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22582
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15726
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David J Beard publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David J Beard sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 398 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

David J Beard D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David J Beard sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 83 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David J Beard is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and specializes in the field of Medicine with a strong focus on Surgery. Their scholarly output includes a substantial number of publications related to orthopaedic and surgical outcomes, contributing to a broader understanding of health systems and economic evaluations within clinical practice.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Rehabilitation versus surgical reconstruction for non-acute anterior cruciate ligament injury (ACL SNNAP): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial, 2022, The Lancet
  • Considerations and methods for placebo controls in surgical trials (ASPIRE guidelines), 2020, The Lancet

In addition to these, they are connected with other papers that address related topics in knee and hip arthroplasty, rehabilitation, and surgical methods through collaboration or co-authorship.

Frequent co-authors of David J Beard include:

  • Jonathan Cook
  • Andrew Price
  • Loretta Davies
  • Andrew Carr
  • Shiraz A. Sabah

Their research is often published in venues that reflect clinical and surgical research such as:

  • BMJ Open
  • Health Technology Assessment
  • Trials
  • British Journal of Surgery
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their main fields of study focus on Medicine, with subfields encompassing Surgery, Economics and Econometrics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, and Epidemiology.

David J Beard's primary research topics include:

  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
  • Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Orthopedic Infections and Treatments
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Shoulder Injury and Treatment

This profile reflects an ongoing engagement in understanding surgical procedures and rehabilitation, particularly in orthopaedics, with interdisciplinary integration of economic evaluation and statistical methods to support clinical decision-making and healthcare outcome improvements.

Best Publications

  • The use of the Oxford hip and knee scores

    D W Murray;R Fitzpatrick;K Rogers;H Pandit

  • The effect of patient age at intervention on risk of implant revision after total replacement of the hip or knee: a population-based cohort study

    Lee E Bayliss;David Culliford;A Paul Monk;Sion Glyn-Jones

  • Arthroscopic subacromial decompression for subacromial shoulder pain (CSAW): a multicentre, pragmatic, parallel group, placebo-controlled, three-group, randomised surgical trial

    David J Beard;Jonathan L Rees;Jonathan A Cook;Ines Rombach

  • Meaningful changes for the Oxford hip and knee scores after joint replacement surgery

    David J. Beard;Kristina Harris;Jill Dawson;Helen Doll

  • Hip resurfacings revised for inflammatory pseudotumour have a poor outcome

    G Grammatopoulos;H Pandit;Y M Kwon;R Gundle

  • Proprioception after rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament. An objective indication of the need for surgery

    D. J. Beard;P. J. Kyberd;C. M. Fergusson;C. A. F. Dodd

  • Proprioception enhancement for anterior cruciate ligament deficiency. A prospective randomised trial of two physiotherapy regimes

    D. J. Beard;C. A. F. Dodd;H. R. Trundle;A. H. R. W. Simpson

  • Greater initial adaptations to submaximal muscle lengthening than maximal shortening

    Tibor Hortobágyi;Jason Barrier;David Beard;John Braspennincx

  • Use of placebo controls in the evaluation of surgery: systematic review

    K Wartolowska;A Judge;A Judge;S Hopewell;G S Collins

  • The clinical and cost-effectiveness of total versus partial knee replacement in patients with medial compartment osteoarthritis (TOPKAT): 5-year outcomes of a randomised controlled trial.

    David J Beard;Loretta J Davies;Jonathan A Cook;Graeme MacLennan

  • Arthroscopic hip surgery compared with physiotherapy and activity modification for the treatment of symptomatic femoroacetabular impingement: multicentre randomised controlled trial.

    Antony J R Palmer;Vandana Ayyar Gupta;Scott Fernquest;Ines Rombach

  • The five-year results of the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing arthroplasty AN INDEPENDENT SERIES

    R T Steffen;H P Pandit;J Palan;D J Beard

  • Floor and ceiling effects in the OHS: an analysis of the NHS PROMs data set

    Christopher R Lim;Kristina Harris;Jill Dawson;David J Beard

  • Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of open and arthroscopic rotator cuff repair [the UK Rotator Cuff Surgery (UKUFF) randomised trial]

    Andrew J Carr;Cushla D Cooper;Marion K Campbell;Jonathan L Rees

  • Obesity in total hip replacement

    J G Andrew;J Palan;H V Kurup;P Gibson

  • Temporal trends in hip and knee replacement in the United Kingdom: 1991 TO 2006

    D J Culliford;J Maskell;D J Beard;D W Murray

  • Lymphocyte proliferation responses in patients with pseudotumors following metal-on-metal hip resurfacing arthroplasty.

    Young-Min Kwon;Peter Thomas;Burkhard Summer;Hemant Pandit

  • A mobile-bearing total knee prosthesis compared with a fixed-bearing prosthesis: A MULTICENTRE SINGLE-BLIND RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL

    A. J. Price;J. L. Rees;D. Beard;E. Juszczak

  • Eccentric muscle strength in functional ankle instability.

    Joanne Munn;David J. Beard;Kathryn M. Refshauge;Raymond Y. W. Lee

  • Dose-dependent cytotoxicity of clinically relevant cobalt nanoparticles and ions on macrophages in vitro

    Young-Min Kwon;Zhidao Xia;Sion Glyn-Jones;David Beard

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Carr
Andrew Carr University of Oxford
David W. Murray
David W. Murray University of Oxford
Andrew Judge
Andrew Judge University of Bristol
Nigel K. Arden
Nigel K. Arden University of Oxford
Ray Fitzpatrick
Ray Fitzpatrick University of Oxford
Alastair Gray
Alastair Gray University of Oxford
Marion K Campbell
Marion K Campbell University of Aberdeen
Jane M Blazeby
Jane M Blazeby University of Bristol
Sally Hopewell
Sally Hopewell University of Oxford
Jenny L Donovan
Jenny L Donovan University of Bristol

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