Robert C. McKinstry

24.0k citations

166 papers · 14.2k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 50

Impact in

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging top 0.05%
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
- MRI in cancer diagnosis
Computational Mathematics top 0.5%

Papers in

Genetics 47
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders 38
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 75
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications 50
- Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications 32
- MRI in cancer diagnosis 22

Co-authors: Thomas E. Conturo Abraham Z. Snyder C. Robert Almli Erbil Akbudak Joshua S. Shimony Pratik Mukherjee Kelly N. Botteron Alan C. Evans
Journals: Blood (12 papers)Radiology (8 papers)American Journal of Neuroradiology (8 papers)NeuroImage (7 papers)Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Robert C. McKinstry

164 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

American Society of Hematology 2020 guidelines for sickle cell disease: prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cerebrovascular disease in children and adults 2020 · 237 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 Blood Advances
2012 American Journal of Psychiatry
2010 NeuroImage
1999 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1998 Radiology
1997 NeuroImage
1991 Science

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1	Atypical Presentation of IARS1‐Related Disorder: Expanding the Phenotype and Genotype JIMD Reports ·Parith Wongkittichote, Nicol Caroline, Yukimi Akimoto, Lance W. Peterson, Mai He, Robert C. McKinstry, Anthony Antonellis, Marwan Shinawi	2025	1
2	0765 Enlarged perivascular spaces in infancy: associations with autism diagnosis, cerebrospinal fluid volume, and later sleep problems SLEEP ·Dea Garic, Robert C. McKinstry, N. V. Boyarinova, 조영목, Leigh MacIntyre, Juhi Pandey, Robert T. Schultz, Tanya St. John, Annette Estes, Stephen R. Dager, Kelly N. Botteron, Heather C. Hazlett, Martin Styner, Joseph Piven, Mark D. Shen	2023	1
3	Correlating Quantitative MRI-based Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Metrics with 24-month Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Neonates from the HEAL Trial Radiology ·Evan Calabrese, Yvonne W. Wu, (unknown), Jessica L. Wisnowski, Robert C. McKinstry, Amit Mathur, Hannah C. Glass, Bryan A. Comstock, Patrick J. Heagerty, M Leinster, Sandra E. Juul, Christopher P. Hess, Yi Li	2023	7
4	Toward Automated Detection of Silent Cerebral Infarcts in Children and Young Adults With Sickle Cell Anemia Stroke ·Yasheng Chen, Yan Wang, Chia‐Ling Phuah, Melanie E. Fields, Kristin P. Guilliams, Slim Fellah, Mikhail Ipatov, Michael M. Binkley, Hongyu An, Jin‐Moo Lee, Robert C. McKinstry, Lori C. Jordan, Michael R. DeBaun, Andria L. Ford	2023	1
5	How well does neonatal neuroimaging correlate with neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy? Pediatric Research ·Tai-Wei Wu, Sarah E. Monsell, Hannah C. Glass, Jessica L. Wisnowski, Amit Mathur, Robert C. McKinstry, Stefan Blüml, Fernando F. Gonzalez, Bryan A. Comstock, Patrick J. Heagerty, Sandra E. Juul	2023	32
6	Language exposure during infancy is negatively associated with white matter microstructure in the arcuate fasciculus Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience ·Lee K.B, Jun Teruya, Hervé Abdi, Heidi Nurkka, Jason J. Wolff, М А Величко, Stephen R. Dager, Robert C. McKinstry, Martin Styner, Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, Joseph Piven, Meghan R. Swanson	2023	2
7	Normalization of cerebral hemodynamics after hematopoietic stem cell transplant in children with sickle cell disease Blood ·Monica L. Hulbert, Melanie E. Fields, Kristin P. Guilliams, Cheng Xue-jin, Shalini Shenoy, Slim Fellah, Arash Borjian Boroujeni, Michael M. Binkley, Robert C. McKinstry, Joshua S. Shimony, Yasheng Chen, Cihat Eldeniz, Dustin K. Ragan, Katie D. Vo, Hongyu An, Jin‐Moo Lee, Andria L. Ford	2022	16
8	Noninvasive high-resolution electromyometrial imaging of uterine contractions in a translational sheep model Science Translational Medicine ·LI Gen‐Tao, 銀河加藤, Peinan Zhao, Michael Talcott, Shengsheng Lai, Robert C. McKinstry, Pamela K. Woodard, George A. Macones, Alan L. Schwartz, Alison G. Cahill, Phillip S. Cuculich, Yong Wang	2019	23
9	Children with sickle cell anemia with normal transcranial Doppler ultrasounds and without silent infarcts have a low incidence of new strokes American Journal of Hematology ·Lori C. Jordan, J. van Beveren, Mark Rodeghier, William R. Hardin, Maria Rosana Ponisio, James F. Casella, Robert C. McKinstry, Michael J. Noetzel, Fenella J. Kirkham, Emily Riehm Meier, Beng Fuh, T.-H. Kim, Sharada A. Sarnaik, Suvankar Majumdar, Timothy L. McCavit, Michael R. DeBaun	2018	9
