Erik Wang

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 461 citations indexed

About

Erik Wang is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Erik Wang has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 461 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Surgery, 13 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Erik Wang's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (13 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (9 papers) and Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (5 papers). Erik Wang is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (13 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (9 papers) and Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (5 papers). Erik Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Erik Wang's co-authors include In Song Kim, Kosuke Imai, Yiqing Xu, Aaron J. Buckland, Dennis Vasquez-Montes, Christopher Varlotta, Themistocles S. Protopsaltis, Haddy Alas, Avery Brown and Peter G. Passias and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Spine and American Journal of Political Science.

In The Last Decade

Erik Wang

30 papers receiving 447 citations

Hit Papers

Matching Methods for Causal Inference with Time‐Series Cr... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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. Matching Methods for Causal Inference with Time‐Series Cross‐Sectional Data
    2021 165 citations Erik Wang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Erik Wang United States 10 144 119 118 109 95 32 461
Sanjeev Gupta United States 12 195 1.4× 79 0.7× 7 0.1× 125 1.1× 24 0.3× 47 520
Eli Segal Canada 11 81 0.6× 55 0.5× 43 0.4× 18 0.2× 5 0.1× 33 434
François Theron South Africa 8 38 0.3× 53 0.4× 61 0.5× 18 0.2× 34 0.4× 37 241
Joseph A. Ritter United States 13 24 0.2× 82 0.7× 16 0.1× 144 1.3× 32 0.3× 37 446
Ankur Khandelwal India 8 56 0.4× 26 0.2× 10 0.1× 567 5.2× 37 0.4× 59 1.0k
James E. Dougherty United States 9 54 0.4× 130 1.1× 4 0.0× 29 0.3× 186 2.0× 32 514
Damiano Sandri United States 17 22 0.2× 49 0.4× 41 0.3× 580 5.3× 40 0.4× 68 1.1k
Gabriel Pons Rotger Denmark 9 4 0.0× 47 0.4× 9 0.1× 62 0.6× 89 0.9× 16 289

Countries citing papers authored by Erik Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Erik Wang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erik Wang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Erik Wang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Erik Wang based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Erik Wang. Erik Wang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Erik. (2025). The effect of anti-corruption efforts on evaluations of governance. Journal of Chinese Governance. 10(3). 446–481.
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Wang, Erik, et al.. (2024). Social mobility in the Tang Dynasty as the Imperial Examination rose and aristocratic family pedigree declined, 618–907 CE. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(4). e2305564121–e2305564121. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Erik. (2022). Frightened Mandarins: The Adverse Effects of Fighting Corruption on Local Bureaucracy. Comparative Political Studies. 55(11). 1807–1843. 32 indexed citations
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Passias, Peter G., Katherine E. Pierce, Haddy Alas, et al.. (2021). A predictive model of perioperative myocardial infarction following elective spine surgery. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 95. 112–117. 1 indexed citations
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Varlotta, Christopher, Laviel Fernandez, Erik Wang, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of Health-related Quality of Life Improvement in Patients Undergoing Spine Versus Adult Reconstructive Surgery. Spine. 45(18). E1179–E1184. 4 indexed citations
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Fischer, Charla R., Erik Wang, Dennis Vasquez-Montes, et al.. (2020). Prevalence of Risk Factors for Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism in Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Spine Surgery Patients. The International Journal of Spine Surgery. 14(1). 79–86. 9 indexed citations
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Passias, Peter G., Avery Brown, Haddy Alas, et al.. (2020). A cost benefit analysis of increasing surgical technology in lumbar spine fusion. The Spine Journal. 21(2). 193–201. 38 indexed citations
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Wang, Erik, Christopher Varlotta, Dennis Vasquez-Montes, et al.. (2020). Radiation Exposure in Posterior Lumbar Fusion: A Comparison of CT Image-Guided Navigation, Robotic Assistance, and Intraoperative Fluoroscopy. Global Spine Journal. 11(4). 450–457. 19 indexed citations
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Wang, Erik, Christopher Varlotta, Dennis Vasquez-Montes, et al.. (2020). Biologics and Minimally Invasive Approach to TLIFs: What Is the Risk of Radiculitis?. The International Journal of Spine Surgery. 14(5). 804–810. 4 indexed citations
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Brown, Avery, Haddy Alas, Katherine E. Pierce, et al.. (2019). Obesity negatively affects cost efficiency and outcomes following adult spinal deformity surgery. The Spine Journal. 20(4). 512–518. 14 indexed citations
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Pierce, Katherine E., Bhaveen H. Kapadia, Cole Bortz, et al.. (2019). Operative fusion of patients with metabolic syndrome increases risk for perioperative complications. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 72. 142–145. 6 indexed citations
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Varlotta, Christopher, Erik Wang, Dennis Vasquez-Montes, et al.. (2019). Preoperative MRI predictors of health-related quality of life improvement after microscopic lumbar discectomy. The Spine Journal. 20(3). 391–398. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Erik, et al.. (2019). Using LASSO to Assist Imputation and Predict Child Well-being. Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 5. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Erik & Yiqing Xu. (2018). Awakening Leviathan: The effect of democracy on state capacity. Research & Politics. 5(2). 18 indexed citations
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Wang, Erik, et al.. (2017). Pollution Lowers Support for China’s Regime: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Beijing. The Journal of Politics. 80(1). 327–331. 45 indexed citations
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Wang, Erik & Yiqing Xu. (2015). Awakening Leviathan: The Effect of Democratization on State Capacity, 1960-2009. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Erik, et al.. (1996). REGEN: A program for reporting on forest regeneration. The Forestry Chronicle. 72(5). 505–512. 5 indexed citations

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