Robert A. Stern

52.2k total citations · 9 hit papers
358 papers, 17.1k citations indexed

About

Robert A. Stern is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert A. Stern has authored 358 papers receiving a total of 17.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Epidemiology, 74 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 66 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Robert A. Stern's work include Traumatic Brain Injury Research (78 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (52 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (49 papers). Robert A. Stern is often cited by papers focused on Traumatic Brain Injury Research (78 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (52 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (49 papers). Robert A. Stern collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Robert A. Stern's co-authors include Ann C. McKee, Robert C. Cantu, Brandon E. Gavett, Christopher J. Nowinski, Daniel H. Daneshvar, Andrew E. Budson, Christine M. Baugh, Hyo-Soon Lee, E. Tessa Hedley‐Whyte and Caroline A. Kubilus and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert A. Stern

347 papers receiving 16.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Athletes: Progressive Tauopathy After Repetitive Head Injury

2009 1.6k citations Robert C. Cantu, Brandon E. Gavett et al. profile →
A review of magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion tensor imaging findings in mild traumatic brain injury

2012 685 citations Martha E. Shenton, Sylvain Bouix et al. profile →
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: A Potential Late Effect of Sport-Related Concussive and Subconcussive Head Trauma

2010 499 citations Brandon E. Gavett, Robert A. Stern et al. profile →
TDP-43 Proteinopathy and Motor Neuron Disease in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

2010 465 citations Brandon E. Gavett, Robert A. Stern et al. profile →
Long‐term Consequences of Repetitive Brain Trauma: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

2011 396 citations Robert A. Stern, Robert C. Cantu et al. profile →
Cumulative Head Impact Exposure Predicts Later-Life Depression, Apathy, Executive Dysfunction, and Cognitive Impairment in Former High School and College Football Players

2016 374 citations Michael L. Alosco, Brett Martin et al. profile →
Clinical presentation of chronic traumatic encephalopathy

2013 357 citations Robert A. Stern, Neil W. Kowall et al. Neurology profile →
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: neurodegeneration following repetitive concussive and subconcussive brain trauma

2012 350 citations Brandon E. Gavett, Martha E. Shenton et al. profile →
Initial Calibration of the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)

2011 289 citations Robert A. Stern et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert A. Stern United States	67	7.0k	5.0k	2.8k	2.3k	1.8k	358	17.1k
David Sharp United Kingdom	70	4.1k 0.6×	3.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	4.7k 2.6×	409	20.3k
David S. Goldstein United States	91	972 0.1×	6.7k 1.4×	358 0.1×	1.4k 0.6×	3.8k 2.2×	484	30.6k
Benjamin D. Levine United States	90	1.9k 0.3×	2.9k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	629 0.3×	1.3k 0.7×	505	28.9k
Robert A. Parker United States	54	2.0k 0.3×	413 0.1×	1.0k 0.4×	559 0.2×	899 0.5×	232	10.2k
Hans H. Schild Germany	68	2.3k 0.3×	1.4k 0.3×	219 0.1×	902 0.4×	918 0.5×	560	18.4k
James T. Becker United States	85	2.4k 0.3×	1.6k 0.3×	2.5k 0.9×	7.9k 3.4×	1.6k 0.9×	525	27.0k
Michael McDermott United States	91	3.8k 0.5×	6.4k 1.3×	1.1k 0.4×	1.9k 0.8×	9.2k 5.2×	630	33.4k
Robert Howard United Kingdom	78	807 0.1×	1.6k 0.3×	214 0.1×	7.6k 3.3×	1.4k 0.8×	536	25.4k
R. Shane Tubbs United States	59	2.9k 0.4×	4.5k 0.9×	328 0.1×	876 0.4×	831 0.5×	1.8k	24.8k
David Taylor United Kingdom	75	1.5k 0.2×	1.6k 0.3×	372 0.1×	8.1k 3.5×	4.6k 2.6×	879	26.2k

