Alexa Beiser

68.5k total citations · 19 hit papers
367 papers, 37.5k citations indexed

About

Alexa Beiser is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexa Beiser has authored 367 papers receiving a total of 37.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 89 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 76 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Alexa Beiser's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (97 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (49 papers) and Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (44 papers). Alexa Beiser is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (97 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (49 papers) and Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (44 papers). Alexa Beiser collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Israel. Alexa Beiser's co-authors include Sudha Seshadri, Philip A. Wolf, Ralph B. D’Agostino, Rhoda Au, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Carlos S. Kase, Charles DeCarli, Margaret Kelly‐Hayes, Martin G. Larson and Daniel Levy and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Alexa Beiser

349 papers receiving 36.3k citations

Hit Papers

Plasma Homocysteine as a Risk Factor for Dementia an... 1986 2026 1999 2012 2002 2004 2015 2002 1986 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Plasma Homocysteine as a Risk Factor for Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
    2002 2.7k citations Sudha Seshadri, Alexa Beiser et al. profile →
  2. Lifetime Risk for Development of Atrial Fibrillation
    2004 1.5k citations Martin G. Larson, Ramachandran S. Vasan et al. Circulation profile →
  3. 50 year trends in atrial fibrillation prevalence, incidence, risk factors, and mortality in the Framingham Heart Study: a cohort study
    2015 1.1k citations Martin G. Larson, Alexa Beiser et al. profile →
  4. Lifetime Risk for Developing Congestive Heart Failure
    2002 1.1k citations Martin G. Larson, Alexa Beiser et al. Circulation profile →
  5. The Treatment of Kawasaki Syndrome with Intravenous Gamma Globulin
    1986 1.0k citations Alexa Beiser et al. profile →
  6. Stroke Severity in Atrial Fibrillation
    1996 1.0k citations Philip A. Wolf, Margaret Kelly‐Hayes et al. Stroke profile →
  7. Residual Lifetime Risk for Developing Hypertension in Middle-aged Women and Men
    2002 960 citations Ramachandran S. Vasan, Alexa Beiser et al. profile →
  8. Prediction of Lifetime Risk for Cardiovascular Disease by Risk Factor Burden at 50 Years of Age
    2006 901 citations Martin G. Larson, Ralph B. D’Agostino et al. Circulation profile →
  9. A Single Intravenous Infusion of Gamma Globulin as Compared with Four Infusions in the Treatment of Acute Kawasaki Syndrome
    1991 884 citations Alexa Beiser et al. profile →
  10. Incidence of Dementia over Three Decades in the Framingham Heart Study
    2016 693 citations Claudia L. Satizábal, Alexa Beiser et al. profile →
  11. Midlife vascular risk factor exposure accelerates structural brain aging and cognitive decline
    2011 582 citations Sudha Seshadri, Alexa Beiser et al. Neurology profile →
  12. The Preclinical Phase of Alzheimer Disease
    2000 571 citations Merrill F. Elias, Alexa Beiser et al. profile →
  13. The influence of gender and age on disability following ischemic stroke: the Framingham study
    2003 548 citations Margaret Kelly‐Hayes, Alexa Beiser et al. profile →
  14. Measures of brain morphology and infarction in the framingham heart study: establishing what is normal
    2004 524 citations Charles DeCarli, Joseph M. Massaro et al. Neurobiology of Aging profile →
  15. Choline, an essential nutrient for humans
    1991 487 citations Alexa Beiser et al. profile →
  16. Plasma Phosphatidylcholine Docosahexaenoic Acid Content and Risk of Dementia and Alzheimer Disease
    2006 486 citations Alexa Beiser, Rhoda Au et al. profile →
  17. The changing prevalence and incidence of dementia over time — current evidence
    2017 482 citations Alexa Beiser, Sudha Seshadri et al. profile →
  18. Gender Differences in Stroke Incidence and Poststroke Disability in the Framingham Heart Study
    2009 477 citations Alexa Beiser, Sudha Seshadri et al. Stroke profile →
  19. Gender and incidence of dementia in the Framingham Heart Study from mid‐adult life
    2014 295 citations Alexa Beiser, Rhoda Au et al. Alzheimer s & Dementia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexa Beiser United States 101 11.4k 6.9k 6.6k 5.8k 5.6k 367 37.5k
Sudha Seshadri United States 94 7.0k 0.6× 6.9k 1.0× 7.6k 1.1× 3.5k 0.6× 4.4k 0.8× 481 31.0k
Peter J. Koudstaal Netherlands 96 11.7k 1.0× 6.2k 0.9× 4.4k 0.7× 9.7k 1.7× 12.5k 2.2× 448 38.8k
M. Arfan Ikram Netherlands 96 4.8k 0.4× 6.5k 0.9× 6.4k 1.0× 4.8k 0.8× 5.6k 1.0× 837 34.1k
Lenore J. Launer United States 111 7.5k 0.7× 13.2k 1.9× 13.0k 2.0× 3.9k 0.7× 4.4k 0.8× 612 43.4k
Graeme J. Hankey Australia 91 16.5k 1.4× 2.4k 0.4× 2.6k 0.4× 5.4k 0.9× 8.8k 1.6× 670 37.1k
Gregory L. Burke United States 102 21.6k 1.9× 3.3k 0.5× 13.6k 2.1× 7.6k 1.3× 5.8k 1.0× 347 57.6k
Lewis H. Kuller United States 139 19.6k 1.7× 7.1k 1.0× 14.0k 2.1× 7.0k 1.2× 10.6k 1.9× 1.0k 78.4k
Monique M.B. Breteler Netherlands 137 10.8k 1.0× 15.9k 2.3× 15.8k 2.4× 10.3k 1.8× 9.6k 1.7× 485 66.9k
George Howard United States 93 15.5k 1.4× 2.1k 0.3× 3.2k 0.5× 8.9k 1.5× 12.1k 2.2× 632 40.1k
Kenneth Rockwood Canada 104 7.0k 0.6× 10.6k 1.5× 25.0k 3.8× 4.0k 0.7× 4.9k 0.9× 665 61.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexa Beiser

