Clement B. Sledge

8.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
88 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Clement B. Sledge is a scholar working on Surgery, Rheumatology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Clement B. Sledge has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Surgery, 34 papers in Rheumatology and 7 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Clement B. Sledge's work include Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (34 papers), Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (28 papers) and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (23 papers). Clement B. Sledge is often cited by papers focused on Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (34 papers), Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (28 papers) and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (23 papers). Clement B. Sledge collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Austria. Clement B. Sledge's co-authors include Elizabeth A. Lingard, Elizabeth A. Wright, Jeffrey N. Katz, William H. Harris, William H. Thomas, Robert Poss, Myron Spector, F C Ewald, Sonya Shortkroff and Stefan Nehrer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Biomaterials.

In The Last Decade

Clement B. Sledge

88 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

Outcomes of total hip and knee replacement: Preoperative functional status predicts outcomes at six months after surgery

1999 606 citations Clement B. Sledge et al. profile →
Predicting the Outcome of Total Knee Arthroplasty

2004 489 citations Elizabeth A. Lingard, Jeffrey N. Katz et al. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery profile →
Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement

1990 463 citations William H. Harris, Clement B. Sledge New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Clement B. Sledge	4.9k	1.7k	555	479	372	88	6.5k
C H Rorabeck	4.6k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	488 0.9×	684 1.4×	170 0.5×	80	6.3k
Hagen Schmal	3.5k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	807 1.5×	828 1.7×	260 0.7×	255	6.7k
Atsumasa Uchida	2.1k 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	954 1.7×	242 0.5×	189 0.5×	239	6.8k
C. Thomas Vangsness	3.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	392 0.7×	1.3k 2.8×	153 0.4×	129	5.0k
Thomas P. Vail	11.4k 2.3×	1.8k 1.1×	1.4k 2.5×	591 1.2×	329 0.9×	173	14.1k
U. Klinge	8.9k 1.8×	746 0.4×	611 1.1×	231 0.5×	564 1.5×	247	10.7k
Reinhard Windhager	6.3k 1.3×	2.9k 1.7×	1.3k 2.3×	863 1.8×	179 0.5×	517	11.7k
Andreas Leithner	3.4k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	455 0.8×	511 1.1×	172 0.5×	386	7.0k
Tae Kyun Kim	3.4k 0.7×	607 0.4×	711 1.3×	554 1.2×	311 0.8×	132	4.7k
Steven A. Olson	4.0k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	399 0.7×	1.3k 2.7×	74 0.2×	131	5.5k

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Lingard, Elizabeth A., Jeffrey N. Katz, Elizabeth A. Wright, & Clement B. Sledge. (2004). Predicting the Outcome of Total Knee Arthroplasty. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 86(10). 2179–2186. 489 indexed citations breakdown →

Hashimoto, Hideki, Tadamasa Hanyu, Clement B. Sledge, & Elizabeth A. Lingard. (2003). Validation of a Japanese patient-derived outcome scale for assessingtotal knee arthroplasty: comparison with Western Ontario andMcMaster Universities osteoarthritis index (WOMAC). Journal of Orthopaedic Science. 8(3). 288–293. 75 indexed citations

Sledge, Clement B.. (2001). The Dartmouth Atlas of Musculoskeletal Health Care. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 83(7). 1129–1130. 90 indexed citations

Lingard, Elizabeth A., Elizabeth A. Wright, & Clement B. Sledge. (2001). Pitfalls of Using Patient Recall to Derive Preoperative Status in Outcome Studies of Total Knee Arthroplasty. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 83(8). 1149–1156. 87 indexed citations

Nehrer, Stefan, Samy Ashkar, Sonya Shortkroff, et al.. (1998). Characteristics of Articular Chondrocytes Seeded in Collagen Matrices in Vitro. Tissue Engineering. 4(2). 175–183. 20 indexed citations

Nehrer, Stefan, Howard A. Breinan, Arun J. Ramappa, et al.. (1997). Canine chondrocytes seeded in type I and type II collagen implants investigated In Vitro. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. 38(2). 95–104. 227 indexed citations

Chmell, Michael J., Richard D. Scott, William H. Thomas, & Clement B. Sledge. (1997). Total Hip Arthroplasty with Cement for Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. Results at a Minimum of Ten Years in Patients Less Than Thirty Years Old*. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 79(1). 44–52. 108 indexed citations

Breinan, Howard A., Tom Minas, Hu‐Ping Hsu, et al.. (1997). Effect of Cultured Autologous Chondrocytes on Repair of Chondral Defects in a Canine Model*. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 79(10). 1439–51. 263 indexed citations

Falchuk, Kenneth H., et al.. (1996). Lymphadenopathy Associated with Total Joint Prostheses. A Report of Two Cases and a Review of the Literature*. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 78(4). 588–93. 58 indexed citations

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Harris, William H. & Clement B. Sledge. (1990). Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement. New England Journal of Medicine. 323(11). 725–731. 463 indexed citations breakdown →

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Keller, Kenneth H., Sonya Shortkroff, Clement B. Sledge, & Thomas S. Thornhill. (1990). Effects of isolated rheumatoid synovial cells on cartilage degradation in vitro. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 8(3). 345–352. 4 indexed citations

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Boyd, Allen, et al.. (1990). Total shoulder arthroplasty versus hemiarthroplasty. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 5(4). 329–336. 202 indexed citations

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Robertson, Douglas D., Donna Magid, Robert Poss, et al.. (1989). Enhanced computed tomographic techniques for the evaluation of total hip arthroplasty. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 4(3). 271–276. 28 indexed citations

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Zuckerman, Joseph D., et al.. (1989). Treatment of antigen‐induced arthritis in rabbits with dysprosium‐165–ferric hydroxide macroaggregates. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 7(1). 50–60. 15 indexed citations

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Hubbard, John P., et al.. (1988). Effect of steroid hormones on endotoxin-mediated cartilage degradation. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 79(1). 31–37. 5 indexed citations

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Zuckerman, Joseph D., et al.. (1987). Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis using radiopharmaceuticals. International Journal of Radiation Applications and Instrumentation Part B Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 14(3). 211–218. 28 indexed citations

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Zalutsky, Michael R., et al.. (1987). Evaluation of Indium-111 Chloride as a Radiopharmaceutical for Joint Imaging in a Rabbit Model of Arthritis. Investigative Radiology. 22(9). 733–740. 5 indexed citations

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Coventry, Mark B., Clement B. Sledge, Robert Poss, Robert H. Cofield, & B.F. Morrey. (1980). The Year book of orthopedics. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 2 indexed citations

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Sledge, Clement B.. (1968). Biochemical Events in the Epiphyseal Plate and Their Physiologic Control. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 1(61). 37???47–37???47. 24 indexed citations

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Sledge, Clement B.. (1966). Some Morphologie and Experimental Aspects of Limb Development. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 44(1). 241???264–241???264. 16 indexed citations

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