Walter Pirker

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Walter Pirker is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Pirker has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Neurology, 32 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 8 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Walter Pirker's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (42 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (35 papers) and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (15 papers). Walter Pirker is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (42 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (35 papers) and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (15 papers). Walter Pirker collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United States. Walter Pirker's co-authors include S. Asenbaum, Regina Katzenschlager, Thomas Brücke, Willibald Gerschlager, I. Podreka, P. Angelberger, Siegfried Kasper, Matthäus Willeit, Alexander Neumeister and N. Praschak-Rieder and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Annals of Neurology and Biological Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Walter Pirker

71 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Gait disorders in adults and the elderly

2016 409 citations Walter Pirker, Regina Katzenschlager Wiener klinische Wochenschrift profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walter Pirker Austria	35	2.2k	1.5k	519	374	367	75	3.9k
Pierre Krystkowiak France	36	3.5k 1.6×	2.0k 1.3×	708 1.4×	453 1.2×	405 1.1×	110	4.6k
Giovanni Abbruzzese Italy	39	3.7k 1.7×	1.2k 0.8×	823 1.6×	729 1.9×	220 0.6×	98	4.9k
Jonathan P. Miller United States	32	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 2.0×	456 1.2×	302 0.8×	102	3.2k
Renato P. Munhoz Canada	35	2.8k 1.3×	1.6k 1.1×	397 0.8×	457 1.2×	766 2.1×	225	4.2k
Martijn L.T.M. Müller United States	38	3.1k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 2.3×	627 1.7×	540 1.5×	111	4.9k
Jean‐Philippe Azulay France	31	2.0k 0.9×	858 0.6×	437 0.8×	330 0.9×	317 0.9×	107	2.8k
Ioannis U. Isaias Italy	38	3.1k 1.4×	1.5k 1.0×	649 1.3×	277 0.7×	203 0.6×	119	3.9k
Leo Verhagen Metman United States	35	2.8k 1.3×	1.5k 1.0×	379 0.7×	160 0.4×	264 0.7×	95	3.4k
Giselle M. Petzinger United States	30	2.9k 1.3×	1.7k 1.1×	584 1.1×	957 2.6×	543 1.5×	76	4.7k
M.W.I.M. Horstink Netherlands	36	3.2k 1.5×	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 2.1×	497 1.3×	506 1.4×	90	4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Walter Pirker

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Pirker

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pirker, Walter. (2025). Clozapine for Quetiapine‐Refractory Psychosis in Parkinson’s Disease: A Long‐Term Single‐Center Retrospective Study. Parkinson s Disease. 2025(1). 1068722–1068722.

Foki, Thomas, Walter Pirker, Klaus Novak, et al.. (2017). Assessment of individual cognitive changes after deep brain stimulation surgery in Parkinson’s disease using the Neuropsychological Test Battery Vienna short version. Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. 129(15-16). 564–571. 12 indexed citations

Kieler, Markus, et al.. (2017). Task-dependent variability of Essential Tremor. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 41. 79–85. 21 indexed citations

Matt, Eva, Thomas Foki, Florian Ph. S. Fischmeister, et al.. (2016). Early dysfunctions of fronto-parietal praxis networks in Parkinson’s disease. Brain Imaging and Behavior. 11(2). 512–525. 9 indexed citations

Fleischhacker, W. Wolfgang, Alex Hofer, Walter Pirker, et al.. (2016). Antipsychotikainduzierte tardive Syndrome. Neuropsychiatrie. 30(3). 123–130. 5 indexed citations

Pirker, Walter & Regina Katzenschlager. (2016). Gait disorders in adults and the elderly. Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. 129(3-4). 81–95. 409 indexed citations breakdown →

Foki, Thomas, Walter Pirker, Alexander Geißler, et al.. (2015). Finger dexterity deficits in Parkinson's disease and somatosensory cortical dysfunction. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 21(3). 259–265. 32 indexed citations

Unterberger, Ursula, Ingolf Lachmann, Till Voigtländer, et al.. (2014). Detection of disease-associated Î±-synuclein in the cerebrospinal fluid: a feasibility study. Clinical Neuropathology. 33(9). 329–334. 16 indexed citations

Zitterl, Werner, Thomas Stompe, Martin Aigner, et al.. (2009). Diencephalic Serotonin Transporter Availability Predicts Both Transporter Occupancy and Treatment Response to Sertraline in Obsessive-Compulsive Checkers. Biological Psychiatry. 66(12). 1115–1122. 11 indexed citations

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Haubenberger, Dietrich, Christoph Hotzy, Walter Pirker, et al.. (2009). Role of LINGO1 polymorphisms in Parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders. 24(16). 2404–2407. 22 indexed citations

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Zitterl, Werner, Martin Aigner, Thomas Stompe, et al.. (2008). Changes in Thalamus–Hypothalamus Serotonin Transporter Availability during Clomipramine Administration in Patients with Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology. 33(13). 3126–3134. 40 indexed citations

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Pirker, Walter & Thomas Brücke. (2004). SPECT in der Diagnostik von Parkinson-Syndromen. Journal für Kardiologie (Krause & Pachernegg GmbH). 5(2). 9–20.

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Pirker, Walter & Peter Fischer. (2003). Cholinesterase-Hemmer in der Therapie der Parkinson-Demenz und der Demenz mit Lewy-Körperchen. Journal für Kardiologie (Krause & Pachernegg GmbH). 4(3). 6–10. 1 indexed citations

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Kasper, Siegfried, J. Tauscher, Matthäus Willeit, et al.. (2002). Receptor and Transporter Imaging Studies in Schizophrenia, Depression, Bulimia and Tourette's Disorder—Implications for Psychopharmacology-. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry. 3(3). 133–146. 72 indexed citations

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Pirker, Walter, et al.. (2000). [123I]?-CIT spect in multiple system atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy, and corticobasal degeneration. Movement Disorders. 15(6). 1158–1167. 157 indexed citations

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Neumeister, Alexander, Walter Pirker, Matthäus Willeit, et al.. (2000). Seasonal variation of availability of serotonin transporter binding sites in healthy female subjects as measured by [123I]-2β-carbomethoxy-3β- (4-iodophenyl)tropane and single photon emission computed tomography. Biological Psychiatry. 47(2). 158–160. 50 indexed citations

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Pirker, Walter, Christoph Baumgartner, Stefan Brugger, et al.. (1999). Severe akinetic syndrome resulting from a bilateral basal ganglia lesion following bone marrow transplantation. Movement Disorders. 14(3). 525–528. 1 indexed citations

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Pirker, Walter, S. Asenbaum, Siegfried Kasper, et al.. (1995). ?-CIT SPECT demonstrates blockade of 5HT-uptake sites by citalopram in the human brain in vivo. Journal of Neural Transmission. 100(3). 247–256. 101 indexed citations

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Pirker, Walter, Thomas Brücke, Michaela Riedl, et al.. (1994). Iodine-123-IBZM-SPECT: Studies in 15 patients with pituitary tumors. Journal of Neural Transmission. 97(3). 235–244. 12 indexed citations

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Virgolini, Irene, Elisabeth Koller, Shuren Li, et al.. (1993). Etofibrate increases binding of low and high density lipoprotein to human platelets of patients with Type II hyperlipoproteinemia. Atherosclerosis. 102(2). 217–226. 8 indexed citations

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