Alexis Topjian

16.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
185 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Alexis Topjian is a scholar working on Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexis Topjian has authored 185 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Emergency Medicine, 52 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 44 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alexis Topjian's work include Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (130 papers), Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (46 papers) and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (36 papers). Alexis Topjian is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (130 papers), Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (46 papers) and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (36 papers). Alexis Topjian collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Alexis Topjian's co-authors include Vinay Nadkarni, Robert A. Berg, Nicholas S. Abend, Dennis Dlugos, Marc Berg, Stephen M. Schexnayder, Dianne L. Atkins, Robert M. Sutton, Mary Fran Hazinski and Élise W. van der Jagt and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Neurology and American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Alexis Topjian

173 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

3 papers align trajectories

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.

Part 14: Pediatric Advanced Life Support

2010 1.5k citations Ericka L. Fink, Vinay Nadkarni et al. Circulation profile →
Part 1: Executive Summary: 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care

2020 505 citations Raina M. Merchant, Alexis Topjian et al. Circulation profile →
Part 12: Pediatric Advanced Life Support

2015 322 citations Robert M. Sutton, Alexis Topjian et al. Circulation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexis Topjian United States	41	4.9k	1.5k	1.5k	1.3k	1.2k	185	7.3k
Romergryko G. Geocadin United States	46	5.1k 1.0×	896 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	880 0.7×	508 0.4×	175	8.1k
Mark A. Helfaer United States	41	2.2k 0.5×	874 0.6×	558 0.4×	973 0.8×	976 0.8×	129	5.4k
Robert W. Hickey United States	34	4.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	866 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	1.7k 1.4×	99	7.4k
Michael Hölzer Austria	41	7.2k 1.5×	851 0.6×	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	440 0.4×	211	9.5k
Janneke Horn Netherlands	52	4.0k 0.8×	691 0.5×	794 0.5×	1.6k 1.3×	179 0.1×	225	8.7k
Charlene M.T. Robertson Canada	49	1.3k 0.3×	1.2k 0.8×	634 0.4×	4.5k 3.6×	5.6k 4.6×	160	8.6k
Ericka L. Fink United States	29	3.7k 0.7×	809 0.5×	815 0.6×	761 0.6×	526 0.4×	123	5.0k
Susan L. Bratton United States	63	4.9k 1.0×	2.9k 1.9×	2.0k 1.4×	2.5k 2.0×	1.7k 1.4×	248	14.0k
Brian P. Kavanagh Canada	54	2.7k 0.5×	2.6k 1.7×	881 0.6×	6.6k 5.3×	413 0.3×	178	11.2k
Warwick Butt Australia	41	1.8k 0.4×	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	773 0.6×	242	5.7k

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Kirschen, Matthew P., Andrea L.C. Schneider, Jesse Y. Hsu, et al.. (2025). Association Between Deviations From Cerebral Autoregulation–Derived Optimal Blood Pressure and Outcome After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest. Neurology. 105(5). e214019–e214019.

Kirschen, Matthew P., France W. Fung, Nicholas S. Abend, et al.. (2024). Association of EEG Background With Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Neuroimaging and Short-Term Outcomes After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest. Neurology. 102(5). e209134–e209134. 5 indexed citations

Kaufman, Michael C., Alexander K. Gonzalez, Jennifer MacDonald, et al.. (2022). Ketamine for Management of Neonatal and Pediatric Refractory Status Epilepticus. Neurology. 99(12). e1227–e1238. 39 indexed citations

Barr, Gordon A., Bingqing Zhang, Alexis Topjian, et al.. (2021). Functional near‐infrared spectroscopy to assess pain in neonatal circumcisions. Pediatric Anesthesia. 32(3). 404–412. 7 indexed citations

Kienzle, Martha, Ryan W. Morgan, Jennifer Faerber, et al.. (2021). The Effect of Epinephrine Dosing Intervals on Outcomes from Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 204(8). 977–985. 11 indexed citations

