William J. Richardson

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
126 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

William J. Richardson is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Richardson has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Surgery, 57 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 20 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in William J. Richardson's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (56 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (25 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (20 papers). William J. Richardson is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (56 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (25 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (20 papers). William J. Richardson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. William J. Richardson's co-authors include Barry S. Myers, Roger W. Nightingale, Lori A. Setton, Daniel J. Sexton, Ricardo Pietrobon, N. Deborah Friedman, Kathryn B. Kirkland, Liufang Jing, Mohammed F. Shamji and Robert E. Isaacs and has published in prestigious journals such as Biomaterials, Clinical Infectious Diseases and Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

In The Last Decade

William J. Richardson

114 papers receiving 5.0k citations

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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.

The Impact of Surgical-Site Infections Following Orthopedic Surgery at a Community Hospital and a University Hospital Adverse Quality of Life, Excess Length of Stay, and Extra Cost

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Lee H. Riley United States

Peer Eysel Germany

Joseph R. Dettori United States

Charles R. Clark United States

Jill Binkley Canada

M I Jayson United Kingdom

Rodney Grahame United Kingdom

Ashish D. Diwan Australia

Wellington K. Hsu United States

Wolfgang Hitzl Austria

Lee H. Riley United States

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394 ×0.9

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William J. Richardson

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Miller, Brigitte, et al.. (2025). Machine learning model for detecting masked hypertension in young adults. Frontiers in Physiology. 16. 1684693–1684693.

Richardson, William J.. (2024). Heidegger and Psychoanalysis?. 5(1). 9–38.

Begier, Elizabeth, Ning Rosenthal, William J. Richardson, Jessica Chung, & Alejandra Gurtman. (2021). Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infection among Patients Undergoing Elective, Posterior, Instrumented Spinal Fusion Surgeries: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Surgical Infections. 23(1). 12–21. 4 indexed citations

Hwang, Priscilla Y., Liufang Jing, Keith W. Michael, et al.. (2014). N-Cadherin-Mediated Signaling Regulates Cell Phenotype for Nucleus Pulposus Cells of the Intervertebral Disc. Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. 8(1). 51–62. 30 indexed citations

Caputo, Adam M., et al.. (2013). Risk Factors for Infection After Orthopaedic Spine Surgery at a High-Volume Institution. Journal of Surgical Orthopaedic Advances. 22(4). 295–298. 16 indexed citations

Lark, Robert K., Adam M. Caputo, Christopher R. Brown, et al.. (2013). Distant Harrington rod migration 35 years after implantation. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 20(10). 1452–1453. 3 indexed citations

Richardson, William J.. (2012). The transcendence of God in the world of man. Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America (Catholic Theological Society of America). 23.

Hwang, Priscilla Y., Kyle D. Allen, Mohammed F. Shamji, et al.. (2012). Changes in Midbrain Pain Receptor Expression, Gait and Behavioral Sensitivity in a Rat Model of Radiculopathy. The Open Orthopaedics Journal. 6(1). 383–391. 10 indexed citations

Allen, Kyle D., et al.. (2011). Kinematic and dynamic gait compensations in a rat model of lumbar radiculopathy and the effects of tumor necrosis factor-alpha antagonism. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 13(4). R137–R137. 17 indexed citations

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Shamji, Mohammed F., Jun Chen, Liufang Jing, et al.. (2011). Attenuation of Inflammatory Events in Human Intervertebral Disc Cells With a Tumor Necrosis Factor Antagonist. Spine. 36(15). 1190–1196. 45 indexed citations

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Jing, Liufang, Kyle D. Allen, Mohammed F. Shamji, et al.. (2010). Interleukin‐17 synergizes with IFNγ or TNFα to promote inflammatory mediator release and intercellular adhesion molecule‐1 (ICAM‐1) expression in human intervertebral disc cells. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 29(1). 1–7. 106 indexed citations

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Nettles, Dana L., William J. Richardson, & Lori A. Setton. (2004). Integrin expression in cells of the intervertebral disc. Journal of Anatomy. 204(6). 515–520. 69 indexed citations

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Luo, Xuemei, Christopher L. Edwards, William J. Richardson, & Lloyd A. Hey. (2004). Relationships of Clinical, Psychologic, and Individual Factors with the Functional Status of Neck Pain Patients. Value in Health. 7(1). 61–69. 49 indexed citations

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Winkelstein, Beth A., Roger W. Nightingale, William J. Richardson, & Barry S. Myers. (2000). The Cervical Facet Capsule and Its Role in Whiplash Injury. Spine. 25(10). 1238–1246. 154 indexed citations

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Huckell, Cameron B., Jacob M. Buchowski, William J. Richardson, Daniel H. Williams, & John P. Kostuik. (1999). Functional Outcome of Plate Fusions for Disorders of the Occipitocervical Junction. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 359(359). 136–145. 24 indexed citations

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Spiegel, David A., William J. Richardson, Sean P. Scully, & John M. Harrelson. (1999). Long-Term Survival Following Total Sacrectomy with Reconstruction for the Treatment of Primary Osteosarcoma of the Sacrum. A Case Report*. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 81(6). 848–55. 38 indexed citations

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Spiegel, David A., John H. Sampson, William J. Richardson, et al.. (1995). Metastatic Melanoma to the Spine Demographics, Risk Factors, and Prognosis in 114 Patients. Spine. 20(19). 2141–2146. 38 indexed citations

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Müller, John & William J. Richardson. (1988). The Purloined Poe : Lacan, Derrida & psychoanalytic reading. Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks. 14 indexed citations

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Richardson, William J.. (1968). Heidegger’s Critique of Science. New Scholasticism. 42(4). 511–536. 11 indexed citations

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Richardson, William J. & Martín Heidegger. (1963). Heidegger, Through Phenemenology to Thought. Revue de métaphysique et de morale. 70(1). 4 indexed citations

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