Nima Etminan

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
92 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Nima Etminan is a scholar working on Neurology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nima Etminan has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Neurology, 26 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 11 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Nima Etminan's work include Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (66 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (49 papers) and Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment (19 papers). Nima Etminan is often cited by papers focused on Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (66 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (49 papers) and Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment (19 papers). Nima Etminan collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Nima Etminan's co-authors include Gabriël J.E. Rinkel, Mervyn D. I. Vergouwen, Daniel Hänggi, K. Hackenberg, Hans‐Jakob Steiger, R. Loch Macdonald, Ale Algra, Nicolien K. de Rooij, Don Ilodigwe and R. Loch Macdonald and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Nima Etminan

85 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Worldwide Incidence of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage According to Region, Time Period, Blood Pressure, and Smoking Prevalence in the Population

2019 540 citations Nima Etminan, K. Hackenberg et al. profile →
Unruptured intracranial aneurysms: development, rupture and preventive management

2016 412 citations Nima Etminan, Gabriël J.E. Rinkel profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nima Etminan Germany	28	2.3k	938	293	290	267	92	3.0k
Miikka Korja Finland	28	1.9k 0.8×	692 0.7×	349 1.2×	312 1.1×	61 0.2×	99	2.7k
Serge Marbacher Switzerland	24	1.3k 0.6×	451 0.5×	164 0.6×	105 0.4×	192 0.7×	160	1.9k
Ivan Radovanovic Canada	25	1.3k 0.6×	487 0.5×	293 1.0×	764 2.6×	102 0.4×	96	2.8k
Ken‐ichiro Kikuta Japan	31	1.6k 0.7×	408 0.4×	737 2.5×	332 1.1×	64 0.2×	153	3.2k
Marianne A.A. van Walderveen Netherlands	24	969 0.4×	344 0.4×	365 1.2×	289 1.0×	212 0.8×	59	2.5k
Juhana Frösén Finland	29	2.9k 1.3×	1.4k 1.5×	802 2.7×	378 1.3×	101 0.4×	85	3.6k
Marcus Czabanka Germany	28	733 0.3×	371 0.4×	559 1.9×	463 1.6×	169 0.6×	136	2.3k
I. Erol Sandalcioglu Germany	30	1.5k 0.6×	423 0.5×	171 0.6×	363 1.3×	159 0.6×	153	2.9k
Tomoki Hashimoto United States	38	2.7k 1.2×	921 1.0×	787 2.7×	869 3.0×	94 0.4×	111	4.5k
Masatou Kawashima Japan	26	1.3k 0.6×	464 0.5×	348 1.2×	119 0.4×	75 0.3×	94	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Nima Etminan

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Nima Etminan's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Nima Etminan with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Nima Etminan more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Nima Etminan

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Nima Etminan. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Nima Etminan. The network helps show where Nima Etminan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nima Etminan

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Kinfe, Thomas M., et al.. (2025). Brain–computer interfaces re-shape functional neurosurgery. Neural Regeneration Research. 21(3). 1122–1123.

Rinkel, Gabriël J.E., Ynte M. Ruigrok, Timo Krings, Nima Etminan, & Mervyn D. I. Vergouwen. (2025). Advances in screening and management of unruptured intracranial aneurysms. The Lancet Neurology. 24(11). 958–968.

Hackenberg, K., Peter Richter, Svetlana Hetjens, et al.. (2024). Circulating collagen breakdown products as a biomarker for presence and instability of human intracranial aneurysms. European Stroke Journal. 10(2). 584–591. 1 indexed citations

Hackenberg, K., et al.. (2024). Primary decompressive craniectomy in patients with large intracerebral hematomas due to aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Acta Neurochirurgica. 166(1). 332–332. 1 indexed citations

Wenz, Holger, Amr Abdulazim, Christoph Groden, et al.. (2024). Sepsis and delayed cerebral ischemia are associated and have a cumulative effect on poor functional outcome in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Frontiers in Neurology. 15. 1393989–1393989. 3 indexed citations

