Paul Park

27.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
504 papers, 18.9k citations indexed

About

Paul Park is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Park has authored 504 papers receiving a total of 18.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 346 papers in Surgery, 324 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 101 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Paul Park's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (308 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (179 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (99 papers). Paul Park is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (308 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (179 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (99 papers). Paul Park collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Paul Park's co-authors include Matthew J. McGirt, T. Tong, Frank La Marca, Phyllis A. Wingo, Clinton J. Devin, Stephen K. Mendenhall, Joseph Cheng, Owoicho Adogwa, Saniya S. Godil and Hugh Garton and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Paul Park

488 papers receiving 18.4k 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.

Cancer statistics, 1997

1997 1.7k citations Paul Park et al. profile →
Cancer statistics, 1996

1996 1.5k citations Paul Park et al. profile →
Adjacent Segment Disease after Lumbar or Lumbosacral Fusion: Review of the Literature

2004 960 citations Paul Park et al. Spine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Park United States	69	11.3k	10.2k	3.6k	2.0k	1.8k	504	18.9k
Matthew J. McGirt United States	79	10.3k 0.9×	8.0k 0.8×	4.1k 1.1×	365 0.2×	1.8k 1.0×	403	19.8k
Ali Guermazi United States	92	17.8k 1.6×	3.0k 0.3×	3.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	917 0.5×	783	32.5k
Maxime Dougados France	83	3.9k 0.3×	2.2k 0.2×	2.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	711 0.4×	395	24.8k
Paul Emery United Kingdom	123	5.4k 0.5×	7.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	5.0k 2.5×	2.7k 1.5×	1.0k	67.0k
Désirée van der Heijde Netherlands	122	3.5k 0.3×	5.0k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	3.0k 1.5×	947 0.5×	897	61.2k
Hilal Maradit Kremers United States	58	6.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.1×	1.3k 0.4×	594 0.3×	1.2k 0.7×	210	20.4k
Frank C. Arnett United States	67	2.7k 0.2×	7.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.4×	2.5k 1.3×	2.8k 1.6×	196	37.7k
Vibeke Strand United States	73	2.3k 0.2×	2.6k 0.3×	1.7k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	862 0.5×	522	22.9k
Søren Jacobsen Denmark	64	4.4k 0.4×	1.8k 0.2×	1.8k 0.5×	608 0.3×	696 0.4×	327	13.8k
Filippo Crea Italy	81	11.1k 1.0×	1.9k 0.2×	627 0.2×	796 0.4×	2.9k 1.6×	1.1k	30.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Park, Paul, Nathan J. Lee, Meghan Cerpa, et al.. (2023). The Posterior Cranial Vertical Line: A Novel Radiographic Marker for Classifying Global Sagittal Alignment. Neurospine. 20(3). 790–797.

Zaki, Mark M., Rushikesh S. Joshi, Jacob R. Joseph, et al.. (2023). Virtual Reality–Enabled Resident Education of Lateral-Access Spine Surgery. World Neurosurgery. 183. e401–e407. 7 indexed citations

Holste, Katherine G., et al.. (2022). Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion for Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Operative Neurosurgery. 23(1). e54–e54. 1 indexed citations

Schultz, Lonni, Jason M. Schwalb, Paul Park, et al.. (2022). Correlation of mJOA, PROMIS physical function, and patient satisfaction in patients with cervical myelopathy: an analysis of the Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MSSIC) database. The Spine Journal. 23(4). 550–557. 2 indexed citations

Macki, Mohamed, Michael Bazydlo, Lonni Schultz, et al.. (2022). Characteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery for axial back pain in the Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative. The Spine Journal. 22(10). 1651–1659. 11 indexed citations

Lee, Nathan J., Scott L. Zuckerman, Ian A. Buchanan, et al.. (2021). Is There a Difference in Screw Accuracy, Robot Time Per Screw, Robot Abandonment, and Radiation Exposure Between the Mazor X and the Renaissance? A Propensity-Matched Analysis of 1179 Robot-Assisted Screws. Global Spine Journal. 13(5). 1286–1292. 12 indexed citations

