Christopher K. Kepler

10.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
373 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Christopher K. Kepler is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher K. Kepler has authored 373 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 301 papers in Surgery, 266 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 83 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Christopher K. Kepler's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (260 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (139 papers) and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (97 papers). Christopher K. Kepler is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (260 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (139 papers) and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (97 papers). Christopher K. Kepler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Christopher K. Kepler's co-authors include Alexander R. Vaccaro, Alan S. Hilibrand, Gregory D. Schroeder, Kris E. Radcliff, Todd J. Albert, Russel C. Huang, Jeffrey A. Rihn, D. Greg Anderson, David G. Anderson and Ravi K. Ponnappan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and Spine.

In The Last Decade

Christopher K. Kepler

346 papers receiving 6.6k 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.

AOSpine Thoracolumbar Spine Injury Classification System

2013 567 citations Alexander R. Vaccaro, Christopher K. Kepler et al. Spine profile →
The molecular basis of intervertebral disc degeneration

2013 375 citations Christopher K. Kepler et al. The Spine Journal profile →
Propensity Score Matching

2020 228 citations Taolin Fang, Kristen Nicholson et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Christopher K. Kepler	5.0k	4.4k	1.5k	769	465	373	6.7k
Sheeraz A. Qureshi	4.2k 0.8×	3.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	718 0.9×	342 0.7×	347	5.5k
John R. Dimar	7.8k 1.6×	6.1k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	935 1.2×	367 0.8×	158	9.0k
Kern Singh	6.2k 1.2×	5.2k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	796 1.0×	525 1.1×	442	7.9k
Kirkham B. Wood	6.5k 1.3×	5.1k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	777 1.0×	264 0.6×	189	7.8k
Serena S. Hu	6.7k 1.3×	5.5k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	690 0.9×	331 0.7×	165	8.1k
Sohail K. Mirza	5.5k 1.1×	5.4k 1.2×	3.3k 2.2×	909 1.2×	884 1.9×	118	8.5k
Frank M. Phillips	6.6k 1.3×	5.9k 1.3×	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.7×	565 1.2×	253	8.9k
Thomas J. Errico	7.4k 1.5×	5.3k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	618 0.8×	366 0.8×	266	8.7k
Y. Raja Rampersaud	4.0k 0.8×	3.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	554 0.7×	252 0.5×	205	5.6k
Brook I. Martin	3.4k 0.7×	3.7k 0.8×	3.4k 2.2×	572 0.7×	645 1.4×	70	6.4k

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Dalton, Jonathan, Emily Berthiaume, John J. Mangan, et al.. (2025). Mild Changes in Sternocleidomastoid Muscle Quality Predict Pseudarthrosis After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. Spine. 51(6). 393–399. 1 indexed citations

Lambrechts, Mark J., Gregory R. Toci, Tariq Z. Issa, et al.. (2024). Immediate vs delayed venous thromboembolism prophylaxis following spine surgery: increased rate of unplanned reoperation for postoperative hematoma with immediate prophylaxis. The Spine Journal. 24(11). 2019–2025. 1 indexed citations

Schultz, Matthew, Alan S. Hilibrand, Mark F. Kurd, et al.. (2024). The Effect of Patient Resilience on Postoperative Scores After One- and Two-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. World Neurosurgery. 189. e953–e958. 1 indexed citations

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.

Divi, Srikanth N., Dessislava Markova, Mark J. Lambrechts, et al.. (2024). Circulating microRNAs May Be Predictive of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy. Spine. 49(20). 1393–1400. 2 indexed citations

Tarawneh, Omar H., Yunsoo Lee, Tariq Z. Issa, et al.. (2024). Impact of Preoperative Intervertebral Disc Degeneration on Patient-Reported Outcome Measures After Lumbar Fusion. World Neurosurgery. 189. e787–e793.

Tarawneh, Omar H., Michael T. McCurdy, Tariq Z. Issa, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of perioperative care and drivers of cost in geriatric thoracolumbar trauma. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 102780–102780.

Dalton, Jonathan, Omar H. Tarawneh, Yunsoo Lee, et al.. (2024). The Effect of Community-Level Socioeconomic Status on Surgical Outcomes Following Revision Lumbar Fusion. World Neurosurgery. 194. 123408–123408.

Lee, Yunsoo, Mark J. Lambrechts, José A. Canseco, et al.. (2024). The Effect of Muscle Quality on Outcomes after Microdiscectomy. World Neurosurgery. 183. e687–e698.

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Woods, Barrett I., Gregory D. Schroeder, Christopher K. Kepler, et al.. (2023). A Novel Multimodal Postoperative Pain Protocol for 1- to 2-Level Open Lumbar Fusions: A Retrospective Cohort Study. The International Journal of Spine Surgery. 17(6). 828–834. 2 indexed citations

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Issa, Tariq Z., Yunsoo Lee, Mark J. Lambrechts, et al.. (2023). Publication rates of abstracts presented across 6 major spine specialty conferences. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ). 14. 100227–100227. 1 indexed citations

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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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Lambrechts, Mark J., José A. Canseco, Barrett I. Woods, et al.. (2023). A Comparison of Radiographic Alignment between Bilateral and Unilateral Interbody Cages in Patients Undergoing Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Asian Spine Journal. 17(4). 666–675. 8 indexed citations

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Toci, Gregory R., Mark J. Lambrechts, Tariq Z. Issa, et al.. (2023). Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Incidental Durotomy during Lumbar Spine Decompression with or without Fusion. Asian Spine Journal. 17(4). 647–655. 3 indexed citations

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Karamian, Brian A., Gregory R. Toci, Mark J. Lambrechts, et al.. (2022). The Effect of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Procedure Duration on Patient-Reported Outcome Measures. World Neurosurgery. 164. e548–e556. 6 indexed citations

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Pinter, Zachariah W., Anthony L. Mikula, Matthew D. Shirley, et al.. (2022). Risk Factors for Allograft Subsidence Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. World Neurosurgery. 170. e700–e711. 9 indexed citations

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Lambrechts, Mark J., Taylor Paziuk, Brian A. Karamian, et al.. (2022). Short-Segment versus Long-Segment Spinal Fusion Constructs for the Treatment of Adult Degenerative Scoliosis: A Comparison of Clinical Outcomes. World Neurosurgery. 171. e611–e619. 8 indexed citations

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Issa, Tariq Z., Yunsoo Lee, Mark J. Lambrechts, et al.. (2022). Impact of Prolonged Operative Duration on Postoperative Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolic Events After Thoracolumbar Spine Surgery. World Neurosurgery. 169. e214–e220. 6 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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Russo, Glenn S., José A. Canseco, Michael Chang, et al.. (2021). A Novel Scoring System to Predict Length of Stay After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 29(17). 758–766. 13 indexed citations

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