John Halperin

19.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
136 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

John Halperin is a scholar working on Parasitology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, John Halperin has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Parasitology, 60 papers in Infectious Diseases and 26 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in John Halperin's work include Vector-borne infectious diseases (76 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (45 papers) and Dermatological diseases and infestations (26 papers). John Halperin is often cited by papers focused on Vector-borne infectious diseases (76 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (45 papers) and Dermatological diseases and infestations (26 papers). John Halperin collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Austria. John Halperin's co-authors include Raymond J. Dattwyler, Benjamin J. Luft, David J. Volkman, Gary P. Wormser, Eugene D. Shapiro, Bhagwan T. Shahani, P. Boulu, Jeffrey A. Cohen, Mark S. Klempner and Robert B. Nadelman and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Brain.

In The Last Decade

John Halperin

128 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Clinical Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention of Lym... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2013 2023 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. The Clinical Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention of Lyme Disease, Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America
    2006 1.4k citations Gary P. Wormser, Raymond J. Dattwyler et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases profile →
  2. Clinical Practice Guideline: Bell's Palsy
    2013 352 citations John Halperin et al. profile →
  3. Pediatric and Adult Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria Consensus Guideline
    2023 59 citations David M. Greer, Matthew P. Kirschen et al. Neurology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Halperin United States 37 4.0k 3.4k 1.2k 1.0k 673 136 6.5k
Andrew R. Pachner United States 38 2.1k 0.5× 1.9k 0.5× 896 0.7× 451 0.4× 371 0.6× 135 4.7k
Eric L. Logigian United States 40 1.3k 0.3× 1.0k 0.3× 1.7k 1.3× 403 0.4× 186 0.3× 130 5.0k
Åse Mygland Norway 29 1.3k 0.3× 1.2k 0.4× 1.0k 0.8× 382 0.4× 268 0.4× 86 2.8k
Israel Steiner Israel 39 844 0.2× 1.2k 0.3× 1.7k 1.3× 500 0.5× 167 0.2× 181 5.7k
Wolfgang Kristoferitsch Austria 28 1.1k 0.3× 1.0k 0.3× 1.7k 1.4× 245 0.2× 354 0.5× 71 4.1k
Diego Cadavid United States 34 989 0.2× 903 0.3× 691 0.6× 367 0.4× 236 0.4× 120 4.3k
André Aeschlimann Switzerland 39 2.2k 0.5× 1.5k 0.4× 63 0.1× 418 0.4× 1.1k 1.6× 217 5.7k
Donald H. Gilden United States 50 1.1k 0.3× 796 0.2× 1.4k 1.1× 262 0.3× 62 0.1× 192 8.6k
Klemen Strle United States 33 1.2k 0.3× 1.3k 0.4× 100 0.1× 391 0.4× 216 0.3× 77 3.5k
Lars Hagberg Sweden 54 442 0.1× 3.1k 0.9× 751 0.6× 519 0.5× 67 0.1× 221 9.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Halperin

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All Works

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Greer, David M., Matthew P. Kirschen, Ariane Lewis, et al.. (2023). Pediatric and Adult Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria Consensus Guideline. Neurology. 101(24). 1112–1132. 59 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nigrovic, Lise E., Thomas H. Chun, Sara Vargas, et al.. (2023). Comparative effectiveness and complications of intravenous ceftriaxone compared with oral doxycycline in Lyme meningitis in children: a multicentre prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 13(2). e071141–e071141. 1 indexed citations
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Halperin, John. (2018). Neuroborreliosis. Neurologic Clinics. 36(4). 821–830. 16 indexed citations
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Halperin, John. (2016). Nervous System Abnormalities and Legionnaire’s Disease. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. 31(1). 55–68. 7 indexed citations
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Halperin, John. (2011). Neurologic Manifestations of Lyme Disease. Current Infectious Disease Reports. 13(4). 360–366. 21 indexed citations
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Halperin, John. (2009). A Tale of Two Spirochetes: Lyme Disease and Syphilis. Neurologic Clinics. 28(1). 277–291. 10 indexed citations
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Halperin, John, Eugene D. Shapiro, Eric L. Logigian, et al.. (2007). Practice Parameter: Treatment of nervous system Lyme disease (an evidence-based review): Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology [RETIRED]. Neurology. 69(1). 91–102. 178 indexed citations
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Halperin, John. (2002). Nervous System Lyme Disease. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 2(4). 241–247. 12 indexed citations
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Mittal, Sanjay, Peter Farmer, Peter Kalina, Peter B. Kingsley, & John Halperin. (2002). Correlation of Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging With Neuropathology in Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. Archives of Neurology. 59(1). 128–128. 97 indexed citations
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Halperin, John. (1998). Nervous system Lyme disease. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 153(2). 182–191. 34 indexed citations
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Keller, Tracy, John Halperin, & Malcolm Whitman. (1992). PCR detection of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA in cerebrospinal fluid of Lyme neuroborreliosis patients. Neurology. 42(1). 32–32. 109 indexed citations
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Halperin, John & Melvyn P. Heyes. (1992). Neuroactive kynurenines in Lyme borreliasis. Neurology. 42(1). 43–43. 103 indexed citations
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Halperin, John. (1991). North American Lyme neuroborreliosis.. PubMed. 77. 74–80. 9 indexed citations
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Best, Irwin M., et al.. (1991). Mesenteric blood flow in patients with diabetic neuropathy. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 13(1). 84–90. 14 indexed citations
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Halperin, John, Shari A. Brazinsky, Tina L. Cheng, et al.. (1990). Immunologic Reactivity Against Borrelia burgdorferi in Patients With Motor Neuron Disease. Archives of Neurology. 47(5). 586–594. 57 indexed citations
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Luft, Benjamin J., P D Gorevic, John Halperin, David J. Volkman, & Raymond J. Dattwyler. (1989). A Perspective on the Treatment of Lyme Borreliosis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 11(Supplement_6). S1518–S1525. 29 indexed citations
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Halperin, John, et al.. (1988). Nervous System Abnormalities in Lyme Disease. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 539(1). 24–34. 72 indexed citations
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Halperin, John, Roger Williams, & Edwin H. Kolodny. (1982). Microcephaly vera, progressive motor neuron disease, and nigral degeneration. Neurology. 32(3). 317–317. 2 indexed citations
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Halperin, John. (1981). Paraneoplastic Encephalomyelitis and Neuropathy. Archives of Neurology. 38(12). 773–773. 11 indexed citations
20.
Halperin, John. (1980). Between Two Worlds: The Novels of John le Carré. South Atlantic Quarterly. 79(1). 17–37. 2 indexed citations

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