Oscar L. López

66.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
466 papers, 27.1k citations indexed

About

Oscar L. López is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Physiology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Oscar L. López has authored 466 papers receiving a total of 27.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 251 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 193 papers in Physiology and 66 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Oscar L. López's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (238 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (167 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (40 papers). Oscar L. López is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (238 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (167 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (40 papers). Oscar L. López collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and United Kingdom. Oscar L. López's co-authors include James T. Becker, Steven T. DeKosky, Lewis H. Kuller, Annette L. Fitzpatrick, Howard Aizenstein, Constantine G. Lyketsos, John C.S. Breitner, Robert A. Sweet, Beverly N. Jones and William E. Klunk and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Oscar L. López

454 papers receiving 26.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

Prevalence of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment

2002 1.6k citations Constantine G. Lyketsos, Oscar L. López et al. profile →
Practice guideline update summary: Mild cognitive impairment [RETIRED]

2017 1.4k citations Oscar L. López et al. Neurology profile →
Midlife and Late-Life Obesity and the Risk of Dementia

2009 599 citations Annette L. Fitzpatrick, Lewis H. Kuller et al. Archives of Neurology profile →
Brain structure and obesity

2009 542 citations Cyrus A. Raji, James T. Becker et al. Human Brain Mapping profile →
Vitamin D and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease

2014 391 citations Lewis H. Kuller, Oscar L. López et al. Neurology profile →
The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline on the Use of Antipsychotics to Treat Agitation or Psychosis in Patients With Dementia

2016 271 citations Oscar L. López et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Oscar L. López United States	81	13.3k	9.2k	4.2k	3.8k	2.8k	466	27.1k
Michelle M. Mielke United States	87	11.2k 0.8×	11.4k 1.2×	3.9k 0.9×	3.3k 0.9×	2.5k 0.9×	586	27.0k
Jennifer J. Manly United States	79	17.6k 1.3×	11.1k 1.2×	7.4k 1.8×	4.4k 1.2×	2.5k 0.9×	362	34.9k
Frans R.J. Verhey Netherlands	87	15.7k 1.2×	6.0k 0.6×	4.3k 1.0×	3.1k 0.8×	3.7k 1.3×	601	29.4k
Claudia H. Kawas United States	71	15.2k 1.1×	13.7k 1.5×	5.7k 1.4×	5.0k 1.3×	2.6k 0.9×	242	32.3k
Charles DeCarli United States	90	9.5k 0.7×	6.6k 0.7×	4.3k 1.0×	4.0k 1.0×	3.1k 1.1×	447	23.9k
Eric G. Tangalos United States	60	14.9k 1.1×	8.8k 1.0×	6.6k 1.6×	3.5k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	156	24.5k
Bill Thies United States	6	16.2k 1.2×	11.8k 1.3×	6.9k 1.7×	4.4k 1.1×	2.5k 0.9×	7	26.7k
Rosebud O. Roberts United States	80	9.5k 0.7×	7.0k 0.8×	3.0k 0.7×	2.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	252	21.0k
Serge Gauthier Canada	85	15.6k 1.2×	12.0k 1.3×	6.1k 1.5×	5.3k 1.4×	4.7k 1.7×	574	35.8k
Paul Maruff Australia	81	10.3k 0.8×	6.3k 0.7×	7.9k 1.9×	2.0k 0.5×	1.8k 0.6×	573	26.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Oscar L. López

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Oscar L. López'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 Oscar L. López with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Oscar L. López more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Oscar L. López

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Oscar L. López. 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 Oscar L. López. The network helps show where Oscar L. López may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Oscar L. López

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Oscar L. López. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Oscar L. López 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 Oscar L. López. Oscar L. López 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

Puerta, Adrián, Isabel Domínguez, Penélope Merino‐Montiel, et al.. (2025). Multimodal antiproliferative effects of oleanolic acid mitocans: In vitro and in vivo studies. Biochemical Pharmacology. 234. 116807–116807. 1 indexed citations

Saeed, Anum, Yue-Fang Chang, Justin Swanson, et al.. (2025). Association of mid-life cardiovascular risk with biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration, and white matter hyperintensities: Heart SCORE brain study. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease Reports. 9. 4123415905–4123415905. 2 indexed citations

Fitzpatrick, Annette L., Luc Djoussé, W.T. Longstreth, et al.. (2024). Circulating sphingolipids and subclinical brain pathology: the cardiovascular health study. Frontiers in Neurology. 15. 1385623–1385623.

