Prakash Kotagal

13.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
138 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Prakash Kotagal is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Prakash Kotagal has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 67 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 37 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Prakash Kotagal's work include Epilepsy research and treatment (113 papers), Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies (47 papers) and Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (33 papers). Prakash Kotagal is often cited by papers focused on Epilepsy research and treatment (113 papers), Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies (47 papers) and Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (33 papers). Prakash Kotagal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. Prakash Kotagal's co-authors include Elaine Wyllie, William Bingaman, Hans O. Lüders, Youssef G. Comair, Tobias Loddenkemper, Paul Ruggieri, Imad Najm, Deepak Lachhwani, Juan Bulacio and Ajay Gupta and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, Neurology and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Prakash Kotagal

136 papers receiving 9.7k citations

Hit Papers

Surgical Treatment of the Epilepsies 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 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. Surgical Treatment of the Epilepsies
    1994 2.4k citations Prakash Kotagal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Prakash Kotagal United States 50 7.9k 4.4k 3.4k 2.7k 1.4k 138 9.9k
Elaine Wyllie United States 62 8.3k 1.1× 4.9k 1.1× 3.1k 0.9× 3.1k 1.2× 1.4k 1.0× 205 10.9k
Gregory D. Cascino United States 57 9.3k 1.2× 4.9k 1.1× 5.2k 1.6× 3.0k 1.1× 1.9k 1.3× 233 12.4k
William Bingaman United States 59 7.8k 1.0× 4.7k 1.0× 4.1k 1.2× 3.6k 1.4× 1.4k 1.0× 243 11.1k
Laura Tassi Italy 51 5.3k 0.7× 2.5k 0.6× 3.2k 1.0× 3.1k 1.2× 1.2k 0.8× 200 8.4k
D. R. Fish United Kingdom 51 5.5k 0.7× 2.7k 0.6× 3.0k 0.9× 2.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 103 8.7k
Édouard Hirsch France 48 9.4k 1.2× 4.8k 1.1× 4.7k 1.4× 3.2k 1.2× 1.6k 1.1× 180 13.1k
Christoph Helmstaedter Germany 70 10.2k 1.3× 4.9k 1.1× 5.5k 1.6× 5.5k 2.1× 2.7k 1.9× 330 15.3k
Pétér D. Williamson United States 42 6.1k 0.8× 3.2k 0.7× 3.3k 1.0× 2.9k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 81 8.4k
Imad Najm United States 61 8.4k 1.1× 4.1k 0.9× 5.7k 1.7× 4.1k 1.6× 1.6k 1.1× 287 13.2k
A. Simon Harvey Australia 51 4.7k 0.6× 2.9k 0.6× 1.8k 0.5× 1.9k 0.7× 807 0.6× 151 7.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Prakash Kotagal

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All Works

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Zawar, Ifrah, Xiaowei Xu, Elaine Wyllie, et al.. (2022). Epilepsy with Eyelid myoclonias − A diagnosis concealed in other genetic generalized epilepsies with photoparoxysmal response. Epilepsy Research. 181. 106886–106886. 4 indexed citations
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Kotagal, Prakash, et al.. (2019). Perampanel‐induced hair curling in a patient with epilepsy associated with Pitt Hopkins syndrome. Epileptic Disorders. 21(5). 479–482. 1 indexed citations
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Kakisaka, Yosuke, Irène Wang, John C. Mosher, et al.. (2012). Clinical evidence for the utility of movement compensation algorithm in magnetoencephalography: Successful localization during focal seizure. Epilepsy Research. 101(1-2). 191–196. 14 indexed citations
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Bingaman, William, Prakash Kotagal, Ajay Gupta, et al.. (2010). Surgery for catastrophic epilepsy in infants 6 months of age and younger. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 5(6). 603–607. 46 indexed citations
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Loddenkemper, Tobias, Prakash Kotagal, Jennifer S. Haut, et al.. (2009). EPILEPSY SURGERY IN CHILDREN WITH ELECTRICAL STATUS EPILEPTICUS IN SLEEP. Neurosurgery. 64(2). 328–337. 84 indexed citations
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Jehi, Lara, Richard I. Naugle, Paul Ruggieri, et al.. (2008). Anatomo‐electro‐clinical correlations: the Cleveland Case Report (March 2008): Temporal lobe neoplasm and seizures: how deep does the story go? *. Epileptic Disorders. 10(1). 56–67. 3 indexed citations
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Alexopoulos, Andreas V., Prakash Kotagal, Tobias Loddenkemper, Jeffrey Hammel, & William Bingaman. (2006). Long-term results with vagus nerve stimulation in children with pharmacoresistant epilepsy. Seizure. 15(7). 491–503. 139 indexed citations
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Du, Wei, Jocelyn F. Bautista, Huanghe Yang, et al.. (2005). Calcium-sensitive potassium channelopathy in human epilepsy and paroxysmal movement disorder. Nature Genetics. 37(7). 733–738. 435 indexed citations
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González-Martínez, Jorge, Ajay Gupta, Prakash Kotagal, et al.. (2005). Hemispherectomy for Catastrophic Epilepsy in Infants. Epilepsia. 46(9). 1518–1525. 108 indexed citations
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Carreño, Mar, et al.. (2002). Intractable epilepsy in vascular congenital hemiparesis: Clinical features and surgical options. Neurology. 59(1). 129–131. 30 indexed citations
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Kotagal, Prakash, et al.. (2002). Complex partial seizures of frontal lobe onset statistical analysis of ictal semiology. Seizure. 12(5). 268–281. 56 indexed citations
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Wyllie, Elaine, Nadia Akhtar, Prakash Kotagal, et al.. (2001). Efficacy of the ketogenic diet in focal versus generalized seizures. Pediatric Neurology. 25(3). 208–212. 92 indexed citations
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Szabó, C. Ákos, A. David Rothner, Prakash Kotagal, et al.. (2001). Symptomatic or cryptogenic partial epilepsy of childhood onset: fourteen-year follow-up. Pediatric Neurology. 24(4). 264–269. 9 indexed citations
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Najm, Imad, Ying Zhong, Thomas L. Babb, et al.. (2000). Epileptogenicity Correlated with Increased N‐Methyl‐d‐Aspartate Receptor Subunit NR2A/B in Human Focal Cortical Dysplasia. Epilepsia. 41(8). 971–976. 101 indexed citations
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Kotagal, Prakash & Hans O. Lüders. (1999). The Epilepsies Etiologies and prevention. Academic Press eBooks. 32 indexed citations
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Bleasel, Andrew, Prakash Kotagal, Pongkiat Kankirawatana, & Lisa Rybicki. (1997). Lateralizing Value and Semiology of Ictal Limb Posturing and Version in Temporal Lobe and Extratemporal Epilepsy. Epilepsia. 38(2). 168–174. 119 indexed citations
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Wyllie, Elaine, Hans O. Lüders, Harold H. Morris, et al.. (1990). Intracarotid Amobarbital (Wada) Test for Language Dominance: Correlation with Results of Cortical Stimulation. Epilepsia. 31(2). 156–161. 53 indexed citations
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Kotagal, Prakash, Hans O. Lüders, Harold H. Morris, Elaine Wyllie, & Dudley S. Dinner. (1989). Dystonic Posturing in Complex Partial Seizures: A New Lateralizing Sign. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 56. 1 indexed citations
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Morris, Harold H., Andrés M. Kanner, Hans O. Lüders, et al.. (1989). Can Sharp Waves Localized at the Sphenoidal Electrode Accurately Identify a Mesio‐temporal Epileptogenic Focus?. Epilepsia. 30(5). 532–539. 41 indexed citations

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