Allen J. Aksamit

11.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
99 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Allen J. Aksamit is a scholar working on Oncology, Neurology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Allen J. Aksamit has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Oncology, 23 papers in Neurology and 21 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Allen J. Aksamit's work include Polyomavirus and related diseases (26 papers), Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research (15 papers) and Full-Duplex Wireless Communications (13 papers). Allen J. Aksamit is often cited by papers focused on Polyomavirus and related diseases (26 papers), Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research (15 papers) and Full-Duplex Wireless Communications (13 papers). Allen J. Aksamit collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Netherlands. Allen J. Aksamit's co-authors include Sean J. Pittock, Vanda A. Lennon, Andrew McKeon, G. Pezeshkpour, Howard E. Gendelman, Jan M. Orenstein, Mauro C. Dal Canto, Scott Koenig, Anthony S. Fauci and Malcolm A. Martin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Brain.

In The Last Decade

Allen J. Aksamit

95 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Detection of AIDS Virus in Macrophages in Brain Tissue from AIDS Patients with Encephalopathy

1986 1.5k citations Allen J. Aksamit et al. profile →
PML diagnostic criteria

2013 474 citations Allen J. Aksamit, David B. Clifford et al. Neurology profile →
Autoimmune encephalitis epidemiology and a comparison to infectious encephalitis

2018 449 citations Divyanshu Dubey, Sean J. Pittock et al. Annals of Neurology profile →
Autoimmune Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Astrocytopathy

2016 367 citations Andrew McKeon, Sean J. Pittock et al. JAMA Neurology profile →
Glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoglobulin G as biomarker of autoimmune astrocytopathy: Analysis of 102 patients

2017 361 citations Eoin P. Flanagan, Vanda A. Lennon et al. Annals of Neurology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Allen J. Aksamit United States	38	2.9k	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	1.2k	99	7.4k
Bruce A. Cohen United States	46	1.1k 0.4×	989 0.7×	3.1k 2.4×	1.1k 0.9×	502 0.4×	109	7.1k
Joseph R. Berger United States	46	779 0.3×	3.2k 2.3×	798 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	715 0.6×	188	6.6k
Paola Cinque Italy	50	691 0.2×	2.7k 1.9×	2.6k 2.0×	2.3k 1.8×	500 0.4×	178	7.9k
Igor J. Koralnik United States	46	1.5k 0.5×	5.0k 3.5×	290 0.2×	957 0.8×	458 0.4×	199	8.6k
Gabriele Arendt Germany	29	368 0.1×	764 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	576 0.5×	356 0.3×	124	3.6k
Luca Vago Italy	49	322 0.1×	2.4k 1.7×	990 0.8×	1.8k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	182	8.4k
Donald H. Gilden United States	50	1.4k 0.5×	698 0.5×	990 0.8×	5.3k 4.3×	1.0k 0.9×	192	8.6k
Marc Tardieu France	49	2.8k 1.0×	593 0.4×	851 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	179	8.5k
Eugene O. Major United States	64	533 0.2×	8.1k 5.8×	2.7k 2.0×	1.7k 1.4×	2.6k 2.1×	195	14.8k
Irina Elovaara Finland	38	903 0.3×	534 0.4×	596 0.5×	503 0.4×	671 0.6×	127	4.3k

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Banks, Samantha A., Jithma P. Abeykoon, Karen L. Rech, et al.. (2024). SLC29A3 Pathogenic Variants Resulting in Dural Based Fibroinflammatory Mass Lesions and H Syndrome Treated With Cobimetinib. Neurology Genetics. 10(6). e200197–e200197.

