Lyman Smith

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 974 citations indexed

About

Lyman Smith is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Lyman Smith has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 974 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Surgery, 3 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Lyman Smith's work include Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (4 papers), Shoulder Injury and Treatment (3 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (2 papers). Lyman Smith is often cited by papers focused on Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (4 papers), Shoulder Injury and Treatment (3 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (2 papers). Lyman Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Lyman Smith's co-authors include Joseph E. Brown, Paul J. Garvin, R.M. Gesler, Robert B. Jennings, Barry Friedman, Yongfeng Wang, Zheng-Yun J. Zhan, Malcolm F. G. Stevens, Doris P. Schumacher and Max Kugelman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, JAMA and Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Lyman Smith

16 papers receiving 769 citations

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Enzyme Dissolution of the Nucleus Pulposus in Humans

1964 257 citations Lyman Smith JAMA profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lyman Smith United States	11	675	452	275	265	165	16	974
Young-Kyun Woo South Korea	12	563 0.8×	233 0.5×	112 0.4×	261 1.0×	23 0.1×	23	853
A. Pedrini‐Mille United States	14	151 0.2×	106 0.2×	72 0.3×	161 0.6×	20 0.1×	24	508
Soon‐Taek Jeong South Korea	10	334 0.5×	247 0.5×	132 0.5×	41 0.2×	33 0.2×	26	507
K. Puustjärvi Finland	12	156 0.2×	294 0.7×	238 0.9×	110 0.4×	8 0.0×	18	546
A. Naylor United Kingdom	18	309 0.5×	550 1.2×	385 1.4×	28 0.1×	13 0.1×	34	709
Herman A. W. Hazewinkel Netherlands	12	313 0.5×	384 0.8×	129 0.5×	30 0.1×	55 0.3×	15	639
Pauline Baird United Kingdom	13	250 0.4×	618 1.4×	502 1.8×	96 0.4×	8 0.0×	19	982
Dheera Ananthakrishnan United States	5	224 0.3×	247 0.5×	127 0.5×	116 0.4×	15 0.1×	7	405
Hirofumi Kosaka Japan	10	327 0.5×	282 0.6×	163 0.6×	106 0.4×	11 0.1×	21	522
Lucas A. Smolders Netherlands	17	390 0.6×	723 1.6×	288 1.0×	57 0.2×	18 0.1×	32	982

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16 of 16 papers shown

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Wang, Yongfeng, Malcolm F. G. Stevens, Tze‐Ming Chan, et al.. (1997). Antitumor Imidazotetrazines. 35. New Synthetic Routes to the Antitumor Drug Temozolomide. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 62(21). 7288–7294. 21 indexed citations

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Smith, Lyman. (1986). The Classic. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 206. 4–9. 5 indexed citations

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Smith, Lyman, et al.. (1986). Clinical Studies of Chemonucleolysis Patients with Ten- to Twenty-year Follow-up Evaluation. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 206(206). 15–17. 9 indexed citations

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Smith, Lyman. (1975). Failures with Chemonucleolysis. Orthopedic Clinics of North America. 6(1). 255–258. 6 indexed citations

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Smith, Lyman, et al.. (1972). Non-Surgical Treatment of Tendo Achillis Rupture. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 54(7). 1398–1407. 187 indexed citations

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Smith, Lyman. (1969). 9 Chemonucleolysis. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 67(6). 72???80–72???80. 16 indexed citations

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Smith, Lyman, et al.. (1968). Rupture of the Achilles Tendon Nonsurgical Treatment. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 60(1). 115???118–115???118. 51 indexed citations

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Smith, Lyman & Joseph E. Brown. (1967). TREATMENT OF LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL DISC LESIONS BY DIRECT INJECTION OF CHYMOPAPAIN. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume. 49-B(3). 502–519. 80 indexed citations

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Smith, Lyman. (1967). 4 Supracondylar Fractures of the Humerus Treated by Direct Observation. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 50(1). 37???42–37???42. 7 indexed citations

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Smith, Lyman. (1965). DEFORMITY FOLLOWING SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURES OF THE HUMERUS. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 47(8). 1668–1668. 16 indexed citations

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Garvin, Paul J., Robert B. Jennings, Lyman Smith, & R.M. Gesler. (1965). Chymopapain. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 41(1). 204???224–204???224. 49 indexed citations

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Smith, Lyman. (1964). Enzyme Dissolution of the Nucleus Pulposus in Humans. JAMA. 187(2). 137–40. 257 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, Lyman, Paul J. Garvin, R.M. Gesler, & Robert B. Jennings. (1963). Enzyme Dissolution of the Nucleus Pulposus. Nature. 198(4887). 1311–1312. 107 indexed citations

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Smith, Lyman. (1962). A Concealed Injury to the Knee. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 44(8). 1659–1660. 4 indexed citations

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Smith, Lyman. (1960). Deformity Following Supracondylar Fractures of the Humerus. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 42(2). 235–252. 132 indexed citations

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Smith, Lyman & Barry Friedman. (1956). Treatment of Ununited Fracture of the Carpal Navicular by Styloidectomy of the Radius. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 38(2). 368–376. 27 indexed citations

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