K. A. Welsh

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

K. A. Welsh is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Physiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, K. A. Welsh has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 5 papers in Physiology and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in K. A. Welsh's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (8 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (4 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (3 papers). K. A. Welsh is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (8 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (4 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (3 papers). K. A. Welsh collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and France. K. A. Welsh's co-authors include Richard C. Mohs, John C.S. Breitner, Duane Beekly, Albert Heyman, Gerda G. Fillenbaum, Steven D. Edland, Nelson Butters, Michael J. Helms, Brenda L. Plassman and William M. McDonald and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurobiology of Aging.

In The Last Decade

K. A. Welsh

16 papers receiving 2.4k 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 Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD). Part V. A normative study of the neuropsychological battery

1994 816 citations K. A. Welsh, Nelson Butters et al. Neurology profile →
Linkage studies in familial Alzheimer disease: evidence for chromosome 19 linkage.

1991 597 citations Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance, P. C. Gaskell et al. PubMed profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. A. Welsh United States	14	1.2k	1.0k	499	386	324	16	2.5k
Jeremiah F. Kelly United States	16	1.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	581 1.2×	372 1.0×	374 1.2×	26	3.4k
David Bachman United States	29	993 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	349 0.7×	692 1.8×	308 1.0×	68	3.4k
Keijo Koivisto Finland	30	1.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	410 0.8×	488 1.3×	501 1.5×	63	3.4k
Karen J. Miller United States	25	1.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	456 0.9×	709 1.8×	339 1.0×	38	2.7k
Asenath La Rue United States	30	1.2k 1.0×	1.5k 1.5×	292 0.6×	588 1.5×	315 1.0×	68	3.1k
Agnès Michon France	21	800 0.7×	719 0.7×	393 0.8×	640 1.7×	202 0.6×	38	2.1k
Janice E. Knoefel United States	23	767 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	235 0.5×	397 1.0×	375 1.2×	43	2.6k
Hasan Herken Türkiye	32	498 0.4×	1.4k 1.3×	520 1.0×	380 1.0×	165 0.5×	119	3.4k
H. Soininen Finland	22	1.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	387 0.8×	413 1.1×	411 1.3×	34	3.0k
Katsuya Urakami Japan	30	1.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	702 1.4×	156 0.4×	404 1.2×	116	3.0k

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16 of 16 papers shown

Davidson, Michael, Philip Harvey, K. A. Welsh, et al.. (1996). Cognitive functioning in late-life schizophrenia: a comparison of elderly schizophrenic patients and patients with Alzheimer's disease. American Journal of Psychiatry. 153(10). 1274–1279. 94 indexed citations

Welsh, K. A., Gerda G. Fillenbaum, William E. Wilkinson, et al.. (1995). Neuropsychological test performance in African-American* and white patients with Alzheimer's disease. Neurology. 45(12). 2207–2211. 91 indexed citations

Breitner, John C.S. & K. A. Welsh. (1995). Genes and Recent Developments in the Epidemiology of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia. Epidemiologic Reviews. 17(1). 39–47. 18 indexed citations

Plassman, Brenda L., K. A. Welsh, Michael J. Helms, et al.. (1995). Intelligence and education as predictors of cognitive state in late life. Neurology. 45(8). 1446–1450. 150 indexed citations

Breitner, John C.S. & K. A. Welsh. (1995). Diagnosis and management of memory loss and cognitive disorders among elderly persons. Psychiatric Services. 46(1). 29–35. 7 indexed citations

Welsh, K. A., Nelson Butters, Richard C. Mohs, et al.. (1994). The Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD). Part V. A normative study of the neuropsychological battery. Neurology. 44(4). 609–609. 816 indexed citations breakdown →

Reed, T., Dorit Carmelli, Gary E. Swan, et al.. (1994). Lower Cognitive Performance in Normal Older Adult Male Twins Carrying the Apolipoprotein E 4 Allele. Archives of Neurology. 51(12). 1189–1192. 127 indexed citations

Breitner, John C.S., et al.. (1994). Alzheimer's Disease in the NAS-NRC Registry of Aging Twin Veterans. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 5(2). 99–105. 40 indexed citations

Breitner, John C.S., et al.. (1994). Inverse association of anti‐inflammatory treatments and Alzheimer's disease. Neurology. 44(2). 227–227. 459 indexed citations

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Welsh, K. A., John M. Hoffman, Nancy L. Earl, & Michael W. Hanson. (1994). Neural correlates of dementia: Regional brain metabolism (FDG-PET) and the CERAD neuropsychological battery. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 9(5). 395–409. 19 indexed citations

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Breitner, John C.S., Margaret Gatz, Astrid Liv Mina Bergem, et al.. (1993). Use of twin cohorts for research in Alzheimer's disease*. Neurology. 43(2). 261–261. 27 indexed citations

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Schellenberg, Gerard, M. A. Pericak‐Vance, Ellen M. Wijsman, et al.. (1991). Linkage analysis of familial Alzheimer disease, using chromosome 21 markers.. PubMed. 48(3). 563–83. 56 indexed citations

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Pericak‐Vance, Margaret A., P. C. Gaskell, Larry H. Yamaoka, et al.. (1991). Linkage studies in familial Alzheimer disease: evidence for chromosome 19 linkage.. PubMed. 48(6). 1034–50. 597 indexed citations breakdown →

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Breitner, John C.S., K. A. Welsh, Kathryn Magruder-Habib, et al.. (1990). Alzheimer's Disease in the National Academy of Sciences Registry of Aging Twin Veterans. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 1(6). 297–303. 16 indexed citations

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Vance, Jeffery M., P. C. Gaskell, W.‐Y. Hung, et al.. (1990). Linkage studies in familial Alzheimer's disease, application of the affected pedigree member (APM) method of linkage analysis. 215–228. 2 indexed citations

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Welsh, K. A. & Paul E. Gold. (1984). Age-related changes in brain catecholamine responses to a single footshock. Neurobiology of Aging. 5(1). 55–59. 17 indexed citations

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