Gary S. Sorock

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Gary S. Sorock is a scholar working on Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary S. Sorock has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, 28 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 23 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Gary S. Sorock's work include Occupational Health and Safety Research (53 papers), Traffic and Road Safety (28 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (23 papers). Gary S. Sorock is often cited by papers focused on Occupational Health and Safety Research (53 papers), Traffic and Road Safety (28 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (23 papers). Gary S. Sorock collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Netherlands. Gary S. Sorock's co-authors include Alex Burdorf, Theodore K. Courtney, Murray A. Mittleman, David A. Lombardi, Gordon S. Smith, James W. Collins, Robert F. Herrick, Russ Hauser, Ellen A. Eisen and Mary Ann Holbein-Jenny and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Epidemiology, American Journal of Public Health and The American Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Gary S. Sorock

79 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Positive and negative evidence of risk factors for back disorders

1997 522 citations Alex Burdorf, Gary S. Sorock Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gary S. Sorock United States	35	1.3k	1.2k	632	600	599	79	3.7k
Theodore K. Courtney United States	34	1.2k 0.9×	974 0.8×	805 1.3×	816 1.4×	777 1.3×	100	4.4k
David A. Lombardi United States	34	1.0k 0.8×	347 0.3×	871 1.4×	910 1.5×	628 1.0×	82	4.5k
Hester J. Lipscomb United States	38	2.1k 1.7×	929 0.8×	455 0.7×	396 0.7×	671 1.1×	137	4.0k
James W. Collins United States	38	606 0.5×	710 0.6×	351 0.6×	837 1.4×	211 0.4×	151	5.2k
Gordon S. Smith United States	51	1.0k 0.8×	658 0.6×	559 0.9×	3.0k 5.0×	1.8k 3.0×	281	8.8k
Nearkasèn Chau France	35	818 0.7×	495 0.4×	280 0.4×	507 0.8×	378 0.6×	119	3.3k
Barbara S. Webster United States	34	610 0.5×	2.3k 2.0×	538 0.9×	498 0.8×	129 0.2×	58	3.2k
Bradley Evanoff United States	50	1.5k 1.2×	2.4k 2.1×	1.1k 1.7×	680 1.1×	224 0.4×	241	9.6k
Susan Goodwin Gerberich United States	33	992 0.8×	293 0.3×	380 0.6×	753 1.3×	488 0.8×	112	3.6k
Steven A. Lavender United States	32	428 0.3×	2.4k 2.1×	1.2k 1.9×	167 0.3×	65 0.1×	149	3.5k

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Marucci‐Wellman, Helen, Theodore K. Courtney, Helen L. Corns, et al.. (2015). The direct cost burden of 13years of disabling workplace injuries in the U.S. (1998–2010): Findings from the Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index. Journal of Safety Research. 55. 53–62. 22 indexed citations

Jin, Kezhi, David A. Lombardi, Theodore K. Courtney, et al.. (2010). Patterns of work-related traumatic hand injury among hospitalised workers in the People's Republic of China. Injury Prevention. 16(1). 42–49. 27 indexed citations

Sorock, Gary S., Patricia A. Quigley, Jennifer Taylor, et al.. (2009). Central Nervous System Medication Changes and Falls in Nursing Home Residents. Geriatric Nursing. 30(5). 334–340. 17 indexed citations

Bulzacchelli, Maria T., Jon S. Vernick, Gary S. Sorock, Daniel Webster, & Peter S. J. Lees. (2008). Circumstances of fatal lockout/tagout‐related injuries in manufacturing. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 51(10). 728–734. 37 indexed citations

Verma, Santosh K., Gary S. Sorock, Glenn Pransky, Theodore K. Courtney, & Gordon S. Smith. (2007). Occupational physical demands and same-level falls resulting in fracture in female workers: an analysis of workers’ compensation claims. Injury Prevention. 13(1). 32–36. 12 indexed citations

Lombardi, David A., et al.. (2007). A Case-Crossover Study of Transient Risk Factors for Occupational Hand Trauma by Gender. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. 4(10). 790–797. 18 indexed citations

Jin, Kezhi, David A. Lombardi, Theodore K. Courtney, et al.. (2007). The challenge of cross-cultural collaborative research: lessons learnt from a pilot case–crossover study of severe occupational hand trauma in the People’s Republic of China. Injury Prevention. 13(2). 133–136. 9 indexed citations

Luo, Xianghua & Gary S. Sorock. (2007). Analysis of recurrent event data under the case‐crossover design with applications to elderly falls. Statistics in Medicine. 27(15). 2890–2901. 23 indexed citations

Smith, Gordon S., Gary S. Sorock, Henry M. Wellman, Theodore K. Courtney, & Glenn Pransky. (2006). Blurring the distinctions between on and off the job injuries: similarities and differences in circumstances. Injury Prevention. 12(4). 236–241. 22 indexed citations

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Sorock, Gary S., et al.. (2006). Alcohol-drinking history and fatal injury in older adults. Alcohol. 40(3). 193–199. 72 indexed citations

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Lombardi, David A., Rahul Pannala, Gary S. Sorock, et al.. (2005). Welding related occupational eye injuries: a narrative analysis. Injury Prevention. 11(3). 174–179. 70 indexed citations

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Jin, Kezhi, Gary S. Sorock, & Theodore K. Courtney. (2004). Prevalence of low back pain in three occupational groups in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. Journal of Safety Research. 35(1). 23–28. 108 indexed citations

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Sorock, Gary S., David A. Lombardi, Russ Hauser, et al.. (2004). Glove Use and the Relative Risk of Acute Hand Injury: A Case-Crossover Study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. 1(3). 182–190. 40 indexed citations

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Fisman, David N., Anthony D. Harris, Gary S. Sorock, & Murray A. Mittleman. (2003). Sharps-related injuries in health care workers: a case-crossover study. The American Journal of Medicine. 114(8). 688–694. 21 indexed citations

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Fisman, David N., Murray A. Mittleman, Gary S. Sorock, & Anthony D. Harris. (2002). Willingness to pay to avoid sharps-related injuries: A study in injured health care workers. American Journal of Infection Control. 30(5). 283–287. 46 indexed citations

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Courtney, Theodore K., Gary S. Sorock, Derek P. Manning, James W. Collins, & Mary Ann Holbein-Jenny. (2001). Occupational slip, trip, and fall-related injuries can the contribution of slipperiness be isolated?. Ergonomics. 44(13). 1118–1137. 256 indexed citations

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Sorock, Gary S., David A. Lombardi, Russ Hauser, et al.. (2001). A case-crossover study of occupational traumatic hand injury: Methods and initial findings. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 39(2). 171–179. 67 indexed citations

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Burdorf, Alex, Gary S. Sorock, Robert F. Herrick, & Theodore K. Courtney. (1997). Advancing epidemiologic studies of occupational injury?Approaches and future directions. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 32(2). 180–183. 14 indexed citations

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Burdorf, Alex & Gary S. Sorock. (1997). Positive and negative evidence of risk factors for back disorders. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 23(4). 243–256. 522 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sorock, Gary S., et al.. (1993). An evaluation of New Jersey's hospital discharge database for surveillance of severe occupational injuries. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 23(3). 427–437. 41 indexed citations

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