Ali Samii

16.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
107 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Ali Samii is a scholar working on Neurology, Neurology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ali Samii has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Neurology, 33 papers in Neurology and 24 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ali Samii's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (51 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (37 papers) and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (22 papers). Ali Samii is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (51 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (37 papers) and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (22 papers). Ali Samii collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Ali Samii's co-authors include Mahyar Etminan, John G. Nutt, Bruce R. Ransom, Pramod Pal, Eric M. Wassermann, Mark Hallett, D. B. Calne, Cyrus P. Zabetian, Michael Schulzer and Katsunori Ikoma and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Genetics and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Ali Samii

107 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Parkinson's disease

2004 979 citations Ali Samii, John G. Nutt et al. profile →
Common genetic variation in the HLA region is associated with late-onset sporadic Parkinson's disease

2010 584 citations Cyrus P. Zabetian, Jennifer S. Montimurro et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ali Samii United States	46	4.6k	2.3k	2.0k	1.2k	999	107	8.1k
Vladimir Kostić Serbia	53	6.4k 1.4×	3.4k 1.5×	1.5k 0.7×	1.8k 1.5×	1.4k 1.4×	369	10.4k
H. Przuntek Germany	50	4.6k 1.0×	3.3k 1.4×	1.2k 0.6×	2.2k 1.9×	1.4k 1.4×	279	9.0k
David Devos France	54	4.5k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	2.6k 2.2×	965 1.0×	234	9.4k
John E. Duda United States	37	4.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	749 0.6×	582 0.6×	81	5.9k
Peter A. LeWitt United States	48	5.0k 1.1×	2.1k 0.9×	755 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	809 0.8×	200	8.1k
John N. Caviness United States	48	5.9k 1.3×	1.8k 0.8×	966 0.5×	731 0.6×	1.4k 1.4×	181	8.5k
Ray L. Watts United States	42	4.3k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	747 0.4×	974 0.8×	942 0.9×	84	6.0k
Lucette Lacomblez France	47	7.0k 1.5×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	2.4k 2.0×	712 0.7×	154	10.3k
Jesse M. Cedarbaum United States	44	4.8k 1.0×	3.3k 1.4×	835 0.4×	2.0k 1.7×	1.2k 1.2×	139	10.6k
Huw R. Morris United Kingdom	47	4.5k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	1.7k 1.4×	594 0.6×	204	7.2k

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Kim, Hojoong M., James B. Leverenz, Daniel Burdick, et al.. (2018). Diagnostic Validation for Participants in the Washington State Parkinson Disease Registry. Parkinson s Disease. 2018. 1–6. 18 indexed citations

Etminan, Mahyar, Mohit Sodhi, Ali Samii, et al.. (2018). Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors and risk of peripheral neuropathy in patients with rheumatic diseases. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 48(6). 1083–1086. 14 indexed citations

Etminan, Mahyar, Ric M. Procyshyn, Ali Samii, & Bruce Carleton. (2016). Risk of Extrapyramidal Adverse Events With Aripiprazole. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. 36(5). 472–474. 10 indexed citations

Hutter, Carolyn M., Ali Samii, Stewart A. Factor, et al.. (2008). Lack of evidence for an association between UCHL1 S18Y and Parkinson’s disease. European Journal of Neurology. 15(2). 134–139. 25 indexed citations

Grande, Lucinda A., John D. Loeser, & Ali Samii. (2008). Recurrent Transient Global Amnesia with Intrathecal Baclofen. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 106(4). 1284–1287. 9 indexed citations

Etminan, Mahyar, Bruce Carleton, & Ali Samii. (2008). Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use and the risk of Parkinson disease: A retrospective cohort study. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 15(5). 576–577. 46 indexed citations

Powers, Karen M., Denise M. Kay, Stewart A. Factor, et al.. (2007). Combined effects of smoking, coffee, and NSAIDs on Parkinson's disease risk. Movement Disorders. 23(1). 88–95. 105 indexed citations

Zabetian, Cyrus P., Carolyn M. Hutter, Stewart A. Factor, et al.. (2007). Association analysis of MAPT H1 haplotype and subhaplotypes in Parkinson's disease. Annals of Neurology. 62(2). 137–144. 113 indexed citations

Samii, Ali, Carolyn M. Hutter, Alida Griffith, et al.. (2007). DBH −1021C→T does not modify risk or age at onset in Parkinson's disease. Annals of Neurology. 62(1). 99–101. 5 indexed citations

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Kay, Denise M., T. Bird, Cyrus P. Zabetian, et al.. (2006). Validity and Utility of a LRRK2 G2019S Mutation Test for the Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease. Genetic Testing. 10(3). 221–227. 17 indexed citations

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Walker, Melanie, Hojoong Kim, & Ali Samii. (2006). Holmes‐like tremor of the lower extremity following brainstem hemorrhage. Movement Disorders. 22(2). 272–274. 15 indexed citations

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Etminan, Mahyar, Sudeep S. Gill, Mark Fitzgerald, & Ali Samii. (2006). Challenges and Opportunities for Pharmacoepidemiology in Drug‐Therapy Decision Making. The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 46(1). 6–9. 14 indexed citations

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Samii, Ali, Jefferson C. Slimp, Patrick Hogan, & Robert Goodkin. (2005). Deep brain stimulation in a patient on immunosuppressive therapy after renal transplant. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 11(4). 259–260. 2 indexed citations

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Etminan, Mahyar, Sudeep S. Gill, & Ali Samii. (2005). Intake of vitamin E, vitamin C, and carotenoids and the risk of Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis. The Lancet Neurology. 4(6). 362–365. 198 indexed citations

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Walker, Melanie & Ali Samii. (2005). Chronic severe dystonia after single exposure to antiemetics. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 24(1). 125–127. 6 indexed citations

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Etminan, Mahyar & Ali Samii. (2004). Pharmacoepidemiology I: A Review of Pharmacoepidemiologic Study Designs. Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy. 24(8). 964–969. 33 indexed citations

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Grande, Lucinda A., et al.. (2004). Complex regional pain syndrome as a stress response. Pain. 110(1). 495–498. 38 indexed citations

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Samii, Ali, et al.. (2004). Coexistence of tuberous sclerosis and Friedreich ataxia. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 221(1-2). 91–93. 6 indexed citations

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Karp, Barbara I., Susanne R. Goldstein, Robert Chen, et al.. (1999). An open trial of clozapine for dystonia. Movement Disorders. 14(4). 652–657. 46 indexed citations

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Mercuri, B., Eric M. Wassermann, Katsunori Ikoma, Ali Samii, & Mark Hallett. (1997). Effects of transcranial electrical and magnetic stimulation on reciprocal inhibition in the human arm. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology/Electromyography and Motor Control. 105(2). 87–93. 11 indexed citations

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