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Researcher · Loma Linda University · United States

Cathy Cummings

Cathy Cummings publishes mostly in Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques.

ORCID 0009-0002-1539-0964 OpenAlex
World rank
#4,138,671
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,121,082
of 1,627,098
Works
19
Citations
150
Citations per work
7.9
h-index
5
i10-index 4Top 83% in Surgery
Cathy Cummings

What does Cathy Cummings research?

Cathy Cummings's work is mostly in Medicine (49%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Engineering (4%).

Health Sciences: 10 works · 52.6% of their workMedicine: 9 works · 49.0% of their workSurgery: 7 works · 34.5% of their workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 works · 10.9% of their workEpidemiology: 1 works · 3.6% of their workHealth Professions: 1 works · 3.6% of their workPharmacy: 1 works · 3.6% of their workEverything else: 7 works · 38.3% of their workLife Sciences: 1 works · 5.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 works · 5.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 1 works · 5.5% of their workPhysical Sciences: 1 works · 3.6% of their workEngineering: 1 works · 3.6% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 1 works · 3.6% of their workTHEIR WORKCathy Cummings19works
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences53%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine949.0%
    2. Health Professions13.6%
  2. Everything else738.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology15.5%
    1. Engineering13.6%
  1. 1Surgery34% of their works
  2. 2Pathology and Forensic Medicine11% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology6% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering4% of their works
  5. 5Pharmacy4% of their works
  6. 6Epidemiology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Cathy Cummings's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Degenerative Disc Disease, Spinal Fusion, Intervertebral Disc, Lumbar Disc Degeneration, Anterior Cervical Discectomy, Cervical Spine Surgery, Pedicle Screw Fixation and Scoliosis.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Degenerative Disc Disease102 topics
  2. Spinal Fusion92 topics
  3. Intervertebral Disc61 topic
  4. Lumbar Disc Degeneration61 topic
  5. Anterior Cervical Discectomy41 topic
  6. Cervical Spine Surgery41 topic
  7. Pedicle Screw Fixation31 topic
  8. Scoliosis31 topic
  9. Spinal Deformity31 topic
  10. Vertebroplasty31 topic
  11. Defensive Medicine21 topic
  12. Macromolecular Crystallography21 topic
  13. Malpractice Risk21 topic
  14. Regeneration21 topic
  15. Spine Segmentation21 topic
  16. Structure Solution21 topic
  17. Vertebrae Detection21 topic
  18. Wound Healing21 topic

Where does Cathy Cummings work?

Cathy Cummings's main affiliation in the publication record is Loma Linda University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Cathy Cummings have?

OpenAlex counts 19 works and 150 citations for Cathy Cummings, an h-index of 5, ranking #4,138,671 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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