William H. Frey

21.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
254 papers, 16.7k citations indexed

About

William H. Frey is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William H. Frey has authored 254 papers receiving a total of 16.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 55 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 50 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in William H. Frey's work include Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (44 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (40 papers) and Migration and Labor Dynamics (32 papers). William H. Frey is often cited by papers focused on Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (44 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (40 papers) and Migration and Labor Dynamics (32 papers). William H. Frey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. William H. Frey's co-authors include Leah R. Hanson, Robert G. Thorne, Reynolds Farley, Shyeilla V. Dhuria, Hani Atamna, Suzanne Craft, Gijsbertus J. Pronk, Vasantha Padmanabhan, A. Thomas and David A. Field and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

William H. Frey

248 papers receiving 15.7k citations

Hit Papers

Intranasal delivery to the central nervous sy... 1994 2026 2004 2015 2009 2004 1994 2008 2005 250 500 750
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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. Intranasal delivery to the central nervous system: Mechanisms and experimental considerations
    2009 964 citations Shyeilla V. Dhuria, Leah R. Hanson et al. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences profile →
  2. Delivery of insulin-like growth factor-I to the rat brain and spinal cord along olfactory and trigeminal pathways following intranasal administration
    2004 749 citations William H. Frey et al. profile →
  3. Changes in the Segregation of Whites from Blacks During the 1980s: Small Steps Toward a More Integrated Society
    1994 611 citations William H. Frey et al. profile →
  4. Intranasal delivery bypasses the blood-brain barrier to target therapeutic agents to the central nervous system and treat neurodegenerative disease
    2008 542 citations Leah R. Hanson, William H. Frey BMC Neuroscience profile →
  5. Effects of intranasal insulin on cognition in memory-impaired older adults: Modulation by APOE genotype
    2005 541 citations William H. Frey et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William H. Frey United States 68 4.2k 3.6k 2.8k 2.7k 2.1k 254 16.7k
Blair H. Smith United Kingdom 69 2.5k 0.6× 8.4k 2.4× 886 0.3× 2.0k 0.7× 646 0.3× 408 26.3k
Fang Fang China 70 5.0k 1.2× 2.6k 0.7× 555 0.2× 1000 0.4× 1.3k 0.6× 864 22.2k
John M. Davis United States 97 6.1k 1.5× 4.6k 1.3× 473 0.2× 4.6k 1.7× 754 0.4× 626 37.2k
John S. Strauss United States 71 1.8k 0.4× 858 0.2× 1.5k 0.6× 628 0.2× 130 0.1× 401 21.5k
Paul J. Harrison United Kingdom 88 7.7k 1.8× 1.9k 0.5× 421 0.2× 8.6k 3.2× 1.6k 0.8× 476 31.9k
Matthew C. Walker United Kingdom 71 3.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.4× 1.8k 0.7× 6.3k 2.4× 935 0.4× 360 16.1k
Kazuo Tsubota Japan 99 5.9k 1.4× 3.8k 1.1× 196 0.1× 915 0.3× 1.1k 0.5× 1.2k 46.0k
David A. Williams United States 82 4.9k 1.2× 3.5k 1.0× 289 0.1× 1.8k 0.7× 369 0.2× 614 26.6k
Sidney H. Kennedy Canada 101 2.1k 0.5× 1.8k 0.5× 1.4k 0.5× 3.9k 1.5× 4.4k 2.1× 678 37.6k
Nan Zhang China 55 3.8k 0.9× 1.1k 0.3× 506 0.2× 779 0.3× 1.0k 0.5× 727 13.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fine, Jared M., Katherine A. Faltesek, Juan E. Abrahante, et al.. (2025). Low-dose intranasal deferoxamine modulates memory, neuroinflammation, and the neuronal transcriptome in the streptozotocin rodent model of Alzheimer’s disease. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 18. 1528374–1528374. 3 indexed citations
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Hanson, Leah R., et al.. (2025). Brain Glucose Hypometabolism and Brain Iron Accumulation as Therapeutic Targets for Alzheimer’s Disease and Other CNS Disorders. Pharmaceuticals. 18(2). 271–271. 1 indexed citations
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Frey, William H., et al.. (2023). Intranasal insulin treatment partially corrects the altered gene expression profile in the hippocampus of developing rats with perinatal iron deficiency. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 325(4). R423–R432.