Moored, Kyle, Michael R. Desjardins, Jana A. Hirsch, et al.. (2024). Neighborhood physical activity facilities predict risk of incident mixed and vascular dementia: The Cardiovascular Health Cognition Study. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 21(1). e14387–e14387.

Gildengers, Ariel, Andrea M. Weinstein, Swathi Gujral, et al.. (2024). Where Do Plasma Biomarkers fit in With Current Alzheimer's Disease Detection?. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 33(4). 428–437. 6 indexed citations

López, Oscar L., José G. Fernández‐Bolaños, Alfonso T. García‐Sosa, et al.. (2024). Assessing the Potential of 1,2,3-Triazole-Dihydropyrimidinone Hybrids Against Cholinesterases: In Silico, In Vitro, and In Vivo Studies. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(20). 11153–11153.

Gogola, Alexandra, Brian J. Lopresti, Dana Tudorascu, et al.. (2023). Biostatistical Estimation of Tau Threshold Hallmarks (BETTH) Algorithm for Human Tau PET Imaging Studies. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 64(11). 1798–1805. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Haohan, Oscar L. López, Eric P. Xing, & Wei Wu. (2022). Kernel Mixed Model for Transcriptome Association Study. Journal of Computational Biology. 29(12). 1353–1356.

Duran‐Aniotz, Claudia, Fernando Henríquez, Leonel Tadao Takada, et al.. (2021). Systematic Review: Genetic, Neuroimaging, and Fluids Biomarkers for Frontotemporal Dementia Across Latin America Countries. Frontiers in Neurology. 12. 663407–663407. 12 indexed citations

10.

Boyle, Christina P., Cyrus A. Raji, Kirk I. Erickson, et al.. (2020). Estrogen, brain structure, and cognition in postmenopausalwomen. Human Brain Mapping. 42(1). 24–35. 40 indexed citations

11.

Poole, Victoria N., Brad Manor, Ikechukwu Iloputaife, et al.. (2016). NUMBER OF STEPS NEEDED FOR RELIABLE GAIT VARIABILITY MEASUREMENT. The Gerontologist. 56(Suppl_3). 335–336. 10 indexed citations

12.

Muñoz‐Neira, Carlos, Andrea Slachevsky, & Oscar L. López. (2016). Neuropsychiatric Characteristics of Alzheimer’s Disease and the Behavioral Variant of Frontotemporal Dementia. Americanae (AECID Library). 3(1). 2 indexed citations

13.

Laugsand, Lars Erik, Joachim H. Ix, Traci M. Bartz, et al.. (2015). Fetuin-A and risk of coronary heart disease: A Mendelian randomization analysis and a pooled analysis of AHSG genetic variants in 7 prospective studies. Atherosclerosis. 243(1). 44–52. 17 indexed citations

14.

Tian, Qu, Nancy W. Glynn, Kirk I. Erickson, et al.. (2015). Objective measures of physical activity, white matter integrity and cognitive status in adults over age 80. Behavioural Brain Research. 284. 51–57. 48 indexed citations

15.

Shah, Faraaz, Francis Pike, Derek C. Angus, et al.. (2013). Bidirectional Relationship between Cognitive Function and Pneumonia. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 188(5). 586–592. 153 indexed citations

16.

Dai, Weiying, Oscar L. López, Owen Carmichael, et al.. (2008). Abnormal Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Cognitively Normal Elderly Subjects With Hypertension. Stroke. 39(2). 349–354. 117 indexed citations

17.

Brun, Caroline, Natasha Leporé, Xavier Pennec, et al.. (2007). Comparison of Standard and Riemannian Fluid Registration for Tensor-Based Morphometry in HIV/AIDS. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 10 indexed citations

18.

Sweet, Robert A., Ronald L. Hamilton, Meryl A. Butters, et al.. (2004). Neuropathologic Correlates of Late-Onset Major Depression. Neuropsychopharmacology. 29(12). 2242–2250. 82 indexed citations

19.

López, Oscar L., William J. Jagust, Corinne Dulberg, et al.. (2003). Risk Factors for Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Cardiovascular Health Study Cognition Study. Archives of Neurology. 60(10). 1394–1394. 372 indexed citations

20.

Butters, Meryl A., Oscar L. López, & James T. Becker. (1996). Focal temporal lobe dysfunction in probable Alzheimer's disease predicts a slow rate of cognitive decline. Neurology. 46(3). 687–692. 30 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