Michael O’Brien
Impact in
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine top 0.2%
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Spinal Cord Injury Research
- Surgery top 0.5%
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
- Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
Papers in
- Surgery 76
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment 50
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques 32
- Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries 4
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy 4
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- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology 26
- Spinal Cord Injury Research 4
- Co-authors
- Lawrence G. Lenke (19 shared papers)Keith H. Bridwell (8 shared papers)Christy Baldus (5 shared papers)Thomas G. Lowe (10 shared papers)J. Dimnet (2 shared papers)Hubert Labelle (3 shared papers)Pierre Roussouly (3 shared papers)Éric Berthonnaud (2 shared papers)
- Journals
- Spine (41 papers)The Spine Journal (16 papers)Journal of Neurosurgery Spine (3 papers)Spinal Cord (2 papers)Global Spine Journal (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomCanada
In The Last Decade
Michael O’Brien
95 papers receiving 5.0k citations
Michael O’Brien's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 99
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2.2k
- Surgery 3.5k
- Pharmacology 328
- Neurology 130
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 71
Countries citing papers authored by Michael O’Brien
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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael O’Brien
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Michael O’Brien, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 97 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Role of Fusion and Instrumentation in the Treatment of Degenerative Spondylolisthesis with Spinal Stenosis Hit paper breakdown → | 1993 | 458 |
| 2 | 2004 | 329 | |
| 3 | 2012 | 248 | |
| 4 | 2005 | 212 | |
| 5 | 2002 | 194 | |
| 6 | 2004 | 188 | |
| 7 | 1996 | 173 | |
| 8 | 2005 | 159 | |
| 9 | 2002 | 136 | |
| 10 | 2000 | 135 | |
| 11 | 2013 | 133 | |
| 12 | 2007 | 129 | |
| 13 | 1994 | 129 | |
| 14 | 1998 | 124 | |
| 15 | 2006 | 117 | |
| 16 | 2003 | 111 | |
| 17 | 2006 | 101 | |
| 18 | 1994 | 99 | |
| 19 | 2005 | 93 | |
| 20 | 2013 | 90 |
About Michael O’Brien
Michael O’Brien is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Neurology and Pharmacology, having authored 97 papers that have together received 5.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (50 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (32 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (26 papers), Medical Imaging and Analysis (11 papers), Spinal Cord Injury Research (4 papers), Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries (4 papers), Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (4 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pathology and Forensic Medicine (2.2k citations), Surgery (3.5k citations), Pharmacology (328 citations), Neurology (130 citations) and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (71 citations). Michael O’Brien has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Lawrence G. Lenke, Keith H. Bridwell, Christy Baldus, Thomas G. Lowe, J. Dimnet, Hubert Labelle, Pierre Roussouly, Éric Berthonnaud, Timothy R. Kuklo and David W. Polly. Their work appears in journals such as Spine, The Spine Journal, Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, Spinal Cord and Global Spine Journal.
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