George C. Ebers

44.7k total citations · 9 hit papers
357 papers, 31.9k citations indexed

About

George C. Ebers is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Immunology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, George C. Ebers has authored 357 papers receiving a total of 31.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 218 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 95 papers in Immunology and 61 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in George C. Ebers's work include Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (199 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (40 papers) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (36 papers). George C. Ebers is often cited by papers focused on Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (199 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (40 papers) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (36 papers). George C. Ebers collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. George C. Ebers's co-authors include A. Dessa Sadovnick, George P. Rice, Donald W. Paty, W. A. Sibley, Wallace W. Tourtellotte, Charles M. Poser, Floyd A. Davis, Kenneth P. Johnson, W. I. McDonald and Donald H. Silberberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

George C. Ebers

352 papers receiving 30.6k 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.

New diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: Guidelines for research protocols

1983 6.3k citations George C. Ebers et al. Annals of Neurology profile →
Randomised double-blind placebo-controlled study of interferon β-1a in relapsing/remitting multiple sclerosis

1998 1.6k citations George C. Ebers profile →
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: A GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED STUDY

1989 1.1k citations George P. Rice, John H. Noseworthy et al. profile →
The natural history of multiple sclerosis:a geographically based study

1999 890 citations Marcelo Kremenchutzky, George P. Rice et al. profile →
A ChIP-seq defined genome-wide map of vitamin D receptor binding: Associations with disease and evolution

2010 665 citations Narelle Maugeri, Matthew R. Lincoln et al. profile →
Sex ratio of multiple sclerosis in Canada: a longitudinal study

2006 661 citations Sarah Orton, Blanca Herrera et al. profile →
The natural history of multiple sclerosis, a geographically based study 10: relapses and long-term disability

2010 480 citations Antonio Scalfari, George P. Rice et al. profile →
A Population-Based Study of Multiple Sclerosis in Twins

1986 469 citations George C. Ebers, Dennis E. Bulman et al. profile →
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: A GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED STUDY

1989 450 citations George P. Rice, John H. Noseworthy et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
George C. Ebers	23.0k	7.5k	7.2k	6.8k	4.4k	357	31.9k
Tomas Olsson	14.4k 0.6×	5.5k 0.7×	10.6k 1.5×	4.0k 0.6×	5.8k 1.3×	679	31.2k
Henry F. McFarland	15.3k 0.7×	4.8k 0.6×	10.0k 1.4×	4.5k 0.7×	4.4k 1.0×	264	27.1k
Xavier Montalbán	29.2k 1.3×	11.8k 1.6×	6.4k 0.9×	8.4k 1.2×	7.1k 1.6×	751	39.1k
Peter A. Calabresi	16.1k 0.7×	5.8k 0.8×	5.6k 0.8×	4.6k 0.7×	7.5k 1.7×	552	35.2k
Hans‐Peter Hartung	20.7k 0.9×	14.5k 1.9×	8.2k 1.1×	5.9k 0.9×	7.9k 1.8×	730	43.0k
Fred Lublin	30.2k 1.3×	10.5k 1.4×	5.8k 0.8×	7.7k 1.1×	4.8k 1.1×	241	37.1k
Chris H. Polman	37.4k 1.6×	13.1k 1.7×	7.9k 1.1×	10.3k 1.5×	7.7k 1.7×	362	48.9k
Moses Rodriguez	13.7k 0.6×	6.1k 0.8×	6.5k 0.9×	3.0k 0.4×	5.4k 1.2×	489	27.0k
Gıancarlo Comı	17.6k 0.8×	10.2k 1.4×	3.5k 0.5×	3.9k 0.6×	6.3k 1.4×	762	36.2k
David H. Miller	28.5k 1.2×	11.1k 1.5×	3.5k 0.5×	8.2k 1.2×	5.7k 1.3×	389	39.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George C. Ebers

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Disanto, Giulio, George Chaplin, Julia M. Morahan, et al.. (2012). Month of birth, vitamin D and risk of immune-mediated disease: a case control study. BMC Medicine. 10(1). 69–69. 109 indexed citations

