Ross Zafonte

30.2k citations

441 papers · 15.5k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 66

Impact in

Emergency Medicine top 0.02%
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
Neurology top 0.05%
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances

Papers in

Emergency Medicine 154
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation 111
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies 42
Neurology 158
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances 135

Co-authors: Anthony E. Kline Grant L. Iverson Amy K. Wagner Nancy R. Mann Paul D. Berkner Martha E. Shenton Flora M. Hammond Joseph T. Giacino
Journals: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (45 papers)Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation (35 papers)Journal of Neurotrauma (33 papers)American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (33 papers)PM&R (26 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Ross Zafonte

425 papers receiving 15.0k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

Traumatic brain injury as a chronic disease: insights from the United States Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Research Program 2023 · 100 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 The Lancet Neurology
2022 JAMA Network Open
2016 The Lancet
2013 Neurology
2012 Brain Imaging and Behavior
2010 Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

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Co-authors

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All Works

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1	Geographic Variation in Inpatient Rehabilitation Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation ·Nathan Darji, Bei Zhang, Richard D. Goldstein, Shirley L. Shih, Mary Alexis Iaccarino, Jeffrey C. Schneider, Ross Zafonte	2025	0
2	Provider Perspectives of Facilitators and Barriers to Reaching and Utilizing Chronic Pain Healthcare for Persons With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Qualitative NIDILRR and VA TBI Model Systems Collaborative Project Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation ·Risa Nakase‐Richardson, Bridget A. Cotner, Aaron M. Martin, Stephanie Agtarap, Amanda Tweed, Dmitry Esterov, Danielle O’Connor, Deveney Ching, Jolie Haun, Robin A. Hanks, Thomas F. Bergquist, Flora M. Hammond, Ross Zafonte, Jeanne M. Hoffman	2024	6
3	Data-driven distillation and precision prognosis in traumatic brain injury with interpretable machine learning Scientific Reports ·Andrew Tritt, John K. Yue, Adam R. Ferguson, Abel Torres‐Espín, Lindsay D. Nelson, Esther L. Yuh, Amy J. Markowitz, Geoffrey T. Manley, Kristofer E. Bouchard, (unknown), C. Dirk Keene, Christopher J. Madden, Michael McCrea, Randall E. Merchant, Pratik Mukherjee, Laura B. Ngwenya, Claudia S. Robertson, David M. Schnyer, Sabrina R. Taylor, Ross Zafonte	2023	3
4	Predicting Functional Dependency in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness: A TBI‐Model Systems and TRACK‐TBI Study Annals of Neurology ·Samuel B. Snider, Nancy Temkin, Jason Barber, Brian L. Edlow, Joseph T. Giacino, Flora M. Hammond, Saef Izzy, Robert G. Kowalski, Amy J. Markowitz, Craig Rovito, Shirley L. Shih, Ross Zafonte, Geoffrey T. Manley, Yelena G. Bodien, (unknown)	2023	3
5	Relationship Between Extreme Pain Phenotypes and Psychosocial Outcomes in Persons With Chronic Pain Following Traumatic Brain Injury: A NIDILRR and VA TBI Model Systems Collaborative Project Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation ·Jessica M. Ketchum, Jeanne M. Hoffman, Stephanie Agtarap, Flora M. Hammond, Aaron M. Martin, William C. Walker, Ross Zafonte, Cynthia Harrison‐Felix, Risa Nakase‐Richardson	2023	1
6	Characterizing Extreme Phenotypes for Perceived Improvement From Treatment in Persons With Chronic Pain Following Traumatic Brain Injury: A NIDILRR and VA TBI Model Systems Collaborative Project Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation ·Jeanne M. Hoffman, Jessica M. Ketchum, Stephanie Agtarap, Kristen Dams-O’Connor, Flora M. Hammond, Aaron M. Martin, Mitch Sevigny, William C. Walker, Cynthia Harrison‐Felix, Ross Zafonte, Risa Nakase‐Richardson	2023	4
7	Using Machine Learning to Examine Suicidal Ideation After Traumatic Brain Injury American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation ·Lauren Fisher, Joshua Curtiss, Daniel W. Klyce, Paul B. Perrin, Shannon B. Juengst, Kelli W. Gary, Janet P. Niemeier, Flora M. Hammond, Thomas F. Bergquist, Amy K. Wagner, Amanda R. Rabinowitz, Joseph T. Giacino, Ross Zafonte	2022	9
8	Functional outcomes in the inpatient rehabilitation setting following severe COVID-19 infection PLoS ONE ·Cameron Spencer Olezene, Elizabeth Hansen, Hannah K. Steere, Joseph T. Giacino, Ginger Polich, Joanne Borg‐Stein, Ross Zafonte, Jeffrey C. Schneider	2021	47
9	The Impact of Age and Severity on Dementia After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Comparison Study Neurosurgery ·Brittany M. Stopa, Zabreen Tahir, Elisabetta Mezzalira, Alessandro Boaro, Ayaz Khawaja, Rachel Grashow, Ross Zafonte, Timothy R. Smith, William B. Gormley, Saef Izzy	2021	13
