Benjamin D. Elder

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
210 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Benjamin D. Elder is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin D. Elder has authored 210 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 137 papers in Surgery, 90 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 39 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Benjamin D. Elder's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (88 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (65 papers) and Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus (38 papers). Benjamin D. Elder is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (88 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (65 papers) and Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus (38 papers). Benjamin D. Elder collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Australia. Benjamin D. Elder's co-authors include Kyriacos A. Athanasiou, Xianqin Qu, Anthony J. Romanelli, Douglas E. Befroy, Gerald I. Shulman, Stefan Bilz, Varman T. Samuel, C. Rory Goodwin, Timothy F. Witham and Thomas Kosztowski and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Advanced Materials and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin D. Elder

191 papers receiving 4.2k citations

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Mechanism of Hepatic Insulin Resistance in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin D. Elder United States	29	2.2k	1.1k	732	541	530	210	4.2k
Naohisa Miyakoshi Japan	37	2.8k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	521 0.7×	447 0.8×	392 0.7×	380	5.4k
Hiroyuki Kato Japan	42	4.1k 1.9×	675 0.6×	462 0.6×	694 1.3×	524 1.0×	298	7.1k
Chikao Yutani Japan	43	1.9k 0.9×	360 0.3×	1.1k 1.4×	654 1.2×	250 0.5×	297	6.7k
Hatsue Ishibashi‐Ueda Japan	42	2.2k 1.0×	202 0.2×	1.2k 1.7×	382 0.7×	421 0.8×	361	6.9k
Tatu Juvonen Finland	43	2.7k 1.3×	451 0.4×	776 1.1×	113 0.2×	358 0.7×	230	6.5k
Masaya Nakamura Japan	33	2.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	346 0.5×	342 0.6×	343 0.6×	304	4.1k
Hirotaka Chikuda Japan	35	2.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	352 0.5×	1.3k 2.4×	271 0.5×	260	6.5k
Lei‐Sheng Jiang China	49	2.8k 1.3×	3.0k 2.6×	699 1.0×	649 1.2×	520 1.0×	139	6.2k
Jun Takahashi Japan	33	767 0.4×	225 0.2×	346 0.5×	300 0.6×	419 0.8×	198	4.2k
Hiroshi Kaji Japan	48	732 0.3×	529 0.5×	872 1.2×	599 1.1×	461 0.9×	228	6.8k

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Kumar, Jayanth, Mohamad Bydon, Jeremy L. Fogelson, et al.. (2025). Lumbar Endplate Hounsfield Units Enhance Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Subsidence Prediction Compared to Trabecular Hounsfield Units Alone. Global Spine Journal. 16(1). 639–649.

Williams, Michael A., Mark G. Hamilton, Heather Katzen, et al.. (2025). A Randomized Trial of Shunting for Idiopathic Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus. New England Journal of Medicine. 393(22). 2198–2209. 1 indexed citations

Pennington, Zach, Michael L. Martini, Rahul Kumar, et al.. (2025). Comparison of Sagittal Plane Correction With “Bullet” Versus “Banana” Type Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Devices. Operative Neurosurgery. 29(5). 624–632.

Murphy, Matthew C., Petrice M. Cogswell, Matthew L. Senjem, et al.. (2024). Prediction of Surgical Outcomes in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus by MR Elastography. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 45(3). 328–334. 8 indexed citations

Pennington, Zach, Anthony L. Mikula, Nikita Lakomkin, et al.. (2024). Bone Quality as Measured by Hounsfield Units More Accurately Predicts Proximal Junctional Kyphosis than Vertebral Bone Quality Following Long-Segment Thoracolumbar Fusion. World Neurosurgery. 186. e584–e592. 5 indexed citations

