Gerald R. Williams

15.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
243 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

Gerald R. Williams is a scholar working on Surgery, Epidemiology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerald R. Williams has authored 243 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 220 papers in Surgery, 185 papers in Epidemiology and 17 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Gerald R. Williams's work include Shoulder Injury and Treatment (201 papers), Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries (183 papers) and Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation (84 papers). Gerald R. Williams is often cited by papers focused on Shoulder Injury and Treatment (201 papers), Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries (183 papers) and Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation (84 papers). Gerald R. Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and United Kingdom. Gerald R. Williams's co-authors include Joseph P. Iannotti, Matthew L. Ramsey, Louis J. Soslowsky, Charles A. Rockwood, Surena Namdari, Stavros Thomopoulos, Joseph A. Abboud, Jonathan A. Gimbel, Kirk L. Wong and Andrew R. Karduna and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Gerald R. Williams

235 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Prevalence and projections of total shoulder and elbow arthroplasty in the United States to 2015

2010 640 citations Judd S. Day, Edmund Lau et al. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery profile →
Future Patient Demand for Shoulder Arthroplasty by Younger Patients: National Projections

2015 282 citations Eric M. Padegimas, Mitchell Maltenfort et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gerald R. Williams United States	57	10.3k	7.8k	1.6k	742	545	243	11.1k
Louis U. Bigliani United States	68	14.3k 1.4×	12.3k 1.6×	1.2k 0.8×	881 1.2×	555 1.0×	223	14.8k
David M. Dines United States	50	6.8k 0.7×	4.8k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	500 0.7×	362 0.7×	222	7.4k
Joseph P. Iannotti United States	76	15.6k 1.5×	12.4k 1.6×	1.8k 1.2×	1.6k 2.2×	663 1.2×	285	16.9k
William N. Levine United States	57	8.0k 0.8×	5.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	567 0.8×	265 0.5×	299	9.2k
Pascal Boileau France	77	22.2k 2.1×	20.2k 2.6×	1.8k 1.1×	1.6k 2.1×	513 0.9×	374	22.7k
Laurence D. Higgins United States	43	5.5k 0.5×	3.1k 0.4×	753 0.5×	466 0.6×	283 0.5×	172	6.1k
Nikhil N. Verma United States	65	13.9k 1.3×	8.1k 1.0×	3.5k 2.3×	1.1k 1.5×	584 1.1×	607	15.1k
Richard J. Hawkins United States	67	13.0k 1.3×	8.8k 1.1×	3.3k 2.1×	529 0.7×	695 1.3×	238	14.0k
Brian R. Wolf United States	47	7.1k 0.7×	2.0k 0.3×	2.4k 1.5×	485 0.7×	445 0.8×	243	8.0k
Stephen Lyman United States	62	10.5k 1.0×	2.6k 0.3×	3.3k 2.1×	778 1.0×	463 0.8×	243	13.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Noferini, Vanni & Gerald R. Williams. (2024). Smith forms of matrices in Companion Rings, with group theoretic and topological applications. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 708. 372–404.

Gutman, Michael J., Jacob M. Kirsch, Matthew Sherman, et al.. (2023). Factors associated with functional improvement after posteriorly augmented total shoulder arthroplasty. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 32(6). 1231–1241. 5 indexed citations

Williams, Gerald R. & Kevin Cronin. (2021). Glenoid Innovations in Shoulder Arthroplasty. 2(1). 1 indexed citations

Gutman, Michael J., David E. Baruch, Benjamin Zmistowski, et al.. (2021). Outcomes of nonoperative management of acromial stress fractures after reverse shoulder arthroplasty. Seminars in Arthroplasty JSES. 31(3). 596–602. 6 indexed citations

Rondon, Alexander J., Taylor Paziuk, Michael J. Gutman, Gerald R. Williams, & Surena Namdari. (2021). Spacers for life: high mortality rate associated with definitive treatment of shoulder periprosthetic infection with permanent antibiotic spacer. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 30(12). e732–e740. 7 indexed citations

Kirsch, Jacob M., Manan S. Patel, Akash Ranjan Singh, et al.. (2021). Early clinical and radiographic outcomes of an augmented baseplate in reverse shoulder arthroplasty for glenohumeral arthritis with glenoid deformity. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 30(7). S123–S130. 35 indexed citations

Henstenburg, Jeffrey, et al.. (2021). Are primary and revision shoulder arthroplasty appropriately reimbursed based on relative value units?. Seminars in Arthroplasty JSES. 32(1). 1–7.

Cronin, Kevin, Jacob M. Kirsch, Manan S. Patel, et al.. (2021). Three-dimensional measures of posterior bone loss and retroversion in Walch B2 glenoids predict the need for an augmented anatomic glenoid component. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 30(10). 2386–2392. 7 indexed citations

Cox, Ryan M., Joseph A. Abboud, Gerald R. Williams, et al.. (2020). Radiographic humeral head restoration after total shoulder arthroplasty: does the stem make a difference?. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 30(1). 51–56. 14 indexed citations

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Zmistowski, Benjamin, et al.. (2019). Acromial stress fracture following reverse total shoulder arthroplasty: incidence and predictors. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 29(4). 799–806. 62 indexed citations

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Ho, Jason, et al.. (2019). Early radiographic failure of reverse total shoulder arthroplasty with structural bone graft for glenoid bone loss. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 29(3). 550–560. 60 indexed citations

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Namdari, Surena, Thema Nicholson, Joseph A. Abboud, et al.. (2019). Cutibacterium acnes is less commonly identified by next-generation sequencing than culture in primary shoulder surgery. Shoulder & Elbow. 12(3). 170–177. 12 indexed citations

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Namdari, Surena, Thema Nicholson, Joseph A. Abboud, et al.. (2018). Comparative study of cultures and next-generation sequencing in the diagnosis of shoulder prosthetic joint infections. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 28(1). 1–8. 54 indexed citations

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Padegimas, Eric M., Ryan M. Cox, Surena Namdari, et al.. (2018). The effect of an orthopedic specialty hospital on operating room efficiency in shoulder arthroplasty. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 28(1). 15–21. 14 indexed citations

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Schoch, Bradley S., Brian K. Lee, Thema Nicholson, et al.. (2018). Culture positivity in primary total shoulder arthroplasty. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 27(8). 1422–1428. 36 indexed citations

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Brolin, Tyler J., Ryan M. Cox, Benjamin Zmistowski, et al.. (2018). Surgeons' experience and perceived barriers with outpatient shoulder arthroplasty. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 27(6). S82–S87. 31 indexed citations

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Abboud, Joseph A., et al.. (2018). Augmented glenoid implants in anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty: review of available implants and current literature. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 28(2). 387–395. 28 indexed citations

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Padegimas, Eric M., Mitchell Maltenfort, Matthew L. Ramsey, et al.. (2015). Periprosthetic shoulder infection in the United States: incidence and economic burden. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 24(5). 741–746. 171 indexed citations

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Day, Judd S., Edmund Lau, Kevin Ong, et al.. (2010). Prevalence and projections of total shoulder and elbow arthroplasty in the United States to 2015. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 19(8). 1115–1120. 640 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cameron, Brian & Gerald R. Williams. (2002). Operative Fixation of Three-Part Proximal Humerus Fractures. Techniques in Shoulder & Elbow Surgery. 3(2). 111–123. 4 indexed citations

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