Morahan, Julia M., et al.. (2012). Genetic, environmental and stochastic factors in monozygotic twin discordance with a focus on epigenetic differences. BMC Medicine. 10(1). 93–93. 79 indexed citations

Goodin, Douglas S., George C. Ebers, Gary Cutter, et al.. (2012). Cause of death in MS: long-term follow-up of a randomised cohort, 21 years after the start of the pivotal IFNβ-1b study. BMJ Open. 2(6). e001972–e001972. 38 indexed citations

Disanto, Giulio, Geir Kjetil Sandve, Antonio J. Berlanga‐Taylor, et al.. (2012). Vitamin D receptor binding, chromatin states and association with multiple sclerosis. Human Molecular Genetics. 21(16). 3575–3586. 41 indexed citations

Baird, Paul N., Mohamed Dirani, Andrea J. Richardson, et al.. (2011). An Epigenetic Study of Monozygotic Twin Pairs Discordant for Birth-Weight. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 52(14). 3310–3310. 1 indexed citations

Scalfari, Antonio, Ain Neuhaus, Martin Däumer, George C. Ebers, & Paolo A. Muraro. (2011). Age and disability accumulation in multiple sclerosis. Neurology. 77(13). 1246–1252. 200 indexed citations

Goodin, Douglas S., Anthony Traboulsee, Volker Knappertz, et al.. (2011). Relationship between early clinical characteristics and long term disability outcomes: 16 year cohort study (follow-up) of the pivotal interferon β-1b trial in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 83(3). 282–287. 71 indexed citations

Ramagopalan, S V, Lahiru Handunnetthi, Matthew R. Lincoln, et al.. (2010). Vitamin-D Receptor and 1-alpha-hydroxylase Genes in Risk and Outcome of Multiple Sclerosis in Canadians. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 16. 271–271. 1 indexed citations

Ramagopalan, S V, Jenny Link, Jake Byrnes, et al.. (2009). HLA-DRB1 and month of birth in multiple sclerosis. Neurology. 73(24). 2107–2111. 38 indexed citations

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Ebers, George C., S V Ramagopalan, Narelle Maugeri, et al.. (2008). Expression of the multiple sclerosis associated MHC class II allele HLA-DRBI*1501 is regulated by vitamin D. Annals of Neurology. 64. 2 indexed citations

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Saarela, Janna, S. Kallio, Daniel Chen, et al.. (2006). PRKCA and Multiple Sclerosis: Association in Two Independent Populations. PLoS Genetics. 2(3). e42–e42. 39 indexed citations

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Ebers, George C., et al.. (2006). The final results of the interferon beta-1b 16-year long-term follow-up study. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 2 indexed citations

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Kremenchutzky, Marcelo, et al.. (2000). Diagnostic brain MRI findings in primary progressive multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 6(2). 81–85. 17 indexed citations

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Noseworthy, John H., Peter C. O’Brien, Brandon J. Erickson, et al.. (1998). The Mayo Clinic-Canadian cooperative trial of sulfasalazine in active multiple sclerosis. Neurology. 51(5). 1342–1352. 74 indexed citations

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Rice, George P. & George C. Ebers. (1998). Interferons in the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis. Archives of Neurology. 55(12). 1578–1578. 40 indexed citations

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Ebers, George C., D. W. Paty, Mark S. Freedman, et al.. (1997). The multiple sclerosis PRISMS study: Prevention of relapses and disability by interferon beta-1a subcutaneously in multiple sclerosis. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 2 indexed citations

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Murray, J., Dennis E. Bulman, & George C. Ebers. (1994). Linkage of morbid obesity with polymorphic microsatellite markers on chromosome 1q31 in a three-generation Canadian kindred. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 55. 2 indexed citations

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Ebers, George C. & A. Dessa Sadovnick. (1993). The Geographic Distribution of Multiple Sclerosis: A Review. Neuroepidemiology. 12(1). 1–5. 99 indexed citations

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Duquette, Pierre, Thomas J. Murray, J Pleines, et al.. (1987). Multiple sclerosis in childhood: Clinical profile in 125 patients. The Journal of Pediatrics. 111(3). 359–363. 257 indexed citations

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Sadovnick, A. Dessa, et al.. (1985). CAUSES OF DEATH IN MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 2 indexed citations

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