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Researcher · Barrow Neurological Institute · United States

Volker K.H. Sonntag

Volker K.H. Sonntag publishes mostly in Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Neurology, on topics such as Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy.

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World rank
#172,353
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#71,158
of 358,040
Works
84
Citations
178
Citations per work
2.1

What does Volker K.H. Sonntag research?

Surgery: 43.6%Pathology and Forensic Medicine: 19.1%Neurology: 7.4%Epidemiology: 3.2%other fields: 26.7%44%top field
Surgery43.6%Pathology and Forensic Medicine19.1%Neurology7.4%Epidemiology3.2%other fields26.7%

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

  1. 1Surgery44% of their works
  2. 2Pathology and Forensic Medicine19% of their works
  3. 3Neurology7% of their works
  4. 4Epidemiology3% of their works
  5. 5Genetics2% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Volker K.H. Sonntag's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Degenerative Disc Disease, Low Back Pain, Intervertebral Disc, Lumbar Disc Degeneration, Pedicle Screw Fixation, Vertebroplasty, Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Cervical Spine Surgery.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Degenerative Disc Disease242 topics
  2. Low Back Pain172 topics
  3. Intervertebral Disc151 topic
  4. Lumbar Disc Degeneration151 topic
  5. Pedicle Screw Fixation131 topic
  6. Vertebroplasty131 topic
  7. Anterior Cervical Discectomy91 topic
  8. Cervical Spine Surgery91 topic
  9. Epidemiology73 topics
  10. Clinical Trials52 topics
  11. Radiosurgery42 topics
  12. Distal Radius Fractures31 topic
  13. Flexor Tendon Repair31 topic
  14. Neurological Classification31 topic
  15. Spinal Cord Injury31 topic
  16. Arteriovenous Malformations21 topic
  17. Cerebral Cavernous Malformations21 topic
  18. Chronic Pain21 topic
  19. Genomic Analysis21 topic
  20. Global Burden21 topic
  21. Meningiomas21 topic

Where does Volker K.H. Sonntag work?

Volker K.H. Sonntag's main affiliation in the publication record is Barrow Neurological Institute, United States.

How many publications and citations does Volker K.H. Sonntag have?

Science Explorer counts 84 works and 178 citations for Volker K.H. Sonntag, ranking #172,353 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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