Venu Akuthota

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Venu Akuthota is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Surgery and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Venu Akuthota has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Pharmacology, 25 papers in Surgery and 24 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Venu Akuthota's work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (28 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (24 papers) and Sports injuries and prevention (13 papers). Venu Akuthota is often cited by papers focused on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (28 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (24 papers) and Sports injuries and prevention (13 papers). Venu Akuthota collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and United Kingdom. Venu Akuthota's co-authors include Scott F. Nadler, Michael Fredericson, Andrea Ferreiro, Eric C. McCarty, William J. Sullivan, Paul Lento, Peter Gonzalez, Cynthia Garvan, Kavita Nair and Richard R. Allen and has published in prestigious journals such as Pain, Spine and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

In The Last Decade

Venu Akuthota

47 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Core Stability Exercise Principles 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Core Stability Exercise Principles
    2008 457 citations Venu Akuthota et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Venu Akuthota United States 18 787 692 673 437 343 52 1.8k
Phillip S. Sizer United States 27 852 1.1× 865 1.3× 439 0.7× 494 1.1× 282 0.8× 114 2.1k
Gerold Ebenbichler Austria 25 926 1.2× 689 1.0× 525 0.8× 322 0.7× 531 1.5× 78 2.4k
Won‐gyu Yoo South Korea 20 773 1.0× 582 0.8× 494 0.7× 180 0.4× 379 1.1× 222 1.7k
G. Rankin United Kingdom 8 681 0.9× 425 0.6× 380 0.6× 261 0.6× 216 0.6× 10 1.5k
Jae‐Seop Oh South Korea 19 754 1.0× 674 1.0× 712 1.1× 160 0.4× 429 1.3× 147 1.7k
Heon‐Seock Cynn South Korea 26 842 1.1× 922 1.3× 733 1.1× 233 0.5× 617 1.8× 134 2.0k
Yavuz Yakut Türkiye 22 703 0.9× 697 1.0× 306 0.5× 393 0.9× 255 0.7× 129 1.9k
Jean‐Michel Brismée United States 30 999 1.3× 1.0k 1.5× 510 0.8× 508 1.2× 403 1.2× 167 2.8k
Chung‐Hwi Yi South Korea 29 842 1.1× 751 1.1× 617 0.9× 239 0.5× 503 1.5× 192 2.2k
Patricia Geise Provance United States 5 486 0.6× 702 1.0× 391 0.6× 224 0.5× 470 1.4× 5 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Venu Akuthota

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Venu Akuthota's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Venu Akuthota with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Venu Akuthota more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Venu Akuthota

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Venu Akuthota. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Venu Akuthota. The network helps show where Venu Akuthota may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Venu Akuthota

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Venu Akuthota. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Venu Akuthota based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Venu Akuthota. Venu Akuthota is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
2.
Whitman, Julie M., Paul E. Mintken, Thomas R. Denninger, et al.. (2019). Effectiveness of Physical Therapy Combined With Epidural Steroid Injection for Individuals With Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Randomized Parallel-Group Trial. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 100(5). 797–810. 14 indexed citations
3.
Akuthota, Venu, et al.. (2019). The utility of magnetic resonance imaging results in physician decision-making before initial lumbar spinal injection. The Spine Journal. 19(9). 1455–1462. 4 indexed citations
4.
Heinemann, Allen W., Venu Akuthota, Neil A. Segal, et al.. (2017). Scoping review to develop common data elements for lumbar spinal stenosis. The Spine Journal. 17(7). 1045–1057. 2 indexed citations
5.
Yang, Aaron, Rogelio A. Coronado, Lilian Hoffecker, et al.. (2016). Conservative Care in Lumbar Spine Surgery Trials: A Descriptive Literature Review. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 98(1). 165–172. 3 indexed citations
6.
Sclafani, Joseph A., Alexandra Constantin, Pei‐Shu Ho, Venu Akuthota, & Leighton Chan. (2016). Descriptive Analysis of Spinal Neuroaxial Injections, Surgical Interventions, and Physical Therapy Utilization for Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Within Medicare Beneficiaries from 2000 to 2011. Spine. 42(4). 240–246. 11 indexed citations
7.
8.
Akuthota, Venu, et al.. (2010). Utilization Characteristics of Spinal Interventions. The Spine Journal. 10(9). S68–S68. 1 indexed citations
9.
Sullivan, William J., et al.. (2010). The Diagnostic Validity of Hip Provocation Maneuvers to Detect Intra‐Articular Hip Pathology. PM&R. 2(3). 174–181. 67 indexed citations
10.
Patel, Atul T., Lawrence R. Robinson, & Venu Akuthota. (2009). Utility of Proximal Nerve Conduction Studies. PM&R. 1(3). 277–280. 1 indexed citations
11.
Gonzalez, Peter, Scott R. Laker, William J. Sullivan, Jeri E. F. Harwood, & Venu Akuthota. (2009). The Effects of Epidural Betamethasone on Blood Glucose in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus. PM&R. 1(4). 340–345. 38 indexed citations
12.
Schenkman, Margaret, et al.. (2008). Functional Movement Training for Recurrent Low Back Pain: Lessons From a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. PM&R. 1(2). 137–146. 7 indexed citations
13.
Akuthota, Venu, et al.. (2007). Yoga and pilates in the management of low back pain. Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine. 1(1). 39–47. 60 indexed citations
14.
Akuthota, Venu, et al.. (2006). The Pathophysiology of Stress Fractures. Clinics in Sports Medicine. 25(1). 1–16. 86 indexed citations
15.
Plastaras, Christopher T., et al.. (2005). Comprehensive Functional Evaluation of the Injured Runner. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America. 16(3). 623–649. 28 indexed citations
16.
17.
18.
19.
Akuthota, Venu, Paul Lento, & Gwendolyn Sowa. (2003). Pathogenesis of lumbar spinal stenosis pain: why does an asymptomatic stenotic patient flare?. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America. 14(1). 17–28. 27 indexed citations
20.
Lento, Paul & Venu Akuthota. (2002). CONFUSION IN A MARATHONER. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 34(5). S219–S219. 2 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Phillip S. Sizer Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Gerold Ebenbichler Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Won‐gyu Yoo Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by G. Rankin Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jae‐Seop Oh Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Heon‐Seock Cynn Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Yavuz Yakut Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jean‐Michel Brismée Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Chung‐Hwi Yi Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Patricia Geise Provance
Rankless by CCL
2026