NP Thomas

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

NP Thomas is a scholar working on Surgery, Biomedical Engineering and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, NP Thomas has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Surgery, 4 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 2 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in NP Thomas's work include Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques (13 papers), Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (9 papers) and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (6 papers). NP Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques (13 papers), Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (9 papers) and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (6 papers). NP Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, New Zealand and Portugal. NP Thomas's co-authors include J. Mountney, Wongwit Senavongse, Andrew A. Amis, P Firer, AO Ransford, H. Alan Crockard, JL Pozo, Hemant Pandit, MA Edgar and David W. Murray and has published in prestigious journals such as Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy, The Knee and Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume.

In The Last Decade

NP Thomas

17 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

Anatomy and biomechanics of the medial patellofemoral ligament

2003 522 citations Andrew A. Amis, P Firer et al. The Knee profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
NP Thomas United Kingdom	12	929	805	652	118	44	17	1.3k
Wayne B. Leadbetter United States	17	1.4k 1.5×	492 0.6×	1.2k 1.9×	32 0.3×	14 0.3×	23	1.7k
Andrew J. Hamel United States	16	459 0.5×	371 0.5×	454 0.7×	35 0.3×	16 0.4×	19	880
H Brattström Sweden	14	620 0.7×	317 0.4×	325 0.5×	129 1.1×	30 0.7×	29	866
Glenn Paskoff United States	19	364 0.4×	250 0.3×	144 0.2×	371 3.1×	29 0.7×	44	854
Rajesh G. Narechania United States	7	1.1k 1.1×	152 0.2×	677 1.0×	57 0.5×	41 0.9×	11	1.2k
Thomas Hoogland Germany	10	1.4k 1.5×	353 0.4×	186 0.3×	1.6k 13.5×	46 1.0×	12	2.0k
Hungerford Ds United States	16	1.0k 1.1×	474 0.6×	754 1.2×	17 0.1×	37 0.8×	24	1.4k
Tetsuto Sasaki Japan	12	690 0.7×	350 0.4×	288 0.4×	60 0.5×	6 0.1×	22	904
Scott F. Dye United States	21	1.3k 1.4×	916 1.1×	891 1.4×	11 0.1×	99 2.3×	35	1.9k
René Jorge Abdalla Brazil	18	935 1.0×	347 0.4×	717 1.1×	13 0.1×	37 0.8×	60	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of NP Thomas

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Melton, Joel Thomas Kirk, et al.. (2012). A SHORT TERM CLINICAL AND RADIOGRAPHIC REVIEW OF MEDIAL HIGH TIBIAL OPENING WEDGE OSTEOTOMY. 53–53. 1 indexed citations

Duren, Bernard van, et al.. (2012). HOW EFFECTIVE IS THE “GUIDED MOTION” OF MODERN TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENTS?. 102–102. 1 indexed citations

Ward, Thomas, Hemant Pandit, D. Hollinghurst, et al.. (2011). Improved quadriceps' mechanical advantage in single radius TKRs is not due to an increased patellar tendon moment arm. The Knee. 19(5). 564–570. 13 indexed citations

Ward, Thomas, Hemant Pandit, D. Hollinghurst, et al.. (2011). A low-riding patella in posterior stabilised total knee replacements alters quadriceps' mechanical advantage, resulting in reduced knee flexion moments. The Knee. 19(4). 299–305. 3 indexed citations

Duren, Bernard van, Hemant Pandit, S. Tilley, et al.. (2011). Bicruciate substituting total knee replacement: how effective are the added kinematic constraints in vivo?. Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy. 20(10). 2002–2010. 32 indexed citations

Pandit, Hemant, David Beard, C. Jenkins, et al.. (2006). Combined anterior cruciate reconstruction and Oxford unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume. 88-B(7). 887–892. 67 indexed citations

Mountney, J., Wongwit Senavongse, AA Amis, & NP Thomas. (2005). THE MEDIAL PATELLOFEMORAL LIGAMENT : TENSILE STRENGTH, REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-british Volume. 150–150. 1 indexed citations

Mountney, J., Wongwit Senavongse, Andrew A. Amis, & NP Thomas. (2005). Tensile strength of the medial patellofemoral ligament before and after repair or reconstruction. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume. 87-B(1). 36–40. 252 indexed citations

Pandit, Hemant, Tom Ward, D. Hollinghurst, et al.. (2005). Influence of surface geometry and the cam-post mechanism on the kinematics of total knee replacement. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume. 87-B(7). 940–945. 63 indexed citations

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Amis, Andrew A., P Firer, J. Mountney, Wongwit Senavongse, & NP Thomas. (2003). Anatomy and biomechanics of the medial patellofemoral ligament. The Knee. 10(3). 215–220. 522 indexed citations breakdown →

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Allum, R L & NP Thomas. (2000). Taking the advanced knee arthroscopic surgery course to Singapore.. PubMed. 82(1 Suppl). 14–5. 1 indexed citations

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Thomas, NP, et al.. (1997). A prospective trial of local versus general anaesthesia for arthroscopic surgery of the knee.. PubMed. 79(5). 345–8. 15 indexed citations

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Thomas, NP, et al.. (1987). Prosthetic anterior cruciate ligaments in the rabbit. A comparison of four types of replacement. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume. 69-B(2). 312–316. 26 indexed citations

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Ransford, AO, et al.. (1986). Craniocervical instability treated by contoured loop fixation. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume. 68-B(2). 173–177. 124 indexed citations

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Thomas, NP, et al.. (1986). Open and closed meniscectomy. A comparative analysis. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume. 68-B(2). 301–304. 38 indexed citations

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Thomas, NP, et al.. (1985). Congenital absence of the anterior cruciate ligament. A common component of knee dysplasia. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume. 67-B(4). 572–575. 48 indexed citations

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Edgar, MA, et al.. (1983). A system for the electrophysiological monitoring of the spinal cord during operations for scoliosis. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume. 65-B(2). 134–139. 84 indexed citations

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