2026 Frederick A. Matsen: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	97	9229	8665	4759	4403	406	37106

Overview

Frederick A. Matsen is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their body of research primarily focuses on Medicine, with a significant emphasis on Surgery, as well as related subfields such as Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Clinical Biochemistry.

Their work explores several main topics, including:

Shoulder Injury and Treatment
Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries
Orthopedic Infections and Treatments
Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation
Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
Surgical site infection prevention
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Frederick A. Matsen's research has been published across multiple venues, with the most frequent being:

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
International Orthopaedics
arXiv (Cornell University)
JBJS Open Access
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Recent significant papers include:

Impact of previous non-arthroplasty surgery on clinical outcomes after primary anatomic shoulder arthroplasty, 2020, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Shoulder Hemiarthroplasty with Nonprosthetic Glenoid Arthroplasty, 2021, JBJS Reviews
Anatomic Total Shoulder Arthroplasty with All-Polyethylene Glenoid Component for Primary Osteoarthritis with Glenoid Deficiencies, 2020, JBJS Open Access
Assessing the Value to the Patient of New Technologies in Anatomic Total Shoulder Arthroplasty, 2021, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
The minimal clinically important differences of the Simple Shoulder Test are different for different arthroplasty types, 2022, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Their frequent collaborators include Anastasia J. Whitson, Jason E. Hsu, Corey J. Schiffman, and Jie Yao, who have coauthored a substantial number of publications with Matsen.

Best Publications

Repairs of the rotator cuff. Correlation of functional results with integrity of the cuff.

D T Harryman;L A Mack;K Y Wang;S E Jackins

1876
Citations
Electrospun chitosan-based nanofibers and their cellular compatibility.

Narayan Bhattarai;Dennis Edmondson;Omid Veiseh;Frederick A. Matsen

1162
Citations
TRANSLATION OF THE HUMERAL HEAD ON THE GLENOID WITH PASSIVE GLENOHUMERAL MOTION

Douglas T. Harryman;John A. Sidles;John M. Clark;Kevin J. Mcquade

1066
Citations
pplacer: linear time maximum-likelihood and Bayesian phylogenetic placement of sequences onto a fixed reference tree

Frederick A Matsen;Robin B Kodner;E Virginia Armbrust

1026
Citations
Orthopedic saw guide for use in a robot-aided system for surgery

Frederick A. Matsen;Joseph L. Garbini;John A. Sidles;Donald C. Baumgarten

947
Citations
The role of the rotator interval capsule in passive motion and stability of the shoulder.

D T Harryman;J A Sidles;S L Harris;F A Matsen

940
Citations
Glenoid loosening in total shoulder arthroplasty: Association with rotator cuff deficiency

Jonathan L. Franklin;William P. Barrett;Sarah E. Jackins;Frederick A. Matsen

908
Citations
Diagnosis and management of compartmental syndromes.

Frederick A. Matsen;Robert A. Winquist;Richard B. Krugmire

887
Citations
Bacterial Communities in Women with Bacterial Vaginosis: High Resolution Phylogenetic Analyses Reveal Relationships of Microbiota to Clinical Criteria

Sujatha Srinivasan;Noah G. Hoffman;Martin T. Morgan;Frederick A. Matsen

786
Citations
Total shoulder arthroplasty.

W P Barrett;J L Franklin;S E Jackins;C R Wyss

685
Citations
PhyloSift: phylogenetic analysis of genomes and metagenomes.

Aaron E. Darling;Aaron E. Darling;Guillaume Jospin;Eric Lowe;Frederick A. Matsen

642
Citations
Glenohumeral Stability From Concavity-Compression: A Quantitative Analysis

Steven B. Lippitt;J. Eric Vanderhooft;Scott L. Harris;John A. Sidles

624
Citations
Mechanisms of glenohumeral joint stability.

Steven Lippitt;Frederick Matsen

607
Citations
The radiographic evaluation of keeled and pegged glenoid component insertion.

Mark D. Lazarus;Kirk L. Jensen;Carleton Southworth;Frederick A. Matsen

579
Citations
Rotator Cuff Repair: Published Evidence on Factors Associated With Repair Integrity and Clinical Outcome

Matthew D. McElvany;Erik McGoldrick;Albert O. Gee;Moni Blazej Neradilek

519
Citations
Ligament length relationships in the moving knee

John A. Sidles;Roger V. Larson;Joseph L. Garbini;Daniel J. Downey

516
Citations
Characteristics of unsatisfactory shoulder arthroplasties.

Samer S. Hasan;Jordan M. Leith;Barry Campbell;Ranjit Kapil

443
Citations
Optimization of Periprosthetic Culture for Diagnosis of Propionibacterium acnes Prosthetic Joint Infection

Susan M. Butler-Wu;Erica M. Burns;Paul S. Pottinger;Amalia S. Magaret

425
Citations
Complications about the glenohumeral joint related to the use of screws and staples.

J D Zuckerman;F A Matsen

421
Citations
An approach to the repair of avulsion of the glenohumeral ligaments in the management of traumatic anterior glenohumeral instability.

S C Thomas;F A Matsen

415
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Narayan Bhattarai North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Joseph D. Zuckerman New York University

Roger E. Bumgarner University of Washington

Miqin Zhang University of Washington

Anthony A. Romeo Rush University Medical Center

Nayak L. Polissar University of Washington

Eiji Itoi Tohoku University

Gilles Walch University of California, San Francisco

Joseph P. Iannotti Cleveland Clinic

James D. Kelly Michigan State University

External Links

Personal website of Frederick A. Matsen

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