Eben Alexander

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
175 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Eben Alexander is a scholar working on Neurology, Surgery and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eben Alexander has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Neurology, 43 papers in Surgery and 25 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Eben Alexander's work include Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (23 papers), History of Medical Practice (23 papers) and Meningioma and schwannoma management (20 papers). Eben Alexander is often cited by papers focused on Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (23 papers), History of Medical Practice (23 papers) and Meningioma and schwannoma management (20 papers). Eben Alexander collaborates with scholars based in United States. Eben Alexander's co-authors include Jay S. Loeffler, Courtland H. Davis, Peter McL. Black, David L. Kelly, Dennis C. Shrieve, Patrick Y. Wen, Hanne M. Kooy, Howard A. Fine, Joseph U. Toglia and Martin G. Netsky and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Neurology and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Eben Alexander

161 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

Operative neurosurgical techniques 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 100 200 300
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.

  1. Operative neurosurgical techniques
    1983 388 citations Eben Alexander Surgical Neurology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eben Alexander United States 39 1.7k 1.5k 1.4k 1.2k 1.2k 175 5.4k
Ken R. Winston United States 34 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 967 0.7× 780 0.6× 886 0.7× 108 4.6k
George J. Dohrmann United States 40 1.0k 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 585 0.5× 516 0.4× 91 4.0k
Irvin I. Kricheff United States 37 787 0.5× 862 0.6× 1.4k 1.0× 879 0.7× 788 0.6× 129 4.1k
Larissa T. Bilaniuk United States 47 1.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 2.8k 2.0× 1.7k 1.4× 735 0.6× 200 7.3k
Anne G. Osborn United States 41 770 0.4× 1.6k 1.0× 1.6k 1.1× 813 0.7× 564 0.5× 226 4.6k
Cesare Colosimo Italy 40 1.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 859 0.7× 750 0.6× 291 5.8k
Luis Schut United States 44 2.5k 1.4× 1.2k 0.8× 2.2k 1.5× 1.1k 0.9× 877 0.7× 124 5.7k
Mark E. Shaffrey United States 36 1.1k 0.6× 1.9k 1.2× 1.2k 0.9× 742 0.6× 796 0.6× 144 5.2k
Kiyotaka Fujii Japan 34 860 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 2.0k 1.4× 1.1k 0.9× 795 0.6× 235 4.4k
William F. Chandler United States 35 840 0.5× 1.4k 0.9× 743 0.5× 798 0.7× 492 0.4× 135 4.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rauzzino, Michael J., R. Shane Tubbs, Eben Alexander, Paul A. Grabb, & W. Jerry Oakes. (2001). Spinal neurenteric cysts and their relation to more common aspects of occult spinal dysraphism. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 10(1). 1–10. 51 indexed citations
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Alexander, Eben. (1999). World War II: A Neurosurgeon in New Guinea. Neurosurgery. 45(6). 1454–1460. 6 indexed citations
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Black, Peter McL., Eben Alexander, Claudia Martin, et al.. (1999). Craniotomy for Tumor Treatment in an Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit. Neurosurgery. 45(3). 423–433. 241 indexed citations
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Shrieve, Dennis C., Eben Alexander, Peter McL. Black, et al.. (1999). Treatment of patients with primary glioblastoma multiforme with standard postoperative radiotherapy and radiosurgical boost: prognostic factors and long-term outcome. Journal of neurosurgery. 90(1). 72–77. 171 indexed citations
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Alexander, Eben. (1998). Failure in Radiosurgery Treatment of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations. Neurosurgery. 42(5). 1002–1003. 1 indexed citations
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Alexander, Eben & Jay S. Loeffler. (1998). Radiosurgery for primary malignant brain tumors. Seminars in Surgical Oncology. 14(1). 43–52. 1 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Richard B., Liangge Hsu, Peter McL. Black, et al.. (1998). Evaluation of intracranial cysts by intraoperative MR. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 8(4). 807–813. 15 indexed citations
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Chang, Eric L., Jay S. Loeffler, Nancy Riese, et al.. (1998). Survival Results from a Phase I Study of Etanidazole (SR2508) and Radiotherapy in Patients with Malignant Glioma. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 40(1). 65–70. 17 indexed citations
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Schulder, Michael, Peter McL. Black, Dennis C. Shrieve, Eben Alexander, & Jay S. Loeffler. (1997). Permanent low-activity iodine-125 implants for cerebral metastases. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 33(3). 213–221. 33 indexed citations
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Patrice, Stephen J., Penny K. Sneed, John C. Flíckinger, et al.. (1996). Radiosurgery for hemangioblastoma: Results of a multiinstitutional experience. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 35(3). 493–499. 75 indexed citations
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Sarkaria, Jann N., Minesh P. Mehta, Jay S. Loeffler, et al.. (1995). Radiosurgery in the initial management of malignant gliomas: Survival comparison with the RTOG recursive partitioning analysis. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 32(4). 931–941. 139 indexed citations
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Wen, Patrick Y., Eben Alexander, Peter M. Black, et al.. (1994). Long term results of stereotactic brachytherapy used in the initial treatment of patients with glioblastomas. Cancer. 73(12). 3029–3036. 102 indexed citations
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Kooy, Hanne M., Marcel van Herk, Patrick D. Barnes, et al.. (1994). Image fusion for stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery treatment planning. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 28(5). 1229–1234. 130 indexed citations
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Alexander, Eben. (1993). Glioblastoma revisited: do clinical observations match basic science theory?. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 17(2). 167–173. 8 indexed citations
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Alexander, Eben. (1991). Synopsis of neurology. Surgical Neurology. 35(5). 414–414. 1 indexed citations
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Alexander, Eben, Fred H. Hochberg, Patrick Y. Wen, et al.. (1990). Clinical patterns of failure following stereotactic interstitial irradiation for malignant gliomas. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 19(6). 1455–1462. 130 indexed citations
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Ober, K. Patrick, et al.. (1989). Histiocytosis X of the Hypothalamus. Neurosurgery. 24(1). 93–95. 22 indexed citations
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Gower, David J., et al.. (1988). Diastematomyelia – A 40-Year Experience. Pediatric Neurosurgery. 14(2). 90–96. 39 indexed citations
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Alexander, Eben. (1986). Ernest Sachs (1879-1958): The First Secretary—the Power behind the Throne. Neurosurgery. 18(1). 115–117. 1 indexed citations
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Alexander, Eben. (1981). German Influences on the Work of Harvey Cushing, the Pioneer of Neurosurgery in America. Neurosurgery. 9(5). 501–505. 2 indexed citations

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