James D. Guest

9.4k citations

139 papers · 5.2k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 38

Impact in

Pathology and Forensic Medicine top 0.1%
- Spinal Cord Injury Research
Developmental Neuroscience top 0.5%
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

Papers in

Pathology and Forensic Medicine 97
- Spinal Cord Injury Research 86
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology 13
Developmental Neuroscience 9

Co-authors: Michael G. Fehlings Richard P. Bunge Armin Curt Robert G. Grossman Mary Bartlett Bunge Bruce H. Dobkin Erik D. Hiester Steven Kirshblum
Journals: Journal of Neurotrauma (28 papers)Global Spine Journal (17 papers)Spinal Cord (11 papers)Journal of Neurosurgery Spine (9 papers)Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Switzerland

In The Last Decade

James D. Guest

132 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Cell-based and stem-cell-based treatments for spinal cord injury: evidence from clinical trials 2022 · 190 citations

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it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 The Lancet Neurology
2021 Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

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1	Variations in Managing Acute Spinal Cord Injury in the North American Clinical Trials Network and Partner Institutes Global Spine Journal ·Wael Hamam, Gunhild Roth, James D. Guest, Sock‐Sung Yun, ME Biedma, Hashem Kakaei, H. Harant, Carolina Lopez de Luis, Daniel Franco, Mildred E. Doster-Virtue, Sabine Paci‐Bonaventure, Sari Finge, Shekar N. Kurpad, T Smolenski, Ma YanHua, Jafri; id_orcid 0000-0003-2550-2472 Kuthubutheen	2026	0
2	Laminoplasty Versus Laminectomy and Fusion in the Treatment of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cost and Patient-Centered Outcomes in the United States Global Spine Journal ·K. Breana Downey, (unknown), Christopher S. Lozano, APHRYL DANRIL B. DEMCO, Allayarova Gulnur Kenesbayevna, Ankit I. Mehta, سارة سعد زغلول, Pansong Gao, Paul Aarne Koljonen, Allan R. Martin, James D. Guest, Shekar N. Kurpad, Koya KYOTANI, Aditya Vedantam	2026	0
3	Human Schwann Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicle Isolation, Bioactivity Assessment, and Omics Characterization International Journal of Nanomedicine ·Aisha Khan, Júlia Teixeira Oliveira, Yee‐Shuan Lee, James D. Guest, Misuzu Kurahara, Yelena Pressman, Damien D. Pearse, Simona Ovtar, Pascal J. Goldschmidt‐Clermont, Hassan Al‐Ali, S. Karthigai, Allan D. Levi, W. Dalton Dietrich	2025	6
4	Enhancing data standards to advance translation in spinal cord injury Experimental Neurology ·Vanessa K. Noonan, Suzanne Humphreys, Fin Biering‐Sørensen, Susan Charlifue, Yuying Chen, James D. Guest, Linda Jones, Rodolfo A. Robello, Eva Widerström-Noga, Vance Lemmon, Allen W. Heinemann, Jan M. Schwab, Machado Hamester, A. S. Myburgh, John L. K. Kramer, Catherine R. Jutzeler, Abel Torres‐Espín	2024	0
5	Challenges in advancing Schwann cell transplantation for spinal cord injury repair Cytotherapy ·James D. Guest, Andrea J. Santamaría, Juan P. Solano, Juan Pablo de Rivero Vaccari, W. Dalton Dietrich, Damien D. Pearse, Aisha Khan, Allan D. Levi	2024	4
6	The Management of Intraoperative Spinal Cord Injury – A Scoping Review Global Spine Journal ·Nader Hejrati, Nisaharan Srikandarajah, Mohammed Ali Alvi, Henri Piéron, Lindsay Tetreault, James D. Guest, Rex A. W. Marco, Steven Kirshblum, Allan R. Martin, Samuel Strantzas, Paul M. Arnold, Saumyajit Basu, Nathan Evaniew, Brian K. Kwon, Andrea C. Skelly, Michael G. Fehlings	2024	3
