Elson L. So

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Elson L. So is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Elson L. So has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 34 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 28 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Elson L. So's work include Epilepsy research and treatment (75 papers), Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies (26 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (21 papers). Elson L. So is often cited by papers focused on Epilepsy research and treatment (75 papers), Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies (26 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (21 papers). Elson L. So collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Czechia. Elson L. So's co-authors include Gregory D. Cascino, Terence J. O’Brien, Philippe Ryvlin, Torbjörn Tomson, Lina Nashef, Frank W. Sharbrough, W. Richard Marsh, Maria Sam, Clifford R. Jack and Max R. Trenerry and has published in prestigious journals such as Neurology, Annals of Neurology and Journal of neurosurgery.

In The Last Decade

Elson L. So

88 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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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.

Unifying the definitions of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

2011 424 citations Lina Nashef, Elson L. So et al. Epilepsia profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elson L. So United States	38	3.0k	1.6k	1.4k	1000	534	88	3.8k
E. L. So United States	24	3.3k 1.1×	1.9k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	807 1.5×	33	4.4k
Max R. Trenerry United States	37	2.2k 0.7×	927 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	675 1.3×	73	3.5k
Sandra L. Helmers United States	34	1.8k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	873 0.6×	951 1.0×	823 1.5×	63	4.3k
Thaddeus S. Walczak United States	41	5.1k 1.7×	2.9k 1.8×	2.0k 1.5×	1.8k 1.8×	581 1.1×	67	6.1k
Maromi Nei United States	28	2.0k 0.7×	967 0.6×	903 0.7×	753 0.8×	361 0.7×	73	2.7k
Thomas Bast Germany	41	2.5k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	388 0.7×	134	4.2k
Bertil Rydenhag Sweden	32	1.3k 0.4×	883 0.6×	776 0.6×	521 0.5×	952 1.8×	125	3.2k
Michael Duchowny United States	39	3.1k 1.0×	2.3k 1.4×	1.1k 0.8×	770 0.8×	395 0.7×	116	4.2k
John P. Girvin Canada	23	3.3k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	692 1.3×	54	4.3k
Richard S. McLachlan Canada	36	2.1k 0.7×	964 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	600 1.1×	123	3.3k

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Brinkmann, Benjamin H., William O. Tatum, Katherine H. Noe, et al.. (2022). Subclinical seizures on stereotactic EEG: characteristics and prognostic value. Seizure. 101. 96–102. 5 indexed citations

So, Elson L., et al.. (2018). A Guide for Cortical Electrical Stimulation Mapping. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. 35(2). 98–105. 24 indexed citations

So, Elson L. & Terence J. O’Brien. (2012). Peri-ictal single-photon emission computed tomography. Handbook of clinical neurology. 107. 425–436. 8 indexed citations

Nashef, Lina, Elson L. So, Philippe Ryvlin, & Torbjörn Tomson. (2011). Unifying the definitions of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. Epilepsia. 53(2). 227–233. 424 indexed citations breakdown →

Wirrell, Elaine, Brandon R. Grossardt, Elson L. So, & Katherine Nickels. (2011). A population‐based study of long‐term outcomes of cryptogenic focal epilepsy in childhood: Cryptogenic epilepsy is probably not symptomatic epilepsy. Epilepsia. 52(4). 738–745. 33 indexed citations

Tan, K. Meng, Jeffrey W. Britton, Jeffrey Buchhalter, et al.. (2008). Influence of subtraction ictal SPECT on surgical management in focal epilepsy of indeterminate localization: A prospective study. Epilepsy Research. 82(2-3). 190–193. 24 indexed citations

Rodriguez, Alcibiades J., et al.. (2007). Ictal scalp EEG recording during sleep and wakefulness: Diagnostic implications for seizure localization and lateralization. Epilepsia. 49(2). 340–342. 16 indexed citations

So, Elson L.. (2006). Demystifying Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy—Are We Close?. Epilepsia. 47(s1). 87–92. 17 indexed citations

Vadlamudi, Lata, Elson L. So, Gregory A. Worrell, et al.. (2004). Factors underlying scalp‐EEG interictal epileptiform discharges in intractable frontal lobe epilepsy. Epileptic Disorders. 6(2). 89–95. 23 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Terence J., Elson L. So, Gregory D. Cascino, et al.. (2004). Subtraction SPECT Coregistered to MRI in Focal Malformations of Cortical Development: Localization of the Epileptogenic Zone in Epilepsy Surgery Candidates. Epilepsia. 45(4). 367–376. 72 indexed citations

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Cascino, Gregory D., Elson L. So, Jeffrey Buchhalter, & Brian P. Mullan. (2004). The current place of single photon emission computed tomography in epilepsy evaluations. Neuroimaging Clinics of North America. 14(3). 553–561. 6 indexed citations

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Cascino, Gregory D., Jeffrey Buchhalter, Brian P. Mullan, & Elson L. So. (2004). Ictal SPECT in Nonlesional Extratemporal Epilepsy. Epilepsia. 45(s4). 32–34. 23 indexed citations

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Worrell, Gregory A., Elson L. So, Terence J. O’Brien, et al.. (2002). Focal Ictal β Discharge on Scalp EEG Predicts Excellent Outcome of Frontal Lobe Epilepsy Surgery. Epilepsia. 43(3). 277–282. 45 indexed citations

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So, Elson L., et al.. (2000). Postictal Central Apnea as a Cause of SUDEP: Evidence From Near‐SUDEP Incident. Epilepsia. 41(11). 1494–1497. 156 indexed citations

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Brinkmann, Benjamin H., Terence J. O’Brien, Brian P. Mullan, et al.. (2000). Subtraction Ictal SPECT Coregistered to MRI for Seizure Focus Localization in Partial Epilepsy. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 75(6). 615–624. 21 indexed citations

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So, Elson L.. (2000). Integration of EEG, MRI, and SPECT in Localizing the Seizure Focus for Epilepsy Surgery. Epilepsia. 41(s3). S48–54. 65 indexed citations

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Rubin, Devon I. & Elson L. So. (1999). Reversible Akinetic Mutism Possibly Induced by Baclofen. Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy. 19(4). 468–470. 8 indexed citations

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Kazemi, Noojan, Elson L. So, Russell K. Mosewich, et al.. (1997). Resection of Frontal Encephalomalacias for Intractable Epilepsy: Outcome and Prognostic Factors. Epilepsia. 38(6). 670–677. 38 indexed citations

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So, Elson L., Nina M. Graves, Ilo E. Leppik, et al.. (1995). Pharmacokinetics of tiagabine as add-on therapy in patients taking enzyme-inducing antiepilepsy drugs. Epilepsy Research. 22(3). 221–226. 42 indexed citations

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So, Elson L., et al.. (1994). Seizure exacerbation and status epileptics related to carbamazepine‐10,11‐epoxide. Annals of Neurology. 35(6). 743–746. 56 indexed citations

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