Zaza Katsarava

21.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
234 papers, 13.3k citations indexed

About

Zaza Katsarava is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zaza Katsarava has authored 234 papers receiving a total of 13.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 193 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 140 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 58 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Zaza Katsarava's work include Migraine and Headache Studies (188 papers), Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments (102 papers) and Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders (45 papers). Zaza Katsarava is often cited by papers focused on Migraine and Headache Studies (188 papers), Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments (102 papers) and Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders (45 papers). Zaza Katsarava collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Zaza Katsarava's co-authors include Rigmor Jensen, Volker Limmroth, Mark Obermann, Timothy J. Steiner, HC Diener, I Scher, Lars Jacob Stovner, RB Lipton, Knut Hagen and TJ Steiner and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Zaza Katsarava

227 papers receiving 12.9k citations

Hit Papers

The Global Burden of Headache: A Documentation of Headach... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2020 2011 2021 2022 500 1000 1.5k
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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. The Global Burden of Headache: A Documentation of Headache Prevalence and Disability Worldwide
    2007 1.7k citations Rigmor Jensen, Zaza Katsarava et al. Cephalalgia profile →
  2. Migraine remains second among the world’s causes of disability, and first among young women: findings from GBD2019
    2020 535 citations Timothy J. Steiner, Rigmor Jensen et al. The Journal of Headache and Pain profile →
  3. The cost of headache disorders in Europe: the Eurolight project
    2011 533 citations Mattias Linde, Timothy J. Steiner et al. European Journal of Neurology profile →
  4. Migraine: epidemiology and systems of care
    2021 450 citations Messoud Ashina, Zaza Katsarava et al. The Lancet profile →
  5. European Headache Federation guideline on the use of monoclonal antibodies targeting the calcitonin gene related peptide pathway for migraine prevention – 2022 update
    2022 214 citations Simona Sacco, Faisal Mohammad Amin et al. The Journal of Headache and Pain profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zaza Katsarava Germany 57 10.7k 7.0k 4.2k 1.7k 1.3k 234 13.3k
Marcelo E. Bigal United States 69 15.3k 1.4× 8.8k 1.3× 5.5k 1.3× 1.5k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 276 17.6k
Rigmor Jensen Denmark 76 13.5k 1.3× 7.9k 1.1× 6.4k 1.5× 3.4k 2.0× 1.1k 0.8× 399 19.3k
Dawn C. Buse United States 57 10.2k 1.0× 5.5k 0.8× 2.9k 0.7× 719 0.4× 863 0.7× 206 11.0k
Lars Jacob Stovner Norway 53 8.0k 0.8× 3.8k 0.5× 2.3k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 826 0.6× 189 10.3k
Stewart J. Tepper United States 47 7.8k 0.7× 4.9k 0.7× 3.0k 0.7× 856 0.5× 858 0.7× 286 9.3k
Michel Lantéri‐Minet France 51 6.8k 0.6× 4.6k 0.7× 6.1k 1.4× 2.4k 1.4× 814 0.6× 223 13.5k
Lars Bendtsen Denmark 52 6.6k 0.6× 4.7k 0.7× 3.8k 0.9× 1.7k 1.0× 431 0.3× 164 9.2k
Roger Cady United States 51 7.6k 0.7× 5.1k 0.7× 3.5k 0.8× 950 0.5× 607 0.5× 215 8.9k
Hans‐Christoph Diener Germany 77 6.0k 0.6× 4.2k 0.6× 2.9k 0.7× 3.4k 2.0× 3.0k 2.3× 329 19.9k
Julio Pascual Spain 45 6.2k 0.6× 3.8k 0.5× 2.5k 0.6× 1.4k 0.8× 554 0.4× 280 8.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zaza Katsarava

