Michael C. Dewan

10.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
124 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Michael C. Dewan is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael C. Dewan has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 36 papers in Surgery and 34 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michael C. Dewan's work include Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus (33 papers), Global Health and Surgery (25 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (19 papers). Michael C. Dewan is often cited by papers focused on Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus (33 papers), Global Health and Surgery (25 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (19 papers). Michael C. Dewan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Philippines. Michael C. Dewan's co-authors include Abbas Rattani, Kee B. Park, Ronnie E. Baticulon, Mark G. Shrime, Maria Punchak, Ya‐Ching Hung, John C. Wellons, Andrés M. Rubiano, Amit Agrawal and Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of neurosurgery and Neurosurgery.

In The Last Decade

Michael C. Dewan

117 papers receiving 6.6k 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 →
Traumatic Spinal Injury: Global Epidemiology and Worldwide Volume

2018 412 citations Ramesh Kumar, Jaims Lim et al. World Neurosurgery profile →
Epidemiology of Global Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Qualitative Review

2016 377 citations Michael C. Dewan, Nishit Mummareddy et al. World Neurosurgery profile →
Global neurosurgery: the current capacity and deficit in the provision of essential neurosurgical care. Executive Summary of the Global Neurosurgery Initiative at the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change

2018 371 citations Michael C. Dewan, Abbas Rattani et al. Journal of neurosurgery profile →
Degenerative Lumbar Spine Disease: Estimating Global Incidence and Worldwide Volume

2018 357 citations Vijay M. Ravindra, Abbas Rattani et al. profile →
ADAPT FAST study: a direct aspiration first pass technique for acute stroke thrombectomy

2014 340 citations Michael C. Dewan et al. profile →
Global hydrocephalus epidemiology and incidence: systematic review and meta-analysis

2018 236 citations Michael C. Dewan, Abbas Rattani et al. Journal of neurosurgery profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Michael C. Dewan	2.6k	2.3k	1.3k	1.1k	1.1k	124	6.7k
Thomas G. Luerssen	4.1k 1.6×	1.7k 0.7×	641 0.5×	1.7k 1.5×	2.2k 2.0×	149	7.0k
Jay Mandrekar	3.8k 1.4×	1.4k 0.6×	457 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	899 0.8×	229	9.5k
Sherman C. Stein	4.3k 1.6×	2.0k 0.8×	503 0.4×	1.4k 1.3×	1.5k 1.4×	164	6.7k
Kee B. Park	2.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 1.2×	898 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	120	5.4k
Julian E. Bailes	4.6k 1.7×	5.6k 2.4×	947 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	2.6k 2.4×	191	9.3k
Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira	4.1k 1.6×	1.4k 0.6×	469 0.4×	1.6k 1.4×	331 0.3×	667	9.8k
Andrés M. Rubiano	4.5k 1.7×	2.3k 1.0×	635 0.5×	964 0.9×	2.5k 2.3×	146	7.7k
Abbas Rattani	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	899 0.7×	725 0.6×	830 0.8×	47	4.3k
Beverly C. Walters	2.6k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	893 0.7×	3.5k 3.1×	1.2k 1.1×	183	7.7k
Philip F. Stahel	2.7k 1.0×	2.8k 1.2×	779 0.6×	4.1k 3.7×	1.9k 1.7×	204	10.9k

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Still, Megan, et al.. (2025). Presentation and management of neural tube defects in the middle belt of Ghana. Child s Nervous System. 41(1). 203–203. 1 indexed citations

Greene, Benjamin, et al.. (2025). Heterotopic calcification in a child presenting as acute on chronic myelopathy. Child s Nervous System. 41(1). 208–208.

Gupta, Ashwin, et al.. (2025). Pediatric meningioma and seizures: A scoping review. Child s Nervous System. 41(1). 227–227.