Pittock, Sean J., James P. Fryer, William S. Harmsen, et al.. (2024). Cerebrospinal Fluid Cytokine and Chemokine Profiles in Central Nervous System Sarcoidosis: Diagnostic and Immunopathologic Insights. Annals of Neurology. 96(4). 704–714. 6 indexed citations

Chen, John J., Allen J. Aksamit, Shamik Bhattacharyya, et al.. (2021). A Multi-center Case Series of Sarcoid Optic Neuropathy (1643). Neurology. 96(15_supplement). 1 indexed citations

Rodino, Kyle G., Michel Toledano, Andrew P. Norgan, et al.. (2020). Retrospective Review of Clinical Utility of Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing Testing of Cerebrospinal Fluid from a U.S. Tertiary Care Medical Center. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 58(12). 16 indexed citations

Venkatesan, Arun, Felicia C. Chow, Allen J. Aksamit, et al.. (2019). Building a neuroinfectious disease consensus curriculum. Neurology. 93(5). 208–216. 3 indexed citations

Aslam, Fawad, et al.. (2019). Rheumatoid Meningitis: Clinical Characteristics, Diagnostic Evaluation, and Treatment. The Neurohospitalist. 10(2). 88–94. 18 indexed citations

Stern, Barney J., Walter Royal, Jeffrey M. Gelfand, et al.. (2018). Definition and Consensus Diagnostic Criteria for Neurosarcoidosis. JAMA Neurology. 75(12). 1546–1546. 198 indexed citations

Bartt, Russell & Allen J. Aksamit. (2018). Neuro-Infectious Diseases. Neurologic Clinics. 36(4). i–i. 1 indexed citations

Carlson, Matthew L., James R. White, Mana Espahbodi, et al.. (2014). Cranial Base Manifestations of Neurosarcoidosis. Otology & Neurotology. 36(1). 156–166. 63 indexed citations

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Graff‐Radford, Jonathan, Mark N. Rubin, David T. Jones, et al.. (2013). The alien limb phenomenon. Journal of Neurology. 260(7). 1880–1888. 55 indexed citations

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Rubin, Mark N., Jonathan Graff‐Radford, Bradley F. Boeve, Keith A. Josephs, & Allen J. Aksamit. (2012). The alien limb phenomenon and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 18(7). 842–846. 13 indexed citations

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Mateen, Farrah J., Rajanandini Muralidharan, Marco Carone, et al.. (2011). Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in transplant recipients. Annals of Neurology. 70(2). 305–322. 118 indexed citations

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Aksamit, Allen J.. (2008). Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. Current Treatment Options in Neurology. 10(3). 178–185. 29 indexed citations

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Burns, Ted M., et al.. (2006). The natural history and long-term outcome of 57 limb sarcoidosis neuropathy cases. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 244(1-2). 77–87. 74 indexed citations

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Castillo, Pablo R., Bryan K. Woodruff, Richard J. Caselli, et al.. (2006). Steroid-Responsive Encephalopathy Associated With Autoimmune Thyroiditis. Archives of Neurology. 63(2). 197–197. 314 indexed citations

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Aksamit, Allen J.. (2005). Herpes simplex encephalitis in adults and older children. Current Treatment Options in Neurology. 7(2). 145–150. 5 indexed citations

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Cohen‐Gadol, Aaron, et al.. (2003). Spinal Cord Biopsy: A Review of 38 Cases. Neurosurgery. 52(4). 806–816. 48 indexed citations

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Aksamit, Allen J., et al.. (2003). Clinical Spectrum and Laboratory Characteristics Associated With Detection of Herpes Simplex Virus DNA in Cerebrospinal Fluid. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 78(11). 1347–1352. 35 indexed citations

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Aksamit, Allen J., et al.. (1993). JC VIRUS IS NOT PRESES.T IN B-CELLS IN PML BRAIN. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 52(3). 273–273. 1 indexed citations

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Marshall, W.F., Amalio Telenti, Jacqueline A. Proper, Allen J. Aksamit, & Thomas F. Smith. (1991). Survey of urine from transplant recipients for polyomaviruses JC and BK using the polymerase chain reaction. Molecular and Cellular Probes. 5(2). 125–128. 29 indexed citations

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