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Douglas R. Osmon

Douglas R. Osmon

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
76
Citations
25448
World Ranking
18673
National Ranking
9304

Douglas R. Osmon 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 Douglas R. Osmon sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 195 publications — 2nd percentile

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Douglas R. Osmon 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 Douglas R. Osmon sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 76 D-Index — 8th percentile

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Overview

Douglas R. Osmon is a researcher affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on medicine, with a considerable emphasis on surgery and infectious diseases. The subfields of study they contribute to include surgery, infectious diseases, epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as critical care and intensive care medicine.

Osmon has published extensively on topics related to orthopedic infections and treatments, orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, and total knee arthroplasty outcomes. Other subjects of their research cover infectious diseases and tuberculosis, antifungal resistance and susceptibility, surgical site infection prevention, and antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus.

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Automated Detection of Periprosthetic Joint Infections and Data Elements Using Natural Language Processing, 2020, The Journal of Arthroplasty
  • Acute Kidney Injury When Treating Periprosthetic Joint Infections After Total Knee Arthroplasties with Antibiotic-Loaded Spacers, 2021, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
  • Synovial fluid α defensin has comparable accuracy to synovial fluid white blood cell count and polymorphonuclear percentage for periprosthetic joint infection diagnosis, 2021, The Bone & Joint Journal
  • Safety and Tolerability of Fluoroquinolones in Patients with Staphylococcal Periprosthetic Joint Infections, 2021, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Rapid multiplex PCR panel for pneumonia in hospitalised patients with suspected pneumonia in the USA: a single-centre, open-label, pragmatic, randomised controlled trial, 2024, The Lancet Microbe

Douglas R. Osmon frequently collaborates with several co-authors, which indicates a network of ongoing research partnerships. The most frequent co-authors are:

  • Matthew P. Abdel
  • Daniel J. Berry
  • Mark W. Pagnano
  • Aaron J. Tande
  • Arlen D. Hanssen

Their research has been published in various scholarly journals, with the highest number of contributions appearing in:

  • The Journal of Arthroplasty
  • Journal of Bone and Joint Infection
  • The Bone & Joint Journal
  • Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Douglas R. Osmon's work contributes predominantly to the understanding and treatment of orthopedic infections and arthroplasty outcomes. Their research spans clinical and epidemiological topics, with a strong focus on complications and diagnosis related to joint infections and related surgical interventions.

Best Publications

  • Diagnosis and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Douglas R. Osmon;Elie F. Berbari;Anthony R. Berendt;Daniel Lew

  • Executive summary: diagnosis and management of prosthetic joint infection: clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

    Douglas R. Osmon;Elie F. Berbari;Anthony R. Berendt;Daniel Lew

  • Sonication of Removed Hip and Knee Prostheses for Diagnosis of Infection

    Andrej Trampuz;Kerryl E. Piper;Melissa J. Jacobson;Arlen D. Hanssen

  • Risk Factors for Prosthetic Joint Infection: Case-Control Study

    Elie F. Berbari;Arlen D. Hanssen;Mary C. Duffy;James M. Steckelberg

  • 2015 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Adults

    Elie F. Berbari;Souha S. Kanj;Todd J. Kowalski;Rabih O. Darouiche

  • Synovial fluid leukocyte count and differential for the diagnosis of prosthetic knee infection.

    Andrej Trampuz;Arlen D Hanssen;Douglas R Osmon;Jayawant N Mandrekar

  • Outcome of prosthetic joint infections treated with debridement and retention of components.

    C. E. Marculescu;E. F. Berbari;A. D. Hanssen;J. M. Steckelberg

  • Inflammatory blood laboratory levels as markers of prosthetic joint infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Elie Berbari;Tad Mabry;Geoffrey Tsaras;Mark Spangehl

  • Culture-Negative Prosthetic Joint Infection

    Elie F. Berbari;Camelia Marculescu;Irene Sia;Brian D. Lahr

  • Incidence and risk factors of prosthetic joint infection after total hip or knee replacement in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

    Tim Bongartz;Christine S. Halligan;Douglas R. Osmon;Megan S. Reinalda

  • Microbiologic Diagnosis of Prosthetic Shoulder Infection by Use of Implant Sonication

    Kerryl E. Piper;Melissa J. Jacobson;Robert H. Cofield;John W. Sperling

  • Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic joint infection treated with debridement and prosthesis retention.

    Claudia M. Brandt;William W. Sistrunk;Mary C. Duffy;Arlen D. Hanssen

  • Executive Summary: 2015 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Adults.

    Elie F. Berbari;Souha S. Kanj;Todd J. Kowalski;Rabih O. Darouiche

  • Molecular and antibiofilm approaches to prosthetic joint infection.

    Andrej Trampuz;Douglas R. Osmon;Arlen D. Hanssen;James M. Steckelberg

  • Treatment of infection with débridement and retention of the components following hip arthroplasty.

    John R. Crockarell;Arlen D. Hanssen;Douglas R. Osmon;Bernard F. Morrey

  • Systemic safety of high-dose antibiotic-loaded cement spacers after resection of an infected total knee arthroplasty.

    Bryan D. Springer;Gwo Chin Lee;Douglas Osmon;George J. Haidukewych

  • Dental Procedures as Risk Factors for Prosthetic Hip or Knee Infection: A Hospital-Based Prospective Case-Control Study

    Elie F. Berbari;Douglas R. Osmon;Douglas R. Osmon;Alan Carr;Alan Carr;Arlen D. Hanssen;Arlen D. Hanssen

  • C-Reactive Protein, Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate and Orthopedic Implant Infection

    Kerryl E. Piper;Marta Fernandez-Sampedro;Kathryn E. Steckelberg;Jayawant N. Mandrekar

  • Prosthetic Joint Infection Diagnosis using Broad-Range PCR of Biofilms Dislodged from Knee and Hip Arthroplasty Surfaces using Sonication

    Eric Gomez;Charles Cazanave;Scott A. Cunningham;Kerryl E. Greenwood-Quaintance

  • Prosthetic Joint Infections

    James M. Steckelberg;Douglas R. Osmon

Frequent Co-Authors

Arlen D. Hanssen
Arlen D. Hanssen Mayo Clinic
Robin Patel
Robin Patel Mayo Clinic
Daniel J. Berry
Daniel J. Berry Mayo Clinic
Walter R. Wilson
Walter R. Wilson Mayo Clinic
Larry M. Baddour
Larry M. Baddour Mayo Clinic
Andrej Trampuz
Andrej Trampuz Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Eric L. Matteson
Eric L. Matteson Mayo Clinic

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