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![Susan Saliba](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5e/1683362.jpg)
Sports Medicine
Rehabilitation
Orthopedic Surgery
Musculoskeletal Injury
Interventions in Physical Therapy or Athletic Train
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,846
4,086
0.597
![Seth Lawrence Sherman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/60/1651187.jpg)
Sports Medicine and Knee Joint Preservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,833
4,457
0.652
![Paul A Borsa](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/66/1611554.jpg)
sports medicine
musculoskeletal pain
photobiomodulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,832
2,026
0.297
![Michael Voight](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
sports medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,665
2,548
0.382
![Tim Mcguine](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/bf/1831306.jpg)
Sports Medicine
Injury Prevention
Adolescent
Health Related Quality of Life
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,344
3,815
0.601
![Christina Master](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e8/4688032.jpg)
Concussion
mTBI
pediatrics
sports medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,190
4,943
0.799
![Mark Hutchinson](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/9f/1614502.jpg)
Sports medicine
orthopedics
olympics
knee injuries
shoulder injuries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,067
3,036
0.500
![Diane Wiese-Bjornstal](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0d/4679748.jpg)
sports medicine psychology
sport injury psychology
sport and exercise psychology
youth sport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,044
1,940
0.321
![Abdulaziz Farooq](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ed/4962761.jpg)
Physical Activity in School Children
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,003
4,820
0.803
![Niklaus F Friederich](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/db/1097089.jpg)
Orthopaedic Surgery
Sports medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,937
1,881
0.317
![David R Howell](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/17/1773703.jpg)
Biomechanics
Concussion
Sports Medicine
Neurophysiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,795
4,989
0.861
![Arni Arnason](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Sports medicine
sports physiotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,786
1,867
0.323
![Jeffrey Spang](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Sports Medicine
knee trauma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,742
3,853
0.671
![Joel M. Press](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/20/4920050.jpg)
Musculoskeletal care
Sports Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,739
2,381
0.415
![Iain R Murray](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7d/1345120.jpg)
Orthopaedics
Sports Medicine
Knee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,735
3,663
0.639
![Venu Akuthota](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a8/1775779.jpg)
Spine
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Sports Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,723
2,269
0.396
![James Smoliga](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f4/1356997.jpg)
Resveratrol
Sports Medicine
Exercise Physiology
Physical Therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,426
2,678
0.494
![Matt Hoch](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ce/1402933.jpg)
Rehabilitation
Sports Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,374
3,844
0.715
![Hp Dijkstra](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Sports Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,332
4,218
0.791
![Miho J Tanaka](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f2/1405133.jpg)
orthopedic surgery
patellofemoral surgery
women's sports medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,234
2,973
0.568
![Mike Climstein](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5f/117514.jpg)
Clinical Exercise Physiology
Sports Science
Sports Medicine
Skin Cancer
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,192
2,732
0.526
![Dai Sugimoto](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Sports Medicine Research
Injury Prevention
Orthopaedic Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,059
3,799
0.751
![Katharina Schmidt](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,989
3,239
0.649
![Claudio E Kater](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/82/1086707.jpg)
endocrinology
adrenal diseases
hypertension
neuroendocrinology
sports medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,988
1,733
0.347
![James R Clugston Ms](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
concussion
sports medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,917
4,344
0.883
Susan Saliba
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,846
4,086
0.597
Sports Medicine
Rehabilitation
Orthopedic Surgery
Musculoskeletal Injury
Interventions in Physical Therapy or Athletic Train
Seth Lawrence Sherman
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,833
4,457
0.652
Sports Medicine and Knee Joint Preservation
Paul A Borsa
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,832
2,026
0.297
sports medicine
musculoskeletal pain
photobiomodulation
Michael Voight
Belmont University
Nashville, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,665
2,548
0.382
Tim Mcguine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,344
3,815
0.601
Sports Medicine
Injury Prevention
Adolescent
Health Related Quality of Life
Christina Master
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,190
4,943
0.799
Concussion
mTBI
pediatrics
sports medicine
Mark Hutchinson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,067
3,036
0.500
Sports medicine
orthopedics
olympics
knee injuries
shoulder injuries
Diane Wiese-Bjornstal
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,044
1,940
0.321
sports medicine psychology
sport injury psychology
sport and exercise psychology
youth sport
Abdulaziz Farooq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,003
4,820
0.803
Physical Activity in School Children
Niklaus F Friederich
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
![Switzerland](/flags/ch.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,937
1,881
0.317
Orthopaedic Surgery
Sports medicine
David R Howell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,795
4,989
0.861
Biomechanics
Concussion
Sports Medicine
Neurophysiology
Arni Arnason
University of Iceland
Reykjavík, Iceland
![Iceland](/flags/is.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,786
1,867
0.323
Sports medicine
sports physiotherapy
Jeffrey Spang
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,742
3,853
0.671
Sports Medicine
knee trauma
Joel M. Press
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,739
2,381
0.415
Musculoskeletal care
Sports Medicine
Iain R Murray
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,735
3,663
0.639
Orthopaedics
Sports Medicine
Knee
Venu Akuthota
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,723
2,269
0.396
Spine
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Sports Medicine
James Smoliga
High Point University
High Point, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,426
2,678
0.494
Resveratrol
Sports Medicine
Exercise Physiology
Physical Therapy
Matt Hoch
University of Kentucky
Lexington, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,374
3,844
0.715
Rehabilitation
Sports Medicine
Hp Dijkstra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,332
4,218
0.791
Miho J Tanaka
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,234
2,973
0.568
orthopedic surgery
patellofemoral surgery
women's sports medicine
Mike Climstein
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,192
2,732
0.526
Clinical Exercise Physiology
Sports Science
Sports Medicine
Skin Cancer
Artificial Intelligence
Dai Sugimoto
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,059
3,799
0.751
Sports Medicine Research
Injury Prevention
Orthopaedic Surgery
Katharina Schmidt
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,989
3,239
0.649
Claudio E Kater
Universidade Federal de São Paulo UNIFESP
Sao Paulo, Brazil
![Brazil](/flags/br.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,988
1,733
0.347
endocrinology
adrenal diseases
hypertension
neuroendocrinology
sports medicine
James R Clugston Ms
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,917
4,344
0.883
concussion
sports medicine