William E. Butler

8.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
162 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

William E. Butler is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Neurology and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, William E. Butler has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 31 papers in Neurology and 20 papers in Law. Recurrent topics in William E. Butler's work include European and International Law Studies (23 papers), Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (18 papers) and International Law and Human Rights (14 papers). William E. Butler is often cited by papers focused on European and International Law Studies (23 papers), Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (18 papers) and International Law and Human Rights (14 papers). William E. Butler collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Mexico. William E. Butler's co-authors include Fred G. Barker, Sepideh Amin‐Hanjani, Christopher S. Ogilvy, Edward R. Smith, Bob S. Carter, Edward C. Benzel, Zoher Ghogawala, Subu N. Magge, Susan E. Lyons and Jean-Valery Coumans and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, PLoS ONE and Annals of Surgery.

In The Last Decade

William E. Butler

133 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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Laminectomy plus Fusion versus Laminectomy Alone for Lumbar Spondylolisthesis

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William E. Butler United States	27	1.3k	984	797	510	398	162	3.2k
Robert Macfarlane United Kingdom	34	663 0.5×	709 0.7×	414 0.5×	615 1.2×	536 1.3×	129	4.4k
May Abdel–Wahab United States	29	478 0.4×	778 0.8×	1.0k 1.3×	875 1.7×	353 0.9×	194	4.1k
Farshad Nassiri Canada	29	537 0.4×	844 0.9×	627 0.8×	461 0.9×	559 1.4×	96	3.0k
John L. Fox United States	30	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	382 0.5×	359 0.7×	848 2.1×	89	2.9k
Terrence L. Cascino United States	29	845 0.6×	472 0.5×	313 0.4×	1.3k 2.6×	592 1.5×	48	3.6k
Jeremy L. Freeman Canada	51	316 0.2×	3.2k 3.2×	593 0.7×	616 1.2×	601 1.5×	223	7.8k
Paolo D’Angelo Italy	27	656 0.5×	481 0.5×	214 0.3×	463 0.9×	189 0.5×	138	2.4k
Jian Guan United States	24	380 0.3×	577 0.6×	288 0.4×	193 0.4×	288 0.7×	117	1.7k
Michelle J. Clarke United States	33	369 0.3×	1.6k 1.6×	856 1.1×	561 1.1×	194 0.5×	152	2.7k
Stewart J. Kellie Australia	30	1.0k 0.8×	648 0.7×	305 0.4×	871 1.7×	298 0.7×	76	3.5k

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Lynch, David H., A. W. Andrews, William E. Butler, et al.. (2025). CoCare ‐ CI : A Clinical Innovation to Address Behavioral Symptoms in Hospitalized Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 73(8). 2562–2570.

Zhao, Jiangyang, Daisy Unsihuay, William E. Butler, et al.. (2024). Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Fentanyl and Its Analogs by a Novel Chemiluminescence Immunoassay. Clinical Chemistry. 70(7). 978–986. 4 indexed citations

Stapleton, Christopher J., Anoop P. Patel, Brian P. Walcott, et al.. (2018). Surgical management of superior petrosal sinus dural arteriovenous fistulae with dominant internal carotid artery supply. Interventional Neuroradiology. 24(3). 331–338. 9 indexed citations

Butler, William E.. (2017). Wavelet brain angiography suggests arteriovenous pulse wave phase locking. PLoS ONE. 12(11). e0187014–e0187014. 7 indexed citations

Choi, Bryan D., Katie Fehnel, & William E. Butler. (2017). Rare Giant Prevertebral Thoracic Myelomeningocele. World Neurosurgery. 109. 296–297. 1 indexed citations

Butler, William E., Pankaj K. Agarwalla, & Patrick J. Codd. (2017). CSF in the ventricles of the brain behaves as a relay medium for arteriovenous pulse wave phase coupling. PLoS ONE. 12(11). e0181025–e0181025. 8 indexed citations

Butler, William E.. (2014). International Commercial Arbitration in Central Asia. 6(1). 255–268. 1 indexed citations

Butler, William E.. (2013). On Teaching the History of International Law. American Journal of Legal History. 53(4). 457–461. 1 indexed citations

Barker, Fred G., Sepideh Amin‐Hanjani, William E. Butler, et al.. (2004). Age-dependent Differences in Short-term Outcome after Surgical or Endovascular Treatment of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms in the United States, 1996–2000. Neurosurgery. 54(1). 18–30. 126 indexed citations

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Butler, William E.. (2004). Characterization of the high frequency response of LASER interferometer gravitational wave detectors. PhDT. 4064. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Edward R., William E. Butler, & Fred G. Barker. (2004). In-hospital mortality rates after ventriculoperitoneal shunt procedures in the United States, 1998 to 2000: relation to hospital and surgeon volume of care. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 100(2). 90–97. 94 indexed citations

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Butler, William E.. (2002). Criminal Code of Ukraine. UCL Discovery (University College London). 5 indexed citations

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Smith, Edward R., William E. Butler, & Christopher S. Ogilvy. (2002). Surgical approaches to vascular anomalies of the childʼs brain. Current Opinion in Neurology. 15(2). 165–171. 33 indexed citations

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Butler, William E.. (1999). Comparison of three methods of estimating confidence intervals for stereotactic error. Computer Aided Surgery. 4(1). 26–36. 2 indexed citations

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Butler, William E.. (1999). Comparison of Three Methods of Estimating Confidence Intervals for Stereotactic Error. Computer Aided Surgery. 4(1). 26–36. 2 indexed citations

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Butler, William E., et al.. (1996). Patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease Would Benefit from Routine Magnetic Resonance Angiographic Screening for Intracerebral Aneurysms: A Decision Analysis. Neurosurgery. 38(3). 506–516. 60 indexed citations

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Butler, William E., et al.. (1992). Joint ventures in the Soviet Union.

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Butler, William E.. (1992). Basic legal documents of the Russian Federation. 1 indexed citations

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Butler, William E., et al.. (1990). The history of international law in Russia, 1647-1917 : a bio-bibliographical study. Clarendon Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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Butler, William E., et al.. (1983). The USSR, Eastern Europe, and the development of the law of the sea. 6 indexed citations

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