M. Benjamin

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

M. Benjamin is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Surgery and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Benjamin has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 21 papers in Surgery and 10 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in M. Benjamin's work include Tendon Structure and Treatment (25 papers), Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (14 papers) and Shoulder Injury and Treatment (12 papers). M. Benjamin is often cited by papers focused on Tendon Structure and Treatment (25 papers), Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (14 papers) and Shoulder Injury and Treatment (12 papers). M. Benjamin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. M. Benjamin's co-authors include James R. Ralphs, Stefan Milz, E. Kaiser, Tsukasa Kumai, Alexandra A. Boszczyk, Bronek M. Boszczyk, Dennis McGonagle, Paul Emery, Samantha Redman and Graeme M. Bydder and has published in prestigious journals such as Spine, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise and Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

In The Last Decade

M. Benjamin

39 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Fibrocartilage in tendons and ligaments — an adaptation to compressive load

1998 570 citations M. Benjamin, James R. Ralphs Journal of Anatomy profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Benjamin United Kingdom	24	1.9k	1.7k	698	355	306	39	3.3k
Bernhard Tillmann Germany	39	1.4k 0.7×	2.2k 1.3×	874 1.3×	404 1.1×	290 0.9×	146	4.5k
Yasusuke Hirasawa Japan	34	866 0.4×	2.1k 1.2×	825 1.2×	452 1.3×	301 1.0×	172	3.8k
Damien M. Laudier United States	29	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	416 0.6×	420 1.2×	256 0.8×	63	3.3k
Pauline Po Yee Lui Hong Kong	39	2.9k 1.5×	2.4k 1.4×	246 0.4×	295 0.8×	444 1.5×	91	4.0k
J. Zeichen Germany	31	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	256 0.4×	638 1.8×	215 0.7×	89	2.6k
Michael Lavagnino United States	28	1.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	148 0.2×	233 0.7×	521 1.7×	59	2.5k
Reginald R. Cooper United States	32	1.2k 0.6×	1.9k 1.1×	514 0.7×	751 2.1×	174 0.6×	77	3.9k
John R. Matyas Canada	40	816 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	1.5k 2.2×	766 2.2×	256 0.8×	113	4.1k
Mark A. Gomez United States	22	1.8k 0.9×	2.0k 1.2×	205 0.3×	587 1.7×	168 0.5×	30	3.1k
Ernesto Ippolito Italy	36	1.8k 1.0×	2.5k 1.5×	884 1.3×	711 2.0×	138 0.5×	159	4.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Benjamin, M. & Dennis McGonagle. (2009). Entheses: tendon and ligament attachment sites. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 19(4). 520–527. 111 indexed citations

Shaw, Hannah, et al.. (2008). Development of the human Achilles tendon enthesis organ. Journal of Anatomy. 213(6). 718–724. 56 indexed citations

Benjamin, M., E. Kaiser, & Stefan Milz. (2008). Structure‐function relationships in tendons: a review. Journal of Anatomy. 212(3). 211–228. 304 indexed citations

Shaw, Hannah, R. M. Santer, A. H. D. Watson, & M. Benjamin. (2007). Adipose tissue at entheses: the innervation and cell composition of the retromalleolar fat pad associated with the rat Achilles tendon. Journal of Anatomy. 211(4). 436–443. 33 indexed citations

Milz, Stefan, et al.. (2007). An immunohistochemical study of the triangular fibrocartilage complex of the wrist: regional variations in cartilage phenotype. Journal of Anatomy. 211(1). 1–7. 22 indexed citations

Milz, Stefan, et al.. (2006). Expression of extracellular matrix molecules typical of articular cartilage in the human scapholunate interosseous ligament. Journal of Anatomy. 208(6). 671–679. 17 indexed citations

Benjamin, M., Hechmi Toumi, Daisuke Suzuki, et al.. (2006). Microdamage and altered vascularity at the enthesis–bone interface provides an anatomic explanation for bone involvement in the HLA–B27–associated spondylarthritides and allied disorders. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 56(1). 224–233. 110 indexed citations

Theobald, Peter, Graeme M. Bydder, Claire L. Dent, et al.. (2006). The functional anatomy of Kager's fat pad in relation to retrocalcaneal problems and other hindfoot disorders. Journal of Anatomy. 208(1). 91–97. 72 indexed citations

Theobald, Peter, M. Benjamin, L.D.M. Nokes, & Neil Pugh. (2005). Review of the vascularisation of the human Achilles tendon. Injury. 36(11). 1267–1272. 64 indexed citations

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Benjamin, M., Bernhard Moriggl, Erich Brenner, et al.. (2004). The “enthesis organ” concept: Why enthesopathies may not present as focal insertional disorders. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 50(10). 3306–3313. 210 indexed citations

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Benjamin, M., et al.. (2004). Adipose tissue at entheses: the rheumatological implications of its distribution. A potential site of pain and stress dissipation?. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 63(12). 1549–1555. 60 indexed citations

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Robson, Matthew D., M. Benjamin, P. Gishen, & Graeme M. Bydder. (2004). Magnetic resonance imaging of the Achilles tendon using ultrashort TE (UTE) pulse sequences. Clinical Radiology. 59(8). 727–735. 96 indexed citations

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Benjamin, M. & James R. Ralphs. (2004). Biology of Fibrocartilage Cells. International review of cytology. 233. 1–45. 148 indexed citations

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Nerlich, Michael, Bronek M. Boszczyk, Alexandra A. Boszczyk, et al.. (2002). The Aging Spine. Abstracts of an international interdisciplinary symposium. Basel, Switzerland, October 11-12, 2002.. European Spine Journal. 11(6). 607–619. 1 indexed citations

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Benjamin, M., Tsukasa Kumai, Stefan Milz, et al.. (2002). The skeletal attachment of tendons—tendon ‘entheses’. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 133(4). 931–945. 426 indexed citations

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Boszczyk, Bronek M., Alexandra A. Boszczyk, Reinhard Putz, et al.. (2001). An Immunohistochemical Study of the Dorsal Capsule of the Lumbar and Thoracic Facet Joints. Spine. 26(15). E338–E343. 29 indexed citations

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Benjamin, M. & James R. Ralphs. (2001). Entheses--the bony attachments of tendons and ligaments.. PubMed. 106(2 Suppl 1). 151–7. 49 indexed citations

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Benjamin, M. & James R. Ralphs. (2000). The cell and developmental biology of tendons and ligaments. International review of cytology. 196. 85–130. 160 indexed citations

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Benjamin, M. & James R. Ralphs. (1998). Fibrocartilage in tendons and ligaments — an adaptation to compressive load. Journal of Anatomy. 193(4). 481–494. 570 indexed citations breakdown →

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Benjamin, M., Shiji Qin, & James R. Ralphs. (1995). Fibrocartilage associated with human tendons and their pulleys.. PubMed. 187 ( Pt 3)(5). 625–33. 140 indexed citations

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