David Choi

8.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
143 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

David Choi is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, David Choi has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Surgery, 51 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 33 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in David Choi's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (41 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (31 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (28 papers). David Choi is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (41 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (31 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (28 papers). David Choi collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. David Choi's co-authors include Mark Shackleton, Peter Eirew, Haiyan I. Li, Julia Stingl, Connie J. Eaves, François Vaillant, Geoffrey Raisman, Michael G. Fehlings, James S. Harrop and Brian K. Kwon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

David Choi

137 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Purification and unique properties of mammary epithelial stem cells

2006 1.2k citations David Choi et al. profile →
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury—Repair and Regeneration

2017 651 citations David Choi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Choi United Kingdom	32	1.9k	1.5k	1.1k	1.0k	766	143	4.9k
Hideaki E. Takahashi Japan	31	1.4k 0.7×	710 0.5×	739 0.7×	612 0.6×	196 0.3×	145	3.5k
Matthias Priemel Germany	30	691 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	2.1k 1.9×	1.1k 1.0×	255 0.3×	76	5.6k
Friedrich E. Kruse Germany	64	685 0.4×	438 0.3×	2.2k 2.1×	998 1.0×	258 0.3×	351	14.1k
Tomoatsu Kimura Japan	50	3.3k 1.8×	3.0k 2.0×	1.8k 1.6×	524 0.5×	123 0.2×	212	7.7k
Michel Péoc’h France	35	1.1k 0.6×	558 0.4×	982 0.9×	959 0.9×	147 0.2×	285	5.3k
Yawara Eguchi Japan	37	1.8k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	1.5k 1.4×	287 0.3×	310 0.4×	219	5.5k
Ken Ishii Japan	39	3.2k 1.7×	2.6k 1.7×	600 0.6×	153 0.2×	788 1.0×	225	5.6k
Natsuo Yasui Japan	40	2.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	1.8k 1.7×	547 0.5×	123 0.2×	189	5.5k
Anna Petryk United States	36	555 0.3×	955 0.6×	2.4k 2.2×	467 0.5×	1.0k 1.3×	126	6.0k
Shiro Ikegawa Japan	55	2.1k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	5.3k 4.9×	1.2k 1.2×	269 0.4×	306	11.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Choi

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O’Donnell, Paul, Dorothee Harder, Wendy Brown, et al.. (2025). The TBXT rs2305089 SNP links the benign notochordal cell tumour and chordoma. The Journal of Pathology. 266(3). 247–257.

Bulsara, Ketan R., et al.. (2024). Lumbar decompression and fusion for symptomatic spinal stenosis in a patient with chronic thoracic sensory level from prior transverse myelitis: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 18(1).

Pendolino, Alfonso Luca, et al.. (2022). Prevalence of olfactory dysfunction and quality of life in hospitalised patients 1 year after SARS-CoV-2 infection: a cohort study. BMJ Open. 12(1). e054598–e054598. 21 indexed citations

Vakharia, Vejay N., et al.. (2021). Printing in a Pandemic: 3D printing solutions for healthcare during COVID-19. A Protocol for a PRISMA systematic review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 100015–100015. 11 indexed citations

Flanagan, Adrienne M., et al.. (2019). Systematic Review of Clinical, Radiologic, and Histologic Features of Benign Notochordal Cell Tumors: Implications for Patient Management. World Neurosurgery. 130. 13–23. 9 indexed citations

Choi, David, et al.. (2019). Cervical spinal arteriovenous fistula with ventral perimedullary venous drainage. Acta Neurochirurgica. 162(4). 961–965.

Tol, Floris R. van, David Choi, Helena M. Verkooijen, F. Cumhur Öner, & Jorrit‐Jan Verlaan. (2019). Delayed presentation to a spine surgeon is the strongest predictor of poor postoperative outcome in patients surgically treated for symptomatic spinal metastases. The Spine Journal. 19(9). 1540–1547. 23 indexed citations

Morris, Stephen, et al.. (2017). Surgery and Radiotherapy for Symptomatic Spinal Metastases Is More Cost Effective Than Radiotherapy Alone: A Cost Utility Analysis in a U.K. Spinal Center. World Neurosurgery. 109. e389–e397. 13 indexed citations

Andrews, Peter, Anne‐Lise Poirrier, Valerie J. Lund, & David Choi. (2016). Safety of human olfactory mucosal biopsy for the purpose of olfactory ensheathing cell harvest and nerve repair: a prospective controlled study in patients undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery. Rhinology Journal. 54(2). 183–191. 18 indexed citations

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Choi, David, et al.. (2016). Proton beam therapy in the management of skull base chordomas: systematic review of indications, outcomes, and implications for neurosurgeons. British Journal of Neurosurgery. 30(4). 382–387. 20 indexed citations

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Borg, Anouk, Matthew A. Kirkman, & David Choi. (2016). Endoscopic Endonasal Anterior Skull Base Surgery: A Systematic Review of Complications During the Past 65 Years. World Neurosurgery. 95. 383–391. 63 indexed citations

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Morris, Stephen, et al.. (2015). Cost of Surgery for Symptomatic Spinal Metastases in the United Kingdom. World Neurosurgery. 84(5). 1235–1243. 18 indexed citations

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Telfeian, Albert E., et al.. (2015). Transforaminal endoscopic surgery under local analgesia for ventral epidural thoracic spinal tumor: Case report. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 134. 1–3. 34 indexed citations

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Wang, Miao, Cody Bünger, Haisheng Li, et al.. (2015). Improved patient selection by stratified surgical intervention: Aarhus Spinal Metastases Algorithm. The Spine Journal. 15(7). 1554–1562. 5 indexed citations

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Choi, David, et al.. (2013). Olfactory Ensheathing Cells: Part I—Current Concepts and Experimental Laboratory Models. World Neurosurgery. 83(1). 114–119. 9 indexed citations

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Choi, David, et al.. (2013). Olfactory Ensheathing Cells: Part II—Source of Cells and Application to Patients. World Neurosurgery. 83(2). 251–256. 9 indexed citations

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Chaudhuri, Abhijit, et al.. (2011). Swelling and enhancement of the cervical spinal cord: when is a tumour not a tumour?. British Journal of Neurosurgery. 26(4). 450–455. 6 indexed citations

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Choi, David & Michael Gleeson. (2010). Surgery for Chordomas of the Craniocervical Junction: Lessons Learned. Skull base. 20(1). 41–45. 17 indexed citations

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Singh, Anoushka, David Choi, & Alan Crockard. (2009). Use of Walking Data in Assessing Operative Results for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy. Spine. 34(12). 1296–1300. 18 indexed citations

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Hill, Ciaran Scott, et al.. (2008). A rare case of vomiting: fourth ventricular B-cell lymphoma. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 93(2). 261–262. 19 indexed citations

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