Ben Gaastra

790 total citations
29 papers, 413 citations indexed

About

Ben Gaastra is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Gaastra has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 413 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Neurology, 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ben Gaastra's work include Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (13 papers), Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (11 papers) and Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research (8 papers). Ben Gaastra is often cited by papers focused on Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (13 papers), Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (11 papers) and Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research (8 papers). Ben Gaastra collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Ben Gaastra's co-authors include Diederik Bulters, Ian Galea, Ardalan Zolnourian, Sheila Alexander, Paul Nyquist, Spiros Blackburn, Dianxu Ren, Sylvain Doré, Anan Shtaya and Koji Iihara and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain, Stroke and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ben Gaastra

27 papers receiving 411 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ben Gaastra United Kingdom 11 305 98 65 62 44 29 413
Michael Hugelshofer Switzerland 11 264 0.9× 61 0.6× 54 0.8× 94 1.5× 50 1.1× 30 408
André Wennersten Sweden 10 142 0.5× 70 0.7× 125 1.9× 69 1.1× 49 1.1× 13 406
Tageldin Sokrab Sweden 10 97 0.3× 75 0.8× 55 0.8× 33 0.5× 55 1.3× 16 357
Onno Teernstra Netherlands 13 476 1.6× 90 0.9× 39 0.6× 283 4.6× 37 0.8× 23 735
Atsuo Masago Japan 10 207 0.7× 54 0.6× 71 1.1× 43 0.7× 26 0.6× 23 342
Juan P. Solano United States 13 113 0.4× 79 0.8× 52 0.8× 62 1.0× 27 0.6× 20 337
Nefize Turan United States 11 370 1.2× 67 0.7× 72 1.1× 52 0.8× 75 1.7× 19 512
Paul R. Gigante United States 13 378 1.2× 111 1.1× 62 1.0× 162 2.6× 85 1.9× 16 545
Sami Abu Hamdeh Sweden 13 231 0.8× 73 0.7× 108 1.7× 114 1.8× 43 1.0× 23 449
Ribal Darwish United States 9 166 0.5× 21 0.2× 146 2.2× 73 1.2× 33 0.8× 17 344

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Gaastra

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gaastra, Ben, Ardalan Zolnourian, Patrick Holton, et al.. (2025). A Proteomic Discovery Study of Cerebrospinal Fluid After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Stroke. 56(11). 3235–3244. 1 indexed citations
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Bandyopadhyay, Soham, Ben Gaastra, Ardalan Zolnourian, et al.. (2025). Distinct Cytokine Responses in Central and Systemic Compartments after Subarachnoid Haemorrhage. Translational Stroke Research. 16(5). 1766–1782.
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Gaastra, Ben, et al.. (2024). An assistive listening device improves hearing following aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. European Journal of Neurology. 31(5). e16240–e16240. 1 indexed citations
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Gaastra, Ben, et al.. (2023). Risk of subarachnoid haemorrhage reduces with blood pressure values below hypertensive thresholds. European Journal of Neurology. 31(1). e16105–e16105. 3 indexed citations
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Gaastra, Ben, John H. Zhang, William Tapper, Diederik Bulters, & Ian Galea. (2023). Sphingosine-1-phosphate Signalling in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage: Basic Science to Clinical Translation. Translational Stroke Research. 15(2). 352–363. 6 indexed citations
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Bandyopadhyay, Soham, Patrick Garland, Ben Gaastra, et al.. (2023). The Haptoglobin Response after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(23). 16922–16922. 5 indexed citations
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Gaastra, Ben, Dianxu Ren, Sheila Alexander, et al.. (2022). Evidence-based interconversion of the Glasgow Outcome and modified Rankin scales: pitfalls and best practices. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 31(12). 106845–106845. 18 indexed citations
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Birks, Jacqueline, et al.. (2022). Aspirin and Subarachnoid Haemorrhage in the UK Biobank. Translational Stroke Research. 14(4). 490–498. 2 indexed citations
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Han, Sung Woo, Bong Jun Kim, Tae Yeon Kim, et al.. (2022). Association of Haptoglobin Phenotype With Neurological and Cognitive Outcomes in Patients With Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 14. 819628–819628. 7 indexed citations
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Gaastra, Ben, Mark K. Bakker, Isabel C. Hostettler, et al.. (2022). Genetic variation inNFE2L2is associated with outcome following aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. European Journal of Neurology. 30(1). 116–124. 4 indexed citations
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Gaastra, Ben, et al.. (2021). Long-Term Cognitive Outcome following Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 31(1). 106184–106184. 7 indexed citations
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Gaastra, Ben, et al.. (2021). Auditory outcome following aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 434. 120125–120125. 4 indexed citations
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Hostettler, Isabel C., Nabila Kazmi, Varinder S. Alg, et al.. (2020). Haptoglobin genotype and outcome after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 91(3). 305–313. 8 indexed citations
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Durnford, Andrew, Ben Gaastra, Danyal Akarca, et al.. (2020). Internal neurolysis: ‘nerve combing’ for trigeminal neuralgia without neurovascular conflict – early UK outcomes. British Journal of Neurosurgery. 36(2). 175–178. 8 indexed citations
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Roach, Joy, Ben Gaastra, Diederik Bulters, & Anan Shtaya. (2019). Safety, Accuracy, and Cost Effectiveness of Bedside Bolt External Ventricular Drains (EVDs) in Comparison with Tunneled EVDs Inserted in Theaters. World Neurosurgery. 125. e473–e478. 22 indexed citations
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Hall, Samuel, Ben Gaastra, Nijaguna Mathad, et al.. (2019). Paediatric brain abscesses: a single centre experience. British Journal of Neurosurgery. 33(5). 550–554. 4 indexed citations
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Bulters, Diederik, Ben Gaastra, Ardalan Zolnourian, et al.. (2018). Haemoglobin scavenging in intracranial bleeding: biology and clinical implications. Nature Reviews Neurology. 14(7). 416–432. 115 indexed citations
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Gaastra, Ben, James J. Glazier, Diederik Bulters, & Ian Galea. (2017). Haptoglobin Genotype and Outcome after Subarachnoid Haemorrhage: New Insights from a Meta‐Analysis. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2017(1). 6747940–6747940. 17 indexed citations
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Gaastra, Ben, Basil Matta, Catherine Snelson, et al.. (2016). The ageing population is neglected in research studies of traumatic brain injury. British Journal of Neurosurgery. 30(2). 221–226. 22 indexed citations
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Mannion, Richard, Ben Gaastra, Neil Donnelly, et al.. (2012). Combined Retrolabyrinthine Middle Fossa Transtentorial Approach to Tumors of the Petroclival Region: Clinical Outcome and Hearing Preservation. Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B Skull Base. 73(S 02). 1 indexed citations

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