Roland Donk

915 total citations
27 papers, 707 citations indexed

About

Roland Donk is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roland Donk has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 707 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Surgery, 24 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 3 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Roland Donk's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (23 papers), Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (19 papers) and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (17 papers). Roland Donk is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (23 papers), Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (19 papers) and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (17 papers). Roland Donk collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Belgium. Roland Donk's co-authors include Ronald Bartels, Ton Feuth, André L. M. Verbeek, W. I. M. Verhagen, Xiaoyu Yang, Carmen Vleggeert‐Lankamp, Hans Groenewoud, Allard J. F. Hosman, Juergen Harms and K Zielke and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Spine and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.

In The Last Decade

Roland Donk

27 papers receiving 674 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roland Donk Netherlands 14 676 643 52 43 23 27 707
A. Blamoutier France 9 433 0.6× 329 0.5× 73 1.4× 19 0.4× 15 0.7× 23 470
Jun-Hong Min South Korea 12 609 0.9× 555 0.9× 127 2.4× 44 1.0× 15 0.7× 14 638
Alessandro Ortolina Italy 14 539 0.8× 475 0.7× 90 1.7× 90 2.1× 10 0.4× 24 589
Konrad Bach United States 12 414 0.6× 411 0.6× 97 1.9× 53 1.2× 22 1.0× 20 464
Christopher R. Brown United States 11 381 0.6× 281 0.4× 75 1.4× 28 0.7× 13 0.6× 23 435
Chris Hales 4 749 1.1× 483 0.8× 71 1.4× 47 1.1× 18 0.8× 4 769
Konstantinos Martikos Italy 13 456 0.7× 241 0.4× 38 0.7× 34 0.8× 6 0.3× 30 491
Georgios Bakaloudis Italy 11 659 1.0× 361 0.6× 51 1.0× 37 0.9× 7 0.3× 12 694
Rick Sasso United States 14 1.0k 1.5× 821 1.3× 135 2.6× 71 1.7× 15 0.7× 47 1.1k
Erich Kast Germany 12 602 0.9× 532 0.8× 96 1.8× 53 1.2× 8 0.3× 18 642

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roland Donk

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Xiaoyu, Roland Donk, Ronald Bartels, et al.. (2020). Comparing Heterotopic Ossification in Two Cervical Disc Prostheses. Spine. 45(19). 1329–1334. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaoyu, Roland Donk, Mark P. Arts, & Carmen Vleggeert‐Lankamp. (2019). Are Modic Vertebral End-Plate Signal Changes Associated with Degeneration or Clinical Outcomes in the Cervical Spine?. World Neurosurgery. 129. e881–e889. 13 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaoyu, et al.. (2019). The association of cervical sagittal alignment with adjacent segment degeneration. European Spine Journal. 29(11). 2655–2664. 31 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaoyu, Roland Donk, Mark P. Arts, et al.. (2019). Maintaining range of motion after cervical discectomy does not prevent adjacent segment degeneration. The Spine Journal. 19(11). 1816–1823. 11 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaoyu, Ronald Bartels, Roland Donk, et al.. (2019). Does Heterotopic Ossification in Cervical Arthroplasty Affect Clinical Outcome?. World Neurosurgery. 131. e408–e414. 10 indexed citations
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Donk, Roland, André L. M. Verbeek, W. I. M. Verhagen, et al.. (2017). What’s the best surgical treatment for patients with cervical radiculopathy due to single-level degenerative disease? A randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE. 12(8). e0183603–e0183603. 33 indexed citations
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Donk, Roland, Hisse Arnts, W. I. M. Verhagen, et al.. (2017). Cervical sagittal alignment after different anterior discectomy procedures for single-level cervical degenerative disc disease: randomized controlled trial. Acta Neurochirurgica. 159(12). 2359–2365. 10 indexed citations
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Donk, Roland, et al.. (2017). Substantial clinical benefit for Neck Disability Index revisited: establishing the goal for treatment?. European Spine Journal. 27(6). 1262–1265. 4 indexed citations
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Bartels, Ronald, Roland Donk, W. I. M. Verhagen, Allard J. F. Hosman, & André L. M. Verbeek. (2017). Reporting the results of meta-analyses: a plea for incorporating clinical relevance referring to an example. The Spine Journal. 17(11). 1625–1632. 8 indexed citations
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Donk, Roland, André L. M. Verbeek, W. I. M. Verhagen, et al.. (2016). The Qualification of Outcome after Cervical Spine Surgery by Patients Compared to the Neck Disability Index. PLoS ONE. 11(8). e0161593–e0161593. 7 indexed citations
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Bartels, Ronald, Roland Donk, & André L. M. Verbeek. (2010). No Justification for Cervical Disk Prostheses in Clinical Practice. Neurosurgery. 66(6). 1153–1160. 61 indexed citations
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Bartels, Ronald, Roland Donk, Paul W. Pavlov, & Jacques van Limbeek. (2008). Comparison of biomechanical properties of cervical artificial disc prosthesis: A review. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 110(10). 963–967. 13 indexed citations
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Barink, Marco, et al.. (2007). The trochlea is medialized by total knee arthroplasty: An intraoperative assessment in 61 patients. Acta Orthopaedica. 78(1). 123–127. 19 indexed citations
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Donk, Roland, et al.. (2007). Self-rated evaluation of outcome of the implantation of interspinous process distraction (X-Stop) for neurogenic claudication. European Spine Journal. 17(2). 200–203. 49 indexed citations
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Bartels, Ronald, Roland Donk, & Ton Feuth. (2006). Subsidence of Stand-alone Cervical Carbon Fiber Cages. Neurosurgery. 58(3). 502–508. 141 indexed citations
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Bartels, Ronald, Roland Donk, Gert Jan van der Wilt, J. André Grotenhuis, & Dick Venderink. (2006). Design of the PROCON trial: a prospective, randomized multi – center study comparing cervical anterior discectomy without fusion, with fusion or with arthroplasty. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 7(1). 85–85. 27 indexed citations
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Bartels, Ronald & Roland Donk. (2005). Fusion around Cervical Disc Prosthesis: Case Report. Neurosurgery. 57(1). E194–E194. 49 indexed citations
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Ebus, Saskia C.M., et al.. (2002). Primary Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in Multiple Vertebrae Presenting as a Lumbar Radicular Syndrome. Spine. 27(10). E271–E273. 13 indexed citations
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Bartels, Ronald & Roland Donk. (2002). Delayed management of traumatic bilateral cervical facet dislocation: surgical strategy. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 97(3). 362–365. 40 indexed citations
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Bartels, Ronald, et al.. (2001). Height of cervical foramina after anterior discectomy and implantation of a carbon fiber cage. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 95(1). 40–42. 83 indexed citations

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