Robert H. Brown

61.4k total citations · 14 hit papers
310 papers, 34.4k citations indexed

About

Robert H. Brown is a scholar working on Neurology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert H. Brown has authored 310 papers receiving a total of 34.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 175 papers in Neurology, 119 papers in Molecular Biology and 112 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Robert H. Brown's work include Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (157 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (110 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (46 papers). Robert H. Brown is often cited by papers focused on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (157 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (110 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (46 papers). Robert H. Brown collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Robert H. Brown's co-authors include Eric P. Hoffman, Louis M. Kunkel, Piera Pasinelli, Ammar Al‐Chalabi, Don W. Cleveland, J. Paul Taylor, Merit Cudkowicz, Robert J. Ferrante, Lawrence J. Hayward and Diane McKenna‐Yasek and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Robert H. Brown

305 papers receiving 33.6k citations

Hit Papers

Dystrophin: The protein product of the duchenne muscular ... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 2016 2017 1996 2006 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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.

  1. Dystrophin: The protein product of the duchenne muscular dystrophy locus
    1987 3.7k citations Robert H. Brown et al. profile →
  2. Decoding ALS: from genes to mechanism
    2016 1.4k citations Robert H. Brown, Don W. Cleveland et al. profile →
  3. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
    2017 1.2k citations Robert H. Brown et al. profile →
  4. Motor neurons in Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase-deficient mice develop normally but exhibit enhanced cell death after axonal injury
    1996 966 citations Neil W. Kowall, Robert J. Ferrante et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  5. Molecular biology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: insights from genetics
    2006 894 citations Robert H. Brown et al. profile →
  6. Wild-Type Nonneuronal Cells Extend Survival of SOD1 Mutant Motor Neurons in ALS Mice
    2003 855 citations Albrecht M. Clement, Minh Dang Nguyen et al. Science profile →
  7. Characterization of Dystrophin in Muscle-Biopsy Specimens from Patients with Duchenne's or Becker's Muscular Dystrophy
    1988 731 citations Robert H. Brown et al. profile →
  8. Mutant dynactin in motor neuron disease
    2003 729 citations Robert H. Brown et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  9. Wild-type and mutant SOD1 share an aberrant conformation and a common pathogenic pathway in ALS
    2010 544 citations Diane McKenna‐Yasek, Matthew P. Frosch et al. profile →
  10. ANG mutations segregate with familial and 'sporadic' amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
    2006 518 citations Robert H. Brown et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  11. Superoxide Dismutase Activity, Oxidative Damage, and Mitochondrial Energy Metabolism in Familial and Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
    1993 503 citations Robert H. Brown et al. profile →
  12. Intrinsic Membrane Hyperexcitability of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patient-Derived Motor Neurons
    2014 481 citations Robert H. Brown et al. profile →
  13. Epidemiology of mutations in superoxide dismutase in amyotrophic lateal sclerosis
    1997 397 citations D. McKenna‐Yasek, Robert H. Brown et al. Annals of Neurology profile →
  14. Linkage of a Gene Causing Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis to Chromosome 21 and Evidence of Genetic-Locus Heterogeneity
    1991 278 citations Guy A. Rouleau, Diane McKenna‐Yasek et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert H. Brown United States 93 17.9k 15.7k 9.1k 6.3k 5.5k 310 34.4k
Pamela J. Shaw United Kingdom 89 9.8k 0.5× 16.6k 1.1× 8.9k 1.0× 5.2k 0.8× 4.7k 0.8× 486 29.4k
Jeffrey D. Rothstein United States 91 15.7k 0.9× 12.4k 0.8× 6.9k 0.8× 15.0k 2.4× 5.0k 0.9× 235 37.2k
Hitoshi Takahashi Japan 87 10.3k 0.6× 13.6k 0.9× 2.2k 0.2× 9.6k 1.5× 5.0k 0.9× 736 30.3k
Albert C. Ludolph Germany 77 7.1k 0.4× 15.0k 1.0× 6.2k 0.7× 4.8k 0.8× 4.5k 0.8× 669 25.0k
Matthew C. Kiernan Australia 83 5.1k 0.3× 16.3k 1.0× 7.4k 0.8× 5.4k 0.9× 4.4k 0.8× 672 28.4k
Berislav V. Zloković United States 98 13.0k 0.7× 7.5k 0.5× 1.9k 0.2× 6.8k 1.1× 17.2k 3.1× 307 48.0k
M. Flint Beal United States 98 19.5k 1.1× 9.5k 0.6× 1.8k 0.2× 9.0k 1.4× 10.2k 1.8× 221 36.5k
Isidró Ferrer Spain 101 20.4k 1.1× 8.3k 0.5× 1.4k 0.2× 11.4k 1.8× 12.8k 2.3× 910 42.1k
Jack P. Antel Canada 102 11.1k 0.6× 6.0k 0.4× 1.8k 0.2× 3.9k 0.6× 2.9k 0.5× 525 38.0k
