R. C. Read

745 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 515 citations indexed

About

R. C. Read is a scholar working on Surgery, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, R. C. Read has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 515 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Surgery, 2 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and 2 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in R. C. Read's work include Hernia repair and management (4 papers), Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries (3 papers) and Thermal Regulation in Medicine (2 papers). R. C. Read is often cited by papers focused on Hernia repair and management (4 papers), Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries (3 papers) and Thermal Regulation in Medicine (2 papers). R. C. Read collaborates with scholars based in United States. R. C. Read's co-authors include Richard L. Varco, Richard A. DeWall, J. Bradley Aust, Herbert E. Warden, Gábor Molnár, H. J. White, C. Walton Lillehei, John Scott, Newell R. Ziegler and Roger A. de la Torre and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Surgery, Journal of Applied Physiology and Surgical Endoscopy.

In The Last Decade

R. C. Read

9 papers receiving 470 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.

Direct Vision Intracardiac Surgical Correction of the Tetralogv of Fallot, Pentalogy of Fallot, and Pulmonary Atresia Defects

1955 327 citations Herbert E. Warden, R. C. Read et al. Annals of Surgery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. C. Read United States	6	304	295	251	133	40	10	515
Rubin Cooper United States	11	218 0.7×	256 0.9×	255 1.0×	231 1.7×	50 1.3×	28	521
Konrad Bühlmeyer Germany	9	175 0.6×	299 1.0×	256 1.0×	120 0.9×	34 0.8×	11	424
Frederick S. Cross United States	14	238 0.8×	103 0.3×	158 0.6×	182 1.4×	22 0.6×	41	528
Leonard Steinfeld United States	14	221 0.7×	277 0.9×	219 0.9×	363 2.7×	45 1.1×	41	639
Ellen M. Weinstein United States	9	187 0.6×	336 1.1×	135 0.5×	425 3.2×	54 1.4×	15	601
Cecille O. Sunderland United States	12	222 0.7×	318 1.1×	277 1.1×	158 1.2×	27 0.7×	19	494
Björn Bjarke Sweden	12	205 0.7×	364 1.2×	250 1.0×	216 1.6×	12 0.3×	21	528
Marshall Rowen United States	10	250 0.8×	325 1.1×	414 1.6×	183 1.4×	65 1.6×	15	615
J Hruda Netherlands	16	413 1.4×	627 2.1×	415 1.7×	268 2.0×	76 1.9×	50	809
S. Rammos Germany	13	177 0.6×	287 1.0×	198 0.8×	175 1.3×	82 2.0×	25	460

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. C. Read

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All Works

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Read, R. C.. (2010). Crucial steps in the evolution of the preperitoneal approaches to the groin: an historical review. Hernia. 15(1). 1–5. 27 indexed citations

2.

Read, R. C.. (2009). Herniology: past, present, and future. Hernia. 13(6). 577–580. 39 indexed citations

3.

Read, R. C., Roger A. de la Torre, & John Scott. (1997). Balloon dissection of the space of Bogros via the femoral canal for total extraperitoneal laparoscopic herniorrhaphy. Surgical Endoscopy. 11(6). 687–692. 2 indexed citations

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Read, R. C., et al.. (1992). Repair of posterolateral ventral herniation caused by diabetic truncal neuropathy.. PubMed. 111(6). 703–5. 1 indexed citations

5.

Read, R. C.. (1980). Marcy's priority in the development of inguinal herniorrhaphy.. PubMed. 88(5). 682–5. 5 indexed citations

6.

Molnár, Gábor & R. C. Read. (1975). STUDIES DURING OPEN-HEART SURGERY ON THE SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RECTAL TEMPERATURE. Survey of Anesthesiology. 19(1). 8???9–8???9. 1 indexed citations

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Molnár, Gábor & R. C. Read. (1974). Studies during open-heart surgery on the special characteristics of rectal temperature.. Journal of Applied Physiology. 36(3). 333–336. 58 indexed citations

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White, H. J., et al.. (1968). Neoplastic transformation of v. Meyenburg complexes of the liver. The Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology. 96(2). 499–502. 52 indexed citations

9.

Read, R. C., Richard A. DeWall, Herbert E. Warden, Newell R. Ziegler, & C. Walton Lillehei. (1957). The application of arterialized venous blood to intracardiac surgery.. PubMed. 104(4). 457–62. 3 indexed citations

10.

Warden, Herbert E., et al.. (1955). Direct Vision Intracardiac Surgical Correction of the Tetralogv of Fallot, Pentalogy of Fallot, and Pulmonary Atresia Defects. Annals of Surgery. 142(3). 418–445. 327 indexed citations breakdown →

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