Martin Dichgans

101.2k total citations · 16 hit papers
420 papers, 28.5k citations indexed

About

Martin Dichgans is a scholar working on Neurology, Rheumatology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Dichgans has authored 420 papers receiving a total of 28.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 186 papers in Neurology, 91 papers in Rheumatology and 90 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Martin Dichgans's work include Cerebrovascular and genetic disorders (138 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (78 papers) and Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (78 papers). Martin Dichgans is often cited by papers focused on Cerebrovascular and genetic disorders (138 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (78 papers) and Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (78 papers). Martin Dichgans collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Martin Dichgans's co-authors include Joanna M. Wardlaw, Colin Smith, Marco Duering, Hugues Chabriat, Rainer Malik, Jürgen Herzog, Anne Joutel, Thomas Gasser, Hugh S. Markus and Christian Opherk and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Martin Dichgans

406 papers receiving 28.0k citations

Hit Papers

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke–C... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2006 2013 2019 2009 2019 400 800 1.2k
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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. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke–Canadian Stroke Network Vascular Cognitive Impairment Harmonization Standards
    2006 1.2k citations Vladimir Hachinski, Costantino Iadecola et al. Stroke profile →
  2. Mechanisms of sporadic cerebral small vessel disease: insights from neuroimaging
    2013 1.2k citations Joanna M. Wardlaw, Martin Dichgans et al. profile →
  3. Small vessel disease: mechanisms and clinical implications
    2019 1.0k citations Joanna M. Wardlaw, Martin Dichgans et al. profile →
  4. CADASIL
    2009 733 citations Martin Dichgans, Marie‐Germaine Bousser et al. profile →
  5. The global burden of neurological disorders: translating evidence into policy
    2019 625 citations Martin Dichgans et al. profile →
  6. Mutation in the neuronal voltage-gated sodium channel SCN1A in familial hemiplegic migraine
    2005 614 citations Martin Dichgans, Tobias Freilinger et al. profile →
  7. Prevalence of superficial siderosis in patients with cerebral amyloid angiopathy
    2010 598 citations Jennifer Linn, Martin Dichgans et al. Neurology profile →
  8. Microbiota Dysbiosis Controls the Neuroinflammatory Response after Stroke
    2016 560 citations Martin Dichgans et al. profile →
  9. The phenotypic spectrum of CADASIL: Clinical findings in 102 cases
    1998 502 citations Martin Dichgans et al. Annals of Neurology profile →
  10. Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
    2019 492 citations Costantino Iadecola, Marco Duering et al. profile →
  11. Shrinkage-mediated imaging of entire organs and organisms using uDISCO
    2016 427 citations Martin Dichgans et al. profile →
  12. Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
    2022 416 citations Marco Duering, Martin Dichgans et al. profile →
  13. Vascular Cognitive Impairment
    2017 385 citations Martin Dichgans et al. profile →
  14. Action Plan for Stroke in Europe 2018–2030
    2018 322 citations Martin Dichgans, Joanna M. Wardlaw et al. European Stroke Journal profile →
  15. Genetic risk, incident stroke, and the benefits of adhering to a healthy lifestyle: cohort study of 306 473 UK Biobank participants
    2018 221 citations Rainer Malik, Kristiina Rannikmäe et al. profile →
  16. European Stroke Organisation (ESO) guideline on pharmacological interventions for long-term secondary prevention after ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack
    2022 94 citations Jesse Dawson, Yannick Béjot et al. European Stroke Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Martin Dichgans Germany 86 10.6k 6.4k 5.9k 5.0k 5.0k 420 28.5k
Franz Fazekas Austria 90 10.3k 1.0× 5.3k 0.8× 6.8k 1.1× 6.4k 1.3× 3.2k 0.6× 509 34.1k
Hugh S. Markus United Kingdom 93 9.5k 0.9× 4.7k 0.7× 9.0k 1.5× 3.5k 0.7× 2.7k 0.5× 464 31.8k
Mark A. van Buchem Netherlands 84 7.1k 0.7× 3.3k 0.5× 3.4k 0.6× 5.4k 1.1× 2.0k 0.4× 473 24.7k
Leonardo Pantoni Italy 70 6.5k 0.6× 6.7k 1.0× 5.1k 0.9× 6.3k 1.3× 1.3k 0.3× 305 21.3k
Peter J. Koudstaal Netherlands 96 8.3k 0.8× 4.4k 0.7× 12.5k 2.1× 6.2k 1.2× 2.6k 0.5× 448 38.8k
Didier Leys France 69 7.1k 0.7× 3.5k 0.5× 7.1k 1.2× 4.7k 0.9× 1.3k 0.3× 437 20.2k
John C. van Swieten Netherlands 64 10.0k 0.9× 4.2k 0.7× 4.5k 0.8× 4.9k 1.0× 4.4k 0.9× 268 23.7k
Walter J. Koroshetz United States 83 8.0k 0.8× 3.9k 0.6× 9.8k 1.7× 9.5k 1.9× 4.5k 0.9× 224 33.9k
Hugues Chabriat France 65 9.1k 0.9× 3.9k 0.6× 2.5k 0.4× 3.4k 0.7× 1.8k 0.4× 266 17.8k
Raj N. Kalaria United Kingdom 77 4.7k 0.4× 7.6k 1.2× 2.6k 0.4× 4.7k 1.0× 3.1k 0.6× 277 19.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martin Dichgans

