Wayne S. Copes

12.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
62 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Wayne S. Copes is a scholar working on Emergency Medicine, Surgery and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wayne S. Copes has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Emergency Medicine, 23 papers in Surgery and 8 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Wayne S. Copes's work include Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (45 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (29 papers) and Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries (9 papers). Wayne S. Copes is often cited by papers focused on Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (45 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (29 papers) and Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries (9 papers). Wayne S. Copes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Egypt and Italy. Wayne S. Copes's co-authors include Carl Boyd, William J. Sacco, Howard R. Champion, Mary M. Lawnick, Maureen E. Flanagan, Thomas A. Gennarelli, Donald S. Gann, H R Champion, Charles F. Frey and Lawrence W. Bain and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American College of Cardiology, American Journal of Public Health and European Journal of Operational Research.

In The Last Decade

Wayne S. Copes

61 papers receiving 9.7k citations

Hit Papers

Evaluating trauma care: the TRISS method. Trauma Score an... 1981 2026 1996 2011 1987 1989 1987 1990 1990 500 1000 1.5k
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. Evaluating trauma care: the TRISS method. Trauma Score and the Injury Severity Score.
    1987 1.7k citations Wayne S. Copes et al. PubMed profile →
  2. A Revision of the Trauma Score
    1989 1.5k citations Howard R. Champion, William J. Sacco et al. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care profile →
  3. Evaluating Trauma Care
    1987 1.5k citations Wayne S. Copes et al. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care profile →
  4. The Major Trauma Outcome Study: establishing national norms for trauma care.
    1990 924 citations Wayne S. Copes, William J. Sacco et al. PubMed profile →
  5. The Major Trauma Outcome Study
    1990 773 citations Howard R. Champion, Wayne S. Copes et al. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care profile →
  6. The Injury Severity Score Revisited
    1988 722 citations Wayne S. Copes, Howard R. Champion et al. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care profile →
  7. Trauma score
    1981 569 citations Howard R. Champion, William J. Sacco et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wayne S. Copes United States 28 8.4k 4.7k 2.6k 1.2k 819 62 10.2k
William J. Sacco United States 29 6.0k 0.7× 3.2k 0.7× 1.9k 0.7× 679 0.6× 503 0.6× 61 7.1k
Craig D. Newgard United States 49 5.5k 0.7× 1.9k 0.4× 2.0k 0.8× 632 0.5× 455 0.6× 221 7.7k
Eileen M. Bulger United States 58 7.5k 0.9× 4.3k 0.9× 1.7k 0.7× 1.8k 1.5× 1.1k 1.3× 347 12.9k
Paul E. Pepe United States 47 8.0k 1.0× 2.5k 0.5× 1.1k 0.4× 1.2k 1.0× 685 0.8× 198 10.4k
Daniel W. Spaite United States 51 7.8k 0.9× 1.7k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 749 0.6× 434 0.5× 176 8.9k
Shahid Shafi United States 42 3.9k 0.5× 2.5k 0.5× 790 0.3× 741 0.6× 706 0.9× 110 5.8k
Joseph J. Tepas United States 43 3.0k 0.4× 2.7k 0.6× 1.0k 0.4× 958 0.8× 960 1.2× 156 6.2k
Fiona Lecky United Kingdom 52 5.5k 0.7× 2.8k 0.6× 1.1k 0.4× 2.1k 1.8× 2.9k 3.6× 256 8.8k
Daniel P. Davis United States 49 6.8k 0.8× 2.2k 0.5× 845 0.3× 812 0.7× 1.2k 1.5× 217 9.5k
Ahamed H. Idris United States 53 8.0k 0.9× 2.0k 0.4× 987 0.4× 730 0.6× 355 0.4× 217 9.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Larkin, Gregory Luke, Wayne S. Copes, Brian H. Nathanson, & William Kaye. (2010). Pre-resuscitation factors associated with mortality in 49,130 cases of in-hospital cardiac arrest: A report from the National Registry for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Resuscitation. 81(3). 302–311. 141 indexed citations
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Nathanson, Brian H., Thomas L. Higgins, Andrew A. Kramer, et al.. (2009). Subgroup mortality probability models: Are they necessary for specialized intensive care units?*. Critical Care Medicine. 37(8). 2375–2386. 13 indexed citations
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Higgins, Thomas L., Daniel Teres, Wayne S. Copes, et al.. (2007). Assessing contemporary intensive care unit outcome: An updated Mortality Probability Admission Model (MPM0-III)*. Critical Care Medicine. 35(3). 827–835. 243 indexed citations
