William J. Powers

46.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
229 papers, 27.1k citations indexed

About

William J. Powers is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Powers has authored 229 papers receiving a total of 27.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Epidemiology, 97 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 94 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in William J. Powers's work include Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (97 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (89 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (49 papers). William J. Powers is often cited by papers focused on Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (97 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (89 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (49 papers). William J. Powers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. William J. Powers's co-authors include Marcus E. Raichle, Abraham Z. Snyder, Gordon L. Shulman, Debra A. Gusnard, Robert L. Grubb, Colin P. Derdeyn, Tom O. Videen, Bruce Ovbiagele, Chelsea S. Kidwell and Brian L. Hoh and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

William J. Powers

218 papers receiving 26.4k citations

Hit Papers

A default mode of brain function 1991 2026 2002 2014 2001 2018 2015 2006 1991 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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. A default mode of brain function
    2001 9.2k citations Marcus E. Raichle, William J. Powers et al. profile →
  2. 2018 Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
    2018 3.6k citations William J. Powers, Alejandro A. Rabinstein et al. Stroke profile →
  3. 2015 American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Focused Update of the 2013 Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Regarding Endovascular Treatment
    2015 1.6k citations William J. Powers, Colin P. Derdeyn et al. Stroke profile →
  4. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke–Canadian Stroke Network Vascular Cognitive Impairment Harmonization Standards
    2006 1.2k citations Vladimir Hachinski, Costantino Iadecola et al. Stroke profile →
  5. Cerebral hemodynamics in ischemic cerebrovascular disease
    1991 632 citations William J. Powers profile →
  6. 2018 Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
    2018 611 citations William J. Powers, Nicholas C. Bambakidis et al. profile →
  7. Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass Surgery for Stroke Prevention in Hemodynamic Cerebral Ischemia
    2011 517 citations William J. Powers, William R. Clarke et al. JAMA 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 J. Powers United States 57 9.7k 8.5k 7.9k 6.9k 5.1k 229 27.1k
Walter J. Koroshetz United States 83 9.8k 1.0× 5.1k 0.6× 8.0k 1.0× 6.2k 0.9× 5.3k 1.0× 224 33.9k
Jean‐Claude Baron France 98 7.8k 0.8× 8.7k 1.0× 8.3k 1.0× 4.7k 0.7× 7.6k 1.5× 506 31.1k
Julien Bogousslavsky Switzerland 82 10.5k 1.1× 2.4k 0.3× 9.1k 1.2× 8.6k 1.2× 2.3k 0.5× 541 26.8k
Aad van der Lugt Netherlands 82 8.0k 0.8× 2.3k 0.3× 5.9k 0.7× 8.6k 1.2× 5.8k 1.1× 575 25.0k
Steven Warach United States 68 10.5k 1.1× 2.1k 0.3× 6.2k 0.8× 6.1k 0.9× 7.6k 1.5× 202 21.9k
L. Jaap Kappelle Netherlands 82 15.1k 1.6× 2.3k 0.3× 8.2k 1.0× 10.9k 1.6× 3.5k 0.7× 486 32.3k
Franz Fazekas Austria 90 6.8k 0.7× 3.1k 0.4× 10.3k 1.3× 5.3k 0.8× 8.4k 1.6× 509 34.1k
Howard A. Rowley United States 65 6.0k 0.6× 2.4k 0.3× 3.7k 0.5× 4.8k 0.7× 4.1k 0.8× 213 15.4k
Vladimir Hachinski Canada 75 7.8k 0.8× 2.8k 0.3× 6.1k 0.8× 8.0k 1.2× 2.0k 0.4× 371 26.4k
Hugh S. Markus United Kingdom 93 9.0k 0.9× 2.3k 0.3× 9.5k 1.2× 10.4k 1.5× 5.2k 1.0× 464 31.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Qureshi, Adnan I., Sameer A. Ansari, Daniel E. Ford, et al.. (2025). Intraarterial Thrombolysis as an Adjunct to Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Current Status and Future Prospects. Journal of Neuroimaging. 35(2). e70030–e70030.
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Liebovitch, Larry S., et al.. (2023). Word differences in news media of lower and higher peace countries revealed by natural language processing and machine learning. PLoS ONE. 18(11). e0292604–e0292604. 1 indexed citations
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Adams, Harold P., Colin P. Derdeyn, William R. Clarke, et al.. (2021). Surgical results of the carotid occlusion surgery study: Clinical article. UNC Libraries.