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Martin Dichgans. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Martin Dichgans based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Martin Dichgans. Martin Dichgans is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Roemer, Sebastian Niclas, Franziska Wagner, Boris‐Stephan Rauchmann, et al.. (2025). Amyloid-associated hyperconnectivity drives tau spread across connected brain regions in Alzheimer’s disease. Science Translational Medicine. 17(782). eadp2564–eadp2564. 13 indexed citations
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Brink, Hilde van den, Anna Kopczak, Jeroen C.W. Siero, et al.. (2025). The relation between cerebral small vessel function and white matter microstructure in monogenic and sporadic small vessel disease - the ZOOM@SVDs study. PubMed. 8. 100383–100383. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Lanyue, Rainer Malik, Tom G. Richardson, et al.. (2025). The genomic architecture of circulating cytokine levels points to drug targets for immune-related diseases. Communications Biology. 8(1). 34–34. 1 indexed citations
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Asare, Yaw, Hao Ji, Lu Liu, et al.. (2024). Innate immune training restores pro-reparative myeloid functions to promote remyelination in the aged central nervous system. Immunity. 57(9). 2173–2190.e8. 15 indexed citations
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Dawson, Jesse, Yannick Béjot, Louisa Christensen, et al.. (2022). European Stroke Organisation (ESO) guideline on pharmacological interventions for long-term secondary prevention after ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack. European Stroke Journal. 7(3). I–XLI. 94 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rubinski, Anna, Rainer Malik, Nicolai Franzmeier, et al.. (2022). Polygenic Effect on Tau Pathology Progression in Alzheimer's Disease. Annals of Neurology. 93(4). 819–829. 6 indexed citations
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Mayerhofer, Ernst, Rainer Malik, Livia Parodi, et al.. (2022). Genetically predicted on-statin LDL response is associated with higher intracerebral haemorrhage risk. Brain. 145(8). 2677–2686. 18 indexed citations
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Burgess, Stephen, Rainer Malik, Amy M. Mason, et al.. (2021). Dose–response relationship between genetically proxied average blood glucose levels and incident coronary heart disease in individuals without diabetes mellitus. Diabetologia. 64(4). 845–849. 16 indexed citations
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Dichgans, Martin, Nathalie Beaufort, Stéphanie Debette, & Christopher D. Anderson. (2021). Stroke Genetics: Turning Discoveries into Clinical Applications. Stroke. 52(9). 2974–2982. 11 indexed citations
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Malik, Rainer, Nathalie Beaufort, Benno Gesierich, et al.. (2021). Whole-exome sequencing reveals a role of HTRA1 and EGFL8 in brain white matter hyperintensities. Brain. 144(9). 2670–2682. 16 indexed citations
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Rutten, Julie W., Marco Duering, Gido Gravesteijn, et al.. (2020). Broad phenotype of cysteine-altering NOTCH3 variants in UK Biobank. Publisher. 1 indexed citations
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Georgakis, Marios K., Marco Duering, Joanna M. Wardlaw, & Martin Dichgans. (2019). WMH and long-term outcomes in ischemic stroke. Neurology. 92(12). e1298–e1308. 143 indexed citations
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Ewers, Michael, Nicolai Franzmeier, Marc Suárez‐Calvet, et al.. (2019). Increased soluble TREM2 in cerebrospinal fluid is associated with reduced cognitive and clinical decline in Alzheimer’s disease. Science Translational Medicine. 11(507). 201 indexed citations
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Gill, Dipender, Marios K. Georgakis, Fotios Koskeridis, et al.. (2019). Use of Genetic Variants Related to Antihypertensive Drugs to Inform on Efficacy and Side Effects. Circulation. 140(4). 270–279. 89 indexed citations
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Thrippleton, Michael J., Walter H. Backes, Steven Sourbron, et al.. (2019). Quantifying blood‐brain barrier leakage in small vessel disease: Review and consensus recommendations. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 15(6). 840–858. 167 indexed citations
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Telgte, Annemieke ter, Kim Wiegertjes, Benno Gesierich, et al.. (2019). The contribution of acute infarcts to cerebral small vessel disease progression. Annals of Neurology. 86(4). 582–592. 28 indexed citations
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Pfefferkorn, Thomas, Markus Holtmannspötter, Caroline Schmidt, et al.. (2010). Drip, Ship, and Retrieve. Stroke. 41(4). 722–726. 65 indexed citations
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Pfefferkorn, Thomas, Isabelle Crassard, Jennifer Linn, et al.. (2009). Clinical features, course and outcome in deep cerebral venous system thrombosis: an analysis of 32 cases. Journal of Neurology. 256(11). 1839–1845. 53 indexed citations
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Kahlig, Kristopher M., Thomas H. Rhodes, Michael Pusch, et al.. (2008). Divergent sodium channel defects in familial hemiplegic migraine. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(28). 9799–9804. 87 indexed citations
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Hachinski, Vladimir, Costantino Iadecola, Ron Petersen, et al.. (2006). National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke–Canadian Stroke Network Vascular Cognitive Impairment Harmonization Standards. Stroke. 37(9). 2220–2241. 1218 indexed citations breakdown →

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