Eric L. Smith

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Eric L. Smith is a scholar working on Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric L. Smith has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Surgery, 13 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Eric L. Smith's work include Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (61 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (51 papers) and Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (43 papers). Eric L. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (61 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (51 papers) and Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (43 papers). Eric L. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. Eric L. Smith's co-authors include Craig R. Bottoni, Elizabeth G. Matzkin, Josef H. Moore, Mark J. Berkowitz, David J. Tybor, R. Schmidt, Vaughn I. Rickert, Constance M. Wiemann, D Mattingly and Mark Pallis and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Eric L. Smith

106 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Postoperative Aspiration Pneumonia Among Adults Using GLP... 2025 2026 2025 5 10 15
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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.

  1. Postoperative Aspiration Pneumonia Among Adults Using GLP-1 Receptor Agonists
    2025 15 citations Ya–Wen Chen, Carl T. Talmo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric L. Smith United States 25 1.2k 344 193 111 108 123 1.8k
Laura L. Tosi United States 28 800 0.7× 353 1.0× 233 1.2× 75 0.7× 78 0.7× 92 2.4k
Andrew Schwartz United States 20 1.1k 0.9× 136 0.4× 98 0.5× 131 1.2× 48 0.4× 97 1.9k
Robert F. Murphy United States 23 558 0.5× 182 0.5× 125 0.6× 77 0.7× 22 0.2× 76 1.6k
M. Laurence Australia 21 847 0.7× 319 0.9× 98 0.5× 52 0.5× 41 0.4× 114 2.2k
Peter M. Stevens United States 35 2.8k 2.3× 1.6k 4.7× 145 0.8× 112 1.0× 59 0.5× 107 3.7k
Peter Brown United Kingdom 22 495 0.4× 175 0.5× 40 0.2× 38 0.3× 180 1.7× 85 2.4k
Joseph F. Baker Ireland 26 1.0k 0.9× 191 0.6× 118 0.6× 70 0.6× 70 0.6× 168 2.2k
Stefano Mattioli Italy 32 524 0.4× 81 0.2× 202 1.0× 36 0.3× 43 0.4× 156 2.8k
Sang Don Lee South Korea 25 540 0.5× 342 1.0× 54 0.3× 44 0.4× 47 0.4× 166 2.0k
Melissa R. Kaufman United States 27 918 0.8× 525 1.5× 97 0.5× 70 0.6× 61 0.6× 145 2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric L. Smith

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All Works

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Chang, David C., et al.. (2025). National trends in total and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: 2020 to 2022. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma. 67. 103064–103064.
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Smith, Eric L., et al.. (2024). Antibiotic Prophylaxis Prior to Dental Procedures After Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Does Not Decrease the Risk of Periprosthetic Joint Infection. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 39(9). S420–S424. 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Eric L., et al.. (2024). Robot-Assisted Patellofemoral Arthroplasty. JBJS Essential Surgical Techniques. 14(3). 1 indexed citations
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Grant, Andrew R., et al.. (2024). Non-Opioid Analgesia Protocols After Total Hip Arthroplasty and Total Knee Arthroplasty: An Updated Scoping Review and Meta-Analysis. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 40(6). 1643–1652.e6.
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Chen, Ya–Wen, Carl T. Talmo, Brian Hollenbeck, et al.. (2024). Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty in an Outpatient Setting: A Growing Alternative. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 39(11). 2837–2840.e1. 2 indexed citations
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Menendez, Mariano E., et al.. (2022). Intraosseous Regional Administration of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 38(4). 769–774. 10 indexed citations
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Chen, Ya–Wen, Carl T. Talmo, Brian Hollenbeck, et al.. (2022). Costs of Nonoperative Procedures for Knee Osteoarthritis in the Year Prior to Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 104(19). 1697–1702. 8 indexed citations
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Kirsch, Jacob M., et al.. (2022). Arthroplasty costs excluding implants: anatomic total shoulder versus reverse shoulder arthroplasty. Seminars in Arthroplasty JSES. 32(3). 633–637. 1 indexed citations
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Pagani, Nicholas R., Ya–Wen Chen, David C. Chang, et al.. (2022). A Safe Number of Perioperative Opioids to Reduce the Risk of New Persistent Usage Among Opioid-Naïve Patients Following Total Joint Arthroplasty. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 38(1). 18–23.e1. 6 indexed citations
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Freccero, David M., et al.. (2022). Reduced Narcotic Utilization in Total Joint Arthroplasty Patients in an Urban Tertiary Care Center. Arthroplasty Today. 18. 125–129.
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Talmo, Carl T., et al.. (2021). Total Knee Arthroplasty Hospital Costs by Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing: Robotic vs Conventional. Arthroplasty Today. 13. 43–47. 24 indexed citations
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Pagani, Nicholas R., et al.. (2021). Episode-of-Care Costs for Revision Total Joint Arthroplasties by Decadal Age Groups. Geriatrics. 6(2). 49–49. 9 indexed citations
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Varady, Nathan H., et al.. (2021). Out-of-Network Facility Charges for Patients Undergoing Outpatient Total Joint Arthroplasty. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 36(7). S128–S133. 5 indexed citations
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Ward, Daniel M., et al.. (2021). Financial Burden of Revision Hip and Knee Arthroplasty at an Orthopedic Specialty Hospital: Higher Costs and Unequal Reimbursements. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 36(8). 2680–2684. 32 indexed citations
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Smith, Eric L., et al.. (2020). The Obesity Paradox: Body Mass Index Complication Rates Vary by Gender and Age Among Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty Patients. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 35(9). 2658–2665. 20 indexed citations
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Dugdale, Evan M., David J. Tybor, Michaël Kain, & Eric L. Smith. (2019). Comparing Inpatient Complication Rates between Octogenarians and Nonagenarians Following Primary and Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty in a Nationally Representative Sample 2010–2014. Geriatrics. 4(4). 55–55. 18 indexed citations
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Schmidt, R., Constance M. Wiemann, Vaughn I. Rickert, & Eric L. Smith. (2006). Moderate to severe depressive symptoms among adolescent mothers followed four years postpartum. Journal of Adolescent Health. 38(6). 712–718. 87 indexed citations

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