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Powers, William J., Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Opeolu Adeoye, et al.. (2020). Guidelines for the early management of patients with acute ischemic stroke: 2019 update to the 2018 guidelines for the early management of acute ischemic stroke. 28(1). 1–43. 18 indexed citations
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Powers, William J., Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Opeolu Adeoye, et al.. (2018). 2018 Guidelines for the early management of patients with acute ischemic stroke. 26(2). 81–113. 19 indexed citations
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Powers, William J., Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Opeolu Adeoye, et al.. (2018). 2018 Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke. 49(3). 3624 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shah, Neel, et al.. (2016). The effect of 24 hour post-intravenous alteplase CT head on management decisions: a single center experience (S47.004). Neurology. 86(16_supplement). 2 indexed citations
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Powers, William J., Colin P. Derdeyn, José Biller, et al.. (2015). 2015 American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Focused Update of the 2013 Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Regarding Endovascular Treatment. Stroke. 46(10). 3020–3035. 1554 indexed citations breakdown →
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Powers, William J., William R. Clarke, Robert L. Grubb, et al.. (2014). Lower stroke risk with lower blood pressure in hemodynamic cerebral ischemia. Neurology. 82(12). 1027–1032. 30 indexed citations
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Powers, William J.. (2012). Intra-arterial therapies for acute ischemic stroke: unsafe and without proven value. Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery. 4(3). 164–166. 2 indexed citations
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Powers, William J., William R. Clarke, Robert L. Grubb, et al.. (2011). Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass Surgery for Stroke Prevention in Hemodynamic Cerebral Ischemia. JAMA. 306(18). 1983–1983. 517 indexed citations breakdown →
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Diringer, Michael N., Venkatesh Aiyagari, Allyson R. Zazulia, Tom O. Videen, & William J. Powers. (2007). Effect of hyperoxia on cerebral metabolic rate for oxygen measured using positron emission tomography in patients with acute severe head injury. Journal of neurosurgery. 106(4). 526–529. 96 indexed citations
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Hachinski, Vladimir, Costantino Iadecola, Ron Petersen, et al.. (2006). National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke–Canadian Stroke Network Vascular Cognitive Impairment Harmonization Standards. Stroke. 37(9). 2220–2241. 1218 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wilson, D. C., F. J. Marshall, P. W. McKenty, et al.. (2004). Mixing in thick-walled and pulse-shaped directly driven ICF capsule implosions. APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts. 46. 1 indexed citations
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Bullock, Ross, Michael N. Diringer, Allyson R. Zazulia, et al.. (2002). Hyperventilation [2] (multiple letters). Journal of neurosurgery. 96(1). 157–159. 2 indexed citations
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Lin, Weili, Azim Çelik, Colin P. Derdeyn, et al.. (2001). Quantitative measurements of cerebral blood flow in patients with unilateral carotid artery occlusion: A PET and MR study. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 14(6). 659–667. 87 indexed citations
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Lin, Weili, Azim Çelik, Colin P. Derdeyn, et al.. (2000). Quantitative Measurements of Cerebral Blood Flow in Patients with Unilateral Carotid Artery Occlusion: a PET and MR Study. Stroke. 32. 341–341. 2 indexed citations
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Derdeyn, Colin P., Brian F. Gage, Robert L. Grubb, & William J. Powers. (2000). Cost-effectiveness analysis of therapy for symptomatic carotid occlusion: PET screening before selective extracranial-to-intracranial bypass versus medical treatment.. PubMed. 41(5). 800–7. 30 indexed citations
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Powers, William J. & Marcus E. Raichle. (1987). Cerebrovascular diseases : fifteenth research (Princeton) conference. Raven Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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