Abdulazim, Amr, et al.. (2023). Diagnosis of Delayed Cerebral Ischemia in Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Triggers for Intervention. Neurocritical Care. 39(2). 311–319. 22 indexed citations

Etminan, Nima, et al.. (2023). Scalp Reconstruction Using the Latissimus Dorsi Free Flap: A 12-Year Experience. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(8). 2953–2953. 6 indexed citations

Jayavelu, Ashok Kumar, Katharina Filipski, Annekathrin Reinhardt, et al.. (2022). HIP1R and vimentin immunohistochemistry predict 1p/19q status in IDH-mutant glioma. Neuro-Oncology. 24(12). 2121–2132. 7 indexed citations

Shimizu, Kampei, Tomohiro Aoki, Nima Etminan, et al.. (2022). Associations Between Drug Treatments and the Risk of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Translational Stroke Research. 14(6). 833–841. 6 indexed citations

10.

Friedrich, Mirco, Katharina A.M. Lindner, Iris Mildenberger, et al.. (2021). Intrathecal activation of CD8 ⁺ memory T cells in IgG4‐related disease of the brain parenchyma. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 13(8). e13953–e13953. 8 indexed citations

11.

Macdonald, R. Loch, Daniel Hänggi, Nerissa Ko, et al.. (2020). NEWTON-2 Cisternal (Nimodipine Microparticles to Enhance Recovery While Reducing Toxicity After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage): A Phase 2, Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Label Safety Study of Intracisternal EG-1962 in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurosurgery. 88(1). E13–E26. 16 indexed citations

12.

Etminan, Nima & R. Loch Macdonald. (2020). Neurovascular disease, diagnosis, and therapy: Subarachnoid hemorrhage and cerebral vasospasm. Handbook of clinical neurology. 176. 135–169. 14 indexed citations

13.

Piano, Mariangela, Pavlina Lenga, Dorothée Mielke, et al.. (2018). Cranial nerve deficits in giant cavernous carotid aneurysms and their relation to aneurysm morphology and location. Acta Neurochirurgica. 160(8). 1653–1660. 9 indexed citations

14.

Abdulazim, Amr, Christian Rubbert, Christian Mathys, et al.. (2017). Dual- versus Single-Energy CT-Angiography Imaging for Patients Undergoing Intracranial Aneurysm Repair. Cerebrovascular Diseases. 43(5-6). 272–282. 8 indexed citations

15.

Hänggi, Daniel, Nima Etminan, R. Loch Macdonald, et al.. (2015). NEWTON: Nimodipine Microparticles to Enhance Recovery While Reducing Toxicity After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurocritical Care. 23(2). 274–284. 42 indexed citations

16.

Etminan, Nima, et al.. (2013). Early Perfusion Computerized Tomography Imaging as a Radiographic Surrogate for Delayed Cerebral Ischemia and Functional Outcome After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Stroke. 44(5). 1260–1266. 67 indexed citations

17.

Etminan, Nima, Bruce A. Buchholz, Rita Dreier, et al.. (2013). Cerebral Aneurysms: Formation, Progression, and Developmental Chronology. Translational Stroke Research. 5(2). 167–173. 44 indexed citations

18.

Turowski, Bernd, et al.. (2012). Coiling of a carotid cavernous sinus fistula via microsurgical venotomy: recommendation of a combined neurosurgical and endovascular approach. Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery. 5(2). e7–e7. 6 indexed citations

19.

Etminan, Nima, Mervyn D. I. Vergouwen, Don Ilodigwe, & R. Loch Macdonald. (2011). Effect of pharmaceutical treatment on vasospasm, delayed cerebral ischemia, and clinical outcome in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 31(6). 1443–1451. 186 indexed citations

20.

Schichor, Christian, Tobias Birnbaum, Nima Etminan, et al.. (2006). Vascular endothelial growth factor A contributes to glioma-induced migration of human marrow stromal cells (hMSC). Experimental Neurology. 199(2). 301–310. 111 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact