Thomas Comfort

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 822 citations indexed

About

Thomas Comfort is a scholar working on Surgery, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Comfort has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 822 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Surgery, 3 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and 2 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas Comfort's work include Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (4 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (3 papers) and Foot and Ankle Surgery (3 papers). Thomas Comfort is often cited by papers focused on Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (4 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (3 papers) and Foot and Ankle Surgery (3 papers). Thomas Comfort collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Norway. Thomas Comfort's co-authors include Stephanie D. Davis, Francis Denis, Lyle O. Johnson, Elizabeth W. Paxton, Art Sedrakyan, Stephen E. Graves, Penny Tatman, Susan Mehle, Terence J. Gioe and Samprit Banerjee and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research and Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Comfort

8 papers receiving 781 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.

Sacral fractures: an important problem. Retrospective analysis of 236 cases.

1988 559 citations Francis Denis, Stephanie D. Davis et al. PubMed profile →

Peers

Thomas Comfort

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Mehdi Boudissa France

Andreas Höch Germany

Sébastien Ruatti France

Gaël Kerschbaumer France

Jörg Böhme Germany

Amer Mirza United States

Leslie Grujic United States

Matt L. Graves United States

D. Kevin Scheid United States

K.‐S. Delank Germany

Mehdi Boudissa France

Thomas Comfort

728 ×1.0

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166 ×0.5

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36 ×0.2

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105 ×0.9

OSM

84 ×1.1

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Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Comfort

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Comfort

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Comfort

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Furnes, Ove, Elizabeth W. Paxton, Guy Cafri, et al.. (2014). Distributed Analysis of Hip Implants Using Six National and Regional Registries: Comparing Metal-on-Metal with Metal-on-Highly Cross-Linked Polyethylene Bearings in Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty in Young Patients. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 96(Supplement_1). 25–33. 32 indexed citations

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Comfort, Thomas, Valborg Baste, Robert S. Namba, et al.. (2014). International Comparative Evaluation of Fixed-Bearing Non-Posterior-Stabilized and Posterior-Stabilized Total Knee Replacements. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 96(Supplement_1). 65–72. 26 indexed citations

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Stea, Susanna, Thomas Comfort, Art Sedrakyan, et al.. (2014). Multinational Comprehensive Evaluation of the Fixation Method Used in Hip Replacement: Interaction with Age in Context. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 96(Supplement_1). 42–51. 36 indexed citations

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Comfort, Thomas, et al.. (2013). Improved Survival of Uncemented versus Cemented Femoral Stems in Patients Aged < 70 Years in a Community Total Joint Registry. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 471(11). 3588–3595. 47 indexed citations

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Comfort, Thomas & Lyle O. Johnson. (1998). Resection for symptomatic talocalcaneal coalition.. PubMed. 18(3). 283–8. 58 indexed citations

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Comfort, Thomas & Lyle O. Johnson. (1998). Resection for Symptomatic Talocalcaneal Coalition. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 18(3). 283–288. 55 indexed citations

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Comfort, Thomas & Lyle O. Johnson. (1998). . Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 18(3). 283–288. 9 indexed citations

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Denis, Francis, Stephanie D. Davis, & Thomas Comfort. (1988). Sacral fractures: an important problem. Retrospective analysis of 236 cases.. PubMed. 227. 67–81. 559 indexed citations breakdown →

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