Paul Vespa

38.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
283 papers, 18.5k citations indexed

About

Paul Vespa is a scholar working on Neurology, Epidemiology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Vespa has authored 283 papers receiving a total of 18.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 190 papers in Neurology, 115 papers in Epidemiology and 54 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Paul Vespa's work include Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (154 papers), Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (60 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury Research (47 papers). Paul Vespa is often cited by papers focused on Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (154 papers), Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (60 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury Research (47 papers). Paul Vespa collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Paul Vespa's co-authors include David A. Hovda, Neil A. Martin, David L. McArthur, Marvin Bergsneider, Thomas C. Glenn, Jeffrey L. Saver, Christopher S. Ogilvy, Marc R. Nuwer, Sidney Starkman and Chelsea S. Kidwell and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Paul Vespa

275 papers receiving 18.0k citations

Hit Papers

Guidelines for the Management of Aneurysmal Su... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2012 2012 2007 2013 2000 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Guidelines for the Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
    2012 2.3k citations Christopher S. Ogilvy, Paul Vespa et al. Stroke profile →
  2. Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Status Epilepticus
    2012 1.1k citations Jan Claassen, Paul Vespa et al. Neurocritical Care profile →
  3. Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Adults
    2007 793 citations Joseph P. Broderick, Sander Connolly et al. Stroke profile →
  4. American Clinical Neurophysiology Society’s Standardized Critical Care EEG Terminology
    2013 753 citations Nicolas Gaspard, Paul Vespa et al. profile →
  5. Thrombolytic reversal of acute human cerebral ischemic injury shown by diffusion/perfusion magnetic resonance imaging
    2000 504 citations Chelsea S. Kidwell, Jeffrey L. Saver et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul Vespa United States 64 11.5k 6.7k 3.0k 2.5k 2.4k 283 18.5k
Stephan A. Mayer United States 92 21.3k 1.9× 7.5k 1.1× 3.1k 1.0× 4.1k 1.6× 2.3k 1.0× 459 29.1k
Alejandro A. Rabinstein United States 76 13.2k 1.2× 9.8k 1.5× 4.3k 1.4× 1.9k 0.8× 2.5k 1.1× 701 29.8k
Jan Claassen United States 66 11.2k 1.0× 3.3k 0.5× 4.5k 1.5× 3.2k 1.3× 2.4k 1.0× 305 19.0k
Eelco F. M. Wijdicks United States 79 14.0k 1.2× 7.2k 1.1× 3.2k 1.1× 2.9k 1.1× 3.4k 1.4× 655 26.6k
Ramon Diaz‐Arrastia United States 77 7.7k 0.7× 6.1k 0.9× 2.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 3.6k 1.5× 325 16.0k
John D. Pickard United Kingdom 88 17.4k 1.5× 8.8k 1.3× 2.3k 0.8× 4.0k 1.6× 4.8k 2.0× 401 29.2k
H. Richard Winn United States 75 8.3k 0.7× 3.7k 0.6× 1.2k 0.4× 2.3k 0.9× 1.9k 0.8× 262 16.1k
E. Sander Connolly United States 76 18.3k 1.6× 5.6k 0.8× 1.4k 0.5× 2.9k 1.1× 1.2k 0.5× 499 26.5k
Stefan Schwab Germany 70 8.5k 0.7× 7.4k 1.1× 777 0.3× 2.3k 0.9× 1.6k 0.6× 448 18.1k
Daniel F. Hanley United States 65 11.1k 1.0× 6.9k 1.0× 1.0k 0.3× 2.3k 0.9× 764 0.3× 418 19.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Vespa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Vespa