10	Assessing the Ability of Comorbidity Indexes to Capture Comorbid Disease in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Spinal Cord Injury Population Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ·Donna Huang, Sameer Siddiqui, Chloe Slocum, Richard Goldstein, Ross Zafonte, Jeffrey C Schneider	2020	2
11	Predicting and Monitoring Upper-Limb Rehabilitation Outcomes Using Clinical and Wearable Sensor Data in Brain Injury Survivors IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering ·Sunghoon Ivan Lee, Catherine Adans-Dester, Anne O’Brien, Gloria Vergara-Díaz, Randie M. Black‐Schaffer, Ross Zafonte, Jennifer Dy, Paolo Bonato	2020	31
12	Inhalation injury is associated with long-term employment outcomes in the burn population: Findings from a cross-sectional examination of the Burn Model System National Database PLoS ONE ·Olivia Stockly, Audrey E Wolfe, Gretchen J. Carrougher, Barclay T. Stewart, Nicole S. Gibran, Steven E. Wolf, Kara McMullen, Alyssa M. Bamer, Karen Kowalske, William G. Cioffi, Ross Zafonte, Jeffrey C Schneider, Colleen M. Ryan	2020	7
13	Self‐Reported Head Trauma Predicts Poor Dual Task Gait in Retired National Football League Players Annals of Neurology ·Brad Manor, Junhong Zhou, On‐Yee Lo, Hao Zhu, Natalia Gouskova, Wanting Yu, Ross Zafonte, Lewis A. Lipsitz, Thomas G. Travison, Álvaro Pascual‐Leone	2019	10
14	Multisystem afflictions in former National Football League players American Journal of Industrial Medicine ·Timothy P. Morris, Caitlin M. McCracken, Aaron L. Baggish, Marc G. Weisskopf, Ross Zafonte, Herman A. Taylor, Lee M. Nadler, Frank E. Speizer, Álvaro Pascual‐Leone	2019	13
15	Impaired Cognitive Performance in Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Knockout Mice After Ischemic Stroke American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation ·Shanshan Li, Yao Wang, Ze D. Jiang, Yaping Huai, James K. Liao, Kaari A. Lynch, Ross Zafonte, Lisa J. Wood, Qing Mei Wang	2018	24
16	Potential Impact of Amantadine on Aggression in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation ·Flora M. Hammond, James F. Malec, Ross Zafonte, Mark Sherer, Jennifer Bogner, Sureyya Dikmen, Marybeth Whitney, Kathleen Bell, Susan M. Perkins, Elizabeth A. S. Moser	2017	32
17	Transcranial, Red/Near-Infrared Light-Emitting Diode Therapy to Improve Cognition in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury Photomedicine and Laser Surgery ·Margaret A. Naeser, Paula I. Martin, Michael Ho, Maxine Krengel, Yelena Bogdanova, Jeffrey Knight, Megan K. Yee, Ross Zafonte, Judith Frazier, Michael R. Hamblin, Bang‐Bon Koo	2016	57
18	Risk Factors for Institutionalization After Traumatic Brain Injury Inpatient Rehabilitation Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation ·Regina S. Eum, Allen W. Brown, Thomas K. Watanabe, Nathan D. Zasler, Richard Goldstein, Ronald T. Seel, Elliot J. Roth, Ross Zafonte, Mel B. Glenn	2016	19
19	Assessing the Ability of Comorbidity Indexes to Capture Comorbid Disease in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Burn Injury Population American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation ·Chloe Slocum, Richard Goldstein, Margaret A. DiVita, Jacqueline Mix, Paulette Niewczyk, Paul Gerrard, Robert D. Sheridan, Karen Kowalske, Ross Zafonte, Colleen M. Ryan, Jeffrey C Schneider	2014	7
20	Building a Research Program in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation ·Michael L. Boninger, John Whyte, Joel A. DeLisa, Ross Zafonte, Leighton Chan	2009	5

About Ross Zafonte

Ross Zafonte is a scholar working on Emergency Medicine, Neurology, Epidemiology, Rehabilitation and Psychiatry and Mental health, having authored 441 papers that have together received 15.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Traumatic Brain Injury Research (229 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (135 papers), Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (111 papers), Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (42 papers), Spinal Cord Injury Research (30 papers), Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (28 papers), Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (23 papers) and Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Emergency Medicine (4.6k citations), Neurology (6.4k citations), Epidemiology (8.2k citations), Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine (876 citations) and Developmental Neuroscience (545 citations). Ross Zafonte has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Anthony E. Kline, Grant L. Iverson, Amy K. Wagner, Nancy R. Mann, Paul D. Berkner, Martha E. Shenton, Flora M. Hammond, Joseph T. Giacino, Inga K. Koerte and C. Edward Dixon. Their work appears in journals such as Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, Journal of Neurotrauma, American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and PM&R.

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