Simon Abram

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Simon Abram is a scholar working on Surgery, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Abram has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Surgery, 7 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and 4 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Simon Abram's work include Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (25 papers), Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques (18 papers) and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (15 papers). Simon Abram is often cited by papers focused on Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (25 papers), Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques (18 papers) and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (15 papers). Simon Abram collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Malawi and United States. Simon Abram's co-authors include Andrew Price, David Beard, Andrew Judge, Abtin Alvand, Sally Hopewell, Hannah Wilson, William F. Jackson, Nicholas Bottomley, C. Bulstrode and Stephanie Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and BMJ.

In The Last Decade

Simon Abram

37 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Patient relevant outcomes of unicompartmental versus total knee replacement: systematic review and meta-analysis
    2019 228 citations Hannah Wilson, Simon Abram et al. BMJ profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon Abram United Kingdom 17 990 184 118 65 48 39 1.1k
George C. Balazs United States 16 532 0.5× 178 1.0× 108 0.9× 128 2.0× 44 0.9× 62 677
Zachary T. Sharfman Israel 15 505 0.5× 113 0.6× 99 0.8× 84 1.3× 41 0.9× 53 573
Matthieu Ollivier France 19 1.1k 1.1× 194 1.1× 78 0.7× 72 1.1× 121 2.5× 59 1.3k
David Appleby United States 16 1.1k 1.1× 267 1.5× 92 0.8× 90 1.4× 49 1.0× 26 1.2k
Jeffrey D. Hassebrock United States 14 483 0.5× 177 1.0× 38 0.3× 125 1.9× 44 0.9× 63 625
Bennet A. Butler United States 13 468 0.5× 234 1.3× 34 0.3× 80 1.2× 50 1.0× 61 604
Vijay J. Rasquinha United States 23 1.4k 1.5× 123 0.7× 48 0.4× 59 0.9× 74 1.5× 50 1.6k
Jesus M. Villa United States 19 816 0.8× 52 0.3× 62 0.5× 43 0.7× 18 0.4× 63 925
Brahman Sivakumar Australia 14 775 0.8× 207 1.1× 46 0.4× 317 4.9× 37 0.8× 110 913
Ashley E. Levack United States 16 457 0.5× 93 0.5× 42 0.4× 117 1.8× 66 1.4× 49 592

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Abram

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Abram

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All Works

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Sabah, Shiraz A., Ruth Knight, Abtin Alvand, et al.. (2023). Patient-Relevant Outcomes Following First Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty, by Diagnosis. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 105(20). 1611–1621. 8 indexed citations
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Price, Andrew, Emmanuel Thienpont, Fabio Catani, Simon Abram, & Anders Troelsen. (2023). Consensus statement on unicompartmental knee replacement: A collaboration between BASK and EKS. The Knee. 41. 391–396. 9 indexed citations
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Spencer, Simon J., et al.. (2023). Patella Denervation With Circumferential Electrocautery in Primary Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 38(6). 1057–1062. 2 indexed citations
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Abram, Simon, et al.. (2020). Manipulation Under Anesthetic After Primary Knee Arthroplasty Is Associated With a Higher Rate of Subsequent Revision Surgery. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 35(9). 2640–2645.e2. 8 indexed citations
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Abram, Simon, Antony Palmer, Andrew Judge, David Beard, & Andrew Price. (2020). Rates of knee arthroplasty in patients with a history of arthroscopic chondroplasty: results from a retrospective cohort study utilising the National Hospital Episode Statistics for England. BMJ Open. 10(4). e030609–e030609. 5 indexed citations
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Wilson, Hannah, Simon Abram, Stephanie Smith, et al.. (2019). Patient relevant outcomes of unicompartmental versus total knee replacement: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 364. l352–l352. 228 indexed citations breakdown →
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Abram, Simon, Abtin Alvand, Andrew Judge, David Beard, & Andrew Price. (2019). Mortality and adverse joint outcomes following septic arthritis of the native knee: a longitudinal cohort study of patients receiving arthroscopic washout. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 20(3). 341–349. 51 indexed citations
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Abram, Simon, Sally Hopewell, A. Paul Monk, et al.. (2019). Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for meniscal tears of the knee: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 54(11). 652–663. 69 indexed citations
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Abram, Simon, Andrew Judge, David Beard, & Andrew Price. (2019). Rates of knee arthroplasty within one-year of undergoing arthroscopic partial meniscectomy in England: temporal trends, regional and age-group variation in conversion rates. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 27(10). 1420–1429. 8 indexed citations
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Abram, Simon, Andrew Judge, David Beard, Hannah Wilson, & Andrew Price. (2018). Temporal trends and regional variation in the rate of arthroscopic knee surgery in England: analysis of over 1.7 million procedures between 1997 and 2017. Has practice changed in response to new evidence?. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 53(24). 1533–1538. 53 indexed citations
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Abram, Simon, Andrew Judge, David Beard, & Andrew Price. (2018). Adverse outcomes after arthroscopic partial meniscectomy: a study of 700 000 procedures in the national Hospital Episode Statistics database for England. The Lancet. 392(10160). 2194–2202. 58 indexed citations
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Abram, Simon, David Beard, & Andrew Price. (2018). National consensus on the definition, investigation, and classification of meniscal lesions of the knee. The Knee. 25(5). 834–840. 16 indexed citations
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Abram, Simon, Robert Middleton, David Beard, Andrew Price, & Sally Hopewell. (2017). Patient-reported outcome measures for patients with meniscal tears: a systematic review of measurement properties and evaluation with the COSMIN checklist. BMJ Open. 7(10). e017247–e017247. 20 indexed citations
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Abram, Simon, et al.. (2014). THE IMPACT OF TIBIAL COMPONENT OVERHANG ON OUTCOME SCORES AND PAIN IN TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-british Volume. 11–11. 1 indexed citations
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Abram, Simon, et al.. (2014). The effect of tibial component sizing on patient reported outcome measures following uncemented total knee replacement. The Knee. 21(5). 955–959. 25 indexed citations
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Abram, Simon, et al.. (2012). Atraumatic quadriceps tendon tear associated with calcific tendonitis. BMJ Case Reports. 2012. bcr2012007031–bcr2012007031. 7 indexed citations
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Abram, Simon & C. Bulstrode. (2010). Routine spinal immobilization in trauma patients: What are the advantages and disadvantages?. The Surgeon. 8(4). 218–222. 56 indexed citations

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