Table 3.
The top-cited 20 authors in the spine journal, 1990-2009
| Rank | Author | Current institution | Articles published | Total citations | Lead authorships | Lead author citations | Ratio |
| 1 | Lenke LG | Washington University; United States | 135 | 2833 | 8 | 205 | 354.1 |
| 2 | Bridwell KH | Washington University; United States | 117 | 2553 | 13 | 371 | 196.4 |
| 3 | Vaccaro AR | Thomas Jefferson University; United States | 88 | 1701 | 20 | 517 | 85.1 |
| 4 | Takahashi K | Chiba University; Japan | 72 | 1021 | 9 | 132 | 113.4 |
| 5 | An HS | Rush University; United States | 67 | 1506 | 9 | 252 | 167.3 |
| 6 | Panjabi MM | Yale University; United States | 64 | 3034 | 22 | 989 | 137.9 |
| 7 | Weinstein JN | Dartmouth University; United States | 64 | 2315 | 6 | 142 | 385.8 |
| 8 | Deyo RA | University of Washington; United States | 63 | 4152 | 8 | 1047 | 519 |
| 9 | Albert TJ | Thomas Jefferson University; United States | 61 | 1307 | 6 | 191 | 217.8 |
| 10 | Ebraheim NA | University of Toledo; United States | 57 | 1053 | 27 | 539 | 39 |
| 11 | Kikuchi S | Fukushima Medical University; Japan | 56 | 1212 | 4 | 64 | 303 |
| 12 | Moriya H | Chiba University; Japan | 52 | 907 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| 13 | McAfee PC | St. Joseph Medical Center; United States | 48 | 1762 | 10 | 377 | 176.2 |
| 14 | Newton PO | Rady Children's Hospital; United States | 45 | 468 | 13 | 251 | 36 |
| 15 | Andersson GBJ | Rush University; United States | 45 | 1448 | 2 | 42 | 724 |
| 16 | Luk KDK | University of Hong Kong; China | 44 | 568 | 10 | 137 | 56.8 |
| 17 | Boden SD | Emory University; United States | 43 | 2215 | 14 | 1349 | 158.2 |
| 18 | Olmarker K | University of Gothenburg; Sweden | 43 | 1512 | 12 | 767 | 126 |
| 19 | Kim YJ | Columbia University; United States | 41 | 751 | 17 | 466 | 44.2 |
| 20 | Garfin SR | University of California, San Diego; United States | 41 | 1239 | 5 | 448 | 247.8 |
| 21 | Bradford DS | University of California, San Francisco; United States | 41 | 1288 | 3 | 102 | 429.3 |