Michael Barnett

19.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
246 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Michael Barnett is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Neurology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Barnett has authored 246 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 79 papers in Neurology and 49 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Michael Barnett's work include Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (147 papers), Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (50 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (29 papers). Michael Barnett is often cited by papers focused on Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (147 papers), Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (50 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (29 papers). Michael Barnett collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Michael Barnett's co-authors include John W. Prineas, John Parratt, G. John Ikenberry, Martha Finnemore, Andrew Henderson, Alexander Klistorner, Stephen Reddel, Con Yiannikas, Chenyu Wang and Ian Sutton and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Michael Barnett

226 papers receiving 9.2k 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.

Relapsing and remitting multiple sclerosis: Pathology of the newly forming lesion

2004 915 citations Michael Barnett et al. profile →
Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics

2004 562 citations Michael Barnett et al. profile →
Immunopathology of autoantibody-associated encephalitides: clues for pathogenesis

2012 470 citations Michael Barnett et al. profile →
Clinical course, therapeutic responses and outcomes in relapsing MOG antibody-associated demyelination

2017 390 citations Jeannette Lechner‐Scott, Michael Barnett et al. profile →
Ravulizumab in Aquaporin‐4–Positive Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder

2023 82 citations Michael Barnett et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Michael Barnett	4.8k	3.3k	1.6k	1.3k	1.2k	246	9.5k
Mar Tintoré	8.4k 1.7×	3.8k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	2.6k 2.0×	651 0.5×	239	10.4k
Stephen L. Hauser	5.6k 1.2×	1.7k 0.5×	1.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	815 0.7×	98	10.4k
Tarık Tihan	977 0.2×	3.2k 1.0×	3.4k 2.1×	829 0.6×	414 0.3×	255	13.4k
Lucy B. Rorke	2.7k 0.6×	5.4k 1.6×	7.7k 4.7×	616 0.5×	481 0.4×	258	20.3k
Khê Hoang‐Xuan	3.3k 0.7×	4.6k 1.4×	4.5k 2.8×	361 0.3×	387 0.3×	331	17.3k
George P. Rice	6.4k 1.3×	2.7k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	2.2k 1.7×	473 0.4×	109	9.7k
Anne Jouvet	1.1k 0.2×	4.4k 1.3×	5.8k 3.6×	748 0.6×	615 0.5×	151	18.7k
Richard L. Davis	1.1k 0.2×	2.9k 0.9×	2.6k 1.6×	359 0.3×	1.5k 1.2×	235	11.8k
Julie M. Gastier‐Foster	2.0k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	10.4k 6.4×	960 0.7×	726 0.6×	122	22.8k
David Miller	3.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.4×	543 0.3×	1.0k 0.8×	324 0.3×	55	4.3k

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Motyer, Allan, Stacey Jackson, Bicheng Yang, et al.. (2025). Neuronal somatic mutations are increased in multiple sclerosis lesions. Nature Neuroscience. 28(4). 757–765.

Merlo, Daniel, Yi Chao Foong, Chao Zhu, et al.. (2025). Long-term acceptability of MSReactor digital cognitive monitoring among people living with multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 31(5). 595–606. 1 indexed citations

Foong, Yi Chao, Daniel Merlo, Melissa Gresle, et al.. (2025). Longitudinal Trajectories of Digital Cognitive Biomarkers for Multiple Sclerosis. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 12(4). 842–850. 2 indexed citations

Zarghami, Amin, Kalina Makowiecki, Natasha Stevens, et al.. (2024). Low-intensity repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is safe and well tolerated by people living with MS – outcomes of the phase I randomised controlled trial (TAURUS). Multiple Sclerosis Journal - Experimental Translational and Clinical. 10(2). 3110615771–3110615771. 3 indexed citations

Foong, Yi Chao, Daniel Merlo, Melissa Gresle, et al.. (2024). 3115 Longitudinal trajectories of digital cognitive biomarkers for multiple sclerosis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. A37.3–A37.

Foong, Yi Chao, Daniel Merlo, Melissa Gresle, et al.. (2024). Longitudinal trajectories of digital upper limb biomarkers for multiple sclerosis. European Journal of Neurology. 32(1). e70000–e70000. 1 indexed citations

Walt, Anneke van der, Michael Barnett, Helmut Butzkueven, et al.. (2023). Choroid plexus volume is enlarged in clinically isolated syndrome patients with optic neuritis. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 29(4-5). 540–548. 23 indexed citations

Maller, Jerome J., Yael Barnett, Benjamin Jonker, et al.. (2023). Tremor suppression following treatment with MRgFUS: skull density ratio consistency and degree of posterior dentatorubrothalamic tract lesioning predicts long-term clinical outcomes in essential tremor. Frontiers in Neurology. 14. 1129430–1129430. 5 indexed citations

Foong, Yi Chao, Daniel Merlo, Melissa Gresle, et al.. (2023). The Patient‐Determined Disease Steps scale is not interchangeable with the Expanded Disease Status Scale in mild to moderate multiple sclerosis. European Journal of Neurology. 31(1). e16046–e16046. 9 indexed citations

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Barnett, Michael, et al.. (2022). The expansion and severity of chronic MS lesions follows a periventricular gradient. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 28(10). 1504–1514. 16 indexed citations

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Barnett, Michael, et al.. (2022). Mechanisms of central brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 28(13). 2038–2045. 13 indexed citations

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Hálmagyi, G. Michael, Geoffrey Parker, Liming Chen, et al.. (2022). Progressive loss of hearing and balance in superficial siderosis due to occult spinal dural defects. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 280(2). 633–641. 3 indexed citations

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Su, Helen C., Michael Barnett, Anna Murray, et al.. (2022). Patient experience and satisfaction with symptomatic faecal immunochemical testing: an explanatory sequential mixed-methods evaluation. British Journal of General Practice. 73(727). e104–e114. 5 indexed citations

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Graf, Jonas, Jan Mareš, Michael Barnett, et al.. (2021). Targeting B Cells to Modify MS, NMOSD, and MOGAD. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 8(1). 41 indexed citations

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Maltby, Vicki E., Rod A. Lea, Mastura Monif, et al.. (2021). Efficacy of Cladribine Tablets as a Treatment for People With Multiple Sclerosis: Protocol for the CLOBAS Study (Cladribine, a Multicenter, Long-term Efficacy and Biomarker Australian Study). JMIR Research Protocols. 10(10). e24969–e24969. 4 indexed citations

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Spies, Judith, Michael Barnett, John D. Pollard, et al.. (2021). Nerve biopsy: Current indications and decision tools. Muscle & Nerve. 64(2). 125–139. 29 indexed citations

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Ebrahimkhani, Saeideh, Fatemeh Vafaee, Susannah Hallal, et al.. (2018). Deep sequencing of circulating exosomal microRNA allows non-invasive glioblastoma diagnosis. npj Precision Oncology. 2(1). 28–28. 118 indexed citations

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Bibb, Richard, Scott L. Davis, Ollie Jay, et al.. (2018). Temperature sensitivity in multiple sclerosis: An overview of its impact on sensory and cognitive symptoms. Temperature. 5(3). 208–223. 60 indexed citations

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Filingeri, Davide, Georgia K. Chaseling, Phu Hoang, et al.. (2017). Afferent thermosensory function in relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis following exercise‐induced increases in body temperature. Experimental Physiology. 102(8). 887–893. 22 indexed citations

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Barnett, Michael, et al.. (2011). Massive astrocyte destruction in neuromyelitis optica despite natalizumab therapy. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 18(1). 108–112. 95 indexed citations

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