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All Works

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Sacco, Simona, Christian Lampl, Faisal Mohammad Amin, et al.. (2022). European Headache Federation (EHF) consensus on the definition of effective treatment of a migraine attack and of triptan failure. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 23(1). 133–133. 47 indexed citations
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Ashina, Messoud, Zaza Katsarava, Thien Phu, et al.. (2021). Migraine: epidemiology and systems of care. The Lancet. 397(10283). 1485–1495. 450 indexed citations breakdown →
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Katsarava, Zaza, et al.. (2021). New in understanding the burden of migraine: semantic analysis of the voice of Russian patients – users of Web 2.0. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13(6). 73–84. 7 indexed citations
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Головачева, В. А., В. А. Парфенов, Г. Р. Табеева, et al.. (2021). Cognitive behavioral therapy in the treatment of chronic migraine: a clinical case report. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13(1). 74–80. 13 indexed citations
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Friedrichs, Michael, et al.. (2020). Administrative prevalence and incidence, characteristics and prescription patterns of patients with migraine in Germany: a retrospective claims data analysis. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 21(1). 85–85. 20 indexed citations
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Peres, Mário Fernando Prieto, et al.. (2019). Migraine: a major debilitating chronic non-communicable disease in Brazil, evidence from two national surveys. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 20(1). 85–85. 19 indexed citations
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Steiner, Timothy J., Hartmut Göbel, Rigmor Jensen, et al.. (2019). Headache service quality: the role of specialized headache centres within structured headache services, and suggested standards and criteria as centres of excellence. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 20(1). 24–24. 20 indexed citations
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Mitsikostas, Dimos D., Lars Edvinsson, Rigmor Jensen, et al.. (2015). Refractory chronic cluster headache: a consensus statement on clinical definition from the European Headache Federation. European Journal of Neurology. 22. 80–80. 35 indexed citations
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Katsarava, Zaza, et al.. (2013). The International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition (ICHD-3 beta): Painful cranial neuropathies and other facial pains. Cephalalgia. 33(9). 774–786. 13 indexed citations
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Obermann, Mark, et al.. (2013). Neues zu Kopfschmerzen 2013 - ein Update. Aktuelle Neurologie. 40(7). 393–399.
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Rabe, Kasja, L Pageler, Charly Gaul, et al.. (2012). Prednisone for the treatment of withdrawal headache in patients with medication overuse headache: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Cephalalgia. 33(3). 202–207. 56 indexed citations
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Bloudek, Lisa, Michael Stokes, Dawn C. Buse, et al.. (2012). Cost of healthcare for patients with migraine in five European countries: results from the International Burden of Migraine Study (IBMS). The Journal of Headache and Pain. 13(5). 361–378. 242 indexed citations
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Küper, Michael, Kasja Rabe, Dagny Holle, et al.. (2012). Prevalence of cardiac right left shunts in migraine: a population-based case–control study. Neurological Sciences. 34(2). 205–208. 16 indexed citations
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Obermann, Mark, Burkhard Pleger, Armin de Greiff, et al.. (2009). Temporal summation of trigeminal pain in human anterior cingulate cortex. NeuroImage. 46(1). 193–200. 21 indexed citations
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Putzki, Norman, et al.. (2007). Prevalence and Severity of Multiple-Sclerosis-Associated Fatigue in Treated and Untreated Patients. European Neurology. 59(3-4). 136–142. 42 indexed citations
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Obermann, Mark, Elke R. Gizewski, Volker Limmroth, HC Diener, & Zaza Katsarava. (2006). Symptomatic Migraine and Pontine Vascular Malformation. Cephalalgia. 26(6). 763–766. 32 indexed citations
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Saner, Fuat H., Yanli Gu, Nils R. Frühauf, et al.. (2006). Neurological complications after cadaveric and living donor liver transplantation. Journal of Neurology. 253(5). 612–617. 58 indexed citations
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Katsarava, Zaza, et al.. (2004). The effect of multiple stimuli on the modulation of the ‘nociceptive’ blink reflex. Pain. 108(1). 124–128. 44 indexed citations
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