David Tirschwell

66.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
150 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

David Tirschwell is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Neurology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, David Tirschwell has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Epidemiology, 46 papers in Neurology and 43 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in David Tirschwell's work include Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (76 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (30 papers) and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (24 papers). David Tirschwell is often cited by papers focused on Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (76 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (30 papers) and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (24 papers). David Tirschwell collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. David Tirschwell's co-authors include Kyra J. Becker, W. T. Longstreth, Bart M. Demaerschalk, José Biller, Kevin N. Sheth, Chelsea S. Kidwell, Thabele M Leslie‐Mazwi, Nicholas C. Bambakidis, Deborah Summers and Phillip Scott and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

David Tirschwell

139 papers receiving 10.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

2018 Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

2018 3.6k citations William J. Powers, Alejandro A. Rabinstein et al. Stroke profile →
Long-Term Outcomes of Patent Foramen Ovale Closure or Medical Therapy after Stroke

2017 629 citations David E. Thaler, David Tirschwell et al. profile →
Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale versus Medical Therapy after Cryptogenic Stroke

2013 606 citations David E. Thaler, David Tirschwell et al. profile →
Validating Administrative Data in Stroke Research

2002 574 citations David Tirschwell, W. T. Longstreth Stroke profile →
The AtRial Cardiopathy and Antithrombotic Drugs In prevention After cryptogenic stroke randomized trial: Rationale and methods

2018 247 citations Hooman Kamel, W. T. Longstreth et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Tirschwell United States	44	5.8k	3.9k	3.7k	2.5k	1.5k	150	11.0k
Opeolu Adeoye United States	42	7.6k 1.3×	3.5k 0.9×	2.8k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	2.7k 1.8×	163	10.7k
Daniel Woo United States	54	7.4k 1.3×	6.6k 1.7×	2.4k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	249	12.8k
Frank L. Silver Canada	47	5.7k 1.0×	3.0k 0.8×	4.1k 1.1×	1.8k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	132	9.9k
Askiel Bruno United States	35	7.5k 1.3×	3.2k 0.8×	3.3k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	2.3k 1.5×	109	10.8k
Dawn Kleindorfer United States	61	9.5k 1.6×	4.7k 1.2×	4.0k 1.1×	4.3k 1.7×	3.2k 2.1×	252	16.7k
James F. Meschia United States	45	6.1k 1.1×	3.8k 1.0×	5.4k 1.5×	4.6k 1.9×	1.4k 0.9×	291	14.2k
Ḱazunori Toyoda Japan	46	5.4k 0.9×	3.7k 0.9×	2.9k 0.8×	2.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	531	9.8k
Bruce Ovbiagele United States	49	5.1k 0.9×	1.8k 0.4×	2.5k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	255	8.9k
Georgios Tsivgoulis Greece	61	7.9k 1.3×	5.5k 1.4×	4.5k 1.2×	3.2k 1.3×	1.9k 1.3×	641	15.1k
Michael Frankel United States	49	7.4k 1.3×	3.9k 1.0×	4.6k 1.3×	1.2k 0.5×	1.9k 1.3×	204	9.8k

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Boursiquot, Brian C., et al.. (2026). Prolonged QT interval and risk of recurrent stroke in the Atrial Cardiopathy and Antithrombotic Drugs in Prevention After Cryptogenic Stroke (ARCADIA) trial. Heart. heartjnl–2025.

Sharma, Richa, Dinesh Jillella, Cenai Zhang, et al.. (2025). Apixaban and Recurrent Stroke Risk With Left Ventricular Dysfunction: A Secondary Analysis of the ARCADIA Trial. Stroke. 56(11). 3118–3126.

Kamel, Hooman, Mitchell S.V. Elkind, Richard A. Kronmal, et al.. (2025). Heart Rhythm Monitoring Practices, Detection of Atrial Fibrillation, and Effect of Anticoagulation in the ARCADIA Trial. Journal of the American Heart Association. 14(15). e040301–e040301. 1 indexed citations

Johnson, Nicholas J., Amita Singh, James A. Town, et al.. (2024). Cerebrospinal Creatine Kinase BB Isoenzyme: A Biomarker for Predicting Outcome After Cardiac Arrest. Neurocritical Care. 42(1). 90–99.