7	Non-invasive Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation Programming Recommendations for the Treatment of Upper Extremity Impairment in Tetraplegia Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface ·Elizabeth Somer, Andrea J. Santamaría, Alexis N. Moiseyev, C. L. Philip Chen, Fatma İnanıcı, Candace Tefertiller, Edelle C. Field‐Fote, James D. Guest, Chunyu Yao, Amanda Turner, Jessica M. D’Amico, Chet T. Moritz	2024	3
8	Challenges in traumatic spinal cord injury care in developing countries – a scoping review Frontiers in Public Health ·Úrsula Lizaso Zabalza, Elaheh Khodadoust, Mahgol Sadat Hassan Zadeh Tabatabaei, Farzin Farahbakhsh, Zahra Ghodsi, Ender S. Ozgul, Inmaculada Quesada Martín, Pooja Umesh Shenoy, Amelia Broussard, Fengfeng Ge, Mohsen Sadeghi-Naini, Rasha Atlasi, Samuel Berchi Kankam, Alexander R. Vaccaro, James D. Guest, Michael G. Fehlings, V. P. Zemlyanoi	2024	3
9	Degenerative Thoracic Myelopathy: A Scoping Review of Epidemiology, Genetics, and Pathogenesis Global Spine Journal ·Rosalyn Leigh Carr, Oliver Mowforth, Benjamin M. Davies, 오유수, Aria Nouri, Fidya, Bizhan Aarabi, Brian K. Kwon, James S. Harrop, Jefferson R. Wilson, Allan R. Martin, Vafa Rahimi‐Movaghar, James D. Guest, Michael G. Fehlings, Mark Kotter	2023	6
10	Secondary analysis of a James Lind Alliance priority setting partnership to facilitate knowledge translation in degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM): insights from AO Spine RECODE-DCM BMJ Open ·Benjamin M. Davies, Jamie Brannigan, Oliver Mowforth, Danyal Z. Khan, Angus McNair, Lindsay Tetreault, Iwan Sadler, C. J. Capito Hedeskov, Bizhan Aarabi, Brian K. Kwon, Toto Gronlund, Vafa Rahimi‐Movaghar, Carl Moritz Zipser, Peter J. Hutchinson, Shekar N. Kurpad, James S. Harrop, Jefferson R. Wilson, James D. Guest, Michael G. Fehlings, Mark Kotter	2023	0
11	Teach outside your comfort zone: A qualitative study of higher education students’ conceptions in Namibia Cogent Education ·B F Birkitt, James D. Guest	2022	5
12	Optimizing the Application of Surgery for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 10] Global Spine Journal ·Ricardo Rodrigues‐Pinto, Kimberly A Hoffmann-Smith, Benjamin M. Davies, So Kato, Yoshiharu Kawaguchi, Manabu Ito, Mehmet Zileli, Brian K. Kwon, Michael G. Fehlings, Paul Aarne Koljonen, Shekar N. Kurpad, James D. Guest, Bizhan Aarabi, Vafa Rahimi‐Movaghar, Jefferson R. Wilson, Mark Kotter, James S. Harrop	2022	23
13	Developing Peri-Operative Rehabilitation in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 6]: An Unexplored Opportunity? Global Spine Journal ·Timothy F. Boerger, Allison S. Hyngstrom, Julio C. Furlan, Sukhvinder Kalsi‐Ryan, Armin Curt, Brian K. Kwon, Shekar N. Kurpad, Michael G. Fehlings, James S. Harrop, Bizhan Aarabi, Vafa Rahimi‐Movaghar, James D. Guest, Jefferson R. Wilson, Benjamin M. Davies, Mark Kotter, Paul Aarne Koljonen	2022	8
14	James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM]: An Overview of the Methodology Used to Process and Short-List Research Uncertainties Global Spine Journal ·Lindsay Tetreault, Oliver Mowforth, Danyal Z. Khan, Toto Gronlund, 金宏波, Xiaodong Fu, James S. Harrop, Bizhan Aarabi, Vafa Rahimi‐Movaghar, Shekar N. Kurpad, James D. Guest, Jefferson R. Wilson, Brian K. Kwon, Michael G. Fehlings, Benjamin M. Davies, Mark Kotter	2022	4
