Ki Soo Hwang

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ki Soo Hwang is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ki Soo Hwang has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Surgery, 32 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 6 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Ki Soo Hwang's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (32 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (23 papers) and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (19 papers). Ki Soo Hwang is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (32 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (23 papers) and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (19 papers). Ki Soo Hwang collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Spain. Ki Soo Hwang's co-authors include Frank Schwab, J. P. Farcy, Murali Pagala, Lorenzo Gamez, Arash Emami, Kumar Sinha, Michael Faloon, Kimona Issa, Sina Pourtaheri and Remi M. Ajiboye and has published in prestigious journals such as Spine, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research and European Spine Journal.

In The Last Decade

Ki Soo Hwang

40 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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.

Adult Scoliosis: Prevalence, SF-36, and Nutritional Parameters in an Elderly Volunteer Population

2005 651 citations Frank Schwab, Lorenzo Gamez et al. Spine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ki Soo Hwang United States	11	1.0k	705	82	57	41	45	1.1k
Sho Dohzono Japan	15	590 0.6×	499 0.7×	104 1.3×	89 1.6×	48 1.2×	33	695
Lorenzo Gamez United States	6	1.3k 1.3×	956 1.4×	85 1.0×	53 0.9×	16 0.4×	6	1.3k
Vincent Challier United States	18	1.5k 1.5×	1.1k 1.6×	101 1.2×	99 1.7×	18 0.4×	50	1.6k
Koichiro Ide Japan	13	469 0.5×	288 0.4×	84 1.0×	54 0.9×	23 0.6×	80	574
Hidenori Inoue Japan	13	530 0.5×	422 0.6×	125 1.5×	71 1.2×	17 0.4×	78	721
Nicola Hawkinson United States	4	1.3k 1.3×	909 1.3×	41 0.5×	47 0.8×	17 0.4×	7	1.4k
Georgia Stobbs United States	14	1.3k 1.3×	520 0.7×	79 1.0×	37 0.6×	76 1.9×	16	1.3k
Jin-Hyok Kim South Korea	21	2.8k 2.8×	1.7k 2.4×	56 0.7×	86 1.5×	33 0.8×	41	2.9k
Sleiman Haddad Spain	15	962 1.0×	546 0.8×	38 0.5×	81 1.4×	67 1.6×	55	1.0k
J. P. Farcy United States	12	1.1k 1.1×	723 1.0×	59 0.7×	33 0.6×	8 0.2×	20	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ki Soo Hwang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sinha, Kumar, et al.. (2025). Effect of fusion and arthroplasty for cervical degenerative disc disease in patients with physically demanding occupations. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ). 21. 100590–100590.

Sinha, Kumar, et al.. (2024). P240. Comparing long-term outcomes between minimally invasive transforaminal interbody fusion (MI-TLIF) and lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) in the treatment of lumbar spinal disorders. The Spine Journal. 24(9). S182–S182.

Sinha, Kumar, et al.. (2024). The 5-factor modified frailty index (mFI-5) predicts adverse outcomes after elective anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ). 18. 100318–100318. 5 indexed citations

Sinha, Kumar, et al.. (2024). Comparing outcomes between anterior cervical disc replacement (ACDR) and minimally invasive posterior cervical foraminotomy (MI-PCF) in the treatment of cervical radiculopathy. The Spine Journal. 24(5). 800–806. 2 indexed citations

Sinha, Kumar, et al.. (2024). Is cervical disc arthroplasty an effective treatment option for patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy? A matched cohort analysis compared to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. The Spine Journal. 25(5). 921–928. 2 indexed citations

Sinha, Kumar, et al.. (2024). Safety and Efficacy of Outpatient Anterior Cervical Disk Replacement (ACDR) in an Ambulatory Surgery Center Versus Hospital Setting. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication. 37(8). 346–350.

Emami, Arash, et al.. (2023). Comparing clinical and radiological outcomes between single-level OLIF and XLIF: A systematic review and meta-analysis. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ). 14. 100216–100216. 9 indexed citations

Sinha, Kumar, et al.. (2023). Should patient eligibility criteria for cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) be expanded? A retrospective cohort analysis of relatively contraindicated patients undergoing CDA. The Spine Journal. 24(2). 210–218. 4 indexed citations

Faloon, Michael, et al.. (2022). Two-Attending Surgeon Teams Improve Outcomes of Single-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants. 32(3). 1–7. 2 indexed citations

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Sinha, Kumar, et al.. (2021). Does obesity affect long-term outcomes of extreme lateral interbody fusion with posterior stabilization?. The Spine Journal. 21(8). 1318–1324. 3 indexed citations

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Sinha, Kumar, et al.. (2021). Metal-on-metal versus metal-on-plastic artificial discs in two-level anterior cervical disc replacement: a meta-analysis with follow-up of 5 years or more. The Spine Journal. 21(11). 1830–1838. 8 indexed citations

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Faloon, Michael, et al.. (2020). Does Percutaneous Lumbosacral Pedicle Screw Instrumentation Prevent Long-Term Adjacent Segment Disease after Lumbar Fusion?. Asian Spine Journal. 15(3). 301–307. 6 indexed citations

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Sinha, Kumar, et al.. (2019). Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy as an Alternative to Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion for Unilateral Cervical Radiculopathy. Spine. 44(24). 1731–1739. 37 indexed citations

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Emami, Arash, et al.. (2018). Risk Factors for Pseudarthrosis in Minimally-Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Asian Spine Journal. 12(5). 830–838. 21 indexed citations

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Faloon, Michael, et al.. (2018). Accuracy and Safety of Percutaneous Lumbosacral Pedicle Screw Placement Using Dual-Planar Intraoperative Fluoroscopy. Asian Spine Journal. 12(2). 238–245. 6 indexed citations

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Issa, Kimona, et al.. (2016). Delay in Diagnosis of Vertebral Osteomyelitis Affects the Utility of Cultures.. PubMed. 29. 379–383. 4 indexed citations

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Pourtaheri, Sina, Ki Soo Hwang, Michael Faloon, et al.. (2015). Ultra-Low-Dose Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 for 3-Level Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion. Orthopedics. 38(4). 241–245. 8 indexed citations

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Pourtaheri, Sina, Arash Emami, Kumar Sinha, et al.. (2013). The role of magnetic resonance imaging in acute cervical spine fractures. The Spine Journal. 14(11). 2546–2553. 26 indexed citations

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Schwab, Frank, et al.. (2005). Adult Scoliosis: Prevalence, SF-36, and Nutritional Parameters in an Elderly Volunteer Population. Spine. 30(9). 1082–1085. 651 indexed citations breakdown →

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Padrón, Mario, et al.. (2003). The distal semimembranosus complex: normal MR anatomy, variants, biomechanics and pathology. Skeletal Radiology. 32(8). 435–445. 57 indexed citations

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