John Shillito

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

John Shillito is a scholar working on Neurology, Surgery and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, John Shillito has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Neurology, 20 papers in Surgery and 12 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in John Shillito's work include Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations (12 papers), Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus (9 papers) and Cleft Lip and Palate Research (5 papers). John Shillito is often cited by papers focused on Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations (12 papers), Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus (9 papers) and Cleft Lip and Palate Research (5 papers). John Shillito collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. John Shillito's co-authors include Donald D. Matson, Pierce Gardner, Stephen C. Schoenbaum, Edwin G. Fischer, Frances M. Dyro, Robin I. Davidson, A. Loren Amacher, Keasley Welch, Dominic Foo and Alain B. Rossier and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Brain.

In The Last Decade

John Shillito

48 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Infections of Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts: Epidemiology, C... 1968 2026 1987 2006 1975 1968 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Infections of Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts: Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations, and Therapy
    1975 442 citations John Shillito et al. profile →
  2. CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS: A REVIEW OF 519 SURGICAL PATIENTS
    1968 311 citations John Shillito, Donald D. Matson PEDIATRICS 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 Shillito United States 23 815 652 626 595 452 53 2.3k
Juan F. Martínez-Lage Spain 23 673 0.8× 396 0.6× 307 0.5× 439 0.7× 171 0.4× 96 1.5k
Curtis W. Dewey United States 29 647 0.8× 431 0.7× 388 0.6× 191 0.3× 227 0.5× 83 2.1k
Sharon E. Byrd United States 25 483 0.6× 226 0.3× 177 0.3× 242 0.4× 122 0.3× 82 1.6k
Ashok Kumar Mahapatra India 36 2.0k 2.5× 773 1.2× 741 1.2× 1.4k 2.4× 182 0.4× 324 4.6k
A. A. M. Gibson United Kingdom 24 611 0.7× 145 0.2× 125 0.2× 210 0.4× 248 0.5× 52 2.3k
Dale R. Meyer United States 35 1.1k 1.4× 162 0.2× 564 0.9× 494 0.8× 285 0.6× 153 3.5k
Ketan Desai India 26 2.0k 2.4× 428 0.7× 546 0.9× 666 1.1× 88 0.2× 84 2.9k
R.G. Bunge United States 20 584 0.7× 84 0.1× 473 0.8× 189 0.3× 209 0.5× 53 2.1k
James R. van Dellen South Africa 23 1.1k 1.3× 432 0.7× 217 0.3× 692 1.2× 47 0.1× 77 2.0k
Gary L. Hedlund United States 26 725 0.9× 167 0.3× 203 0.3× 305 0.5× 108 0.2× 70 2.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shillito, John & Peter McL. Black. (2008). THE HARVARD NEUROSURGICAL SERVICE AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON AND BRIGHAM & WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, 1912–2007. Neurosurgery. 63(3). 579–593. 7 indexed citations
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Shillito, John. (1996). Pediatric lumbar disc surgery: 20 patients under 15 years of age. Surgical Neurology. 46(1). 14–17. 39 indexed citations
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Shillito, John. (1992). A plea for early operation for craniosynostosis. Surgical Neurology. 37(3). 182–188. 39 indexed citations
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Hornig, Gregory W. & John Shillito. (1990). Intestinal perforation by peritoneal shunt tubing: report of two cases. Surgical Neurology. 33(4). 288–290. 28 indexed citations
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Berde, Charles B., et al.. (1990). Subarachnoid Bupivacaine Analgesia for Seven Months for a Patient with a Spinal Cord Tumor. Anesthesiology. 72(6). 1094–1096. 47 indexed citations
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Moore, Matthew R., Eugene Rossitch, & John Shillito. (1989). Cushing and epilepsy surgery: Two successfully treated cases with long-term follow-up. Surgical Neurology. 32(3). 241–245.
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Shillito, John, et al.. (1988). CT Demonstration of Extradural Thoracic Meningioma. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 12(3). 536–537. 5 indexed citations
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Hughes, Edward N., John Shillito, Stephen E. Sallan, et al.. (1988). Medulloblastoma at the joint center for radiation therapy between 1968 and 1984.The influence of radiation dose on the patterns of failure and survival. Cancer. 61(10). 1992–1998. 139 indexed citations
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Keating, Michael A., Richard C. Rink, Stuart B. Bauer, et al.. (1988). Neurourological Implications of the Changing Approach in Management of Occult Spinal Lesions. The Journal of Urology. 140(5 Part 2). 1299–1301. 85 indexed citations
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Cabot, Richard C., Robert E. Scully, Eugene J. Mark, et al.. (1983). Case 6-1983. New England Journal of Medicine. 308(6). 326–332. 2 indexed citations
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Shillito, John. (1983). Donald Darrow Matson, 1913–1969. Surgical Neurology. 20(6). 437–439. 3 indexed citations
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Shillito, John, et al.. (1982). An atlas of pediatric neurosurgical operations. Thieme eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Rossier, Alain B., Dominic Foo, John Shillito, et al.. (1981). Progressive late post-traumatic syringomyelia. Spinal Cord. 19(2). 96–97. 16 indexed citations
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Fischer, Edwin G., John Shillito, & Samuel R. Schuster. (1972). Ventriculo-direct atrial shunts. Journal of neurosurgery. 36(4). 438–440.
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Eisenberg, Howard M., Robin I. Davidson, & John Shillito. (1971). Lumboperitoneal shunts. Journal of neurosurgery. 35(4). 427–431. 42 indexed citations
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Abroms, Israel F., et al.. (1971). Spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage in patients suspected of multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 34(2). 157–162. 40 indexed citations
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Shillito, John & Donald D. Matson. (1968). CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS: A REVIEW OF 519 SURGICAL PATIENTS. PEDIATRICS. 41(4). 829–853. 311 indexed citations breakdown →
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Page, Larry K., H. Richard Tyler, & John Shillito. (1967). Neurosurgical Experiences with Herpes Simplex Encephalitis. Journal of neurosurgery. 27(4). 346–352. 22 indexed citations
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Shillito, John, et al.. (1964). PANTOPAQUE VISUALIZATION OF A CONGENITAL DURAL DEFECT OF THE INTERNAL AUDITORY MEATUS CAUSING RHINORRHEA. REPORT OF A CASE.. PubMed. 91. 640–6. 23 indexed citations
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Matson, Donald D. & John Shillito. (1961). Neurosurgical Procedures in the Treatment of Neoplastic Disease. New England Journal of Medicine. 265(1). 23–29. 4 indexed citations

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