James T. Rutka

39.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
544 papers, 20.4k citations indexed

About

James T. Rutka is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, James T. Rutka has authored 544 papers receiving a total of 20.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Molecular Biology, 117 papers in Genetics and 117 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in James T. Rutka's work include Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (115 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (115 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (43 papers). James T. Rutka is often cited by papers focused on Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (115 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (115 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (43 papers). James T. Rutka collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. James T. Rutka's co-authors include James M. Drake, Michael D. Taylor, Hiroshi Otsubo, Warren C. W. Chan, Betty Y.S. Kim, O. Carter Snead, Éric Bouffet, Cynthia Hawkins, Christian A. Smith and Ayako Ochi and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

James T. Rutka

530 papers receiving 20.0k 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.

Medulloblastoma Comprises Four Distinct Molecular Variants

2010 886 citations Paul A. Northcott, Andrey Korshunov et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Nanomedicine

2010 867 citations James T. Rutka et al. profile →
Mutations in SUFU predispose to medulloblastoma

2002 596 citations Michael D. Taylor, Todd G. Mainprize et al. profile →
A Systematic Review of the Effects of Resident Duty Hour Restrictions in Surgery

2014 338 citations Todd G. Mainprize, James T. Rutka et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James T. Rutka Canada	71	6.5k	4.4k	3.4k	3.1k	2.8k	544	20.4k
Michael McDermott United States	91	9.2k 1.4×	3.4k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	6.4k 2.1×	789 0.3×	630	33.4k
Richard A. Prayson United States	54	1.9k 0.3×	2.9k 0.7×	3.1k 0.9×	2.2k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	424	11.2k
A. James Barkovich United States	101	5.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.3×	4.2k 1.2×	2.4k 0.8×	17.3k 6.1×	423	31.4k
Richard M. Ransohoff United States	116	12.2k 1.9×	1.7k 0.4×	1.2k 0.3×	5.9k 1.9×	1.0k 0.4×	352	54.3k
Avital Cnaan United States	59	2.0k 0.3×	2.0k 0.5×	2.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	3.7k 1.3×	177	12.6k
Abass Alavi United States	94	3.4k 0.5×	1.3k 0.3×	2.0k 0.6×	3.6k 1.1×	507 0.2×	1.1k	37.2k
Stylianos E. Antonarakis Switzerland	102	21.9k 3.4×	4.1k 0.9×	672 0.2×	893 0.3×	3.1k 1.1×	602	40.8k
James M. Provenzale United States	71	1.6k 0.2×	2.6k 0.6×	1.7k 0.5×	2.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.4×	267	14.8k
Edward R. Laws United States	94	2.5k 0.4×	9.1k 2.1×	1.3k 0.4×	5.6k 1.8×	1.1k 0.4×	627	32.4k
Ulrich Bogdahn Germany	45	7.0k 1.1×	11.8k 2.7×	1.2k 0.4×	2.6k 0.8×	380 0.1×	140	24.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mithani, Karim, Nebras M. Warsi, Ayako Ochi, et al.. (2024). Add‐On Deep Brain Stimulation versus Continued Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Childhood Epilepsy (ADVANCE): A Partially Randomized Patient Preference Trial. Annals of Neurology. 96(2). 405–411. 12 indexed citations

Lohkamp, Laura‐Nanna, et al.. (2023). Transorbital penetrating head injury with a favorable outcome: illustrative case. Journal of Neurosurgery Case Lessons. 5(3).

Malhotra, Armaan K., et al.. (2023). Ocular needlefish injury with cavernous sinus thrombosis and carotid-cavernous fistula: illustrative case. Journal of Neurosurgery Case Lessons. 5(18).

