Scholarly Index
Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
Lifetime World Top1000 Scholar ranking for Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology.
| World rank | Scholar | Impact score | Total citations | Total publications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael G. Fehlings | 99.98 | 92,617 | 1,652 |
| 2 | Richard A. Deyo | 99.98 | 85,465 | 471 |
| 3 | Lawrence G. Lenke | 99.97 | 55,600 | 1,132 |
| 4 | Keith H. Bridwell | 99.97 | 47,203 | 543 |
| 5 | Alexander R. Vaccaro | 99.97 | 52,581 | 1,503 |
| 6 | Nikolai Bogduk | 99.96 | 34,339 | 339 |
| 7 | Christopher G. Maher | 99.95 | 69,808 | 1,025 |
| 8 | Bart W. Koes | 99.94 | 75,744 | 873 |
| 9 | Manohar M. Panjabi | 99.93 | 30,266 | 302 |
| 10 | Maurits W. van Tulder | 99.93 | 67,117 | 832 |
| 11 | Laxmaiah Manchikanti | 99.91 | 38,024 | 576 |
| 12 | Christopher I. Shaffrey | 99.91 | 47,102 | 1,505 |
| 13 | Howard S. An | 99.89 | 26,458 | 546 |
| 14 | Michael A. Adams | 99.88 | 26,292 | 566 |
| 15 | Matthew J. McGirt | 99.87 | 26,765 | 522 |
| 16 | James N. Weinstein | 99.86 | 29,179 | 386 |
| 17 | Justin S. Smith | 99.86 | 35,436 | 1,164 |
| 18 | Christopher P. Ames | 99.86 | 35,788 | 1,321 |
| 19 | Steven D. Glassman | 99.85 | 28,386 | 631 |
| 20 | Scott D. Boden | 99.85 | 26,042 | 390 |
| 21 | Gwendolen Jull | 99.85 | 29,891 | 442 |
| 22 | Hans‐Joachim Wilke | 99.84 | 24,975 | 594 |
| 23 | Paul Park | 99.84 | 26,862 | 817 |
| 24 | Virginie Lafage | 99.83 | 38,294 | 1,562 |
| 25 | Paul A. Anderson | 99.83 | 22,383 | 478 |
| 26 | Paul W. Hodges | 99.81 | 51,802 | 779 |
| 27 | Alan S. Hilibrand | 99.81 | 24,343 | 616 |
| 28 | Praveen V. Mummaneni | 99.80 | 19,830 | 602 |
| 29 | Paul C. McAfee | 99.79 | 16,845 | 322 |
| 30 | Julie M. Fritz | 99.78 | 29,697 | 344 |
| 31 | Steven P. Cohen | 99.78 | 27,175 | 418 |
| 32 | Kmc Cheung | 99.77 | 25,255 | 1,339 |
| 33 | Eugene J. Carragee | 99.77 | 20,123 | 214 |
| 34 | Steven R. Garfin | 99.76 | 17,018 | 299 |
| 35 | David S. Bradford | 99.76 | 15,074 | 207 |
| 36 | Anne F. Mannion | 99.76 | 20,658 | 333 |
| 37 | Charles G. Fisher | 99.75 | 21,574 | 600 |
| 38 | Daniel M. Sciubba | 99.75 | 25,635 | 911 |
| 39 | K. Daniel Riew | 99.75 | 17,928 | 455 |
| 40 | Todd J. Albert | 99.74 | 21,967 | 417 |
| 41 | David W. Polly | 99.74 | 18,528 | 504 |
| 42 | Edward C. Benzel | 99.74 | 16,849 | 522 |
| 43 | Sang‐Ho Lee | 99.74 | 14,471 | 522 |
| 44 | James C. Iatridis | 99.74 | 15,795 | 249 |
| 45 | Stuart M. McGill | 99.74 | 21,554 | 277 |
| 46 | Sigurd Berven | 99.74 | 23,919 | 444 |
| 47 | Kevin Phan | 99.74 | 20,133 | 589 |
| 48 | Ziya L. Gokaslan | 99.73 | 27,569 | 642 |
| 49 | Jeffrey C. Lotz | 99.73 | 14,496 | 302 |
| 50 | Volker K.H. Sonntag | 99.73 | 17,261 | 372 |