Alexander R. Vaccaro

53.6k total citations · 8 hit papers
1.2k papers, 35.9k citations indexed

About

Alexander R. Vaccaro is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander R. Vaccaro has authored 1.2k papers receiving a total of 35.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 931 papers in Surgery, 842 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 161 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Alexander R. Vaccaro's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (740 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (579 papers) and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (284 papers). Alexander R. Vaccaro is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (740 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (579 papers) and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (284 papers). Alexander R. Vaccaro collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Alexander R. Vaccaro's co-authors include Alan S. Hilibrand, Todd J. Albert, Michael G. Fehlings, James S. Harrop, Todd J. Albert, Gregory D. Schroeder, Christopher K. Kepler, D. Greg Anderson, Marcel F. Dvorak and Paul M. Arnold and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Alexander R. Vaccaro

1.1k papers receiving 34.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Early versus Delayed Decompression for Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Results of the Surgical Timing in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (STASCIS)
    2012 778 citations Michael G. Fehlings, Alexander R. Vaccaro et al. profile →
  2. Donor Site Morbidity After Anterior Iliac Crest Bone Harvest for Single-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
    2003 706 citations Alan S. Hilibrand, Alexander R. Vaccaro et al. Spine profile →
  3. AOSpine Thoracolumbar Spine Injury Classification System
    2013 567 citations Alexander R. Vaccaro, F. Cumhur Öner et al. Spine profile →
  4. A New Classification of Thoracolumbar Injuries
    2005 551 citations Alexander R. Vaccaro, Paul A. Anderson et al. Spine profile →
  5. Efficacy and Safety of Surgical Decompression in Patients with Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
    2013 364 citations Michael G. Fehlings, Jefferson R. Wilson et al. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery profile →
  6. Intervertebral Disk Degeneration and Repair
    2017 360 citations Alexander R. Vaccaro et al. profile →
  7. The influence of timing of surgical decompression for acute spinal cord injury: a pooled analysis of individual patient data
    2020 243 citations Jefferson R. Wilson, James S. Harrop et al. profile →
  8. Propensity Score Matching
    2020 228 citations Taolin Fang, Matthew S. Galetta et al. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander R. Vaccaro United States 91 28.4k 23.9k 4.5k 3.7k 2.6k 1.2k 35.9k
Steven D. Glassman United States 71 16.7k 0.6× 13.5k 0.6× 3.9k 0.9× 2.0k 0.5× 1.0k 0.4× 400 20.5k
Paul Park United States 69 11.3k 0.4× 10.2k 0.4× 3.6k 0.8× 1.6k 0.4× 1.3k 0.5× 504 18.9k
Alan S. Hilibrand United States 68 14.0k 0.5× 13.4k 0.6× 4.7k 1.1× 1.7k 0.5× 928 0.4× 445 17.3k
Todd J. Albert United States 67 11.6k 0.4× 10.8k 0.5× 4.6k 1.0× 1.4k 0.4× 993 0.4× 319 15.3k
Paul W. Stratford Canada 64 9.0k 0.3× 3.3k 0.1× 7.7k 1.7× 2.8k 0.8× 1.9k 0.7× 243 26.6k
Howard S. An United States 74 13.4k 0.5× 16.0k 0.7× 7.5k 1.7× 3.3k 0.9× 774 0.3× 431 20.1k
Jeffrey N. Katz United States 101 29.4k 1.0× 6.4k 0.3× 11.0k 2.5× 3.3k 0.9× 2.5k 1.0× 636 51.4k
Paul A. Anderson United States 66 11.4k 0.4× 8.8k 0.4× 1.1k 0.2× 1.5k 0.4× 584 0.2× 366 15.2k
Scott D. Boden United States 70 11.8k 0.4× 12.6k 0.5× 6.8k 1.5× 5.5k 1.5× 664 0.3× 278 19.8k
Michael Nerlich Germany 67 6.4k 0.2× 3.9k 0.2× 2.9k 0.6× 1.7k 0.4× 1.1k 0.4× 572 17.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lee, Yunsoo, Mark F. Kurd, José A. Canseco, et al.. (2024). Physical and Psychological Impact of Scar Cosmesis After Cervical Spine Fusion Surgery. World Neurosurgery. 189. e1077–e1082.
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McCurdy, Michael T., Jonathan Dalton, Yunsoo Lee, et al.. (2024). Impact of Antidepressant Use on Intraoperative Blood Loss and Transfusion Rates in Lumbar Fusion Surgery. World Neurosurgery. 194. 123413–123413.
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Leibold, Adam, Daniyal Mansoor Ali, Sara Thalheimer, et al.. (2024). How Do the True Intraoperative Costs of Endoscopic Diskectomy Compare With Microdiskectomy for Lumbar Disk Herniations? A Time-Driven Activity-Based Cost Analysis. Operative Neurosurgery. 27(6). 690–697. 11 indexed citations
