Milton Alter

9.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
160 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Milton Alter is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Epidemiology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Milton Alter has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 30 papers in Epidemiology and 29 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Milton Alter's work include Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (31 papers), Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (19 papers) and Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (13 papers). Milton Alter is often cited by papers focused on Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (31 papers), Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (19 papers) and Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (13 papers). Milton Alter collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Taiwan. Milton Alter's co-authors include Joo Ho Sung, Uri Leibowitz, William R. Kennedy, Esther Kahana, Blanka A. Schaumann, Michael E. Yablonski, Gerd Klaus Steigleder, David R. Weakley, John H. Menkes and Gary Friday and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Milton Alter

160 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

A SEX-LINKED RECESSIVE DISORDER WITH RETARDATION OF GROWTH, PECULIAR HAIR, AND FOCAL CEREBRAL AND CEREBELLAR DEGENERATION

1962 629 citations John H. Menkes, Milton Alter et al. PEDIATRICS profile →
Tumors of the nervous system

1971 496 citations Milton Alter et al. profile →
Progressive proximal spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy of late onset

1968 487 citations William R. Kennedy, Milton Alter et al. Neurology profile →
Dermatoglyphics in Medical Disorders

1976 309 citations Milton Alter et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Milton Alter	1.7k	1.5k	1.5k	1.1k	965	160	6.7k
Herbert Hooijkaas	1.1k 0.6×	949 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	519 0.5×	818 0.8×	151	8.0k
Andrea Rossi	2.3k 1.3×	796 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	879 0.8×	679 0.7×	404	8.4k
R. Hall	1.5k 0.9×	645 0.4×	319 0.2×	511 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	170	8.9k
Manuel R. Gómez	1.5k 0.8×	542 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	612 0.6×	270 0.3×	116	6.5k
Klaus Müller	1.5k 0.9×	721 0.5×	477 0.3×	388 0.4×	683 0.7×	217	5.5k
Marc Tardieu	1.3k 0.8×	2.6k 1.7×	2.8k 1.9×	761 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	179	8.5k
Henrik Daa Schrøder	3.8k 2.2×	363 0.2×	605 0.4×	730 0.7×	873 0.9×	297	9.5k
John Wass	3.3k 1.9×	1.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	506 0.5×	3.5k 3.6×	358	20.9k
Piero Pavone	1.6k 0.9×	364 0.2×	841 0.6×	666 0.6×	670 0.7×	466	7.0k
James B. Peter	3.1k 1.8×	1.9k 1.3×	1.5k 1.0×	791 0.7×	6.3k 6.5×	180	13.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Alter, Milton. (2024). Hidradenitis suppurativa. Die Dermatologie. 75(6). 497–506. 1 indexed citations

Kennedy, William R. & Milton Alter. (2000). Progressive Proximal Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy of Late Onset. Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease. 2(1). 3–5. 5 indexed citations

Alter, Milton. (2000). How Is Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Acquired?. Neuroepidemiology. 19(2). 55–61. 19 indexed citations

Lai, Sue‐Min, et al.. (1999). Stroke Survival after Discharge from an Acute-Care Hospital. Neuroepidemiology. 18(4). 210–217. 10 indexed citations

Alter, Milton. (1998). GM₁ Ganglioside for Acute Ischemic Stroke: Trial Design Issues. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 845(1). 391–401. 16 indexed citations

Friday, Gary, et al.. (1997). Transient ischemic attack and risk of stroke recurrence: The Lehigh Valley Recurrent Stroke Study. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 6(6). 410–415. 1 indexed citations

Huff, F. Jacob, Neal R. Cutler, Frank P. Zemlan, et al.. (1996). A Treatment and Withdrawal Trial of Besipirdine in Alzheimer Disease. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders. 10(2). 93–102. 10 indexed citations

Alter, Milton, Gary Friday, Eugene Sobel, & Sue Min Lai. (1993). The Lehigh Valley Recurrent Stroke Study: Description of Design and Methods. Neuroepidemiology. 12(4). 241–248. 15 indexed citations

Alter, Milton, Sue Min Lai, Barbara Tournier, et al.. (1991). Acute stroke trials: Reasons for patient withdrawal. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 1(4). 182–189. 1 indexed citations

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Alter, Milton. (1990). The epidemiology of Guillain-Barr� syndrome. Annals of Neurology. 27(S1). S7–S12. 116 indexed citations

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Friday, Gary, Sue Min Lai, Milton Alter, et al.. (1989). Stroke in the Lehigh Valley. Neurology. 39(9). 1165–1165. 81 indexed citations

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Davanipour, Zoreh, et al.. (1988). Prolonged, Progressive Dementia with Spongiform Encephalopathy: A Variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease?. Neuroepidemiology. 7(2). 56–65. 2 indexed citations

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Alter, Milton, et al.. (1987). Does delay in acquiring childhood infection increase risk of multiple sclerosis?. Neurological Sciences. 8(1). 23–28. 15 indexed citations

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Davanipour, Zoreh, et al.. (1986). Transmissible Virus Dementia: Evaluation of a Zoonotic Hypothesis. Neuroepidemiology. 5(4). 194–206. 16 indexed citations

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Alter, Milton, Eugene Sobel, Robert L. McCoy, et al.. (1985). Stroke in the Lehigh Valley: Incidence Based on a Community-Wide Hospital Register. Neuroepidemiology. 4(1). 1–15. 25 indexed citations

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Zilber, Nelly, Amos D. Korczyn, Esther Kahana, K. Fried, & Milton Alter. (1984). Inheritance of idiopathic torsion dystonia among Jews.. Journal of Medical Genetics. 21(1). 13–20. 59 indexed citations

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Kahana, Esther, et al.. (1982). Israeli National Neurological Disease Register. Neuroepidemiology. 1(4). 239–248. 7 indexed citations

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Alter, Milton. (1973). Multiple sclerosis in migrant populations.. PubMed. 12(1). 25–30. 11 indexed citations

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Menkes, John H., Milton Alter, Gerd Klaus Steigleder, David R. Weakley, & Joo Ho Sung. (1962). A SEX-LINKED RECESSIVE DISORDER WITH RETARDATION OF GROWTH, PECULIAR HAIR, AND FOCAL CEREBRAL AND CEREBELLAR DEGENERATION. PEDIATRICS. 29(5). 764–779. 629 indexed citations breakdown →

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Alter, Milton, et al.. (1960). The geographic distribution of multiple sclerosis. A comparative study in Charleston County, South Carolina and Halifax County, Nova Scotia. I. Prevalence in Charleston County, South Carolina.. PubMed. 56. 209–13. 8 indexed citations

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