Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos

24.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
53 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

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Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Immunology and 16 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (14 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (11 papers) and Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (10 papers). Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (14 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (11 papers) and Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (10 papers). Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos collaborates with scholars based in United States, Greece and Japan. Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos's co-authors include John P. A. Ioannidis, Εvangelos Εvangelou, Hannah R. Rothstein, Paul I.W. de Bakker, Georgia Salanti, Philip L. De Jager, Tiago Pereira, Athina Tatsioni, Shamil Sunyaev and Sung Chun and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos

52 papers receiving 6.0k citations

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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.

Uncertainty in heterogeneity estimates in meta-analyses

2007 977 citations John P. A. Ioannidis, Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos et al. profile →
Sensitivity of between-study heterogeneity in meta-analysis: proposed metrics and empirical evaluation

2008 892 citations Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos, Εvangelos Εvangelou et al. profile →
A pragmatic view on pragmatic trials

2011 539 citations Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos profile →
A pragmatic view on pragmatic trials.

2011 450 citations Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos United States	29	882	688	636	602	601	53	6.1k
Jaime Peters United Kingdom	25	487 0.6×	360 0.5×	494 0.8×	276 0.5×	570 0.9×	70	6.7k
Evangelia Ntzani Greece	31	1.7k 1.9×	1.4k 2.0×	787 1.2×	303 0.5×	222 0.4×	120	6.9k
Εvangelos Εvangelou Greece	54	1.5k 1.7×	1.6k 2.4×	1.4k 2.2×	744 1.2×	448 0.7×	160	11.5k
Joseph C. Cappelleri United States	58	1.1k 1.2×	821 1.2×	1.4k 2.2×	576 1.0×	872 1.5×	496	17.5k
Ferrán Catalá-López Spain	28	429 0.5×	312 0.5×	739 1.2×	403 0.7×	839 1.4×	127	8.9k
A. Cecile J.W. Janssens Netherlands	46	1.1k 1.2×	1.9k 2.8×	815 1.3×	913 1.5×	170 0.3×	145	6.7k
Muin J. Khoury United States	39	1.8k 2.0×	2.4k 3.5×	914 1.4×	287 0.5×	582 1.0×	95	7.0k
Tim Friede Germany	45	524 0.6×	136 0.2×	422 0.7×	831 1.4×	510 0.8×	331	7.5k
George F. Borm Netherlands	44	691 0.8×	212 0.3×	765 1.2×	671 1.1×	249 0.4×	118	8.1k
D G Altman United Kingdom	19	585 0.7×	276 0.4×	884 1.4×	383 0.6×	1.1k 1.8×	25	7.8k

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Malhotra, Sunny, Luciana Midaglia, Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos, et al.. (2023). TheCYP24A1gene variant rs2762943 is associated with low serum 1,25‐dihydroxyvitamin D levels in multiple sclerosis patients. European Journal of Neurology. 30(8). 2401–2410. 2 indexed citations

Kim, Woori & Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos. (2022). Genetics and functional genomics of multiple sclerosis. Seminars in Immunopathology. 44(1). 63–79. 17 indexed citations

Roostaei, Tina, Hans‐Ulrich Klein, Yiyi Ma, et al.. (2021). Proximal and distal effects of genetic susceptibility to multiple sclerosis on the T cell epigenome. Nature Communications. 12(1). 12 indexed citations

Chun, Sung, Maxim Imakaev, Daniel Hui, et al.. (2020). Non-parametric Polygenic Risk Prediction via Partitioned GWAS Summary Statistics. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 107(1). 46–59. 24 indexed citations

Felsky, Daniel, Ellis Patrick, Julie A. Schneider, et al.. (2018). Polygenic analysis of inflammatory disease variants and effects on microglia in the aging brain. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 13(1). 38–38. 29 indexed citations

Patsopoulos, Nikolaos A.. (2018). Genetics of Multiple Sclerosis: An Overview and New Directions. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 8(7). a028951–a028951. 110 indexed citations

Chun, Sung, Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos, Damien C. Croteau‐Chonka, et al.. (2017). Limited statistical evidence for shared genetic effects of eQTLs and autoimmune-disease-associated loci in three major immune-cell types. Nature Genetics. 49(4). 600–605. 139 indexed citations

Zhou, Yuan, Gu Zhu, Jac Charlesworth, et al.. (2016). Genetic loci for Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen-1 are associated with risk of multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 22(13). 1655–1664. 32 indexed citations

Patsopoulos, Nikolaos A., Lisa F. Barcellos, Rogier Q. Hintzen, et al.. (2013). Fine-Mapping the Genetic Association of the Major Histocompatibility Complex in Multiple Sclerosis: HLA and Non-HLA Effects. PLoS Genetics. 9(11). e1003926–e1003926. 184 indexed citations

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Esposito, Federica, Melissa Sorosina, Elaine T. Lim, et al.. (2013). An SLC9A9 Variant Influences Treatment Response in Interferon beta Treated Multiple Sclerosis Patients (P05.141). Neurology. 80(7_supplement). 1 indexed citations

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Hill‐Burns, Erin M., Cyrus P. Zabetian, Stewart A. Factor, et al.. (2013). Association of Parkinson Disease with Structural and Regulatory Variants in the HLA Region. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 93(5). 984–993. 127 indexed citations

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Shulman, Joshua M., Kewei Chen, Brendan T Keenan, et al.. (2013). Genetic Susceptibility for Alzheimer Disease Neuritic Plaque Pathology. JAMA Neurology. 70(9). 1150–1150. 119 indexed citations

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McLaren, Paul J., Stephan Ripke, Kimberly Pelak, et al.. (2012). Fine-mapping classical HLA variation associated with durable host control of HIV-1 infection in African Americans. Human Molecular Genetics. 21(19). 4334–4347. 44 indexed citations

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Patsopoulos, Nikolaos A. & Paul I.W. de Bakker. (2011). Genome‐wide meta‐analysis identifies novel multiple sclerosis susceptibility loci. Annals of Neurology. 70(6). 897–912. 233 indexed citations

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Pereira, Tiago, Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos, Georgia Salanti, & John P. A. Ioannidis. (2010). Critical interpretation of Cochran's Q test depends on power and prior assumptions about heterogeneity. Research Synthesis Methods. 1(2). 149–161. 110 indexed citations

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Valachis, Antonis, Nikolaos P. Polyzos, Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos, et al.. (2010). Bevacizumab in metastatic breast cancer: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 122(1). 1–7. 73 indexed citations

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Lathyris, Dimitrios, Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos, Georgia Salanti, & John P. A. Ioannidis. (2009). Industry sponsorship and selection of comparators in randomized clinical trials. European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 40(2). 172–182. 77 indexed citations

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Yesupriya, Ajay, Εvangelos Εvangelou, Fotini K. Kavvoura, et al.. (2008). Reporting of Human Genome Epidemiology (HuGE) association studies: An empirical assessment. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 8(1). 31–31. 29 indexed citations

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Patsopoulos, Nikolaos A., Evangelia Ntzani, Ηλίας Ζιντζαράς, & John P. A. Ioannidis. (2005). CYP2D6 polymorphisms and the risk of tardive dyskinesia in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis. Pharmacogenetics and Genomics. 15(3). 151–158. 73 indexed citations

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Patsopoulos, Nikolaos A.. (2005). Relative Citation Impact of Various Study Designs in the Health Sciences. JAMA. 293(19). 2362–2362. 366 indexed citations

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