Richard L. Abel

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Richard L. Abel is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Surgery and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard L. Abel has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 14 papers in Surgery and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Richard L. Abel's work include Bone health and osteoporosis research (25 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (10 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (6 papers). Richard L. Abel is often cited by papers focused on Bone health and osteoporosis research (25 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (10 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (6 papers). Richard L. Abel collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Richard L. Abel's co-authors include J. M. Hellawell, J. Phillipson, S. R. J. Woodell, Ulrich Hansen, Gabriele A. Macho, Nghia T. Vo, Nick Ashton, Chris Stringer, Simon G. Lewis and Simon A. Parfitt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Richard L. Abel

71 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Early Pleistocene human occupation at the edge of the boreal zone in northwest Europe

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Peers

Richard L. Abel

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Richard A. Ketcham United States

William I. Sellers United Kingdom

Brian Metscher Austria

Michael LaBarbera United States

Lucia Mancini Italy

Kristian J. Carlson United States

Matthew W. Colbert United States

Timothy G. Bromage United States

Karl T. Bates United Kingdom

Manuel Dierick Belgium

Richard A. Ketcham United States

Richard L. Abel

1.6k ×3.8

PALEO

469 ×1.3

NLC

363 ×1.2

ECOLO

202 ×0.7

EEBS

290 ×1.0

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Citations per year, relative to Richard L. Abel Richard L. Abel (= 1×) peers Richard A. Ketcham

Countries citing papers authored by Richard L. Abel

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard L. Abel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard L. Abel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Richard L. Abel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Richard L. Abel based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Richard L. Abel. Richard L. Abel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Shen, Sabrina C., Munir S. Skaf, Daniele Dini, et al.. (2025). Integrating computational and experimental advances in bone multiscale mechanics. Progress in Materials Science. 153. 101474–101474. 3 indexed citations

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Wiles, Crispin C., Oliver Boughton, Shaocheng Ma, et al.. (2023). A Cross-Sectional Study of Bone Nanomechanics in Hip Fracture and Aging. Life. 13(6). 1378–1378. 2 indexed citations

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Cobb, Justin, et al.. (2022). Association between nanoscale strains and tissue level nanoindentation properties in age-related hip-fractures. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 138. 105573–105573. 4 indexed citations

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Boughton, Oliver, et al.. (2021). Ultrasound and Bone Disease: A Systematic Review. 4(1). 3 indexed citations

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Abel, Richard L., et al.. (2020). Hemiarthroplasties: the choice of prosthetic material causes different levels of damage in the articular cartilage. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 29(5). 1019–1029. 18 indexed citations

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Ma, Shaocheng, En Lin Goh, Crispin C. Wiles, et al.. (2020). Nanoscale mechanisms in age-related hip-fractures. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 14208–14208. 11 indexed citations

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Boughton, Oliver, Shaocheng Ma, Sarah Zhao, et al.. (2018). Measuring bone stiffness using spherical indentation. PLoS ONE. 13(7). e0200475–e0200475. 30 indexed citations

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Abel, Richard L., et al.. (2016). Motion-driven flow in an unusual piscine nasal region. Zoology. 119(6). 500–510. 6 indexed citations

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Raıne, Nigel E., Richard L. Abel, Dan Sykes, et al.. (2016). Exploring miniature insect brains using micro-CT scanning techniques. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 21768–21768. 87 indexed citations

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Ma, Shaocheng, Oliver Boughton, Angelo Karunaratne, et al.. (2016). Synchrotron Imaging Assessment of Bone Quality. Clinical Reviews in Bone and Mineral Metabolism. 14(3). 150–160. 34 indexed citations

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Shah, Syed Imran Ali, Paul Abel, Patricia M. Price, et al.. (2015). Contemporary hormone therapy with LHRH agonists for prostate cancer: avoiding osteoporosis and fracture. Editor-in-Chief s Voice List of Authors is an Important Element in a Scientific Publication. 68(2). 165–8. 6 indexed citations

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Cole, J. M., Jonathan Wood, N. Lopes, et al.. (2015). Laser-wakefield accelerators as hard x-ray sources for 3D medical imaging of human bone. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 13244–13244. 83 indexed citations

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Abel, Richard L.. (2013). The Pleasures and Perils of Big Data in Digitized Newspapers. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 2 indexed citations

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Reissis, Dimitris & Richard L. Abel. (2012). Development of fetal trabecular micro‐architecture in the humerus and femur. Journal of Anatomy. 220(5). 496–503. 25 indexed citations

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Richards, C. S., Thomas J. Simonsen, Richard L. Abel, et al.. (2012). Virtual forensic entomology: Improving estimates of minimum post-mortem interval with 3D micro-computed tomography. Forensic Science International. 220(1-3). 251–264. 91 indexed citations

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Abel, Richard L., et al.. (2011). Pooling of Water and the Formation of Evaporite Minerals in the Martian Sub-Surface. Open Research Online (The Open University). 2148. 1 indexed citations

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Towner, M. C., C Duffy, P. A. Bland, Pavel Spurný, & Richard L. Abel. (2010). The Bulk Properties of Bunburra Rockhole: Results of Micro-CT Scan Analysis. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1758. 3 indexed citations

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Butler, Richard J., Paul M. Barrett, Richard L. Abel, & David J. Gower. (2009). A possible ctenosauriscid archosaur from the Middle Triassic Manda Beds of Tanzania. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29(4). 1022–1031. 47 indexed citations

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Abel, Richard L., et al.. (2002). Differential parallel processing of olfactory information in the honeybee, Apis mellifera L.. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 188(5). 359–370. 112 indexed citations

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Phillipson, J., et al.. (1976). Earthworms and the factors governing their distribution in an English beechwood. Pedobiologia. 16(4). 258–285. 78 indexed citations

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