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Kurd, Mark F., I. David Kaye, José A. Canseco, et al.. (2024). The Impact of Outpatient Physical Therapy on Patient-Reported Outcomes After Lumbar Fusion: Perspective from A Bundled Care Dataset. World Neurosurgery. 189. e211–e218.
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Siegel, Nicholas, Mark J. Lambrechts, Brian A. Karamian, et al.. (2023). Do On-Table Radiographs Predict Postoperative Sagittal Alignment after Posterior Lumbar Fusion?. World Neurosurgery. 174. e118–e125.
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Issa, Tariq Z., Gregory R. Toci, Mark J. Lambrechts, et al.. (2023). Are Clinical or Surgical Outcomes Different Based on Whether the Same Surgeon or Hospital System Performs the Spine Revision?. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication. 36(10). E435–E441. 1 indexed citations
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Nazarpak, Masoumeh Haghbin, et al.. (2022). Fabrication and characterization of methylprednisolone-loaded polylactic acid/hyaluronic acid nanofibrous scaffold for soft tissue engineering. Journal of Industrial Textiles. 52. 3 indexed citations
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Karamian, Brian A., José A. Canseco, Jeffrey Henstenburg, et al.. (2022). Does a High Postoperative Opioid Dose Predict Chronic Use After ACDF?. World Neurosurgery. 171. e686–e692. 2 indexed citations
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Fehlings, Michael G., Yang Chen, Bizhan Aarabi, et al.. (2021). A Randomized Controlled Trial of Local Delivery of a Rho Inhibitor (VX-210) in Patients with Acute Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 38(15). 2065–2072. 36 indexed citations
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Stull, Justin D., Srikanth N. Divi, Dhruv K.C. Goyal, et al.. (2020). Preoperative Mental Health Component Scoring Is Related to Patient Reported Outcomes Following Lumbar Fusion. Spine. 45(12). 798–803. 33 indexed citations
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Yousefifard, Mahmoud, Leila Haghani, Farhad Shokraneh, et al.. (2020). Early General Hypothermia Improves Motor Function after Spinal Cord Injury in Rats; a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1). e80–e80. 3 indexed citations
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Fisher, Charles G., Alexander R. Vaccaro, Alpesh A. Patel, et al.. (2020). Evidence-Based Recommendations for Spine Surgery. Spine. 45(12). 851–859. 9 indexed citations
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Canseco, José A., et al.. (2020). Financial Aspects of Cervical Disc Arthroplasty: A Narrative Review of Recent Literature. World Neurosurgery. 140. 534–540. 3 indexed citations
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Galetta, Matthew S., Christopher K. Kepler, Srikanth N. Divi, et al.. (2019). Consensus on Wound Care of SSI in Spine Surgery. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication. 33(5). E206–E212. 3 indexed citations
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Öner, F. Cumhur, Said Sadiqi, A. Mechteld Lehr, et al.. (2014). Towards the Development of an Outcome Instrument for Spinal Trauma. Spine. 40(2). E91–E96. 9 indexed citations
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Rasouli, Mohammad R., et al.. (2012). Spinal tuberculosis: diagnosis and management. Journal of Injury and Violence Research. 4(3). 4 indexed citations
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Wilson, Jefferson R., Robert G. Grossman, Ralph F. Frankowski, et al.. (2012). A Clinical Prediction Model for Long-Term Functional Outcome after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Based on Acute Clinical and Imaging Factors. Journal of Neurotrauma. 29(13). 2263–2271. 143 indexed citations
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Bridwell, Keith H., Paul A. Anderson, Scott D. Boden, Alexander R. Vaccaro, & Jeffrey C. Wang. (2012). What’s New in Spine Surgery. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 94(12). 1140–1148. 5 indexed citations
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DeVine, John G., Daniel C. Norvell, Erika Ecker, et al.. (2011). Evaluating the Correlation and Responsiveness of Patient-Reported Pain With Function and Quality-of-Life Outcomes After Spine Surgery. Spine. 36(21 Suppl). S69–S74. 150 indexed citations
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Harrop, James S., Mitchell Maltenfort, Fred H. Geisler, et al.. (2009). Traumatic Thoracic ASIA A Examinations and Potential for Clinical Trials. Spine. 34(23). 2525–2529. 16 indexed citations

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