Hemphill, Kafi, et al.. (2024). A review of methamphetamine use and stroke in the young. Frontiers in Neurology. 15. 1397677–1397677. 1 indexed citations

Havenon, Adam de, Mehdi Abbasi, Shadi Yaghi, et al.. (2023). Effect of Alteplase on Ischemic Stroke Mortality Is Dependent on Stroke Severity. Annals of Neurology. 93(6). 1106–1116. 5 indexed citations

Havenon, Adam de, Lily Zhou, Karen C. Johnston, et al.. (2023). Twenty-Year Disparity Trends in United States Stroke Death Rate by Age, Race/Ethnicity, Geography, and Socioeconomic Status. Neurology. 101(5). e464–e474. 13 indexed citations

Roney, Caroline H., Steven Niederer, Christian Mahnkopf, et al.. (2021). Computational modeling identifies embolic stroke of undetermined source patients with potential arrhythmic substrate. eLife. 10. 19 indexed citations

Li, Xiao, Beibei Sun, Lingling Wang, et al.. (2021). Association of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Glycemic Control With Intracranial Plaque Characteristics in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 54(2). 655–666. 16 indexed citations

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Havenon, Adam de, John P. Ney, Brian C. Callaghan, et al.. (2020). Impact of COVID-19 on Outcomes in Ischemic Stroke Patients in the United States. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 30(2). 105535–105535. 25 indexed citations

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Havenon, Adam de, David Tirschwell, Laura Heitsch, et al.. (2020). Variability of the Modified Rankin Scale Score Between Day 90 and 1 Year After Ischemic Stroke. Neurology Clinical Practice. 11(3). e239–e244. 16 indexed citations

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Abanto, Carlos, Ana P. Valencia, Pilar Fernández–Calle, et al.. (2020). Challenges of Thrombolysis in a Developing Country: Characteristics and Outcomes in Peru. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 29(7). 104819–104819. 6 indexed citations

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Roney, Caroline H., Steven Niederer, Christian Mahnkopf, et al.. (2020). Abstract 14899: Personalized Computational Modeling Identifies Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source Patients With Potential Arrhythmic Substrate. Circulation. 142(Suppl_3). 1 indexed citations

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Powers, William J., Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Opeolu Adeoye, et al.. (2018). 2018 Guidelines for the early management of patients with acute ischemic stroke. 26(2). 81–113. 19 indexed citations

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Tirschwell, David, Felicia C. Chow, Kyra J. Becker, et al.. (2017). Incidence of Stroke in the US Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR) Network of Integrated Clinical Systems (CNICS) Cohort (S51.008). Neurology. 88(16_supplement). 2 indexed citations

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Biller, José, Ralph L. Sacco, Felipe C Albuquerque, et al.. (2014). Cervical Arterial Dissections and Association With Cervical Manipulative Therapy. Stroke. 45(10). 3155–3174. 134 indexed citations

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Longstreth, W. T., Richard A. Kronmal, John L.P. Thompson, et al.. (2013). Amino Terminal Pro–B-Type Natriuretic Peptide, Secondary Stroke Prevention, and Choice of Antithrombotic Therapy. Stroke. 44(3). 714–719. 79 indexed citations

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Tirschwell, David, et al.. (2012). Swallowing screens after acute stroke. Dysphagia. 27(4). 562–563. 1 indexed citations

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Kohen, Ruth, Kevin C. Cain, Pamela H. Mitchell, et al.. (2008). Association of Serotonin Transporter Gene Polymorphisms With Poststroke Depression. Archives of General Psychiatry. 65(11). 1296–1296. 97 indexed citations

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Tirschwell, David, Walter A. Kukull, & W. T. Longstreth. (2000). Classification of Stroke Cases in Administrative Data using ICD-9 Codes. Stroke. 32. 368–368.

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