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Researcher · Kaiser Permanente · United States

Donald C. Fithian

Donald C. Fithian publishes mostly in Surgery, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes and Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques.

OpenAlex
World rank
#140,502
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#53,159
of 1,627,098
Works
102
Citations
10k
Citations per work
99.2
h-index
42
i10-index 61Top 2.6% in Surgery
Donald C. Fithian

What does Donald C. Fithian research?

Donald C. Fithian's work is mostly in Medicine (77%), Engineering (17%), Health Professions (1%).

Health Sciences: 79 works · 77.8% of their workMedicine: 78 works · 76.7% of their workSurgery: 47 works · 46.3% of their workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 26 works · 25.1% of their workRheumatology: 4 works · 4.2% of their workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 works · 1.1% of their workHealth Professions: 1 works · 1.1% of their workOccupational Therapy: 1 works · 1.1% of their workPhysical Sciences: 18 works · 17.3% of their workEngineering: 18 works · 17.3% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 18 works · 17.3% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 4.9% of their workTHEIR WORKDonald C. Fithian102works
Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences78%

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. Medicine7876.7%
    2. Health Professions11.1%
    1. Engineering1817.3%
  3. Everything else54.9%
  1. 1Surgery46% of their works
  2. 2Orthopedics and Sports Medicine25% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering17% of their works
  4. 4Rheumatology4% of their works
  5. 5Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine1% of their works
  6. 6Occupational Therapy1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Donald C. Fithian's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Epidemiology, Arthroplasty, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Biomechanics, Patient Satisfaction, Running Injuries and Total Knee Replacement.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology1023 topics
  2. Arthroplasty652 topics
  3. Revision Surgery572 topics
  4. Total Hip Replacement572 topics
  5. Biomechanics471 topic
  6. Patient Satisfaction471 topic
  7. Running Injuries471 topic
  8. Total Knee Replacement471 topic
  9. Anterior Cruciate Ligament381 topic
  10. Injury Risk381 topic
  11. Muscle Injuries371 topic
  12. Sports Injury371 topic
  13. Rehabilitation302 topics
  14. Ankle Injuries181 topic
  15. Sprains181 topic
  16. Cartilage121 topic
  17. Osteoarthritis121 topic
  18. Rotator Cuff Tears121 topic
  19. Shoulder Pathology121 topic
  20. Hip Arthroplasty101 topic
  21. Wear Particles101 topic

Where does Donald C. Fithian work?

Donald C. Fithian's main affiliation in the publication record is Kaiser Permanente, United States.

How many publications and citations does Donald C. Fithian have?

OpenAlex counts 102 works and 10,119 citations for Donald C. Fithian, an h-index of 42, ranking #140,502 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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