Ian Galea

9.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
108 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Ian Galea is a scholar working on Neurology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Galea has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Neurology, 24 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 18 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Ian Galea's work include Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (25 papers), Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (23 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (23 papers). Ian Galea is often cited by papers focused on Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (25 papers), Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (23 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (23 papers). Ian Galea collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Ian Galea's co-authors include Aravinthan Varatharaj, V. Hugh Perry, Ingo Bechmann, Diederik Bulters, Nico van Rooijen, David Beeson, Angela Vincent, Sarosh R. Irani, Christian G. Bien and Luigi Zuliani and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ian Galea

100 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

The blood-brain barrier in systemic inflammation

2016 842 citations Aravinthan Varatharaj, Ian Galea profile →
N-methyl-d-aspartate antibody encephalitis: temporal progression of clinical and paraclinical observations in a predominantly non-paraneoplastic disorder of both sexes

2010 784 citations Ian Galea et al. profile →
What is immune privilege (not)?

2006 571 citations Ian Galea et al. profile →
The blood–brain barrier in systemic infection and inflammation

2021 403 citations Ian Galea profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ian Galea	1.8k	1.6k	1.0k	917	641	108	5.3k
Pamela McCombe	2.8k 1.5×	964 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	1.5k 1.7×	789 1.2×	231	6.5k
Servio H. Ramirez	836 0.5×	1.9k 1.2×	2.0k 1.9×	502 0.5×	695 1.1×	80	5.6k
Cristoforo Comi	2.3k 1.3×	843 0.5×	1.4k 1.3×	938 1.0×	679 1.1×	205	6.0k
Thomas Skripuletz	745 0.4×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	764 0.8×	563 0.9×	212	4.9k
Fabrizio Giuliani	667 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	470 0.7×	69	4.6k
Nathalie Arbour	938 0.5×	1.7k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	2.9k 3.2×	379 0.6×	97	6.4k
Stefan Bittner	797 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.4×	1.0k 1.1×	712 1.1×	201	4.9k
Tim Magnus	960 0.5×	2.7k 1.7×	2.2k 2.1×	1.8k 1.9×	423 0.7×	139	6.9k
Françoise Gray	1.8k 1.0×	2.0k 1.3×	1.8k 1.7×	720 0.8×	599 0.9×	203	8.6k
Bridgette D. Semple	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	539 0.6×	663 1.0×	84	5.1k

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Gaastra, Ben, Ardalan Zolnourian, Patrick Holton, et al.. (2025). A Proteomic Discovery Study of Cerebrospinal Fluid After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Stroke. 56(11). 3235–3244. 1 indexed citations

Galea, Ian, Tom Solomon, Andrew D. Luster, et al.. (2025). Viral Infection and the Blood-Brain Barrier: Molecular Research Insights and Therapies. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 232(6). 1273–1282.

Jorgensen, Christian, Raleigh M. Linville, Ian Galea, et al.. (2025). Permeability Benchmarking: Guidelines for Comparing in Silico, in Vitro, and in Vivo Measurements. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 65(3). 1067–1084. 3 indexed citations

Varatharaj, Aravinthan, Carmen Jacob, Angela Darekar, et al.. (2024). Measurement variability of blood–brain barrier permeability using dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging. Imaging Neuroscience. 2. 1–16. 1 indexed citations

Jacob, Carmen, et al.. (2024). Mild Systemic Inflammation Increases Erythrocyte Fragility. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(13). 7027–7027. 5 indexed citations

Zolnourian, Ardalan, Patrick Garland, Patrick Holton, et al.. (2024). A Randomised Controlled Trial of SFX-01 After Subarachnoid Haemorrhage — The SAS Study. Translational Stroke Research. 16(4). 1031–1043. 6 indexed citations

Gaastra, Ben, et al.. (2024). An assistive listening device improves hearing following aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. European Journal of Neurology. 31(5). e16240–e16240. 1 indexed citations

Arkill, Kenton P., Orestis L. Katsamenis, Jason Macdonald, et al.. (2024). A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Pathology Underlying Aneurysm Enhancement on Vessel Wall Imaging. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(5). 2700–2700. 1 indexed citations

Gaastra, Ben, et al.. (2023). Risk of subarachnoid haemorrhage reduces with blood pressure values below hypertensive thresholds. European Journal of Neurology. 31(1). e16105–e16105. 3 indexed citations

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Galea, Ian, et al.. (2023). Dehydration associates with lower urinary tract symptoms in progressive multiple sclerosis. European Journal of Neurology. 31(3). e16175–e16175. 3 indexed citations

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Gaastra, Ben, John H. Zhang, William Tapper, Diederik Bulters, & Ian Galea. (2023). Sphingosine-1-phosphate Signalling in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage: Basic Science to Clinical Translation. Translational Stroke Research. 15(2). 352–363. 6 indexed citations

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Bandyopadhyay, Soham, Patrick Garland, Ben Gaastra, et al.. (2023). The Haptoglobin Response after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(23). 16922–16922. 5 indexed citations

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Galea, Ian, Andrew Durnford, James J. Glazier, et al.. (2022). Iron Deposition in the Brain After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Stroke. 53(5). 1633–1642. 39 indexed citations

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Abdulazim, Amr, et al.. (2022). Validation of the German version of the subarachnoid haemorrhage outcome tool (SAHOT). European Stroke Journal. 8(1). 320–327. 2 indexed citations

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Zolnourian, Ardalan, Stephen Franklin, Ian Galea, & Diederik Bulters. (2020). Study protocol for SFX-01 after subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAS): a multicentre randomised double-blinded, placebo controlled trial. BMJ Open. 10(3). e028514–e028514. 28 indexed citations

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Zolnourian, Ardalan, Ian Galea, & Diederik Bulters. (2019). Neuroprotective Role of the Nrf2 Pathway in Subarachnoid Haemorrhage and Its Therapeutic Potential. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2019. 1–21. 51 indexed citations

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Varatharaj, Aravinthan, et al.. (2018). Blood–brain barrier permeability measured using dynamic contrast‐enhanced magnetic resonance imaging: a validation study. The Journal of Physiology. 597(3). 699–709. 54 indexed citations

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Galea, Ian, Christian Lederer, Ain Neuhaus, et al.. (2012). A Web‐based tool for personalized prediction of long‐term disease course in patients with multiple sclerosis. European Journal of Neurology. 20(7). 1107–1109. 18 indexed citations

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Galea, Ian, et al.. (2011). CD8⁺ T‐cell cross‐competition is governed by peptide–MHC class I stability. European Journal of Immunology. 42(1). 256–263. 12 indexed citations

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Ciccone, Alfonso, et al.. (2008). Corticosteroids for the long-term treatment in multiple sclerosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2010(1). CD006264–CD006264. 56 indexed citations

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