Joseph N. Liu

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
226 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Joseph N. Liu is a scholar working on Surgery, Epidemiology and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph N. Liu has authored 226 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 181 papers in Surgery, 85 papers in Epidemiology and 45 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Joseph N. Liu's work include Shoulder Injury and Treatment (110 papers), Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries (77 papers) and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (44 papers). Joseph N. Liu is often cited by papers focused on Shoulder Injury and Treatment (110 papers), Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries (77 papers) and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (44 papers). Joseph N. Liu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and United Kingdom. Joseph N. Liu's co-authors include Anirudh K. Gowd, Grant H. Garcia, Nikhil N. Verma, Brandon C. Cabarcas, Avinesh Agarwalla, Anthony A. Romeo, Brian J. Cole, Gregory L. Cvetanovich, Brian Forsythe and David M. Dines and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Joseph N. Liu

194 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Establishing clinically significant outcome after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair

2019 235 citations Anirudh K. Gowd, Joseph N. Liu et al. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joseph N. Liu United States	35	3.1k	1.6k	729	488	299	226	4.0k
Gregory L. Cvetanovich United States	40	4.3k 1.4×	1.5k 1.0×	1.0k 1.4×	270 0.6×	497 1.7×	182	4.9k
Timothy Bhattacharyya United States	29	2.4k 0.8×	874 0.6×	587 0.8×	140 0.3×	298 1.0×	69	3.6k
Nathanael D. Heckmann United States	30	3.0k 1.0×	679 0.4×	214 0.3×	111 0.2×	272 0.9×	212	3.7k
Earl R. Bogoch Canada	36	3.3k 1.0×	855 0.5×	2.1k 2.9×	137 0.3×	172 0.6×	156	4.9k
Peter K. Sculco United States	41	5.7k 1.8×	333 0.2×	310 0.4×	272 0.6×	265 0.9×	354	6.4k
Sameer Aggarwal India	27	1.8k 0.6×	360 0.2×	706 1.0×	101 0.2×	122 0.4×	211	3.3k
V. Bühren Germany	37	3.4k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	447 0.6×	241 0.5×	70 0.2×	271	4.2k
Giorgio Gasparini Italy	26	1.4k 0.5×	572 0.4×	293 0.4×	159 0.3×	83 0.3×	126	2.1k
Anthony Adili Canada	24	1.5k 0.5×	598 0.4×	217 0.3×	82 0.2×	152 0.5×	64	1.9k
Hillary J. Braun United States	22	1.6k 0.5×	220 0.1×	1.1k 1.4×	239 0.5×	93 0.3×	80	2.7k

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Mayfield, Cory K., et al.. (2026). Injectable Peptide Therapy: A Primer for Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Physicians. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 54(1). 223–229.

Lamb, Chris, et al.. (2025). Rehabilitation and Long Term Outcomes Including Return to Work or Sport Following Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty. Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine. 18(4). 173–181.

Fathi, Amir T., et al.. (2025). Prevalence of Spin in Reviews on Intrawound Application of Vancomycin for Surgical Site Prophylaxis in Spine Surgery. Global Spine Journal. 15(6). 2969–2976.

Liu, Joseph N., et al.. (2025). Socioeconomic disadvantages and minority race correlate with worse outcomes following shoulder arthroplasty: a systematic review. JSES Reviews Reports and Techniques. 5(4). 812–819.

Mayfield, Cory K., et al.. (2025). Increasing use of reverse total shoulder arthroplasty in younger adults despite higher complication rates. JSES International. 9(5). 1693–1697.

Mayfield, Cory K., Ryan D. Freshman, Alexander E. Weber, et al.. (2024). Tranexamic acid use in total shoulder arthroplasty continues to increase and is safe in high-risk patients. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 34(5). 1138–1151. 1 indexed citations

Mayfield, Cory K., Ryan D. Freshman, Erin Brown, et al.. (2024). Perioperative opioid use in total shoulder arthroplasty is associated with dose-dependent risk of major surgical and medical complications. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 34(7). 1628–1640.

Mayfield, Cory K., et al.. (2024). Randomized controlled trials in the shoulder arthroplasty literature rarely include key demographic and socioeconomic patient data. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 33(6). e296–e301. 1 indexed citations

Fathi, Amir T., Ioanna K. Bolia, Frank A. Petrigliano, et al.. (2024). NCAA football players are at higher risk of upper extremity injury after first-time concussion. The Physician and Sportsmedicine. 52(6). 556–560. 1 indexed citations

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Freshman, Ryan D., et al.. (2024). Perioperative intravenous dexamethasone use is not associated with periprosthetic joint infection or wound healing complications following shoulder arthroplasty. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 34(1). 43–50. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Joseph N., et al.. (2023). The cost of ‘free’: Advising patients about sponsored genetic testing. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 90(3). 161–164. 2 indexed citations

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Phipatanakul, Wesley P., et al.. (2023). Random forest identifies predictors of discharge destination following total shoulder arthroplasty. JSES International. 8(2). 317–321. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Joseph N., et al.. (2023). Nebulized Ketamine Used for Managing Ankle Fracture in the Prehospital Emergency Setting: A Case Report. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(1). 43–46. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Joseph N., et al.. (2022). Use of ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block for incision and drainage of abdominal abscess in the emergency department. Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 29. 101446–101446. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Joseph N., Paul M. Sethi, Sean McMillan, et al.. (2020). Identification of the Sensory Dependent Locations of the Shoulder Joint to Optimize Surgical Approaches and Reduce Postoperative Pain: A Systematic Review.. Surgical Technology Online. 37. 331–335. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Joseph N., Avinesh Agarwalla, David R. Christian, et al.. (2020). Return to Sport Following High Tibial Osteotomy With Concomitant Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 48(8). 1945–1952. 23 indexed citations

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Agarwalla, Avinesh, Joseph N. Liu, Anirudh K. Gowd, et al.. (2019). Neurological structures and mediators of pain sensation in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger. 225. 28–32. 6 indexed citations

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Lee, Tae Jin, Yeshavanth Banasavadi‐Siddegowda, Joseph N. Liu, et al.. (2019). Enhancing Therapeutic Efficacy of Oncolytic Herpes Simplex Virus-1 with Integrin β1 Blocking Antibody OS2966. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 18(6). 1127–1136. 26 indexed citations

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Gowd, Anirudh K., Joseph N. Liu, Grant H. Garcia, et al.. (2019). Open Biceps Tenodesis Associated With Slightly Greater Rate of 30-Day Complications Than Arthroscopic: A Propensity-Matched Analysis. Arthroscopy The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery. 35(4). 1044–1049. 10 indexed citations

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An, Andrew, et al.. (2009). Therapeutic Responses to Exogenous VEGF-C Administration in Experimental Lymphedema: Immunohistochemical and Molecular Characterization. Lymphatic Research and Biology. 7(1). 47–57. 45 indexed citations

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