W. Dalton Dietrich

41.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
420 papers, 32.0k citations indexed

About

W. Dalton Dietrich is a scholar working on Neurology, Molecular Biology and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Dalton Dietrich has authored 420 papers receiving a total of 32.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Neurology, 129 papers in Molecular Biology and 89 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in W. Dalton Dietrich's work include Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (146 papers), Thermal Regulation in Medicine (86 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (68 papers). W. Dalton Dietrich is often cited by papers focused on Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (146 papers), Thermal Regulation in Medicine (86 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (68 papers). W. Dalton Dietrich collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Japan. W. Dalton Dietrich's co-authors include Raul Busto, Helen M. Bramlett, Myron D. Ginsberg, Ofelia F. Alonso, Robert W. Keane, Mordecai Y.‐T. Globus, Juan Pablo de Rivero Vaccari, Isabel Valdés, M. D. Ginsberg and Brant D. Watson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

W. Dalton Dietrich

413 papers receiving 31.3k citations

Hit Papers

Small Differences in Intraischemic Brain Temperature Crit... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1987 1985 1989 2006 2004 400 800 1.2k
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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. Small Differences in Intraischemic Brain Temperature Critically Determine the Extent of Ischemic Neuronal Injury
    1987 1.5k citations Raul Busto, W. Dalton Dietrich et al. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism profile →
  2. Induction of reproducible brain infarction by photochemically initiated thrombosis
    1985 922 citations W. Dalton Dietrich, Raul Busto et al. profile →
  3. Effect of mild hypothermia on ischemia-induced release of neurotransmitters and free fatty acids in rat brain.
    1989 900 citations Raul Busto, W. Dalton Dietrich et al. profile →
  4. The cellular inflammatory response in human spinal cords after injury
    2006 648 citations Alex E. Marcillo, W. Dalton Dietrich et al. profile →
  5. Pathophysiology of Cerebral Ischemia and Brain Trauma: Similarities and Differences
    2004 502 citations Helen M. Bramlett, W. Dalton Dietrich Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism profile →
  6. Long-Term Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury: Current Status of Potential Mechanisms of Injury and Neurological Outcomes
    2014 349 citations Helen M. Bramlett, W. Dalton Dietrich Journal of Neurotrauma profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. Dalton Dietrich United States 90 10.5k 9.0k 6.3k 6.2k 6.1k 420 32.0k
Raul Busto United States 80 7.1k 0.7× 5.1k 0.6× 5.8k 0.9× 5.2k 0.8× 5.0k 0.8× 236 22.6k
Myron D. Ginsberg United States 75 5.6k 0.5× 4.6k 0.5× 3.7k 0.6× 4.5k 0.7× 4.7k 0.8× 237 19.5k
Bo K. Siesjö Sweden 98 9.3k 0.9× 12.3k 1.4× 2.1k 0.3× 13.2k 2.1× 5.3k 0.9× 438 36.2k
Gary K. Steinberg United States 86 10.3k 1.0× 6.3k 0.7× 1.6k 0.3× 4.6k 0.7× 4.5k 0.7× 521 26.7k
Alan I. Faden United States 94 8.4k 0.8× 11.1k 1.2× 700 0.1× 8.7k 1.4× 4.5k 0.7× 399 28.1k
Michael Chopp United States 131 11.0k 1.1× 26.2k 2.9× 1.6k 0.2× 11.5k 1.9× 16.5k 2.7× 815 66.4k
David S. Warner United States 85 4.3k 0.4× 3.4k 0.4× 2.8k 0.4× 2.5k 0.4× 1.7k 0.3× 439 22.1k
Ronald L. Hayes United States 82 10.8k 1.0× 7.8k 0.9× 1.2k 0.2× 4.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.2× 314 19.8k
Pak H. Chan United States 96 5.1k 0.5× 15.3k 1.7× 741 0.1× 6.2k 1.0× 8.4k 1.4× 313 32.4k
Richard J. Traystman United States 71 3.8k 0.4× 4.9k 0.5× 971 0.2× 3.1k 0.5× 2.8k 0.5× 467 20.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hadad, Roey, et al.. (2025). Comparison of Methods of Detecting IL-1β in the Blood of Alzheimer’s Disease Subjects. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(2). 831–831. 2 indexed citations
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Dietrich, W. Dalton, et al.. (2025). 3,3′-Diindolylmethane improves pathology and neurological outcome following traumatic brain injury. Neurotherapeutics. 22(2). e00531–e00531. 2 indexed citations
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Nishimura, Kengo, Juliana Sanchez‐Molano, Nadine Kerr, et al.. (2024). Beneficial Effects of Human Schwann Cell-Derived Exosomes in Mitigating Secondary Damage After Penetrating Ballistic-Like Brain Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 41(21-22). 2395–2412. 9 indexed citations
