John Collier

7.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
108 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

John Collier is a scholar working on Surgery, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, John Collier has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Surgery, 19 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 10 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in John Collier's work include Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (50 papers), Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (41 papers) and Tribology and Wear Analysis (17 papers). John Collier is often cited by papers focused on Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (50 papers), Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (41 papers) and Tribology and Wear Analysis (17 papers). John Collier collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. John Collier's co-authors include Malcolm Collier, Michael B. Mayor, John H. Currier, Barbara H. Currier, Robert E. Jensen, Karl G. Heider, Douglas W. Van Citters, Ian Williams, Francis E. Kennedy and Kenneth Saum and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.

In The Last Decade

John Collier

101 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

Visual Anthropology: Photography as a Research M... 1957 2026 1980 2003 1987 1988 1957 1968 250 500 750
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. Visual Anthropology: Photography as a Research Method
    1987 804 citations John Collier et al. profile →
  2. Visual Anthropology: Photography as a Research Method
    1988 383 citations John Collier et al. profile →
  3. Photography in Anthropology: A Report on Two Experiments
    1957 378 citations John Collier profile →
  4. Visual Anthropology: Photography as a Research Method
    1968 110 citations John Collier 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
John Collier United States 37 2.7k 1.1k 595 365 339 108 5.0k
Michael Christie United States 33 1.8k 0.7× 321 0.3× 164 0.3× 193 0.5× 20 0.1× 160 3.6k
Alan Carr Ireland 41 858 0.3× 760 0.7× 205 0.3× 286 0.8× 95 0.3× 263 6.2k
István Mészarós Hungary 23 303 0.1× 329 0.3× 654 1.1× 104 0.3× 87 0.3× 138 2.3k
Dimitra Dodou Netherlands 30 298 0.1× 430 0.4× 188 0.3× 497 1.4× 155 0.5× 117 4.7k
David Wood Australia 44 3.1k 1.1× 414 0.4× 83 0.1× 847 2.3× 18 0.1× 178 11.0k
William M. Johnston United States 52 623 0.2× 99 0.1× 220 0.4× 824 2.3× 236 0.7× 261 9.2k
William H. Harris United States 21 1.2k 0.5× 644 0.6× 141 0.2× 149 0.4× 61 0.2× 56 2.5k
Bernd Wegener Germany 25 640 0.2× 791 0.7× 114 0.2× 166 0.5× 36 0.1× 100 2.3k
Peter Schwartz United States 28 117 0.0× 149 0.1× 813 1.4× 159 0.4× 892 2.6× 126 3.0k
Norman Brown United States 47 88 0.0× 666 0.6× 1.6k 2.7× 307 0.8× 1.7k 5.0× 225 7.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Collier

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Collier

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Collier. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Collier based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with John Collier. John Collier is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Collier, John. (2017). Cancian: Another Place. ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania). 1 indexed citations
2.
Collier, John. (2017). The Touch of Nutmeg: And More Unlikely Stories.
3.
Berry, Daniel J., John H. Currier, Michael B. Mayor, & John Collier. (2012). Knee Wear Measured in Retrievals: A Polished Tray Reduces Insert Wear. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 470(7). 1860–1868. 44 indexed citations
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Citters, Douglas W. Van, et al.. (2011). Femoral Stem Fracture and In Vivo Corrosion of Retrieved Modular Femoral Hips. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 27(7). 1389–1396.e1. 65 indexed citations
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Berry, Daniel J., Barbara H. Currier, Michael B. Mayor, & John Collier. (2011). Gamma-irradiation Sterilization in an Inert Environment: A Partial Solution. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 470(7). 1805–1813. 36 indexed citations
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Currier, Barbara H., John H. Currier, Michael B. Mayor, et al.. (2007). Evaluation of Oxidation and Fatigue Damage of Retrieved Crossfire Polyethylene Acetabular Cups. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 89(9). 2023–2029. 86 indexed citations
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Collier, John, et al.. (2000). An assessment of the MediSense Precision G blood glucose testing system in a comparison with the Synchron CX7 plasma assay. Practical Diabetes International. 17(4). 123–126. 1 indexed citations
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Collier, John & Vaughan Lowe. (1999). The Settlement Of Disputes In International Law. 31 indexed citations
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Collier, John, et al.. (1998). An Analysis of Hylamer and Polyethylene Bearings From Retrieved Acetabular Components. Orthopedics. 21(8). 865–871. 45 indexed citations
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Currier, Barbara H., John H. Currier, John Collier, Michael B. Mayor, & Richard D. Scott. (1997). Shelf Life and In Vivo Duration; Impacts on Performance of Tibial Bearings. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 342(342). 111???122–111???122. 82 indexed citations
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Collier, John, et al.. (1996). Impact of gamma sterilization on clinical performance of polyethylene in the knee. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 11(4). 377–389. 236 indexed citations
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Collier, John, et al.. (1995). The H II Regions of NGC 6822. IV. A Multivariate and Bivariate Analysis. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 107. 361–361. 2 indexed citations
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Collier, John. (1993). Whence the motive for collaboration?. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 16(3). 517–518. 1 indexed citations
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Collier, John, et al.. (1993). Loss of hydroxyapatite coating on retrieved, total hip components. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 8(4). 389–393. 102 indexed citations
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Collier, John, et al.. (1992). Enhanced ingrowth of porous‐coated CoCr implants plasma‐sprayed with tricalcium phosphate. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. 26(1). 93–102. 31 indexed citations
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Collier, John, et al.. (1988). Efficacy of Plasma‐Sprayed Tricalcium Phosphate in Enhancing the Fixation of Smooth Titanium Intramedullary Rods. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 523(1). 81–90. 14 indexed citations
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Collier, John. (1987). Visual anthropology's contribution to the field of anthropology. Visual Anthropology. 1(1). 37–46. 35 indexed citations
18.
Collier, John. (1979). Shakespeare's Legal Acquirements Considered. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Collier, John. (1966). Illustrations of old English literature. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 3 indexed citations
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Collier, John, et al.. (1956). The Nez Perces: Tribesmen of the Columbia Plateau. Ethnohistory. 3(2). 184–184. 4 indexed citations

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