Maria Punchak

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Maria Punchak is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Punchak has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 5 papers in Surgery and 5 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Maria Punchak's work include Global Health and Surgery (8 papers), Global Health Workforce Issues (5 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (5 papers). Maria Punchak is often cited by papers focused on Global Health and Surgery (8 papers), Global Health Workforce Issues (5 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (5 papers). Maria Punchak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Uganda and Australia. Maria Punchak's co-authors include Michael C. Dewan, Abbas Rattani, Ya‐Ching Hung, Kee B. Park, Mark G. Shrime, Amos O. Adeleye, Ronnie E. Baticulon, Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld, Andrés M. Rubiano and Saksham Gupta and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of neurosurgery and World Journal of Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Maria Punchak

22 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Estimating the global incidence of traumatic brain injury

2018 2.0k citations Michael C. Dewan, Abbas Rattani et al. Journal of neurosurgery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maria Punchak United States	13	1.4k	973	753	411	346	23	2.6k
Ya‐Ching Hung United States	11	1.3k 0.9×	952 1.0×	688 0.9×	327 0.8×	347 1.0×	31	2.5k
Amos O. Adeleye Nigeria	16	1.6k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	763 1.0×	270 0.7×	368 1.1×	78	2.8k
Christopher A. Taylor United States	19	947 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	725 1.0×	289 0.7×	298 0.9×	45	2.9k
Saksham Gupta United States	9	1.3k 0.9×	960 1.0×	707 0.9×	159 0.4×	344 1.0×	20	2.2k
Abbas Rattani United States	17	1.7k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	830 1.1×	899 2.2×	435 1.3×	47	4.3k
Jason Barber United States	34	2.8k 2.0×	1.7k 1.7×	1.2k 1.5×	277 0.7×	317 0.9×	134	4.4k
Wellingson Silva Paiva Brazil	26	1.3k 0.9×	787 0.8×	338 0.4×	119 0.3×	129 0.4×	257	2.5k
Christian Compagnone Italy	16	1.1k 0.8×	660 0.7×	569 0.8×	96 0.2×	132 0.4×	41	1.7k
Roger Härtl United States	44	2.1k 1.5×	824 0.8×	1.0k 1.3×	234 0.6×	290 0.8×	145	5.6k
Michael T. Mullen United States	29	691 0.5×	1.0k 1.1×	197 0.3×	153 0.4×	137 0.4×	105	2.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Punchak, Maria, Stephen P. Miranda, Ena Agbodza, et al.. (2024). Association between social determinants of health and select neurosurgical procedures in the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 34(6). 601–609. 1 indexed citations

Flanders, Tracy M., Jane E. Schreiber, Maria Punchak, et al.. (2024). Periventricular nodular heterotopia in patients with a prenatal diagnosis of myelomeningocele/myeloschisis: associations with seizures and neurodevelopmental outcomes during early childhood. Child s Nervous System. 40(8). 2521–2526. 1 indexed citations

Punchak, Maria, et al.. (2024). Association between sociodemographic variables and delayed patient presentation among surgical neuro-oncology patients in Mexico City: a single institution experience. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 171(1). 191–199. 1 indexed citations

Punchak, Maria, et al.. (2023). Demographics, referral patterns, and outcome of patients with neural tube defects in southwestern Uganda. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 32(2). 149–157. 1 indexed citations

Albutt, Katherine, et al.. (2019). Operative volume and surgical case distribution in Uganda’s public sector: a stratified randomized evaluation of nationwide surgical capacity. BMC Health Services Research. 19(1). 104–104. 23 indexed citations

Mukhopadhyay, Swagoto, Maria Punchak, Abbas Rattani, et al.. (2019). assessment of density and growth. 1 indexed citations

Mukhopadhyay, Swagoto, Maria Punchak, Abbas Rattani, et al.. (2019). The global neurosurgical workforce: a mixed-methods assessment of density and growth. Journal of neurosurgery. 130(4). 1142–1148. 126 indexed citations

Punchak, Maria, Swagoto Mukhopadhyay, Sonal Sachdev, et al.. (2018). Neurosurgical Care: Availability and Access in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries. World Neurosurgery. 112. e240–e254. 125 indexed citations

Dewan, Michael C., Abbas Rattani, Saksham Gupta, et al.. (2018). Estimating the global incidence of traumatic brain injury. Journal of neurosurgery. 130(4). 1080–1097. 2007 indexed citations breakdown →

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Albutt, Katherine, Rachel R. Yorlets, Maria Punchak, et al.. (2018). You pray to your God: A qualitative analysis of challenges in the provision of safe, timely, and affordable surgical care in Uganda. PLoS ONE. 13(4). e0195986–e0195986. 34 indexed citations

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Kayima, Peter, David Kitya, Maria Punchak, Geoffrey A. Anderson, & Martin Situma. (2018). Patterns and treatment outcomes of anorectal malformations in Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 54(4). 838–844. 21 indexed citations

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Albutt, Katherine, et al.. (2018). Access to Safe, Timely, and Affordable Surgical Care in Uganda: A Stratified Randomized Evaluation of Nationwide Public Sector Surgical Capacity and Core Surgical Indicators. World Journal of Surgery. 42(8). 2303–2313. 34 indexed citations

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Punchak, Maria, et al.. (2018). Mechanism of Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury in Southwestern Uganda: A Prospective Cohort of 100 Patients. World Neurosurgery. 114. e396–e402. 12 indexed citations

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Kitya, David, et al.. (2018). Causes, clinical presentation, management, and outcomes of chronic subdural hematoma at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 45(4). E7–E7. 25 indexed citations

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Abdelgadir, Jihad, Maria Punchak, Emily R. Smith, et al.. (2017). Pediatric traumatic brain injury at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 47. 79–83. 24 indexed citations

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Abdelgadir, Jihad, Emily R. Smith, Maria Punchak, et al.. (2017). Epidemiology and Characteristics of Neurosurgical Conditions at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. World Neurosurgery. 102. 526–532. 40 indexed citations

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Kitya, David, Maria Punchak, & Francis Bajunirwe. (2017). Role of Conventional Myelography in Diagnosis and Treatment of Degenerative Spine Disease in Low-Income Communities: Prospective Study. World Neurosurgery. 104. 161–166. 3 indexed citations

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Punchak, Maria, Lawrance K. Chung, Carlito Lagman, et al.. (2017). Outcomes following polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cranioplasty: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 41. 30–35. 127 indexed citations

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Punchak, Maria, et al.. (2017). Cost-effectiveness of short-term neurosurgical missions relative to other surgical specialties. Surgical Neurology International. 8(1). 37–37. 10 indexed citations

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Punchak, Maria, et al.. (2015). Investigating the quality of expectorated sputum for tuberculosis diagnosis in Bolivia. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 19(9). 1065–1067. 5 indexed citations

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