Bryan A. Comstock

10.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
129 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

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Bryan A. Comstock is a scholar working on Surgery, Pharmacology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Bryan A. Comstock has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Surgery, 32 papers in Pharmacology and 32 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Bryan A. Comstock's work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (32 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (26 papers) and Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (26 papers). Bryan A. Comstock is often cited by papers focused on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (32 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (26 papers) and Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (26 papers). Bryan A. Comstock collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Bryan A. Comstock's co-authors include Richard A. Deyo, Jeffrey G. Jarvik, Judith A. Turner, Patrick J. Heagerty, Sohail K. Mirza, William Hollingworth, David F. Kallmes, Brook I. Martin, William Kreuter and Darryl T. Gray and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Bryan A. Comstock

127 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

A Randomized Trial of Vertebroplasty for Osteoporotic Spinal Fractures

2009 943 citations David F. Kallmes, Bryan A. Comstock et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Systematic Literature Review of Imaging Features of Spinal Degeneration in Asymptomatic Populations

2014 688 citations Bryan A. Comstock, Richard A. Deyo et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bryan A. Comstock United States	39	3.0k	2.5k	1.8k	626	552	129	6.2k
T. P. M. Vliet Vlieland Netherlands	48	2.7k 0.9×	962 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	293 0.5×	152 0.3×	437	10.0k
Mark J. Hancock Australia	49	1.4k 0.5×	3.0k 1.2×	6.3k 3.4×	278 0.4×	171 0.3×	238	8.6k
Ingemar F. Petersson Sweden	50	1.6k 0.5×	582 0.2×	1.5k 0.8×	195 0.3×	274 0.5×	196	8.2k
Alfons G.H. Kessels Netherlands	61	2.8k 0.9×	810 0.3×	1.0k 0.6×	702 1.1×	2.5k 4.5×	173	10.3k
Elaine M. Hay United Kingdom	57	3.1k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	5.7k 3.1×	237 0.4×	608 1.1×	201	11.3k
Wilbert B. van den Hout Netherlands	39	1.8k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	100 0.2×	261 0.5×	173	5.3k
Robert F. Meenan United States	39	1.9k 0.6×	700 0.3×	1.4k 0.8×	275 0.4×	231 0.4×	70	9.5k
Frederick Wolfe United States	51	855 0.3×	870 0.3×	3.9k 2.1×	261 0.4×	308 0.6×	98	11.4k
Tej D. Azad United States	30	1.6k 0.5×	812 0.3×	288 0.2×	447 0.7×	352 0.6×	161	4.8k
Rowland W. Chang United States	47	2.1k 0.7×	704 0.3×	1000 0.5×	99 0.2×	196 0.4×	152	8.0k

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Bowles, Erin J. Aiello, et al.. (2025). Accuracy of self-reported exam indications for breast cancer screening. JNCI Cancer Spectrum. 9(3).

Ehrhardt, Nicole, et al.. (2025). A Randomized Clinical Trial of a Culturally Tailored Diabetes Education Curriculum With and Without Real-Time Continuous Glucose Monitoring in a Latino Population With Type 2 Diabetes: The CUT-DM With Continuous Glucose Monitoring Study. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. 580940742–580940742. 1 indexed citations

Brunnquell, Christina L., Michael N. Hoff, Jalal B. Andre, et al.. (2025). A Comparison of Radiography, X-Ray Tomosynthesis, and CT for Intraorbital Metallic Foreign Body Screening. Journal of the American College of Radiology. 22(3). 386–394. 1 indexed citations

Cornet, Marie‐Coralie, Adam L. Numis, Sarah E. Monsell, et al.. (2024). Assessing Early Severity of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: The Role of Electroencephalogram Background in Addition to Sarnat Exam. The Journal of Pediatrics. 277. 114411–114411. 2 indexed citations

Monsell, Sarah E., Giana H. Davidson, Bryan A. Comstock, et al.. (2024). Pharmacy Integrated Transitions (PIT) trial: a protocol for a pragmatic cluster-randomised crossover trial. BMJ Open. 14(12). e088786–e088786.

