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Robert E. Merritt

Medicine · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1977
Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentLung Cancer Treatments and MutationsEsophageal Cancer Research and TreatmentRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingEsophageal and GI Pathology

Publications

173

Citations

5,531

Est. group size

~3

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

50

Publishing since 1977

Research summary
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Robert E. Merritt is a thoracic surgeon whose work focuses on the surgical treatment of lung and esophageal cancer, including minimally invasive and robotic approaches to lung resection. His research also examines outcomes after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy, patient recovery and quality of life around surgery, and the use of new technologies such as robotic surgical systems and AI-based patient information tools. Students interested in surgical oncology, clinical outcomes research, or the evaluation of emerging surgical technologies for thoracic cancers may find this work relevant.

Lung cancer surgeryRobotic and minimally invasive thoracic surgeryNeoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy outcomesEsophageal cancer treatmentPerioperative patient care and quality of life

Publication output grew from a low base in 2017 to a peak around 2019-2020, then fluctuated with a dip in 2023 before rising again in 2024-2025, suggesting a generally active but variable publication cadence over the last decade.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 11.6/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 7 publications182019: 21 publications192020: 26 publications26202021: 15 publications212022: 14 publications222023: 7 publications232024: 18 publications242025: 15 publications252026: 4 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery×18
  • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery×10
  • Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network×7
  • Clinical Lung Cancer×7
  • Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery×7
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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