Niall Pender

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Niall Pender is a scholar working on Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Niall Pender has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Neurology, 17 papers in Physiology and 15 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Niall Pender's work include Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (50 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (34 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (15 papers). Niall Pender is often cited by papers focused on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (50 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (34 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (15 papers). Niall Pender collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and United States. Niall Pender's co-authors include Orla Hardiman, Julie Phukan, Peter Bede, Marwa Elamin, Susan Byrne, Norah Jordan, Russell L. McLaughlin, Marta Pinto‐Grau, Catherine Lynch and Alice Vajda and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Neurology and Trends in Cognitive Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Niall Pender

96 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

The syndrome of cognitive impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a population-based study

2011 502 citations Julie Phukan, Marwa Elamin et al. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Niall Pender Ireland	35	3.6k	1.3k	1.0k	544	530	99	4.6k
Sandro Iannaccone Italy	33	1.6k 0.5×	231 0.2×	814 0.8×	325 0.6×	520 1.0×	126	3.4k
Edward D. Huey United States	35	1.7k 0.5×	182 0.1×	1.1k 1.1×	650 1.2×	601 1.1×	156	4.8k
Eugene C. Lai United States	33	2.3k 0.7×	160 0.1×	471 0.5×	483 0.9×	370 0.7×	83	3.3k
Gilberto Levy United States	21	1.4k 0.4×	256 0.2×	378 0.4×	360 0.7×	175 0.3×	34	2.7k
Patricia Lillo Chile	23	1.2k 0.3×	351 0.3×	557 0.5×	100 0.2×	181 0.3×	63	1.8k
Abraham Lieberman United States	34	2.3k 0.6×	166 0.1×	306 0.3×	973 1.8×	257 0.5×	157	4.3k
Seishi Terada Japan	31	900 0.3×	116 0.1×	778 0.8×	263 0.5×	493 0.9×	107	2.6k
Ulla Passant Sweden	26	2.7k 0.7×	200 0.2×	3.0k 3.0×	380 0.7×	1.2k 2.3×	62	6.9k
Katya Rascovsky United States	27	1.9k 0.5×	191 0.1×	2.2k 2.1×	249 0.5×	733 1.4×	71	6.0k
P.H. Robert France	6	1.6k 0.5×	146 0.1×	1.8k 1.7×	203 0.4×	661 1.2×	10	4.2k

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Spikman, Jacoba M., Marieke J.H. Wermer, Niall Pender, et al.. (2024). Re‐evaluating patient communication and care in angiographically negative subarachnoid hemorrhage: Balancing realism and optimism. European Journal of Neurology. 31(6). 35–e16257. 2 indexed citations

Hevey, David, et al.. (2023). A Systematic Review of Cognition in Cervical Dystonia. Neuropsychology Review. 34(1). 134–154. 9 indexed citations

Ryan, Marie, Emmet Costello, Mark A. Doherty, et al.. (2020). Cognitive dysfunction in pre-symptomatic C9orf72 carriers (1774). Neurology. 94(15_supplement). 1 indexed citations

O’Brien, Helen, E O’Brien, Ross Morgan, et al.. (2020). An integrated multidisciplinary model of COVID-19 recovery care. Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -). 190(2). 461–468. 47 indexed citations

Merriman, Niamh A., Niall Pender, David Williams, et al.. (2020). The StrokeCog study: development and description of a cognition-focused psychological intervention to address cognitive impairment following stroke. Psychology and Health. 36(7). 792–809. 8 indexed citations

Merriman, Niamh A., Eithne Sexton, Mary E. Walsh, et al.. (2019). Addressing cognitive impairment following stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis of non-randomised controlled studies of psychological interventions. BMJ Open. 9(2). e024429–e024429. 57 indexed citations

Burke, Tom, Sinead Maguire, Miriam Galvin, et al.. (2019). Group interventions for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis caregivers in Ireland: a randomised controlled trial protocol. BMJ Open. 9(9). e030684–e030684. 13 indexed citations

Finegan, Eoin, Rangariroyashe H. Chipika, Stacey Li Hi Shing, et al.. (2019). The clinical and radiological profile of primary lateral sclerosis: a population-based study. Journal of Neurology. 266(11). 2718–2733. 63 indexed citations

Finegan, Eoin, Stacey Li Hi Shing, Rangariroyashe H. Chipika, et al.. (2019). Widespread subcortical grey matter degeneration in primary lateral sclerosis: a multimodal imaging study with genetic profiling. NeuroImage Clinical. 24. 102089–102089. 70 indexed citations

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Kennedy, Jean, et al.. (2019). Associations and effects of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on cognitive function and mood in healthy adults: a protocol for a systematic review of observational and interventional studies. BMJ Open. 9(6). e027167–e027167. 7 indexed citations

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Galvin, Miriam, et al.. (2018). Needs of informal caregivers across the caregiving course in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a qualitative analysis. BMJ Open. 8(1). e018721–e018721. 45 indexed citations

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Bede, Peter, Eoin Finegan, Rangariroyashe H. Chipika, et al.. (2018). Characterisation of basal ganglia pathology in frontotemporal dementia: a connectivity-based multimodal neuroimaging study (S34.002). Neurology. 90(15_supplement). 1 indexed citations

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Crockford, Christopher, Judith Newton, Katie Lonergan, et al.. (2017). Measuring reliable change in cognition using the Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioural ALS Screen (ECAS). Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration. 19(1-2). 65–73. 30 indexed citations

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Burke, Tom, Miriam Galvin, Marta Pinto‐Grau, et al.. (2017). Caregivers of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: investigating quality of life, caregiver burden, service engagement, and patient survival. Journal of Neurology. 264(5). 898–904. 34 indexed citations

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Bede, Peter, Arun L.W. Bokde, Susan Byrne, et al.. (2013). The Neuroimaging Signature of the C9orf72 Hexanucleotide Repeat in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis – A Multimodal MRI Study (S06.005). Neurology. 80(7_supplement). 1 indexed citations

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Pazderska, Agnieszka, et al.. (2013). Insights into thermoregulation: A clinico-radiological description of Shapiro syndrome. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 329(1-2). 66–68. 14 indexed citations

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Bede, Peter, Arun L.W. Bokde, Marwa Elamin, et al.. (2012). Grey matter correlates of clinical variables in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): a neuroimaging study of ALS motor phenotype heterogeneity and cortical focality. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 84(7). 766–773. 117 indexed citations

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Pender, Niall, et al.. (2012). A comparison of propofol and amobarbital for use in the Wada test. Seizure. 21(5). 399–401. 11 indexed citations

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Byrne, Susan, Marwa Elamin, Peter Bede, et al.. (2012). Cognitive and clinical characteristics of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis carrying a C9orf72 repeat expansion: a population-based cohort study. The Lancet Neurology. 11(3). 232–240. 353 indexed citations

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Ammerman, Alice S., Michael Pignone, Kathleen N Lohr, et al.. (2001). Counseling to Promote a Healthy Diet. 181. 20 indexed citations

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