Douglas J. Adams

9.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
116 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Douglas J. Adams is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas J. Adams has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Surgery and 22 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Douglas J. Adams's work include Bone Metabolism and Diseases (22 papers), Bone health and treatments (16 papers) and Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques (11 papers). Douglas J. Adams is often cited by papers focused on Bone Metabolism and Diseases (22 papers), Bone health and treatments (16 papers) and Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques (11 papers). Douglas J. Adams collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Douglas J. Adams's co-authors include Savio L‐Y. Woo, Shinro Takai, J. Marcus Hollis, Roger Lyon, Vilmaris Diaz-Doran, Gloria Gronowicz, Lynn Snyder‐Mackler, Airelle Hunter‐Giordano, David Logerstedt and Michael J. Axe and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Douglas J. Adams

112 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

Tensile properties of the human femur-anterior cruciate ligament-tibia complex

1991 848 citations Douglas J. Adams et al. profile →
Origins of skeletal pain: sensory and sympathetic innervation of the mouse femur

2002 511 citations Douglas J. Adams et al. profile →
Current Concepts for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Criterion-Based Rehabilitation Progression

2012 378 citations Douglas J. Adams et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Douglas J. Adams United States	42	2.6k	2.0k	1.5k	1.1k	647	116	6.2k
Stuart J. Warden United States	49	1.9k 0.7×	3.3k 1.6×	1.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.5×	380 0.6×	174	6.8k
Tero A.H. Järvinen Finland	43	2.1k 0.8×	3.1k 1.5×	2.0k 1.4×	615 0.6×	1.3k 2.0×	114	7.3k
Elizabeth Myers United States	36	2.2k 0.9×	2.5k 1.2×	729 0.5×	716 0.7×	703 1.1×	58	5.0k
Xia Guo Hong Kong	43	2.5k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	732 0.5×	878 0.8×	376 0.6×	167	5.1k
Hideshige Moriya Japan	55	4.2k 1.6×	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	656 0.6×	492 0.8×	262	9.5k
Wei Lei China	48	2.3k 0.9×	778 0.4×	2.1k 1.4×	1.5k 1.4×	739 1.1×	342	7.6k
Jeffrey C. Lotz United States	63	5.1k 2.0×	1.7k 0.8×	931 0.6×	2.5k 2.3×	260 0.4×	239	11.0k
Joachim Grifka Germany	44	7.0k 2.7×	1.2k 0.6×	2.2k 1.5×	956 0.9×	824 1.3×	512	12.6k
Morio Matsumoto Japan	57	8.0k 3.1×	744 0.4×	2.1k 1.4×	1.3k 1.2×	930 1.4×	656	14.1k
Erich Schneider Germany	55	5.4k 2.1×	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 1.1×	1.7k 1.6×	291 0.4×	192	9.0k

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Jamnick, Nicholas A., et al.. (2025). Vincristine impairs musculoskeletal development in pediatric mice. BMC Cancer. 25(1). 1782–1782.

Iyer, Srividhya & Douglas J. Adams. (2023). Bone and the Unfolded Protein Response: In Sickness and in Health. Calcified Tissue International. 113(1). 96–109. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaoqing Frank, et al.. (2021). Cross-issue correlation based opinion prediction in cyber argumentation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13(2). 209–247. 2 indexed citations

Novak, Sanja, E. Roeder, Benjamin P. Sinder, et al.. (2020). Modulation of Notch1 signaling regulates bone fracture healing. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 38(11). 2350–2361. 29 indexed citations

Maynard, Robert, et al.. (2020). Surgical Induction of Posttraumatic Osteoarthritis in the Mouse. Methods in molecular biology. 91–103. 3 indexed citations

Hagiwara, Yusuke, Felix Dyrna, Andrew F. Kuntz, Douglas J. Adams, & Nathaniel A. Dyment. (2019). Cells from a GDF5 origin produce zonal tendon‐to‐bone attachments following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1460(1). 57–67. 11 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaoqing, et al.. (2019). An Opinion Diversity Enhanced Social Connection Recommendation Re-Ranking Method Based on Opinion Distance in Cyber Argumentation with Social Networking. 131. 106–113. 2 indexed citations

Rowe, David W., Douglas J. Adams, Seung-Hyun Hong, et al.. (2018). Screening Gene Knockout Mice for Variation in Bone Mass: Analysis by μCT and Histomorphometry. Current Osteoporosis Reports. 16(2). 77–94. 22 indexed citations

Choudhary, Shilpa, Joseph A. Lorenzo, Douglas J. Adams, et al.. (2018). Continuous PTH in Male Mice Causes Bone Loss Because It Induces Serum Amyloid A. Endocrinology. 159(7). 2759–2776. 9 indexed citations

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Dyment, Nathaniel A., Xi Jiang, Li Chen, et al.. (2016). High-Throughput, Multi-Image Cryohistology of Mineralized Tissues. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 80 indexed citations

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Mori, Yu, Douglas J. Adams, Yusuke Hagiwara, et al.. (2015). Identification of a progenitor cell population destined to form fracture fibrocartilage callus in Dickkopf-related protein 3–green fluorescent protein reporter mice. Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism. 34(6). 606–614. 20 indexed citations

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Adams, Douglas J., et al.. (2015). Biofunctionalizing devitalized bone allografts through polymer‐mediated short and long term growth factor delivery. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 103(9). 2847–2854. 13 indexed citations

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Amini, Ami R., Douglas J. Adams, Cato T. Laurencin, & Syam P. Nukavarapu. (2012). Optimally Porous and Biomechanically Compatible Scaffolds for Large-Area Bone Regeneration. Tissue Engineering Part A. 18(13-14). 1376–1388. 109 indexed citations

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Xu, Manshan, Shilpa Choudhary, Olga Voznesensky, et al.. (2010). Basal bone phenotype and increased anabolic responses to intermittent parathyroid hormone in healthy male COX-2 knockout mice. Bone. 47(2). 341–352. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Fei, Sun‐Kyeong Lee, Douglas J. Adams, Gloria Gronowicz, & Barbara E. Kream. (2007). CREM deficiency in mice alters the response of bone to intermittent parathyroid hormone treatment. Bone. 40(4). 1135–1143. 26 indexed citations

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Jiang, Jin, Alexander C. Lichtler, Gloria Gronowicz, et al.. (2006). Transgenic mice with osteoblast-targeted insulin-like growth factor-I show increased bone remodeling. Bone. 39(3). 494–504. 81 indexed citations

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Savage, Talicia, et al.. (2006). Mandibular phenotype of p20C/EBPβ transgenic mice: Reduced alveolar bone mass and site-specific dentin dysplasia. Bone. 39(3). 552–564. 11 indexed citations

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Adams, Douglas J., et al.. (2005). The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy : radio scripts. 3 indexed citations

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Adams, Douglas J., et al.. (2003). Effect of Specimen Thickness on Fracture Toughness of Bovine Patellar Cartilage. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 125(6). 927–929. 11 indexed citations

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Adams, Douglas J., Douglas R. Pedersen, Richard A. Brand, Clinton T. Rubin, & Thomas D. Brown. (1995). Three‐dimensional geometric and structural symmetry of the turkey ulna. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 13(5). 690–699. 11 indexed citations

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