Merrilee Needham

6.1k total citations
112 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Merrilee Needham is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Merrilee Needham has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Epidemiology, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 26 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Merrilee Needham's work include Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis (68 papers), Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders (16 papers) and Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes (16 papers). Merrilee Needham is often cited by papers focused on Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis (68 papers), Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders (16 papers) and Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes (16 papers). Merrilee Needham collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Netherlands. Merrilee Needham's co-authors include Frank Mastaglia, Francis Mastaglia, Christina Liang, Alastair Corbett, Timothy Day, P. J. Zilko, Thomas E. Lloyd, Victoria A. Fabian, Wally Knezevic and Peter K. Panegyres and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Merrilee Needham

106 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Merrilee Needham Australia	29	1.5k	859	598	516	410	112	2.5k
Josep M. Grau‐Junyent Spain	19	1.1k 0.7×	407 0.5×	550 0.9×	267 0.5×	102 0.2×	43	1.6k
Anthony A. Amato United States	21	650 0.4×	414 0.5×	317 0.5×	695 1.3×	152 0.4×	41	1.7k
Thomas H. Brannagan United States	33	447 0.3×	900 1.0×	257 0.4×	1.8k 3.5×	262 0.6×	117	3.6k
Glenn D. Sandberg United States	15	367 0.2×	235 0.3×	395 0.7×	531 1.0×	236 0.6×	30	1.8k
Michelle L. Mauermann United States	27	295 0.2×	740 0.9×	209 0.3×	1.4k 2.7×	394 1.0×	114	2.8k
Ning Lin United States	31	542 0.4×	460 0.5×	346 0.6×	1.6k 3.0×	283 0.7×	124	3.0k
Brian R. Younge United States	33	420 0.3×	348 0.4×	1.2k 2.0×	753 1.5×	506 1.2×	62	3.8k
Wolfgang Saeger Germany	41	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.5×	311 0.5×	689 1.3×	1.5k 3.7×	304	6.6k
Shinsuke Suzuki Japan	26	278 0.2×	617 0.7×	345 0.6×	451 0.9×	79 0.2×	141	2.5k
Maya Lodish United States	34	495 0.3×	1.0k 1.2×	127 0.2×	572 1.1×	336 0.8×	130	3.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Merrilee Needham

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Hird, Kathryn, et al.. (2025). Mind over matter? A cross-sectional study exploring the influence of depression versus physical disability on patient-reported wellbeing in inclusion body myositis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17. 100199–100199. 1 indexed citations

Mastaglia, Frank, et al.. (2025). Expression and Site-Specific Biotinylation of Human Cytosolic 5′-Nucleotidase 1A in Escherichia coli. Methods and Protocols. 8(3). 66–66.

Limaye, Vidya, Harsha Gunawardena, Ross Sadler, et al.. (2025). The incidence of anti-HMGCR immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy: an Australian and UK retrospective multi-site cohort study. Lara D. Veeken. 64(9). 4995–5003. 1 indexed citations

Cooper, Ian, et al.. (2024). Consumer‐driven evaluation of assistive technology usage and perceived value in people with myositis in Australia. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal. 71(5). 686–698.

Saygın, Didem, Dana DiRenzo, Christopher A. Mecoli, et al.. (2024). Construct validity of PROMIS pain interference, fatigue, and physical function as patient-reported outcomes in adults with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: An international study from the OMERACT myositis working group. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 68. 152534–152534.

Cooper, Ian, et al.. (2024). Prevalence of urinary and bowel incontinence among individuals with myositis: A cross-sectional study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11. 101319–101319. 1 indexed citations

Saygın, Didem, Victoria P. Werth, Julie J. Paik, et al.. (2024). Response to: Correspondence on ‘Current myositis clinical trials and tribulations’ by Saygin et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 83(11). e23–e23. 1 indexed citations

Saygın, Didem, Helene Alexanderson, Dana DiRenzo, et al.. (2024). The impact of pain on daily activities in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: Report from the OMERACT myositis working group. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 67. 152476–152476. 2 indexed citations

Eijk, Ruben P. A. van, Matthew C. Kiernan, Allan F. McRae, et al.. (2024). Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis established as a multistep process across phenotypes. European Journal of Neurology. 32(1). e16532–e16532. 2 indexed citations

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Cooper, Ian, et al.. (2024). Identification of distinct immune signatures in inclusion body myositis by peripheral blood immunophenotyping using machine learning models. Clinical & Translational Immunology. 13(4). e1504–e1504. 4 indexed citations

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Cooper, Ian, et al.. (2024). The relationship between patient-reported and clinician-assessed outcome measures in Inclusion body myositis - insights from a retrospective cohort study. Neuromuscular Disorders. 46. 105272–105272. 1 indexed citations

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Saygın, Didem, Matteo Bottai, Marjolein Visser, et al.. (2023). Performance of the 2017 EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria for adult and juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies and their major subgroups: a scoping review. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology. 42(2). 403–412. 4 indexed citations

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Fairchild, Timothy J., Yvonne C. Learmonth, Ian Cooper, et al.. (2023). Testosterone treatment combined with exercise to improve muscle strength, physical function and quality of life in men affected by inclusion body myositis: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial. PLoS ONE. 18(4). e0283394–e0283394. 11 indexed citations

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Lamont, Phillipa J., et al.. (2023). Uncovering the significance of expanded CD8+ large granular lymphocytes in inclusion body myositis: Insights into T cell phenotype and functional alterations, and disease severity. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1153789–1153789. 7 indexed citations

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Hannaford, Andrew, Karen Byth, Nathan Pavey, et al.. (2022). Clinical and neurophysiological biomarkers of disease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Muscle & Nerve. 67(1). 17–24. 4 indexed citations

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DiRenzo, Dana, Didem Saygın, Ingrid de Groot, et al.. (2022). Reliability and validity of PROMIS physical function, pain interference, and fatigue as patient reported outcome measures in adult idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: International study from the OMERACT myositis working group. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 58. 152111–152111. 15 indexed citations

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Simpson, Steve, Federico Frascoli, James R. Burrell, et al.. (2022). 2333 Critical shortage of neurologists in regional and rural Australia: modeling neurologist supply in Australia, 2023–2034, report of the ANZAN Workforce Committee. Abstracts. A41.2–A41.

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Vucic, Steve, Robert D. Henderson, Susan Mathers, et al.. (2021). Safety and efficacy of dimethyl fumarate in ALS: randomised controlled study. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 8(10). 1991–1999. 24 indexed citations

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Vucic, Steve, et al.. (2020). Phase 2 randomized placebo controlled double blind study to assess the efficacy and safety of tecfidera in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (TEALS Study). Medicine. 99(6). e18904–e18904. 25 indexed citations

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Makino, Keishi, et al.. (2015). Quantifying The Cost And Quality Of Life Implications Of Adverse Events Associated With Long-Term Oral Corticosteroid Use. Value in Health. 18(7). A688–A688. 3 indexed citations

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