Sarosh R. Irani

24.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
251 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Sarosh R. Irani is a scholar working on Neurology, Epidemiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarosh R. Irani has authored 251 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 174 papers in Neurology, 36 papers in Epidemiology and 31 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Sarosh R. Irani's work include Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments (154 papers), Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (104 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (27 papers). Sarosh R. Irani is often cited by papers focused on Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments (154 papers), Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (104 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (27 papers). Sarosh R. Irani collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Sarosh R. Irani's co-authors include Angela Vincent, Patrick Waters, Bethan Lang, Philippa Pettingill, Christian G. Bien, Luigi Zuliani, Camilla Buckley, Kleopas A. Kleopa, Elior Peles and Sian K Alexander and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Sarosh R. Irani

236 papers receiving 10.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Antibodies to Kv1 potassium channel-complex proteins leucine-rich, glioma inactivated 1 protein and contactin-associated protein-2 in limbic encephalitis, Morvan’s syndrome and acquired neuromyotonia

2010 976 citations Sarosh R. Irani, Sian K Alexander et al. Brain profile →
Causes of encephalitis and differences in their clinical presentations in England: a multicentre, population-based prospective study

2010 876 citations Sarosh R. Irani, Angela Vincent et al. profile →
N-methyl-d-aspartate antibody encephalitis: temporal progression of clinical and paraclinical observations in a predominantly non-paraneoplastic disorder of both sexes

2010 784 citations Sarosh R. Irani, Patrick Waters et al. Brain profile →
Faciobrachial dystonic seizures precede Lgi1 antibody limbic encephalitis

2010 600 citations Sarosh R. Irani, Bethan Lang et al. profile →
Updated Diagnostic Criteria for Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes

2021 357 citations Divyanshu Dubey, Sarosh R. Irani et al. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sarosh R. Irani United Kingdom	50	8.6k	1.7k	1.7k	1.6k	1.4k	251	11.3k
Eugenia Martínez‐Hernández Spain	36	8.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	2.0k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	82	8.9k
Bethan Lang United Kingdom	54	9.7k 1.1×	1.0k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	2.7k 1.7×	2.1k 1.5×	167	11.7k
Andrew McKeon United States	66	10.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	2.1k 1.3×	1.9k 1.3×	260	13.2k
Jan J.G.M. Verschuuren Netherlands	65	9.1k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	924 0.5×	4.7k 2.9×	1.9k 1.4×	283	15.4k
Harald Prüß Germany	46	4.5k 0.5×	756 0.4×	988 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	222	7.0k
Russell C. Dale Australia	62	6.8k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	303	13.7k
Renato Mantegazza Italy	51	4.5k 0.5×	704 0.4×	430 0.3×	2.6k 1.6×	864 0.6×	324	8.9k
Jerome B. Posner United States	70	7.0k 0.8×	3.4k 2.0×	1.0k 0.6×	2.7k 1.6×	2.0k 1.4×	191	18.2k
Eoin P. Flanagan United States	47	5.9k 0.7×	663 0.4×	469 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	674 0.5×	296	8.2k
Michael P. Lunn United Kingdom	39	3.8k 0.4×	826 0.5×	355 0.2×	706 0.4×	2.0k 1.5×	179	6.5k

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Gilbert, Edmund, Sophie Binks, Valentina Damato, et al.. (2025). The gut microbiome associated with LGI1 ‐antibody encephalitis. Epilepsia. 66(11). 4411–4424.

Zhao, Sijia, Matthew A Rouse, Sofia Toniolo, et al.. (2025). Self- versus caregiver-reported apathy across neurological disorders. Brain Communications. 7(3). fcaf235–fcaf235.