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Asken, Breton M., Benjamin L. Brett, William Barr, et al.. (2025). Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: State-of-the-science update and narrative review. The Clinical Neuropsychologist. 39(8). 2159–2183. 1 indexed citations

Alosco, Michael L., Charles H. Adler, David W. Dodick, et al.. (2023). Examination of parkinsonism in former elite American football players. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 120. 105903–105903. 3 indexed citations

Mian, Asim, Anna M. Cervantes‐Arslanian, Eric Steinberg, et al.. (2019). Differentiating Between Healthy Control Participants and Those with Mild Cognitive Impairment Using Volumetric MRI Data. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 25(8). 800–810. 16 indexed citations

Huey, Edward D., Daniel Kaufer, Gary W. Small, et al.. (2016). The TabCAT Brain Health Assessment: A Highly Efficient and Sensitive Approach to Detecting Very Mild Cognitive Impairment (P5.197). Neurology. 86(16_supplement). 2 indexed citations

Koerte, Inga K., Alexander Lin, Marc Muehlmann, et al.. (2015). A Review of Neuroimaging Findings in Repetitive Brain Trauma. Brain Pathology. 25(3). 318–349. 94 indexed citations

Zhu, Haihao, Hongmei Li, Isabel Carreras, et al.. (2014). Intraperitoneal injection of the pancreatic peptide amylin potently reduces behavioral impairment and brain amyloid pathology in murine models of Alzheimer’s disease. Molecular Psychiatry. 20(2). 252–262. 92 indexed citations

Gavett, Brandon E. & Robert A. Stern. (2012). Dementia has a categorical, not dimensional, latent structure.. Psychology and Aging. 27(3). 791–797. 5 indexed citations

Eggermont, Laura, Brandon E. Gavett, Karin M. Volkers, et al.. (2010). Lower-Extremity Function in Cognitively Healthy Aging, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer's Disease. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 91(4). 584–588. 113 indexed citations

Stern, Robert A., et al.. (2003). The Influence of Cognitive Reserve on Memory Following Electroconvulsive Therapy. Journal of Neuropsychiatry. 15(3). 333–339. 41 indexed citations

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Tremont, Geoffrey, Holly James Westervelt, Debbie J. Javorsky, Anna J. Podolanczuk, & Robert A. Stern. (2002). Referring Physicians' Perceptions of the Neuropsychological Evaluation: How are we Doing?. The Clinical Neuropsychologist. 16(4). 551–554. 30 indexed citations

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Javorsky, Debbie J., et al.. (2001). A comparison of administration procedures for the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure: Flowcharts versus pen switching.. Psychological Assessment. 13(3). 299–305. 9 indexed citations

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Giovannetti, Tania, Melissa Lamar, Blaine Cloud, et al.. (2000). Visuoconstructional problems in dementia: Contribution of executive systems functions.. Neuropsychology. 14(3). 415–426. 54 indexed citations

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Stern, Robert A.. (1998). Long Term X-ray Variability in Cool Stars. 154. 223. 1 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Daniel M., et al.. (1996). Human vitreous hyaluronidase: isolation and characterization. Current Eye Research. 15(12). 1156–1162. 30 indexed citations

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Byl, Nancy N., et al.. (1996). Effects of ultrasound on the orientation of fibroblasts: An in-vitro study. 6(6). 180–184. 2 indexed citations

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Stern, Robert A., et al.. (1992). THE USE OF T3 TO ENHANCE THE EFFECTS OF ECT. Clinical Neuropharmacology. 15. 387A–388A. 3 indexed citations

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Stern, Robert A. & Nancy Stern. (1983). Concepts of information processing with BASIC. Wiley eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Antiochos, S. K., et al.. (1982). Progress report of an IUE survey of the Hyades star cluster.. 2238. 239–242.

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Lampton, M., B. Margon, Robert A. Stern, Francesco Paresce, & S. Bowyer. (1976). An Intense Extreme Ultraviolet Source in Cetus. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 8. 360. 1 indexed citations

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Stern, Robert A., et al.. (1965). GASTRIC MOTILITY: THE ELECTROGASTROGRAM.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 1 indexed citations

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