John Bruce

2.0k total citations
141 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

John Bruce is a scholar working on Surgery, Emergency Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, John Bruce has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Surgery, 83 papers in Emergency Medicine and 23 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in John Bruce's work include Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (58 papers), Abdominal Trauma and Injuries (43 papers) and Trauma Management and Diagnosis (21 papers). John Bruce is often cited by papers focused on Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (58 papers), Abdominal Trauma and Injuries (43 papers) and Trauma Management and Diagnosis (21 papers). John Bruce collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and New Zealand. John Bruce's co-authors include Damian Clarke, Grant Laing, Victor Kong, W Bekker, Gordon B. Drummond, David Lee Skinner, C Aldous, Geoffrey H. Sharwood-Smith, Petra Brysiewicz and Benn Sartorius and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Pediatrics.

In The Last Decade

John Bruce

133 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Bruce South Africa 20 703 576 171 167 132 141 1.3k
Victor Kong South Africa 19 783 1.1× 706 1.2× 297 1.7× 129 0.8× 123 0.9× 182 1.5k
Brandon Bruns United States 19 565 0.8× 453 0.8× 181 1.1× 106 0.6× 161 1.2× 71 1.1k
Lorenzo Paladino United States 18 340 0.5× 471 0.8× 226 1.3× 120 0.7× 141 1.1× 57 1.1k
Takeyuki Kiguchi Japan 20 297 0.4× 839 1.5× 124 0.7× 116 0.7× 210 1.6× 97 1.3k
Grant Laing South Africa 19 673 1.0× 664 1.2× 163 1.0× 159 1.0× 133 1.0× 140 1.2k
Amy J. Goldberg United States 22 784 1.1× 643 1.1× 234 1.4× 107 0.6× 55 0.4× 73 1.4k
Itai Shavit Israel 18 321 0.5× 353 0.6× 152 0.9× 82 0.5× 118 0.9× 101 1.2k
Yoo Seok Park South Korea 22 338 0.5× 612 1.1× 207 1.2× 133 0.8× 429 3.3× 100 1.4k
Paula Ferrada United States 24 777 1.1× 540 0.9× 249 1.5× 216 1.3× 167 1.3× 101 1.4k
Claudia E. Goettler United States 20 436 0.6× 333 0.6× 219 1.3× 74 0.4× 138 1.0× 44 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by John Bruce

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Bruce

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Bruce

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Laing, Grant, et al.. (2025). Random Forest Machine Learning Matches Human Expert Accuracy in Trauma Severity Scoring. World Journal of Surgery. 49(11). 3242–3247.
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Kong, Victor, et al.. (2023). The association between rural or urban setting and outcomes in geriatric trauma patients in South Africa: a retrospective cohort study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14. 100184–100184. 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Michelle, et al.. (2023). The Efficacy of VAMMFT Compared to “Bogota Bag” in Achieving Sheath Closure Following Temporary Abdominal Closure at Index Laparotomy for Trauma. World Journal of Surgery. 47(6). 1436–1441. 1 indexed citations
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Kong, Victor, N Rajaretnam, Chris Varghese, et al.. (2022). Management of penetrating thoracic trauma with retained knife blade: 15-year experience from a major trauma centre in South Africa. PubMed Central. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Michelle, John Bruce, & Damian Clarke. (2021). Using Machine Learning to Establish Predictors of Mortality in Patients Undergoing Laparotomy for Emergency General Surgical Conditions. World Journal of Surgery. 46(2). 339–346. 2 indexed citations
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Traynor, Michael D., Matthew C. Hernandez, Denise B. Klinkner, et al.. (2020). Comparison of the Pediatric Resuscitation and Trauma Outcome (PRESTO) Model and Pediatric Trauma Scoring Systems in a Middle‐Income Country. World Journal of Surgery. 44(8). 2518–2525. 4 indexed citations
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Kong, Victor, W Bekker, John Bruce, et al.. (2019). Primary repair of duodenal injuries: a retrospective cohort study from a major trauma centre in South Africa. Scandinavian Journal of Surgery. 108(4). 280–284. 15 indexed citations
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Kong, Victor, Joanna M. Blodgett, Grant Laing, et al.. (2019). Damage control or definitive repair? A retrospective review of abdominal trauma at a major trauma center in South Africa. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 4(1). e000235–e000235. 12 indexed citations
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Kong, Victor, et al.. (2019). Traumatic renal injury: Five-year experience at a major trauma centre in South Africa. Injury. 51(1). 39–44. 10 indexed citations
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Kong, Victor, Joanna M. Blodgett, Grant Laing, et al.. (2018). Lessons learnt from the Pietermaritzburg experience with damage control laparotomy for trauma. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps. 164(6). 428–431. 4 indexed citations
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Kong, Victor, et al.. (2018). Spectrum of injuries resulting from gunshot wounds in car hijacking: a South African experience. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 3(1). e000260–e000260. 3 indexed citations
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Kong, Victor, et al.. (2018). Routine cervical spine immobilisation is unnecessary in patients with isolated cerebral gunshot wounds: A South African experience. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 30(6). 773–776. 2 indexed citations
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Kong, Victor, Joanna M. Blodgett, George Oosthuizen, et al.. (2018). The spectrum of injuries resulting from abdominal stab wounds with isolated omental evisceration: A South African experience. The American Journal of Surgery. 217(4). 653–657. 7 indexed citations
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Hernandez, Matthew C., Stephanie F. Polites, Johnathon M. Aho, et al.. (2017). Measuring Anatomic Severity in Pediatric Appendicitis: Validation of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Appendicitis Severity Grade. The Journal of Pediatrics. 192. 229–233. 19 indexed citations
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Oosthuizen, G. V., et al.. (2016). Pan computed tomography for blunt polytrauma: Are we doing too many?. South African Medical Journal. 106(8). 801–801. 9 indexed citations
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Clarke, Damian, et al.. (2016). The incidence, spectrum and outcomes of traumatic bladder injuries within the Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Trauma Service. Injury. 47(5). 1057–1063. 22 indexed citations
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D’Souza, Nigel, John Bruce, Damian Clarke, & Grant Laing. (2016). Laparoscopy for Occult Left-sided Diaphragm Injury Following Penetrating Thoracoabdominal Trauma is Both Diagnostic and Therapeutic. Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques. 26(1). e5–e8. 19 indexed citations
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Kong, Victor, George Oosthuizen, Benn Sartorius, John Bruce, & Damian Clarke. (2014). Penetrating cardiac injuries and the evolving management algorithm in the current era. Journal of Surgical Research. 193(2). 926–932. 19 indexed citations

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