Brian Lawlor

36.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
369 papers, 15.6k citations indexed

About

Brian Lawlor is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Physiology and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Lawlor has authored 369 papers receiving a total of 15.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 185 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 72 papers in Physiology and 65 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Brian Lawlor's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (159 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (63 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (47 papers). Brian Lawlor is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (159 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (63 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (47 papers). Brian Lawlor collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United States and United Kingdom. Brian Lawlor's co-authors include Robert F. Coen, Sabina Brennan, Cathal Walsh, David G. Loughrey, Michelle E. Kelly, Davis Coakley, Rose Anne Kenny, Joanna McHugh Power, Irene Bruce and Conal Cunningham and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Brian Lawlor

356 papers receiving 14.9k citations

Hit Papers

Development of the EURO–D... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 2017 2017 2008 2014 200 400 600
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. Development of the EURO–D scale – a European Union initiative to compare symptoms of depression in 14 European centres
    1999 655 citations Brian Lawlor et al. profile →
  2. The impact of social activities, social networks, social support and social relationships on the cognitive functioning of healthy older adults: a systematic review
    2017 630 citations Joanna McHugh Power, Sabina Brennan et al. profile →
  3. Association of Age-Related Hearing Loss With Cognitive Function, Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia
    2017 615 citations Sabina Brennan, Brian Lawlor et al. profile →
  4. Loneliness and the health of older people
    2008 536 citations Brian Lawlor et al. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry profile →
  5. The impact of cognitive training and mental stimulation on cognitive and everyday functioning of healthy older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis
    2014 362 citations Brian Lawlor, Ian H. Robertson et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Brian Lawlor 5.0k 3.2k 2.8k 2.8k 2.5k 369 15.6k
David C. Steffens 9.2k 1.8× 2.5k 0.8× 4.8k 1.7× 2.4k 0.9× 3.4k 1.4× 406 23.4k
Von O. Leirer 5.2k 1.0× 1.9k 0.6× 2.6k 0.9× 2.3k 0.8× 2.0k 0.8× 43 13.7k
Brent J. Small 5.0k 1.0× 1.6k 0.5× 3.1k 1.1× 1.3k 0.5× 2.4k 1.0× 340 16.2k
Robert S. Wilson 5.9k 1.2× 2.7k 0.8× 1.9k 0.7× 1.4k 0.5× 3.2k 1.3× 127 13.2k
Margaret Gatz 5.3k 1.1× 3.2k 1.0× 1.8k 0.6× 3.0k 1.1× 3.7k 1.5× 373 21.7k
Lisa L. Barnes 8.4k 1.7× 4.4k 1.3× 2.8k 1.0× 2.8k 1.0× 5.9k 2.4× 444 24.1k
Michael Dewey 6.6k 1.3× 2.9k 0.9× 1.0k 0.4× 3.0k 1.1× 1.6k 0.6× 265 16.7k
Ingmar Skoog 7.5k 1.5× 2.5k 0.8× 1.4k 0.5× 2.9k 1.0× 6.1k 2.5× 432 22.9k
Martin J. Sliwinski 4.7k 0.9× 1.7k 0.5× 3.0k 1.1× 1.3k 0.5× 1.9k 0.8× 292 14.5k
Hannie C. Comijs 4.0k 0.8× 1.9k 0.6× 1.6k 0.6× 1.5k 0.5× 1.4k 0.6× 292 11.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Lawlor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Lawlor

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All Works

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Qi, Qing, Karen Ritchie, Graciela Muñiz‐Terrera, et al.. (2024). Associations between sex and lifestyle activities with cognitive reserve in mid-life adults with genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy. 16(1). 246–246.
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Ávila‐Funes, José Alberto, et al.. (2024). Age-friendly initiatives: Mexico. The journal of nutrition health & aging. 28(1). 100007–100007. 1 indexed citations
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Dounavi, Maria‐Eleni, Sarah Gregory, Graciela Muñiz‐Terrera, et al.. (2024). Investigating the brain’s neurochemical profile at midlife in relation to dementia risk factors. Brain Communications. 6(3). fcae138–fcae138. 2 indexed citations
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Lawlor, Brian, et al.. (2024). Bringing brain health home: the importance of housing and the urban environment for building this generation’s brain health. Cities & Health. 8(6). 983–988. 1 indexed citations
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Dounavi, Maria‐Eleni, Paresh Malhotra, Brian Lawlor, et al.. (2024). Dementia risk and thalamic nuclei volumetry in healthy midlife adults: the PREVENT Dementia study. Brain Communications. 6(2). fcae046–fcae046. 5 indexed citations
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Teckentrup, Vanessa, et al.. (2023). Modifiable dementia risk factors associated with distinct subjective and objective cognitive outcomes. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(S23). 1 indexed citations
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Dounavi, Maria‐Eleni, Karen Ritchie, Graciela Muñiz‐Terrera, et al.. (2023). Lifestyle activities contribute to cognitive reserve in mid‐life, independently of education, in cognitively healthy middle‐aged individuals at risk for late‐life Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(S23). 1 indexed citations
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Lawlor, Brian, et al.. (2022). Diminishing accelerated long-term forgetting in mild cognitive impairment: Study protocol for a prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. 30. 100989–100989. 2 indexed citations
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O’Sullivan, Roger, Annette Burns, Gerard Leavey, et al.. (2021). Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Loneliness and Social Isolation: A Multi-Country Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(19). 9982–9982. 119 indexed citations
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Dyer, Adam H., et al.. (2021). Long‐term antipsychotic use and cognitive decline in community‐dwelling older adults with mild–moderate Alzheimer disease: Data from NILVAD. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 36(11). 1708–1721. 4 indexed citations
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Keogh, Brian, Louise Daly, Geralyn Hynes, et al.. (2020). Acute hospital staff’s attitudes towards dementia and perceived dementia knowledge: a cross-sectional survey in Ireland. BMC Geriatrics. 20(1). 376–376. 17 indexed citations
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Dyer, Adam H., et al.. (2020). Social networks in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer disease: longitudinal relationships with dementia severity, cognitive function, and adverse events. Aging & Mental Health. 25(10). 1923–1929. 29 indexed citations
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Dyer, Adam H., et al.. (2020). Antidepressant use and orthostatic hypotension in older adults living with mild‐to‐moderate Alzheimer disease. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 35(11). 1367–1375. 5 indexed citations
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Wolfe, Hannah, Virginia Mela, Aedín M. Minogue, et al.. (2019). Monocytes exposed to plasma from patients with Alzheimer’s disease undergo metabolic reprogramming. Neuroscience Research. 148. 54–60. 6 indexed citations
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Dyer, Adam H., et al.. (2019). Is Ongoing Anticholinergic Burden Associated With Greater Cognitive Decline and Dementia Severity in Mild to Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease?. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 75(5). 987–994. 14 indexed citations
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O’Sullivan, Michael, Sabina Brennan, Brian Lawlor, et al.. (2018). Cognitive functioning among cognitively intact dementia caregivers compared to matched self-selected and population controls. Aging & Mental Health. 23(5). 566–573. 23 indexed citations
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Glynn, Ronan W., Emer Shelley, & Brian Lawlor. (2017). Public knowledge and understanding of dementia—evidence from a national survey in Ireland. Age and Ageing. 46(5). 865–869. 45 indexed citations

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