William Lear

1.2k total citations
52 papers, 821 citations indexed

About

William Lear is a scholar working on Surgery, Rehabilitation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, William Lear has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 821 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Surgery, 12 papers in Rehabilitation and 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in William Lear's work include Surgical Sutures and Adhesives (19 papers), Wound Healing and Treatments (12 papers) and Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques (12 papers). William Lear is often cited by papers focused on Surgical Sutures and Adhesives (19 papers), Wound Healing and Treatments (12 papers) and Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques (12 papers). William Lear collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. William Lear's co-authors include Jamie J. Kruzic, Dee Anna Glaser, Nowell Solish, Edward Kessler, Christian Murray, Steven E. Naleway, Richard Wells, Collin M. Blattner, Marcel Ruzicka and Frans H. H. Leenen and has published in prestigious journals such as Cardiovascular Research, American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology and Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

In The Last Decade

William Lear

46 papers receiving 733 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Lear United States 14 248 173 158 127 116 52 821
Dawn Marie R. Davis United States 22 121 0.5× 70 0.4× 177 1.1× 202 1.6× 556 4.8× 93 1.4k
Charlotte Girard Switzerland 21 302 1.2× 371 2.1× 185 1.2× 45 0.4× 38 0.3× 46 1.5k
Mülder Netherlands 15 33 0.1× 134 0.8× 141 0.9× 176 1.4× 209 1.8× 29 865
Patrick Lemell Austria 18 99 0.4× 189 1.1× 69 0.4× 584 4.6× 262 2.3× 45 1.1k
Gustavo Cruz Colombia 16 64 0.3× 73 0.4× 90 0.6× 30 0.2× 46 0.4× 77 700
Andrew R. Harrison United States 20 83 0.3× 17 0.1× 261 1.7× 91 0.7× 212 1.8× 116 1.5k
Valerie M. Harvey United States 12 85 0.3× 36 0.2× 42 0.3× 34 0.3× 292 2.5× 34 617
Werner Klotz Austria 16 55 0.2× 123 0.7× 91 0.6× 19 0.1× 26 0.2× 48 1.1k
Toyomi Takahashi Japan 15 358 1.4× 206 1.2× 101 0.6× 17 0.1× 10 0.1× 72 888
Richard L. Watson United States 14 88 0.4× 41 0.2× 30 0.2× 48 0.4× 19 0.2× 32 852

Countries citing papers authored by William Lear

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Lear

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Lear

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William Lear. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William Lear 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 Lear. William Lear 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
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Lear, William, et al.. (2020). Management of postoperative bleeding after use of a retroauricular interpolation flap. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 87(3). e99–e100.
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Young, J.M., et al.. (2020). Use of a novel adhesive suture retention wound closure device to prevent patient follow-up visits during the COVID-19 pandemic. JAAD Case Reports. 6(7). 593–597. 3 indexed citations
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Lear, William, Collin M. Blattner, Thomas A. Mustoe, & Jamie J. Kruzic. (2019). In vivo stress relaxation of human scalp. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 97. 85–89. 11 indexed citations
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Lear, William, et al.. (2019). A novel suture retention device for intraoperative tissue support. JAAD Case Reports. 5(5). 454–457. 2 indexed citations
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Lear, William, et al.. (2019). Forces on sutures when closing excisional wounds using the rule of halves. Clinical Biomechanics. 72. 161–163. 5 indexed citations
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Lear, William, et al.. (2019). Use of a novel suture retention device to protect skin edges while using pulley suture technique for high-tension wound closure. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 83(2). e113–e115.
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Townsend, Katy L., et al.. (2018). Comparing the Tolerability of a Novel Wound Closure Device Using a Porcine Wound Model. Advances in Wound Care. 7(6). 177–184. 1 indexed citations
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Blattner, Collin M., et al.. (2018). The use of a suture retention device to enhance tissue expansion and healing in the repair of scalp and lower leg wounds. JAAD Case Reports. 4(7). 655–661. 9 indexed citations
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Blattner, Collin M., et al.. (2018). 2-to-Z flap for reconstruction of adjacent skin defects. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 80(4). e77–e78. 1 indexed citations
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Blattner, Collin M., et al.. (2017). Simple technique to avoid unnecessary Burow triangles. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 77(4). e109–e110.
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Townsend, Katy L., et al.. (2016). Buried absorbable polyglactin 910 sutures do not result in stronger wounds in porcine full thickness skin incisions. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 63. 386–389. 4 indexed citations
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Farahnik, Benjamin, et al.. (2016). Interventional treatments for Hailey–Hailey disease. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 76(3). 551–558.e3. 37 indexed citations
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Lear, William, et al.. (2015). Discordant mycosis fungoides and cutaneous B-cell lymphoma: A case report and review of the literature. JAAD Case Reports. 1(4). 219–221. 2 indexed citations
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Lear, William & Peter B. Odland. (2010). Combination Full- and Split-Thickness Skin Grafts for Superficial Auricular Wounds. Dermatologic Surgery. 36(9). 1453–1456. 2 indexed citations
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Lear, William, et al.. (2008). Cost Comparisons of Managing Complex Facial Basal Cell Carcinoma: Canadian Study. Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery. 12(2). 82–87. 22 indexed citations
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Lear, William, et al.. (2007). Basal Cell Carcinoma: Review of Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Associated Risk Factors. Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery. 11(1). 19–30. 62 indexed citations
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Lear, William, Edward Kessler, Nowell Solish, & Dee Anna Glaser. (2007). An Epidemiological Study of Hyperhidrosis. Dermatologic Surgery. 33(s1). S69–S75. 119 indexed citations
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Lear, William, et al.. (1995). Random primer p(dN)6-digoxigenin labeling for quantitation of mRNA by Q-RT-PCR and ELISA.. PubMed. 18(1). 78–80, 82. 6 indexed citations
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Lear, William, et al.. (1977). Bycatches in salmon drift-nets at West Greenland in 1972. 205(5). 9 indexed citations

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