Basil Sharrack

12.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
165 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Basil Sharrack is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Neurology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Basil Sharrack has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 45 papers in Neurology and 22 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Basil Sharrack's work include Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (80 papers), Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (24 papers) and Polyomavirus and related diseases (15 papers). Basil Sharrack is often cited by papers focused on Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (80 papers), Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (24 papers) and Polyomavirus and related diseases (15 papers). Basil Sharrack collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and United States. Basil Sharrack's co-authors include M. Nicola Woodroofe, Leendert Plug, Markus Reuber, Neil Bricklebank, Philip H. E. Gardiner, Hasan Aldewachi, Tamim Chalati, Ignacio A. Romero, John A. Snowden and David Male and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Basil Sharrack

160 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

Gold nanoparticle-based colorimetric biosensors 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300 400
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. Gold nanoparticle-based colorimetric biosensors
    2017 487 citations M. Nicola Woodroofe, Basil Sharrack et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Basil Sharrack United Kingdom 40 2.1k 1.5k 1.1k 648 600 165 5.8k
Cristoforo Comi Italy 42 1.9k 0.9× 2.3k 1.6× 1.4k 1.2× 938 1.4× 461 0.8× 205 6.0k
Maria Giovanna Marrosu Italy 45 3.0k 1.4× 1.5k 1.0× 1.5k 1.3× 1.3k 2.0× 501 0.8× 248 6.7k
Enrico Granieri Italy 45 1.6k 0.8× 2.2k 1.5× 995 0.9× 896 1.4× 809 1.3× 209 7.1k
Vincenzo Brescia Morra Italy 38 2.4k 1.1× 1.1k 0.7× 717 0.6× 426 0.7× 254 0.4× 182 4.1k
Jeremy Chataway United Kingdom 39 2.6k 1.2× 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 767 1.2× 326 0.5× 171 5.1k
Giulio Disanto United Kingdom 35 3.4k 1.6× 1.3k 0.9× 980 0.9× 808 1.2× 393 0.7× 93 5.4k
Mohammad Ali Sahraian Iran 42 4.5k 2.1× 1.5k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 810 1.3× 637 1.1× 447 7.5k
Alessandra Solari Italy 43 2.7k 1.3× 1.0k 0.7× 745 0.7× 283 0.4× 1.1k 1.9× 148 5.6k
Joseph Herbert United States 50 2.7k 1.3× 1.2k 0.8× 2.1k 1.8× 357 0.6× 670 1.1× 116 7.9k
Yves Lapierre Canada 31 1.9k 0.9× 730 0.5× 514 0.5× 442 0.7× 484 0.8× 58 3.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Basil Sharrack

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Basil Sharrack

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Basil Sharrack. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Basil Sharrack based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Basil Sharrack. Basil Sharrack is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Young, Carolyn, David Rog, Basil Sharrack, et al.. (2025). Clinical and socio-demographic characteristics of people with multiple sclerosis at the time of diagnosis: Influences on outcome trajectories. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 470. 123409–123409. 2 indexed citations
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Boffa, Giacomo, Angela Genchi, Alice Mariottini, et al.. (2025). Aggressive MS and Autologous HSCT: A review on behalf of the Autoimmune Diseases Working Party of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 31(12). 1401–1416.
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Muraro, Paolo A., Eleonora De Matteis, Gavin Brittain, et al.. (2025). Real-world effectiveness of autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for multiple sclerosis in the UK. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 97(2). jnnp–2025.
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Hughes, Sophie, et al.. (2024). Economics of hematopoietic stem cell transplant in immune-mediated neurologic autoimmune diseases. Handbook of clinical neurology. 202. 279–294. 2 indexed citations
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Brittain, Gavin, Elisa Roldán, Tobias Alexander, et al.. (2024). The Role of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T‐Cell Therapy in Immune‐Mediated Neurological Diseases. Annals of Neurology. 96(3). 441–452. 7 indexed citations
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Cohen, Jeffrey, et al.. (2024). Ongoing randomized clinical trials on HSCT in multiple sclerosis. Handbook of clinical neurology. 202. 307–315. 2 indexed citations
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Kluge, Felix, Luca Palmerini, Anisoara Paraschiv-Ionescu, et al.. (2024). Self-supervised learning of wrist-worn daily living accelerometer data improves the automated detection of gait in older adults. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 20854–20854. 5 indexed citations
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Young, Carolyn, David Rog, Basil Sharrack, et al.. (2023). Measuring disability in multiple sclerosis: the WHODAS 2.0. Quality of Life Research. 32(11). 3235–3246. 11 indexed citations
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Ababneh, Nidaa A., Isam Bsisu, Deema Dababseh, et al.. (2021). The utility of whole-exome sequencing in accurate diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders in consanguineous families in Jordan. Clinica Chimica Acta. 523. 330–338. 6 indexed citations
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Sharrack, Basil, et al.. (2020). Autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation in neurological disorders: current approach and future directions. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics. 20(12). 1299–1313. 9 indexed citations
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Burt, Richard K., Paul Tappenden, Xiaoqiang Han, et al.. (2020). Health economics and patient outcomes of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation versus disease-modifying therapies for relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis in the United States of America. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 45. 102404–102404. 17 indexed citations
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Wijmeersch, Bart Van, B. Singer, Aaron Boster, et al.. (2019). Efficacy of alemtuzumab over 6 years in relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis patients who relapsed between courses 1 and 2: Post hoc analysis of the CARE-MS studies. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 26(13). 1719–1728. 16 indexed citations
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Holden, David W., Julian Gold, Christopher H. Hawkes, et al.. (2018). Epstein Barr virus shedding in multiple sclerosis: Similar frequencies of EBV in saliva across separate patient cohorts. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 25. 197–199. 13 indexed citations
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Chataway, Jeremy, Siddharthan Chandran, David S. Miller, et al.. (2016). THE MS-SMART TRIAL IN SECONDARY PROGRESSIVE MS – CURRENT UPDATE. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 87(12). e1.61–e1. 3 indexed citations
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Edwards, Laura, Basil Sharrack, Azza Ismail, et al.. (2013). Increased levels of interleukins 2 and 17 in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension.. PubMed. 12(9). e10524–e10524. 30 indexed citations
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Saxton, John, Anouska Carter, Amanda Daley, et al.. (2013). PRAGMATIC EXERCISE FOR PEOPLE WITH MS: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 19. 1402–1402. 1 indexed citations
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Atkinson, R.J.A., et al.. (2004). Eosinophilic colitis complicating anti-epileptic hypersensitivity syndrome: an indication for colonoscopy?. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 60(6). 1034–1036. 12 indexed citations
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Hughes, Richard, Basil Sharrack, & R.D. Rubens. (1996). Carcinoma and the peripheral nervous system. Journal of Neurology. 243(5). 371–376. 16 indexed citations

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