Thor D. Stein

19.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
137 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Thor D. Stein is a scholar working on Neurology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thor D. Stein has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Neurology, 62 papers in Epidemiology and 36 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Thor D. Stein's work include Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (55 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury Research (54 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (34 papers). Thor D. Stein is often cited by papers focused on Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (55 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury Research (54 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (34 papers). Thor D. Stein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Thor D. Stein's co-authors include Ann C. McKee, Victor E. Alvarez, Jeffrey A. Johnson, Daniel H. Daneshvar, Patrick T. Kiernan, Yorghos Tripodis, Jiang Li, Michael L. Alosco, Robert A. Stern and Bertrand R. Huber and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Thor D. Stein

127 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

The first NINDS/NIBIB consensus meeting to define neuropa... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2015 2015 2013 2023 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. The first NINDS/NIBIB consensus meeting to define neuropathological criteria for the diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy
    2015 559 citations Ann C. McKee, Dennis W. Dickson et al. Acta Neuropathologica profile →
  2. The Neuropathology of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
    2015 367 citations Ann C. McKee, Thor D. Stein et al. profile →
  3. Clinical presentation of chronic traumatic encephalopathy
    2013 357 citations Thor D. Stein, Victor E. Alvarez et al. profile →
  4. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE): criteria for neuropathological diagnosis and relationship to repetitive head impacts
    2023 91 citations Ann C. McKee, Thor D. Stein et al. Acta Neuropathologica profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thor D. Stein United States 41 2.7k 2.6k 1.9k 1.6k 941 137 6.6k
Sandy R. Shultz Australia 44 2.6k 0.9× 2.2k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 416 0.3× 864 0.9× 165 5.3k
Kathryn E. Saatman United States 57 5.2k 1.9× 3.4k 1.3× 3.3k 1.7× 927 0.6× 1.3k 1.4× 132 9.1k
Helen M. Bramlett United States 48 3.1k 1.2× 1.8k 0.7× 2.3k 1.2× 476 0.3× 1.2k 1.3× 132 6.8k
Niklas Marklund Sweden 40 3.2k 1.2× 1.8k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 358 0.2× 820 0.9× 166 5.5k
Frank C. Tortella United States 54 3.4k 1.3× 2.4k 0.9× 4.2k 2.2× 801 0.5× 1.2k 1.2× 226 9.1k
C. Edward Dixon United States 56 6.0k 2.2× 3.8k 1.4× 3.6k 1.9× 638 0.4× 1.8k 1.9× 154 10.0k
Ramesh Raghupathi United States 55 4.8k 1.8× 3.0k 1.1× 3.1k 1.6× 582 0.4× 1.2k 1.3× 142 8.3k
Douglas S. DeWitt United States 40 3.3k 1.2× 2.0k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 617 0.4× 1.3k 1.3× 129 5.5k
David J. Loane United States 52 3.9k 1.4× 1.8k 0.7× 3.7k 2.0× 850 0.5× 609 0.6× 81 9.3k
Bridgette D. Semple Australia 34 1.7k 0.6× 1.1k 0.4× 1.4k 0.8× 307 0.2× 389 0.4× 84 5.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Subramanian, Manju L., Konstantina Sampani, Steven Ness, et al.. (2025). Biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease are upregulated in patients with diabetic retinopathy. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 108(2). 586–596.
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Kim, Suhyun, Hongik Hwang, Kyung‐Eun Lee, et al.. (2025). Loss of MEF2C function by enhancer mutation leads to neuronal mitochondria dysfunction and motor deficits in mice. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 20(1). 16–16. 1 indexed citations
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Suter, Catherine M., Andrew J. Affleck, Brian Gloss, et al.. (2025). Perivascular glial reactivity is a feature of phosphorylated tau lesions in chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Acta Neuropathologica. 149(1). 16–16. 1 indexed citations
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Cohen, Brian M., Adam Labadorf, Thor D. Stein, et al.. (2025). Brain DNA Methylation Atlas of App NL‐G‐F Alzheimer's Disease Model Mice Across Age and Region Reveals Choline‐Induced Resilience. Aging Cell. 24(11). e70241–e70241. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yixuan, Thor D. Stein, Ting Fang Alvin Ang, et al.. (2025). The impact of blood MCP-1 levels on Alzheimer’s disease with genetic variation at the NAV3 and UNC5C loci. Translational Psychiatry. 15(1). 296–296.
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Breen, Kieran C., Samantha Calderazzo, Sarah A. Mazzilli, et al.. (2025). Repeated head trauma causes neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes. Nature. 647(8088). 228–237. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Donghe, Xudong Han, Lindsay A. Farrer, Thor D. Stein, & Gyungah Jun. (2024). Transcriptome Signatures for Cognitive Resilience Among Individuals with Pathologically Confirmed Alzheimer Disease. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(S1). e090972–e090972. 1 indexed citations
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Cabral, Howard, Nicole H. Siegel, Xuejing Chen, et al.. (2024). Associations Between Retinal Vascular Occlusions and Dementia. Healthcare. 12(23). 2371–2371. 2 indexed citations
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Labadorf, Adam, Nurgül Aytan, Jonathan D. Cherry, et al.. (2023). Inflammation and neuronal gene expression changes differ in early versus late chronic traumatic encephalopathy brain. BMC Medical Genomics. 16(1). 49–49. 5 indexed citations
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Stein, Thor D., et al.. (2023). Identification of circRNAs linked to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(8). 3389–3405. 29 indexed citations
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Garg, Itika, Jia Xu, Yorghos Tripodis, et al.. (2023). Vitreous Humor Biomarkers Reflect Pathological Changes in the Brain for Alzheimer’s Disease and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 93(3). 1181–1193. 10 indexed citations
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Tao, Qiushan, Ting Fang Alvin Ang, John J. Farrell, et al.. (2022). The impact of increasing levels of blood C-reactive protein on the inflammatory loci SPI1 and CD33 in Alzheimer’s disease. Translational Psychiatry. 12(1). 523–523. 11 indexed citations
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Chung, Jaeyoon, Congcong Zhu, Gaoyuan Meng, et al.. (2021). Integrative brain transcriptome analysis links complement component 4 and HSPA2 to the APOE ε2 protective effect in Alzheimer disease. Molecular Psychiatry. 26(10). 6054–6064. 30 indexed citations
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Cherry, Jonathan D., Zachary Baucom, Yorghos Tripodis, et al.. (2021). Tau isoforms are differentially expressed across the hippocampus in chronic traumatic encephalopathy and Alzheimer’s disease. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 9(1). 86–86. 47 indexed citations
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Patel, Devanshi, Xiaoling Zhang, John J. Farrell, et al.. (2021). Cell-type-specific expression quantitative trait loci associated with Alzheimer disease in blood and brain tissue. Translational Psychiatry. 11(1). 250–250. 34 indexed citations
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Huber, Bertrand R., Thor D. Stein, Victor E. Alvarez, et al.. (2021). Altered oligodendroglia and astroglia in chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Acta Neuropathologica. 142(2). 295–321. 28 indexed citations
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Anderson, Eric N., Sukhleen Kour, Jonathan D. Cherry, et al.. (2021). Traumatic injury compromises nucleocytoplasmic transport and leads to TDP-43 pathology. eLife. 10. 37 indexed citations
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Jun, Gyungah, Thor D. Stein, Jaeyoon Chung, et al.. (2018). Vitreous cytokine levels in proliferative diabetic retinopathy and cataracts. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 59(9). 207–207. 1 indexed citations
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