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![Nicole Simunovic](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/06/645186.jpg)
Orthopaedics
Sports Medicine
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,081
6,916
0.686
![Christian Lattermann](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b4/1385032.jpg)
Sports Medicine
Clinical & Translational Research
Evidence-Based Outcomes Research
Osteoarthritis
Sports Injuries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,911
4,331
0.437
![Theodore Ganley](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2f/4687886.jpg)
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,740
5,936
0.609
![Chunbao Li](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
sports medicine and arthroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,568
7,140
0.746
![Ara Nazarian](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/64/1410407.jpg)
Orthopaedic and Joint Biomechanics
Bioimaging
Fracture Risk Assessment
Sports Medicine
Orthopaedic Trauma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,427
6,069
0.644
![Xiang-Hua Deng](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/59/4929704.jpg)
Sports medicine and orthopedic research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,303
2,535
0.272
![Brian Waterman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d9/4963521.jpg)
Orthopedic Sports Medicine
Shoulder & Elbow Surgery
& Cartilage Restoration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,131
6,368
0.697
![Adam Tenforde](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Sports Medicine
Running Injuries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,060
7,650
0.844
![Peter Chalmers](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6b/1681306.jpg)
Shoulder & Elbow Surgery
Sports Medicine
Orthopaedic Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,931
6,665
0.746
![Mandeep Dhillon](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/de/413057.jpg)
Orthopaedics
Sports Medicine
Foot
Arthroscopy
Arthroplasty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,913
4,826
0.541
![Thomas Kernozek M](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3b/1740488.jpg)
biomechanics
sports medicine
physiotherapy
injury prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,903
3,343
0.375
![Patricios J](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/17/88635.jpg)
sports medicine
concussion
tendinopathy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,850
7,283
0.823
![Howard Knuttgen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/84/4512451.jpg)
sports medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,801
1,442
0.164
![Patrick Shu Hang Yung](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d0/417553.jpg)
Orthopaedics
Sports Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,718
5,338
0.612
![Evangelia Kouidi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e4/1789621.jpg)
Sports Medicine
Sposrts cardiology
Exercise Rehabilitation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,703
3,755
0.431
![Chathuranga Ranasinghe](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5c/358733.jpg)
Sports Medicine
Clinical Exercise Physiology
Non Communicable Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,526
8,230
0.965
![Grant J Dornan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/30/4396123.jpg)
Orthopaedics
Sports Medicine
Biostatistics
Clinical Outcomes
Observational Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,163
6,534
0.800
![Rod Whiteley](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/33/4962760.jpg)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,108
6,374
0.786
![George Davies](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/86/1406263.jpg)
Sports Medicine
Physical Therapy
Rehabilitation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,924
2,961
0.374
![Roman Leischik med](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c1/5113325.jpg)
Public Health
Sports Medicine
Cardiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,578
3,837
0.506
![Naiquan (Nigel) Zheng](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b3/1461223.jpg)
Orthopedics Biomechanics
Sports Injuries
ACL
Fall Prevention
Implants and Medical Devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,336
2,151
0.293
![Holger Gabriel](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ce/1758247.jpg)
Sports Medicine
Exercise Immunology
Health Promotion
Doping
Exercise Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,166
1,798
0.251
![Gilbert Moatshe](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Orthopaedic Surgery
Sports Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,145
6,340
0.887
![Mette Kreutzfeldt Zebis](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Sports medicine
injury prevention
injury rehabilitation
biomechanics
training
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,962
3,195
0.459
![Riann Palmieri Smith](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0f/1292727.jpg)
Sports Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,875
3,749
0.545
Nicole Simunovic
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,081
6,916
0.686
Orthopaedics
Sports Medicine
Epidemiology
Christian Lattermann
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,911
4,331
0.437
Sports Medicine
Clinical & Translational Research
Evidence-Based Outcomes Research
Osteoarthritis
Sports Injuries
Theodore Ganley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,740
5,936
0.609
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
Chunbao Li
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,568
7,140
0.746
sports medicine and arthroscopy
Ara Nazarian
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,427
6,069
0.644
Orthopaedic and Joint Biomechanics
Bioimaging
Fracture Risk Assessment
Sports Medicine
Orthopaedic Trauma
Xiang-Hua Deng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,303
2,535
0.272
Sports medicine and orthopedic research
Brian Waterman
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,131
6,368
0.697
Orthopedic Sports Medicine
Shoulder & Elbow Surgery
& Cartilage Restoration
Adam Tenforde
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,060
7,650
0.844
Sports Medicine
Running Injuries
Peter Chalmers
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,931
6,665
0.746
Shoulder & Elbow Surgery
Sports Medicine
Orthopaedic Surgery
Mandeep Dhillon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,913
4,826
0.541
Orthopaedics
Sports Medicine
Foot
Arthroscopy
Arthroplasty
Thomas Kernozek M
University of Wisconsin la Crosse
La Crosse, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,903
3,343
0.375
biomechanics
sports medicine
physiotherapy
injury prevention
Patricios J
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,850
7,283
0.823
sports medicine
concussion
tendinopathy
Howard Knuttgen
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,801
1,442
0.164
Patrick Shu Hang Yung
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
![Hong Kong](/flags/hk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,718
5,338
0.612
Orthopaedics
Sports Medicine
Evangelia Kouidi
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
![Greece](/flags/gr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,703
3,755
0.431
Sports Medicine
Sposrts cardiology
Exercise Rehabilitation
Chathuranga Ranasinghe
University of Colombo
Colombo, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,526
8,230
0.965
Sports Medicine
Clinical Exercise Physiology
Non Communicable Diseases
Grant J Dornan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,163
6,534
0.800
Orthopaedics
Sports Medicine
Biostatistics
Clinical Outcomes
Observational Research
Rod Whiteley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,108
6,374
0.786
George Davies
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,924
2,961
0.374
Sports Medicine
Physical Therapy
Rehabilitation
Roman Leischik med
Universität Witten Herdecke
Witten, Germany
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,578
3,837
0.506
Public Health
Sports Medicine
Cardiology
Naiquan (Nigel) Zheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,336
2,151
0.293
Orthopedics Biomechanics
Sports Injuries
ACL
Fall Prevention
Implants and Medical Devices
Holger Gabriel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,166
1,798
0.251
Sports Medicine
Exercise Immunology
Health Promotion
Doping
Exercise Science
Gilbert Moatshe
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
![Norway](/flags/no.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,145
6,340
0.887
Orthopaedic Surgery
Sports Medicine
Mette Kreutzfeldt Zebis
Metropolitan University College
Copenhagen, Denmark
![Denmark](/flags/dk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,962
3,195
0.459
Sports medicine
injury prevention
injury rehabilitation
biomechanics
training
Riann Palmieri Smith
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,875
3,749
0.545