William S. Fields

10.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
99 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

William S. Fields is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, William S. Fields has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 34 papers in Epidemiology and 33 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in William S. Fields's work include Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (46 papers), Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (29 papers) and Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (21 papers). William S. Fields is often cited by papers focused on Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (46 papers), Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (29 papers) and Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (21 papers). William S. Fields collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Switzerland. William S. Fields's co-authors include Noreen A. Lemak, Jorge Weibel, Ralph F. Frankowski, Wesley S. Moore, Robert W. Hobson, Jerry Goldstone, David G. Weiss, Jonathan B. Towne, Creighton B. Wright and E. Stanley Crawford and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

William S. Fields

93 papers receiving 4.4k citations

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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.

Efficacy of Carotid Endarterectomy for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis

1993 977 citations Robert W. Hobson, David G. Weiss et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Controlled trial of aspirin in cerebral ischemia.

1977 437 citations William S. Fields, Noreen A. Lemak et al. Stroke profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William S. Fields United States	35	3.6k	2.1k	2.0k	1.8k	673	99	5.2k
H. J. M. Barnett Canada	20	6.6k 1.9×	3.3k 1.6×	4.2k 2.1×	3.9k 2.1×	546 0.8×	44	7.5k
Gary G. Ferguson Canada	39	6.0k 1.7×	4.8k 2.3×	3.3k 1.7×	3.4k 1.9×	680 1.0×	79	8.4k
Brajesh K. Lal United States	40	4.0k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	2.8k 1.5×	1.3k 1.9×	192	5.8k
Gustav Fraedrich Austria	36	4.8k 1.3×	1.3k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	3.0k 1.6×	1.7k 2.5×	164	6.2k
Alison Halliday United Kingdom	27	3.6k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	1.9k 1.0×	2.7k 1.4×	547 0.8×	116	4.4k
Daryl R. Gress United States	32	2.4k 0.7×	3.5k 1.7×	2.0k 1.0×	768 0.4×	355 0.5×	69	5.2k
Chang Wan Oh South Korea	41	1.7k 0.5×	4.1k 1.9×	1.4k 0.7×	472 0.3×	542 0.8×	223	5.8k
H. Hunt Batjer United States	45	1.4k 0.4×	5.3k 2.5×	1.3k 0.7×	339 0.2×	664 1.0×	163	6.4k
M Brozman Slovakia	14	1.6k 0.5×	1.8k 0.8×	4.3k 2.1×	424 0.2×	291 0.4×	62	5.5k
Joan Martí‐Fàbregas Spain	33	859 0.2×	1.2k 0.5×	1.7k 0.8×	557 0.3×	363 0.5×	183	3.6k

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Hobson, Robert W., David G. Weiss, William S. Fields, et al.. (1993). Efficacy of Carotid Endarterectomy for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis. New England Journal of Medicine. 328(4). 221–227. 977 indexed citations breakdown →

Fields, William S., et al.. (1991). The Third Amendment and the Issue of the Maintenance of Standing Armies: A Legal History. American Journal of Legal History. 35(4). 393–393. 2 indexed citations

Fields, William S.. (1991). The History of Leeching and Hirudin. Pathophysiology of Haemostasis and Thrombosis. 21(Suppl. 1). 3–10. 48 indexed citations

Hill, Catherine & William S. Fields. (1989). Drug treatment of cancer pain in a drug-oriented society. Raven Press eBooks. 16 indexed citations

Callow, Allan D., Louis R. Caplan, James W. Correll, et al.. (1988). Carotid endarterectomy: what is its current status?. The American Journal of Medicine. 85(6). 835–838. 16 indexed citations

Fields, William S. & Noreen A. Lemak. (1987). Trigeminal neuralgia: historical background, etiology, and treatment.. PubMed. 3(2). 47–56. 5 indexed citations

HO, B. T., et al.. (1987). Inhibition of brain choline acetyltransferase by tetraplatin. Brain Research Bulletin. 19(2). 283–285. 4 indexed citations

Fields, William S., et al.. (1986). Persantine aspirin trial in cerebral ischemia--Part III: Risk factors for stroke. The American-Canadian Co-Operative Study Group.. Stroke. 17(1). 12–18. 19 indexed citations

Fields, William S., Noreen A. Lemak, & Yoram Ben‐Menachem. (1986). Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Review and Reference to Stroke in a Major League Pitcher. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 7(1). 73–78. 7 indexed citations

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Feun, Lynn G., Sidney Wallace, Milam E. Leavens, et al.. (1984). Phase-I Trial of Intracarotid BCNU and Cisplatin in Patients with Malignant Intracerebral Tumors. PubMed. 1(3). 239–245. 17 indexed citations

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Fields, William S.. (1980). Persistent hypoglossal artery in association with advanced atherosclerosis. Neurosurgical Review. 3(1). 37–41. 4 indexed citations

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Fields, William S.. (1976). Joint Study of Extracranial Arterial Occlusion. JAMA. 235(24). 2608–2608. 24 indexed citations

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Fields, William S.. (1973). Selection of stroke patients for arterial reconstructive surgery. The American Journal of Surgery. 125(5). 527–529. 38 indexed citations

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Fields, William S.. (1972). Joint Study of Extracranial Arterial Occlusion. JAMA. 222(9). 1139–1139. 150 indexed citations

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Fields, William S. & William D. Willis. (1970). The cerebellum in health and disease : Dallas Neurological Symposium. 3 indexed citations

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Fields, William S. & A. L. Sahs. (1965). Intracranial aneurysms and subarachnoid hemorrhage : twelfth annual scientific meeting of the Houston Neurological Society, jointly sponsored by the Department of Neurology, Baylor University College of Medicine, Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas. Thomas eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Fields, William S. & B. R. ALFORD. (1964). Neurological aspects of auditory and vestibular disorders : eleventh annual scientific meeting of the Houston Neurological Society. Thomas eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Scarcella, Giuseppe & William S. Fields. (1962). Recovery from coma and decerebrate rigidity of young patients following head injury. Acta Neurochirurgica. 10(2). 134–144. 11 indexed citations

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Fields, William S. & Russell J. Blattner. (1958). Viral encephalitis : a symposium, Fifth Annual Scientific Meeting of the Houston Neurological Society, Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas. Thomas eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Chao, Dora Hsi-Chih & William S. Fields. (1954). Combined drug therapy in petit mal epilepsy. The Journal of Pediatrics. 45(3). 293–296. 3 indexed citations

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