Ryan Howard

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
112 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Ryan Howard is a scholar working on Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan Howard has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Surgery, 33 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 21 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ryan Howard's work include Hernia repair and management (31 papers), Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (27 papers) and Anesthesia and Pain Management (25 papers). Ryan Howard is often cited by papers focused on Hernia repair and management (31 papers), Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (27 papers) and Anesthesia and Pain Management (25 papers). Ryan Howard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Ryan Howard's co-authors include Michael J. Englesbe, Jennifer F. Waljee, Chad M. Brummett, Jay Lee, Joceline V. Vu, Dana A. Telem, Justin B. Dimick, Vidhya Gunaseelan, Brian T. Fry and Anne P. Ehlers and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Annals of Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Ryan Howard

99 papers receiving 1.8k 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 Opioid Prescribing With Opioid Consumption After Surgery in Michigan

2018 265 citations Ryan Howard, Brian T. Fry et al. profile →
Reduction in Opioid Prescribing Through Evidence-Based Prescribing Guidelines

2017 259 citations Ryan Howard, Jennifer F. Waljee et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ryan Howard United States	20	1.2k	872	635	309	112	112	1.8k
Andrew A. Herring United States	25	669 0.5×	696 0.8×	468 0.7×	106 0.3×	325 2.9×	89	1.9k
Minna Tallgren Finland	19	827 0.7×	116 0.1×	385 0.6×	327 1.1×	113 1.0×	39	1.8k
Molly Passarella United States	18	488 0.4×	391 0.4×	175 0.3×	154 0.5×	476 4.3×	66	1.3k
Vicki S Barber United Kingdom	17	432 0.4×	304 0.3×	414 0.7×	74 0.2×	67 0.6×	41	1.8k
Marilyn Heng United States	25	1.4k 1.2×	189 0.2×	111 0.2×	183 0.6×	58 0.5×	111	2.0k
Tak Kyu Oh South Korea	21	507 0.4×	131 0.2×	263 0.4×	275 0.9×	82 0.7×	205	1.5k
Marcel Émond Canada	30	762 0.6×	345 0.4×	181 0.3×	189 0.6×	81 0.7×	184	2.9k
Jean Guglielminotti United States	25	580 0.5×	205 0.2×	282 0.4×	355 1.1×	309 2.8×	92	1.6k
Ariel Mueller United States	29	646 0.5×	200 0.2×	383 0.6×	764 2.5×	556 5.0×	136	2.7k
T. Kyle Harrison United States	21	573 0.5×	237 0.3×	238 0.4×	231 0.7×	52 0.5×	47	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Ryan Howard

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ryan Howard

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ryan Howard

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20 of 20 papers shown

Howard, Ryan, et al.. (2025). “I Just Wish Someone would Take me Very Seriously”. Annals of Surgery. 283(4). 608–612.

Fry, Brian T., Sean O’Neill, Ryan Howard, & Jenny M. Shao. (2023). 2023 Scientific Session of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Montréal, Canada, 19 March–April 1 2023: Posters. Surgical Endoscopy. 37(S2). 345–564. 1 indexed citations

Howard, Ryan, Anne P. Ehlers, Sean O’Neill, et al.. (2023). Mesh overlap for ventral hernia repair in current practice. Surgical Endoscopy. 37(12). 9476–9482. 3 indexed citations

Harbaugh, Calista M., et al.. (2023). Positive margin rates for colorectal cancer vary significantly by hospital in Michigan: Can we achieve a 0 % positive margin rate?. Surgery Open Science. 16. 37–43. 3 indexed citations

Howard, Ryan, Anne P. Ehlers, Brian T. Fry, et al.. (2022). Application of Component Separation and Short-Term Outcomes in Ventral Hernia Repairs. Journal of Surgical Research. 282. 1–8. 4 indexed citations

Howard, Ryan, Nicholas H. Osborne, Matthew A. Corriere, et al.. (2022). Underutilization of medical management of peripheral artery disease among patients with claudication undergoing lower extremity bypass. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 76(4). 1037–1044.e2. 5 indexed citations

Armstrong, Derek T., et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 Supply Shortages and Tuberculosis Diagnostics: Current Issues Requiring Immediate Solutions. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 59(12). e0077821–e0077821. 4 indexed citations

Santos‐Parker, Jessica R., et al.. (2021). Postoperative Opioid Prescription and Use After Outpatient Vascular Access Surgery. Journal of Surgical Research. 264. 173–178. 5 indexed citations

Howard, Ryan, et al.. (2021). Leveraging a statewide quality collaborative to understand population-level hernia care. The American Journal of Surgery. 222(5). 1010–1016. 14 indexed citations

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Howard, Ryan, et al.. (2021). Impact of a regional smoking cessation intervention for vascular surgery patients. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 75(1). 262–269. 11 indexed citations

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Howard, Ryan, et al.. (2021). Impact of a Regional Smoking Cessation Intervention for Vascular Surgery Patients. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 74(3). e282–e282.

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Howard, Ryan, Anne P. Ehlers, C. Ann Vitous, et al.. (2021). Implementation of a synoptic operative note for abdominal wall hernia repair: a statewide pilot evaluating completeness and communication of intraoperative details. Surgical Endoscopy. 36(5). 3610–3618. 9 indexed citations

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Brown, Craig S., Joceline V. Vu, Ryan Howard, et al.. (2020). Assessment of a quality improvement intervention to decrease opioid prescribing in a regional health system. BMJ Quality & Safety. 30(3). 251–259. 19 indexed citations

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Valbuena, Valeria S.M., et al.. (2020). Let Us Not Be Silent. Annals of Surgery. 272(6). 915–916. 1 indexed citations

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Hu, Hsou Mei, Ryan Howard, Joceline V. Vu, et al.. (2018). Transitions of Care for Postoperative Opioid Prescribing in Previously Opioid-Naïve Patients in the USA: a Retrospective Review. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 33(10). 1685–1691. 37 indexed citations

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Howard, Ryan, et al.. (2018). Spillover Effect of Evidence-Based Postoperative Opioid Prescribing. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 227(3). 374–381. 46 indexed citations

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Howard, Ryan, et al.. (2017). Patient-centered surgical prehabilitation. The American Journal of Surgery. 216(3). 636–638. 19 indexed citations

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Howard, Ryan, et al.. (2015). Contemporary Management of Secondary Aortoduodenal Fistula. Annals of Vascular Surgery. 29(8). 1614–1618. 9 indexed citations

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Howard, Ryan, Thomas Roth, & Christopher L. Drake. (2014). The Effects of Armodafinil on Objective Sleepiness and Performance in a Shift Work Disorder Sample Unselected for Objective Sleepiness. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. 34(3). 369–373. 9 indexed citations

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Drake, Christopher L., et al.. (2014). Length polymorphism in the P eriod 3 gene is associated with sleepiness and maladaptive circadian phase in night‐shift workers. Journal of Sleep Research. 24(3). 254–261. 11 indexed citations

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