Lee D. Kaplan

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
123 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Lee D. Kaplan is a scholar working on Surgery, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lee D. Kaplan has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Surgery, 49 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and 34 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Lee D. Kaplan's work include Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques (48 papers), Sports injuries and prevention (33 papers) and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (31 papers). Lee D. Kaplan is often cited by papers focused on Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques (48 papers), Sports injuries and prevention (33 papers) and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (31 papers). Lee D. Kaplan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Ukraine. Lee D. Kaplan's co-authors include Michael G. Baraga, Thomas M. Best, Dimitrios Kouroupis, Diego Correa, Leonard T. Buller, Matthew J. Best, Patrick Jost, John Norwig, Jose Perez and James Bradley and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Lee D. Kaplan

116 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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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.

Tissue Engineering and Cell-Based Therapies for Fractures and Bone Defects

2018 294 citations Jose Perez, Dimitrios Kouroupis et al. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology profile →
Trends in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in the United States

2015 259 citations Michael G. Baraga, Lee D. Kaplan et al. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lee D. Kaplan United States	28	1.9k	950	698	501	498	123	2.8k
Christoph Zilkens Germany	30	2.1k 1.1×	710 0.7×	780 1.1×	585 1.2×	231 0.5×	119	3.4k
Masataka Deie Japan	31	2.8k 1.4×	1.7k 1.7×	616 0.9×	638 1.3×	251 0.5×	145	3.6k
Frank A. Petrigliano United States	37	2.8k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	466 0.7×	382 0.8×	673 1.4×	174	3.9k
Francisco Forriol Spain	35	2.2k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	666 1.0×	880 1.8×	967 1.9×	181	3.7k
Christian Candrian Switzerland	31	1.4k 0.7×	578 0.6×	817 1.2×	591 1.2×	321 0.6×	111	2.7k
Chisa Hidaka United States	25	1.9k 1.0×	836 0.9×	641 0.9×	363 0.7×	285 0.6×	56	3.1k
Michael Jagodzinski Germany	36	2.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.5×	311 0.4×	762 1.5×	467 0.9×	119	3.2k
Takahiro Niikura Japan	26	1.4k 0.7×	389 0.4×	278 0.4×	417 0.8×	556 1.1×	206	2.6k
Won Joon Yoo South Korea	30	1.6k 0.8×	521 0.5×	355 0.5×	235 0.5×	832 1.7×	154	3.0k
Johannes Zellner Germany	28	1.5k 0.8×	682 0.7×	768 1.1×	374 0.7×	132 0.3×	85	2.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kaplan, Lee D., et al.. (2025). Long-Acting Extracellular Vesicle-Based Biologics in Osteoarthritis Immunotherapy. Bioengineering. 12(5). 525–525. 2 indexed citations

Philippon, Marc J., et al.. (2025). Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles from Infrapatellar Fat Pad Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells Expanded Using Regulatory-Compliant Media and Inflammatory/Hormonal Priming. Cells. 14(10). 706–706.

Cade, William H., et al.. (2024). The Surgical Management of NCAA Division 1 College Football Injuries Post COVID-19: A Single Institution Retrospective Review. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 38(5). 906–911.

Kaplan, Lee D., et al.. (2024). Interplay of Glucose Metabolism and Hippo Pathway in Chondrocytes: Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Targets. Bioengineering. 11(10). 972–972.

Cai, Xiaomin, Christopher Warburton, Chenzhou Wu, et al.. (2024). Hippo-PKCζ-NFκB signaling axis: A druggable modulator of chondrocyte responses to mechanical stress. iScience. 27(6). 109983–109983. 5 indexed citations

Huang, C.‐Y. Charles, et al.. (2024). Mechanical loading and orthobiologic therapies in the treatment of post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA): a comprehensive review. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 12. 1401207–1401207. 3 indexed citations

Kaplan, Lee D., et al.. (2024). The roles of regulatory-compliant media and inflammatory/oxytocin priming selection in enhancing human mesenchymal stem/stromal cell immunomodulatory properties. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 29438–29438. 6 indexed citations

Cohen, Lara Langer, et al.. (2023). The fifty most-cited articles regarding midshaft clavicle fractures. Journal of Orthopaedics. 39. 50–58.

Kouroupis, Dimitrios, Lee D. Kaplan, & Thomas M. Best. (2022). Human infrapatellar fat pad mesenchymal stem cells show immunomodulatory exosomal signatures. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 3609–3609. 31 indexed citations

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Patel, Nikhil, et al.. (2022). Brachial artery thrombosis secondary to fixation screw pullout: Case report. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17(10). 3959–3962. 1 indexed citations

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Perez, Jose, et al.. (2020). The Effect of Thursday Night Games on In-Game Injury Rates in the National Football League. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 48(8). 1999–2003. 6 indexed citations

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Perez, Jose, Carlos M. Barrera, Dylan N. Greif, et al.. (2019). Patient-Reported Knee Outcome Scores With Soft Tissue Quadriceps Tendon Autograft Are Similar to Bone–Patellar Tendon–Bone Autograft at Minimum 2-Year Follow-up: A Retrospective Single-Center Cohort Study in Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 7(12). 1810937487–1810937487. 27 indexed citations

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Damodar, Dhanur, Rushabh M. Vakharia, Ajit M. Vakharia, et al.. (2018). A higher altitude is an independent risk factor for venous thromboembolisms following total shoulder arthroplasty. Journal of Orthopaedics. 15(4). 1017–1021. 20 indexed citations

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Kaplan, Lee D., et al.. (2017). Knee Injuries in American Football: An Epidemiological Review.. PubMed. 45(6). 368–373. 22 indexed citations

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Best, Thomas M., Arnold I. Caplan, Michael Coleman, et al.. (2017). Not Missing the Future: A Call to Action for Investigating the Role of Regenerative Medicine Therapies in Pediatric/Adolescent Sports Injuries. Current Sports Medicine Reports. 16(3). 202–210. 7 indexed citations

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Huang, C.‐Y. Charles, et al.. (2015). Early intervention with Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Protein modulates catabolic microRNA and mRNA expression in cartilage after impact injury. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 23(11). 2036–2044. 10 indexed citations

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Bashir, Jamil, Andrew L. Sherman, Henry Lee, Lee D. Kaplan, & Joshua M. Hare. (2014). Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapies in the Treatment of Musculoskeletal Diseases. PM&R. 6(1). 61–69. 48 indexed citations

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Lü, Yan, et al.. (2006). Development of partial thickness articular cartilage injury in an ovine model. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 24(10). 1974–1982. 30 indexed citations

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Kaplan, Lee D.. (2003). The analysis of articular cartilage after thermal exposure: “Is red really dead?”. Arthroscopy The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery. 19(3). 310–313. 18 indexed citations

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Aboulafia, Albert J., Lee D. Kaplan, James J. Jelinek, Joseph Benevenia, & David K. Monson. (1996). Neuropathy Secondary to Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis of the Hip. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 325(325). 174–180. 15 indexed citations

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