Special Topic: Alzheimer's Disease> Interviews
Published February 2011
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DECEMBER 2011
Virginia
Lee & John Trojanowski on the Protein Roadmap to
Alzheimer's
Our Special Topics analysis of Alzheimer's Disease research over the past decade shows that the work of Dr. Virginia M.-Y. Lee ranks at #2 by total cites and #8 by total papers, based on 217 papers cited a total of 13,693 times, and the work of Dr. John Q. Trojanowski ranks at #3 by total cites and #6 by total papers, based on 239 papers cited a total of 13,237 times. Lee and Trojanowski both rank among the top 1% of researchers in the fields of Neuroscience & Behavior, Clinical Medicine, and Biology & Biochemistry in Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Clarivate. Earlier this year, ScienceWatch.com Editor Jennifer Minnick met with the two researchers at their University of Pennsylvania office to talk about their work.
SEPTEMBER 2011
John
Morris on Detecting Alzheimer's at the Preclinical
Stage
In our Special Topics analysis on Alzheimer's Disease research over the past decade, the work of Dr. John C. Morris ranks at #10 by total paper and #13 by total cites, based on 203 papers cited a total of 9,323 times during the analysis period. Two of these papers are among the top 20 papers over the past decade and over the past two years. According to Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Thomson Reuters, Morris's record includes 375 papers, classified under Neuroscience & Behavior, Clinical Medicine, and Molecular Biology & Genetics, cited a total of 13,082 times between January 1, 2001 and June 30, 2011. Here, Morris talks with ScienceWatch.com correspondent Gary Taubes about his highly cited Alzheimer's research.
AUGUST 2011
David
Bennett on Identifying Risk Factors for Alzheimer's
Our Special Topics analysis of Alzheimer's Disease over the past decade shows that the work of Dr. David Bennett ranks at #9 by total papers and #12 by total cites, based on 209 papers cited a total of 9,577 times during the analysis period. According to Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Thomson Reuters, Bennett's work ranks among the top 1% of researchers in the fields of Neuroscience & Behavior, Clinical Medicine, Psychiatry & Psychology, and Social Sciences. His total record in the database includes 263 papers cited a total of 10,357 times between January 1, 2001 and April 30, 2011. In this interview, he talks with ScienceWatch.com correspondent Gary Taubes about his highly cited work in Alzheimer's.
AUGUST 2011
Jeffrey
Cummings on Early Diagnosis for Alzheimer's
The work of Dr. Jeffrey Cummings ranks at #11 by total cites and #15 by number of papers in our Special Topics analysis of Alzheimer's Disease research over the past decade. According to Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Thomson Reuters, he ranks among the top 1% of researchers in the fields of Neuroscience & Behavior, Clinical Medicine, Psychiatry & Psychology, and Social Sciences. In this interview, Cummings talks with ScienceWatch.com correspondent Gary Taubes about his highly cited Alzheimer's research.
JULY 2011
Mark
Mattson Discusses the Relationship Between Energy Metabolism &
Alzheimer's
Our Special Topic on Alzheimer's Disease shows that the work of Dr. Mark P. Mattson ranks at #6 by total cites and #18 by total papers, based on 176 papers cited 11,195 times during the analysis period. Mattson is among the top 1% of researchers in the fields of Neuroscience & Behavior, Clinical Medicine, Biology & Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Genetics, and Social Sciences in Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Thomson Reuters. In this interview, ScienceWatch.com correspondent Gary Taubes talks with Mattson about his highly cited work in Alzheimer's disease.
JUNE 2011
George
Perry on the Role of Oxidative Stress in Alzheimer's
Disease
Our Special Topics analysis on Alzheimer's Disease shows that the work of Dr. George Perry ranks at #2 by total papers and #7 by total cites, based on 292 papers cited a total of 11,180 times during the analysis period. Two of these papers appear on the top 20 papers lists. His work also appears among the top 1% of scientists in the fields of Neuroscience & Behavior, Biology & Biochemistry, Clinical Medicine, and Pharmacology & Toxicology in Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Thomson Reuters. In this interview, ScienceWatch.com correspondent Gary Taubes talks with him about his highly cited work in Alzheimer's.
JUNE 2011
ScienceWatch.com Pays Tribute to Mark A. Smith
In our 2011 Special Topics analysis on Alzheimer's Disease, the work of Dr. Mark A. Smith ranks at #1 by total papers and #5 by total cites, based on 329 papers cited a total of 11,807 times during the analysis period. The ScienceWatch.com team was saddened to hear of the unexpected death of Dr. Smith in December 2010. As Dr. Smith's colleagues informed us how excited and honored he would have been by his placement in our analysis, we wanted to acknowledge the contributions his work has made to the field of Alzheimer's research over the past decade
MAY 2011
Colin
Masters on Seeking the Natural History of Alzheimer's
Disease
Our latest analysis of Alzheimer's research shows that the work of Professor Colin Masters ranks at #12 by total papers, based on 200 papers cited a total of 7,507 times over the analysis period of 2000 to 2010. His record in Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Clarivate includes 229 papers cited a total of 8,006 times between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2010. His work ranks among the top 1% in the field of Neuroscience & Behavior, Biology & Biochemistry, and Pharmacology & Toxicology. In this interview, he talks with ScienceWatch.com about his highly cited Alzheimer's research.
APRIL 2011
John
Hardy on Genetics-Based Alzheimer's Disease Research
Our Special Topics analysis on Alzheimer's Disease research over the past decade shows that the work of Professor John Hardy ranks at #9 by total cites, based on 138 papers cited a total of 10,749 times. Three of these papers rank among the top 20 over the past decade or over the past two years. In Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Thomson Reuters, Prof. Hardy is among the top 1% of scientists in the field of Neuroscience & Behavior, Clinical Medicine, and Molecular Biology & Genetics. In this interview, he talks with ScienceWatch.com about his highly cited research as it pertains to Alzheimer's.
MARCH 2011
Dennis
Selkoe on the Amyloid Hypothesis of Alzheimer's
Disease
Our latest Special Topics analysis on Alzheimer's Disease shows that the work of Dr. Dennis Selkoe ranks at #1 by total cites, based on 136 papers cited 19,587 times over the analysis period. His record in Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Clarivate includes 136 papers cited 19,806 times between January 1, 2000 and October 31, 2010. In this interview, ScienceWatch.com correspondent Gary Taubes talks with Selkoe about his career in Alzheimer's research.
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