Thomas M. Link

23.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
394 papers, 18.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas M. Link is a scholar working on Surgery, Rheumatology and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas M. Link has authored 394 papers receiving a total of 18.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 195 papers in Surgery, 167 papers in Rheumatology and 147 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Thomas M. Link's work include Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (128 papers), Bone and Joint Diseases (95 papers) and Bone health and osteoporosis research (92 papers). Thomas M. Link is often cited by papers focused on Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (128 papers), Bone and Joint Diseases (95 papers) and Bone health and osteoporosis research (92 papers). Thomas M. Link collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Austria. Thomas M. Link's co-authors include Sharmila Majumdar, Andrew J. Burghardt, Xiaojuan Li, Ulf Liljenqvist, H. Halm, F. Eckstein, Gabby B. Joseph, Ying Lü, Ernst J. Rummeny and Nancy E. Lane and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Thomas M. Link

382 papers receiving 17.7k citations

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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.

Increased cortical porosity in type 2 diabetic postmenopausal women with fragility fractures

2012 343 citations Andrew J. Burghardt, Gabby B. Joseph et al. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas M. Link United States	73	8.2k	6.1k	5.8k	4.6k	3.5k	394	18.1k
Sharmila Majumdar United States	88	9.8k 1.2×	10.7k 1.7×	8.2k 1.4×	7.7k 1.7×	6.4k 1.8×	552	27.0k
Klaus Engelke Germany	64	3.4k 0.4×	6.6k 1.1×	1.8k 0.3×	2.3k 0.5×	1.9k 0.5×	298	12.8k
John A. Carrino United States	58	6.5k 0.8×	2.3k 0.4×	2.3k 0.4×	2.9k 0.6×	3.2k 0.9×	372	13.5k
Thomas M. Link United States	57	4.3k 0.5×	3.3k 0.5×	3.2k 0.6×	2.8k 0.6×	1.8k 0.5×	272	8.9k
Bernd Hamm Germany	73	5.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.2×	3.6k 0.6×	4.1k 0.9×	9.5k 2.7×	905	22.0k
Charles Peterfy United States	59	4.1k 0.5×	1.9k 0.3×	10.4k 1.8×	2.0k 0.4×	1.0k 0.3×	174	12.7k
Michael Leunig Switzerland	75	21.5k 2.6×	4.1k 0.7×	3.6k 0.6×	4.3k 1.0×	775 0.2×	317	26.5k
Ernst J. Rummeny Germany	61	3.1k 0.4×	1.5k 0.2×	909 0.2×	3.9k 0.8×	7.6k 2.2×	462	15.0k
Koichi Masuda United States	63	4.9k 0.6×	1.2k 0.2×	2.7k 0.5×	2.4k 0.5×	535 0.2×	327	12.2k
J. Reeve United Kingdom	71	6.3k 0.8×	12.6k 2.1×	1.1k 0.2×	1.1k 0.2×	692 0.2×	300	18.8k

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Benjamin, C., Katharina Ziegeler, Brian T. Feeley, et al.. (2025). Relationship Between Early Cartilage Degeneration With T1ρ and T2 Analysis in Medial Tibial Cartilage and 10-Year Posttraumatic Osteoarthritis Progression After ACL Reconstruction. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 53(11). 2562–2570. 1 indexed citations

Li, Xiaojuan, Mingrui Yang, Štefan Zbýň, et al.. (2024). Cartilage compositional MRI—a narrative review of technical development and clinical applications over the past three decades. Skeletal Radiology. 53(9). 1761–1781. 5 indexed citations

Gassert, Florian T., et al.. (2024). Association between hip muscle strength/function and hip cartilage defects in sub-elite football players with hip/groin pain. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 32(7). 943–951.

Flores, Sergio E., et al.. (2024). Prognostic Factors on Preoperative MRI for Patient-Reported Outcomes After Posterior Medial Meniscus Root Repair. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 12(8). 971868704–971868704.

