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Researcher · OrthoCarolina · United States

Robert Alden Milam

Robert Alden Milam publishes mostly in Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and General Health Professions, on topics such as Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques.

ORCID 0000-0002-1507-792X OpenAlex
World rank
#4,083,471
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,109,191
of 1,627,098
Works
28
Citations
375
Citations per work
13.4
h-index
11
i10-index 12Top 43% in Surgery
Robert Alden Milam

What does Robert Alden Milam research?

Robert Alden Milam's work is mostly in Medicine (58%), Health Professions (5%), Engineering (4%).

Health Sciences: 18 works · 62.7% of their workMedicine: 16 works · 57.6% of their workSurgery: 10 works · 34.6% of their workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 works · 15.4% of their workPharmacology: 1 works · 3.8% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 works · 3.8% of their workHealth Professions: 1 works · 5.1% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 1 works · 5.1% of their workEverything else: 9 works · 33.5% of their workPhysical Sciences: 1 works · 3.8% of their workEngineering: 1 works · 3.8% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 1 works · 3.8% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert AldenMilam28works
Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences63%

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. Medicine1657.6%
    2. Health Professions15.1%
  2. Everything else933.5%
    1. Engineering13.8%
  1. 1Surgery35% of their works
  2. 2Pathology and Forensic Medicine15% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions5% of their works
  4. 4Pharmacology4% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert Alden Milam's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Degenerative Disc Disease, Low Back Pain, Clinical Outcomes, Intervertebral Disc, Lumbar Disc Degeneration, Anterior Cervical Discectomy, Cervical Spine Surgery and Chronic Pain.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Degenerative Disc Disease222 topics
  2. Low Back Pain152 topics
  3. Clinical Outcomes142 topics
  4. Intervertebral Disc121 topic
  5. Lumbar Disc Degeneration121 topic
  6. Anterior Cervical Discectomy101 topic
  7. Cervical Spine Surgery101 topic
  8. Chronic Pain62 topics
  9. Pedicle Screw Fixation41 topic
  10. Vertebroplasty41 topic
  11. Chronic Pain Management31 topic
  12. Disability31 topic
  13. Global Burden31 topic
  14. Opioid Prescribing31 topic
  15. Postoperative Pain31 topic
  16. Regional Anesthesia31 topic
  17. Healthcare Quality21 topic
  18. Patient Satisfaction21 topic
  19. Spine Segmentation21 topic
  20. Vertebrae Detection21 topic

Where does Robert Alden Milam work?

Robert Alden Milam's main affiliation in the publication record is OrthoCarolina, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert Alden Milam have?

OpenAlex counts 28 works and 375 citations for Robert Alden Milam, an h-index of 11, ranking #4,083,471 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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