John Caffey

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
44 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

John Caffey is a scholar working on Surgery, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Caffey has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Surgery, 8 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 8 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in John Caffey's work include Child Abuse and Related Trauma (6 papers), Cleft Lip and Palate Research (4 papers) and Child and Adolescent Health (4 papers). John Caffey is often cited by papers focused on Child Abuse and Related Trauma (6 papers), Cleft Lip and Palate Research (4 papers) and Child and Adolescent Health (4 papers). John Caffey collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. John Caffey's co-authors include Thomas L. Slovis, Brent H. Adler, R. Silbey, Jerald P. Kuhn, Frederic N. Silverman, J. L. Williams, Charles Royer, Pablo Morales, S E Ross and William A. Silverman and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PEDIATRICS and Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

In The Last Decade

John Caffey

43 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

The Whiplash Shaken Infant Syndrome: Manual Shaking by the Extremities With Whiplash-Induced Intracranial and Intraocular Bleedings, Linked With Residual Permanent Brain Damage and Mental Retardation

1974 461 citations John Caffey PEDIATRICS profile →
On the Theory and Practice of Shaking Infants

1972 404 citations John Caffey profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Caffey United States	23	1.1k	627	565	442	380	44	2.2k
David F. Merten United States	24	645 0.6×	433 0.7×	720 1.3×	236 0.5×	125 0.3×	75	2.3k
Paul K. Kleinman United States	35	1.7k 1.6×	1.1k 1.8×	946 1.7×	830 1.9×	342 0.9×	131	3.5k
John C. Leonidas United States	28	462 0.4×	422 0.7×	1.2k 2.1×	142 0.3×	63 0.2×	107	2.2k
Rick R. van Rijn Netherlands	35	688 0.6×	567 0.9×	1.2k 2.1×	303 0.7×	177 0.5×	240	4.5k
Ilona S. Szer United States	26	772 0.7×	71 0.1×	391 0.7×	263 0.6×	91 0.2×	44	2.8k
Mary Ann Radkowski United States	15	387 0.4×	214 0.3×	327 0.6×	147 0.3×	64 0.2×	38	888
H. Carty United Kingdom	28	432 0.4×	271 0.4×	1.0k 1.8×	71 0.2×	41 0.1×	120	2.3k
Boaz Karmazyn United States	26	562 0.5×	358 0.6×	992 1.8×	111 0.3×	46 0.1×	115	2.1k
Alan Sprigg United Kingdom	21	527 0.5×	173 0.3×	526 0.9×	76 0.2×	51 0.1×	56	1.3k
Liisa Hovi Finland	31	869 0.8×	112 0.2×	127 0.2×	68 0.2×	150 0.4×	89	2.6k

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Caffey, John. (2010). The Classic: Multiple Fractures in the Long Bones of Infants Suffering From Chronic Subdural Hematoma. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 469(3). 755–758. 18 indexed citations

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Caffey, John, Frederic N. Silverman, & Jerald P. Kuhn. (1985). Caffey's Pediatric X-Ray Diagnosis: An Integrated Imaging Approach. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 83 indexed citations

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Caffey, John. (1978). Pediatric x-ray diagnosis: Textbook for students and practitioners of pediatrics, surgery & radiology. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 10 indexed citations

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Caffey, John. (1974). The Whiplash Shaken Infant Syndrome: Manual Shaking by the Extremities With Whiplash-Induced Intracranial and Intraocular Bleedings, Linked With Residual Permanent Brain Damage and Mental Retardation. PEDIATRICS. 54(4). 396–403. 461 indexed citations breakdown →

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Caffey, John. (1972). The parent-infant traumatic stress syndrome; (Caffey-Kempe syndrome), (battered babe syndrome).. PubMed. 114(2). 218–29. 32 indexed citations

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Caffey, John. (1972). THE FIRST ANNUAL NEUHAUSER PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS OF THE SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY. American Journal of Roentgenology. 114(2). 216–229. 11 indexed citations

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Caffey, John. (1968). THE EARLY ROENTGENOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN ESSENTIAL COXA PLANA; THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IN PATHOGENESIS. American Journal of Roentgenology. 103(3). 620–634. 40 indexed citations

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Caffey, John. (1967). CONGENITAL STENOSIS OF MEDULLARY SPACES IN TUBULAR BONES AND CALVARIA IN TWO PROPORTIONATE DWARFS—MOTHER AND SON; COUPLED WITH TRANSITORY HYPOCALCEMIC TETANY. American Journal of Roentgenology. 100(1). 1–11. 55 indexed citations

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Caffey, John. (1965). Significance of the history in the diagnosis of traumatic injury to children. The Journal of Pediatrics. 67(5). 1008–1014. 16 indexed citations

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Caffey, John, et al.. (1959). Acute atrophy of the thymus induced by adrenocorticosteroids: observed roentgenographically in living infants: a preliminary report.. PubMed. 82. 530–40. 20 indexed citations

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Caffey, John, et al.. (1958). Ossification of the Distal Femoral Epiphysis. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 40(3). 647–714. 58 indexed citations

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Caffey, John. (1958). THE AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 40(1). 244–244. 28 indexed citations

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Caffey, John & S E Ross. (1958). Pelvic bones in infantile mongoloidism; roentgenographic features.. PubMed. 80(3). 458–67. 29 indexed citations

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Caffey, John. (1958). Achondroplasia of pelvis and lumbosacral spine; some roentgenographic features.. PubMed. 80(3). 449–57. 28 indexed citations

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Se, Ross & John Caffey. (1957). Ossification of the calcaneal apophysis in healthy children: some normal radiographic features.. PubMed. 15(3). 224–6. 5 indexed citations

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Caffey, John. (1956). The first sixty years of pediatric roentgenology in the United States, 1896 to 1956.. PubMed. 76(3). 437–54. 4 indexed citations

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Caffey, John. (1955). On fibrous defects in cortical walls of growing tubular bones: their radiologic appearance, structure, prevalence, natural course, and diagnostic significance.. PubMed. 7. 13–51. 52 indexed citations

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Caffey, John. (1955). On Fibrous Defects in Cortical Walls of Growing Tubular Bones:. Advances in Pediatrics. 7(1). 13–51. 48 indexed citations

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Caffey, John, et al.. (1953). Roentgen Findings in the Skull and Chest in 1,030 Newborn Infants. Radiology. 61(1). 13–20. 5 indexed citations

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Caffey, John. (1951). Chronic poisoning due to excess of vitamin A; description of the clinical and roentgen manifestations in seven infants and young children.. PubMed. 65(1). 12–26. 15 indexed citations

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