Roy A. Meals

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
127 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Roy A. Meals is a scholar working on Surgery, Rehabilitation and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roy A. Meals has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Surgery, 25 papers in Rehabilitation and 25 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Roy A. Meals's work include Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (56 papers), Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment (18 papers) and Bone fractures and treatments (17 papers). Roy A. Meals is often cited by papers focused on Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (56 papers), Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment (18 papers) and Bone fractures and treatments (17 papers). Roy A. Meals collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Brazil. Roy A. Meals's co-authors include Robert N. Hotchkiss, Vincent R. Hentz, Clifton Meals, Lawrence C. Hurst, F. Thomas D. Kaplan, Marie A. Badalamente, J. Michael Kabo, Craig A. Kuhns, Aaron J. Berger and A Qian and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Roy A. Meals

123 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Injectable Collagenase Clostridium Histolyticum for Dupuy... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Injectable Collagenase Clostridium Histolyticum for Dupuytren's Contracture
    2009 447 citations Roy A. Meals et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roy A. Meals United States 26 2.0k 747 734 611 332 127 2.9k
Pedro K. Beredjiklian United States 31 2.8k 1.4× 325 0.4× 1.4k 1.9× 932 1.5× 443 1.3× 270 3.8k
Flávio Faloppa Brazil 29 2.5k 1.3× 243 0.3× 399 0.5× 1.2k 2.0× 375 1.1× 196 3.2k
Amy L. Ladd United States 34 2.2k 1.1× 514 0.7× 997 1.4× 537 0.9× 265 0.8× 141 3.3k
Chin Youb Chung South Korea 37 2.6k 1.3× 464 0.6× 276 0.4× 1.2k 1.9× 155 0.5× 277 5.0k
Harish S. Hosalkar United States 38 3.0k 1.5× 1.1k 1.4× 459 0.6× 726 1.2× 105 0.3× 179 4.2k
Felix S. Chew United States 31 1.8k 0.9× 773 1.0× 201 0.3× 470 0.8× 643 1.9× 282 3.7k
Henk Giele United Kingdom 28 1.3k 0.7× 532 0.7× 182 0.2× 377 0.6× 191 0.6× 126 2.5k
Goo Hyun Baek South Korea 35 3.5k 1.7× 417 0.6× 1.2k 1.6× 999 1.6× 618 1.9× 271 4.4k
Jennifer Moriatis Wolf United States 36 3.1k 1.6× 425 0.6× 1.2k 1.6× 899 1.5× 381 1.1× 229 5.7k
Charles A. Goldfarb United States 40 3.4k 1.7× 489 0.7× 1.2k 1.7× 908 1.5× 521 1.6× 227 4.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Berger, Aaron J. & Roy A. Meals. (2015). Management of Osteoarthrosis of the Thumb Joints. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 40(4). 843–850. 65 indexed citations
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Meals, Roy A., et al.. (2013). How to Establish an Interactive eConference and eJournal Club. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 39(1). 129–133. 13 indexed citations
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Meals, Roy A. & Terry R. Light. (2013). First Hand: Death Around the Time of Hand Surgery. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 38(11). 2236–2241. 2 indexed citations
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Meals, Roy A.. (2012). Tapered Fingertips. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 37(8). 1689–1692. 1 indexed citations
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Meals, Roy A., et al.. (2010). Low-Level Laser Treatment. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 35(3). 469–471. 4 indexed citations
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Meals, Roy A., et al.. (2009). Peripheral Neuropathy of the Upper Extremity: Medical Comorbidity That Confounds Common Orthopedic Pathology. Orthopedics. 32(10). 758–765. 11 indexed citations
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Harness, Neil G. & Roy A. Meals. (2006). The History of Fracture Fixation of the Hand and Wrist. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 445. 19–29. 13 indexed citations
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Kuhns, Craig A. & Roy A. Meals. (2004). Hematoma and Distraction Arthroplasty for Basal Thumb Osteoarthritis. Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery. 8(1). 2–6. 14 indexed citations
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Patel, Mansi, Ben B. Pradhan, & Roy A. Meals. (2003). . Spine. 28(7). 632–636. 2 indexed citations
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Patel, Mansi, Ben B. Pradhan, & Roy A. Meals. (2003). Misrepresentation of Research Publications Among Orthopedic Surgery Fellowship Applicants. Spine. 28(7). 632–636. 23 indexed citations
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Kuhns, Craig A., et al.. (2003). Hematoma and distraction arthroplasty for thumb basal joint osteoarthritis: A prospective, single-surgeon study including outcomes measures. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 28(3). 381–389. 115 indexed citations
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Meals, Roy A., et al.. (2002). Rehabilitation of the Hand and Upper Extremity. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 27(5). 919–919. 96 indexed citations
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Meals, Roy A.. (2001). Why Orthopaedic Surgeons Leave Full-Time Academic Positions for Private Practice. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 83(3). 456–460. 5 indexed citations
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Posner, Martin A., et al.. (2000). Intratendinous rupture of a flexor tendon graft many years after staged reconstruction: A report of three cases. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 25(6). 1135–1139. 5 indexed citations
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Edwards, George S., et al.. (1998). Right Versus Left Symmetry of Ulnar Variance. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 354(354). 153–158. 30 indexed citations
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Meals, Roy A., et al.. (1997). A practical guide to surgical loupes. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 22(6). 967–974. 27 indexed citations
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Meals, Roy A., et al.. (1997). Publication Patterns of Papers Presented at the Annual Meeting of The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons*. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 79(8). 1138–43. 121 indexed citations
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Namba, Robert S., J. Michael Kabo, Frederick J. Dorey, & Roy A. Meals. (1992). Intra-articular corticosteroid reduces joint stiffness after an experimental periarticular fracture. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 17(6). 1148–1153. 12 indexed citations
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Shea, Kevin G., et al.. (1992). Manual demands and consequences of rock climbing. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 17(2). 200–205. 54 indexed citations
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Meals, Roy A., et al.. (1990). Pathologic fracture of the proximal ulna through a bone graft donor site. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 15(5). 781–784. 10 indexed citations

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