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Carlson, Julia M., et al.. (2025). Traumatic brain injury and disorders of consciousness. Handbook of clinical neurology. 207. 75–96. 2 indexed citations
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Bader, Mary Kay, Stephan A. Mayer, Masoom Desai, et al.. (2025). Nursing Initiation of Rapid Electroencephalography Point-of-Care Monitoring: Lessons From the Pioneer Summit. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing. 57(3). 114–118. 2 indexed citations
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Toker, Daniel, Jeffrey N. Chiang, Paul Vespa, Caroline Schnakers, & Martin M. Monti. (2025). The Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor Saxagliptin as a Candidate Treatment for Disorders of Consciousness: A Deep Learning and Retrospective Clinical Analysis. Neurocritical Care. 43(1). 101–118. 2 indexed citations
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Bodien, Yelena G., Katharina M. Busl, Cherylee W. J. Chang, et al.. (2025). Disorders of consciousness diagnosis, interventions, and prognostication for the intensivist: Report of the 2025 ISICEM roundtable. Intensive Care Medicine. 52(1). 42–62.
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Fayon, Franck, et al.. (2023). Static and kinetic study of the structure and dynamics of vitreous silica at high temperatures by infrared emission spectroscopy. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 626. 122797–122797. 2 indexed citations
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Goldstein, Joshua N., Sarah Duffy, Edilberto Amorim, et al.. (2022). Neurocritical Care Performance Measures Derived from Electronic Health Record Data are Feasible and Reveal Site-Specific Variation: A CHoRUS Pilot Project. Neurocritical Care. 37(S2). 276–290. 5 indexed citations
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Olson, DaiWai M., J. Claude Hemphill, J. Javier Provencio, et al.. (2022). The Curing Coma Campaign and the Future of Coma Research. Seminars in Neurology. 42(3). 393–402. 10 indexed citations
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Divani, Afshin A., Mario Di Napoli, Simona Lattanzi, et al.. (2019). Blood Pressure Variability Predicts Poor In-Hospital Outcome in Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Stroke. 50(8). 2023–2029. 75 indexed citations
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Vespa, Paul, Daniel F. Hanley, Joshua Betz, et al.. (2016). ICES (Intraoperative Stereotactic Computed Tomography-Guided Endoscopic Surgery) for Brain Hemorrhage. Stroke. 47(11). 2749–2755. 133 indexed citations
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Glenn, Thomas C., Neil A. Martin, David L. McArthur, et al.. (2014). Endogenous Nutritive Support after Traumatic Brain Injury: Peripheral Lactate Production for Glucose Supply via Gluconeogenesis. Journal of Neurotrauma. 32(11). 811–819. 42 indexed citations
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Broderick, Joseph P., Sander Connolly, Edward Feldmann, et al.. (2007). Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Adults. Stroke. 38(6). 2001–2023. 793 indexed citations breakdown →
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Oertel, Matthias F., et al.. (2002). Metabolic Suppressive Therapy as a Treatment for Intracranial Hypertension–Why it Works and when it Fails. PubMed. 81. 69–70. 11 indexed citations
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Kidwell, Chelsea S., Jeffrey L. Saver, Gary Duckwiler, et al.. (2001). Predictors of Hemorrhagic Transformation Following Intra-Arterial Thrombolysis. Stroke. 32. 319–319. 1 indexed citations
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Kidwell, Chelsea S., Jeffrey L. Saver, James Mattiello, et al.. (2001). A Diffusion-Perfusion MRI Signature Predicting Hemorrhagic Transformation Following Intra-Arterial Thrombolysis. Stroke. 32. 318–318. 6 indexed citations
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Kidwell, Chelsea S., Jeffrey L. Saver, James Mattiello, et al.. (2001). Late Secondary Injury in Patients Undergoing Vessel Recanalization with Intra-arterial Thrombolysis: Visualization with MRI, Frequency, and Clinical Correlates. Stroke. 32. 317–317. 1 indexed citations
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Liebeskind, David S., Jeffrey L. Saver, Gary Duckwiler, et al.. (2000). Atrial Fibrillation and Intra-arterial Thrombolysis. Stroke. 32. 370–370. 2 indexed citations

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