Ronald C. Merrell

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
151 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Ronald C. Merrell is a scholar working on Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald C. Merrell has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Surgery, 42 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 19 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Ronald C. Merrell's work include Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation (35 papers), Surgical Simulation and Training (24 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (18 papers). Ronald C. Merrell is often cited by papers focused on Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation (35 papers), Surgical Simulation and Training (24 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (18 papers). Ronald C. Merrell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Pakistan and Ecuador. Ronald C. Merrell's co-authors include Charles R. Doarn, Azhar Rafiq, Sanjay Sood, Nupur Prakash, Victor Mbarika, Timothy J. Broderick, Luis Glaser, Brett Harnett, Stephen Cone and Edgar B. Rodas and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Diabetes and Annals of Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Ronald C. Merrell

148 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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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.

What Is Telemedicine? A Collection of 104 Peer-Reviewed Perspectives and Theoretical Underpinnings

2007 397 citations Charles R. Doarn, Ronald C. Merrell et al. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ronald C. Merrell United States	28	992	846	507	334	314	151	2.8k
Timothy J. Wood Canada	31	526 0.5×	2.1k 2.5×	907 1.8×	389 1.2×	120 0.4×	128	4.5k
Piet Bakker Netherlands	32	368 0.4×	701 0.8×	275 0.5×	743 2.2×	175 0.6×	104	3.7k
Kimberly J. OʼMalley United States	22	1.1k 1.1×	691 0.8×	636 1.3×	136 0.4×	187 0.6×	36	4.3k
Richard W. Schwartz United States	27	913 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	470 0.9×	110 0.3×	235 0.7×	125	2.7k
Samuel G. Smith United Kingdom	34	970 1.0×	399 0.5×	1.1k 2.2×	845 2.5×	467 1.5×	115	3.9k
Charles R. Doarn United States	30	540 0.5×	1.5k 1.8×	1.1k 2.1×	429 1.3×	367 1.2×	158	3.4k
Stephen H. Miller United States	25	856 0.9×	568 0.7×	421 0.8×	170 0.5×	90 0.3×	223	2.6k
Mahiben Maruthappu United Kingdom	25	578 0.6×	466 0.6×	648 1.3×	228 0.7×	192 0.6×	94	3.1k
Sandra Nolte Germany	25	1.2k 1.2×	301 0.4×	635 1.3×	872 2.6×	417 1.3×	107	5.0k
Sung Won Choi United States	41	302 0.3×	657 0.8×	325 0.6×	850 2.5×	161 0.5×	214	5.3k

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Latifi, Rifat, et al.. (2020). Telemedicine Consultation as an Indicator of Local Telemedicine Champions' Contributions, Health Care System Needs or Both: Tales from Two Continents. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 27(2). 200–206. 8 indexed citations

Latifi, Rifat, et al.. (2019). Increased Access to Care through Telemedicine in Albania: An Analysis of 2,724 Patients. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 26(2). 164–175. 10 indexed citations

Rafiq, Azhar, et al.. (2008). Objective Assessment of Training Surgical Skills Using Simulated Tissue Interface with Real-Time Feedback. Journal of surgical education. 65(4). 270–274. 19 indexed citations

Panait, Lucian, et al.. (2006). Robotic Assistant for Laparoscopy. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 16(2). 88–93. 5 indexed citations

Cone, Stephen, et al.. (2006). Remote Anesthetic Monitoring Using Satellite Telecommunications and the Internet. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 102(5). 1463–1467. 23 indexed citations

Doarn, Charles R., et al.. (2005). Integration of Telemedicine Practice Into Correctional Medicine: An Evolving Standard. Journal of Correctional Health Care. 11(3). 253–270. 9 indexed citations

Rafiq, Azhar & Ronald C. Merrell. (2005). Telemedicine for access to quality care on medical practice and continuing medical education in a global arena. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions. 25(1). 34–42. 29 indexed citations

Panait, Lucian, Timothy J. Broderick, Azhar Rafiq, et al.. (2004). Measurement of laparoscopic skills in microgravity anticipates the space surgeon. The American Journal of Surgery. 188(5). 549–552. 12 indexed citations

Cone, Stephen, et al.. (2004). Case Report of Remote Anesthetic Monitoring Using Telemedicine. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 98(2). 386–388. 19 indexed citations

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Panait, Lucian, et al.. (2003). Surgical Skill Facilitation in Videoscopic Open Surgery. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 13(6). 387–395. 4 indexed citations

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Kothari, Shanu N., Brian Kaplan, Eric J. DeMaria, Timothy J. Broderick, & Ronald C. Merrell. (2002). Training in Laparoscopic Suturing Skills Using a New Computer-Based Virtual Reality Simulator (MIST-VR) Provides Results Comparable to Those with an Established Pelvic Trainer System. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 12(3). 167–173. 91 indexed citations

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Broderick, Timothy J., Kathleen M. Russell, Charles R. Doarn, & Ronald C. Merrell. (2002). A Novel Telemedicine Method for Viewing the Open Surgical Field. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 12(4). 293–298. 11 indexed citations

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Satava, Richard M., Peter B. Angood, Brett Harnett, Christian Macedonia, & Ronald C. Merrell. (2000). The Physiologic Cipher at Altitude: Telemedicine and Real-Time Monitoring of Climbers on Mount Everest. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 6(3). 303–313. 37 indexed citations

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Williams, David R., Rashid L. Bashshur, S. L. Pool, et al.. (2000). A Strategic Vision for Telemedicine and Medical Informatics in Space Flight. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 6(4). 441–448. 8 indexed citations

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Rosser, James C., et al.. (1999). Use of mobile low-bandwith telemedical techniques for extreme telemedicine applications. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 189(4). 397–404. 50 indexed citations

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Merrell, Ronald C.. (1995). Telemedicine in the 90's: Beyond the future. Journal of Medical Systems. 19(1). 15–18. 25 indexed citations

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Hickey, Robert C., et al.. (1991). Parathyroid adenoma in a cancer center patient population. The American Journal of Surgery. 161(4). 439–442. 1 indexed citations

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Merrell, Ronald C.. (1990). Aldosterone‐producing tumors (Conn's syndrome). Seminars in Surgical Oncology. 6(2). 66–70. 8 indexed citations

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Merrell, Ronald C., et al.. (1990). Update on pancreatic islet cell transplantation. Seminars in Surgical Oncology. 6(2). 122–125. 2 indexed citations

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Basadonna, Giacomo, et al.. (1988). Cyclosporine absorption in apancreatic dogs. The American Journal of Surgery. 155(3). 467–469. 1 indexed citations

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