Nicola Hawkinson

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Nicola Hawkinson is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicola Hawkinson has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Surgery, 7 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 1 paper in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nicola Hawkinson's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (7 papers), Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (7 papers) and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (6 papers). Nicola Hawkinson is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (7 papers), Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (7 papers) and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (6 papers). Nicola Hawkinson collaborates with scholars based in United States and France. Nicola Hawkinson's co-authors include Virginie Lafage, Frank J. Schwab, Jean-Pierre Farcy, Ashish Patel, Pierre-Marie Gagey, Stephen L. Ondra, Wafa Skalli, Justin S. Smith, Behrooz A. Akbarnia and Shay Bess and has published in prestigious journals such as Spine, Neurosurgery and European Spine Journal.

In The Last Decade

Nicola Hawkinson

6 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Pelvic Tilt and Truncal Inclination

2009 862 citations Virginie Lafage, Frank J. Schwab et al. Spine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicola Hawkinson United States	4	1.3k	909	47	41	27	7	1.4k
Donald Deinlein United States	7	1.2k 0.9×	876 1.0×	66 1.4×	41 1.0×	13 0.5×	10	1.3k
Lorenzo Gamez United States	6	1.3k 1.0×	956 1.1×	53 1.1×	85 2.1×	17 0.6×	6	1.3k
Vincent Challier United States	18	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	99 2.1×	101 2.5×	17 0.6×	50	1.6k
Benjamin Ungar United States	6	2.1k 1.5×	1.5k 1.6×	75 1.6×	69 1.7×	30 1.1×	9	2.1k
Ki Soo Hwang United States	11	1.0k 0.8×	705 0.8×	57 1.2×	82 2.0×	22 0.8×	45	1.1k
Meghan Cerpa United States	16	740 0.6×	480 0.5×	68 1.4×	44 1.1×	15 0.6×	89	789
K. Bernsmann Germany	10	590 0.4×	184 0.2×	34 0.7×	45 1.1×	24 0.9×	15	616
Haruka Shimoda Japan	12	496 0.4×	443 0.5×	95 2.0×	162 4.0×	17 0.6×	22	605
Akwasi Boah United States	13	375 0.3×	317 0.3×	29 0.6×	18 0.4×	13 0.5×	22	434
Bertrand Moal United States	14	664 0.5×	464 0.5×	40 0.9×	36 0.9×	9 0.3×	30	729

Countries citing papers authored by Nicola Hawkinson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicola Hawkinson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicola Hawkinson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nicola Hawkinson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nicola Hawkinson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Nicola Hawkinson. Nicola Hawkinson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Schwab, Frank J., Nicola Hawkinson, Virginie Lafage, et al.. (2012). Risk factors for major peri-operative complications in adult spinal deformity surgery: a multi-center review of 953 consecutive patients. European Spine Journal. 21(12). 2603–2610. 185 indexed citations

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Schwab, Frank J., Nicola Hawkinson, Virginie Lafage, et al.. (2010). Risk Factors for Major Perioperative Complications in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A Multicenter Review of 953 Consecutive Patients. The Spine Journal. 10(9). S123–S123. 24 indexed citations

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Lafage, Virginie, Frank J. Schwab, Ashish Patel, Nicola Hawkinson, & Jean-Pierre Farcy. (2009). Pelvic Tilt and Truncal Inclination. Spine. 34(17). E599–E606. 862 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hawkinson, Nicola, Frank J. Schwab, J. P. Farcy, et al.. (2009). Major Complications after Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. Neurosurgery. 65(2). 409–410. 1 indexed citations

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Lafage, Virginie, Frank J. Schwab, Wafa Skalli, et al.. (2008). Standing Balance and Sagittal Plane Spinal Deformity. Spine. 33(14). 1572–1578. 283 indexed citations

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Lafage, Virginie, et al.. (2008). T1 TILT MAY OUTPERFORM THE PLUMBLINE IN CLINICAL CORRELATION - PELVIC TILT INDICATES PELVIC COMPENSATION TO DEFORMITY. Spine. &NA;. 115–115. 1 indexed citations

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Lafage, Virginie, Frank J. Schwab, Ashish Patel, Nicola Hawkinson, & Jean-Pierre Farcy. (2008). A VALIDATED FORMULA FOR PREDICTING POST-OPERATIVE SAGITTAL BALANCE IN THE SETTING OF ADULT SPINAL DEFORMITY. Spine. &NA;. 114–114. 2 indexed citations

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