Michael Phelan

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Michael Phelan is a scholar working on Surgery, Physiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Phelan has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Surgery, 16 papers in Physiology and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael Phelan's work include Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (9 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (9 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (9 papers). Michael Phelan is often cited by papers focused on Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (9 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (9 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (9 papers). Michael Phelan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hungary and United Kingdom. Michael Phelan's co-authors include Michael J. Stamos, Monica T. Young, Ninh T. Nguyen, Mehraneh D. Jafari, Joseph C. Carmichael, Alessio Pigazzi, Steven Mills, Zhobin Moghadamyeghaneh, Alana Gebhart and Steven D. Wexner and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Michael Phelan

96 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Perfusion Assessment in Laparoscopic Left-Sided/Anterior Resection (PILLAR II): A Multi-Institutional Study

2014 379 citations Mehraneh D. Jafari, Steven D. Wexner et al. Journal of the American College of Surgeons profile →

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Vincenzo Carnevale Italy

Koji Matsuo United States

Enrico Di Stasio Italy

Hans Pottel Belgium

Xiaoping Luo China

Brian R. Smith United States

Sarah Davis United Kingdom

James A. Stewart United States

Jens Hansen United States

Weidong Li China

Vincenzo Carnevale Italy

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Phelan

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Andrews, Elizabeth J., Michael Phelan, Jordan P. Harp, et al.. (2025). Age and sex are associated with Alzheimer's disease neuropathology in Down syndrome. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 21(7). e70408–e70408.

Andrews, Elizabeth J., Florence Lai, Miloš D. Ikonomović, et al.. (2024). Aquaporin‐4: Unraveling the Link Between Reactive Astrogliosis and Neuroinflammation in Down syndrome with Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(S1). e092708–e092708. 2 indexed citations

Phelan, Michael, et al.. (2023). 1431 Developing an FDA-qualified drug development tool, the membrane proteome array, for specificity testing of antibodies and CAR-T cell therapies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. A1594–A1594. 1 indexed citations

Woodworth, Davis C., Nasim Sheikh‐Bahaei, Michael Phelan, et al.. (2022). Dementia is associated with medial temporal atrophy even after accounting for neuropathologies. Brain Communications. 4(2). fcac052–fcac052. 22 indexed citations

Colón-Pérez, Luis M., Ilana J. Bennett, Michael Phelan, et al.. (2022). Reduced structural connectivity of the medial temporal lobe including the perforant path is associated with aging and verbal memory impairment. Neurobiology of Aging. 121. 119–128. 4 indexed citations

Sajjadi, S. Ahmad, María M. Corrada, Michael Phelan, & Claudia H. Kawas. (2020). TDP-43 Is as Important as Alzheimer’s Disease Neuropathology in the Oldest Old (1407). Neurology. 94(15_supplement). 1 indexed citations

Whealon, Matthew D., Michael Phelan, Steven Mills, et al.. (2019). Improved survival with adjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer patients treated with preoperative chemoradiation regardless of pathologic response. Surgical Oncology. 32. 35–40. 17 indexed citations

Head, Elizabeth, Michael Phelan, Eric Doran, et al.. (2017). Cerebrovascular pathology in Down syndrome and Alzheimer disease. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 5(1). 93–93. 59 indexed citations

Whealon, Matthew D., Michael Phelan, Steven Mills, et al.. (2017). Lymph Node Positivity in Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma: Should Size Matter?. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 225(1). 69–75. 15 indexed citations

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Sheets, Cherilyn G., et al.. (2016). In vivo study of the effectiveness of quantitative percussion diagnostics as an indicator of the level of structural pathology of teeth after restoration. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry. 117(2). 218–225. 7 indexed citations

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Moghadamyeghaneh, Zhobin, Michael Phelan, Brian R. Smith, & Michael J. Stamos. (2015). Outcomes of Open, Laparoscopic, and Robotic Abdominoperineal Resections in Patients With Rectal Cancer. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 58(12). 1123–1129. 67 indexed citations

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Young, Monica T., Alana Gebhart, Michael Phelan, & Ninh T. Nguyen. (2015). Use and Outcomes of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy vs Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: Analysis of the American College of Surgeons NSQIP. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 220(5). 880–885. 113 indexed citations

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Datta, Rupak, Jon Rosenberg, Vinh Nguyen, et al.. (2015). Substantial Variation in Hospital Rankings after Adjusting for Hospital-Level Predictors of Publicly-Reported Hospital-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection Rates. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 36(4). 464–466. 4 indexed citations

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Jafari, Mehraneh D., Steven D. Wexner, Joseph Martz, et al.. (2014). Perfusion Assessment in Laparoscopic Left-Sided/Anterior Resection (PILLAR II): A Multi-Institutional Study. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 220(1). 82–92e1. 379 indexed citations breakdown →

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Phelan, Michael. (2008). Assessment of the implications of target fishing on black jewfish (Protonibea diacanthus) aggregations in the Northern Territory. 16 indexed citations

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Phelan, Michael, et al.. (2003). The needs of children of depressed mothers in primary care. Family Practice. 20(4). 390–392. 7 indexed citations

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Peluso, Paul, David S. Wilson, Huu M. Tran, et al.. (2003). Optimizing antibody immobilization strategies for the construction of protein microarrays. Analytical Biochemistry. 312(2). 113–124. 411 indexed citations

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Zeng, Xian Ming, et al.. (2002). Delivery of formoterol from a novel multi-dose inhaler AirmaxTM. Respiratory Medicine. 96(6). 397–403. 11 indexed citations

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Phelan, Michael. (1995). Probability and Statistics Applied to the Practice of Financial Risk Management: The Case of JP Morgan's RiskMetrics. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

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Phelan, Michael. (1988). Inference from censored Markov chains with applications to multiwave panel data. Stochastic Processes and their Applications. 29(1). 85–102. 5 indexed citations

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