Tilman Polster

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
54 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Tilman Polster is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tilman Polster has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 21 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 9 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Tilman Polster's work include Epilepsy research and treatment (27 papers), Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies (19 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (8 papers). Tilman Polster is often cited by papers focused on Epilepsy research and treatment (27 papers), Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies (19 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (8 papers). Tilman Polster collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Tilman Polster's co-authors include Rima Nabbout, Sándor Beniczky, Troels W. Kjær, Helle Hjalgrim, Jacqueline A. French, Paolo Curatolo, Dennis Dlugos, David Neal Franz, Zühal Yapıcı and Petrus J. de Vries and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Tilman Polster

53 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Adjunctive everolimus therapy for treatment-resistant foc... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2019 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Adjunctive everolimus therapy for treatment-resistant focal-onset seizures associated with tuberous sclerosis (EXIST-3): a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study
    2016 500 citations Jacqueline A. French, John A. Lawson et al. The Lancet profile →
  2. Fenfluramine hydrochloride for the treatment of seizures in Dravet syndrome: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
    2019 249 citations Lieven Lagae, Joseph Sullivan et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tilman Polster Germany 22 1.2k 672 447 432 370 54 2.1k
Jurriaan M. Peters United States 30 1.1k 0.9× 622 0.9× 566 1.3× 610 1.4× 374 1.0× 121 2.7k
Lucia Fusco Italy 28 1.5k 1.3× 740 1.1× 587 1.3× 129 0.3× 454 1.2× 87 2.2k
Mathilde Chipaux France 24 907 0.8× 503 0.7× 487 1.1× 179 0.4× 403 1.1× 44 1.6k
Rainer Boor Germany 31 1.5k 1.3× 744 1.1× 583 1.3× 170 0.4× 282 0.8× 71 2.5k
Marina Trivisano Italy 25 875 0.7× 406 0.6× 307 0.7× 200 0.5× 644 1.7× 104 1.7k
Edoardo Ferlazzo Italy 27 1.1k 1.0× 592 0.9× 511 1.1× 142 0.3× 363 1.0× 119 2.1k
Elena Freri Italy 25 908 0.8× 476 0.7× 555 1.2× 97 0.2× 358 1.0× 67 1.7k
Anne Lortie Canada 27 1.2k 1.0× 579 0.9× 776 1.7× 178 0.4× 585 1.6× 59 2.5k
Pavel Kršek Czechia 23 1.4k 1.2× 800 1.2× 741 1.7× 206 0.5× 255 0.7× 100 2.2k
Glenn Morrison United States 21 1.8k 1.5× 1.3k 1.9× 678 1.5× 214 0.5× 307 0.8× 48 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tilman Polster

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tilman Polster

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Scheffer, Ingrid E., Rima Nabbout, Lieven Lagae, et al.. (2025). Long‐term safety and effectiveness of fenfluramine in children and adults with Dravet syndrome. Epilepsia. 66(6). 1919–1932. 1 indexed citations
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Bien, Christian G., et al.. (2024). Ethosuximide lowers lamotrigine serum concentrations: Evidence for a clinically relevant interaction. Epilepsia. 65(6). e73–e78. 2 indexed citations
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Kalbhenn, Thilo, Thomas Cloppenborg, Friedrich G. Woermann, et al.. (2023). Hemispherotomy in children: A retrospective analysis of 152 surgeries at a single center and predictors for long‐term seizure outcome. Epilepsia. 64(7). 1800–1811. 4 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Joseph, Lieven Lagae, J. Helen Cross, et al.. (2023). Fenfluramine in the treatment of Dravet syndrome: Results of a third randomized, placebo‐controlled clinical trial. Epilepsia. 64(10). 2653–2666. 31 indexed citations
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Franz, David Neal, John A. Lawson, Zühal Yapıcı, et al.. (2021). Adjunctive everolimus therapy for tuberous sclerosis complex‐associated refractory seizures: Results from the postextension phase of EXIST‐3. Epilepsia. 62(12). 3029–3041. 23 indexed citations
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Woermann, Friedrich G., et al.. (2021). Hypochondroplasia and temporal lobe epilepsy – A series of 4 cases. Epilepsy & Behavior. 126. 108479–108479. 4 indexed citations
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Cloppenborg, Thomas, Markus Mertens, Thilo Kalbhenn, et al.. (2021). Reading and the visual word form area (VWFA) – Management and clinical experience at one epilepsy surgery center. Epilepsy & Behavior. 124. 108274–108274. 3 indexed citations
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Isquith, Peter Κ., Gérard A. Gioia, Arnold R. Gammaitoni, et al.. (2021). Improved everyday executive functioning following profound reduction in seizure frequency with fenfluramine: Analysis from a phase 3 long-term extension study in children/young adults with Dravet syndrome. Epilepsy & Behavior. 121(Pt A). 108024–108024. 42 indexed citations
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Kobow, Katja, Samir Jabari, Tom Pieper, et al.. (2020). Mosaic trisomy of chromosome 1q in human brain tissue associates with unilateral polymicrogyria, very early-onset focal epilepsy, and severe developmental delay. Acta Neuropathologica. 140(6). 881–891. 19 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Natascha, et al.. (2019). The P429L loss of function mutation of the human glycine transporter 2 associated with hyperekplexia. European Journal of Neuroscience. 50(12). 3906–3920. 8 indexed citations
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Kalbhenn, Thilo, Thomas Cloppenborg, Ingmar Blümcke, et al.. (2019). Operative posterior disconnection in epilepsy surgery: Experience with 29 patients. Epilepsia. 60(9). 1973–1983. 17 indexed citations
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Lagae, Lieven, Joseph Sullivan, Kelly G. Knupp, et al.. (2019). Fenfluramine hydrochloride for the treatment of seizures in Dravet syndrome: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet. 394(10216). 2243–2254. 249 indexed citations breakdown →
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Curatolo, Paolo, David Neal Franz, John A. Lawson, et al.. (2018). Adjunctive everolimus for children and adolescents with treatment-refractory seizures associated with tuberous sclerosis complex: post-hoc analysis of the phase 3 EXIST-3 trial. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. 2(7). 495–504. 74 indexed citations
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Cloppenborg, Thomas, Theodor W. May, Ingmar Blümcke, et al.. (2016). Trends in epilepsy surgery: stable surgical numbers despite increasing presurgical volumes. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 87(12). 1322–1329. 95 indexed citations
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Barba, Carmen, Thomas S. Jacques, Philippe Kahane, et al.. (2013). Epilepsy surgery in Neurofibromatosis Type 1. Epilepsy Research. 105(3). 384–395. 36 indexed citations
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Ghaemi, Kazem, Alaa Eldin Elsharkawy, Reinhard Schulz, et al.. (2010). Vagus nerve stimulation: Outcome and predictors of seizure freedom in long-term follow-up. Seizure. 19(5). 264–268. 69 indexed citations
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Polster, Tilman. (2001). Transient lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum: three further cases in epileptic patients and a pathophysiological hypothesis. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 70(4). 459–463. 103 indexed citations

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