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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Radiation Oncology residency · Philadelphia, PA · Program website

3
Faculty
18
Trainees
226
Papers
44%
Trainees published
31%
First author

7 people are awaiting a match decision, so numbers may change.

Papers

By this program's faculty and trainees since 2022, 226 in all. Updated 2026-11-07.

How trainees publishauthor positions, faculty co-authorship, ranks

Papers by current residents and fellows, and alumni within two years, published during training. Based on 9 of 18 trainees matched to publication records. Trainees with no match count as not yet published, so these figures are a floor.

44%
of trainees have published
2.05
papers per trainee-year
31%
of authorships as 1st author
12%
of trainee papers with program faculty
75
papers with a trainee author
Author position, all 87 trainee authorships
Faculty detailsh-index, papers and author positions per person

Program leadership from the program's own pages, matched to publications. Leadership is mostly clinician-educators, so these numbers describe the teaching team, not the department's research. Works since 2022-01-01.

3 / 3
faculty matched
15 (12–28)
faculty h-index, median (IQR)
0.65
median FWCI (before 2025)
NameResearch topicsh (lifetime)Works1stLastMedian FWCI
Neha Vapiwala, MDProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment; Diversity and Career in Medicine41931140.77
Eric Ojerholm, MDHead and Neck Cancer Studies153004.11
Goldie Kurtz, MDGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment; Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry926000.25

18 trainees are counted above but never listed by name.

About University of Pennsylvaniainstitution-wide radiation oncology research

Radiation Oncology publications from University of Pennsylvania and affiliated institutions, since 2022. Updated 2026-11-06; refreshed daily.

664
works per year
2nd of 47 radiation oncology residency programs
2nd of 47 radiation oncology residency programs
+11.1%
2-year growth
23rd of 47 radiation oncology residency programs
23rd of 47 radiation oncology residency programs
30.4%
in top 10% of field (works before 2025)
1st of 47 radiation oncology residency programs
1st of 47 radiation oncology residency programs
51.7%
cited above world average
2nd of 47 radiation oncology residency programs
2nd of 47 radiation oncology residency programs
2022: 671 works’222023: 587 works’232024: 632 works’242025: 766 works766’252026 (so far): 597 works597’26*

Works per year · * 2026 so far

Oncology · 2,114Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging · 1,139

Radiation Oncology research topics at University of Pennsylvania

Papers in the window; each links to the list on OpenAlex.

Most cited at University of Pennsylvania since 2024

All radiation oncology papers there on OpenAlex

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