Howard R. Champion

20.3k total citations · 10 hit papers
129 papers, 13.8k citations indexed

About

Howard R. Champion is a scholar working on Emergency Medicine, Surgery and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Howard R. Champion has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 13.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Emergency Medicine, 58 papers in Surgery and 28 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Howard R. Champion's work include Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (89 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (29 papers) and Abdominal Trauma and Injuries (28 papers). Howard R. Champion is often cited by papers focused on Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (89 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (29 papers) and Abdominal Trauma and Injuries (28 papers). Howard R. Champion collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Howard R. Champion's co-authors include William J. Sacco, Wayne S. Copes, John B. Holcomb, Thomas A. Gennarelli, Mary M. Lawnick, Donald S. Gann, Maureen E. Flanagan, Charles E. Wade, M. Gage Ochsner and Grace S. Rozycki and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Howard R. Champion

126 papers receiving 13.1k citations

Hit Papers

A Revision of the Trauma Score 1981 2026 1996 2011 1989 2012 1990 2005 1988 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. A Revision of the Trauma Score
    1989 1.5k citations Howard R. Champion, William J. Sacco et al. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care profile →
  2. Death on the battlefield (2001–2011)
    2012 1.2k citations Brian J. Eastridge, Robert L. Mabry et al. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care profile →
  3. The Major Trauma Outcome Study
    1990 773 citations Howard R. Champion, Wayne S. Copes et al. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care profile →
  4. Virtual Reality Simulation for the Operating Room
    2005 753 citations Howard R. Champion et al. profile →
  5. The Injury Severity Score Revisited
    1988 722 citations Wayne S. Copes, Howard R. Champion et al. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care profile →
  6. Trauma score
    1981 569 citations Howard R. Champion, William J. Sacco et al. profile →
  7. Causes of Death in U.S. Special Operations Forces in the Global War on Terrorism
    2007 548 citations John B. Holcomb, Charles E. Wade et al. profile →
  8. Injury Severity and Causes of Death From Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom: 2003–2004 Versus 2006
    2008 496 citations Mary M. Lawnick, Howard R. Champion et al. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care profile →
  9. Blast Injuries
    2005 482 citations Ralph G. DePalma, David Burris et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  10. The Effect of a Golden Hour Policy on the Morbidity and Mortality of Combat Casualties
    2015 314 citations Howard R. Champion, Robert L. Mabry et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Howard R. Champion United States 46 9.0k 6.3k 3.5k 2.1k 1.3k 129 13.8k
Peter Rhee United States 69 8.8k 1.0× 7.6k 1.2× 5.0k 1.4× 1.4k 0.7× 500 0.4× 398 16.7k
William B. Long United States 40 10.9k 1.2× 8.4k 1.3× 1.5k 0.4× 4.1k 2.0× 792 0.6× 191 18.7k
Gregory J. Jurkovich United States 82 13.7k 1.5× 11.3k 1.8× 2.6k 0.8× 3.5k 1.7× 768 0.6× 332 23.5k
Rolf Lefering Germany 63 10.4k 1.2× 8.3k 1.3× 4.2k 1.2× 1.7k 0.8× 500 0.4× 593 16.8k
Eileen M. Bulger United States 58 7.5k 0.8× 4.3k 0.7× 3.7k 1.1× 1.7k 0.8× 448 0.4× 347 12.9k
Susan P. Baker United States 43 12.0k 1.3× 6.9k 1.1× 1.5k 0.4× 5.8k 2.8× 765 0.6× 175 20.2k
Linda S. Chan United States 70 4.6k 0.5× 6.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.4× 2.0k 1.0× 416 0.3× 298 15.6k
Kenneth L. Mattox United States 62 6.2k 0.7× 8.5k 1.3× 2.6k 0.8× 581 0.3× 858 0.7× 274 13.0k
Kenji Inaba United States 71 10.0k 1.1× 9.9k 1.6× 5.2k 1.5× 1.6k 0.8× 505 0.4× 724 19.4k
Δημήτριος Δημητριάδης United States 78 11.1k 1.2× 14.4k 2.3× 3.6k 1.0× 2.7k 1.3× 582 0.5× 672 23.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Howard R. Champion

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Howard R. Champion's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Howard R. Champion with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Howard R. Champion more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Howard R. Champion

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Howard R. Champion. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Howard R. Champion. The network helps show where Howard R. Champion may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Howard R. Champion

