Howard Levene

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Howard Levene is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Howard Levene has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Surgery, 14 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 10 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Howard Levene's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (11 papers), Plant and animal studies (8 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (5 papers). Howard Levene is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (11 papers), Plant and animal studies (8 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (5 papers). Howard Levene collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Spain. Howard Levene's co-authors include Theodosius Dobzhansky, Allan D. Levi, Olga Pavlovsky, Weiyong Gu, B Spassky, Th. Dobzhansky, L. C. Dunn, Chun-Yuh C. Huang, Xin Gao and Mark D. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Scientific Reports and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Howard Levene

52 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Robust tests for equality of variances

1961 2.2k citations Howard Levene profile →
Genetic Equilibrium When More Than One Ecological Niche is Available

1953 1.0k citations Howard Levene The American Naturalist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Howard Levene United States	21	1.2k	883	572	542	381	53	4.3k
Robert H. Smith United Kingdom	32	511 0.4×	476 0.5×	582 1.0×	685 1.3×	235 0.6×	134	2.8k
Cedric A. B. Smith United Kingdom	32	1.8k 1.5×	455 0.5×	579 1.0×	351 0.6×	779 2.0×	110	4.3k
James Roger United Kingdom	18	413 0.3×	424 0.5×	585 1.0×	537 1.0×	271 0.7×	46	5.2k
Neal L. Oden United States	37	1.8k 1.5×	697 0.8×	451 0.8×	893 1.6×	453 1.2×	124	6.0k
John Fox United States	30	350 0.3×	692 0.8×	566 1.0×	773 1.4×	303 0.8×	73	4.6k
John Haigh United Kingdom	16	3.6k 3.1×	697 0.8×	975 1.7×	556 1.0×	1.4k 3.7×	85	6.9k
Robert W. Poole United States	22	555 0.5×	926 1.0×	466 0.8×	799 1.5×	346 0.9×	112	3.2k
Rudolf J. Freund United States	16	341 0.3×	442 0.5×	731 1.3×	658 1.2×	310 0.8×	42	4.2k
J. W. Whitfield United Kingdom	3	355 0.3×	659 0.7×	243 0.4×	586 1.1×	609 1.6×	6	7.4k
David Fraser Canada	61	3.6k 3.0×	711 0.8×	870 1.5×	2.2k 4.0×	317 0.8×	258	11.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Howard Levene

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Howard Levene

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All Works

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Luther, Evan, et al.. (2022). Use of an External Ventricular Drain for Treatment of a Thoracolumbar Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak: A Case Report and Review of Literature. Cureus. 14(4). e24066–e24066. 1 indexed citations

Diaz, Anthony, et al.. (2021). A Retrospective Pilot Study for Preoperative Screening to Prevent Iatrogenic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. Cureus. 13(1). e12550–e12550.

Cajigas, Iahn, et al.. (2020). Postoperative Sexual Activity Recommendations: Survey of Neurosurgeons/Spine Surgeons. World Neurosurgery. 141. e70–e75. 1 indexed citations

Patel, Daxa, et al.. (2020). Inpatient Hospital Outcomes and its Association with Insurance Type Among Pediatric Neurosurgery Trauma Patients. World Neurosurgery. 141. e484–e489. 5 indexed citations

Levene, Howard, et al.. (2020). Effects of Glucose Deprivation on ATP and Proteoglycan Production of Intervertebral Disc Cells under Hypoxia. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 8899–8899. 24 indexed citations

Levene, Howard, et al.. (2019). Lack of Current Recommendations for Resuming Sexual Activity Following Spinal Surgery. Asian Spine Journal. 13(3). 515–518. 6 indexed citations

Cajigas, Iahn, et al.. (2019). Interlaminar stabilization and decompression for the treatment of bilateral juxtafacet cysts. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports. 57(C). 155–159. 5 indexed citations

Levene, Howard, et al.. (2018). The Effect of Adenosine on Extracellular Matrix Production in Porcine Intervertebral Disc Cells. Cells Tissues Organs. 206(1-2). 73–81. 3 indexed citations

Levene, Howard, et al.. (2017). Enhancement of Energy Production of the Intervertebral Disc by the Implantation of Polyurethane Mass Transfer Devices. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 45(9). 2098–2108. 8 indexed citations

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Urakov, Timur, et al.. (2016). Percutaneous Drainage of Chronic Destructive Lumbar Osteomyelitis Abscess Via the Use of Bilateral Transpedicular Trocar Access. World Neurosurgery. 92. 583.e1–583.e5. 1 indexed citations

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Zhu, Qiaoqiao, Xin Gao, Howard Levene, Mark D. Brown, & Weiyong Gu. (2015). Influences of Nutrition Supply and Pathways on the Degenerative Patterns in Human Intervertebral Disc. Spine. 41(7). 568–576. 49 indexed citations

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Wang, Chong, et al.. (2014). ATP promotes extracellular matrix biosynthesis of intervertebral disc cells. Cell and Tissue Research. 359(2). 635–642. 23 indexed citations

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Wang, Chong, et al.. (2013). Energy metabolism of intervertebral disc under mechanical loading. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 31(11). 1733–1738. 41 indexed citations

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Levene, Howard, et al.. (2010). An Unusual Case of Footdrop. Neurosurgery. 66(2). E419–E420. 14 indexed citations

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Levene, Howard, Melanie Elliott, John Gaughan, et al.. (2010). A murine model of hypertonic saline as a treatment for acute spinal cord injury: effects on autonomic outcome. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 14(1). 131–138. 2 indexed citations

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Levene, Howard, Feroze B. Mohamed, Scott H. Faro, et al.. (2008). Small mammal MRI imaging in spinal cord injury: A novel practical technique for using a 1.5T MRI. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 172(2). 245–249. 6 indexed citations

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Levene, Howard, et al.. (2007). Method to perform IV injections on mice using the facial vein. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 164(2). 304–307. 7 indexed citations

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Baron, Eli M., et al.. (2005). Neuroendoscopy for spinal disorders: a brief review. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 19(6). 1–6. 12 indexed citations

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Levene, Howard. (1974). Harold Hotelling 1895–1973. The American Statistician. 28(2). 71–73. 4 indexed citations

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Levene, Howard. (1953). Genetic Equilibrium When More Than One Ecological Niche is Available. The American Naturalist. 87(836). 331–333. 1045 indexed citations breakdown →

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