Mike Sabbagh

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 841 citations indexed

About

Mike Sabbagh is a scholar working on Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mike Sabbagh has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 841 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Genetics, 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Mike Sabbagh's work include Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (3 papers), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (3 papers) and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (2 papers). Mike Sabbagh is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (3 papers), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (3 papers) and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (2 papers). Mike Sabbagh collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Netherlands and France. Mike Sabbagh's co-authors include Igal Ifergan, Jorge I. Alvarez, Simone Terouz, Helga E. de Vries, Alexandre Prat, Hania Kébir, Lyne Bourbonnière, Pierre J. Fabre, Monique Bernard and Jack van Horssen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Neurosurgery and Neurobiology of Aging.

In The Last Decade

Mike Sabbagh

8 papers receiving 829 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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 Hedgehog Pathway Promotes Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity and CNS Immune Quiescence

2011 641 citations Jorge I. Alvarez, Aurore Dodelet-Devillers et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mike Sabbagh Canada	5	418	344	213	170	119	8	841
Dritan Agalliu United States	8	673 1.6×	447 1.3×	136 0.6×	144 0.8×	95 0.8×	10	1.2k
Wolf-Rüdiger Schäbitz Germany	4	281 0.7×	186 0.5×	131 0.6×	148 0.9×	135 1.1×	5	717
Simone Terouz Canada	6	571 1.4×	473 1.4×	114 0.5×	181 1.1×	42 0.4×	11	1.2k
Friederike Kirsch Germany	12	174 0.4×	275 0.8×	118 0.6×	106 0.6×	93 0.8×	13	683
Wei‐Ming Duan China	17	154 0.4×	421 1.2×	122 0.6×	276 1.6×	62 0.5×	32	871
Narman Puvanachandra United Kingdom	8	398 1.0×	298 0.9×	121 0.6×	368 2.2×	51 0.4×	21	1.0k
Robyn Oldfield New Zealand	11	473 1.1×	173 0.5×	80 0.4×	105 0.6×	67 0.6×	15	763
Esther Kur Germany	7	395 0.9×	480 1.4×	70 0.3×	97 0.6×	45 0.4×	7	1.0k
Serena Ghezzi Italy	17	195 0.5×	470 1.4×	272 1.3×	205 1.2×	161 1.4×	33	944
Robert G. Underly United States	8	539 1.3×	265 0.8×	145 0.7×	157 0.9×	33 0.3×	12	833

Countries citing papers authored by Mike Sabbagh

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mike Sabbagh

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mike Sabbagh

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mike Sabbagh. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mike Sabbagh 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 Mike Sabbagh. Mike Sabbagh is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Daoud, Hussein, Mike Sabbagh, Véronique Belzil, et al.. (2012). C9orf72 Hexanucleotide Repeat Expansions as the Causative Mutation for Chromosome 9p21–Linked Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. Archives of Neurology. 69(9). 1159–63. 22 indexed citations

2.

Daoud, Hussein, Sirui Zhou, Anne Noreau, et al.. (2011). Exome sequencing reveals SPG11 mutations causing juvenile ALS. Neurobiology of Aging. 33(4). 839.e5–839.e9. 74 indexed citations

3.

Daoud, Hussein, Véronique Belzil, Sandra Martins, et al.. (2011). Association of Long ATXN2 CAG Repeat Sizes With Increased Risk of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Archives of Neurology. 68(6). 739–42. 67 indexed citations

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Alvarez, Jorge I., Aurore Dodelet-Devillers, Hania Kébir, et al.. (2011). The Hedgehog Pathway Promotes Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity and CNS Immune Quiescence. Science. 334(6063). 1727–1731. 641 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rahme, Ralph, Alexander G. Weil, Mike Sabbagh, et al.. (2010). Decompressive Craniectomy Is Not an Independent Risk Factor for Communicating Hydrocephalus in Patients With Increased Intracranial Pressure. Neurosurgery. 67(3). 675–678. 33 indexed citations

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Alvarez, Jorge I., Aurore Dodelet-Devillers, Igal Ifergan, et al.. (2010). The Hedgehog Pathway Sustains Blood–brain Barrier Properties and Promotes CNS Immune Quiescence. Clinical Immunology. 135. S68–S68. 2 indexed citations

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Sabbagh, Mike, Igal Ifergan, Robert Moumdjian, Joséphine Nalbantoglu, & Alexandre Prat. (2009). OR.92. Human Glioblastoma Cancer Stem Cells Promote Intra-tumoral Immune Regulatory Functions. Clinical Immunology. 131. S38–S38. 1 indexed citations

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Refaat, Marwan M., et al.. (2004). The Use and Overuse of Coronary Angiography in Lebanon. 1 indexed citations

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