Gillian Forster

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Gillian Forster is a scholar working on Neurology, Physiology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Gillian Forster has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Neurology, 5 papers in Physiology and 2 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Gillian Forster's work include Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (4 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (4 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (3 papers). Gillian Forster is often cited by papers focused on Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (4 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (4 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (3 papers). Gillian Forster collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia. Gillian Forster's co-authors include Carol Brayne, Paul G. Ince, Stephen B. Wharton, Fiona E. Matthews, George M. Savva, Julie E. Simpson, Paul R. Heath, Pamela J. Shaw, Catherine Gelsthorpe and Lynne Baxter and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Stroke and Biological Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Gillian Forster

8 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Age, Neuropathology, and Dementia

2009 669 citations George M. Savva, Stephen B. Wharton et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gillian Forster United Kingdom	8	627	435	364	193	132	8	1.1k
Alifiya Kapasi United States	16	581 0.9×	495 1.1×	564 1.5×	217 1.1×	284 2.2×	37	1.4k
Olga Pletnikova United States	12	527 0.8×	414 1.0×	210 0.6×	226 1.2×	163 1.2×	17	958
Gabrielle Strobel United States	4	874 1.4×	566 1.3×	291 0.8×	435 2.3×	207 1.6×	11	1.5k
Hyun‐Sik Yang United States	20	674 1.1×	492 1.1×	296 0.8×	313 1.6×	150 1.1×	51	1.3k
Giuseppe Tosto United States	20	663 1.1×	547 1.3×	319 0.9×	446 2.3×	175 1.3×	66	1.5k
Ronald Kim United States	10	487 0.8×	341 0.8×	261 0.7×	336 1.7×	191 1.4×	47	1.2k
Sigrid Botne Sando Norway	22	649 1.0×	384 0.9×	228 0.6×	302 1.6×	242 1.8×	41	1.3k
Carole Ho United States	5	400 0.6×	409 0.9×	152 0.4×	186 1.0×	132 1.0×	8	964
Jamie Toombs United Kingdom	16	588 0.9×	332 0.8×	185 0.5×	345 1.8×	325 2.5×	27	1.2k
Laura Bracco Italy	22	487 0.8×	451 1.0×	208 0.6×	296 1.5×	114 0.9×	40	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Gillian Forster

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gillian Forster

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gillian Forster

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gillian Forster. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gillian Forster based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Gillian Forster. Gillian Forster is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Hainsworth, Atticus H., Thaı́s Minett, Gillian Forster, et al.. (2017). Neuropathology of White Matter Lesions, Blood–Brain Barrier Dysfunction, and Dementia. Stroke. 48(10). 2799–2804. 70 indexed citations

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Wharton, Stephen B., Thaı́s Minett, David Drew, et al.. (2016). Epidemiological pathology of Tau in the ageing brain: application of staging for neuropil threads (BrainNet Europe protocol) to the MRC cognitive function and ageing brain study. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 4(1). 11–11. 43 indexed citations

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Ekonomou, Antigoni, George M. Savva, Carol Brayne, et al.. (2014). Stage-Specific Changes in Neurogenic and Glial Markers in Alzheimer’s Disease. Biological Psychiatry. 77(8). 711–719. 65 indexed citations

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Simpson, Julie E., Paul R. Heath, Mark J. Dickman, et al.. (2014). Oxidative Glial Cell Damage Associated with White Matter Lesions in the Aging Human Brain. Brain Pathology. 25(5). 565–574. 62 indexed citations

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Simpson, Julie E., Paul G. Ince, Pamela J. Shaw, et al.. (2011). Microarray analysis of the astrocyte transcriptome in the aging brain: relationship to Alzheimer’s pathology and APOE genotype. Neurobiology of Aging. 32(10). 1795–1807. 152 indexed citations

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Simpson, Julie E., Paul G. Ince, Paul R. Heath, et al.. (2011). P3‐156: Microarray analysis of the astrocyte transcriptome in the aging brain: Relationship to Alzheimer's pathology and APOE genotype. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 7(4S_Part_16). 9 indexed citations

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Simpson, Julie E., Stephen B. Wharton, Catherine Gelsthorpe, et al.. (2010). Alterations of the blood–brain barrier in cerebral white matter lesions in the ageing brain. Neuroscience Letters. 486(3). 246–251. 65 indexed citations

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Savva, George M., Stephen B. Wharton, Paul G. Ince, et al.. (2009). Age, Neuropathology, and Dementia. New England Journal of Medicine. 360(22). 2302–2309. 669 indexed citations breakdown →

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