Foster Betts

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

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Foster Betts is a scholar working on Surgery, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Foster Betts has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Surgery, 3 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Foster Betts's work include Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (8 papers), Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (7 papers) and Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (3 papers). Foster Betts is often cited by papers focused on Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (8 papers), Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (7 papers) and Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (3 papers). Foster Betts collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Egypt. Foster Betts's co-authors include Aaron S. Posner, Eduardo A. Salvati, Adele L. Boskey, N. C. Blumenthal, Mark R. Chance, Eleftherios P. Paschalis, Lisa M. Miller, Richard Mendelsohn, Manjula Bansal and Clare M. Rimnac and has published in prestigious journals such as Accounts of Chemical Research, Analytical Chemistry and Spine.

In The Last Decade

Foster Betts

15 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Synthetic amorphous calcium phosphate and its relation to bone mineral structure

1975 487 citations Aaron S. Posner, Foster Betts Accounts of Chemical Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Foster Betts United States	12	604	446	314	263	143	15	1.3k
G. Bonel France	18	920 1.5×	268 0.6×	324 1.0×	359 1.4×	139 1.0×	54	1.5k
Christian Rey France	25	661 1.1×	536 1.2×	230 0.7×	109 0.4×	112 0.8×	71	2.2k
Stéphanie Sarda France	23	1.0k 1.7×	274 0.6×	391 1.2×	286 1.1×	80 0.6×	40	1.7k
Thierry Rouillon France	23	630 1.0×	245 0.5×	270 0.9×	146 0.6×	65 0.5×	39	1.6k
F. Betts United States	25	839 1.4×	657 1.5×	423 1.3×	546 2.1×	536 3.7×	35	2.7k
Yasushi Suetsugu Japan	19	723 1.2×	202 0.5×	383 1.2×	262 1.0×	36 0.3×	39	1.2k
Sophie Cazalbou France	18	933 1.5×	253 0.6×	424 1.4×	192 0.7×	103 0.7×	48	1.3k
N. C. Blumenthal United States	28	1.1k 1.8×	328 0.7×	521 1.7×	338 1.3×	242 1.7×	44	2.3k
Edith M. Carlisle United States	10	1.3k 2.1×	300 0.7×	438 1.4×	235 0.9×	108 0.8×	13	2.0k
B. Tomažič United States	15	495 0.8×	116 0.3×	363 1.2×	212 0.8×	54 0.4×	35	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Foster Betts

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15 of 15 papers shown

Miller, Lisa M., Mark R. Chance, Richard Mendelsohn, et al.. (2001). In situ analysis of mineral content and crystallinity in bone using infrared micro-spectroscopy of the ν4 PO43− vibration. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1527(1-2). 11–19. 195 indexed citations

Wang, Jeffrey C., Warren D. Yu, Harvinder S. Sandhu, et al.. (1999). Metal Debris From Titanium Spinal Implants. Spine. 24(9). 899–903. 90 indexed citations

Rimnac, Clare M., et al.. (1994). Chemical and mechanical degradation of UHMWPE: Report of the development of an in vitro test. Journal of Applied Biomaterials. 5(1). 17–21. 18 indexed citations

Huo, Michael H., et al.. (1993). METALLIC WEAR DEBRIS IN ACETABULAR OSTEOLYSIS IN A MECHANICALLY STABLE CEMENTLESS TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT: REPORT OF A CASE. Orthopedics. 16(11). 1277–1281. 7 indexed citations

Salvati, Eduardo A., et al.. (1993). Particulate Metallic Debris in Cemented Total Hip Arthroplasty. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 293(293). 160???173–160???173. 79 indexed citations

Donnelly, Robert, Richard S. Bockman, Edward F. DiCarlo, Foster Betts, & Adele L. Boskey. (1993). The Effect of Gallium Nitrate on Healing of Vitamin D– and Phosphate–Deficient Rickets in the Immature Rat. Calcified Tissue International. 53(6). 400–410. 7 indexed citations

Huo, Michael H., Eduardo A. Salvati, Jay R. Lieberman, Foster Betts, & Manjula Bansal. (1992). Metallic Debris in Femoral Endosteolysis in Failed Cemented Total Hip Arthroplasties. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 276(276). 157???168–157???168. 65 indexed citations

Salvati, Eduardo A., et al.. (1992). Metal Levels in Cemented Total Hip Arthroplasty. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 276. 66???74–66???74. 64 indexed citations

Betts, Foster, et al.. (1992). Cobalt-Alloy Metal Debris in Periarticular Tissues From Total Hip Revision Arthroplasties. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 276. 75???82–75???82. 44 indexed citations

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Brien, W W, Eduardo A. Salvati, Foster Betts, et al.. (1992). Metal levels in cemented total hip arthroplasty. A comparison of well-fixed and loose implants.. PubMed. 66–74. 66 indexed citations

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Betts, Foster, et al.. (1989). Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometric determination of chromium, nickel, cobalt, molybdenum, and manganese in tissues containing particles of a cobalt-chrome alloy. Analytical Chemistry. 61(11). 1235–1238. 11 indexed citations

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Bockman, Richard S., et al.. (1988). Effect of gallium on bone mineral properties. Calcified Tissue International. 43(5). 300–306. 53 indexed citations

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Betts, Foster, N. C. Blumenthal, & Aaron S. Posner. (1981). Bone mineralization. Journal of Crystal Growth. 53(1). 63–73. 74 indexed citations

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Posner, Aaron S., Foster Betts, & N. C. Blumenthal. (1980). Formation and structure of synthetic and bone hydroxyapatites. Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization. 3(1). 49–64. 64 indexed citations

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Posner, Aaron S. & Foster Betts. (1975). Synthetic amorphous calcium phosphate and its relation to bone mineral structure. Accounts of Chemical Research. 8(8). 273–281. 487 indexed citations breakdown →

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