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Howard R. Champion. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Howard R. Champion based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Howard R. Champion. Howard R. Champion is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Yanchar, Natalie, David C. Evans, Howard R. Champion, et al.. (2025). Potentially low-value operative care in abdominal trauma: A retrospective National Trauma Data Bank study. Surgery. 181. 109283–109283.
2.
Batomen, Brice, Lynne Moore, Erin Strumpf, Howard R. Champion, & Arijit Nandi. (2020). Impact of trauma centre accreditation on mortality and complications in a Canadian trauma system: an interrupted time series analysis. BMJ Quality & Safety. 30(11). 853–866. 7 indexed citations
3.
Batomen, Brice, Lynne Moore, Mabel Carabalí, et al.. (2019). Effectiveness of trauma centers verification: Protocol for a systematic review. Systematic Reviews. 8(1). 292–292. 5 indexed citations
4.
Moore, Lynne, Pier‐Alexandre Tardif, Henry T. Stelfox, et al.. (2017). Low-value clinical practices in injury care: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 7(7). e016024–e016024. 3 indexed citations
5.
Lawnick, Mary M., Howard R. Champion, Thomas A. Gennarelli, et al.. (2013). Combat injury coding. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 75(4). 573–581. 26 indexed citations
6.
Eastridge, Brian J., Robert L. Mabry, P Seguin, et al.. (2012). Death on the battlefield (2001–2011). The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 73(6). S431–S437. 1210 indexed citations breakdown →
7.
Dutton, Richard P., Michael Parr, Bartholomew J. Tortella, et al.. (2011). Recombinant Activated Factor VII Safety in Trauma Patients: Results From the CONTROL Trial. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 71(1). 12–19. 41 indexed citations
8.
McSwain, Norman E., Howard R. Champion, Timothy C. Fabian, et al.. (2011). State of the Art of Fluid Resuscitation 2010: Prehospital and Immediate Transition to the Hospital. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 70(5). S2–S10. 41 indexed citations
9.
Champion, Howard R., Jeffrey S. Augenstein, Alan Blatt, et al.. (2005). New Tools to Reduce Deaths and Disabilities by Improving Emergency Care: URGENCY Software, Occult Injury Warnings, and Air Medical Services Database. 2005. 18 indexed citations
10.
DePalma, Ralph G., David Burris, Howard R. Champion, & Michael J. Hodgson. (2005). Blast Injuries. New England Journal of Medicine. 352(13). 1335–1342. 482 indexed citations breakdown →
11.
Champion, Howard R., Jeffrey S. Augenstein, Alan Blatt, et al.. (2003). REDUCING HIGHWAY DEATHS AND DISABILITIES WITH AUTOMATIC WIRELESS TRANSMISSION OF SERIOUS INJURY PROBABILITY RATINGS FROM VEHICLES IN CRASHES TO EMS. 2003. 19 indexed citations
12.
Champion, Howard R. & Brad M. Cushing. (1999). EMERGING TECHNOLOGY FOR VEHICULAR SAFETY AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO ROADWAY CRASHES. Surgical Clinics of North America. 79(6). 1229–1240. 15 indexed citations
13.
Ochsner, M. Gage, Judith A. Schmidt, Grace S. Rozycki, & Howard R. Champion. (1995). The Evaluation of a Two-Tier Trauma Response System at a Major Trauma Center. PubMed. 39(5). 971–977. 54 indexed citations
14.
Copes, Wayne S., et al.. (1991). Motorcycle injuries: an MTOS perspective. 35. 269–284. 1 indexed citations
15.
Copes, Wayne S., Howard R. Champion, William J. Sacco, et al.. (1990). Progress in Characterizing Anatomic Injury. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 30(10). 1200–1207. 11 indexed citations
16.
Finelli, Frederick C., et al.. (1989). A Case Control Study for Major Trauma in Geriatric Patients. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 29(5). 541–548. 194 indexed citations
17.
Champion, Howard R., et al.. (1988). Dum-dums, Hollow-points, and Devastators: Techniques Designed to Increase Wounding Potential of Bullets. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 28(5). 618–623. 27 indexed citations
18.
Collins, Paul S., et al.. (1988). Intra-abdominal Vascular Injury Secondary to Penetrating Trauma. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 28(Supplement). S165–S170. 20 indexed citations
19.
Champion, Howard R., et al.. (1988). The Effect of Medical Direction on Trauma Triage. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 28(2). 235–239. 53 indexed citations
20.
Sacco, William J., et al.. (1981). A Model for the Estimation of Penetrating Wound Lethality Based on Combat Casualty Data. PubMed Central. 1001–1008. 1 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Peter Rhee Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by William B. Long Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Gregory J. Jurkovich Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Rolf Lefering Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Eileen M. Bulger Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Susan P. Baker Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Linda S. Chan Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kenneth L. Mattox Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kenji Inaba Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Δημήτριος Δημητριάδης
Rankless by CCL
2026