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Beau M. Ances

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
83
Citations
27941
World Ranking
15520
National Ranking
7824

Neuroscience

D-Index
83
Citations
27909
World Ranking
1434
National Ranking
720

Beau M. Ances publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Beau M. Ances sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 584 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Beau M. Ances D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Beau M. Ances sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Beau M. Ances is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States and specializes in the field of medicine, with significant contributions to psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, and physiology. Their research also extends into public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The scientist's work covers a wide array of topics including:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies

Recent notable papers by Beau M. Ances include:

  • "Spread of pathological tau proteins through communicating neurons in human Alzheimer's disease", 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Autoimmune encephalitis: proposed best practice recommendations for diagnosis and acute management", 2021, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • "Functional brain architecture is associated with the rate of tau accumulation in Alzheimer's disease", 2020, Nature Communications
  • "In vivo staging of regional amyloid deposition", 2022, Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University)
  • "Gut microbiome composition may be an indicator of preclinical Alzheimer's disease", 2023, Science Translational Medicine

Beau M. Ances frequently collaborates with several researchers in their field, including:

  • John C. Morris
  • Tammie L.S. Benzinger
  • Brian A. Gordon
  • Benjamin L. Handen
  • Julie K. Wisch

The scientist has published extensively in multiple venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring
  • Nature Communications
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Early role of vascular dysregulation on late-onset Alzheimer’s disease based on multifactorial data-driven analysis

    Y. Iturria-Medina;R. C. Sotero;P. J. Toussaint;J. M. Mateos-Pérez

  • Paraneoplastic encephalitis, psychiatric symptoms, and hypoventilation in ovarian teratoma

    Roberta Vitaliani;Warren Mason;Beau Ances;Theodore Zwerdling

  • Tau and Aβ imaging, CSF measures, and cognition in Alzheimer’s disease

    Matthew R Brier;Brian Gordon;Karl Friedrichsen;John E McCarthy

  • HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder

    David B Clifford;Beau M Ances

  • Four distinct trajectories of tau deposition identified in Alzheimer’s disease

    Jacob W Vogel;Alexandra L Young;Neil P Oxtoby;Ruben Smith

  • Loss of Intranetwork and Internetwork Resting State Functional Connections with Alzheimer's Disease Progression

    Mathew R. Brier;Jewell B. Thomas;Abraham Z. Snyder;Tammie L. Benzinger

  • Spatial patterns of neuroimaging biomarker change in individuals from families with autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease: a longitudinal study

    Brian A Gordon;Tyler M Blazey;Yi Su;Amrita Hari-Raj

  • Treatment-responsive limbic encephalitis identified by neuropil antibodies: MRI and PET correlates

    Beau M. Ances;Roberta Vitaliani;Robert A. Taylor;Robert A. Taylor;David S. Liebeskind;David S. Liebeskind

  • Extending the Human Connectome Project across ages: Imaging protocols for the Lifespan Development and Aging projects

    Michael P. Harms;Leah H. Somerville;Beau M. Ances;Jesper Andersson

  • Spread of pathological tau proteins through communicating neurons in human Alzheimer's disease

    Jacob W. Vogel;Yasser Iturria-Medina;Olof T. Strandberg;Ruben Smith

  • Autoimmune encephalitis: proposed best practice recommendations for diagnosis and acute management.

    Hesham Abboud;John C. Probasco;Sarosh Irani;Beau Ances

  • Resting state functional connectivity of the striatum in Parkinson’s disease

    Carl D. Hacker;Joel S. Perlmutter;Susan R. Criswell;Beau M. Ances

  • Regional variability of imaging biomarkers in autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s disease

    Tammie L. S. Benzinger;Tyler Blazey;Clifford R. Jack;Robert A. Koeppe

  • Functional connectivity and graph theory in preclinical Alzheimer's disease

    Matthew R. Brier;Jewell B. Thomas;Anne M. Fagan;Jason Hassenstab

  • Functional brain architecture is associated with the rate of tau accumulation in Alzheimer’s disease

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  • Continued High Prevalence and Adverse Clinical Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Associated Sensory Neuropathy in the Era of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy: The CHARTER Study

    Ronald J. Ellis;Debralee Rosario;David B. Clifford;Justin C. McArthur

  • The Lifespan Human Connectome Project in Aging: An overview.

    Susan Y. Bookheimer;David H. Salat;Melissa Terpstra;Beau M. Ances

  • Dementia and neurocognitive disorders due to HIV-1 infection.

    Beau M. Ances;Ronald J. Ellis

  • Basal forebrain degeneration precedes and predicts the cortical spread of Alzheimer's pathology.

    Taylor W. Schmitz;R. Nathan Spreng;Michael W. Weiner;Paul Aisen

  • Rituximab-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in rheumatoid arthritis.

    David B. Clifford;Beau Ances;Craig Costello;Shari Rosen-Schmidt

  • Neurologic complications of HIV disease and their treatment.

    Scott Letendre;Beau Ances;Sarah Gibson;Ronald J Ellis

  • Evaluation of Tau Imaging in Staging Alzheimer Disease and Revealing Interactions Between β-Amyloid and Tauopathy

    Liang Wang;Tammie L. Benzinger;Yi Su;Jon Christensen

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Morris
John C. Morris Washington University in St. Louis
Tammie L.S. Benzinger
Tammie L.S. Benzinger Washington University in St. Louis
Anne M. Fagan
Anne M. Fagan Washington University in St. Louis
Randall J. Bateman
Randall J. Bateman Washington University in St. Louis
Stephen Salloway
Stephen Salloway Brown University
David M. Holtzman
David M. Holtzman Washington University in St. Louis
John A. Detre
John A. Detre University of Pennsylvania
Peter R. Schofield
Peter R. Schofield Neuroscience Research Australia
Abraham Z. Snyder
Abraham Z. Snyder Washington University in St. Louis
Reisa A. Sperling
Reisa A. Sperling Brigham and Women's Hospital

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