Francoeur, Conall, Matthew J. Weiss, Jennifer MacDonald, et al.. (2021). Variability in Pediatric Brain Death Determination Protocols in the United States. Neurology. 97(3). e310–e319. 14 indexed citations

Becker, Andrew, Sara Reis Teixeira, Julie C. Fitzgerald, et al.. (2021). Sepsis-Related Brain MRI Abnormalities Are Associated With Mortality and Poor Neurological Outcome in Pediatric Sepsis. Pediatric Neurology. 128. 1–8. 8 indexed citations

Merchant, Raina M., Alexis Topjian, Ashish R. Panchal, et al.. (2020). Part 1: Executive Summary: 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. Circulation. 142(16_suppl_2). S337–S357. 505 indexed citations breakdown →

Wolfe, Heather, Ryan W. Morgan, Bingqing Zhang, et al.. (2020). Deviations from AHA guidelines during pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation are associated with decreased event survival. Resuscitation. 149. 89–99. 17 indexed citations

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Lang, Shih‐Shan, Phillip B. Storm, Gregory G. Heuer, et al.. (2020). Decadron, Diamox, and Zantac. Pediatric Emergency Care. 37(12). e1444–e1450. 2 indexed citations

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Lang, Shih‐Shan, Bingqing Zhang, Matthew P. Kirschen, et al.. (2019). Reduction of ventriculostomy-associated CSF infection with antibiotic-impregnated catheters in pediatric patients: a single-institution study. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 47(2). E4–E4. 15 indexed citations

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Massey, Shavonne L., Nicholas S. Abend, J. William Gaynor, et al.. (2019). Electroencephalographic patterns preceding cardiac arrest in neonates following cardiac surgery. Resuscitation. 144. 67–74. 8 indexed citations

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Meert, Kathleen L., Anne-Marie Guerguerian, Ryan P. Barbaro, et al.. (2018). Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: One-Year Survival and Neurobehavioral Outcome Among Infants and Children With In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest*. Critical Care Medicine. 47(3). 393–402. 37 indexed citations

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Lin, Jainn‐Jim, Brenda Banwell, Robert A. Berg, et al.. (2017). Electrographic Seizures in Children and Neonates Undergoing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 18(3). 249–257. 51 indexed citations

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Topjian, Alexis, Todd J. Kilbaugh, Nicholas S. Abend, et al.. (2014). Risk Factors Associated with Infections and Need for Permanent Cerebrospinal Fluid Diversion in Pediatric Intensive Care Patients with Externalized Ventricular Drains. Neurocritical Care. 21(2). 294–299. 16 indexed citations

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Abend, Nicholas S., David Bearden, Ingo Helbig, et al.. (2014). Status Epilepticus and Refractory Status Epilepticus Management. Seminars in Pediatric Neurology. 21(4). 263–274. 28 indexed citations

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Beslow, Lauren A., Sudha Kilaru Kessler, Sarah Sánchez, et al.. (2013). Density Spectral Array for Seizure Identification in Critically Ill Children. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. 30(4). 371–375. 34 indexed citations

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Abend, Nicholas S., Ana M. Gutierrez‐Colina, Alexis Topjian, et al.. (2011). Nonconvulsive seizures are common in critically ill children. Neurology. 76(12). 1071–1077. 156 indexed citations

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Topjian, Alexis, Mary Ann DiLiberto, Nicholas S. Abend, et al.. (2010). Induction and maintenance of therapeutic hypothermia after pediatric cardiac arrest: Efficacy of a surface cooling protocol*. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 12(3). e127–e135. 31 indexed citations

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Topjian, Alexis, A. Russell Localio, Robert A. Berg, et al.. (2010). Women of child-bearing age have better inhospital cardiac arrest survival outcomes than do equal-aged men*. Critical Care Medicine. 38(5). 1254–1260. 60 indexed citations

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