Simon C. Mears

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
214 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Simon C. Mears is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon C. Mears has authored 214 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 156 papers in Surgery, 31 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 28 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Simon C. Mears's work include Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (77 papers), Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (74 papers) and Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (51 papers). Simon C. Mears is often cited by papers focused on Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (77 papers), Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (74 papers) and Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (51 papers). Simon C. Mears collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and Japan. Simon C. Mears's co-authors include C. Lowry Barnes, Stephen M. Belkoff, Paul Edwards, Michael A. Mont, Frederick E. Sieber, Robert Pivec, Aaron J. Johnson, Allan Gottschalk, Hochang B. Lee and Jeffrey B. Stambough and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Simon C. Mears

195 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Hip arthroplasty
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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon C. Mears United States 35 3.0k 786 584 497 405 214 4.3k
Michael P. Bolognesi United States 43 5.0k 1.7× 621 0.8× 152 0.3× 273 0.5× 302 0.7× 265 6.3k
Kern Singh United States 43 6.2k 2.0× 671 0.9× 150 0.3× 370 0.7× 156 0.4× 442 7.9k
Lee H. Riley United States 41 5.6k 1.9× 321 0.4× 143 0.2× 162 0.3× 394 1.0× 154 7.5k
Mitchell Maltenfort United States 57 6.9k 2.3× 1.0k 1.3× 215 0.4× 339 0.7× 375 0.9× 252 10.1k
Michael G. Zywiel United States 30 2.5k 0.8× 213 0.3× 154 0.3× 218 0.4× 641 1.6× 99 3.0k
Owoicho Adogwa United States 41 3.8k 1.3× 628 0.8× 157 0.3× 231 0.5× 85 0.2× 228 5.2k
Robert Poss United States 43 8.4k 2.8× 2.4k 3.1× 233 0.4× 223 0.4× 324 0.8× 95 9.9k
Steffen Ruchholtz Germany 43 4.7k 1.5× 541 0.7× 978 1.7× 122 0.2× 352 0.9× 343 6.9k
Wim E. Tuinebreijer Netherlands 37 2.8k 0.9× 340 0.4× 125 0.2× 336 0.7× 348 0.9× 112 4.3k
Thomas J. Errico United States 50 7.4k 2.4× 406 0.5× 182 0.3× 140 0.3× 130 0.3× 266 8.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mears, Simon C., et al.. (2025). Preventing Orthopedic Infections. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. 39(3). 383–398.
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Trotter, Theresa, David B. Bumpass, Simon C. Mears, Eric R. Siegel, & Jeffrey B. Stambough. (2025). Does Patient Health Literacy Affect Patient Reported Outcome Measure Completion Method in Orthopaedic Patients?. Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation. 16. 2554039763–2554039763. 2 indexed citations
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Stambough, Jeffrey B., et al.. (2025). Outcomes of Medial Pivot Total Knee Arthroplasty Based on Preoperative Coronal Deformity. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 40(7). S243–S249.
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Stronach, Benjamin M., et al.. (2024). Do Quality Measures or Hospital Characteristics Predict Readmission Penalties for Hip and Knee Arthroplasty?. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 39(8). S27–S32.
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Mears, Simon C., et al.. (2024). Dalbavancin Use in Bone and Joint Infections. Arthroplasty Today. 30. 101505–101505. 2 indexed citations
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Saxena, Arjun, et al.. (2024). Who Is Treating Periprosthetic Femur Fractures? An Analysis of the Periprosthetic Research Consortium. Arthroplasty Today. 29. 101428–101428.
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Goree, Johnathan, et al.. (2024). Hospital-Wide Adherence to Postsurgical Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal of Surgical Research. 296. 571–580. 3 indexed citations
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Stambough, Jeffrey B., et al.. (2024). Robotic Total Knee Arthroplasty Surgeon Marketing: Do Claims Align With the Literature?. Arthroplasty Today. 27. 101357–101357. 1 indexed citations
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Stambough, Jeffrey B., et al.. (2023). Socioeconomic Challenges in the Rural Patient Population in Need of Total Joint Arthroplasty. Orthopedic Clinics of North America. 54(3). 269–275. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Xuehua, Jeffrey B. Stambough, Benjamin M. Stronach, et al.. (2023). Piezo1 opposes age‐associated cortical bone loss. Aging Cell. 22(6). e13846–e13846. 20 indexed citations
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Mears, Simon C., et al.. (2023). The Medial Pivot Design in Total Knee Arthroplasty. Orthopedic Clinics of North America. 55(1). 49–59. 3 indexed citations
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Nandi, Sumon, Ran Schwarzkopf, Antonia F. Chen, et al.. (2022). Routine Pathologic Examination of Femoral Head Specimens from Total Hip Arthroplasty May Not Be Indicated or Cost-effective: A Systematic Review. Arthroplasty Today. 15. 182–187.e3. 3 indexed citations
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Mears, Simon C., et al.. (2021). Sepsis and Total Joint Arthroplasty. Orthopedic Clinics of North America. 53(1). 13–24. 9 indexed citations
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Reyes, Bernardo, Daniel Ari Mendelson, Simon C. Mears, et al.. (2020). Postacute Management of Older Adults Suffering an Osteoporotic Hip Fracture: A Consensus Statement From the International Geriatric Fracture Society. Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation. 11. 2828186300–2828186300. 16 indexed citations
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Martín, Robert D., et al.. (2020). A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Injury in Crossfit.. PubMed. 29(1). 26–30. 9 indexed citations
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Mears, Simon C., et al.. (2012). Is the 22 Modifier Worth It?. Orthopedics. 35(8). e1256–9. 14 indexed citations
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Sieber, Frederick E., Simon C. Mears, Hochang B. Lee, & Allan Gottschalk. (2011). Postoperative Opioid Consumption and Its Relationship to Cognitive Function in Older Adults with Hip Fracture. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 59(12). 2256–2262. 86 indexed citations
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Mears, Dana C., et al.. (2009). THA with a Minimally Invasive Technique, Multi-modal Anesthesia, and Home Rehabilitation: Factors Associated with Early Discharge?. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 467(6). 1412–1417. 47 indexed citations
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Armiger, Robert S., Mehran Armand, Kaj Tallroth, Jyri Lepistö, & Simon C. Mears. (2009). Three-dimensional mechanical evaluation of joint contact pressure in 12 periacetabular osteotomy patients with 10-year follow-up. Acta Orthopaedica. 80(2). 155–161. 55 indexed citations
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Mears, Simon C. & Eric Frank. (1996). A critical period for the influence of peripheral targets on the central projections of developing sensory neurons. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. 14(6). 731–737. 2 indexed citations

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