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Vontell, Regina, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, et al.. (2024). Association of region‐specific hippocampal reduction of neurogranin with inflammasome proteins in post mortem brains of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. 10(1). e12444–e12444. 2 indexed citations
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Bennett, Cassie, et al.. (2023). Activation of inflammasomes and their effects on neuroinflammation at the microelectrode-tissue interface in intracortical implants. Biomaterials. 297. 122102–122102. 10 indexed citations
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Osier, Nicole Danielle, Helen M. Bramlett, Deborah A. Shear, et al.. (2021). Kollidon VA64 Treatment in Traumatic Brain Injury: Operation Brain Trauma Therapy. Journal of Neurotrauma. 38(17). 2454–2472. 4 indexed citations
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Vaccari, Juan Carlos de Rivero, et al.. (2020). The Inflammasome in Times of COVID-19. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 583373–583373. 83 indexed citations
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Jha, Ruchira M., Stefania Mondello, Helen M. Bramlett, et al.. (2020). Glibenclamide Treatment in Traumatic Brain Injury: Operation Brain Trauma Therapy. Journal of Neurotrauma. 38(5). 628–645. 19 indexed citations
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McGuire, Laura Stone, et al.. (2020). An Exploratory Report on Electrographic Changes in the Cerebral Cortex Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury with Hyperthermia in the Rat. Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management. 11(1). 10–18. 1 indexed citations
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Burks, Joshua D., Katie Gant, James D. Guest, et al.. (2019). Imaging characteristics of chronic spinal cord injury identified during screening for a cell transplantation clinical trial. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 46(3). E8–E8. 7 indexed citations
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Syed, Shariful A., Eléonore Beurel, David Loewenstein, et al.. (2018). Defective Inflammatory Pathways in Never-Treated Depressed Patients Are Associated with Poor Treatment Response. Neuron. 99(5). 914–924.e3. 165 indexed citations
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Padgett, Kyle R., Vivek B. Kalra, Alex E. Marcillo, et al.. (2017). Gadolinium DTPA Enhancement Characteristics of the Rat Sciatic Nerve after Crush Injury at 4.7T. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 39(1). 177–183. 13 indexed citations
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Athauda, Gagani, Gabriela De la Cruz, Wai‐Man Chan, et al.. (2017). Human Schwann cells exhibit long‐term cell survival, are not tumorigenic and promote repair when transplanted into the contused spinal cord. Glia. 65(8). 1278–1301. 43 indexed citations
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Liu, Chunli, et al.. (2015). Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy after Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 32(19). 1449–1457. 43 indexed citations
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Vaccari, Juan Pablo de Rivero, W. Dalton Dietrich, & Robert W. Keane. (2014). Activation and Regulation of Cellular Inflammasomes: Gaps in Our Knowledge for Central Nervous System Injury. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 34(3). 369–375. 273 indexed citations
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Dietrich, W. Dalton. (2013). A New Year for the Journal. Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management. 3(1). 1–2. 3 indexed citations
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Vaccari, Juan Pablo de Rivero, Juan Pablo de Rivero Vaccari, Julia Minkiewicz, et al.. (2011). Astrogliosis involves activation of retinoic acid‐inducible gene‐like signaling in the innate immune response after spinal cord injury. Glia. 60(3). 414–421. 45 indexed citations
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Lotocki, George, et al.. (2011). Oligodendrocyte Vulnerability Following Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats: Effect of Moderate Hypothermia. Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management. 1(1). 43–51. 26 indexed citations
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Bramlett, Helen M., Coleen M. Atkins, Jessie S. Truettner, et al.. (2010). Post-Traumatic Seizures Exacerbate Histopathological Damage after Fluid-Percussion Brain Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 28(1). 35–42. 44 indexed citations
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Ginsberg, Myron D., Mordecai Y.‐T. Globus, W. Dalton Dietrich, & Raul Busto. (1993). Chapter 2 Temperature modulation of ischemic brain injury - a synthesis of recent advances. Progress in brain research. 96. 13–22. 56 indexed citations

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