Subfield · Anatomy
Most cited papers in Anatomy
What are the most cited papers in Anatomy?
The most cited paper in Anatomy is "Radiological Assessment of Osteo-Arthrosis" (Jan Kellgren, John S. Lawrence, 1957), with 12,624 citations. Next come "Histochemistry: Theoretical and Applied" (3,065) and "Standardized nomenclature, symbols, and units for bone histomorphometry: A 2012 update of the report of the ASBMR Histomorphometry Nomenclature Committee" (2,599).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 313 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiological Assessment of Osteo-Arthrosis Jan Kellgren, John S. Lawrence · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | Dec 1957 | 12,624 |
| 2 | Histochemistry: Theoretical and Applied Leonard Nelson, A. G. E. Pearse · AIBS Bulletin | Jun 1961 | 3,065 |
| 3 | Standardized nomenclature, symbols, and units for bone histomorphometry: A 2012 update of the report of the ASBMR Histomorphometry Nomenclature Committee David W. Dempster, Juliet Elizabeth Compston, Marc K. Drezner et al. · Journal of Bone and Mineral Research | 29 Nov 2012 | 2,599 |
| 4 | The International Classification of Headache Disorders Jes Olesen · Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain | May 2008 | 2,327 |
| 5 | Genetic heterogeneity in osteogenesis imperfecta. David Owen Sillence, A Senn, D. M. Danks · Journal of Medical Genetics | Apr 1979 | 2,261 |
| 6 | Dual coding theory: Retrospect and current status. Allan Paivio · Canadian Journal of Psychology/Revue Canadienne de Psychologie | Sep 1991 | 2,189 |
| 7 | Articular mobility in an African population. Peter Beighton, Louis P. Solomon, Colin Lionel Soskolne · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | Sep 1973 | 1,744 |
| 8 | The prevalence of neck pain in the world population: a systematic critical review of the literature René Fejer, Kirsten Ohm Kyvik, Jan Hartvigsen · European Spine Journal | 5 Jul 2005 | 1,215 |
| 9 | Histological and Histochemical Methods - Theory and practice Manuela Malatesta · European Journal of Histochemistry | 29 Feb 2016 | 1,183 |
| 10 | The development of an index of orthodontic treatment priority Peter Brook, William C. Shaw · European Journal of Orthodontics | Aug 1989 | 1,163 |
| 11 | Gyral development of the human brain Je G., Elizabeth C. Dooling, Floyd H. Gilles · Annals of Neurology | 1977 | 1,125 |
| 12 | THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY Jason G. Smith · International Journal of Dermatology | Jul 1979 | 1,050 |
| 13 | The NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL of MEDICINE Annetine C. Gelijns, Nathan S. Rosenberg, Alan J. Moskowitz · WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks | Aug 2009 | 1,000 |
| 14 | When is an illustration worth ten thousand words? Richard E. Mayer, Joan K. Gallini · Journal of Educational Psychology | Dec 1990 | 994 |
| 15 | Deformity Planning for Frontal and Sagittal Plane Corrective Osteotomies Dror Paley, John E. Herzenberg, Kevin D. Tetsworth et al. · Orthopedic Clinics of North America | Jul 1994 | 989 |
| 16 | The prediction of curve progression in untreated idiopathic scoliosis during growth. John E. Lonstein, J. Martin Carlson · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery | Sep 1984 | 985 |
| 17 | Studies of the Mortality of Atomic Bomb Survivors. Report 12, Part I. Cancer: 1950-1990 Donald A. Pierce, Yukiko Shimizu, Dale L. Preston et al. · Radiation Research | Jul 1996 | 942 |
| 18 | SELF-SPLICING OF GROUP I INTRONS Thomas R. Cech · Annual Review of Biochemistry | Jun 1990 | 878 |
| 19 | The primary role of functional matrices in facial growth Melvin L. Moss, Letty Salentijn · American Journal of Orthodontics | Jun 1969 | 824 |
| 20 | GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS OF DEVELOPMENTAL INSTABILITY: ANALYZING PATTERNS OF FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY WITH PROCRUSTES METHODS Christian Peter Klingenberg, Grant S. McIntyre · Evolution | Oct 1998 | 817 |
| 21 | Receiver operating characteristic rating analysis. Generalization to the population of readers and patients with the jackknife method. Donald D. Dorfman, Kevin S. Berbaum, Charles E. Metz · PubMed | Sep 1992 | 722 |
| 22 | Roentgen stereophotogrammetry. A method for the study of the kinematics of the skeletal system. G. Selvik · PubMed | 1989 | 701 |
| 23 | From catalog to classification: Murray's needs and the five-factor model. Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Aug 1988 | 691 |
