Benedict Michael

8.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
104 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Benedict Michael is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Neurology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benedict Michael has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Infectious Diseases, 49 papers in Neurology and 39 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Benedict Michael's work include Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis (36 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (28 papers) and Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments (23 papers). Benedict Michael is often cited by papers focused on Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis (36 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (28 papers) and Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments (23 papers). Benedict Michael collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and India. Benedict Michael's co-authors include Tom Solomon, Rachel Kneen, Ava Easton, Marjorie Delbaere, Barbara J. Phillips, Nicholas J. Beeching, Paul Fitzsimmons, Gill Scott, Scott Letendre and Ian Hart and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Benedict Michael

97 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

  1. Crossing the blood–brain barrier: emerging therapeutic strategies for neurological disease
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benedict Michael United Kingdom 26 973 869 798 382 339 104 2.7k
Kiran T. Thakur United States 27 952 1.0× 644 0.7× 616 0.8× 293 0.8× 270 0.8× 140 2.3k
Donna Felsenstein United States 21 642 0.7× 931 1.1× 339 0.4× 371 1.0× 210 0.6× 32 2.6k
Nichole E. Carlson United States 32 471 0.5× 563 0.6× 225 0.3× 66 0.2× 544 1.6× 103 4.0k
Sally Hodder United States 33 1.6k 1.7× 861 1.0× 166 0.2× 116 0.3× 237 0.7× 97 3.4k
Gretchen L. Birbeck United States 40 864 0.9× 651 0.7× 405 0.5× 120 0.3× 1.2k 3.6× 200 5.7k
Peter Portegies Netherlands 31 1.5k 1.5× 936 1.1× 203 0.3× 143 0.4× 232 0.7× 85 3.0k
Nigel Garrett South Africa 38 1.4k 1.4× 837 1.0× 159 0.2× 315 0.8× 267 0.8× 182 5.6k
Bonnie B. Blomberg United States 54 815 0.8× 1.8k 2.0× 216 0.3× 104 0.3× 310 0.9× 176 8.3k
Elling Ulvestad Norway 34 359 0.4× 538 0.6× 188 0.2× 60 0.2× 196 0.6× 152 4.1k
Petter Brodin Sweden 33 960 1.0× 920 1.1× 415 0.5× 47 0.1× 340 1.0× 94 5.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Benedict Michael

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Fields of papers citing papers by Benedict Michael

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benedict Michael

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All Works

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Kola, Lola, et al.. (2026). Policy and public health implications for mental health after the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet Psychiatry. 13(2). 162–174. 1 indexed citations
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Pattabiraman, Chitra, Bhagteshwar Singh, Pramada Prasad, et al.. (2025). Microbiological Investigations for Chikungunya Virus in Children With Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in a Non‐Outbreak Setting in Southern India. Journal of Medical Virology. 97(2). e70233–e70233. 2 indexed citations
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Galea, Ian, Tom Solomon, Andrew D. Luster, et al.. (2025). Viral Infection and the Blood-Brain Barrier: Molecular Research Insights and Therapies. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 232(6). 1273–1282.
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Dunai, Cordelia, et al.. (2023). A rare case of opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome following COVID-19 illness. Clinical Medicine. 23(6). 40–40.
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Badenoch, James, Isabella Conti, Emma Rengasamy, et al.. (2022). Neurological and psychiatric presentations associated with human monkeypox virus infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis. medRxiv. 11 indexed citations
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Badenoch, James, Isabella Conti, Emma Rengasamy, et al.. (2022). Neurological and psychiatric presentations associated with human monkeypox virus infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis. EClinicalMedicine. 52. 101644–101644. 51 indexed citations
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Thakur, Kiran T., et al.. (2021). Encephalitis in a Pandemic. Frontiers in Neurology. 12. 637586–637586. 2 indexed citations
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Ellul, Mark, Nicholas Davies, Ava Easton, et al.. (2020). Standing on the shoulders of giants: 100 years of neurology and epidemic infections. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 91(11). 1129–1131. 1 indexed citations
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Harris, Lara, Alison Gummery, Laura Marsh, et al.. (2020). Neuropsychological and psychiatric outcomes in encephalitis: A multi-centre case-control study. PLoS ONE. 15(3). e0230436–e0230436. 17 indexed citations
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Easton, Ava, et al.. (2019). Encephalitis. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 80(4). C50–C52. 2 indexed citations
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Nightingale, Sam, Benedict Michael, Martin Fisher, et al.. (2016). CSF/plasma HIV-1 RNA discordance even at low levels is associated with up-regulation of host inflammatory mediators in CSF. Cytokine. 83. 139–146. 20 indexed citations
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Michael, Benedict, Michael J. Griffiths, Julia Granerød, et al.. (2016). Characteristic Cytokine and Chemokine Profiles in Encephalitis of Infectious, Immune-Mediated, and Unknown Aetiology. PLoS ONE. 11(1). e0146288–e0146288. 32 indexed citations
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Backman, Ruth, Robbie Foy, Peter J. Diggle, et al.. (2015). The evaluation of a tailored intervention to improve the management of suspected viral encephalitis: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Implementation Science. 10(1). 14–14. 4 indexed citations
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Goenka, Anu, Benedict Michael, Ian Hart, et al.. (2013). Neurological Manifestations of Influenza Infection in Children and Adults: Results of a National British Surveillance Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 58(6). 775–784. 118 indexed citations
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Kelly, Christine, et al.. (2012). Suboptimal management of central nervous system infections in children: a multi-centre retrospective study. BMC Pediatrics. 12(1). 145–145. 27 indexed citations
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Michael, Benedict, et al.. (2010). Diffuse primary leptomeningeal melanocytosis in a patient receiving a novel cancer cell vaccine for prostate cancer. BMJ Case Reports. 2010. bcr1120092495–bcr1120092495. 11 indexed citations
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Michael, Benedict, J.G. Cunniffe, Alastair Miller, et al.. (2010). Effect of delayed lumbar punctures on the diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis in adults. Emergency Medicine Journal. 27(6). 433–438. 77 indexed citations

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