Pia Kivisäkk

11.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
117 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Pia Kivisäkk is a scholar working on Immunology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pia Kivisäkk has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Immunology, 35 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 25 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Pia Kivisäkk's work include Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (35 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (27 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (20 papers). Pia Kivisäkk is often cited by papers focused on Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (35 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (27 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (20 papers). Pia Kivisäkk collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and United Kingdom. Pia Kivisäkk's co-authors include Richard M. Ransohoff, Grahame J. Kidd, Hans Link, Darius Matusevičius, Nikolaos Kostulas, Howard L. Weiner, S. Fredrikson, Corinna Trebst, Samia J. Khoury and Volkan Özenci and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Pia Kivisäkk

111 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Three or more routes for leukocyte migration into the central nervous system

2003 793 citations Richard M. Ransohoff, Pia Kivisäkk et al. profile →
Interleukin-17 mRNA expression in blood and CSF mononuclear cells is augmented in multiple sclerosis

1999 603 citations Pia Kivisäkk et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pia Kivisäkk United States	42	3.5k	2.1k	2.1k	1.8k	1.5k	117	7.6k
Abdolmohamad Rostami United States	51	5.5k 1.6×	1.3k 0.6×	2.0k 0.9×	1.9k 1.1×	1.6k 1.0×	185	9.4k
Manuel A. Friese Germany	42	3.8k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	2.6k 1.2×	2.5k 1.4×	1.3k 0.8×	120	9.2k
Jia Newcombe United Kingdom	56	3.2k 0.9×	2.4k 1.1×	2.9k 1.4×	2.7k 1.5×	1.3k 0.8×	102	9.6k
Doron Merkler Switzerland	51	3.9k 1.1×	3.0k 1.4×	2.2k 1.0×	2.4k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	152	10.1k
Mohsen Khademi Sweden	47	2.5k 0.7×	901 0.4×	2.6k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	130	6.7k
Bruno Gran United Kingdom	47	4.5k 1.3×	1.0k 0.5×	2.2k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	120	7.8k
Guang‐Xian Zhang United States	44	4.2k 1.2×	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	1.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	157	7.2k
Luca Battistini Italy	60	5.0k 1.5×	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	3.4k 1.9×	1.5k 1.0×	157	11.4k
Halina Offner United States	62	8.8k 2.5×	3.3k 1.5×	2.0k 1.0×	2.4k 1.3×	2.0k 1.3×	316	14.0k
Piet Stinissen Belgium	48	3.5k 1.0×	971 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	881 0.6×	162	6.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pia Kivisäkk

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Wu, Chao‐Yi, Hiroko H. Dodge, Shannon Leslie, et al.. (2025). Unbiased CSF Proteomics in Patients With Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus to Identify Molecular Signatures and Candidate Biomarkers. Neurology. 104(5). e213375–e213375. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Chao‐Yi, Chen Liu, Jennifer R. Gatchel, et al.. (2025). Combined use of plasma p‐tau217, NfL, and GFAP predicts domain‐specific cognitive decline in cognitively unimpaired and MCI individuals. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 21(12). e70934–e70934.

Ye, Rong, Pia Kivisäkk, Michael J Properzi, et al.. (2025). Plasma Phosphorylated Tau181 as a Biomarker for Alzheimer's Disease Co‐Pathology in Lewy Body Disease. Movement Disorders. 40(9). 1930–1939.

Wu, Chao‐Yi, Chen Liu, Alison J. McManus, et al.. (2025). Cognitive and Alzheimer's disease biomarker effects of oral nicotinamide riboside (NR) supplementation in older adults with subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment. Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. 11(1). e70023–e70023. 4 indexed citations

Lin, Jonathan B., Stephanie A. Schultz, Yixi Xue, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of Serum and Aqueous Humor Neurofilament Light Chain as Markers of Neurodegeneration in Glaucoma. Translational Vision Science & Technology. 14(2). 24–24. 2 indexed citations

Trombetta, Bianca A., Chao‐Yi Wu, Hiroko H. Dodge, et al.. (2024). Cerebrospinal fluid biomarker profiling of diverse pathophysiological domains in Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. 10(1). e12440–e12440. 5 indexed citations

Vallabh, Sonia M., Shona W. Allen, Pia Kivisäkk, et al.. (2024). Fluid Biomarkers in Individuals at Risk for Genetic Prion Disease up to Disease Conversion. Neurology. 103(2). e209506–e209506. 3 indexed citations

Fonseca, Luciana Mascarenhas, Michal Schnaider Beeri, Zoë Hawks, et al.. (2024). ATN blood biomarkers are related to digital cognitive assessment in type 1 diabetes. Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring. 16(4). e70029–e70029. 1 indexed citations

Lee, Hyowon, Waijiao Cai, Xiaochang Xue, et al.. (2024). Neuroprotection of low dose carbon monoxide in Parkinson’s disease models commensurate with the reduced risk of Parkinson’s among smokers. npj Parkinson s Disease. 10(1). 152–152. 12 indexed citations

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Arnold, Steven E., Suzanne Hendrix, Jessie Nicodemus‐Johnson, et al.. (2024). Biological effects of sodium phenylbutyrate and taurursodiol in Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. 10(3). e12487–e12487. 5 indexed citations

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Imitola, Jaime, Ethan W. Hollingsworth, Marta Olah, et al.. (2023). Stat1 is an inducible transcriptional repressor of neural stem cells self-renewal program during neuroinflammation. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 17. 1156802–1156802. 11 indexed citations

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Saffari, Afshin, M. L. ZIEGLER, Catherine Jordan, et al.. (2023). Plasma Neurofilament Light Chain Is Elevated in Adaptor Protein Complex 4‐Related Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia. Movement Disorders. 38(9). 1742–1750. 6 indexed citations

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Fonseca, Luciana Mascarenhas, Pia Kivisäkk, Zoë Hawks, et al.. (2023). Plasma Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers and intraindividual cognitive variability measured by ecological momentary assessment in adults with type 1 diabetes. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(S15). 1 indexed citations

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Kautz, Tiffany F., Pia Kivisäkk, Claudia L. Satizábal, et al.. (2023). The effect of fasting status on Alzheimer’s disease plasma biomarkers AB40, AB42, GFAP, NfL, CD‐14, and YKL‐40. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(S15). 3 indexed citations

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Kivisäkk, Pia, et al.. (2022). A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Method in Characterization of Blood Metabolomics for Alzheimer’s Disease. Metabolites. 12(2). 181–181. 9 indexed citations

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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

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Sádaba, María C., Veit Rothhammer, Úrsula Muñoz, et al.. (2020). Serum antibodies to phosphatidylcholine in MS. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 7(4). 17 indexed citations

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Elyaman, Wassim, Elizabeth M. Bradshaw, Yue Wang, et al.. (2007). Jagged1 and Delta1 Differentially Regulate the Outcome of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. The Journal of Immunology. 179(9). 5990–5998. 90 indexed citations

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Trebst, Corinna, Susan M. Staugaitis, Pia Kivisäkk, et al.. (2003). CC Chemokine Receptor 8 in the Central Nervous System Is Associated with Phagocytic Macrophages. American Journal Of Pathology. 162(2). 427–438. 43 indexed citations

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Xiao, Bao‐Guo, Alyaa Mousa, Pia Kivisäkk, & Åke Seiger. (1998). Induction of β-family chemokines mRNA in human embryonic astrocytes by inflammatory cytokines. Journal of Neurocytology. 27(8). 575–580. 11 indexed citations

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