James Dowdell

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

James Dowdell is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, James Dowdell has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Surgery, 71 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 23 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in James Dowdell's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (71 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (44 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (23 papers). James Dowdell is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (71 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (44 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (23 papers). James Dowdell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Japan. James Dowdell's co-authors include Samuel K. Cho, Mark Erwin, Alexander R. Vaccaro, James C. Iatridis, Jun Kim, Sheeraz A. Qureshi, Kevin Phan, John Di Capua, Evan Sheha and Sravisht Iyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Spine, Neurosurgery and Bone.

In The Last Decade

James Dowdell

71 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Intervertebral Disk Degeneration and Repair 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
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. Intervertebral Disk Degeneration and Repair
    2017 360 citations James Dowdell 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
James Dowdell United States 22 1.1k 981 366 213 107 91 1.6k
Adam L. Shimer United States 28 1.7k 1.5× 1.5k 1.6× 565 1.5× 243 1.1× 122 1.1× 82 2.3k
Barrett I. Woods United States 18 961 0.9× 901 0.9× 364 1.0× 128 0.6× 42 0.4× 125 1.4k
Arjun S. Sebastian United States 21 1.2k 1.1× 805 0.8× 130 0.4× 172 0.8× 109 1.0× 145 1.5k
D. Kojo Hamilton United States 28 1.8k 1.7× 1.2k 1.2× 166 0.5× 244 1.1× 130 1.2× 155 2.3k
Norman Chutkan United States 23 784 0.7× 497 0.5× 187 0.5× 157 0.7× 79 0.7× 54 1.6k
Nitin Bhatia United States 21 1.4k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 405 1.1× 208 1.0× 38 0.4× 96 1.8k
Stuart H. Hershman United States 21 1.1k 1.1× 656 0.7× 109 0.3× 323 1.5× 121 1.1× 67 1.5k
Ezequiel Cassinelli United States 20 934 0.9× 943 1.0× 393 1.1× 154 0.7× 43 0.4× 34 1.3k
Scott C. Wagner United States 21 1.3k 1.2× 863 0.9× 177 0.5× 252 1.2× 44 0.4× 113 1.8k
Shih‐Tien Wang Taiwan 21 1.2k 1.2× 714 0.7× 123 0.3× 157 0.7× 42 0.4× 83 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Dowdell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Dowdell

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Henry, Michael, James Dowdell, & Andy O. Miller. (2025). Pyogenic Vertebral Osteomyelitis. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. 39(3). 419–435.
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Zhang, Joshua, Tejas Subramanian, Annette Ehrlich, et al.. (2025). Uniportal Endoscopic Microdiscectomy Is an Effective Treatment Option for Far-Lateral Lumbar Disk Herniations. HSS Journal® The Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Special Surgery. 22(2). 138–144.
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Araghi, Kasra, Takashi Hirase, Tomoyuki Asada, et al.. (2025). Surgical Site Infection After Posterior Lumbar Instrumented Fusions. HSS Journal® The Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Special Surgery. 22(2). 123–131. 1 indexed citations
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Shahi, Pratyush, Tejas Subramanian, Kyle W. Morse, et al.. (2025). Effectiveness of Minimally Invasive Decompression Alone in L4-5 Degenerative Spondylolisthesis With Translational Motion. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication. 39(1). E8–E14.
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Shahi, Pratyush, Junho Song, Tejas Subramanian, et al.. (2024). Clinical and Radiologic Predictors of Slower Improvement and Nonimprovement After Surgical Treatment of L4-L5 Degenerative Spondylolisthesis. Spine. 50(3). 187–195. 1 indexed citations
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Kazarian, Gregory S., Mitchell A. Johnson, Takashi Hirase, et al.. (2024). Analysis of 1027 Adverse Events Reports for Interspinous Process Devices From the US Food and Drug Administration Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience Database. The International Journal of Spine Surgery. 18(6). 667–675. 1 indexed citations
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Subramanian, Tejas, Daniel Shinn, Pratyush Shahi, et al.. (2023). Severe Obesity Is an Independent Risk Factor of Early Readmission and Nonhome Discharge After Cervical Disc Replacement. Neurospine. 20(3). 890–898. 8 indexed citations
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Shahi, Pratyush, Omri Maayan, Daniel Shinn, et al.. (2023). Floor-Mounted Robotic Pedicle Screw Placement in Lumbar Spine Surgery: An Analysis of 1,050 Screws. Neurospine. 20(2). 577–586. 11 indexed citations
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Bovonratwet, Patawut, Aaron Z. Chen, Junho Song, et al.. (2023). Telemedicine in Spine Patients. Spine. 49(3). 208–213. 2 indexed citations
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Shahi, Pratyush, Omri Maayan, Tejas Subramanian, et al.. (2023). 147. Preoperative disability influences effectiveness of MCID and PASS in predicting patient improvement following cervical spine surgery. The Spine Journal. 23(9). S75–S75.
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Shahi, Pratyush, Sidhant Dalal, Daniel Shinn, et al.. (2023). Improvement following minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in patients aged 70 years or older compared with younger age groups. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 54(1). E4–E4. 13 indexed citations
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Shahi, Pratyush, Tejas Subramanian, Evan Sheha, et al.. (2023). Perception of Robotics and Navigation by Spine Fellows and Early Attendings: The Impact of These Technologies on Their Training and Practice. World Neurosurgery. 181. e330–e338. 2 indexed citations
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Bovonratwet, Patawut, Junho Song, Daniel Shinn, et al.. (2022). Telemedicine Visits Can Generate Highly Accurate Diagnoses and Surgical Plans for Spine Patients. Spine. 47(17). 1194–1202. 10 indexed citations
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Alluri, Ram K., et al.. (2021). Location of the Femoral Nerve in the Lateral Decubitus Versus Prone Position. Global Spine Journal. 13(7). 1765–1770. 17 indexed citations
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Dowdell, James, et al.. (2021). Current state of navigation in spine surgery. Annals of Translational Medicine. 9(1). 85–85. 48 indexed citations
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Kim, Han Jo, Matthew E. Cunningham, Frank J. Schwab, et al.. (2020). Patients with abnormal microarchitecture have an increased risk of early complications after spinal fusion surgery. Bone. 143. 115731–115731. 17 indexed citations
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Lovy, Andrew J., Aakash Keswani, Christina M. Beck, James Dowdell, & Bradford O. Parsons. (2017). Risk factors for and timing of adverse events after total shoulder arthroplasty. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 26(6). 1003–1010. 49 indexed citations

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