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Nicholas A. Athanasou

Nicholas A. Athanasou

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
86
Citations
24561
World Ranking
14234
National Ranking
1318

Nicholas A. Athanasou 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 Nicholas A. Athanasou sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 419 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Nicholas A. Athanasou 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 Nicholas A. Athanasou sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 86 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Nicholas A. Athanasou is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields, including Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Oncology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their work spans a variety of topics related to spine and orthopedic health, particularly:

  • Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
  • Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
  • Surgical site infection prevention
  • Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries
  • Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
  • Orthopedic Infections and Treatments
  • Management of metastatic bone disease

Recent notable publications include:

  • "Hypoalbuminemia Increased the Length of Stay in the Treatment of Postoperative Acute Surgical Site Infection in Spinal Surgery," 2020, published in Spine
  • "Temporal Evolution of White Blood Cell Count and Differential: Reliable and Early Detection Markers for Surgical Site Infection Following Spinal Posterior Decompression Surgery," 2021, published in Spine Surgery and Related Research
  • "Effect of topical vancomycin powder on surgical site infection prevention in major orthopaedic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials with trial sequential analysis," 2024, published in Journal of Hospital Infection
  • "Reliability Comparison between "Distal Radius and Ulna" and "Simplified Tanner-Whitehouse III" Assessments for Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis," 2020, published in Asian Spine Journal
  • "Impairment-driven cancer rehabilitation in patients with neoplastic spinal cord compression using minimally invasive spine stabilization," 2020, published in World Journal of Surgical Oncology

The scientist has frequently published in venues including:

  • Spine Surgery and Related Research
  • Asian Spine Journal
  • Spine
  • Journal of Hospital Infection
  • World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Collaborators with whom they have often worked include:

  • Hideki Shigematsu
  • Akinori Okuda
  • Yasuhito Tanaka
  • Sachiko Kawasaki
  • Masato Tanaka

Best Publications

  • Pseudotumours associated with metal-on-metal hip resurfacings

    H. Pandit;S. Glyn-Jones;P. McLardy-Smith;R. Gundle

  • Prospective evaluation of criteria for microbiological diagnosis of prosthetic-joint infection at revision arthroplasty. The OSIRIS Collaborative Study Group.

    Bridget L. Atkins;Nicholas Athanasou;Jonathan J. Deeks;Derrick W. M. Crook

  • Bone sarcomas: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

    P.G. Casali;J.-Y. Blay

  • Resorption of bone by isolated rabbit osteoclasts

    T.J. Chambers;P.A. Revell;K. Fuller;N.A. Athanasou

  • Fracture-related infection: A consensus on definition from an international expert group

    Willem-Jan Metsemakers;M. Morgenstern;M. A. McNally;T. F. Moriarty

  • Interleukin-6 and interleukin-11 support human osteoclast formation by a RANKL-independent mechanism.

    O Kudo;A Sabokbar;A Pocock;I Itonaga

  • The pathology of frozen shoulder

    G. C. R. Hand;N. A. Athanasou;T. Matthews;A. J. Carr

  • The human osteoclast precursor circulates in the monocyte fraction.

    Y. Fujikawa;J. M. W. Quinn;A. Sabokbar;J. O. Mcgee

  • "Asymptomatic" pseudotumors after metal-on-metal hip resurfacing arthroplasty: prevalence and metal ion study.

    Young-Min Kwon;Simon J. Ostlere;Peter McLardy-Smith;Nicholas A. Athanasou

  • Necrotic and inflammatory changes in metal-on-metal resurfacing hip arthroplasties.

    Gayana Mahendra;Hemant Pandit;Karolina Kliskey;David Murray

  • Pathology of the torn rotator cuff tendon. Reduction in potential for repair as tear size increases.

    T. J. W. Matthews;G. C. Hand;J. L. Rees;N. A. Athanasou

  • Radio-opaque Agents In Bone Cement Increase Bone Resorption

    Afsaneh Sabokbar;Yosuke Fujikawa;David W. Murray;Nicholas A. Athanasou

  • Proinflammatory cytokine (TNFalpha/IL-1alpha) induction of human osteoclast formation.

    Osami Kudo;Yosuke Fujikawa;Ichiro Itonaga;Afsie Sabokbar

  • UK guidelines for the management of bone sarcomas

    Craig Gerrand;Nick Athanasou;Bernadette Brennan;Robert Grimer

  • Diagnosis of infection by frozen section during revision arthroplasty

    N A Athanasou;R Pandey;R de Steiger;D Crook

  • Recent advances in osteoclast biology and pathological bone resorption.

    Harry C. Blair;N.A. Athanasou

  • Brachyury expression in extra-axial skeletal and soft tissue chordomas: a marker that distinguishes chordoma from mixed tumor/myoepithelioma/parachordoma in soft tissue.

    Roberto Tirabosco;D. Chas Mangham;D. Chas Mangham;Andrew E. Rosenberg;Sonja Vujovic

  • Osteonecrosis in retrieved femoral heads after failed resurfacing arthroplasty of the hip

    C P Little;A L Ruiz;I J Harding;P McLardy-Smith

  • UK Guidelines for the Management of Bone Sarcomas.

    Robert Grimer;Nick Athanasou;Craig Gerrand;Ian Judson

  • Fracture-related infection: A consensus on definition from an international expert group

    W. Metsemakers;M. Morgenstern;McNally;T.F. Moriarty

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Murray
David W. Murray University of Oxford
Udo Oppermann
Udo Oppermann University of Oxford
Pancras C.W. Hogendoorn
Pancras C.W. Hogendoorn Leiden University Medical Center
Adrienne M. Flanagan
Adrienne M. Flanagan University College London
Andrew Carr
Andrew Carr University of Oxford
Judith V.M.G. Bovée
Judith V.M.G. Bovée Leiden University Medical Center
Piero Picci
Piero Picci University of Bologna
James T. Triffitt
James T. Triffitt University of Oxford
Yasuhito Tanaka
Yasuhito Tanaka Kumamoto University
Karoly Szuhai
Karoly Szuhai Leiden University Medical Center

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