Yaakov Stern

117.1k total citations · 22 hit papers
795 papers, 67.4k citations indexed

About

Yaakov Stern is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Cognitive Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yaakov Stern has authored 795 papers receiving a total of 67.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 393 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 253 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 177 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Yaakov Stern's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (378 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (140 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (138 papers). Yaakov Stern is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (378 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (140 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (138 papers). Yaakov Stern collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Yaakov Stern's co-authors include Richard Mayeux, Nikolaos Scarmeas, Jennifer J. Manly, Karen Marder, Diane M. Jacobs, Ming‐Xin Tang, José A. Luchsinger, Mary Sano, Karen L. Bell and Nicole Schupf and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Yaakov Stern

771 papers receiving 65.4k citations

Hit Papers

Research criteria for the diagnosis of ... 1985 2026 1998 2012 2007 2002 2012 2009 1996 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Research criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: revising the NINCDS–ADRDA criteria
    2007 3.2k citations Bruno Dubois, Howard Feldman et al. The Lancet Neurology profile →
  2. What is cognitive reserve? Theory and research application of the reserve concept
    2002 2.7k citations Yaakov Stern Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society profile →
  3. Cognitive reserve in ageing and Alzheimer's disease
    2012 2.3k citations Yaakov Stern The Lancet Neurology profile →
  4. Cognitive reserve☆
    2009 2.1k citations Yaakov Stern profile →
  5. Effect of oestrogen during menopause on risk and age at onset of Alzheimer's disease
    1996 1.3k citations Yaakov Stern, Karen Marder et al. profile →
  6. Influence of Education and Occupation on the Incidence of Alzheimer's Disease
    1994 1.1k citations Yaakov Stern profile →
  7. Whitepaper: Defining and investigating cognitive reserve, brain reserve, and brain maintenance
    2018 964 citations Yaakov Stern et al. Alzheimer s & Dementia profile →
  8. Epidemiology of Alzheimer Disease
    2012 839 citations Richard Mayeux, Yaakov Stern profile →
  9. Mediterranean diet and risk for Alzheimer's disease
    2006 806 citations Yaakov Stern, Richard Mayeux et al. profile →
  10. Cognitive Reserve and Alzheimer Disease
    2006 638 citations Yaakov Stern profile →
  11. Efficiency, capacity, compensation, maintenance, plasticity: emerging concepts in cognitive reserve
    2013 629 citations Yaakov Stern et al. profile →
  12. Cognitive impairment after stroke: frequency, patterns, and relationship to functional abilities.
    1994 613 citations T. K. Tatemichi, Yaakov Stern et al. profile →
  13. Influence of leisure activity on the incidence of Alzheimer’s Disease
    2001 601 citations Yaakov Stern et al. profile →
  14. Cognitive Reserve and Lifestyle
    2003 601 citations Yaakov Stern et al. profile →
  15. Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: recommendations of the International Working Group
    2021 598 citations Bruno Dubois, Nicolas Villain et al. The Lancet Neurology profile →
  16. Incidence of AD in African-Americans, Caribbean Hispanics, and Caucasians in northern Manhattan
    2001 592 citations Howard Andrews, Yaakov Stern et al. profile →
  17. Hippocampal and entorhinal atrophy in mild cognitive impairment
    2007 578 citations Davangere P. Devanand, Gregory H. Pelton et al. profile →
  18. Mediterranean Diet and Mild Cognitive Impairment
    2009 546 citations Yaakov Stern, Richard Mayeux et al. Archives of Neurology profile →
  19. Heterogeneity in dementia of the Alzheimer type
    1985 407 citations Richard Mayeux, Yaakov Stern et al. profile →
  20. Brain reserve, cognitive reserve, compensation, and maintenance: operationalization, validity, and mechanisms of cognitive resilience
    2019 289 citations Yaakov Stern et al. Neurobiology of Aging profile →
  21. Plasma p‐tau181, p‐tau217, and other blood‐based Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in a multi‐ethnic, community study
    2021 231 citations Adam M. Brickman, Yaakov Stern et al. Alzheimer s & Dementia profile →
  22. A framework for concepts of reserve and resilience in aging
    2022 148 citations Yaakov Stern et al. Neurobiology of Aging profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yaakov Stern United States 132 30.6k 18.1k 17.3k 8.5k 7.4k 795 67.4k
Marshal F. Folstein United States 57 37.4k 1.2× 15.5k 0.9× 18.5k 1.1× 10.1k 1.2× 5.7k 0.8× 147 85.1k
Susan E. Folstein United States 68 35.3k 1.2× 13.4k 0.7× 24.6k 1.4× 11.1k 1.3× 5.3k 0.7× 140 86.9k
Paul R. McHugh United States 27 33.0k 1.1× 13.6k 0.8× 17.0k 1.0× 8.6k 1.0× 5.0k 0.7× 67 75.4k
Carol Brayne United Kingdom 108 19.9k 0.7× 13.4k 0.7× 7.6k 0.4× 8.2k 1.0× 6.1k 0.8× 731 55.9k
Steven T. DeKosky United States 111 29.5k 1.0× 25.4k 1.4× 11.8k 0.7× 9.6k 1.1× 9.2k 1.3× 549 64.0k
William J. Jagust United States 114 32.4k 1.1× 27.9k 1.5× 20.3k 1.2× 5.4k 0.6× 9.8k 1.3× 481 61.5k
Kristine Yaffe United States 132 20.0k 0.7× 15.4k 0.9× 9.8k 0.6× 4.2k 0.5× 5.3k 0.7× 853 64.6k
Guy M. McKhann United States 90 26.7k 0.9× 22.7k 1.3× 14.1k 0.8× 10.8k 1.3× 8.0k 1.1× 452 67.9k
David A. Bennett United States 148 28.5k 0.9× 32.5k 1.8× 10.0k 0.6× 8.3k 1.0× 12.6k 1.7× 1.3k 86.1k
Bradley F. Boeve United States 123 21.9k 0.7× 20.9k 1.2× 16.7k 1.0× 18.2k 2.1× 7.5k 1.0× 643 52.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yaakov Stern

