David S. Xu

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

David S. Xu is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, David S. Xu has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Surgery, 41 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 24 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in David S. Xu's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (40 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (33 papers) and Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (15 papers). David S. Xu is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (40 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (33 papers) and Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (15 papers). David S. Xu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and India. David S. Xu's co-authors include Juan S. Uribe, Jay D. Turner, Jakub Godzik, Corey T. Walker, Bernard R. Bendok, William D. Smith, H. Hunt Batjer, Isaac Josh Abecassis, Alexandre Boutet and Walter Kucharczyk and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

David S. Xu

89 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Predicting optimal deep brain stimulation parameters for Parkinson’s disease using functional MRI and machine learning

2021 184 citations David S. Xu et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David S. Xu United States	22	741	670	667	251	248	97	2.0k
Henk van Santbrink Netherlands	19	683 0.9×	1.0k 1.5×	588 0.9×	448 1.8×	290 1.2×	67	2.2k
Adetokunbo A. Oyelese United States	21	755 1.0×	238 0.4×	494 0.7×	187 0.7×	159 0.6×	92	1.6k
Claudio E. Tatsui United States	28	1.3k 1.7×	304 0.5×	796 1.2×	120 0.5×	294 1.2×	116	2.5k
Mário Brock Germany	24	960 1.3×	921 1.4×	623 0.9×	253 1.0×	299 1.2×	75	2.4k
Vassilios I. Vougioukas Germany	20	644 0.9×	259 0.4×	530 0.8×	219 0.9×	116 0.5×	43	1.5k
Jae Hoon Sung South Korea	27	828 1.1×	946 1.4×	546 0.8×	134 0.5×	183 0.7×	148	2.7k
Nathan E. Simmons United States	23	972 1.3×	490 0.7×	604 0.9×	115 0.5×	123 0.5×	49	2.3k
Renato Galzio Italy	28	832 1.1×	754 1.1×	289 0.4×	220 0.9×	238 1.0×	150	2.5k
Albert E. Telfeian United States	27	1.5k 2.0×	228 0.3×	1.3k 2.0×	206 0.8×	368 1.5×	165	2.6k
Muhammad M. Abd‐El‐Barr United States	24	901 1.2×	280 0.4×	631 0.9×	97 0.4×	292 1.2×	145	2.0k

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Ward, Jacob, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of fusion status in patients with minimum 1-year survival postoncologic spinal fusion. The Spine Journal. 25(11). 2545–2552.

Ward, Jacob, Evan Thomas, Simeng Zhu, et al.. (2024). Impact of instrumentation material on local recurrence: a case-matched series using carbon fiber-PEEK vs. titanium. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 171(1). 155–162. 1 indexed citations

Weinberg, Joshua, David Gibbs, Abdul Karim Ghaith, et al.. (2024). A prospective evaluation of cellular bone matrix for posterolateral lumbar fusion. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 249. 108683–108683. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Joshua, et al.. (2024). Infinity: A Prospective Trial for Safety and Accuracy of Navigated Posterior Cervical and Thoracic Instrumentation in long-segment Fusions. Spine. 50(4). 224–230. 1 indexed citations

Gibbs, David, et al.. (2024). Impact of obesity on adult spinal deformity (ASD) long-segment spinal fusion radiographic and clinical outcomes. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 238. 108187–108187. 1 indexed citations

Peng, Jacqueline, et al.. (2022). Expediting knowledge acquisition by a web framework for Knowledge Graph Exploration and Visualization (KGEV): case studies on COVID-19 and Human Phenotype Ontology. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 22(S2). 147–147. 7 indexed citations

Xu, David S., et al.. (2022). Safe dissection and complication avoidance for L1–2 interbody placement via a lateral access approach. Neurosurgical Focus Video. 7(1). V5–V5. 1 indexed citations

Lehrman, Jennifer N., Anna G.U. Sawa, Jakub Godzik, et al.. (2022). Biomechanical Effects of Proximal Polyetheretherketone Rod Extension on the Upper Instrumented and Adjacent Levels in a Human Long-Segment Construct: A Cadaveric Model. Neurospine. 19(3). 828–837. 8 indexed citations

Vedantam, Aditya, et al.. (2021). Surgical Management of Postradiation, Dropped Head Spinal Deformity in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer. World Neurosurgery. 156. e1–e8. 5 indexed citations

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Godzik, Jakub, Ifije E. Ohiorhenuan, David S. Xu, et al.. (2020). Single-position prone lateral approach: cadaveric feasibility study and early clinical experience. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 49(3). E15–E15. 42 indexed citations

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Xu, David S., Konrad Bach, & Juan S. Uribe. (2018). Minimally invasive anterior and lateral transpsoas approaches for closed reduction of grade II spondylolisthesis: initial clinical and radiographic experience. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 44(1). E4–E4. 31 indexed citations

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Bohl, Michael A., David S. Xu, Claudio Cavallo, et al.. (2018). The Barrow Innovation Center Case Series: A Novel 3-Dimensional–Printed Retractor for Use with Electromagnetic Neuronavigation Systems. World Neurosurgery. 116. e1075–e1078. 4 indexed citations

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Walker, Corey T., David S. Xu, Jakub Godzik, et al.. (2018). Minimally invasive surgery for thoracolumbar spinal trauma. Annals of Translational Medicine. 6(6). 102–102. 39 indexed citations

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Hlubek, Randall J., Kaith K. Almefty, David S. Xu, Jay D. Turner, & U. Kumar Kakarla. (2017). Safety and Accuracy of Freehand Versus Navigated Iliac Screws. Spine. 42(20). E1190–E1196. 6 indexed citations

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Abecassis, Isaac Josh, David S. Xu, H. Hunt Batjer, & Bernard R. Bendok. (2014). Natural history of brain arteriovenous malformations: a systematic review. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 37(3). E7–E7. 125 indexed citations

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Uschold, Timothy D., David S. Xu, David A. Wilson, et al.. (2013). Diagnostic and Surgical Implications of Ventral Vertebrobasilar Displacement by Posterior Fossa Neurenteric Cysts. World Neurosurgery. 82(3-4). 480–484. 10 indexed citations

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Xu, David S., Chunzhang Yang, Martin Proescholdt, et al.. (2012). Neuronatin in a Subset of Glioblastoma Multiforme Tumor Progenitor Cells Is Associated with Increased Cell Proliferation and Shorter Patient Survival. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e37811–e37811. 26 indexed citations

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Xu, David S., Michael Dirks, Martha Quezado, et al.. (2011). A von Hippel-Lindau Disease–Associated Microcystic Adenoma of the Ethmoid Sinus: Case Report. Neurosurgery. 69(4). E1017–E1022. 9 indexed citations

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Xu, David S., Todd Abruzzo, Felipe C. Albuquerque, et al.. (2010). External Carotid Artery Stenting to Treat Patients With Symptomatic Ipsilateral Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion. Neurosurgery. 67(2). 314–321. 13 indexed citations

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Xu, David S., et al.. (2004). Feature Articles HBRケース・スタディ本社と中国パートナーとの板ばさみ低収益の中国事業から撤退すべきか. Harvard business review. 29(3). 125–136. 2 indexed citations

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