Fackson Mwale

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Fackson Mwale is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fackson Mwale has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 39 papers in Surgery and 34 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Fackson Mwale's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (39 papers), Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (32 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (24 papers). Fackson Mwale is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (39 papers), Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (32 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (24 papers). Fackson Mwale collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Japan. Fackson Mwale's co-authors include John Antoniou, Peter J. Roughley, Alain Petit, Caroline N. Demers, David J. Zukor, Olga L. Huk, M. R. Wertheimer, Tadashi Yasuda, James C. Iatridis and Sheila Laverty and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Biomaterials.

In The Last Decade

Fackson Mwale

101 papers receiving 4.4k citations

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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.

Mechanisms and clinical implications of intervertebral disc calcification

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fackson Mwale Canada	41	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	1.0k	101	4.5k
Cody Bünger Denmark	46	1.9k 1.3×	4.2k 3.0×	530 0.4×	855 0.7×	2.5k 2.4×	208	7.2k
Catherine Le Visage France	36	710 0.5×	994 0.7×	303 0.2×	495 0.4×	1.5k 1.4×	94	3.7k
Victor L. Sylvia United States	42	631 0.4×	815 0.6×	544 0.4×	332 0.3×	1.2k 1.1×	105	4.5k
Huilin Yang China	37	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	261 0.2×	425 0.4×	1.4k 1.3×	140	4.4k
Jian Dong China	38	870 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	579 0.5×	228 0.2×	1.9k 1.8×	182	4.9k
Xuenong Zou China	38	1.0k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	449 0.4×	436 0.4×	1.3k 1.2×	172	5.0k
Jérôme Guicheux France	62	1.3k 0.8×	2.4k 1.7×	2.5k 1.9×	1.0k 0.9×	3.5k 3.3×	261	10.5k
Dechun Geng China	40	402 0.3×	1.2k 0.8×	541 0.4×	397 0.3×	1.3k 1.3×	176	4.8k
Hidetomi Terai Japan	31	1.2k 0.8×	2.3k 1.6×	241 0.2×	310 0.3×	2.1k 2.0×	164	4.6k
Pierre Weiss France	55	503 0.3×	2.1k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	321 0.3×	4.4k 4.2×	233	8.2k

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Epure, Laura M., Michael P. Grant, Nicoletta Eliopoulos, et al.. (2025). Unraveling Osteoarthritis: Mechanistic Insights and Emerging Therapies Targeting Pain and Inflammation. Biomolecules. 15(6). 874–874. 3 indexed citations

Grant, Michael P., et al.. (2024). Cobalt ions induce a cellular senescence secretory phenotype in human synovial fibroblast-like cells that may be an early event in the development of adverse local tissue reactions to hip implants. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(3). 100490–100490. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Kaige, InSug O‐Sullivan, Amy DiCamillo, et al.. (2024). Nanoparticle-based inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors alleviates osteoarthritis pain and cartilage damage. Science Advances. 10(7). eadi5501–eadi5501. 23 indexed citations

Mwale, Fackson, et al.. (2024). Decoding Cold Therapy Mechanisms of Enhanced Bone Repair through Sensory Receptors and Molecular Pathways. Biomedicines. 12(9). 2045–2045. 1 indexed citations

Grant, Michael P., et al.. (2024). Short Link N Modulates Inflammasome Activity in Intervertebral Discs Through Interaction with CD14. Biomolecules. 14(10). 1312–1312. 1 indexed citations

Ramírez-GarcíaLuna, José L., et al.. (2024). Enhancing Bone Healing Through Localized Cold Therapy in a Murine Femoral Fracture Model. Tissue Engineering Part A. 31(7-8). 303–314. 1 indexed citations

Singh, Gurjit, InSug O‐Sullivan, Arivarasu Natarajan Anbazhagan, et al.. (2023). Loss of PKCδ/Prkcd prevents cartilage degeneration in joints but exacerbates hyperalgesia in an experimental osteoarthritis mouse model. Gene. 893. 147920–147920. 2 indexed citations

Farooqui, Zeba, et al.. (2023). Opiate Antagonists for Chronic Pain: A Review on the Benefits of Low-Dose Naltrexone in Arthritis versus Non-Arthritic Diseases. Biomedicines. 11(6). 1620–1620. 9 indexed citations

O‐Sullivan, InSug, Ranjan Kc, Gurjit Singh, et al.. (2022). Sensory Neuron-Specific Deletion of Tropomyosin Receptor Kinase A (TrkA) in Mice Abolishes Osteoarthritis (OA) Pain via NGF/TrkA Intervention of Peripheral Sensitization. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(20). 12076–12076. 13 indexed citations

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Qiu, Sujun, Changgui Shi, Arivarasu Natarajan Anbazhagan, et al.. (2019). Absence of VEGFR‐1/Flt‐1 signaling pathway in mice results in insensitivity to discogenic low back pain in an established disc injury mouse model. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 235(6). 5305–5317. 21 indexed citations

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Grant, Michael P., et al.. (2018). Injectable Chitosan Hydrogels with Enhanced Mechanical Properties for Nucleus Pulposus Regeneration. Tissue Engineering Part A. 25(5-6). 303–313. 50 indexed citations

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Shi, Changgui, Vaskar Das, Xin Li, et al.. (2017). Development of an in vivo mouse model of discogenic low back pain. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 233(10). 6589–6602. 35 indexed citations

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Grant, Michael P., Laura M. Epure, Omar Salem, et al.. (2016). Short Link N Stimulates Intervertebral Disc Repair in a Novel Long-Term Organ Culture Model that Includes the Bony Vertebrae. Tissue Engineering Part A. 22(21-22). 1252–1257. 9 indexed citations

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Antoniou, John, Hong Wang, Sultan Aldebeyan, et al.. (2015). The Effects of Naproxen on Chondrogenesis of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Tissue Engineering Part A. 21(13-14). 2136–2146. 7 indexed citations

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Madiraju, Padma, et al.. (2014). Naproxen Induces Type X Collagen Expression in Human Bone-Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Through the Upregulation of 5-Lipoxygenase. Tissue Engineering Part A. 21(1-2). 234–245. 8 indexed citations

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Antoniou, John, et al.. (2012). Effect of Acetaminophen and Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs on Gene Expression of Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Tissue Engineering Part A. 19(7-8). 1039–1046. 21 indexed citations

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Tkaczyk, C., Olga L. Huk, Fackson Mwale, et al.. (2010). Effect of chromium and cobalt ions on the expression of antioxidant enzymes in human U937 macrophage‐like cells. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 94A(2). 419–425. 18 indexed citations

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Tkaczyk, C., Olga L. Huk, Fackson Mwale, et al.. (2010). Investigation of the binding of Cr(III) complexes to bovine and human serum proteins: A proteomic approach. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 94A(1). 214–222. 34 indexed citations

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Mwale, Fackson, Guoying Yao, Jean Ouellet, Alain Petit, & John Antoniou. (2010). Effect of Parathyroid Hormone on Type X and Type II Collagen Expression in Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Osteoarthritic Patients. Tissue Engineering Part A. 16(11). 3449–3455. 45 indexed citations

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Demers, Caroline N., John Antoniou, & Fackson Mwale. (2004). Value and Limitations of Using the Bovine Tail as a Model for the Human Lumbar Spine. Spine. 29(24). 2793–2799. 110 indexed citations

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