Frank Willard

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Frank Willard is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Willard has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Surgery, 8 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 7 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Frank Willard's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (8 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (7 papers) and Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (6 papers). Frank Willard is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (8 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (7 papers) and Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (6 papers). Frank Willard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Australia. Frank Willard's co-authors include Mark D. Schuenke, Lieven Danneels, J CARREIRO, Andry Vleeming, George F. Martin, David K. Ryugo, Robert Schleip, Adriaan Vleeming, Alfonse T. Masi and Paul Dreyfuss and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Comparative Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Frank Willard

28 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The thoracolumbar fascia: anatomy, function and clinical considerations

2012 388 citations Frank Willard, Andry Vleeming et al. Journal of Anatomy profile →
The sacroiliac joint: an overview of its anatomy, function and potential clinical implications

2012 373 citations Adriaan Vleeming, Mark D. Schuenke et al. Journal of Anatomy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frank Willard United States	17	673	599	591	378	295	30	1.7k
Joel G. Pickar United States	26	526 0.8×	730 1.2×	1.4k 2.4×	46 0.1×	528 1.8×	75	2.5k
Miguel del Valle Soto Spain	26	329 0.5×	247 0.4×	239 0.4×	125 0.3×	224 0.8×	142	2.0k
Willem De Hertogh Belgium	22	161 0.2×	263 0.4×	400 0.7×	377 1.0×	151 0.5×	82	1.5k
Mikael Karlberg Sweden	28	269 0.4×	906 1.5×	433 0.7×	492 1.3×	131 0.4×	71	2.2k
Philip S. Bolton Australia	19	288 0.4×	233 0.4×	277 0.5×	94 0.2×	99 0.3×	57	1.1k
Bo Nyström Sweden	20	365 0.5×	430 0.7×	238 0.4×	53 0.1×	70 0.2×	48	1.4k
Srinivasu Kallakuri United States	25	483 0.7×	753 1.3×	734 1.2×	35 0.1×	164 0.6×	51	1.7k
Annina B. Schmid United Kingdom	27	759 1.1×	426 0.7×	1.1k 1.8×	20 0.1×	398 1.3×	96	2.6k
Charles G. Widmer United States	17	194 0.3×	116 0.2×	413 0.7×	65 0.2×	199 0.7×	45	1.7k
Lars Ödkvist Sweden	28	212 0.3×	321 0.5×	128 0.2×	603 1.6×	27 0.1×	116	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Frank Willard

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Willard

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Singh, Naileshni, et al.. (2025). Radiofrequency Ablation of the Medial Branch Nerves for Posterior Element Pain in Chronic Vertebral Compression Fractures: An Anatomical Review and Retrospective Case Series. Journal of Pain Research. Volume 18. 6463–6475.

Willard, Frank, et al.. (2024). Estimating the effects of vegetation and increased albedo on the urban heat island effect with spatial causal inference. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 16 indexed citations

Willard, Frank, et al.. (2023). Machine learning for activity-based road transportation emissions estimation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 5 indexed citations

Tiegs‐Heiden, Christin A., et al.. (2022). The S1 dorsal foramen: Nuances of anatomy. Interventional Pain Medicine. 2(1). 100172–100172. 2 indexed citations

El-Yahchouchi, Christine, Frank Willard, Timothy J. Kaufmann, et al.. (2019). Synovial Cysts Confounding Access to the Dorsal S1 Neural Foramen in Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections. Pain Medicine. 21(3). 570–575. 2 indexed citations

Seffinger, Michael A., Felix J. Rogers, Frank Willard, et al.. (2018). Philosophy of osteopathic medicine. 5 indexed citations

Vleeming, Andry, Mark D. Schuenke, Lieven Danneels, & Frank Willard. (2014). The functional coupling of the deep abdominal and paraspinal muscles: the effects of simulated paraspinal muscle contraction on force transfer to the middle and posterior layer of the thoracolumbar fascia. Journal of Anatomy. 225(4). 447–462. 79 indexed citations

Schuenke, Mark D., Adriaan Vleeming, Tom Van Hoof, & Frank Willard. (2012). A description of the lumbar interfascial triangle and its relation with the lateral raphe: anatomical constituents of load transfer through the lateral margin of the thoracolumbar fascia. Journal of Anatomy. 221(6). 568–576. 60 indexed citations

Willard, Frank, Andry Vleeming, Mark D. Schuenke, Lieven Danneels, & Robert Schleip. (2012). The thoracolumbar fascia: anatomy, function and clinical considerations. Journal of Anatomy. 221(6). 507–536. 388 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vleeming, Adriaan, Mark D. Schuenke, Alfonse T. Masi, et al.. (2012). The sacroiliac joint: an overview of its anatomy, function and potential clinical implications. Journal of Anatomy. 221(6). 537–567. 373 indexed citations breakdown →

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Willard, Frank, Caroline Fossum, & Paul R. Standley. (2012). The fascial system of the body. 74–92. 5 indexed citations

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Dreyfuss, Paul, et al.. (2008). The Ability of Single Site, Single Depth Sacral Lateral Branch Blocks to Anesthetize the Sacroiliac Joint Complex. Pain Medicine. 9(7). 844–850. 43 indexed citations

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Yin, Way, et al.. (2008). Ventral Innervation of the Lateral C1–C2 Joint: An Anatomical Study. Pain Medicine. 9(8). 1022–1029. 9 indexed citations

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Yin, Way, Frank Willard, J CARREIRO, & Paul Dreyfuss. (2003). Sensory Stimulation-Guided Sacroiliac Joint Radiofrequency Neurotomy: Technique Based on Neuroanatomy of the Dorsal Sacral Plexus. Spine. 28(20). 2419–2425. 147 indexed citations

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Diño, Maria R., Frank Willard, & Enrico Mugnaini. (1999). Distribution of unipolar brush cells and other calretinin immunoreactive components in the mammalian cerebellar cortex. Journal of Neurocytology. 28(2). 99–123. 106 indexed citations

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Nicol, David M. & Frank Willard. (1988). Problem size, parallel architecture, and optimal speedup. Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing. 5(4). 404–420. 3 indexed citations

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Willard, Frank & George F. Martin. (1986). The development and migration of large multipolar neurons into the cochlear nucleus of the North American opossum. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 248(1). 119–132. 21 indexed citations

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Ryugo, David K. & Frank Willard. (1985). The dorsal cochlear nucleus of the mouse: A light microscopic analysis of neurons that project to the inferior colliculus. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 242(3). 381–396. 94 indexed citations

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Willard, Frank, Raymond H. Ho, & George F. Martin. (1984). The neuronal types and the distribution of 5-hydroxytryptamine and enkephalin-like immunoreactive fibers in the dorsal cochlear nucleus of the North American opossum. Brain Research Bulletin. 12(3). 253–266. 20 indexed citations

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Willard, Frank & George F. Martin. (1983). The auditory brainstem nuclei and some of their projections to the inferior colliculus in the North American opossum. Neuroscience. 10(4). 1203–1232. 96 indexed citations

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