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Grijota-Martínez, Carmen, Soledad Bárez‐López, Eva Ausó, et al.. (2020). Intranasal delivery of Thyroid hormones in MCT8 deficiency. PLoS ONE. 15(7). e0236113–e0236113. 6 indexed citations
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Dewji, Nazneen N., Marc R. Azar, Leah R. Hanson, et al.. (2018). Pharmacokinetics in Rat of P8, a Peptide Drug Candidate for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease: Stability and Delivery to the Brain. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease Reports. 2(1). 169–179. 5 indexed citations
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Blum, Kenneth, William H. Frey, Shoji Tsuji, et al.. (2015). Proceedings of the First Neurological Disorders Summit (NDS-2015). 1 indexed citations
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Frey, William H.. (2015). Noninvasive intranasal stem cells bypass the blood-brain barrier to target the brain to treat Parkinson's disease, stroke, MS, brain tumors, cerebral ischemia, Alzheimer's and other CNS disorders. 1(1). 23. 1 indexed citations
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Rosenbloom, Michael, Terry R. Barclay, Brian Owens, et al.. (2014). A Single-Dose Pilot Trial of Intranasal Rapid-Acting Insulin in Apolipoprotein E4 Carriers with Mild–Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease. CNS Drugs. 28(12). 1185–1189. 55 indexed citations
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Hanson, Leah R., Jared M. Fine, John Hoekman, et al.. (2012). Intranasal delivery of growth differentiation factor 5 to the central nervous system. Drug Delivery. 19(3). 149–154. 27 indexed citations
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Aryal, Achyut, Tej Kumar Shrestha, William H. Frey, et al.. (2011). Call to Conserve the Wild Water Buffalo (Bubalus Arnee) in Nepal. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8 indexed citations
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Akpan, Nsikan, Esther Serrano‐Saiz, Brad E. Zacharia, et al.. (2011). Intranasal Delivery of Caspase-9 Inhibitor Reduces Caspase-6-Dependent Axon/Neuron Loss and Improves Neurological Function after Stroke. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(24). 8894–8904. 71 indexed citations
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Dhuria, Shyeilla V., Leah R. Hanson, & William H. Frey. (2009). Intranasal delivery to the central nervous system: Mechanisms and experimental considerations. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 99(4). 1654–1673. 964 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ma, Minmin, Yuping Ma, Ruibing Guo, et al.. (2008). Intranasal delivery of transforming growth factor-beta1 in mice after stroke reduces infarct volume and increases neurogenesis in the subventricular zone. BMC Neuroscience. 9(1). 117–117. 103 indexed citations
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Hoekman, John, et al.. (2006). Intranasal Delivery of Insulin–Like Growth Factor–1 Distributes to the Optic Nerve and Retina in the Rat. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 47(13). 728–728. 1 indexed citations
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Frey, William H.. (2006). America’s Regional Demographics in the ’00s Decade: The Role of Seniors, Boomers and New Minorities. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations
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Liu, Xinfeng, John R. Fawcett, Robert G. Thorne, & William H. Frey. (2000). Intranasal IGF-1 Protects against Transient Focal Cerebral Ischemia in Rats following Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion (MCAO). Stroke. 32. 352–352. 1 indexed citations
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Liaw, Kao‐Lee, et al.. (2000). Location of Adult Children as an Attraction for Black and White Elderly Migrants in the United States. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2 indexed citations
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Frey, William H., et al.. (1994). Two cases of acute anti-GM1 antibody elevations in response to exogenous GM1 without neurological symptoms. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 53(1). 109–113. 7 indexed citations

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