| 24 | Immunohistochemical localization of TGF beta 1, TGF beta 2, and TGF beta 3 in the mouse embryo: expression patterns suggest multiple roles during embryonic development. Ron W. Pelton, Brij B. Saxena, Michael Owen Jones et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology | 15 Nov 1991 | 671 |
| 25 | The role of the right hemisphere in the interpretation of figurative aspects of language A positron emission tomography activation study Gabriella Bottini, Rhiannon Corcoran, Roberto Sterzi et al. · Brain | 1994 | 669 |
| 26 | Where Have all the Adjectives Gone?* Robert M. W. Dixon · Studies in Language | 1977 | 638 |
| 27 | Homology Walter M. Fitch, Walter M. Fitch · Trends in Genetics | May 2000 | 613 |
| 28 | Prevalence of mandibular dysfunction in young adults William K. Solberg, Mae W. Woo, John B. Houston · The Journal of the American Dental Association | 1979 | 609 |
| 29 | THE NORMAL VASCULAR ANATOMY OF THE HUMAN FEMORAL HEAD DURING GROWTH Joseph Trueta · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume | May 1957 | 599 |
| 30 | Cranial Variation in Man. A Study by Multivariate Analysis of Patterns of Difference Among Recent Human Populations Peabody Museum Papers · Journal of Human Evolution | Jul 1977 | 593 |
| 31 | Viscosupplementation: a new concept in the treatment of osteoarthritis. Endre A. Balazs, Jason Denlinger · PubMed | Aug 1993 | 593 |
| 32 | Schizophrenia as an Anomaly of Development of Cerebral Asymmetry Timothy J. Crow · Archives of General Psychiatry | Dec 1989 | 592 |
| 33 | Microstructure and Mineralization of Vertebrate Skeletal Tissues Hélène Francillon‐Vieillot, Vivian de Buffrénil, J. Castanet et al. · Short course in geology | 2 Sep 2011 | 590 |
| 34 | The description of facial expressions in terms of two dimensions. Harold Schlosberg · Journal of Experimental Psychology | 1952 | 586 |
| 35 | Semiconstrained arthroplasty for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis of the elbow. B.F. Morrey, Robert Adams · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery | Apr 1992 | 572 |
| 36 | Genetical studies on the skeleton of the mouse Hans Grüneberg · Journal of Genetics | May 1954 | 558 |
| 37 | Model predictive control of three-axis gimbal system mounted on UAV for real-time target tracking under external disturbances Aytaç Altan, Rıfat Hacıoğlu · Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing | 5 Jan 2020 | 554 |
| 38 | Low Back Pain: A Twentieth Century Health Care Enigma Gordon Waddell · Spine | Dec 1996 | 553 |
| 39 | Osteoarthritis year in review 2019: epidemiology and therapy M. Kloppenburg, Françis Berenbaum · Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | 13 Jan 2020 | 549 |
| 40 | A novel transforming growth factor beta response element controls the expression of the connective tissue growth factor gene. Gary R. Grotendorst, Hitoshi Okochi, Nobukazu Hayashi · PubMed | Apr 1996 | 528 |
| 41 | A Treatment-Based Classification Approach to Low Back Syndrome: Identifying and Staging Patients for Conservative Treatment Anthony Delitto, Richard E. Erhard, Richard W Bowling · Physical Therapy | Jun 1995 | 515 |
| 42 | Human handedness: A meta-analysis. Marietta Papadatou-Pastou, Eleni Ntolka, Judith Schmitz et al. · Psychological Bulletin | 2 Apr 2020 | 514 |
| 43 | The graphic analysis of labor Emanuel A. Friedman · American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | Dec 1954 | 503 |
| 44 | Limb bone bilateral asymmetry: variability and commonality among modern humans Benjamin Miller Auerbach, Christopher B. Ruff · Journal of Human Evolution | 29 Nov 2005 | 502 |
| 45 | EPIDEMIOLOGY OF OSTEOPOROSIS E. M. C. Lau · WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks | May 2005 | 501 |
| 46 | Suppression of bone formation by osteoclastic expression of semaphorin 4D Takako Negishi‐Koga, Masahiro Shinohara, Noriko Komatsu et al. · Nature Medicine | 23 Oct 2011 | 501 |
| 47 | Maxillary transverse deficiency James A. McNamaraa · American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics | May 2000 | 499 |
| 48 | A unifying aetiological explanation for anomalies of human tooth number and size Alan Henry Brook · Archives of Oral Biology | 1984 | 491 |
| 49 | The human cadaver in the age of biomedical informatics M. Ashraf Aziz, James C. McKenzie, James S. Wilson et al. · The Anatomical Record | 15 Feb 2002 | 483 |
| 50 | Implications for Psychiatry of Left and Right Cerebral Specialization David Galin · Archives of General Psychiatry | Oct 1974 | 482 |
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