Russ S. Kotwal

4.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
80 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Russ S. Kotwal is a scholar working on Emergency Medicine, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Emergency Medical Services. According to data from OpenAlex, Russ S. Kotwal has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Emergency Medicine, 53 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and 20 papers in Emergency Medical Services. Recurrent topics in Russ S. Kotwal's work include Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation (53 papers), Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (53 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (22 papers). Russ S. Kotwal is often cited by papers focused on Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation (53 papers), Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (53 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (22 papers). Russ S. Kotwal collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Norway. Russ S. Kotwal's co-authors include Frank K. Butler, Jeffrey T. Howard, Zsolt T. Stockinger, Kirby R. Gross, Stacy Shackelford, Edward L. Mazuchowski, Jennifer M. Gurney, John B. Holcomb, Jeffrey A. Bailey and Robert L. Mabry and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Annals of Surgery and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Russ S. Kotwal

78 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Association of Prehospital Blood Product Transfusion During Medical Evacuation of Combat Casualties in Afghanistan With Acute and 30-Day Survival

2017 360 citations Stacy Shackelford, Edward L. Mazuchowski et al. profile →
The Effect of a Golden Hour Policy on the Morbidity and Mortality of Combat Casualties

2015 314 citations Russ S. Kotwal, Jeffrey T. Howard et al. profile →
Use of Combat Casualty Care Data to Assess the US Military Trauma System During the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts, 2001-2017

2019 169 citations Jeffrey T. Howard, Russ S. Kotwal et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Russ S. Kotwal United States	27	2.0k	1.8k	598	425	264	80	2.9k
Stacy Shackelford United States	26	1.8k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	636 1.1×	270 0.6×	161 0.6×	137	2.6k
Homer Tien Canada	34	2.1k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 2.0×	192 0.5×	458 1.7×	149	3.9k
Lisa Pearse United States	14	1.1k 0.6×	856 0.5×	668 1.1×	189 0.4×	244 0.9×	20	2.6k
Jay A. Johannigman United States	38	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	981 1.6×	284 0.7×	544 2.1×	115	3.8k
Elon Glassberg Israel	25	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	443 0.7×	219 0.5×	72 0.3×	118	1.8k
Michael D. April United States	23	1.1k 0.6×	717 0.4×	529 0.9×	158 0.4×	228 0.9×	261	2.1k
J. Michael Dean United States	35	1.2k 0.6×	357 0.2×	569 1.0×	113 0.3×	597 2.3×	90	3.7k
Mark Walsh United States	30	705 0.3×	930 0.5×	460 0.8×	35 0.1×	316 1.2×	131	2.6k
Tuan Le United States	19	600 0.3×	605 0.3×	210 0.4×	79 0.2×	318 1.2×	61	1.7k
Tommaso Pellis Italy	19	1.8k 0.9×	284 0.2×	651 1.1×	172 0.4×	290 1.1×	45	2.4k

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Keenan, Sean, Harold R Montgomery, Russ S. Kotwal, et al.. (2024). Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (CoTCCC) Position Statement on Prolonged Casualty Care (PCC): 01 May 2024. Journal of Special Operations Medicine. 24(2). 111–111. 2 indexed citations

Gurney, Jennifer M., Russ S. Kotwal, John B. Holcomb, et al.. (2024). A trauma expert consensus: Capabilities are required early to improve survivability from traumatic injury. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 97(2S). S82–S90. 3 indexed citations

Montgomery, Harold R, et al.. (2022). Unit Collective Medical Training in the 75th Ranger Regiment. Journal of Special Operations Medicine. 22(4). 28–28. 2 indexed citations

Fisher, Andrew D, Michael D. April, Jason F Naylor, Russ S. Kotwal, & Steven G Schauer. (2021). The Battalion Aid Station—The Forgotten Frontier of the Army Health System During the Global War on Terrorism. Military Medicine. 188(5-6). e1240–e1245. 4 indexed citations

Kotwal, Russ S., Edward L. Mazuchowski, Jud C. Janak, et al.. (2021). United States military fatalities during Operation New Dawn. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 91(2). 375–383. 12 indexed citations

Schauer, Steven G, Jason F Naylor, Michael D. April, et al.. (2021). 16 Years of Role 1 Trauma Care: A Descriptive Analysis of Casualties within the Prehospital Trauma Registry.. PubMed. 44–49. 3 indexed citations

Kotwal, Russ S., Edward L. Mazuchowski, Jeffrey T. Howard, et al.. (2020). United States Special Operations Command fatality study of subcommands, units, and trends. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 89(2S). S213–S224. 8 indexed citations

Mazuchowski, Edward L., Russ S. Kotwal, Jud C. Janak, et al.. (2020). Mortality review of US Special Operations Command battle-injured fatalities. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 88(5). 686–695. 43 indexed citations

Janak, Jud C., Edward L. Mazuchowski, Russ S. Kotwal, et al.. (2020). Establishing an enduring Military Trauma Mortality Review: Misconceptions and lessons learned. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 89(2S). S16–S25. 4 indexed citations

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Janak, Jud C., Edward L. Mazuchowski, Russ S. Kotwal, et al.. (2019). Patterns of Anatomic Injury in Critically Injured Combat Casualties: A Network Analysis. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 13767–13767. 23 indexed citations

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Kotwal, Russ S., Edward L. Mazuchowski, Harold R Montgomery, et al.. (2019). A descriptive study of US Special Operations Command fatalities, 2001 to 2018. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 87(3). 645–657. 12 indexed citations

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Staudt, Amanda M., Mithun Suresh, Jennifer M. Gurney, et al.. (2019). Forward Surgical Team Procedural Burden and Non-operative Interventions by the U.S. Military Trauma System in Afghanistan, 2008–2014. Military Medicine. 185(5-6). e759–e767. 3 indexed citations

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Smith, Michael P., et al.. (2017). Battlefield Documentation of Tactical Combat Casualty Care in Afghanistan.. PubMed. 87–94. 56 indexed citations

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Kotwal, Russ S., et al.. (2015). A Study of Prehospital Medical Documentation by Military Medical Providers During Precombat Training. Journal of Special Operations Medicine. 15(1). 79–79. 8 indexed citations

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Shackelford, Stacy, Marcie Fowler, Angela Summers, et al.. (2015). Prehospital Pain Medication Use by U.S. Forces in Afghanistan. Military Medicine. 180(3). 304–309. 45 indexed citations

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Kontos, Anthony P., R.J. Elbin, Russ S. Kotwal, et al.. (2015). The effects of combat-related mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 79(4). S146–S151. 22 indexed citations

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Kotwal, Russ S., et al.. (2015). Comprehensive Performance Nutrition for Special Operations Forces. Journal of Special Operations Medicine. 15(4). 40–40. 2 indexed citations

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Kotwal, Russ S., et al.. (2013). Saving Lives on the Battlefield: A Joint Trauma System Review of Pre-Hospital Trauma Care in Combined Joint Operating Area ? Afghanistan (CJOA-A) Executive Summary.. PubMed. 13(1). 77–85. 21 indexed citations

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Butler, Frank K., Joseph J. DuBose, Edward J. Otten, et al.. (2013). Management of Open Pneumothorax in Tactical Combat Casualty Care: TCCC Guidelines Change 13-02. Journal of Special Operations Medicine. 13(3). 81–81. 23 indexed citations

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Montgomery, Harold R, et al.. (2010). Ranger First Responder And The Evolution Of Tactical Combat Casualty Care. Journal of Special Operations Medicine. 10(3). 90–90. 10 indexed citations

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