Richard A. Hostin

12.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
215 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Richard A. Hostin is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard A. Hostin has authored 215 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 210 papers in Surgery, 140 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Richard A. Hostin's work include Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (197 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (176 papers) and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (140 papers). Richard A. Hostin is often cited by papers focused on Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (197 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (176 papers) and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (140 papers). Richard A. Hostin collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Richard A. Hostin's co-authors include Christopher P. Ames, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Shay Bess, Justin S. Smith, Virginie Lafage, Frank J. Schwab, Douglas C. Burton, Robert A. Hart, Eric O. Klineberg and Gregory M. Mundis and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Spine and Neurosurgery.

In The Last Decade

Richard A. Hostin

205 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

Radiographical Spinopelvic Parameters and Disability in t... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2015 2013 2014 250 500 750
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.

  1. Radiographical Spinopelvic Parameters and Disability in the Setting of Adult Spinal Deformity
    2013 756 citations Frank J. Schwab, Benjamin Blondel et al. Spine profile →
  2. Defining Spino-Pelvic Alignment Thresholds
    2015 316 citations Renaud Lafage, Frank J. Schwab et al. Spine profile →
  3. The SRS-Schwab Adult Spinal Deformity Classification
    2013 316 citations Frank J. Schwab, Christopher I. Shaffrey et al. Neurosurgery profile →
  4. The T1 Pelvic Angle, a Novel Radiographic Measure of Global Sagittal Deformity, Accounts for Both Spinal Inclination and Pelvic Tilt and Correlates with Health-Related Quality of Life
    2014 303 citations Themistocles S. Protopsaltis, Frank J. Schwab et al. profile →

Peers

Richard A. Hostin
Gregory M. Mundis United States
Justin K. Scheer United States
Renaud Lafage United States
Khaled M. Kebaish United States
Peter G. Passias United States
Adam S. Kanter United States
D. Kojo Hamilton United States
Tamir Ailon Canada
Khaled M. Kebaish United States
Go Yoshida Japan
Gregory M. Mundis United States
Richard A. Hostin
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lafage, Virginie, Ayman A. Mohamed, Alan H. Daniels, et al.. (2025). Beyond Kyphosis. Spine. 51(5). 360–367.
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Lafage, Renaud, Junho Song, Jonathan Elysée, et al.. (2024). Unsupervised Clustering of Adult Spinal Deformity Patterns Predicts Surgical and Patient-Reported Outcomes. Global Spine Journal. 15(4). 2265–2273.
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Lafage, Virginie, Ayman A. Mohamed, Bassel G. Diebo, et al.. (2024). 51. Beyond kyphosis: modes of failure at the proximal junction in adult spinal deformity. The Spine Journal. 24(9). S27–S28.
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Passias, Peter G., Katherine E. Pierce, Oscar Krol, et al.. (2024). Development of a modified frailty index for adult spinal deformities independent of functional changes following surgical correction: a true baseline risk assessment tool. Spine Deformity. 12(3). 811–817. 1 indexed citations
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Alas, Haddy, Peter G. Passias, Avery Brown, et al.. (2021). Predictors of serious, preventable, and costly medical complications in a population of adult spinal deformity patients. The Spine Journal. 21(9). 1559–1566. 7 indexed citations
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Poorman, Gregory W., Peter G. Passias, Rabia Qureshi, et al.. (2018). Cost-utility analysis of cervical deformity surgeries using 1-year outcome. The Spine Journal. 18(9). 1552–1557. 18 indexed citations
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Bumpass, David B., Lawrence G. Lenke, Jeffrey L. Gum, et al.. (2017). Male sex may not be associated with worse outcomes in primary all-posterior adult spinal deformity surgery: a multicenter analysis. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 43(6). E9–E9. 10 indexed citations
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Challier, Vincent, Jensen K. Henry, Shian Liu, et al.. (2017). Complication Rates and Maintenance of Correction After 3-Column Osteotomy in the Elderly: Report of 55 Patients With 2-Year Follow-up. Neurosurgery. 83(5). 973–980. 4 indexed citations
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Diebo, Bassel G., Virginie Lafage, Jeffrey Varghese, et al.. (2017). After 9 Years of 3-Column Osteotomies, Are We Doing Better? Performance Curve Analysis of 573 Surgeries With 2-Year Follow-up. Neurosurgery. 83(1). 69–75. 16 indexed citations
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Kelly, Michael P., Han Jo Kim, Christopher P. Ames, et al.. (2017). Minimum Detectable Measurement Difference for Health-Related Quality of Life Measures Varies With Age and Disability in Adult Spinal Deformity. Spine. 43(13). E790–E795. 14 indexed citations
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Lafage, Renaud, Frank J. Schwab, Vincent Challier, et al.. (2015). Defining Spino-Pelvic Alignment Thresholds. Spine. 41(1). 62–68. 316 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sorocéanu, Alexandra, Bassel G. Diebo, Douglas C. Burton, et al.. (2015). Radiographical and Implant-Related Complications in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. Spine. 40(18). 1414–1421. 136 indexed citations
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Slobodyanyuk, Kseniya, Caroline E. Poorman, Justin S. Smith, et al.. (2014). Clinical improvement through nonoperative treatment of adult spinal deformity: who is likely to benefit?. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 36(5). E2–E2. 25 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Ian, Michael O’Brien, Christopher P. Ames, et al.. (2014). Incremental cost-effectiveness of adult spinal deformity surgery: observed quality-adjusted life years with surgery compared with predicted quality-adjusted life years without surgery. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 36(5). E3–E3. 80 indexed citations
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Bianco, Kristina, Robert P. Norton, Frank J. Schwab, et al.. (2014). Complications and intercenter variability of three-column osteotomies for spinal deformity surgery: a retrospective review of 423 patients. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 36(5). E18–E18. 96 indexed citations
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Schwab, Frank J., Benjamin Blondel, Shay Bess, et al.. (2013). Radiographical Spinopelvic Parameters and Disability in the Setting of Adult Spinal Deformity. Spine. 38(13). E803–E812. 756 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hart, Robert A., Ian McCarthy, Christopher P. Ames, et al.. (2013). Proximal Junctional Kyphosis and Proximal Junctional Failure. Neurosurgery Clinics of North America. 24(2). 213–218. 120 indexed citations

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