10	Red cell exchange transfusions lower cerebral blood flow and oxygen extraction fraction in pediatric sickle cell anemia Blood ·Kristin P. Guilliams, Melanie E. Fields, Dustin K. Ragan, Cihat Eldeniz, Michael M. Binkley, Yasheng Chen, 靖白石, Allan Doctor, Monica L. Hulbert, Joshua S. Shimony, Katie D. Vo, Robert C. McKinstry, Hongyu An, Jin‐Moo Lee, Andria L. Ford	2017	65
11	Erythropoietin and Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: Volume of Acute Brain Injury and 1-Year Neurodevelopmental Outcome The Journal of Pediatrics ·Sarah B. Mulkey, Raghu Ramakrishnaiah, Robert C. McKinstry, Taeun Chang, Amit Mathur, Dennis E. Mayock, Krisa P. Van Meurs, G. Bradley Schaefer, Chunqiao Luo, Shasha Bai, Sandra E. Juul, Yvonne W. Wu	2017	30
12	Normalization of Cerebral Hemodynamics after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia Blood ·Monica L. Hulbert, Kristin P. Guilliams, Melanie E. Fields, Cheng Xue-jin, Dustin K. Ragan, Cihat Eldeniz, Slim Fellah, Michael M. Binkley, Hongyu An, Yasheng Chen, Shalini Shenoy, Kohut Jj, Arash Borjian Boroujeni, Robert C. McKinstry, Joshua S. Shimony, Jin‐Moo Lee, Andria L. Ford	2017	3
13	High-Dose Erythropoietin and Hypothermia for Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Phase II Trial PEDIATRICS ·Yvonne W. Wu, Amit Mathur, Taeun Chang, Robert C. McKinstry, Sarah B. Mulkey, Dennis E. Mayock, Krisa P. Van Meurs, Elizabeth E. Rogers, Fernando F. Gonzalez, Bryan A. Comstock, Sandra E. Juul, Michael E. Msall, Sonia L. Bonifacio, Hannah C. Glass, An N. Massaro, Ali Ba Rajjash, David Lee. McKee, Patrick J. Heagerty, Roberta A. Ballard	2016	164
14	Optic nerve tortuosity in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 Pediatric Radiology ·Tasaduq Hussain Wani, Joshua S. Shimony, Feng Gao, Robert C. McKinstry, David H. Gutmann	2013	17
15	Acute Silent Cerebral Ischemic Events in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia JAMA Neurology ·Charles T. Quinn, Robert C. McKinstry, Michael M. Dowling, William S. Ball, Michael A. Kraut, James F. Casella, Nomazulu Dlamini, Rebecca Ichord, Lori C. Jordan, Fenella J. Kirkham, Michael J. Noetzel, E. Steve Roach, John J. Strouse, Janet L. Kwiatkowski, Deborah Hirtz, Michael R. DeBaun	2012	48
16	Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging: A New Tool in the Diagnosis and Evaluation of Abnormalities of the Vein of Galen in Children American Journal of Neuroradiology ·Bharathi Jagadeesan, DeWitte T. Cross, Josser E Delgado Almandoz, Colin P. Derdeyn, David Loy, Robert C. McKinstry, Tammie L.S. Benzinger, Christopher J. Moran	2012	11
17	Response monitoring in children with phenylketonuria. Neuropsychology ·Gabriel C. Araujo, Shawn E. Christ, Robert D. Steiner, Dorothy K. Grange, Binyam Nardos, Robert C. McKinstry, Desirée A. White	2009	19
18	Blood transfusion therapy is feasible in a clinical trial setting in children with sickle cell disease and silent cerebral infarcts Pediatric Blood & Cancer ·Allison A. King, Michael J. Noetzel, Desirée A. White, Robert C. McKinstry, Michael R. DeBaun	2007	6
19	Transport, monitoring, and successful brain MR imaging in unsedated neonates Pediatric Radiology ·Amit Mathur, Jeffrey J. Neil, Robert C. McKinstry, Terrie E. Inder	2007	154
20	Quantitative Diffusion-Tensor Anisotropy Brain MR Imaging: Normative Human Data and Anatomic Analysis Radiology ·Joshua S. Shimony, Robert C. McKinstry, Erbil Akbudak, Joseph A. Aronovitz, Abraham Z. Snyder, Nicolás Lori, Ronicley José Barros Freitas, Thomas E. Conturo	1999	259

About Robert C. McKinstry

Robert C. McKinstry is a scholar working on Genetics, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Hematology, having authored 166 papers that have together received 14.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (50 papers), Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (38 papers), Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders (34 papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (32 papers), Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (27 papers), MRI in cancer diagnosis (22 papers), Iron Metabolism and Disorders (17 papers) and Bone and Joint Diseases (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (7.5k citations), Computational Mathematics (155 citations), Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (4.1k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (3.9k citations) and Genetics (2.0k citations). Robert C. McKinstry has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Thomas E. Conturo, Abraham Z. Snyder, C. Robert Almli, Erbil Akbudak, Joshua S. Shimony, Pratik Mukherjee, Kelly N. Botteron, Alan C. Evans, D. Louis Collins and Vladimir Fonov. Their work appears in journals such as Blood, Radiology, American Journal of Neuroradiology, NeuroImage and Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.

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