Laura McWhirter

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Laura McWhirter is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Philosophy and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura McWhirter has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 13 papers in Philosophy and 5 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Laura McWhirter's work include Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (25 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (13 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (7 papers). Laura McWhirter is often cited by papers focused on Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (25 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (13 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (7 papers). Laura McWhirter collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Laura McWhirter's co-authors include Jon Stone, Alan Carson, Craig Ritchie, Barbara A. Dworetzky, Mark Hallett, Selma Aybek, Jeffrey P. Staab, Ingrid Hoeritzauer, Paula Gardiner and Peter Sandercock and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and The Lancet Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Laura McWhirter

32 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

  1. Functional neurological disorder: new subtypes and shared mechanisms
    2022 229 citations Mark Hallett, Selma Aybek et al. The Lancet 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
Laura McWhirter United Kingdom 16 672 251 200 161 149 35 1.1k
Martin Strassnig United States 29 1.5k 2.3× 269 1.1× 350 1.8× 74 0.5× 83 0.6× 64 2.2k
Ryuji Fukuhara Japan 24 1.2k 1.9× 83 0.3× 239 1.2× 211 1.3× 337 2.3× 64 1.9k
Miquel Bioque Spain 25 1.1k 1.6× 185 0.7× 241 1.2× 126 0.8× 47 0.3× 96 1.9k
Mónica Martínez‐Cengotitabengoa Spain 22 679 1.0× 63 0.3× 208 1.0× 112 0.7× 39 0.3× 49 1.5k
Raymund Schwan France 22 430 0.6× 94 0.4× 198 1.0× 68 0.4× 103 0.7× 134 1.5k
Yuki Matsuda Japan 19 587 0.9× 33 0.1× 117 0.6× 102 0.6× 88 0.6× 77 1.2k
Philipp Rothe Germany 10 1.1k 1.6× 193 0.8× 234 1.2× 26 0.2× 92 0.6× 17 1.4k
Mehdi Gholam‐Rezaee Switzerland 21 510 0.8× 42 0.2× 322 1.6× 73 0.5× 43 0.3× 67 1.4k
Jun Ishigooka Japan 24 757 1.1× 67 0.3× 167 0.8× 37 0.2× 116 0.8× 123 1.6k
U. G. Ahlfors Denmark 16 1.5k 2.2× 158 0.6× 363 1.8× 37 0.2× 119 0.8× 29 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Laura McWhirter

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura McWhirter

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cabreira, Verónica, Laura McWhirter, Jon Stone, & Alan Carson. (2025). Precipitating Factors for Functional Cognitive Disorder. European Journal of Neurology. 32(3). e70082–e70082.
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Cabreira, Verónica, et al.. (2025). Functional cognitive disorder in Alzheimer's disease. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 476. 123618–123618.
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Stone, Jon, Ingrid Hoeritzauer, Laura McWhirter, & Alan Carson. (2024). Functional neurological disorder: defying dualism. World Psychiatry. 23(1). 53–54. 8 indexed citations
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McWhirter, Laura, et al.. (2024). Stigma in functional neurological disorder (FND) – A systematic review. Clinical Psychology Review. 112. 102460–102460. 15 indexed citations
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McWhirter, Laura. (2024). Brain fog. Practical Neurology. 25(2). 137–142. 1 indexed citations
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Cabreira, Verónica, Laura McWhirter, & Alan Carson. (2023). Functional Cognitive Disorder. Neurologic Clinics. 41(4). 619–633. 11 indexed citations
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Stone, Jon, Laura McWhirter, Marianna Riello, et al.. (2023). Performance validity tests in nonlitigant patients with functional motor disorder. European Journal of Neurology. 30(4). 806–812. 1 indexed citations
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Hallett, Mark, Selma Aybek, Barbara A. Dworetzky, et al.. (2022). Functional neurological disorder: new subtypes and shared mechanisms. The Lancet Neurology. 21(6). 537–550. 229 indexed citations breakdown →
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Borthwick, Arlene C., Mary Porteous, Samuel Danso, et al.. (2021). The Scottish Brain Health Service Model: Rationale and Scientific Basis for a National Care Pathway of Brain Health Services in Scotland. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease. 9(2). 348–358. 8 indexed citations
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McWhirter, Laura, Craig Ritchie, Jon Stone, & Alan Carson. (2021). Identifying functional cognitive disorder: a proposed diagnostic risk model. CNS Spectrums. 27(6). 754–763. 19 indexed citations
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Bennett, Karina, Ingrid Hoeritzauer, Paula Gardiner, et al.. (2021). A practical review of functional neurological disorder (FND) for the general physician. Clinical Medicine. 21(1). 28–36. 73 indexed citations
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Hoeritzauer, Ingrid, et al.. (2020). Testing the ‘seizure scaffold’: What can experimental simulation tell us about functional seizures?. Epilepsy & Behavior. 113. 107518–107518. 3 indexed citations
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Stone, Jon, et al.. (2020). Management of mild traumatic brain injury. Practical Neurology. 20(3). 213–221. 27 indexed citations
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McWhirter, Laura, Craig Ritchie, Jon Stone, & Alan Carson. (2019). Functional cognitive disorders: a systematic review. The Lancet Psychiatry. 7(2). 191–207. 135 indexed citations
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McWhirter, Laura, Nick Miller, Ingrid Hoeritzauer, et al.. (2019). Understanding foreign accent syndrome. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 90(11). 1265–1269. 16 indexed citations
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McWhirter, Laura, Lea Ludwig, Alan Carson, Robert D. McIntosh, & Jon Stone. (2016). Transcranial magnetic stimulation as a treatment for functional (psychogenic) upper limb weakness. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 89. 102–106. 17 indexed citations
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Ludwig, Lea, et al.. (2016). Functional coma. Handbook of clinical neurology. 139. 313–327. 12 indexed citations
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Lehn, Alexander, Jeannette Gelauff, Ingrid Hoeritzauer, et al.. (2015). Functional neurological disorders: mechanisms and treatment. Journal of Neurology. 263(3). 611–620. 56 indexed citations
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McWhirter, Laura, Alan Carson, & Jon Stone. (2015). The body electric: a long view of electrical therapy for functional neurological disorders. Brain. 138(4). 1113–1120. 21 indexed citations
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McWhirter, Laura, Jon Stone, Peter Sandercock, & William Whiteley. (2011). Hoover's sign for the diagnosis of functional weakness: A prospective unblinded cohort study in patients with suspected stroke. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 71(6). 384–386. 54 indexed citations

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