Bruce Pfleger

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
8 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Bruce Pfleger is a scholar working on Surgery, Rehabilitation and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce Pfleger has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Surgery, 3 papers in Rehabilitation and 3 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Bruce Pfleger's work include Hip disorders and treatments (4 papers), Bone health and osteoporosis research (3 papers) and Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation (3 papers). Bruce Pfleger is often cited by papers focused on Hip disorders and treatments (4 papers), Bone health and osteoporosis research (3 papers) and Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation (3 papers). Bruce Pfleger collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and Switzerland. Bruce Pfleger's co-authors include Anthony D. Woolf, Anders Odén, Chris De Laet, Olof Johnell, Nikolaï Khaltaev, Helena Johansson, Bengt Jönsson, John А. Kanis, Niklas Zethraeus and Frederic C. McDuffie and has published in prestigious journals such as Osteoporosis International, Clinical Rheumatology and Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics.

In The Last Decade

Bruce Pfleger

8 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Burden of major musculoskeletal conditions. 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2004 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
What are hit papers?

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. Burden of major musculoskeletal conditions.
    2003 2.8k citations Anthony D. Woolf, Bruce Pfleger PubMed profile →
  2. Assessment of fracture risk
    2004 933 citations John А. Kanis, Chris De Laet et al. Osteoporosis International profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bruce Pfleger United Kingdom 7 1.2k 1.2k 1.1k 1.1k 409 8 3.8k
N K Arden United Kingdom 13 1.2k 1.0× 838 0.7× 929 0.8× 1.9k 1.8× 394 1.0× 41 3.8k
Laura L Laslett Australia 28 1.8k 1.5× 1.1k 1.0× 899 0.8× 2.8k 2.6× 442 1.1× 116 4.8k
Vivian Robinson Canada 29 749 0.6× 557 0.5× 1.4k 1.3× 622 0.6× 496 1.2× 49 3.5k
David Doyle United Kingdom 37 1.7k 1.4× 859 0.7× 1.4k 1.3× 3.0k 2.7× 792 1.9× 94 5.6k
Daniel Uebelhart Switzerland 40 941 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 1.4k 1.2× 2.0k 1.8× 785 1.9× 110 6.0k
François Rannou France 34 1.7k 1.4× 1.4k 1.2× 440 0.4× 2.8k 2.5× 372 0.9× 112 4.5k
Sylvie Rozenberg France 30 672 0.6× 1.3k 1.1× 401 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 196 0.5× 82 3.4k
Louis Bessette Canada 35 1.5k 1.2× 510 0.4× 828 0.8× 2.4k 2.2× 379 0.9× 175 5.2k
Mark H. Edwards United Kingdom 30 860 0.7× 603 0.5× 627 0.6× 1.3k 1.2× 368 0.9× 80 3.6k
Yvonne M. Golightly United States 36 1.7k 1.5× 1.3k 1.2× 1.0k 0.9× 2.4k 2.2× 269 0.7× 209 5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Bruce Pfleger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bruce Pfleger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruce Pfleger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bruce Pfleger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bruce Pfleger based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bruce Pfleger. Bruce Pfleger is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Pfleger, Bruce. (2007). Burden and control of musculoskeletal conditions in developing countries: a joint WHO/ILAR/BJD meeting report. Clinical Rheumatology. 26(8). 1217–1227. 13 indexed citations
2.
Woolf, Anthony D. & Bruce Pfleger. (2005). Burden of osteoporosis and fractures in developing countries. Current Osteoporosis Reports. 3(3). 84–91. 16 indexed citations
3.
Kanis, John А., Chris De Laet, Helena Johansson, et al.. (2004). Assessment of fracture risk. Osteoporosis International. 16(6). 581–589. 933 indexed citations breakdown →
4.
Pfleger, Bruce, et al.. (2004). A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Chiropractic Adjustments to Muscle Relaxants for Subacute Low Back Pain. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. 27(6). 388–398. 69 indexed citations
5.
Khaltaev, N., Bruce Pfleger, Anthony D. Woolf, et al.. (2004). Health needs assessment of musculoskeletal conditions: an international bone and joint burden of disease study. Arthritis Research. 6(Suppl 3). 103–103. 3 indexed citations
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Khaltaev, N., Bruce Pfleger, Anthony D. Woolf, et al.. (2003). Assessing the burden of musculoskeletal conditions: a joint World Health Organization–Bone and Joint Decade project. Arthritis Research. 5(Suppl 3). 174–174. 7 indexed citations
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Woolf, Anthony D. & Bruce Pfleger. (2003). Burden of major musculoskeletal conditions.. PubMed. 81(9). 646–56. 2765 indexed citations breakdown →
8.
Straub, William F., et al.. (2001). The effect of chiropractic care on jet lag of finnish junior elite athletes. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. 24(3). 191–198. 15 indexed citations

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