Pinter, Zachariah W., James T. Bernatz, Anthony L. Mikula, et al.. (2024). Paraspinal Sarcopenia and Lower Hounsfield Units are Independent Predictors of Increased Risk for Proximal Junctional Complications Following Thoracolumbar Fusions Terminating in the Upper Thoracic Spine. Global Spine Journal. 15(4). 1914–1923. 3 indexed citations

Swart, Alexander, Zach Pennington, Nikita Lakomkin, et al.. (2024). Significant Reduction in Bone Density as Measured by Hounsfield Units in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis or Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(5). 1430–1430. 2 indexed citations

Tipton, Philip W., Alexandra I. Soto‐Beasley, Gregory S. Day, et al.. (2023). CWH43 Variants Are Associated With Disease Risk and Clinical Phenotypic Measures in Patients With Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Neurology Genetics. 9(5). e200086–e200086. 7 indexed citations

Tilton, Maryam, Emily T. Camilleri, Bipin Gaihre, et al.. (2023). Visible light-induced 3D bioprinted injectable scaffold for minimally invasive tissue regeneration. Biomaterials Advances. 153. 213539–213539. 13 indexed citations

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Xu, Hao, et al.. (2023). Spinal fusion of biodegradable poly(propylene fumarate) and poly(propylene fumarate-co-caprolactone) copolymers in rabbits. Journal of Orthopaedics. 48. 52–59. 5 indexed citations

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Ransom, Seth C., Nolan J. Brown, Zach Pennington, et al.. (2022). Hypothermia Therapy for Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: An Updated Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 11(6). 1585–1585. 18 indexed citations

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Mikula, Anthony L., Nikita Lakomkin, Patrick M. Flanigan, et al.. (2022). Operative Treatment of Bertolotti Syndrome: Resection Versus Fusion. World Neurosurgery. 165. e311–e316. 9 indexed citations

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Mikula, Anthony L., Nikita Lakomkin, Zach Pennington, et al.. (2022). Lumbar Lordosis Correction With Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients with Minimum 2-Year Follow-up. World Neurosurgery. 167. e295–e302. 9 indexed citations

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Graff‐Radford, Jonathan, David T. Jones, Heather J. Wiste, et al.. (2021). Cerebrospinal fluid dynamics and discordant amyloid biomarkers. Neurobiology of Aging. 110. 27–36. 11 indexed citations

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Pennington, Zach, Xuguang Chen, Amanda N. Sacino, et al.. (2021). Utility of expanded anterior column resection versus decompression-alone for local control in the management of carcinomatous vertebral column metastases undergoing adjuvant stereotactic radiotherapy. The Spine Journal. 22(5). 835–846. 10 indexed citations

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Pinter, Zachariah W., Anthony L. Mikula, Giorgos D. Michalopoulos, et al.. (2021). Titanium Cervical Cage Subsidence: Postoperative Computed Tomography Analysis Defining Incidence and Associated Risk Factors. Global Spine Journal. 13(7). 1703–1715. 14 indexed citations

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Carlstrom, Lucas P., Avital Perry, Alejandro A. Rabinstein, et al.. (2021). A clinical primer for the glymphatic system. Brain. 145(3). 843–857. 50 indexed citations

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Jackson, Taylor J., Brett A. Freedman, Arjun S. Sebastian, et al.. (2020). Average Lumbar Hounsfield Units Predicts Osteoporosis-Related Complications Following Lumbar Spine Fusion. Global Spine Journal. 12(5). 851–857. 46 indexed citations

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Bhargav, Adip G., Lorenzo Rinaldo, Giuseppe Lanzino, & Benjamin D. Elder. (2019). Comparison of Complication and Revision Rates After Frontal Versus Parietal Approach for Ventricular Shunt Placement in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. World Neurosurgery. 126. e1017–e1022. 12 indexed citations

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Elder, Benjamin D., Wataru Ishida, C. Rory Goodwin, et al.. (2017). Bone graft options for spinal fusion following resection of spinal column tumors: systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 42(1). E16–E16. 21 indexed citations

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