Aaron J. Fields

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Aaron J. Fields is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Pharmacology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron J. Fields has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 33 papers in Pharmacology and 21 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Aaron J. Fields's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (42 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (33 papers) and Medical Imaging and Analysis (19 papers). Aaron J. Fields is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (42 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (33 papers) and Medical Imaging and Analysis (19 papers). Aaron J. Fields collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. Aaron J. Fields's co-authors include Jeffrey C. Lotz, Ellen Liebenberg, Tony M. Keaveny, Dino Samartzis, Stefan Dudli, Jaro Karppinen, Roland Krug, Michael Jekir, X. Sherry Liu and Senthil Kumar Eswaran and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Aaron J. Fields

64 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Pathobiology of Modic changes

2016 266 citations Stefan Dudli, Aaron J. Fields et al. European Spine Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aaron J. Fields United States	28	1.5k	1.1k	764	658	499	68	2.4k
Koji Akeda Japan	26	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.6×	319 0.5×	351 0.7×	83	2.4k
Ellen Liebenberg United States	21	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	696 0.9×	346 0.5×	178 0.4×	38	1.8k
Stephen M. Eisenstein United Kingdom	33	3.4k 2.3×	2.3k 2.1×	1.9k 2.5×	653 1.0×	275 0.6×	50	4.1k
Akihito Minamide Japan	36	2.5k 1.7×	1.2k 1.1×	2.2k 2.9×	803 1.2×	135 0.3×	94	3.3k
Akinobu Suzuki Japan	30	1.5k 1.0×	326 0.3×	1.8k 2.3×	336 0.5×	231 0.5×	151	2.5k
Yasuaki Tokuhashi Japan	31	2.3k 1.6×	446 0.4×	3.3k 4.3×	347 0.5×	266 0.5×	139	4.2k
Yong Eun Cho South Korea	32	1.6k 1.1×	374 0.3×	1.9k 2.4×	283 0.4×	144 0.3×	169	2.9k
Karl Wenger United States	21	1.3k 0.9×	449 0.4×	1.3k 1.7×	385 0.6×	277 0.6×	39	2.3k
Yasuo Mikami Japan	21	940 0.6×	453 0.4×	910 1.2×	210 0.3×	194 0.4×	83	1.7k
Erkki Karaharju Finland	27	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	1.0k 1.3×	143 0.2×	189 0.4×	63	2.5k

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Ziegeler, Katharina, Cynthia T. Chin, Aaron J. Fields, et al.. (2025). Information Extraction from Lumbar Spine MRI Radiology Reports Using GPT4: Accuracy and Benchmarking Against Research-Grade Comprehensive Scoring. Diagnostics. 15(7). 930–930. 1 indexed citations

Crawford, Rebecca J., et al.. (2025). Spatial patterns of fat within the deep multifidus as a biomarker for chronic low back pain. The Spine Journal. 26(1). 106–118.

Opitz, Lennart, Reto A. Schuepbach, Florian Brunner, et al.. (2024). Low back pain patients with Modic type 1 changes exhibit distinct bacterial and non-bacterial subtypes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 100434–100434. 12 indexed citations

Kesler, Richard M., et al.. (2024). On the Fire Hose Kickback Force in Solid Water Streams. Fire Technology. 60(3). 1627–1641.

Lazar, Ann, Conor O’Neill, Thomas M. Link, et al.. (2023). ISSLS Prize in Bioengineering Science 2023: Age- and sex-related differences in lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration between patients with chronic low back pain and asymptomatic controls. European Spine Journal. 32(5). 1517–1524. 9 indexed citations

Jung, Jae‐Young, et al.. (2023). Non‐enzymatic glycation reduces glucose transport in the human cartilage endplate independently of matrix porosity or proteoglycan content. JOR Spine. 7(1). e1297–e1297. 2 indexed citations

Bowden, Anton E., Aaron J. Fields, Carol M. Greco, et al.. (2023). The Back Pain Consortium (BACPAC) Research Program Data Harmonization: Rationale for Data Elements and Standards. Pain Medicine. 24(Supplement_1). S95–S104. 5 indexed citations

Dudli, Stefan, Alexander M. Ballatori, Anne‐Christine Bay‐Jensen, et al.. (2020). Serum Biomarkers for Connective Tissue and Basement Membrane Remodeling Are Associated with Vertebral Endplate Bone Marrow Lesions as Seen on MRI (Modic Changes). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(11). 3791–3791. 18 indexed citations

Wong, Jason W.H., et al.. (2019). Nutrient supply and nucleus pulposus cell function: effects of the transport properties of the cartilage endplate and potential implications for intradiscal biologic therapy. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 27(6). 956–964. 83 indexed citations

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Fields, Aaron J., Michele C. Battié, Richard J. Herzog, et al.. (2019). Measuring and reporting of vertebral endplate bone marrow lesions as seen on MRI (Modic changes): recommendations from the ISSLS Degenerative Spinal Phenotypes Group. European Spine Journal. 28(10). 2266–2274. 30 indexed citations

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Herber, Candice B., William C. Krause, Liping Wang, et al.. (2019). Estrogen signaling in arcuate Kiss1 neurons suppresses a sex-dependent female circuit promoting dense strong bones. Nature Communications. 10(1). 163–163. 64 indexed citations

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Fields, Aaron J., Alexander M. Ballatori, Ellen Liebenberg, & Jeffrey C. Lotz. (2018). Contribution of the Endplates to Disc Degeneration. PubMed. 4(4). 151–160. 93 indexed citations

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Dudli, Stefan, William S. Enns-Bray, Yves Pauchard, et al.. (2018). Larger vertebral endplate concavities cause higher failure load and work at failure under high-rate impact loading of rabbit spinal explants. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 80. 104–110. 7 indexed citations

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Gline, Stephanie E., et al.. (2018). FGF and TGFβ signaling link form and function during jaw development and evolution. Developmental Biology. 444. S219–S236. 20 indexed citations

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Fields, Aaron J., et al.. (2017). Structure‐function relationships at the human spinal disc‐vertebra interface. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 36(1). 192–201. 38 indexed citations

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Fowler, Tristan W., Claire Acevedo, Courtney M. Mazur, et al.. (2017). Glucocorticoid suppression of osteocyte perilacunar remodeling is associated with subchondral bone degeneration in osteonecrosis. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 44618–44618. 74 indexed citations

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Fields, Aaron J., Misung Han, Roland Krug, & Jeffrey C. Lotz. (2014). Cartilaginous End Plates: Quantitative MR Imaging with Very Short Echo Times—Orientation Dependence and Correlation with Biochemical Composition. Radiology. 274(2). 482–489. 48 indexed citations

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Zhou, Bin, X. Sherry Liu, Ji Wang, et al.. (2013). Dependence of mechanical properties of trabecular bone on plate–rod microstructure determined by individual trabecula segmentation (ITS). Journal of Biomechanics. 47(3). 702–708. 60 indexed citations

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Fields, Aaron J., Francisco Sahli Costabal, Azucena G. Rodriguez, & Jeffrey C. Lotz. (2012). Seeing Double. Spine. 37(21). E1310–E1317. 21 indexed citations

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Fields, Aaron J. & Tony M. Keaveny. (2012). Trabecular Architecture and Vertebral Fragility in Osteoporosis. Current Osteoporosis Reports. 10(2). 132–140. 25 indexed citations

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