Seung Up Kim South Korea 85 9.8k 0.6× 2.4k 0.2× 3.9k 0.4× 5.6k 0.9× 3.5k 0.6× 839 32.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hemond, Christopher C., et al.. (2025). Paramagnetic rim lesions are highly specific for multiple sclerosis in real-world data. Brain Communications. 7(3). fcaf211–fcaf211. 1 indexed citations
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Echeverria, Dimas, et al.. (2024). Near Sequence Homology Does Not Guarantee siRNA Cross-Species Efficacy. Nucleic Acid Therapeutics. 34(5). 234–244. 1 indexed citations
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Brown, Robert H., et al.. (2023). Rescue of GM3 synthase deficiency by spatially controlled, rAAV-mediated ST3GAL5 delivery. JCI Insight. 8(9). 2 indexed citations
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Fang, Minggang, Sara K. Evans, Alissa L. Nana, et al.. (2023). Loss of TDP-43 function contributes to genomic instability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 17. 1251228–1251228. 8 indexed citations
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Yang, Chunxing, Tao Qiao, Jia Yu, et al.. (2022). Low-level overexpression of wild type TDP-43 causes late-onset, progressive neurodegeneration and paralysis in mice. PLoS ONE. 17(2). e0255710–e0255710. 19 indexed citations
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Krishnan, Gopinath, Denitza Raitcheva, Daniel A. Bartlett, et al.. (2022). Poly(GR) and poly(GA) in cerebrospinal fluid as potential biomarkers for C9ORF72-ALS/FTD. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2799–2799. 31 indexed citations
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Bouley, James, David Y. Chung, Cenk Ayata, Robert H. Brown, & Nils Henninger. (2018). Cortical Spreading Depression Denotes Concussion Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 36(7). 1008–1017. 32 indexed citations
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Fridman, Vera, Anne Louise Oaklander, William S. David, et al.. (2014). Natural history and biomarkers in hereditary sensory neuropathy type 1. Muscle & Nerve. 51(4). 489–495. 30 indexed citations
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Garofalo, Kevin, Anke Penno, Brian P. Schmidt, et al.. (2011). Oral l-serine supplementation reduces production of neurotoxic deoxysphingolipids in mice and humans with hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathy type 1. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 121(12). 4735–4745. 152 indexed citations
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Li, Jianhong, Ru-Ju Chian, İlknur Ay, et al.. (2009). Recombinant GDNF: Tetanus toxin fragment C fusion protein produced from insect cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 385(3). 380–384. 2 indexed citations
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Clement, Albrecht M., Minh Dang Nguyen, Elizabeth A. Roberts, et al.. (2003). Wild-Type Nonneuronal Cells Extend Survival of SOD1 Mutant Motor Neurons in ALS Mice. Science. 302(5642). 113–117. 855 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bejaoui, Khemissa, Yoshikazu Uchida, Satoshi Yasuda, et al.. (2002). Hereditary sensory neuropathy type 1 mutations confer dominant negative effects on serine palmitoyltransferase, critical for sphingolipid synthesis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 110(9). 1301–1308. 67 indexed citations
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Bejaoui, Khemissa, Yoshikazu Uchida, Satoshi Yasuda, et al.. (2002). Hereditary sensory neuropathy type 1 mutations confer dominant negative effects on serine palmitoyltransferase, critical for sphingolipid synthesis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 110(9). 1301–1308. 6 indexed citations
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Rampoldi, Luca, Carol Dobson‐Stone, Justin P. Rubio, et al.. (2001). A conserved sorting-associated protein is mutant in chorea-acanthocytosis. Nature Genetics. 28(2). 119–120. 223 indexed citations
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Beal, M. Flint, Robert J. Ferrante, Susan Browne, et al.. (1997). Increased 3‐nitrotyrosine in both sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Annals of Neurology. 42(4). 644–654. 479 indexed citations
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Figlewicz, Denise A., Melvin G. McInnis, Jun Goto, et al.. (1994). Identification of flanking markers for the familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis gene ALS1 on chromosome 21. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 124. 90–95. 6 indexed citations
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Liang, Chang‐seng, Douglas K. Stewart, Thierry H. LeJemtel, et al.. (1992). Characteristics of peak aerobic capacity in symptomatic and asymptomatic subjects with left ventricular dysfunction☆. The American Journal of Cardiology. 69(14). 1207–1211. 26 indexed citations
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Manning, Harold L., Steven A. Shea, Richard M. Schwartzstein, et al.. (1992). Reduced tidal volume increases ‘air hunger’ at fixed PCO2 in ventilated quadriplegics. Respiration Physiology. 90(1). 19–30. 139 indexed citations

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