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lu, Sophia, Alexa Beiser, Debora Melo van Lent, et al.. (2025). Hearing Loss, Brain Structure, Cognition, and Dementia Risk in the Framingham Heart Study. JAMA Network Open. 8(11). e2539209–e2539209.
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Pinheiro, Adlin, Andreas Charidimou, Jayandra J. Himali, et al.. (2025). Association of MRI-Visible Perivascular Spaces and Incident Depression in the Framingham Heart Study. 1(3).
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Charisis, Sokratis, Sophia Lu, Jesús D. Melgarejo, et al.. (2025). Association of Blood Lipoprotein Levels With Incident Alzheimer Disease in Community-Dwelling Individuals. Neurology. 104(12). e213715–e213715. 1 indexed citations
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Long, Michelle T., et al.. (2024). Eggs, Dietary Choline, and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in the Framingham Heart Study. Journal of Nutrition. 155(3). 923–935. 2 indexed citations
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Gonzales, Mitzi M., Nicole L. Spartano, Charles DeCarli, et al.. (2024). Associations of Physical Activity Engagement with Cerebral Amyloid-β and Tau from Midlife. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 100(3). 935–943. 3 indexed citations
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Charisis, Sokratis, Meghan I. Short, Tiffany F. Kautz, et al.. (2024). Leptin bioavailability and markers of brain atrophy and vascular injury in the middle age. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(9). 5849–5860. 5 indexed citations
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Gonzales, Mitzi M., Adrienne O’Donnell, Jeremy A. Tanner, et al.. (2024). Associations of cerebral amyloid beta and tau with cognition from midlife. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(9). 5901–5911. 4 indexed citations
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Ekenze, Oluchi, Adlin Pinheiro, Serkalem Demissie, et al.. (2023). Inflammatory biomarkers and MRI visible perivascular spaces: The Framingham Heart Study. Neurobiology of Aging. 127. 12–22. 11 indexed citations
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Aparicio, Hugo J., Dibya Himali, Matthew P. Pase, et al.. (2023). Plasma Total‐Tau is Related to Risk of Heart Failure in the Community. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(S14). 2 indexed citations
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Vasan, Ramachandran S., Vanessa Xanthakis, Alexa Beiser, et al.. (2022). Arterial Stiffness and Long-Term Risk of Health Outcomes: The Framingham Heart Study. Hypertension. 79(5). 1045–1056. 88 indexed citations
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Vasan, Ramachandran S., Rebecca J. Song, Vanessa Xanthakis, et al.. (2021). Hypertension-Mediated Organ Damage: Prevalence, Correlates, and Prognosis in the Community. Hypertension. 79(3). 505–515. 45 indexed citations
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Weinstein, Galit, Kendra Davis‐Plourde, Alexa Beiser, & Sudha Seshadri. (2021). Autonomic Imbalance and Risk of Dementia and Stroke: The Framingham Study. Stroke. 52(6). 2068–2076. 27 indexed citations
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Jefferson, Angela L., Alexa Beiser, Jayandra J. Himali, et al.. (2015). Low Cardiac Index Is Associated With Incident Dementia and Alzheimer Disease. Circulation. 131(15). 1333–1339. 127 indexed citations
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Kaess, Bernhard M., Sarah R. Preis, Wolfgang Lieb, et al.. (2015). Circulating Brain‐Derived Neurotrophic Factor Concentrations and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in the Community. Journal of the American Heart Association. 4(3). e001544–e001544. 115 indexed citations
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Salinas, Joel, Alexa Beiser, Jayandra J. Himali, et al.. (2015). Incidence and Predictors of Poststroke Depression: Results from the Framingham Heart Study (P5.034). Neurology. 84(14_supplement). 1 indexed citations
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Au, Rhoda, Sudha Seshadri, Alexa Beiser, et al.. (2012). The Framingham Brain Donation Program: Neuropathology Along the Cognitive Continuum. Current Alzheimer Research. 9(6). 673–686. 44 indexed citations
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Lisabeth, Lynda D., Alexa Beiser, Devin L. Brown, et al.. (2009). Age at Natural Menopause and Risk of Ischemic Stroke. Stroke. 40(4). 1044–1049. 160 indexed citations
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Das, Rohit, Sudha Seshadri, Alexa Beiser, et al.. (2008). Prevalence and Correlates of Silent Cerebral Infarcts in the Framingham Offspring Study. Stroke. 39(11). 2929–2935. 212 indexed citations
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Massaro, Joseph M., Lisa Sullivan, Alexa Beiser, et al.. (2004). Managing and analysing data from a large‐scale study on Framingham Offspring relating brain structure to cognitive function. Statistics in Medicine. 23(2). 351–367. 39 indexed citations
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Seshadri, Sudha, Philip A. Wolf, Alexa Beiser, et al.. (2001). Stroke Risk Profile Predicts Brain Volume and Cognitive Function in Stroke-free Subjects: The Framingham Study. Stroke. 32. 321–321. 3 indexed citations

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