William F. McKay

805 total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 653 citations indexed

About

William F. McKay is a scholar working on Surgery, Oral Surgery and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William F. McKay has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 653 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Surgery, 3 papers in Oral Surgery and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in William F. McKay's work include Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (3 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (3 papers) and Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes (3 papers). William F. McKay is often cited by papers focused on Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (3 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (3 papers) and Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes (3 papers). William F. McKay collaborates with scholars based in United States and Ireland. William F. McKay's co-authors include Jeffrey M. Badura, Steven M. Peckham, J. Kenneth Burkus, Jeffrey M. Toth, Scott D. Boden, Eric N. Burright, Keith R. Hildebrand, J. E. G. Sutton, Nomaan Ashraf and Hyun W. Bae and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Spine and The Spine Journal.

In The Last Decade

William F. McKay

9 papers receiving 629 citations

Hit Papers

A comprehensive clinical review of recombinant human bone... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 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. A comprehensive clinical review of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (INFUSE® Bone Graft)
    2007 486 citations William F. McKay, Steven M. Peckham et al. International Orthopaedics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William F. McKay United States 6 353 203 147 139 119 9 653
Valentina Devescovi Italy 13 195 0.6× 162 0.8× 136 0.9× 295 2.1× 69 0.6× 19 756
P Krebsbach United States 4 310 0.9× 146 0.7× 110 0.7× 150 1.1× 108 0.9× 4 560
Martin P. Vacanti United States 14 288 0.8× 406 2.0× 143 1.0× 126 0.9× 217 1.8× 16 856
David L. Diefenderfer United States 9 194 0.5× 157 0.8× 137 0.9× 220 1.6× 48 0.4× 10 621
John Louis‐Ugbo United States 11 364 1.0× 413 2.0× 92 0.6× 94 0.7× 51 0.4× 15 707
Susumu Tamai Japan 9 347 1.0× 178 0.9× 84 0.6× 50 0.4× 76 0.6× 11 471
Tadeusz Niedźwiedzki Poland 7 232 0.7× 154 0.8× 57 0.4× 171 1.2× 70 0.6× 17 586
T. E. Hefferan United States 6 231 0.7× 88 0.4× 63 0.4× 184 1.3× 106 0.9× 7 522
Rick Visser Spain 11 318 0.9× 132 0.7× 97 0.7× 116 0.8× 186 1.6× 18 558

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Fields of papers citing papers by William F. McKay

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William F. McKay

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William F. McKay. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William F. McKay 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 William F. McKay. William F. McKay is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Bae, Hyun W., et al.. (2012). Transient Soft-Tissue Edema Associated with Implantation of Increasing Doses of rhBMP-2 on an Absorbable Collagen Sponge in an Ectopic Rat Model. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 94(20). 1845–1852. 6 indexed citations
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Toth, Jeffrey M., Scott D. Boden, J. Kenneth Burkus, et al.. (2009). Short-term Osteoclastic Activity Induced by Locally High Concentrations of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein–2 in a Cancellous Bone Environment. Spine. 34(6). 539–550. 85 indexed citations
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McKay, William F., Steven M. Peckham, & Jeffrey M. Badura. (2007). A comprehensive clinical review of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (INFUSE® Bone Graft). International Orthopaedics. 31(6). 729–734. 486 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bae, Hyun W., Jeffrey M. Badura, Steven M. Peckham, & William F. McKay. (2007). 31. Examination of Transient Soft Tissue Edema Following Implantation of rhBMP-2 on an Absorbable Collagen Sponge in a Rat Ectopic Model. The Spine Journal. 7(5). 15S–16S. 1 indexed citations
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McKay, William F.. (1975). A precolonial history of the southern Kenya coast. University Microfilms International eBooks. 12 indexed citations
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McKay, William F. & J. E. G. Sutton. (1971). Dar es Salaam: City, Port and Region. Tanzania Notes and Records, 71 (1970). African Historical Studies. 4(3). 719–719. 8 indexed citations

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