W.P. Cooney

8.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
63 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

W.P. Cooney is a scholar working on Surgery, Rehabilitation and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, W.P. Cooney has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Surgery, 30 papers in Rehabilitation and 17 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in W.P. Cooney's work include Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (54 papers), Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment (29 papers) and Bone fractures and treatments (14 papers). W.P. Cooney is often cited by papers focused on Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (54 papers), Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment (29 papers) and Bone fractures and treatments (14 papers). W.P. Cooney collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Switzerland. W.P. Cooney's co-authors include Ronald L. Linscheid, James H. Dobyns, Kai‐Nan An, Peter C. Amadio, Edmund Y.S. Chao, En Chao, Allen T. Bishop, Marc García‐Elías, K.N. An and Emiko Horii and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Radiology and Journal of Applied Physiology.

In The Last Decade

W.P. Cooney

62 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

Complications of Collesʼ fractures.

1980 599 citations W.P. Cooney, James H. Dobyns et al. profile →
Difficult wrist fractures. Perilunate fracture-dislocations of the wrist.

1987 582 citations W.P. Cooney, James H. Dobyns et al. PubMed profile →
Difficult Wrist Fractures

1987 449 citations W.P. Cooney, James H. Dobyns et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W.P. Cooney United States	36	5.6k	4.0k	1.8k	859	752	63	6.4k
William P. Cooney United States	55	8.0k 1.4×	4.9k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	840 1.0×	1.2k 1.5×	168	8.9k
Frederick W. Werner United States	43	9.2k 1.6×	5.3k 1.3×	2.6k 1.4×	381 0.4×	1.0k 1.4×	140	10.7k
Scott W. Wolfe United States	50	7.3k 1.3×	3.6k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	557 0.6×	599 0.8×	251	8.2k
Steven F. Viegas United States	42	4.3k 0.8×	3.0k 0.7×	994 0.6×	331 0.4×	701 0.9×	127	4.9k
Marc García‐Elías Spain	38	4.1k 0.7×	2.9k 0.7×	605 0.3×	403 0.5×	550 0.7×	136	4.4k
Andrew K. Palmer United States	47	7.8k 1.4×	6.4k 1.6×	1.7k 0.9×	520 0.6×	1.7k 2.3×	89	8.0k
Rita M. Patterson United States	35	2.9k 0.5×	2.4k 0.6×	719 0.4×	226 0.3×	400 0.5×	111	3.9k
Ronald L. Linscheid United States	68	14.0k 2.5×	10.1k 2.5×	3.1k 1.7×	1.7k 1.9×	2.5k 3.3×	210	15.9k
Allen T. Bishop United States	50	7.4k 1.3×	2.4k 0.6×	2.0k 1.1×	667 0.8×	703 0.9×	300	8.3k
Michael J. Botte United States	47	4.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	126 0.1×	361 0.5×	127	6.3k

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Beckenbaugh, Robert D., et al.. (2007). Kinematik des Metakarpophalangeal-Gelenks nach Implantation der Oberflächenersatzprothese. Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie. 145(2). 199–206. 2 indexed citations

Linscheid, Ronald L., et al.. (2003). Intrinsic stability of an unconstrained metacarpophalangeal joint implant. Clinical Biomechanics. 18(2). 119–125. 9 indexed citations

Kučera, Jan, et al.. (2002). Formation of supernumerary muscle spindles at the expense of golgi tendon organs in ER81‐deficient mice. Developmental Dynamics. 223(3). 389–401. 22 indexed citations

Uchiyama, Shigeharu, W.P. Cooney, Ronald L. Linscheid, Glen L. Niebur, & Kai‐Nan An. (2000). Kinematics of the proximal interphalangeal joint of the finger after surface replacement. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 25(2). 305–312. 30 indexed citations

Sauerbier, M., W.P. Cooney, Richard A. Berger, & Ronald L. Linscheid. (2000). Kompletter Oberflächenersatz des Fingermittelgelenks - Langzeitresultate und chirurgische Technik. Handchirurgie · Mikrochirurgie · Plastische Chirurgie. 32(6). 411–418. 10 indexed citations

García‐Elías, Marc, Kai‐Nan An, W.P. Cooney, & Ronald L. Linscheid. (1998). Lateral closing wedge osteotomy for treatment of Kienböck's disease. Annales de Chirurgie de la Main et du Membre Supérieur. 17(4). 283–290. 16 indexed citations

Ritt, Marco J.P.F., et al.. (1996). Rotational laxity and stiffness of the radiocarpal joint. Clinical Biomechanics. 11(4). 227–232. 2 indexed citations

Minamikawa, Yoshitaka, Emiko Horii, Peter C. Amadio, et al.. (1993). Stability and constraint of the proximal interphalangeal joint. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 18(2). 198–204. 58 indexed citations

Horii, Emiko, G.T. Lin, W.P. Cooney, Ronald L. Linscheid, & Kai‐Nan An. (1992). Comparative flexor tendon excursion after passive mobilization: An in vitro study. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 17(3). 559–566. 65 indexed citations

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García‐Elías, Marc, Allen T. Bishop, James H. Dobyns, W.P. Cooney, & Ronald L. Linscheid. (1990). Transcarpal carpometacarpal dislocations, excluding the thumb. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 15(4). 531–540. 58 indexed citations

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Horii, Emiko, Marc García‐Elías, K.N. An, et al.. (1990). Effect on force transmission across the carpus in procedures used to treat Kienböck's disease. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 15(3). 393–400. 181 indexed citations

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García‐Elías, Marc, W.P. Cooney, Kai‐Nan An, Ronald L. Linscheid, & Edmund Y.S. Chao. (1989). Wrist kinematics after limited intercarpal arthrodesis. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 14(5). 791–799. 98 indexed citations

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García‐Elías, Marc, et al.. (1989). Traumatic axial dislocations of the carpus. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 14(3). 446–457. 106 indexed citations

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Smith, David K., Ronald L. Linscheid, Peter C. Amadio, T H Berquist, & W.P. Cooney. (1989). Scaphoid anatomy: evaluation with complex motion tomography.. Radiology. 173(1). 177–180. 26 indexed citations

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Smith, David K., Kai‐Nan An, W.P. Cooney, Ronald L. Linscheid, & Edmund Y.S. Chao. (1989). Effects of a scaphoid waist osteotomy on carpal kinematics. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 7(4). 590–598. 39 indexed citations

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Tamai, Koji, Jaiyoung Ryu, Kai‐Nan An, et al.. (1988). Three-dimensional geometric analysis of the metacarpophalangeal joint. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 13(4). 521–529. 56 indexed citations

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Cooney, W.P.. (1988). Microsurgery in China and the development of western reconstructive microsurgery. Microsurgery. 9(2). 75–77. 2 indexed citations

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Ruby, Leonard K., K.N. An, Ronald L. Linscheid, W.P. Cooney, & Edmund Y.S. Chao. (1987). The effect of scapholunate ligament section on scapholunate motion. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 12(5). 767–771. 122 indexed citations

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An, K.N., Edmund Y.S. Chao, W.P. Cooney, & Ronald L. Linscheid. (1985). Forces in the normal and abnormal hand. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 3(2). 202–211. 183 indexed citations

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Cooney, W.P.. (1979). Total joint arthroplasty. Introduction to the upper extremity.. PubMed. 54(8). 495–9. 3 indexed citations

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