Joseph, Gabby B., Charles E. McCulloch, Michael C. Nevitt, et al.. (2022). Effects of Weight Change on Knee and Hip Radiographic Measurements and Pain Over Four Years: Data From the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Arthritis Care & Research. 75(4). 860–868. 18 indexed citations

Joseph, Gabby B., Charles E. McCulloch, Jae Ho Sohn, et al.. (2021). AI MSK clinical applications: cartilage and osteoarthritis. Skeletal Radiology. 51(2). 331–343. 24 indexed citations

Bodden, Jannis, Gabby B. Joseph, J.A. Lynch, et al.. (2021). Opioid users show worse baseline knee osteoarthritis and faster progression of degenerative changes: a retrospective case-control study based on data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI). Arthritis Research & Therapy. 23(1). 146–146. 13 indexed citations

Posadzy, Magdalena, Gabby B. Joseph, Charles E. McCulloch, et al.. (2020). Natural history of new horizontal meniscal tears in individuals at risk for and with mild to moderate osteoarthritis: data from osteoarthritis initiative. European Radiology. 30(11). 5971–5980. 4 indexed citations

Baal, Joe D., Sarah C. Foreman, Gabby B. Joseph, et al.. (2020). Investigating the Association of Metabolic Biomarkers With Knee Cartilage Composition and Structural Abnormalities Using MRI: A Pilot Study. Cartilage. 13(1_suppl). 630S–638S. 6 indexed citations

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Joseph, Gabby B., Charles E. McCulloch, Michael C. Nevitt, et al.. (2019). Associations Between Vitamins C and D Intake and Cartilage Composition and Knee Joint Morphology Over 4 Years: Data From the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Arthritis Care & Research. 72(9). 1239–1247. 23 indexed citations

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Foreman, Sarah C., Joe D. Baal, Misung Han, et al.. (2019). Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Exhibit a More Mineralized Deep Cartilage Layer Compared with Nondiabetic Controls: A Pilot Study. Cartilage. 13(1_suppl). 428S–436S. 11 indexed citations

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Horvai, Andrew, et al.. (2016). Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology. Laboratory Investigation. 96. 12–27.

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Gold, Garry E., Flavia Cicuttini, M.D. Crema, et al.. (2015). OARSI Clinical Trials Recommendations: Hip imaging in clinical trials in osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 23(5). 716–731. 132 indexed citations

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Hunter, David J., Roy D. Altman, Flavia Cicuttini, et al.. (2015). OARSI Clinical Trials Recommendations: Knee imaging in clinical trials in osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 23(5). 698–715. 113 indexed citations

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Wyatt, Cory, et al.. (2015). Improved differentiation between knees with cartilage lesions and controls using 7T relaxation time mapping. Journal of Orthopaedic Translation. 3(4). 197–204. 21 indexed citations

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Burghardt, Andrew J., et al.. (2009). Age- and gender-related differences in the geometric properties and biomechanical significance of intracortical porosity in the distal radius and tibia. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 25(5). 983–993. 269 indexed citations

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Studholme, Colin, et al.. (2008). Three‐dimensional image registration of MR proximal femur images for the analysis of trabecular bone parameters. Medical Physics. 35(10). 4630–4639. 14 indexed citations

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Bettin, D., et al.. (2003). Reneration of the donor side after autogenous fibula transplantation in 53 patients. Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica. 74(3). 332–336. 13 indexed citations

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Link, Thomas M., et al.. (2003). Regeneration of the donor side after autogenous fibula transplantation in 53 patients. Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica. 74(3). 332–336. 14 indexed citations

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Behre, Hermann M., Sabine Kliesch, Eckhard Leifke, Thomas M. Link, & Eberhard Nieschlag. (1997). Long-Term Effect of Testosterone Therapy on Bone Mineral Density in Hypogonadal Men. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 82(8). 2386–2390. 402 indexed citations

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