Calabrese, Evan, Yvonne W. Wu, Jessica L. Wisnowski, et al.. (2023). Correlating Quantitative MRI-based Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Metrics with 24-month Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Neonates from the HEAL Trial. Radiology. 308(3). e223262–e223262. 7 indexed citations

Wu, Tai-Wei, Sarah E. Monsell, Hannah C. Glass, et al.. (2023). How well does neonatal neuroimaging correlate with neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy?. Pediatric Research. 94(3). 1018–1025. 32 indexed citations

Kowalewski, Timothy M., Anna French, Nicholas Heller, et al.. (2021). Virtual Reality Warm-up Before Robot-assisted Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Surgical Research. 264. 107–116. 4 indexed citations

German, Kendell, Phuong T. Vu, Bryan A. Comstock, et al.. (2021). Enteral Iron Supplementation in Infants Born Extremely Preterm and its Positive Correlation with Neurodevelopment; Post Hoc Analysis of the Preterm Erythropoietin Neuroprotection Trial Randomized Controlled Trial. The Journal of Pediatrics. 238. 102–109.e8. 11 indexed citations

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Massaro, An N., Theo K. Bammler, James W. MacDonald, et al.. (2021). Whole genome methylation and transcriptome analyses to identify risk for cerebral palsy (CP) in extremely low gestational age neonates (ELGAN). Scientific Reports. 11(1). 5305–5305. 8 indexed citations

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Juul, Sandra E., Bryan A. Comstock, Patrick J. Heagerty, et al.. (2018). High-Dose Erythropoietin for Asphyxia and Encephalopathy (HEAL): A Randomized Controlled Trial – Background, Aims, and Study Protocol. Neonatology. 113(4). 331–338. 94 indexed citations

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Bartek, Matthew A., Anjali R. Truitt, Bryan A. Comstock, et al.. (2017). The Promise and Pitfalls of Using Crowdsourcing in Research Prioritization for Back Pain: Cross-Sectional Surveys. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 19(10). e341–e341. 13 indexed citations

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Wu, Yvonne W., Amit Mathur, Taeun Chang, et al.. (2016). High-Dose Erythropoietin and Hypothermia for Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Phase II Trial. PEDIATRICS. 137(6). 164 indexed citations

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Siddiqui, Nazema Y., et al.. (2016). Crowdsourcing: a valid alternative to expert evaluation of robotic surgery skills. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 215(5). 644.e1–644.e7. 50 indexed citations

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Deyo, Richard A., Matthew Bryan, Bryan A. Comstock, et al.. (2015). Trajectories of Symptoms and Function in Older Adults With Low Back Disorders. Spine. 40(17). 1352–1362. 63 indexed citations

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Weinert, Clarann, Shirley Cudney, Bryan A. Comstock, & Aasthaa Bansal. (2014). Computer Intervention: Illness Self-Management/Quality of Life of Rural Women. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. 46(1). 26–43. 3 indexed citations

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Martin, Brook I., Judith A. Turner, Sohail K. Mirza, et al.. (2009). Trends in Health Care Expenditures, Utilization, and Health Status Among US Adults With Spine Problems, 1997–2006. Spine. 34(19). 2077–2084. 325 indexed citations

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Kallmes, David F., Bryan A. Comstock, Patrick J. Heagerty, et al.. (2009). A Randomized Trial of Vertebroplasty for Osteoporotic Spinal Fractures. New England Journal of Medicine. 361(6). 569–579. 943 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hollingworth, William, et al.. (2007). The Risk of Bankruptcy Before and After Brain or Spinal Cord Injury. Medical Care. 45(8). 702–711. 23 indexed citations

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Hollingworth, William, Annemarie Relyea-Chew, Bryan A. Comstock, Karen Overstreet, & Jeffrey G. Jarvik. (2006). The Risk of Bankruptcy Before and after Brain or Spinal Cord Injury. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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