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Nathanson, Brian H., Wayne S. Copes, Maureen Stark, et al.. (2005). MORTALITY PROBABILITY MODELS (MPM0-III) FOR SPECIALIZED PATIENT POPULATIONS. CHEST Journal. 128(4). 349S–349S. 2 indexed citations
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Higgins, Thomas L., Daniel Teres, Wayne S. Copes, et al.. (2005). UPDATED MORTALITY PROBABILITY MODEL (MPM -III). CHEST Journal. 128(4). 348S–348S. 16 indexed citations
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Trooskin, Stanley Z., et al.. (2004). Variability in Trauma Center Outcomes for Patients With Moderate Intracranial Injury. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 57(5). 998–1005. 14 indexed citations
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Kaye, William, Vinay Nadkarni, Mary E. Mancini, et al.. (2002). The national registry of cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a preliminary report of 5,030 adult in-hospital cardiac arrests. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 39. 335–336. 1 indexed citations
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Trooskin, Stanley Z., Wayne S. Copes, Lawrence W. Bain, & Thomas A. Santora. (1999). Case-Matching Methodology as an Adjunct to Trauma Performance Improvement for Evaluating Lengths of Stay and Complications. PubMed. 47(6). 1018–1018. 7 indexed citations
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Champion, Howard R., Wayne S. Copes, William J. Sacco, et al.. (1996). Improved Predictions from A Severity Characterization of Trauma (ASCOT) over Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS). PubMed. 40(1). 42–49. 160 indexed citations
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Copes, Wayne S., et al.. (1992). DRUG-RELATED PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST CRASH INJURIES. Transportation research circular. 1 indexed citations
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Nakayama, Don K., Wayne S. Copes, & William Sacco. (1992). Differences in trauma care among pediatric and nonpediatric trauma centers. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 27(4). 427–431. 66 indexed citations
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Copes, Wayne S., et al.. (1992). TRISS UNEXPECTED SURVIVORS-A STATISTICAL PHENOMENON OR A CLINICAL REALITY?. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 33(5). 743–748. 14 indexed citations
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Brotman, Sheldon, et al.. (1991). Should Survivors with an Injury Severity Score Less than 10 Be Entered in a Statewide Trauma Registry?. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 31(9). 1233–1239. 16 indexed citations
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Copes, Wayne S., Howard R. Champion, William J. Sacco, et al.. (1990). Progress in Characterizing Anatomic Injury. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 30(10). 1200–1207. 11 indexed citations
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Baum, Cynthia G., et al.. (1990). The psychosocial consequences of traumatic injury. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 13(6). 561–581. 59 indexed citations
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Harviel, J. Duncan, et al.. (1989). The Effect of Autopsy on Injury Severity and Survival Probability Calculations. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 29(6). 766–773. 30 indexed citations
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Champion, Howard R., William J. Sacco, Wayne S. Copes, et al.. (1989). A Revision of the Trauma Score. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 29(5). 623–629. 1503 indexed citations breakdown →
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Copes, Wayne S., Mary M. Lawnick, Howard R. Champion, & William J. Sacco. (1988). A Comparison of Abbreviated Injury Scale 1980 and 1985 Versions. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 28(1). 78–86. 50 indexed citations
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Copes, Wayne S., et al.. (1988). The Injury Severity Score Revisited. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 28(1). 69–77. 722 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sacco, William J., et al.. (1988). Progress toward a new injury severity characterization: Severity profiles. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 18(6). 419–429. 22 indexed citations

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