Wagner, Barbara, Christine Strippel, A. M. T. Lin, et al.. (2025). Capturing what matters: Patient‐reported LGI1‐ANTibody encephalitis outcome RatiNg scale (LANTERN). Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 12(4). 821–831. 3 indexed citations

Binks, Sophie, Donal Skelly, Sarosh R. Irani, et al.. (2025). Clinical data and reporting quality in NMDAR-antibody encephalitis and pregnancy: a systematic review. BMJ Neurology Open. 7(1). e001005–e001005. 1 indexed citations

Neves, Sofia Pereira das, Yingxue Ren, Chiara Starvaggi Cucuzza, et al.. (2024). Meningeal lymphatic function promotes oligodendrocyte survival and brain myelination. Immunity. 57(10). 2328–2343.e8. 12 indexed citations

Ritzau‐Jost, Andreas, Jacqueline Montanaro, Sarosh R. Irani, et al.. (2024). LGI1 Autoantibodies Enhance Synaptic Transmission by Presynaptic K _v 1 Loss and Increased Action Potential Broadening. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 11(5). e200284–e200284. 1 indexed citations

Petitet, Pierre, Rhea Zambellas, Sofia Toniolo, et al.. (2024). The role of the human hippocampus in decision-making under uncertainty. Nature Human Behaviour. 8(7). 1366–1382. 5 indexed citations

O’Donnell, Luke, Niall Tubridy, Christopher McGuigan, et al.. (2024). A complex and severe encephalitis associated with four co-existing neuronal cell-surface autoantibodies. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 399. 578501–578501.

Binks, Sophie, Michele Veldsman, Adam E. Handel, et al.. (2024). Fatigue predicts quality of life after leucine‐rich glioma‐inactivated 1‐antibody encephalitis. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 11(4). 1053–1058. 12 indexed citations

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Yeo, Tianrong, Archana Ramesh, Sophia Michael, et al.. (2024). Distinct plasma metabolomic signatures differentiate autoimmune encephalitis from drug‐resistant epilepsy. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 11(7). 1897–1908.

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Binks, Sophie & Sarosh R. Irani. (2024). Autoantibody-mediated central nervous system channelopathies. Handbook of clinical neurology. 203. 235–269. 2 indexed citations

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Grant, Eleanor, Andrew G. Murchison, Sophie Binks, et al.. (2024). Magnetic Resonance Imaging Characteristics of LGI1-Antibody and CASPR2-Antibody Encephalitis. JAMA Neurology. 81(5). 525–525. 8 indexed citations

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Trender, William, Peter J. Hellyer, Adam Hampshire, et al.. (2024). Remote digital cognitive assessment reveals cognitive deficits related to hippocampal atrophy in autoimmune limbic encephalitis: a cross-sectional validation study. EClinicalMedicine. 69. 102437–102437. 5 indexed citations

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Sievi, Noriane A., Thomas Brack, Martin Brutsche, et al.. (2023). Are Predictors for Overall Mortality in COPD Patients Robust over Time?. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(4). 1587–1587. 3 indexed citations

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Dubey, Divyanshu, et al.. (2022). The First Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 2 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of an FcRn Inhibitor, Rozanolixizumab, in Patients With Leucine-Rich Gliomainactivated 1 Autoimmune Encephalitis. Neurology. 99(23_Supplement_2). 5 indexed citations

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Rossor, Thomas, E. Ann Yeh, Yasmin Khakoo, et al.. (2022). Diagnosis and Management of Opsoclonus-Myoclonus-Ataxia Syndrome in Children. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 9(3). 31 indexed citations

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Blackman, Graham, Thomas Pollak, Adam Al‐Diwani, et al.. (2022). The clinical relevance of serum versus CSF NMDAR autoantibodies associated exclusively with psychiatric features: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data. Journal of Neurology. 269(10). 5302–5311. 7 indexed citations

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Waters, Patrick, et al.. (2019). Chronic relapsing inflammatory optic neuropathy (CRION): a manifestation of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 25(3). 481–481. 7 indexed citations

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Stathopoulos, Panos, Patrick Waters, Sarosh R. Irani, et al.. (2019). Autoantibodies against Neurologic Antigens in Nonneurologic Autoimmunity. The Journal of Immunology. 202(8). 2210–2219. 21 indexed citations

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Irani, Sarosh R., Sian K Alexander, Patrick Waters, et al.. (2010). Antibodies to Kv1 potassium channel-complex proteins leucine-rich, glioma inactivated 1 protein and contactin-associated protein-2 in limbic encephalitis, Morvan’s syndrome and acquired neuromyotonia. Brain. 133(9). 2734–2748. 976 indexed citations breakdown →

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