James G. Wright

27.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
263 papers, 18.2k citations indexed

About

James G. Wright is a scholar working on Surgery, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, James G. Wright has authored 263 papers receiving a total of 18.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Surgery, 46 papers in General Health Professions and 44 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in James G. Wright's work include Hip disorders and treatments (31 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (25 papers) and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (24 papers). James G. Wright is often cited by papers focused on Hip disorders and treatments (31 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (25 papers) and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (24 papers). James G. Wright collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. James G. Wright's co-authors include Dorcas Beaton, Jeffrey N. Katz, Claire Bombardier, Gillian Hawker, Pamela L. Hudak, Aileen M. Davis, Peter C. Amadio, Peter C. Coyte, Robert G. Marx and Matti Mäkelä and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

James G. Wright

256 papers receiving 17.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Development of an upper extremity outcome measure: The DASH (disabilities of the arm, shoulder, and head)

1996 4.1k citations Claire Bombardier, Dorcas Beaton et al. profile →
Development of the QuickDASH

2005 1.2k citations Dorcas Beaton, James G. Wright et al. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery profile →
Measuring the whole or the parts?

2001 1.1k citations Dorcas Beaton, James G. Wright et al. profile →
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Outcomes Instruments

2002 585 citations James G. Wright et al. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery profile →
Health-Related Quality of Life after Knee Replacement

1998 576 citations Gillian Hawker, James G. Wright et al. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery profile →
Development of a measure of physical function for patients with bone and soft tissue sarcoma

1996 447 citations James G. Wright, Jack I. Williams et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James G. Wright Canada	57	12.1k	3.3k	2.6k	2.4k	2.1k	263	18.2k
Joy C. MacDermid Canada	75	13.7k 1.1×	4.5k 1.3×	5.4k 2.1×	6.1k 2.6×	1.1k 0.5×	727	22.4k
Mohit Bhandari Canada	90	17.4k 1.4×	7.9k 2.4×	1.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	685	27.6k
David Ring United States	80	20.0k 1.6×	6.6k 2.0×	11.5k 4.4×	3.0k 1.3×	1.4k 0.7×	807	25.0k
Gillian Hawker Canada	80	14.2k 1.2×	2.8k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	5.7k 2.4×	8.7k 4.1×	354	29.4k
Paul W. Stratford Canada	64	9.0k 0.7×	2.1k 0.6×	3.2k 1.2×	7.7k 3.3×	2.6k 1.2×	243	26.6k
Daniëlle van der Windt United Kingdom	70	8.6k 0.7×	3.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.5×	8.7k 3.7×	1.8k 0.9×	297	28.2k
Anne H. Fossel United States	52	8.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.3×	700 0.3×	4.0k 1.7×	1.7k 0.8×	90	15.3k
Hannu Kautiainen Finland	70	4.3k 0.4×	2.1k 0.6×	872 0.3×	3.3k 1.4×	5.1k 2.4×	913	22.1k
Nicholas F. Taylor Australia	67	6.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.4×	2.3k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	753 0.4×	471	18.9k
Arianne P. Verhagen Netherlands	64	4.7k 0.4×	1.2k 0.4×	845 0.3×	6.6k 2.8×	1.1k 0.5×	300	14.7k

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Malone, Ailish, et al.. (2025). Duration of symptoms before diagnosis in degenerative cervical myelopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Brain and Spine. 5. 104252–104252.

Wright, James G.. (2023). Robots Won't Save Japan. Cornell University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations

Rosenbloom, Brittany N., M. Gabrielle Pagé, Lisa Isaac, et al.. (2019). <p>Pediatric Chronic Postsurgical Pain And Functional Disability: A Prospective Study Of Risk Factors Up To One Year After Major Surgery</p>. Journal of Pain Research. Volume 12. 3079–3098. 49 indexed citations

Alvarez, Christine M., et al.. (2018). Botulinum Toxin Type A Versus Placebo for Idiopathic Clubfoot. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 100(18). 1589–1596. 3 indexed citations

Shaha, James S., Mouhanad M. El‐Othmani, Kevin J. Bozic, et al.. (2015). The Growing Gap in Electronic Medical Record Satisfaction Between Clinicians and Information Technology Professionals. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 97(23). 1979–1984. 16 indexed citations

Wright, James G., et al.. (2011). Waiting for children’s surgery in Canada: the Canadian Paediatric Surgical Wait Times project. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 183(9). E559–E564. 39 indexed citations

Wright, James G., et al.. (2011). Burnout among faculty physicians in an academic health science centre. Paediatrics & Child Health. 16(7). 409–413. 45 indexed citations

Bederman, S. Samuel, Josie Chundamala, & James G. Wright. (2010). Randomized Clinical Trials in Orthopaedic Surgery: Strategies to Improve Quantity and Quality. Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 18(8). 454–463. 15 indexed citations

Wright, James G.. (2009). Evidence-based orthopaedics : the best answers to clinical questions. Elsevier eBooks. 12 indexed citations

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Hawker, Gillian, Elizabeth M. Badley, Ruth Croxford, et al.. (2009). A Population-Based Nested Case-Control Study of the Costs of Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery. Medical Care. 47(7). 732–741. 105 indexed citations

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Donaldson, Sandra, et al.. (2008). What Do Patients and Parents Know About Surgery for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis?. Spine. 33(20). E754–E758. 8 indexed citations

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Noordin, Shahryar, James G. Wright, & Andrew Howard. (2008). Global Access to Literature on Trauma. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 466(10). 2418–2421. 4 indexed citations

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Hawker, Gillian, James G. Wright, Peter C. Coyte, et al.. (2001). Determining the Need for Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: The Role of Clinical Severity and Patients??? Preferences. Medical Care. 39(3). 206–216. 252 indexed citations

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Marx, Robert G., et al.. (2001). A comparison of patients' responses about their disability with and without attribution to their affected area. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 54(6). 580–586. 16 indexed citations

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Hawker, Gillian, James G. Wright, Peter C. Coyte, et al.. (2000). Differences between Men and Women in the Rate of Use of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. New England Journal of Medicine. 342(14). 1016–1022. 497 indexed citations

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Feldman, David S., Douglas Hedden, & James G. Wright. (2000). The Use of Bone Scan to Investigate Back Pain in Children and Adolescents. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 20(6). 790–795. 39 indexed citations

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Gillingham, Bruce L. & James G. Wright. (1997). Convergent Dislocation of the Elbow. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 340(340). 198–201. 15 indexed citations

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Wright, James G. & Nancy L. Young. (1997). The Patient-Specific Index. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 79(7). 974–83. 143 indexed citations

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Young, Nancy L., Jenna Williams, Karen Yoshida, Claire Bombardier, & James G. Wright. (1996). The context of measuring disability: Does it matter whether capability or performance is measured?. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 49(10). 1097–1101. 110 indexed citations

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Wright, James G., Nancy L. Young, & David S. Stephens. (1995). Reported use of strategies by surgeons to prevent transmission of bloodborne diseases.. PubMed Central. 152(7). 1089–95. 16 indexed citations

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