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![Nicola Maffulli](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2d/1242782.jpg)
Musculoskeletal sciences
Orthopaedics
Sports Medicine
Surgery
Ortopedia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,891
46,653
0.421
![Lars Engebretsen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5a/1795401.jpg)
Orthopedic surgery
Sports medicine
literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,139
42,483
0.505
![Freddie Fu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/97/4701901.jpg)
Orthopaedic Surgery
Sports Medicine
Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,714
21,888
0.268
![Roald Bahr](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/64/1856092.jpg)
sports medicine
sports injury prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,175
34,654
0.461
![Gregory D Myer](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/df/1323555.jpg)
Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics
Athletic Injuries
Biomechanics
Sensorimotor Neuroscience
Youth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,940
33,586
0.517
![David Nieman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/89/816741.jpg)
Exercise and nutrition immunology
sports nutrition
exercise physiology
exercise science
sports medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,954
21,744
0.369
![Ewa M Roos](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/77/1587925.jpg)
Sports medicine
orthopedics
musculoskeltal health
pain
function
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,976
27,259
0.505
![Karim M Khan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/39/641224.jpg)
sports medicine
tendinopathies
physical activity for health
physiotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,668
23,051
0.438
![William E Garrett](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e9/1295722.jpg)
ACL
muscle
orthopaedics
sports medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,766
15,368
0.309
![Robert F LaPrade](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/34/4677172.jpg)
Sports Medicine
Knee surgery
meniscus
sports injury
ACL
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,874
29,143
0.622
![Karim Chamari](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7f/4962757.jpg)
University Professor - Exercise Physiology
soccer training
fitness training
Ramadan & Sport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,435
26,403
0.622
![Kevin R Ford](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/28/1356999.jpg)
Sports Medicine
Biomechanics
Injury Prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,859
17,208
0.432
![Rick W Wright](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,174
13,093
0.482
![Glenn S Fleisig](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/dd/5009021.jpg)
Sports Biomechanics
Sports Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,046
10,805
0.400
![Martin Hägglund](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/36/1417174.jpg)
Sports medicine
physiotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,915
15,369
0.571
![Mininder S Kocher](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Orthopaedic Surgery
Sports Medicine
Pediatric Orthopedics
Health Services Research
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,191
11,385
0.435
![Marjeta Misigoj-Durakovic](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Sports Medicine
Exercise and Health
Kinantropometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,827
19,284
0.777
![David Groneberg](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/67/4365460.jpg)
Occupational & Sports Medicine
Social Medicine and Health Services Research
Environmental Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,516
11,484
0.468
![Joey C Eisenmann](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a6/4994135.jpg)
Young Athletes
Youth Sports
Long-term Athlete Development
Pediatric Exercise Science
Pediatric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,107
6,533
0.325
![Joshua D Harris](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a4/4511018.jpg)
Sports Medicine
Hip Arthroscopy
Hip Preservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,479
12,225
0.662
![Aaron Krych](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/85/1323545.jpg)
sports medicine
cartilage restoration
meniscus
ACL
hip arthroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,330
13,900
0.758
![William O Roberts](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/9e/4679226.jpg)
Sports Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,305
7,317
0.423
![Isabel Andia](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Regenerative Medecine
Sports medicine
Translational Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,266
6,467
0.375
![Eamonn Delahunt](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0e/1792670.jpg)
Physiotherapy
Sports Medicine
Sports Science
Sport Science
Exercise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,767
10,432
0.662
![Per Hölmich](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
sports medicine
arthroscopic surgery
groin injury
hip arthroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,386
9,309
0.605
Nicola Maffulli
Keele University
Keele, United Kingdom
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,891
46,653
0.421
Musculoskeletal sciences
Orthopaedics
Sports Medicine
Surgery
Ortopedia
Lars Engebretsen
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
![Norway](/flags/no.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,139
42,483
0.505
Orthopedic surgery
Sports medicine
literature
Freddie Fu
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,714
21,888
0.268
Orthopaedic Surgery
Sports Medicine
Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Roald Bahr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,175
34,654
0.461
sports medicine
sports injury prevention
Gregory D Myer
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,940
33,586
0.517
Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics
Athletic Injuries
Biomechanics
Sensorimotor Neuroscience
Youth
David Nieman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,954
21,744
0.369
Exercise and nutrition immunology
sports nutrition
exercise physiology
exercise science
sports medicine
Ewa M Roos
University of Southern Denmark
Tianjin, Denmark
![Denmark](/flags/dk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,976
27,259
0.505
Sports medicine
orthopedics
musculoskeltal health
pain
function
Karim M Khan
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,668
23,051
0.438
sports medicine
tendinopathies
physical activity for health
physiotherapy
William E Garrett
Duke University
Durham, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,766
15,368
0.309
ACL
muscle
orthopaedics
sports medicine
Robert F LaPrade
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,874
29,143
0.622
Sports Medicine
Knee surgery
meniscus
sports injury
ACL
Karim Chamari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,435
26,403
0.622
University Professor - Exercise Physiology
soccer training
fitness training
Ramadan & Sport
Kevin R Ford
High Point University
High Point, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,859
17,208
0.432
Sports Medicine
Biomechanics
Injury Prevention
Rick W Wright
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,174
13,093
0.482
Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Glenn S Fleisig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,046
10,805
0.400
Sports Biomechanics
Sports Medicine
Martin Hägglund
Linköping University
Linköping, Sweden
![Sweden](/flags/se.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,915
15,369
0.571
Sports medicine
physiotherapy
Mininder S Kocher
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,191
11,385
0.435
Orthopaedic Surgery
Sports Medicine
Pediatric Orthopedics
Health Services Research
Epidemiology
Marjeta Misigoj-Durakovic
University of Zagreb
Zagreb, Croatia
![Croatia](/flags/hr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,827
19,284
0.777
Sports Medicine
Exercise and Health
Kinantropometry
David Groneberg
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,516
11,484
0.468
Occupational & Sports Medicine
Social Medicine and Health Services Research
Environmental Medicine
Joey C Eisenmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,107
6,533
0.325
Young Athletes
Youth Sports
Long-term Athlete Development
Pediatric Exercise Science
Pediatric
Joshua D Harris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,479
12,225
0.662
Sports Medicine
Hip Arthroscopy
Hip Preservation
Aaron Krych
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,330
13,900
0.758
sports medicine
cartilage restoration
meniscus
ACL
hip arthroscopy
William O Roberts
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,305
7,317
0.423
Isabel Andia
Hospital Universitario Donostia
Donostia, Spain
![Spain](/flags/es.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,266
6,467
0.375
Regenerative Medecine
Sports medicine
Translational Medicine
Eamonn Delahunt
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
![Ireland](/flags/ie.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,767
10,432
0.662
Physiotherapy
Sports Medicine
Sports Science
Sport Science
Exercise
Per Hölmich
Region Hovedstaden
Kopenhag, Denmark
![Denmark](/flags/dk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,386
9,309
0.605
sports medicine
arthroscopic surgery
groin injury
hip arthroscopy