RB Lipton

4.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
12 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

RB Lipton is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, RB Lipton has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 8 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 7 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in RB Lipton's work include Migraine and Headache Studies (12 papers), Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments (7 papers) and Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders (5 papers). RB Lipton is often cited by papers focused on Migraine and Headache Studies (12 papers), Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments (7 papers) and Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders (5 papers). RB Lipton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Denmark. RB Lipton's co-authors include TJ Steiner, Zaza Katsarava, I Scher, Rigmor Jensen, Knut Hagen, Peter J. Goadsby, TK Wilcox, AN Manack, Michael B. First and Hartmut Göbel and has published in prestigious journals such as Cephalalgia.

In The Last Decade

RB Lipton

12 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

The Global Burden of Headache: A Documentation of Headach... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2007 2006 2010 500 1000 1.5k
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. The Global Burden of Headache: A Documentation of Headache Prevalence and Disability Worldwide
    2007 1.7k citations Knut Hagen, Rigmor Jensen et al. Cephalalgia profile →
  2. New Appendix Criteria Open for a Broader Concept of Chronic Migraine
    2006 721 citations Jes Olesen, M.G. Bousser et al. Cephalalgia profile →
  3. Disability, HRQoL and resource use among chronic and episodic migraineurs: Results from the International Burden of Migraine Study (IBMS)
    2010 486 citations TK Wilcox, AN Manack et al. Cephalalgia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
RB Lipton United States 12 3.3k 2.0k 1.1k 368 331 12 3.6k
TJ Steiner United Kingdom 7 2.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 899 0.8× 247 0.7× 213 0.6× 7 2.8k
Frederick G. Freitag United States 18 3.0k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 292 0.8× 266 0.8× 65 3.3k
Gian Camillo Manzoni Italy 30 2.9k 0.9× 1.9k 0.9× 1.3k 1.1× 205 0.6× 379 1.1× 121 3.4k
Stephen D. Silberstein United States 28 2.9k 0.9× 1.7k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 276 0.8× 237 0.7× 58 3.2k
RB Lipton United States 13 2.5k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 992 0.9× 283 0.8× 197 0.6× 28 2.8k
Enrico Marano Italy 14 3.1k 0.9× 1.9k 1.0× 1.2k 1.1× 458 1.2× 662 2.0× 34 3.8k
Licia Grazzi Italy 36 4.0k 1.2× 2.2k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 403 1.1× 477 1.4× 240 4.7k
Sepideh F. Varon United States 27 3.1k 1.0× 2.0k 1.0× 885 0.8× 320 0.9× 510 1.5× 38 3.6k
Kristina M. Fanning United States 39 4.1k 1.2× 2.0k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 441 1.2× 276 0.8× 88 4.8k
ME Bigal United States 28 2.4k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 906 0.8× 318 0.9× 342 1.0× 46 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by RB Lipton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of RB Lipton

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Wilcox, TK, et al.. (2010). Disability, HRQoL and resource use among chronic and episodic migraineurs: Results from the International Burden of Migraine Study (IBMS). Cephalalgia. 31(3). 301–315. 486 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lipton, RB, Ken Kolodner, ME Bigal, et al.. (2009). Validity and Reliability of the Migraine-Treatment Optimization Questionnaire. Cephalalgia. 29(7). 751–759. 71 indexed citations
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Silberstein, Stephen D., et al.. (2008). Guidelines for Controlled Trials of Prophylactic Treatment of Chronic Migraine in Adults. Cephalalgia. 28(5). 484–495. 245 indexed citations
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Almas, Mary, et al.. (2007). Treatment-Emergent CNS Symptoms Following Triptan Therapy are Part of The Attack. Cephalalgia. 27(3). 254–262. 37 indexed citations
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Hagen, Knut, Rigmor Jensen, Zaza Katsarava, et al.. (2007). The Global Burden of Headache: A Documentation of Headache Prevalence and Disability Worldwide. Cephalalgia. 27(3). 193–210. 1748 indexed citations breakdown →
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Solomon, Seymour, et al.. (2006). Retinal Migraine Reappraised. Cephalalgia. 26(11). 1275–1286. 55 indexed citations
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Olesen, Jes, M.G. Bousser, David W. Dodick, et al.. (2006). New Appendix Criteria Open for a Broader Concept of Chronic Migraine. Cephalalgia. 26(6). 742–746. 721 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lipton, RB, et al.. (2005). Surgical Treatment of Patients with Refractory Migraine Headaches and Intranasal Contact Points. Cephalalgia. 25(6). 439–443. 58 indexed citations
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Lipton, RB, et al.. (2005). An Assessment of the Burden of Migraine using the Willingness to Pay Model. Cephalalgia. 25(2). 87–100. 31 indexed citations
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Lipton, RB, et al.. (2004). Hypnic Headache in Childhood?: A Case Report. Cephalalgia. 25(1). 68–70. 22 indexed citations
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Lipton, RB, et al.. (1995). The Neuroendocrine Challenge Paradigm in Headache Research. Cephalalgia. 15(4). 292–296. 19 indexed citations

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