Biswas, Asthik, Rahim Moineddin, George M. Ibrahim, et al.. (2023). Number of epilepsy surgeries has decreased despite an increase in pre-surgical evaluations at a tertiary pediatric epilepsy center in Ontario. Seizure. 108. 1–9. 2 indexed citations

Mishra, Deepak Kumar, Shelli M. Morris, Shiva Senthil Kumar, et al.. (2023). Preclinical pediatric brain tumor models for immunotherapy: Hurdles and a way forward. Neuro-Oncology. 26(2). 226–235. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Haitao, et al.. (2022). Inhibition of TRPM7 with carvacrol suppresses glioblastoma functions in vivo. European Journal of Neuroscience. 55(6). 1483–1491. 14 indexed citations

Hainc, Nicolin, Matthias Wagner, Suzanne Laughlin, et al.. (2021). Longitudinal Assessment of Enhancing Foci of Abnormal Signal Intensity in Neurofibromatosis Type 1. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 42(4). 766–773. 1 indexed citations

Samuel, Nardin, Han Yan, James T. Rutka, et al.. (2021). Cross-sectional analysis of women in neurosurgery: a Canadian perspective. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 50(3). E13–E13. 10 indexed citations

Woolman, Michael, Claudia M. Kuzan-Fischer, Taira Kiyota, et al.. (2019). Picosecond Infrared Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry Identifies Medulloblastoma Subgroups on Intrasurgical Timescales. Cancer Research. 79(9). 2426–2434. 38 indexed citations

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Agnihotri, Sameer, Brian Golbourn, Xi Huang, et al.. (2016). PINK1 Is a Negative Regulator of Growth and the Warburg Effect in Glioblastoma. Cancer Research. 76(16). 4708–4719. 109 indexed citations

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Chornenkyy, Yevgen, Sameer Agnihotri, Man Yu, et al.. (2015). Poly-ADP-Ribose Polymerase as a Therapeutic Target in Pediatric Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma and Pediatric High-Grade Astrocytoma. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 14(11). 2560–2568. 49 indexed citations

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Northcott, Paul A., Andrey Korshunov, Hendrik Witt, et al.. (2010). Medulloblastoma Comprises Four Distinct Molecular Variants. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 29(11). 1408–1414. 886 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhou, Limei, Daniel Picard, Young‐Shin Ra, et al.. (2010). Silencing of Thrombospondin-1 Is Critical for Myc-Induced Metastatic Phenotypes in Medulloblastoma. Cancer Research. 70(20). 8199–8210. 47 indexed citations

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Northcott, Paul A., Africa Fernández-L, John P. Hagan, et al.. (2009). The miR-17/92 Polycistron Is Up-regulated in Sonic Hedgehog–Driven Medulloblastomas and Induced by N-myc in Sonic Hedgehog–Treated Cerebellar Neural Precursors. Cancer Research. 69(8). 3249–3255. 227 indexed citations

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Souweidane, Mark M., Peter Morgenstern, Paul J. Christos, et al.. (2009). INTRAOPERATIVE ARACHNOID AND CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SAMPLING IN CHILDREN WITH POSTERIOR FOSSA BRAIN TUMORS. Neurosurgery. 65(1). 72–78. 8 indexed citations

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Kongkham, Paul, Paul A. Northcott, Young Seob Shin, et al.. (2008). An Epigenetic Genome-Wide Screen Identifies SPINT2 as a Novel Tumor Suppressor Gene in Pediatric Medulloblastoma. Cancer Research. 68(23). 9945–9953. 75 indexed citations

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Jea, Andrew, et al.. (2008). Corpus callosotomy in children with intractable epilepsy using frameless stereotactic neuronavigation: 12-year experience at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 25(3). E7–E7. 26 indexed citations

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Tovar-Spinoza, Zulma, Ayako Ochi, James T. Rutka, Cristina Go, & Hiroshi Otsubo. (2008). The role of magnetoencephalography in epilepsy surgery. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 25(3). E16–E16. 40 indexed citations

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RamachandranNair, Rajesh, Hiroshi Otsubo, Ayako Ochi, James T. Rutka, & Elizabeth Donner. (2006). Mirror Movements Following Cortical Resection of Polymicrogyria in a Child With Intractable Epilepsy. Pediatric Neurology. 34(2). 135–138. 9 indexed citations

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Ray, Amit, Michael Ho, Jing Ma, et al.. (2004). A Clinicobiological Model Predicting Survival in Medulloblastoma. Clinical Cancer Research. 10(22). 7613–7620. 89 indexed citations

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