Hale, Andrew T., Phan Q. Duy, Michael C. Dewan, et al.. (2024). The genetic basis of hydrocephalus: genes, pathways, mechanisms, and global impact. Fluids and Barriers of the CNS. 21(1). 24–24. 9 indexed citations

Chotai, Silky, Michael J. Feldman, Lori C. Jordan, et al.. (2024). Variations in the management of pediatric cerebral vasospasm. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 35(2). 1–9. 1 indexed citations

Koester, Stefan W., et al.. (2023). Current State of Brazilian Neurosurgery: Evaluation of Burden of Care and Case Volume. World Neurosurgery. 180. e309–e316. 3 indexed citations

Abu-Bonsrah, Nancy, Anbrasi Edward, Michael C. Dewan, et al.. (2023). Transnational Capacity Building Efforts in Global Neurosurgery: A Review and Analysis of Their Impact and Determinants of Success. World Neurosurgery. 173. 188–198.e3. 8 indexed citations

Shlobin, Nathan A., et al.. (2023). Virtual Learning in Global Neurosurgery: A Necessary Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. 3(1). 2 indexed citations

Chanbour, Hani, et al.. (2022). Time to Surgery in Spinal Trauma: A Meta-Analysis of the World’s Literature Comparing High-Income Countries to Low-Middle Income Countries. World Neurosurgery. 167. e268–e282. 6 indexed citations

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Du, Liping, Adrian Levine, Julie Bennett, et al.. (2022). Clinical and molecular features of disseminated pediatric low-grade glioma and glioneuronal tumors: a systematic review and survival analysis. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 4(1). vdac122–vdac122. 6 indexed citations

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Hoffman, Caitlin, Roger Härtl, Nathan A. Shlobin, et al.. (2022). Future Directions for Global Clinical Neurosurgical Training: Challenges and Opportunities. World Neurosurgery. 166. e404–e418. 16 indexed citations

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Chen, Jeffrey, et al.. (2021). The landscape of neuro-oncology in East Africa: a review of published records. Child s Nervous System. 37(10). 2983–2992. 13 indexed citations

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Wagner, Matthias, Michael C. Dewan, Adam A. Dmytriw, et al.. (2020). Radiation-induced intracranial aneurysm presenting with acute hemorrhage in a child treated for medulloblastoma. Child s Nervous System. 37(4). 1387–1389. 2 indexed citations

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Du, Rebecca, et al.. (2020). Pediatric Neurosurgery in East Africa: An Education and Needs-Based Survey. World Neurosurgery. 141. e374–e382. 7 indexed citations

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Ravindra, Vijay M., Robert J. Bollo, Michael C. Dewan, et al.. (2020). Comparison of anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy for treatment of blunt cerebrovascular injury in children <10 years of age: a multicenter retrospective cohort study. Child s Nervous System. 37(1). 47–54. 10 indexed citations

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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

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Hughes, Joshua, Kamila M. Bond, Rania A. Mekary, et al.. (2018). Estimating the Global Incidence of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Systematic Review for Central Nervous System Vascular Lesions and Meta-Analysis of Ruptured Aneurysms. World Neurosurgery. 115. 430–447.e7. 77 indexed citations

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Kumar, Ramesh, Jaims Lim, Rania A. Mekary, et al.. (2018). Traumatic Spinal Injury: Global Epidemiology and Worldwide Volume. World Neurosurgery. 113. e345–e363. 412 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dewan, Michael C., Abbas Rattani, Graham Fieggen, et al.. (2018). Global neurosurgery: the current capacity and deficit in the provision of essential neurosurgical care. Executive Summary of the Global Neurosurgery Initiative at the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change. Journal of neurosurgery. 130(4). 1055–1064. 371 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dewan, Michael C., Nishit Mummareddy, John C. Wellons, & Christopher M. Bonfield. (2016). Epidemiology of Global Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Qualitative Review. World Neurosurgery. 91. 497–509.e1. 377 indexed citations breakdown →

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