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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Orthopaedic Surgery residency · Philadelphia, PA · Program website

3
Faculty
39
Trainees
207
Papers
39%
Trainees published
28%
First author

Roster may be incomplete: most faculty couldn't be matched to publication records. 11 people are awaiting a match decision, so numbers may change.

Papers

By this program's faculty and trainees since 2022, 207 in all. Updated 2026-11-07.

How trainees publishauthor positions, faculty co-authorship, ranks

Papers by current residents and fellows, and alumni within two years, published during training. Based on 16 of 39 trainees matched to publication records. Trainees with no match count as not yet published, so these figures are a floor.

Not ranked against other programs yet: most faculty couldn't be matched to publication records. It's queued for another look.

39%
of trainees have published
1.46
papers per trainee-year
28%
of authorships as 1st author
4%
of trainee papers with program faculty
136
papers with a trainee author
Author position, all 146 trainee authorships
Faculty detailsh-index, papers and author positions per person

Program leadership from the program's own pages, matched to publications. Leadership is mostly clinician-educators, so these numbers describe the teaching team, not the department's research. Works since 2022-01-01.

1 / 3
faculty matched
14 (14–14)
faculty h-index, median (IQR)
0.89
median FWCI (before 2025)
NameResearch topicsh (lifetime)Works1stLastMedian FWCI
Andrew Sobel, MDDiversity and Career in Medicine; Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education1414470.89
Andrew Zhang, MD (unresolved)——000—
Stephen Y. Liu, MD (unresolved)——000—

39 trainees are counted above but never listed by name.

About University of Pennsylvaniainstitution-wide orthopaedic surgery research

Orthopaedic Surgery publications from University of Pennsylvania and affiliated institutions, since 2022. Updated 2026-11-06; refreshed daily.

52
works per year
3rd of 65 orthopaedic surgery residency programs
3rd of 65 orthopaedic surgery residency programs
+2.0%
2-year growth
36th of 65 orthopaedic surgery residency programs
36th of 65 orthopaedic surgery residency programs
23.8%
in top 10% of field (works before 2025)
16th of 44 orthopaedic surgery residency programs
16th of 44 orthopaedic surgery residency programs
58.0%
cited above world average
17th of 44 orthopaedic surgery residency programs
17th of 44 orthopaedic surgery residency programs
2022: 48 works’222023: 54 works’232024: 41 works’242025: 63 works63’252026 (so far): 67 works67’26*

Works per year · * 2026 so far

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine · 273

Orthopaedic Surgery research topics at University of Pennsylvania

Papers in the window; each links to the list on OpenAlex.

Most cited at University of Pennsylvania since 2024

All orthopaedic surgery papers there on OpenAlex

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