Richard Derby

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Richard Derby is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Pharmacology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Derby has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 52 papers in Pharmacology and 35 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Richard Derby's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (59 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (52 papers) and Anesthesia and Pain Management (18 papers). Richard Derby is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (59 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (52 papers) and Anesthesia and Pain Management (18 papers). Richard Derby collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Australia. Richard Derby's co-authors include Charles N. Aprill, Nikolai Bogduk, Garrett Kine, Anthony C. Schwarzer, Joseph D. Fortin, Sang‐Heon Lee, Arthur H. White, Byung‐Jo Kim, Yung Chen and Kwan Sik Seo and has published in prestigious journals such as Pain, Spine and Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

In The Last Decade

Richard Derby

67 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

The Prevalence and Clinical Features of Internal Disc Disruption in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

1995 575 citations Anthony C. Schwarzer, Charles N. Aprill et al. Spine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard Derby United States	33	3.9k	3.4k	2.5k	433	395	70	4.7k
Paul Dreyfuss United States	28	3.3k 0.8×	2.6k 0.8×	2.5k 1.0×	168 0.4×	268 0.7×	46	3.9k
Joseph D. Fortin United States	20	2.6k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	230 0.5×	136 0.3×	33	3.1k
Donna D. Ohnmeiss United States	36	3.6k 0.9×	2.0k 0.6×	2.9k 1.2×	653 1.5×	193 0.5×	146	4.1k
Charles N. Aprill United States	41	6.2k 1.6×	5.5k 1.6×	3.9k 1.5×	784 1.8×	287 0.7×	66	7.4k
Sam W. Wiesel United States	24	2.4k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	539 1.2×	70 0.2×	64	3.3k
Jeffrey A. Saal United States	15	2.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	228 0.5×	146 0.4×	30	2.6k
Jean-Yves Maigne France	26	1.5k 0.4×	1.2k 0.3×	1.3k 0.5×	70 0.2×	634 1.6×	66	2.4k
Mark Laslett New Zealand	22	1.7k 0.4×	2.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	153 0.4×	63 0.2×	43	2.8k
Curtis W. Slipman United States	26	1.8k 0.4×	1.3k 0.4×	1.4k 0.6×	88 0.2×	111 0.3×	67	2.3k
Brian J. C. Freeman Australia	33	2.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.4×	2.0k 0.8×	608 1.4×	52 0.1×	92	3.3k

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Lee, Sang‐Heon, Richard Derby, Donggeun Sul, et al.. (2014). Effectiveness of a New Navigable Percutaneous Disc Decompression Device (L'DISQ) in Patients with Lumbar Discogenic Pain. Pain Medicine. 16(2). 266–273. 8 indexed citations

Derby, Richard, Charles N. Aprill, Jeong Eun Lee, Michael J. DePalma, & Ray M. Baker. (2012). Comparison of Four Different Analgesic Discogram Protocols Comparing the Incidence of Reported Pain Relief Following Local Anesthetic Injection into Concordantly Painful Lumbar Intervertebral Discs. Pain Medicine. 13(12). 1547–1553. 15 indexed citations

Choi, Woo Sung, Dong Ah Shin, Sang‐Heon Lee, et al.. (2010). Toward More Useful Pressure-Controlled Discography: In Vitro Evaluation of Injection Speed, Sensor Location, and Tube Length. Pain Medicine. 12(1). 36–44. 9 indexed citations

Kallewaard, Jan Willem, Michel Terheggen, Gerbrand J. Groen, et al.. (2010). 15. Discogenic Low Back Pain. Pain Practice. 10(6). 560–579. 102 indexed citations

DePalma, Michael J., et al.. (2009). Are Outer Annular Fissures Stimulated During Diskography the Source of Diskogenic Low-Back Pain? An Analysis of Analgesic Diskography Data. Pain Medicine. 10(3). 488–494. 20 indexed citations

Derby, Richard, Sang‐Heon Lee, Yung Chen, et al.. (2008). The Influence of Psychologic Factors on Diskography in Patients With Chronic Axial Low Back Pain. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 89(7). 1300–1304. 9 indexed citations

Derby, Richard, Ray M. Baker, & Chang-Hyung Lee. (2008). Evidence-informed management of chronic low back pain with minimally invasive nuclear decompression. The Spine Journal. 8(1). 150–159. 13 indexed citations

Derby, Richard, Sang‐Heon Lee, Elaine S. Date, & Jeong Hyeon Lee. (2007). Size and Aggregation of Corticosteroids Used for Epidural Injections. Pain Medicine. 9(2). 227–234. 155 indexed citations

Seo, Kwan Sik, Richard Derby, Elaine S. Date, Sang‐Heon Lee, & Byung‐Jo Kim. (2006). In vitro measurement of pressure differences using manometry at various injection speeds during discography. The Spine Journal. 7(1). 68–73. 39 indexed citations

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Derby, Richard, Sang‐Heon Lee, Byung‐Jo Kim, et al.. (2005). Pressure-Controlled Lumbar Discography in Volunteers Without Low Back Symptoms. Pain Medicine. 6(3). 213–221. 62 indexed citations

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Derby, Richard & Byung‐Jo Kim. (2005). Effect of Intradiscal Electrothermal Treatment with a Short Heating Catheter and Fibrin on Discogenic Low Back Pain. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 84(7). 560–561. 2 indexed citations

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Derby, Richard, Byung‐Jo Kim, Sang‐Heon Lee, et al.. (2005). Comparison of discographic findings in asymptomatic subject discs and the negative discs of chronic LBP patients: Can discography distinguish asymptomatic discs among morphologically abnormal discs?. The Spine Journal. 5(4). 389–394. 82 indexed citations

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Chen, Yung, Richard Derby, & Sang‐Heon Lee. (2004). Percutaneous disc decompression in the management of chronic low back pain. Orthopedic Clinics of North America. 35(1). 17–23. 7 indexed citations

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Lee, Sang‐Heon, Richard Derby, Yung Chen, Kwan Sik Seo, & Mi Jung Kim. (2004). In vitro measurement of pressure in intervertebral discs and annulus fibrosus with and without annular tears during discography. The Spine Journal. 4(6). 614–618. 36 indexed citations

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O’Neill, Conor W., et al.. (2003). Biochemical injection treatment for discogenic low back pain. The Spine Journal. 3(3). 220–226. 41 indexed citations

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O’Neill, Conor W., et al.. (2002). Disc Stimulation and Patterns of Referred Pain. Spine. 27(24). 2776–2781. 88 indexed citations

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Derby, Richard, et al.. (1999). The Ability of Pressure-Controlled Discography to Predict Surgical and Nonsurgical Outcomes. Spine. 24(4). 364–371. 165 indexed citations

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Schwarzer, Anthony C., Charles N. Aprill, Richard Derby, et al.. (1994). Clinical Features of Patients with Pain Stemming from the Lumbar Zygapophysial Joints. Spine. 19(Supplement). 1132–1137. 381 indexed citations

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Schwarzer, Anthony C., Charles N. Aprill, Richard Derby, et al.. (1994). The false-positive rate of uncontrolled diagnostic blocks of the lumbar zygapophysial joints. Pain. 58(2). 195–200. 274 indexed citations

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Hsu, Ken Y., et al.. (1988). Painful Lumbar End-Plate Disruptions: A Significant Discographic Finding. Spine. 13(1). 76–78. 22 indexed citations

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