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D-Index
104
Citations
37786
World Ranking
7083
National Ranking
3723

David G. Standaert publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David G. Standaert sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 323 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

David G. Standaert D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David G. Standaert sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 104 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David G. Standaert is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine and neuroscience, with a specialized focus on neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, physiology, and immunology.

Their work extensively addresses topics related to Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments. Other main research interests include neurological disorders and treatments, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, nuclear receptors and signaling, autism spectrum disorder research, dysphagia assessment and management, and restless legs syndrome research.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Amy W. Amara, Irene Litvan, Roy N. Alcalay, Gregory P. Williams, and Cecilia S. Lindestam Arlehamn.

David G. Standaert's publications appear regularly in several scientific venues, including:

  • Neurology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  • npj Parkinson s Disease

Selected recent publications include:

  • α-Synuclein-specific T cell reactivity is associated with preclinical and early Parkinson's disease, 2020, Nature Communications
  • CD4 T cells mediate brain inflammation and neurodegeneration in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease, 2021, Brain
  • Metagenomics of Parkinson's disease implicates the gut microbiome in multiple disease mechanisms, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Characterizing dysbiosis of gut microbiome in PD: evidence for overabundance of opportunistic pathogens, 2020, npj Parkinson s Disease
  • Ten Unsolved Questions About Neuroinflammation in Parkinson's Disease, 2020, Movement Disorders

Best Publications

  • The Parkinson Progression Marker Initiative (PPMI)

    Kenneth Marek;Danna Jennings;Shirley Lasch;Andrew Siderowf

  • Pramipexole vs Levodopa as initial treatment for Parkinson disease: A randomized controlled trial

    R. Holloway;I. Shoulson;K. Kieburtz;M. McDermott

  • Past, present, and future of Parkinson's disease: A special essay on the 200th Anniversary of the Shaking Palsy

    J.A. Obeso;M. Stamelou;M. Stamelou;C.G. Goetz;W. Poewe

  • Sp1 and TAFII130 Transcriptional Activity Disrupted in Early Huntington's Disease

    Anthone W. Dunah;Hyunkyung Jeong;April Griffin;Yong Man Kim

  • Continuous intrajejunal infusion of levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel for patients with advanced Parkinson's disease: a randomised, controlled, double-blind, double-dummy study.

    C Warren Olanow;Karl Kieburtz;Per Odin;Alberto J Espay

  • Monitoring Motor Fluctuations in Patients With Parkinson's Disease Using Wearable Sensors

    S. Patel;K. Lorincz;R. Hughes;N. Huggins

  • Identification of common variants influencing risk of the tauopathy progressive supranuclear palsy

    Günter U. Höglinger;Nadine M. Melhem;Dennis W. Dickson;Patrick M A Sleiman

  • Pramipexole vs levodopa as initial treatment for Parkinson disease: a 4-year randomized controlled trial.

    Robert G Holloway;Ira Shoulson;Stanley Fahn;Karl Kieburtz

  • A(2A) adenosine receptor deficiency attenuates brain injury induced by transient focal ischemia in mice

    J.-F. Chen;Zhihong Huang;Jianya Ma;Jinmin Zhu

  • Molecular markers of early Parkinson's disease based on gene expression in blood

    Clemens R. Scherzer;Clemens R. Scherzer;Aron C. Eklund;Lee J. Morse;Zhixiang Liao

  • Metabotropic glutamate receptor mRNA expression in the basal ganglia of the rat

    CM Testa;DG Standaert;AB Young;JB Penney

  • Lighting up the senses: FM1-43 loading of sensory cells through nonselective ion channels

    Jason R. Meyers;Richard B. MacDonald;Anne Duggan;David Lenzi

  • Atriopeptins as cardiac hormones.

    Philip Needleman;Steven P. Adams;Barbara R. Cole;Mark G. Currie

  • The pathophysiological basis of dystonias

    Xandra O. Breakefield;Anne J. Blood;Yuqing Li;Mark Hallett

  • LRRK2 inhibition attenuates microglial inflammatory responses.

    Mark S. Moehle;Philip J. Webber;Tonia Tse;Nour Sukar

  • NMDA receptor subunit mRNA expression by projection neurons and interneurons in rat striatum

    GB Landwehrmeyer;DG Standaert;CM Testa;JB Penney

  • Spinal and trigeminal dorsal horn projections to the parabrachial nucleus in the rat.

    David F. Cechetto;David G. Standaert;Clifford B. Saper

  • Organization of N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor gene expression in the basal ganglia of the rat

    David G. Standaert;Claudia M. Testa;Anne B. Young;John B. Penney

  • Dopamine D1 receptor-dependent trafficking of striatal NMDA glutamate receptors to the postsynaptic membrane.

    Anthone W. Dunah;David G. Standaert

  • Atriopeptin-immunoreactive neurons in the brain: presence in cardiovascular regulatory areas.

    Clifford B. Saper;David G. Standaert;Mark G. Currie;David Schwartz

Frequent Co-Authors

Anne B. Young
Anne B. Young Harvard University
Irene Litvan
Irene Litvan University of California, San Diego
Sarah J. Augood
Sarah J. Augood Harvard University
Hubert H. Fernandez
Hubert H. Fernandez Cleveland Clinic
Alberto J. Espay
Alberto J. Espay University of Cincinnati
Joseph Jankovic
Joseph Jankovic Baylor College of Medicine
Xandra O. Breakefield
Xandra O. Breakefield Harvard University
Clifford B. Saper
Clifford B. Saper Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Caroline M. Tanner
Caroline M. Tanner University of California, San Francisco
Stephen G. Reich
Stephen G. Reich University of Maryland, Baltimore

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