancy and the risk of childhood cancer: A medical‐record based analysis (UKCCS)	78
Issue Information	78
The role of neoadjuvant imatinib in gastrointestinal stromal tumor patients: 20 years of experience from a tertial referral center	76
New players in the landscape of renal cell carcinoma bone metastasis and therapeutic opportunities	72
Issue Information	69
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Comments on “Methylation scores for smoking, alcohol consumption and body mass index and risk of seven types of cancer”	63
Accuracy of different triage strategies for human papillomavirus positivity in an Italian screening population	62
Delivered relative dose intensity in adolescent and young adult germ cell tumours in England: Assessment of data quality and consistency from clinical trials compared to national cancer registration d	61
Mammographic breast density, body mass index and risk of breast cancer in Korean women aged 75 years and older	60
Ovarian cancer survival in sub‐Saharan Africa by human development index and histological subtypes: A population‐based registry study	58
Improving colon cancer screening in Poland. In search of the Holy Grail	56
Immune‐related conditions and cancer‐specific mortality among older adults with cancer in the United States	55
Polymorphisms within autophagy‐related genes as susceptibility biomarkers for pancreatic cancer: A meta‐analysis of three large European cohorts and functional characterization	54
The landscape of genetic aberrations in myxofibrosarcoma	53

tRNA‐derived fragments: Unveiling new roles and molecular mechanisms in cancer progression	52
Association of aflatoxin with gallbladder cancer in a case‐control study nested within a Chinese cohort	52
Improving the clinical meaning of surrogate endpoints: An empirical assessment of clinical progression in phase III oncology trials	52
Assessment of long‐term survival in childhood cancer patients using cancer registry data from eastern China: Period analysis outperforms traditional analysis	51
Physical activity and mortality in melanoma patients within the Norwegian Women and Cancer study (NOWAC)	51
A comprehensive investigation of histotype‐specific microRNA and their variants in Stage I epithelial ovarian cancers	51
Ramucirumab‐containing chemotherapy for patients with gastrointestinal neuroendocrine carcinoma refractory/intolerant to platinum‐based chemotherapy: A multicenter observational retrospective study (W	50
Association between fish oil supplementation and cancer risk according to fatty fish consumption: A large prospective population‐based cohort study using UK Biobank	50
Body mass index and body shape before treatment and nasopharyngeal carcinoma prognosis: A population‐based patient cohort study in southern China	50
Socioeconomic position and risk of cervical cancer in the Nordic countries: Results from the Nordic Occupational Cancer Study	50
Pre‐diagnostic circulating resistin concentrations and mortality among individuals with colorectal cancer: Results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study	47
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Transcriptional repression and apoptosis influence the effect of APOBEC3A/3B functional polymorphisms on biliary tract cancer risk	46
Gynaecologic and breast cancers in women living with HIV in South Africa: A record linkage study	46
Changes in cancer incidence rates by stage during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the US	45
DCLK1 in gastrointestinal cancer: A driver of tumor progression and a promising therapeutic target	45
Timing of surgery and 1‐year postoperative outcomes in patients with breast cancer and preoperative COVID‐19 history: A matched, longitudinal, ambidirectional cohort study	44
Mediation effect of intestinal microbiota on the relationship between fiber intake and colorectal cancer	44
The current status of cell‐free human papillomavirus DNA as a biomarker in cervical cancer and other HPV‐associated tumors: A review	44