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Researcher · University of California, San Francisco · United States

Christopher I. Shaffrey

Christopher I. Shaffrey publishes mostly in Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques.

ORCID 0000-0001-9760-8386 OpenAlex
World rank
#190,420
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#70,877
of 1,627,098
Works
1,594
Citations
50k
Citations per work
31.1
h-index
112
i10-index 649Top 0.1% in Surgery
Christopher I. Shaffrey

What does Christopher I. Shaffrey research?

Christopher I. Shaffrey's work is mostly in Medicine (86%), Engineering (4%).

Health Sciences: 1,372 works · 86.1% of their workMedicine: 1,372 works · 86.1% of their workSurgery: 966 works · 60.6% of their workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 336 works · 21.1% of their workPharmacology: 33 works · 2.1% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 19 works · 1.2% of their workRheumatology: 18 works · 1.1% of their workEverything else: 153 works · 9.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 69 works · 4.3% of their workEngineering: 69 works · 4.3% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 69 works · 4.3% of their workTHEIR WORKChristopher I.Shaffrey1,594works
Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences86%

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. Health Sciences1,37286.1%
    1. Medicine1,37286.1%
  2. Everything else1539.6%
    1. Engineering694.3%
  1. 1Surgery61% of their works
  2. 2Pathology and Forensic Medicine21% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering4% of their works
  4. 4Pharmacology2% of their works
  5. 5Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1% of their works
  6. 6Rheumatology1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Christopher I. Shaffrey's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Spinal Fusion, Degenerative Disc Disease, Scoliosis, Spinal Deformity, Low Back Pain, Surgical Treatment, Intervertebral Disc and Lumbar Disc Degeneration.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Spinal Fusion1,9852 topics
  2. Degenerative Disc Disease1,4182 topics
  3. Scoliosis1,0681 topic
  4. Spinal Deformity1,0681 topic
  5. Low Back Pain1,0142 topics
  6. Surgical Treatment9932 topics
  7. Intervertebral Disc9171 topic
  8. Lumbar Disc Degeneration9171 topic
  9. Pedicle Screw Fixation7361 topic
  10. Vertebroplasty7361 topic
  11. Anterior Cervical Discectomy5011 topic
  12. Cervical Spine Surgery5011 topic
  13. Epidemiology2453 topics
  14. Spine Segmentation1861 topic
  15. Vertebrae Detection1861 topic
  16. Complications1482 topics
  17. Chronic Pain971 topic
  18. Global Burden971 topic
  19. Acetabular Fractures761 topic
  20. Pelvic Fractures761 topic
  21. Arthroplasty721 topic
  22. Total Knee Replacement721 topic

Where does Christopher I. Shaffrey work?

Christopher I. Shaffrey's main affiliation in the publication record is University of California, San Francisco, United States.

How many publications and citations does Christopher I. Shaffrey have?

OpenAlex counts 1,594 works and 49,636 citations for Christopher I. Shaffrey, an h-index of 112, ranking #190,420 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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