Roger J. Porter

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
100 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Roger J. Porter is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Roger J. Porter has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 32 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 26 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Roger J. Porter's work include Epilepsy research and treatment (63 papers), Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies (29 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (25 papers). Roger J. Porter is often cited by papers focused on Epilepsy research and treatment (63 papers), Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies (29 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (25 papers). Roger J. Porter collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Roger J. Porter's co-authors include Michael A. Rogawski, William H. Theodore, J. Kiffin Penry, Fritz E. Dreifuss, Orrin Devinsky, Giovanni DiChiro, James J. Cereghino, H. J. Kupferberg, B. Scoville and B. G. White and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Brain.

In The Last Decade

Roger J. Porter

91 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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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.

Antiepileptic drugs: pharmacological mechanisms and clinical efficacy with consideration of promising developmental stage compounds.

1990 568 citations Michael A. Rogawski, Roger J. Porter profile →
Antiepileptic Drug Development Program

1984 456 citations Roger J. Porter et al. profile →

Peers

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L. James Willmore United States

Timothy A. Pedley United States

O. Carter Snead United States

J. K. Penry United States

Raman Sankar United States

Santiago Arroyo United States

Dieter Schmidt Germany

Robert J. Gumnit United States

Agostino Baruzzi Italy

J. Kiffin Penry United States

L. James Willmore United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roger J. Porter

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All Works

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French, Jacqueline A., Roger J. Porter, Emilio Perucca, et al.. (2025). Interim analysis of the long‐term efficacy and safety of azetukalner in an ongoing open‐label extension study following a phase 2b clinical trial (X‐TOLE) in adults with focal epilepsy. Epilepsia Open. 10(2). 539–548. 2 indexed citations

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Porter, Roger J., Jacqueline A. French, Emilio Perucca, et al.. (2024). The Impact of Disease Severity on Responder Rates in a Phase 2b Study of XEN1101, a Potent, Selective Potassium Channel Opener, in Adults with Focal Epilepsy (X-TOLE) (S19.004). Neurology. 102(7_supplement_1). 1 indexed citations

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Porter, Roger J. & Harvey J. Kupferberg. (2017). The Anticonvulsant Screening Program of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH: History and Contributions to Clinical Care in the Twentieth Century and Beyond. Neurochemical Research. 42(7). 1889–1893. 18 indexed citations

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French, Jacqueline A., et al.. (2015). The Epilepsy Foundation's 4th Biennial Epilepsy Pipeline Update Conference. Epilepsy & Behavior. 46. 34–50. 3 indexed citations

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Porter, Roger J., Virinder Nohria, & Chris Rundfeldt. (2007). Retigabine. Neurotherapeutics. 4(1). 149–154. 58 indexed citations

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Delgado‐Escueta, Antonio V., Richard H. Mattson, Eli S. Goldensohn, et al.. (2002). The nature of aggression during epileptic seizures. Epilepsy & Behavior. 3(6). 550–556. 15 indexed citations

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Porter, Roger J.. (2001). The body politic: diseases and discourses.. PubMed. 51(10). 23–9.

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Delgado‐Escueta, Antonio V., Wilkie A. Wilson, Richard W. Olsen, & Roger J. Porter. (1999). Jasper's Basic Mechanisms of the Epilepsies. Third Edition. 79. 1 indexed citations

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Porter, Roger J.. (1996). The ruin of the constitution: the early interpretation of gout. Ordinary meeting Monday, 25th April 1994.. PubMed. 110. 90–103.

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Porter, Roger J.. (1993). New Developments in the Search for Improved Antiepileptic Drugs. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 47(2). 145–162. 3 indexed citations

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Porter, Roger J. & Michael A. Rogawski. (1992). THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING THE USE OF NMDA ANTAGONISTS IN THE TREATMENT OF THE EPILEPSIES. Clinical Neuropharmacology. 15. 697A–698A. 1 indexed citations

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Porter, Roger J., et al.. (1992). Biomedical research : collaboration and conflict of interest. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 10 indexed citations

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Porter, Roger J.. (1992). Current medical therapy of epilepsy. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 86(S140). 59–64. 1 indexed citations

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Theodore, William H., Richard F. Raubertas, Roger J. Porter, et al.. (1991). Felbamate: A Clinical Trial for Complex Partial Seizures. Epilepsia. 32(3). 392–397. 103 indexed citations

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Porter, Roger J.. (1991). Disorders of Consciousness and Associated Complex Behaviors. Seminars in Neurology. 11(2). 110–117. 8 indexed citations

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Porter, Roger J., et al.. (1990). Alcohol and seizures : basic mechanisms and clinical concepts. 24 indexed citations

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Gandy, Sam, Jack A. Grebb, Katherine A. Albert, et al.. (1990). General assay for phosphoproteins in cerebrospinal fluid: A candidate market for paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration. Annals of Neurology. 28(6). 829–833. 2 indexed citations

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Sato, S., et al.. (1989). Electroencephalographic studies of simple partial seizures with subdural electrode recordings. Neurology. 39(4). 527–527. 83 indexed citations

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Goldstein, David S., N. Suzan Nadi, Robin Stull, Allen R. Wyler, & Roger J. Porter. (1988). Levels of Catechols in Epileptogenic and Nonepileptogenic Regions of the Human Brain. Journal of Neurochemistry. 50(1). 225–229. 41 indexed citations

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Porter, Roger J.. (1987). How to Initiate and Maintain Carbamazepine Therapy in Children and Adults. Epilepsia. 28(s3). S59–63. 15 indexed citations

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