Lee, Nathan J., Andrei Fernandes Joaquim, Venkat Boddapati, et al.. (2021). Revision Anterior Cervical Disc Arthroplasty: A National Analysis of the Associated Indications, Procedures, and Postoperative Outcomes. Global Spine Journal. 12(7). 1338–1344. 13 indexed citations

Kashlan, Osama N., Kevin Swong, Mohammed Ali Alvi, et al.. (2020). Patients with a depressive and/or anxiety disorder can achieve optimum Long term outcomes after surgery for grade 1 spondylolisthesis: Analysis from the quality outcomes database (QOD). Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 197. 106098–106098. 11 indexed citations

Sherrod, Brandon A., Praveen V. Mummaneni, Mohammed Ali Alvi, et al.. (2020). Regional Variance in Disability and Quality-of-Life Outcomes After Surgery for Grade I Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: A Quality Outcomes Database Analysis. World Neurosurgery. 138. e336–e344. 2 indexed citations

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Saadeh, Yamaan S., Eleanor Smith, Timothy J. Yee, et al.. (2020). The impact of age on approach-related complications with navigated lateral lumbar interbody fusion. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 49(3). E8–E8. 1 indexed citations

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Asher, Anthony L., Panagiotis Kerezoudis, Praveen V. Mummaneni, et al.. (2018). Defining the minimum clinically important difference for grade I degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: insights from the Quality Outcomes Database. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 44(1). E2–E2. 88 indexed citations

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Nunley, Pierce D., Gregory M. Mundis, Richard G. Fessler, et al.. (2017). Impact of case type, length of stay, institution type, and comorbidities on Medicare diagnosis-related group reimbursement for adult spinal deformity surgery. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 43(6). E11–E11. 4 indexed citations

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Than, Khoi D., Praveen V. Mummaneni, Paul Park, et al.. (2017). Complication rates associated with open versus percutaneous pedicle screw instrumentation among patients undergoing minimally invasive interbody fusion for adult spinal deformity. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 43(6). E7–E7. 28 indexed citations

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Mummaneni, Praveen V., Erica F. Bisson, Panagiotis Kerezoudis, et al.. (2017). Minimally invasive versus open fusion for Grade I degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: analysis of the Quality Outcomes Database. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 43(2). E11–E11. 55 indexed citations

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Uribe, Juan S., Armen R. Deukmedjian, Praveen V. Mummaneni, et al.. (2014). Complications in adult spinal deformity surgery: an analysis of minimally invasive, hybrid, and open surgical techniques. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 36(5). E15–E15. 108 indexed citations

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Haque, Raqeeb, Gregory M. Mundis, Yousef M. Ahmed, et al.. (2014). Comparison of radiographic results after minimally invasive, hybrid, and open surgery for adult spinal deformity: a multicenter study of 184 patients. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 36(5). E13–E13. 69 indexed citations

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Mummaneni, Praveen V., Christopher I. Shaffrey, Lawrence G. Lenke, et al.. (2014). The minimally invasive spinal deformity surgery algorithm: a reproducible rational framework for decision making in minimally invasive spinal deformity surgery. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 36(5). E6–E6. 100 indexed citations

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Kang, Heesuk, Paul Park, Frank La Marca, Scott J. Hollister, & Chia-Ying Lin. (2010). Analysis of load sharing on uncovertebral and facet joints at the C5–6 level with implantation of the Bryan, Prestige LP, or ProDisc-C cervical disc prosthesis: an in vivo image-based finite element study. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 28(6). E9–E9. 50 indexed citations

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Etame, Arnold B., Khoi D. Than, Anthony Wang, Frank La Marca, & Paul Park. (2008). Surgical Management of Symptomatic Cervical or Cervicothoracic Kyphosis Due to Ankylosing Spondylitis. Spine. 33(16). E559–E564. 66 indexed citations

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Park, Paul, William F. Chandler, Ariel L. Barkan, et al.. (2004). The Role of Radiation Therapy after Surgical Resection of Nonfunctional Pituitary Macroadenomas. Neurosurgery. 55(1). 100–107. 122 indexed citations

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