Paul Kalanithi

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Paul Kalanithi is a scholar working on Surgery, Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Kalanithi has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Surgery, 8 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Paul Kalanithi's work include Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (6 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (4 papers) and Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (4 papers). Paul Kalanithi is often cited by papers focused on Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (6 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (4 papers) and Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (4 papers). Paul Kalanithi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Qatar. Paul Kalanithi's co-authors include James F. Leckman, Flora M. Vaccarino, Maxwell Boakye, Michael L. Schwartz, Clifford B. Saper, Heidi Grantz, Yuko Kataoka, Chirag G. Patil, Robert T. Arrigo and Wei Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Comparative Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Paul Kalanithi

27 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Prefrontal cortical regulation of brainwide circuit dynamics and reward-related behavior

2015 386 citations Emily Ferenczi, Kelly A. Zalocusky et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Kalanithi United States	19	795	615	580	397	300	28	2.0k
Andreas Frick Sweden	25	906 1.1×	278 0.5×	333 0.6×	340 0.9×	88 0.3×	112	2.2k
Austen Katz United States	12	484 0.6×	507 0.8×	81 0.1×	287 0.7×	495 1.6×	49	1.9k
Bing Xie China	28	829 1.0×	118 0.2×	287 0.5×	214 0.5×	65 0.2×	55	2.1k
Michael R. Swenson United States	24	639 0.8×	648 1.1×	82 0.1×	273 0.7×	246 0.8×	36	2.4k
Bernhard Kis Germany	22	527 0.7×	352 0.6×	235 0.4×	76 0.2×	165 0.6×	77	2.3k
Joseph Y. Matsumoto United States	38	762 1.0×	1.3k 2.1×	207 0.4×	191 0.5×	154 0.5×	82	4.1k
Vidyulata Kamath United States	22	303 0.4×	114 0.2×	161 0.3×	224 0.6×	143 0.5×	88	2.0k
Daniela Tropea Ireland	25	884 1.1×	840 1.4×	150 0.3×	168 0.4×	65 0.2×	56	3.0k
Gavin J.B. Elias Canada	28	574 0.7×	706 1.1×	278 0.5×	109 0.3×	68 0.2×	86	2.3k
Mehmet Emin Erdal Türkiye	30	481 0.6×	320 0.5×	156 0.3×	130 0.3×	88 0.3×	128	2.5k

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O’Shea, Daniel J., Paul Kalanithi, Emily Ferenczi, et al.. (2018). Development of an optogenetic toolkit for neural circuit dissection in squirrel monkeys. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 6775–6775. 22 indexed citations

Ferenczi, Emily, Kelly A. Zalocusky, Conor Liston, et al.. (2015). Prefrontal cortical regulation of brainwide circuit dynamics and reward-related behavior. Science. 351(6268). aac9698–aac9698. 386 indexed citations breakdown →

Westbroek, Erick M., Nitin Mukerji, Paul Kalanithi, & Gary K. Steinberg. (2014). Internal carotid artery surgical revascularization in a pediatric patient with Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 15(2). 189–191. 5 indexed citations

Kalanithi, Paul, Robert T. Arrigo, Melanie Hayden Gephart, et al.. (2013). Rehospitalization and Emergency Department Use Rates Before and After Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Epilepsy: Use of State Databases to Provide Longitudinal Data Across Multiple Clinical Settings. Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface. 17(1). 60–65. 10 indexed citations

Ozden, Ilker, Jing Wang, Yao Lu, et al.. (2013). A coaxial optrode as multifunction write-read probe for optogenetic studies in non-human primates. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 219(1). 142–154. 76 indexed citations

Kalanithi, Paul & Jaimie M. Henderson. (2012). Optogenetic Neuromodulation. International review of neurobiology. 107. 185–205. 24 indexed citations

Chen, Yiren, Maxwell Boakye, Robert T. Arrigo, et al.. (2011). Morbidity and Mortality of C2 Fractures in the Elderly. Neurosurgery. 70(5). 1055–1059. 18 indexed citations

Gephart, Melanie Hayden, Corinna C. Zygourakis, Robert T. Arrigo, et al.. (2011). Venous Thromboembolism After Thoracic/Thoracolumbar Spinal Fusion. World Neurosurgery. 78(5). 545–552. 46 indexed citations

Nuyujukian, Paul, Fan Jun, Vikash Gilja, et al.. (2011). Monkey models for brain-machine interfaces: The need for maintaining diversity. PubMed. 2011. 1301–1305. 23 indexed citations

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Boakye, Maxwell, Robert T. Arrigo, Paul Kalanithi, & Yiren Chen. (2011). Impact of Age, Injury Severity Score, and Medical Comorbidities on Early Complications After Fusion and Halo-Vest Immobilization for C2 Fractures in Older Adults. Spine. 37(10). 854–859. 25 indexed citations

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Arrigo, Robert T., Paul Kalanithi, & Maxwell Boakye. (2011). Is Cauda Equina Syndrome Being Treated Within the Recommended Time Frame?. Neurosurgery. 68(6). 1520–1526. 23 indexed citations

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Lad, Shivanand P., Paul Kalanithi, Chirag G. Patil, et al.. (2010). Socioeconomic Trends in Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Surgery. Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface. 13(3). 182–186. 18 indexed citations

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Lad, Shivanand P., Paul Kalanithi, Robert T. Arrigo, et al.. (2010). A Socioeconomic Survey of Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) Surgery. Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface. 13(4). 265–269. 19 indexed citations

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Gephart, Melanie Hayden, et al.. (2009). Von Hippel-Lindau disease in pregnancy: A brief review. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 16(5). 611–613. 22 indexed citations

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Kataoka, Yuko, Paul Kalanithi, Heidi Grantz, et al.. (2009). Decreased number of parvalbumin and cholinergic interneurons in the striatum of individuals with Tourette syndrome. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 518(3). 277–291. 324 indexed citations

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Leckman, James F., Flora M. Vaccarino, Paul Kalanithi, & Aribert Rothenberger. (2006). Annotation: Tourette syndrome: a relentless drumbeat – driven by misguided brain oscillations. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 47(6). 537–550. 91 indexed citations

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Kalanithi, Paul, Wei Zheng, Yuko Kataoka, et al.. (2005). Altered parvalbumin-positive neuron distribution in basal ganglia of individuals with Tourette syndrome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(37). 13307–13312. 385 indexed citations

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Kalanithi, Paul. (2003). The History of Tropical Neurology: Nutritional Disorders. The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. 76. 196–197. 10 indexed citations

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Kalanithi, Paul. (2001). The medicalization of personality: mind-body relations in scientific culture.. PubMed. 4. 46–63. 1 indexed citations

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Gould, Lawrence, et al.. (1974). Use of phentolamine in acute myocardial infarction. American Heart Journal. 88(2). 144–148. 41 indexed citations

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