G.E. Kempson

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

G.E. Kempson is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, G.E. Kempson has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Rheumatology, 9 papers in Surgery and 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in G.E. Kempson's work include Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (10 papers), Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies (5 papers) and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (4 papers). G.E. Kempson is often cited by papers focused on Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (10 papers), Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies (5 papers) and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (4 papers). G.E. Kempson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Mexico and United States. G.E. Kempson's co-authors include H Muir, S. A. V. Swanson, M. A. R. Freeman, Christine D. Pollard, Matthew Freeman, S. R. Swanson, Daniel Bader, A. John Barrett, Darren Campbell and Michael Freeman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases and Journal of Biomechanics.

In The Last Decade

G.E. Kempson

18 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

The tensile properties of the cartilage of human femoral ... 1973 2026 1990 2008 1973 100 200 300
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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.

  1. The tensile properties of the cartilage of human femoral condyles related to the content of collagen and glycosaminoglycans
    1973 348 citations G.E. Kempson, H Muir et al. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
G.E. Kempson United Kingdom 14 1.3k 870 565 302 248 18 1.8k
G. Meachim United Kingdom 27 1.3k 1.0× 988 1.1× 518 0.9× 181 0.6× 324 1.3× 55 2.1k
Monica Venn United Kingdom 10 1.1k 0.9× 434 0.5× 331 0.6× 344 1.1× 187 0.8× 10 1.4k
Michael A. Soltz United States 8 1.3k 1.0× 904 1.0× 679 1.2× 194 0.6× 175 0.7× 17 1.8k
Robert M. Schinagl United States 8 1.0k 0.8× 715 0.8× 500 0.9× 134 0.4× 154 0.6× 9 1.4k
Michael C. D. Trindade United States 25 693 0.5× 1.2k 1.4× 418 0.7× 159 0.5× 286 1.2× 42 2.0k
F. L. Harwood United States 28 721 0.6× 1.8k 2.1× 220 0.4× 249 0.8× 1.3k 5.4× 42 2.5k
Edward D. Bonnevie United States 25 665 0.5× 576 0.7× 337 0.6× 138 0.5× 172 0.7× 45 1.3k
J. Emmanual United States 9 706 0.6× 849 1.0× 612 1.1× 95 0.3× 86 0.3× 16 1.6k
Frederick L. Harwood United States 25 733 0.6× 1.5k 1.7× 217 0.4× 180 0.6× 969 3.9× 33 2.1k
Eric G. Lima United States 16 854 0.7× 566 0.7× 360 0.6× 111 0.4× 84 0.3× 21 1.2k

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Bader, Daniel & G.E. Kempson. (1994). The Short-Term Compressive Properties of Adult Human Articular Cartilage. Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering. 4(3). 245–256. 40 indexed citations
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Bader, Daniel, et al.. (1992). The effects of selective matrix degradation on the short-term compressive properties of adult human articular cartilage. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1116(2). 147–154. 76 indexed citations
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Kempson, G.E.. (1991). Age-related changes in the tensile properties of human articular cartilage: a comparative study between the femoral head of the hip joint and the talus of the ankle joint. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1075(3). 223–230. 149 indexed citations
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Kempson, G.E., et al.. (1988). The design, development and assessment of electrically heated gloves used for protecting cold extremities. Ergonomics. 31(7). 1083–1091. 16 indexed citations
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Kempson, G.E., D. Coggon, & E.D. Acheson. (1983). Electrically heated gloves for intermittent digital ischaemia.. BMJ. 286(6361). 268–268. 2 indexed citations
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Kempson, G.E.. (1982). Relationship between the tensile properties of articular cartilage from the human knee and age.. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 41(5). 508–511. 168 indexed citations
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Bader, Daniel, et al.. (1981). The effects of leucocyte elastase on the mechanical properties of adult human articular cartilage in tension. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 677(1). 103–108. 36 indexed citations
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Kempson, G.E. & Darren Campbell. (1981). The comparative stiffness of external fixation frames. Injury. 12(4). 297–304. 34 indexed citations
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Campbell, Darren & G.E. Kempson. (1981). Which external fixation device?. Injury. 12(4). 291–296. 13 indexed citations
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Freeman, Michael, G.E. Kempson, M. Tuke, & Kent M. Samuelson. (1978). Total Replacement of the Ankle with the ICLH Prosthesis. International Orthopaedics. 2(4). 327–331. 13 indexed citations
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Adams, Douglas J., G.E. Kempson, & S. A. V. Swanson. (1978). Direct measurement of local pressures in the cadaveric human hip joint. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing. 16(1). 113–115. 10 indexed citations
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Kempson, G.E.. (1976). The effects of proteolytic enzymes on the mechanical properties of adult human articular cartilage. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 428(3). 741–760. 140 indexed citations
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Kempson, G.E., Michael Freeman, & M. Tuke. (1975). Engineering considerations in the design of an ankle joint.. PubMed. 10(5). 166–71, 80. 38 indexed citations
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Kempson, G.E., et al.. (1973). The tensile properties of the cartilage of human femoral condyles related to the content of collagen and glycosaminoglycans. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 297(2). 456–472. 348 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kempson, G.E., et al.. (1971). Patterns of cartilage stiffness on normal and degenerate human femoral heads. Journal of Biomechanics. 4(6). 597–609. 129 indexed citations
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Kempson, G.E., M. A. R. Freeman, & S. A. V. Swanson. (1971). The determination of a creep modulus for articular cartilage from indentation tests on the human femoral head. Journal of Biomechanics. 4(4). 239–250. 142 indexed citations
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Kempson, G.E., H Muir, S. R. Swanson, & Matthew Freeman. (1970). Correlations between stiffness and the chemical constituents of cartilage on the human femoral head. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 215(1). 70–77. 276 indexed citations
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Kempson, G.E., M. A. R. Freeman, & S. A. V. Swanson. (1968). Tensile Properties of Articular Cartilage. Nature. 220(5172). 1127–1128. 125 indexed citations

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