Jean-Valéry Coumans

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Jean-Valéry Coumans is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jean-Valéry Coumans has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Surgery, 21 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 15 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Jean-Valéry Coumans's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (18 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (14 papers) and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (8 papers). Jean-Valéry Coumans is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (18 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (14 papers) and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (8 papers). Jean-Valéry Coumans collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Italy. Jean-Valéry Coumans's co-authors include Brian P. Walcott, Brian V. Nahed, Kristopher T. Kahle, Ahmed Mohyeldin, Manuel Ferreira, Khalid M. Abbed, Isador H. Lieberman, Sameer A. Sheth, Faheem A. Sandhu and Hai Ning Dai and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, PLoS ONE and Radiology.

In The Last Decade

Jean-Valéry Coumans

51 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Chordoma: current concepts, management, and future directions

2012 506 citations Brian P. Walcott, Brian V. Nahed et al. The Lancet Oncology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jean-Valéry Coumans United States	17	683	479	457	445	312	54	1.6k
Wesley Hsu United States	20	649 1.0×	233 0.5×	319 0.7×	268 0.6×	97 0.3×	69	1.3k
Salvatore Chibbaro France	28	928 1.4×	192 0.4×	297 0.6×	321 0.7×	90 0.3×	139	2.1k
William M. Keane United States	27	888 1.3×	143 0.3×	153 0.3×	483 1.1×	116 0.4×	97	2.4k
Hideshi Sugiura Japan	25	958 1.4×	708 1.5×	465 1.0×	1.4k 3.2×	134 0.4×	146	2.7k
Antonino Raco Italy	31	1.4k 2.1×	330 0.7×	722 1.6×	694 1.6×	99 0.3×	180	3.3k
Fred Gentili Canada	34	2.5k 3.7×	370 0.8×	447 1.0×	278 0.6×	144 0.5×	152	4.1k
Alfredo Pompili Italy	25	477 0.7×	125 0.3×	156 0.3×	347 0.8×	74 0.2×	62	1.6k
Anand K. Devaiah United States	22	630 0.9×	159 0.3×	83 0.2×	154 0.3×	107 0.3×	64	1.3k
Eliezer Katz United States	22	390 0.6×	189 0.4×	584 1.3×	109 0.2×	30 0.1×	55	1.6k
Philipp R. Aldana United States	18	371 0.5×	74 0.2×	360 0.8×	323 0.7×	21 0.1×	63	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Jean-Valéry Coumans

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jean-Valéry Coumans

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Hadzipasic, Muhamed, Elie Massaad, Ali Kiapour, et al.. (2025). ROCK-dependent mechanotransduction of macroscale forces drives fibrosis in degenerative spinal disease. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 9(10). 1677–1690. 1 indexed citations

Massaad, Elie, Ali Kiapour, D. Thomas, et al.. (2024). Disparities in Surgical Intervention and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Racial/Ethnic Groups With Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis. Neurosurgery. 95(3). 576–583. 1 indexed citations

Grannan, Benjamin L., et al.. (2023). Congenitally Fused Cervical Spine Is Associated With Adjacent-Level Degeneration in the Absence of Cervical Spine Surgery. Neurosurgery. 93(2). 409–418.

Urakov, Timur, Pamela S. Jones, Jean-Valéry Coumans, et al.. (2023). Neurological Surgery Residency Programs in the United States: A National Cross-Sectional Survey. Neurosurgery. 94(3). 529–537.

Koch, Matthew J., Christopher J. Stapleton, Pankaj K. Agarwalla, et al.. (2017). Open and endovascular treatment of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas: a 10-year experience. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 26(4). 519–523. 37 indexed citations

Koch, Matthew J., Christopher J. Stapleton, Pankaj K. Agarwalla, et al.. (2016). 157 Open and Endovascular Treatment of Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistulae. Neurosurgery. 63(Supplement 1). 163–163. 2 indexed citations

Walcott, Brian P., et al.. (2014). Cervical osteophyte resulting in compression of the jugular foramen. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 21(4). 565–567. 6 indexed citations

Walcott, Brian P., Kristopher T. Kahle, Sameer A. Sheth, et al.. (2013). Induced and Sustained Hypernatremia for the Prevention and Treatment of Cerebral Edema Following Brain Injury. Neurocritical Care. 19(2). 222–231. 28 indexed citations

Walcott, Brian P., Navid Redjal, & Jean-Valéry Coumans. (2012). Infection following operations on the central nervous system: deconstructing the myth of the sterile field. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 33(5). E8–E8. 23 indexed citations

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Nahed, Brian V., et al.. (2012). Socioeconomic Status Correlates with the Prevalence of Advanced Coronary Artery Disease in the United States. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e46314–e46314. 21 indexed citations

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Walcott, Brian P., Brian V. Nahed, Ahmed Mohyeldin, et al.. (2012). Chordoma: current concepts, management, and future directions. The Lancet Oncology. 13(2). e69–e76. 506 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aghi, Manish K., Brian P. Walcott, Brian V. Nahed, et al.. (2011). Determinants of initial bone graft volume loss in posterolateral lumbar fusion. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 18(9). 1193–1196. 5 indexed citations

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Walcott, Brian P., Brian V. Nahed, Kristopher T. Kahle, Navid Redjal, & Jean-Valéry Coumans. (2011). Determination of geographic variance in stroke prevalence using Internet search engine analytics. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 30(6). E19–E19. 21 indexed citations

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Coumans, Jean-Valéry & Brian P. Walcott. (2011). Incidental vertebral lesions. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 31(6). E17–E17. 6 indexed citations

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Walcott, Brian P., Brian V. Nahed, Navid Redjal, et al.. (2011). Pathological mechanism of lumbar disc herniation resulting in neurogenic muscle hypertrophy. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 18(12). 1682–1684. 7 indexed citations

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Walcott, Brian P., Elena V. Kuklina, Brian V. Nahed, et al.. (2011). Craniectomy for Malignant Cerebral Infarction: Prevalence and Outcomes in US Hospitals. PLoS ONE. 6(12). e29193–e29193. 39 indexed citations

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Naunheim, Matthew R., Brian P. Walcott, Brian V. Nahed, et al.. (2011). The Quality of Randomized Controlled Trial Reporting in Spine Literature. Spine. 36(16). 1326–1330. 12 indexed citations

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Coumans, Jean-Valéry, Brian P. Walcott, Navid Redjal, Kristopher T. Kahle, & Brian V. Nahed. (2011). En bloc excision of a dermal sinus tract. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 18(4). 554–558. 3 indexed citations

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Bregman, Barbara S., Jean-Valéry Coumans, Haining Dai, et al.. (2003). Recovery of Locomotion and Skilled Forelimb Function After Spinal Cord Injury in Rats: Effects of Transplants and Neurotrophic Factors. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation. 8(4). 52–68. 1 indexed citations

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Coumans, Jean-Valéry, et al.. (2003). Kyphoplasty for vertebral compression fractures: 1-year clinical outcomes from a prospective study. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 99(1). 44–50. 163 indexed citations

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