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Michael J. Thun

Michael J. Thun publishes mostly in Oncology, Genetics and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, on topics such as Cancer Risks and Factors, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening and Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers.

World rank
#4,105
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,932
of 358,040
Works
73
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
14.7

What does Michael J. Thun research?

Oncology: 17.3%Genetics: 7.4%Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6.2%Physiology: 6.2%other fields: 62.9%17%top field
Oncology17.3%Genetics7.4%Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine6.2%Physiology6.2%other fields62.9%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Oncology17% of their works
  2. 2Genetics7% of their works
  3. 3Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine6% of their works
  4. 4Physiology6% of their works
  5. 5Epidemiology6% of their works
  6. 6Surgery5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michael J. Thun's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Metabolic Syndrome, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Incidence, Population-Based Study, Body Mass Index, Obesity and Global Surveillance.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Metabolic Syndrome102 topics
  2. Breast Cancer92 topics
  3. Cancer92 topics
  4. Cancer Incidence82 topics
  5. Population-Based Study82 topics
  6. Body Mass Index71 topic
  7. Obesity71 topic
  8. Global Surveillance51 topic
  9. Mortality Rates51 topic
  10. Androgen Receptor31 topic
  11. Cardiovascular Disease31 topic
  12. Mediterranean Diet31 topic
  13. Multiple Primary Cancers31 topic
  14. Prostate Cancer31 topic
  15. Second Primary Neoplasms31 topic
  16. Estrogen21 topic
  17. Fatty Acid Synthase21 topic
  18. Genetic Variation21 topic
  19. Genome-Wide Association21 topic
  20. Lipid Metabolism21 topic
  21. Receptor21 topic

Where does Michael J. Thun work?

Michael J. Thun's main affiliation in the publication record is American Cancer Society, United States.

How many publications and citations does Michael J. Thun have?

Science Explorer counts 73 works and 1,072 citations for Michael J. Thun, ranking #4,105 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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