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Researcher · Walter Reed National Military Medical Center · United States

Melvin D. Helgeson

Melvin D. Helgeson publishes mostly in Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Mechanics of Materials, on topics such as Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy.

ORCID 0000-0003-0907-1668 OpenAlex
World rank
#647,978
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#199,100
of 358,040
Works
25
Citations
26
Citations per work
1.0

What does Melvin D. Helgeson research?

Surgery: 62.5%Pathology and Forensic Medicine: 20.8%Mechanics of Materials: 4.2%Biomedical Engineering: 4.2%other fields: 8.3%62%top field
Surgery62.5%Pathology and Forensic Medicine20.8%Mechanics of Materials4.2%Biomedical Engineering4.2%other fields8.3%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Surgery62% of their works
  2. 2Pathology and Forensic Medicine21% of their works
  3. 3Mechanics of Materials4% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering4% of their works
  5. 5Epidemiology4% of their works
  6. 6Orthopedics and Sports Medicine4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Melvin D. Helgeson's research?

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

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Degenerative Disc Disease82 topics
  2. Spinal Fusion72 topics
  3. Biomechanics52 topics
  4. Intervertebral Disc51 topic
  5. Lumbar Disc Degeneration51 topic
  6. Pedicle Screw Fixation41 topic
  7. Vertebroplasty41 topic
  8. Anterior Cervical Discectomy31 topic
  9. Cervical Spine Surgery31 topic
  10. Hip Arthroplasty21 topic
  11. Scoliosis21 topic
  12. Spinal Deformity21 topic
  13. Total Hip Replacement21 topic
  14. Adhesion11 topic
  15. Bone Healing11 topic
  16. Fracture Epidemiology11 topic
  17. Gecko11 topic
  18. Spine Segmentation11 topic
  19. Vertebrae Detection11 topic

Where does Melvin D. Helgeson work?

Melvin D. Helgeson's main affiliation in the publication record is Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does Melvin D. Helgeson have?

Science Explorer counts 25 works and 26 citations for Melvin D. Helgeson, ranking #647,978 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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