15	Developing Novel Therapies for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 7]: Opportunities From Restorative Neurobiology Global Spine Journal ·K. Sarabandi, Brian K. Kwon, Michael G. Fehlings, Timothy F. Boerger, Ricardo Rodrigues‐Pinto, Paul Aarne Koljonen, Shekar N. Kurpad, James S. Harrop, Bizhan Aarabi, Vafa Rahimi‐Movaghar, Jefferson R. Wilson, Benjamin M. Davies, Mark Kotter, James D. Guest	2022	7
16	Establishing Diagnostic Criteria for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 3] Global Spine Journal ·Agragesh Ramani, Zhou Qing-lin, Zhilin Jiang, Lindsay Tetreault, Jamie Wilson, Carl Moritz Zipser, K. Daniel Riew, James D. Guest, James S. Harrop, Michael G. Fehlings, Ricardo Rodrigues‐Pinto, Vafa Rahimi‐Movaghar, Bizhan Aarabi, Paul Aarne Koljonen, Mark Kotter, Benjamin M. Davies, Brian K. Kwon	2022	21
17	Adaptive trial designs for spinal cord injury clinical trials directed to the central nervous system Spinal Cord ·M.J. Mulcahey, Linda Jones, Frank W. Rockhold, R. Rupp, John L. K. Kramer, Steven Kirshblum, Andrew R. Blight, Daniel P. Lammertse, James D. Guest, John D. Steeves	2020	20
18	Imaging characteristics of chronic spinal cord injury identified during screening for a cell transplantation clinical trial Neurosurgical FOCUS ·Joshua D. Burks, Katie Gant, James D. Guest, A. GOLDUP, Ravi Ramamurthy, Kim D. Anderson, W. Dalton Dietrich, Mary Bartlett Bunge, Barth A. Green, Aisha Khan, Damien D. Pearse, Efrat Saraf‐Lavi, Allan D. Levi	2019	7
19	Human Schwann cells exhibit long‐term cell survival, are not tumorigenic and promote repair when transplanted into the contused spinal cord Glia ·立木美香, Gagani Athauda, Gabriela De la Cruz, Wai‐Man Chan, Roozbeh Golshani, Yerko Berrocal, Andrien Pramono, Anil K. Lalwani, Chikato Mannoji, Helen Jacobs, P. Anthony Otero, Aisha Khan, Alexander Marcillo, Michael D. Norenberg, Allan D. Levi, Patrick M. Wood, James D. Guest, W. Dalton Dietrich, Mary Bartlett Bunge, Damien D. Pearse	2017	43
20	Minimally Invasive Cervical Expansile Laminoplasty: An Initial Cadaveric Study Neurosurgery ·Michael Y. Wang, Barth A. Green, Ernesto Coscarella, Mustafa K. Başkaya, Allan D. Levi, James D. Guest	2003	21

About James D. Guest

James D. Guest is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Developmental Neuroscience, Surgery, Emergency Medicine and Rehabilitation, having authored 139 papers that have together received 5.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Spinal Cord Injury Research (86 papers), Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation (31 papers), Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations (30 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (21 papers), Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (18 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (17 papers), Trauma Management and Diagnosis (15 papers) and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pathology and Forensic Medicine (3.6k citations), Developmental Neuroscience (702 citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (1.7k citations), Rehabilitation (510 citations) and Genetics (676 citations). James D. Guest has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Michael G. Fehlings, Richard P. Bunge, Armin Curt, Robert G. Grossman, Mary Bartlett Bunge, Bruce H. Dobkin, Erik D. Hiester, Steven Kirshblum, James S. Harrop and Bizhan Aarabi. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Neurotrauma, Global Spine Journal, Spinal Cord, Journal of Neurosurgery Spine and Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation.

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