Maurits Graafland

2.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Maurits Graafland is a scholar working on Surgery, Physiology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Maurits Graafland has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Surgery, 5 papers in Physiology and 4 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Maurits Graafland's work include Surgical Simulation and Training (11 papers), Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare (5 papers) and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (5 papers). Maurits Graafland is often cited by papers focused on Surgical Simulation and Training (11 papers), Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare (5 papers) and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (5 papers). Maurits Graafland collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Switzerland and Canada. Maurits Graafland's co-authors include Marlies P. Schijven, Jan Maarten Schraagen, Esther Z. Barsom, Jakob de Vries, Johannes S. de Jong, Joost Bart, Rick G. Pleijhuis, Gooitzen M. van Dam, Willem A. Bemelman and J. Carel Goslings and has published in prestigious journals such as British journal of surgery, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Annals of Surgical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Maurits Graafland

19 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Systematic review of serious games for medical education and surgical skills training

2012 420 citations Maurits Graafland, Jan Maarten Schraagen et al. British journal of surgery profile →
Systematic review on the effectiveness of augmented reality applications in medical training

2016 409 citations Esther Z. Barsom, Maurits Graafland et al. Surgical Endoscopy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maurits Graafland Netherlands	12	515	323	311	284	281	20	1.5k
Nakul Saxena Singapore	16	317 0.6×	79 0.2×	60 0.2×	396 1.4×	45 0.2×	39	1.5k
Luigi Gallo Italy	25	459 0.9×	92 0.3×	428 1.4×	53 0.2×	50 0.2×	113	2.2k
Poh Sun Goh Singapore	19	449 0.9×	139 0.4×	228 0.7×	163 0.6×	44 0.2×	82	1.9k
Carla M. Pugh United States	30	1.6k 3.2×	566 1.8×	195 0.6×	526 1.9×	47 0.2×	174	2.6k
Allan Stirling Australia	10	484 0.9×	380 1.2×	299 1.0×	117 0.4×	64 0.2×	20	1.0k
Łukasz Kidziński United States	20	134 0.3×	444 1.4×	175 0.6×	46 0.2×	123 0.4×	44	1.5k
Hanna Suominen Finland	28	279 0.5×	341 1.1×	80 0.3×	604 2.1×	49 0.2×	146	2.9k
Siriwan Suebnukarn Thailand	25	280 0.5×	205 0.6×	130 0.4×	180 0.6×	80 0.3×	84	1.6k
Martijn de Groot Netherlands	18	477 0.9×	161 0.5×	39 0.1×	397 1.4×	33 0.1×	43	1.6k
Willy Chou Taiwan	22	107 0.2×	134 0.4×	37 0.1×	122 0.4×	29 0.1×	144	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maurits Graafland

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Graafland, Maurits, Bryan J. M. van de Wall, R. van Leeuwen, et al.. (2022). Long-term follow-up of patients with displaced scapular fractures managed surgically and non-operatively. Injury. 53(6). 2087–2094. 2 indexed citations

Graafland, Maurits, et al.. (2022). Surgical and non-operative management of displaced scapular fractures and long-term outcomes. British journal of surgery. 109(Supplement_3).

Graafland, Maurits, et al.. (2021). Serious game versus standard care for rehabilitation after distal radius fractures: a protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 11(3). e042629–e042629. 6 indexed citations

Graafland, Maurits, et al.. (2021). Validity and reliability of a wearable-controlled serious game and goniometer for telemonitoring of wrist fracture rehabilitation. European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery. 48(2). 1317–1325. 3 indexed citations

Graafland, Maurits, et al.. (2019). Face Validity and Content Validity of a Game for Distal Radius Fracture Rehabilitation. Journal of Wrist Surgery. 8(5). 388–394. 12 indexed citations

Graafland, Maurits, Willem A. Bemelman, & Marlies P. Schijven. (2017). Game-based training improves the surgeon’s situational awareness in the operation room: a randomized controlled trial. Surgical Endoscopy. 31(10). 4093–4101. 43 indexed citations

Graafland, Maurits, et al.. (2017). Systematic Review on the Effects of Serious Games and Wearable Technology Used in Rehabilitation of Patients With Traumatic Bone and Soft Tissue Injuries. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 99(9). 1890–1899. 59 indexed citations

Barsom, Esther Z., Maurits Graafland, & Marlies P. Schijven. (2016). Systematic review on the effectiveness of augmented reality applications in medical training. Surgical Endoscopy. 30(10). 4174–4183. 409 indexed citations breakdown →

Graafland, Maurits, Willem A. Bemelman, & Marlies P. Schijven. (2015). Appraisal of Face and Content Validity of a Serious Game Improving Situational Awareness in Surgical Training. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 25(1). 43–49. 12 indexed citations

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Graafland, Maurits, et al.. (2015). Mapping the Demand for Serious Games in Postgraduate Medical Education Using the Entrustable Professional Activities Framework. Games for Health Journal. 4(5). 381–386. 14 indexed citations

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Graafland, Maurits & Marlies P. Schijven. (2015). [Situational awareness: you won't see it unless you understand it].. PubMed. 159. A8656–A8656. 1 indexed citations

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Graafland, Maurits, Mary Dankbaar, Agali Mert, et al.. (2014). How to Systematically Assess Serious Games Applied to Health Care. JMIR Serious Games. 2(2). e11–e11. 89 indexed citations

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Graafland, Maurits, Willem A. Bemelman, & Marlies P. Schijven. (2014). Prospective cohort study on surgeons’ response to equipment failure in the laparoscopic environment. Surgical Endoscopy. 28(9). 2695–2701. 11 indexed citations

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Graafland, Maurits. (2014). Serious games in surgical education. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 3 indexed citations

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Graafland, Maurits, et al.. (2014). A Serious Game Can Be a Valid Method to Train Clinical Decision‐Making in Surgery. World Journal of Surgery. 38(12). 3056–3062. 42 indexed citations

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Graafland, Maurits, Jan Maarten Schraagen, Marja A. Boermeester, Willem A. Bemelman, & Marlies P. Schijven. (2014). Training situational awareness to reduce surgical errors in the operating room. British journal of surgery. 102(1). 16–23. 70 indexed citations

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Graafland, Maurits, et al.. (2013). A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study on Camera Navigation Training for Key User Groups in Minimally Invasive Surgery. Surgical Innovation. 21(3). 312–319. 10 indexed citations

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Graafland, Maurits, Jan Maarten Schraagen, & Marlies P. Schijven. (2012). Systematic review of serious games for medical education and surgical skills training. British journal of surgery. 99(10). 1322–1330. 420 indexed citations breakdown →

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Palter, Vanessa N., Maurits Graafland, Marlies P. Schijven, & Teodor Grantcharov. (2011). Designing a proficiency-based, content validated virtual reality curriculum for laparoscopic colorectal surgery: A Delphi approach. Surgery. 151(3). 391–397. 51 indexed citations

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Pleijhuis, Rick G., Maurits Graafland, Jakob de Vries, et al.. (2009). Obtaining Adequate Surgical Margins in Breast-Conserving Therapy for Patients with Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Current Modalities and Future Directions. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 16(10). 2717–2730. 255 indexed citations

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