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mekonnen, Teferi, Vegard Skirbekk, Bo Engdahl, et al.. (2025). Number of children and dementia risk: a causal mediation analysis using data from the HUNT study linked with national registries in Norway. BMC Neurology. 25(1). 39–39. 1 indexed citations
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Stern, Yaakov. (2024). A framework for concepts of reserve and resilience in aging. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(S7).
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Kim, Yeshin, Yaakov Stern, Sang Won Seo, et al.. (2024). Factors associated with cognitive reserve according to education level. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(11). 7686–7697. 5 indexed citations
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Strand, Bjørn Heine, Catherine E. Bowen, Bernt Bratsberg, et al.. (2023). Retirement age and disability status as pathways to later‐life cognitive impairment: Evidence from the Norwegian HUNT Study linked with Norwegian population registers. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 38(7). e5967–e5967. 4 indexed citations
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Vonk, Jet M. J., Yaakov Stern, Folkert W. Asselbergs, et al.. (2022). The role of cognitive and brain reserve in memory decline and atrophy rate in mid and late-life: The SMART-MR study. Cortex. 148. 204–214. 13 indexed citations
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Barbuto, Scott, Sheng‐Han Kuo, Seonjoo Lee, et al.. (2022). Home Aerobic Training for Cerebellar Degenerative Diseases: a Randomized Controlled Trial. The Cerebellum. 22(2). 272–281. 12 indexed citations
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Guo, Jìng, et al.. (2022). Association Between Mediterranean Diet and Functional Status in Older Adults: A Longitudinal Study Based on the Washington Heights–Inwood Columbia Aging Project. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 77(9). 1873–1881. 8 indexed citations
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Dubois, Bruno, Nicolas Villain, Giovanni B. Frisoni, et al.. (2021). Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: recommendations of the International Working Group. The Lancet Neurology. 20(6). 484–496. 598 indexed citations breakdown →
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Devanand, Davangere P., Howard Andrews, William Charles Kreisl, et al.. (2020). Antiviral therapy: Valacyclovir Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease (VALAD) Trial: protocol for a randomised, double-blind,placebo-controlled, treatment trial. BMJ Open. 10(2). e032112–e032112. 52 indexed citations
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Park, Ji Hwan, Han Eol Cho, Jong Hun Kim, et al.. (2020). Machine learning prediction of incidence of Alzheimer’s disease using large-scale administrative health data. npj Digital Medicine. 3(1). 46–46. 83 indexed citations
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Lee, Seonjoo, Christian Habeck, Qolamreza Razlighi, Timothy A. Salthouse, & Yaakov Stern. (2016). Selective association between cortical thickness and reference abilities in normal aging. NeuroImage. 142. 293–300. 15 indexed citations
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Gazes, Yunglin, Brian C. Rakitin, Jason Steffener, et al.. (2012). Dual-tasking alleviated sleep deprivation disruption in visuomotor tracking: An fMRI study. Brain and Cognition. 78(3). 248–256. 10 indexed citations
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Asllani, Iris, Christian Habeck, Ajna Borogovac, et al.. (2009). Separating function from structure in perfusion imaging of the aging brain. Human Brain Mapping. 30(9). 2927–2935. 73 indexed citations
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Albert, Steven M., et al.. (2004). Older Adults' Reports of Formal Care Hours and Administrative Records. The Gerontologist. 44(2). 186–192. 9 indexed citations
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Stern, Yaakov. (2004). Brain Networks Associated with Cognitive Reserve in Healthy Young and Old Adults. Cerebral Cortex. 15(4). 394–402. 322 indexed citations
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Patel, Bindu, Deborah Pang, Yaakov Stern, et al.. (2003). Obesity enhances verbal memory in postmenopausal women with Down syndrome. Neurobiology of Aging. 25(2). 159–166. 23 indexed citations
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Stern, Yaakov. (2002). What is cognitive reserve? Theory and research application of the reserve concept. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 8(3). 448–460. 2746 indexed citations breakdown →
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Heyer, Éric, Anita Rampersad, Christopher J. Winfree, et al.. (2002). A Controlled Prospective Study of Neuropsychological Dysfunction Following Carotid Endarterectomy. Archives of Neurology. 59(2). 217–217. 131 indexed citations
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Mayeux, Richard, et al.. (1991). Risk of Dementia in First-Degree Relatives of Patients With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders. Archives of Neurology. 48(3). 269–273. 66 indexed citations
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Mayeux, R., Yaakov Stern, Robert Rosenstein, et al.. (1988). An Estimate of the Prevalence of Dementia in Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease. Archives of Neurology. 45(3). 260–262. 143 indexed citations

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