Judith Newton

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Judith Newton is a scholar working on Neurology, Genetics and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Judith Newton has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Neurology, 11 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Judith Newton's work include Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (27 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (13 papers) and Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (11 papers). Judith Newton is often cited by papers focused on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (27 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (13 papers) and Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (11 papers). Judith Newton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Korea and Ireland. Judith Newton's co-authors include Sharon Abrahams, Elaine Niven, Thomas H. Bak, Jennifer A. Foley, Siddharthan Chandran, Robert Swingler, Shuna Colville, Suvankar Pal, Laura Stephenson and Christopher Crockford and has published in prestigious journals such as Neurology, Science Advances and Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Judith Newton

30 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Screening for cognition and behaviour changes in ALS 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400
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. Screening for cognition and behaviour changes in ALS
    2013 404 citations Sharon Abrahams, Judith Newton et al. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Judith Newton United Kingdom 15 943 367 211 144 122 33 1.2k
Jashelle Caga Australia 21 820 0.9× 325 0.9× 235 1.1× 133 0.9× 110 0.9× 40 987
Shuna Colville United Kingdom 16 759 0.8× 380 1.0× 142 0.7× 132 0.9× 132 1.1× 27 973
Marta Pinto‐Grau Ireland 18 785 0.8× 275 0.7× 168 0.8× 108 0.8× 85 0.7× 28 938
Major R. Bradshaw United States 8 693 0.7× 239 0.7× 259 1.2× 80 0.6× 112 0.9× 10 988
Cathy Lomen-Hoerth United States 4 1.2k 1.3× 371 1.0× 469 2.2× 147 1.0× 197 1.6× 4 1.3k
Norah Jordan Ireland 7 1.3k 1.4× 562 1.5× 382 1.8× 81 0.6× 186 1.5× 9 1.4k
Norma Cooke United States 6 611 0.6× 217 0.6× 322 1.5× 244 1.7× 124 1.0× 6 927
Angela Roberts United States 15 669 0.7× 196 0.5× 263 1.2× 121 0.8× 101 0.8× 46 1.1k
Paula McLaughlin Canada 11 562 0.6× 187 0.5× 193 0.9× 179 1.2× 105 0.9× 20 839
Mark Heverin Ireland 23 1.9k 2.0× 997 2.7× 294 1.4× 125 0.9× 351 2.9× 78 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Judith Newton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Judith Newton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Judith Newton

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Radaković, Ratko, Eneida Mioshi, D J Dick, et al.. (2025). Impact of apathy over the course of disease in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration. 26(5-6). 516–525.
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Beswick, Emily, Alexander Christides, Judith Newton, et al.. (2024). Exploratory study to evaluate the acceptability of a wearable accelerometer to assess motor progression in motor neuron disease. Journal of Neurology. 271(8). 5083–5101. 2 indexed citations
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Banerjee, Poulomi, Arpan R. Mehta, Raja Sekhar Nirujogi, et al.. (2023). Cell-autonomous immune dysfunction driven by disrupted autophagy in C9orf72 -ALS iPSC-derived microglia contributes to neurodegeneration. Science Advances. 9(16). eabq0651–eabq0651. 27 indexed citations
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Beswick, Emily, Judith Newton, Rachel Dakin, et al.. (2023). Non-motor symptoms in motor neuron disease: prevalence, assessment and impact. Brain Communications. 6(1). fcad336–fcad336. 6 indexed citations
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Mayberry, Emily, Luke Williams, Caroline McHutchison, et al.. (2023). Development, reliability, validity, and acceptability of the remote administration of the Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioural ALS Screen (ECAS). Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration. 25(1-2). 96–103. 9 indexed citations
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Beswick, Emily, Judith Newton, Rachel Dakin, et al.. (2023). Factors impacting trial participation in people with motor neuron disease. Journal of Neurology. 271(1). 543–552. 4 indexed citations
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Beswick, Emily, Rachel Dakin, Judith Newton, et al.. (2022). A systematic review of digital technology to evaluate motor function and disease progression in motor neuron disease. Journal of Neurology. 269(12). 6254–6268. 14 indexed citations
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Newton, Judith & Erin O’Brien. (2022). Improving mobilisation of anti-slavery activism through Facebook communications. 1 indexed citations
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Beswick, Emily, Judith Newton, Alan Carson, et al.. (2021). A systematic review of non-motor symptom evaluation in clinical trials for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of Neurology. 269(1). 411–426. 29 indexed citations
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Beswick, Emily, Stella A. Glasmacher, Rachel Dakin, et al.. (2021). Prospective observational cohort study of factors influencing trial participation in people with motor neuron disease (FIT-participation-MND): a protocol. BMJ Open. 11(3). e044996–e044996. 5 indexed citations
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Beswick, Emily, Arpan R. Mehta, Rachel Dakin, et al.. (2020). A systematic review of neuropsychiatric and cognitive assessments used in clinical trials for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of Neurology. 268(12). 4510–4521. 25 indexed citations
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Glasmacher, Stella A., Judith Newton, Emily Beswick, et al.. (2020). The Prevalence and Management of Saliva Problems in Motor Neuron Disease: A 4-Year Analysis of the Scottish Motor Neuron Disease Register. Neurodegenerative Diseases. 20(4). 147–152. 9 indexed citations
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Leighton, Danielle, Judith Newton, David Parry, et al.. (2019). 15.33 Phenotype-genotype characterisation of ‘long survivors’ with motor neurone disease in Scotland. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 90(12). e5.2–e5.
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Radaković, Ratko, Laura Stephenson, Judith Newton, et al.. (2017). Multidimensional apathy and executive dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Cortex. 94. 142–151. 54 indexed citations
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Henstridge, Christopher M., Emily Carroll, Makis Tzioras, et al.. (2017). Synapse loss in the prefrontal cortex is associated with cognitive decline in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Acta Neuropathologica. 135(2). 213–226. 85 indexed citations
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Crockford, Christopher, Judith Newton, Katie Lonergan, et al.. (2017). Measuring reliable change in cognition using the Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioural ALS Screen (ECAS). Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration. 19(1-2). 65–73. 30 indexed citations
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Crockford, Christopher, Ratko Radaković, Judith Newton, et al.. (2017). ECAS A-B-C: alternate forms of the Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioural ALS Screen. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration. 19(1-2). 57–64. 21 indexed citations
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Abrahams, Sharon, Judith Newton, Elaine Niven, Jennifer A. Foley, & Thomas H. Bak. (2013). Screening for cognition and behaviour changes in ALS. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration. 15(1-2). 9–14. 404 indexed citations breakdown →

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