Dr Wells has over 50 publications in peer-reviewed medical journal and text books, with a h-index of 10, over 500 citations, and a Field-Weighted Citation Impact of 1.02 (Scopus/SciVal, August 2026). Dr Wells also acts as editor and peer-reviewer on a number of international medical journals, including Frontiers in Neurology, the Journal of Clinical Medicine, and ANZ Journal of Surgery. 

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The following list is a selection of high-impact publications from Dr Wells' research career:

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• Wells AJ, Hiwase AD, Timofeev I, Hutchinson PJA. Future Directions and Evolution Strategies for the Clinical Management of Traumatic Brain Injury. J Clin Med, 15(16):6236, 2026 (Commentary; lead-authored landmark paper for the JCM TBI Special Issue)

• Wells AJ, Reilly PL. 50 Years of the Glasgow Coma Scale: A historical perspective. J Clin Neurosci, 133:110994, 2025

• Hutchinson PJ et al. Consensus statement from the international consensus meeting on the role of decompressive craniectomy in the management of TBI. Acta Neurochirurg, 161(7):1261-1274, 2019

• Bjornson A, Tajsic T, Kolias AG, Wells AJ, et al. A case series of early and late cranioplasty. Acta Neurochirurg, 161:467-472, 2019

• Sorby-Adams AJ, Leonard AV, Hoving JW, Vink R, Wells AJ, Turner RJ. NK1-r antagonist treatment comparable to decompressive craniectomy in reducing intracranial pressure following stroke. Front Neurosci, 13:681, 2019

• Condon TM, Sexton RQ, Wells AJ, To M. The weakness of fragility index exposed in an analysis of the traumatic brain injury management guidelines. Plos One, 15(8):e0237879, 2020

• Moneim J, Wenlock RD, Wells AJ, Price RD, Timofeev I, Helmy A, Hutchinson AJ. Single procedure revision cranioplasty with intra-operative autoclave following titanium plate exposure. Br J Neurosurg, 34(3):329-332, 2020

• Cheriyan S, Wells AJ, Santoreneos S. Rapid growth of an atypical meningioma in association with cyproterone acetate use: case report. J Clin Neurosci, 82:268-270, 2020

• Wells AJ, Viaroli E, Hutchinson PJ. The management of traumatic brain injury. Surgery (Oxford), 39(8):470-478, 2021

• To M, Di Ubaldo LJ, Wells AJ, Jukes A. Absence of small study effects in neurosurgical meta-analyses. J Clin Neurosci, 93:137-140, 2021

• Hewitt JN, Ovenden CD, Glynatsis JM, Sabab A, Gupta AK, Kovoor JK, Wells AJ, Maddern GJ. Emergency neurosurgery performed by general surgeons: a systematic review. World J Surg, 46(2):327-355, 2022

• Fitzgerald M et al. AUS-TBI: the Australian health informatics approach to predict outcomes and monitor intervention efficacy after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury. Neurotrauma Rep, 3(1):217-223, 2022

• Gupta A, Ovenden C, Nathin K, Aujayeb N, Hewitt J, Kovoor J, Chan J, Wells AJ. Geographical distribution of authorship for leading cardiothoracic surgery journals. J Card Surg, 37(12):4465-4473, 2022

• Hiwase AD, Kalyanasundaram K, Bak K, Laden S, Ovenden C, Wells AJ. Symptomatic cerebral vasospasm following posterior fossa hemangioblastoma resection: illustrative case. J Neurosurg Case Lessons, 3(13), 2022

• Mee H et al. Standardising cranioplasty outcomes following stroke or traumatic brain injury: protocol for the development of a core outcome set. JMIR Res Protoc, 12(1):e37442, 2023

• Widdop L, Kaukas L, Wells AJ. Effect of pre-management antithrombotic agent use on outcome after traumatic acute subdural haematoma in the elderly: a systematic review. J Neurotrauma, 40(7-8):635-648, 2023

• Evenden J, Harris D, Wells AJ, Toson B, Ellis D, Lambert P. Increased distance or time from a major trauma centre in South Australia is not associated with worse outcomes after moderate to severe TBI. Emerg Med Australas, 35(6):998-1004, 2023

• Roberts M, Hinton G, Wells AJ, Van Der Veken J, Bajger M, Lee G, Liu Y, Chong C, Poonnoose S, Agzarian M, To M. Imaging evaluation of a proposed 3D generative model for MRI to CT translation in the lumbar spine. Spine J, 23(11):1602-1612, 2023

• Campbell J, Gupta A, Lu A, Lim YF, Mishra N, Hewitt JN, Ovenden CD, Kovoor J, Bacchi S, Trochsler M, Wells AJ. The geographical diversity of authorship in leading general surgery journals. Surgeon, 21(6):390-396, 2023

• Ovenden CD, Barot DD, Gupta A, Aujayeb N, Nathin K, Hewitt J, Kovoor J, Stretton B, Bacchi S, Edwards S, Kaukas L, Wells AJ. Incidence of hydrocephalus following decompressive craniectomy for ischaemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 234:107989, 2023

• Mau C, Mascarenhas A, Lockard G, Gordon J, Alayli A, Hatchwell C, Wells AJ, Santoreneos S. Meningioma growth in transsexual patients in the setting of gender-reaffirming estrogen therapy. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base, 84(S01):S1-S344, 2023

• Wells AJ. Commentary: Will dexamethasone ever have a role in the management of chronic subdural hematoma? Brain Behav, 14(2):e3446, 2024

• Hiwase AD, Ovenden CD, Kaukas LM, Finnis M, Zhang Z, O'Connor S, Foo N, Reddi B, Wells AJ, Ellis DY. Can rotational thromboelastometry rapidly identify theragnostic targets in isolated traumatic brain injury? Emerg Med Australas, 37:e14480, 2025

• Hiwase AD, Hains LR, Henkel J, Reddi B, Ovenden CD, Kaukas LM, Foo N, Wells AJ, Ellis DY. Low FIBTEM amplitude in neurotrauma: true plasma fibrinogen depletion or functional fibrin activity reduction? J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 100:147-151, 2026

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