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2306
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David J. Burn 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 J. Burn sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 610 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David J. Burn 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 J. Burn sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 132 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David J. Burn is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a strong emphasis on neurology. The main subfields of study include neurology, physiology, psychiatry and mental health, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and complementary and alternative medicine.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, notably Parkinson's Disease mechanisms and treatments, neurological disorders and treatments, dementia and cognitive impairment research, neurological diseases and metabolism, Ginkgo biloba and cashew applications, genetic neurodegenerative diseases, and lysosomal storage disorders research.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David J. Burn include Alison J. Yarnall, John-Paul Taylor, Rachael A. Lawson, John T. O'Brien, and Joshua Shulman.

The researcher has contributed to various publication venues, with the most frequent being Movement Disorders, Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, Brain, Age and Ageing, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Recent papers by David J. Burn highlight a focus on neurodegenerative diseases and related diagnostic criteria. Notable publications include:

  • Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies: Fourth consensus report of the DLB Consortium, 2020, Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle University)
  • Diagnostic criteria for mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease: Movement Disorder Society Task Force guidelines, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Genome-Wide Association Studies of Cognitive and Motor Progression in Parkinson's Disease, 2020, Movement Disorders
  • Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, 2020, Movement Disorders
  • Genetic determinants of survival in progressive supranuclear palsy: a genome-wide association study, 2020, The Lancet Neurology

Best Publications

  • Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies: Third report of the DLB Consortium

    I. G. McKeith;I. G. McKeith;D. W. Dickson;J. Lowe;M. Emre

  • Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies Fourth consensus report of the DLB Consortium

    Ian G. McKeith;Bradley F. Boeve;Dennis W. DIckson;Glenda Halliday

  • Clinical diagnostic criteria for dementia associated with Parkinson's disease.

    Murat Emre;Dag Aarsland;Dag Aarsland;Richard Brown;David J. Burn

  • Diagnostic Criteria for Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease: Movement Disorder Society Task Force Guidelines

    Irene Litvan;Jennifer G. Goldman;Alexander I. Tröster;Ben A. Schmand

  • Diagnostic procedures for Parkinson's disease dementia: Recommendations from the movement disorder society task force

    Bruno Dubois;David Burn;Christopher Goetz;Dag Aarsland;Dag Aarsland

  • SIC Task Force appraisal of clinical diagnostic criteria for parkinsonian disorders

    Irene Litvan;Kailash P. Bhatia;David J. Burn;Christopher G. Goetz

  • Mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson disease: a multicenter pooled analysis.

    D. Aarsland;K. Bronnick;C. Williams-Gray;D. Weintraub

  • How to identify tremor dominant and postural instability/gait difficulty groups with the movement disorder society unified Parkinson's disease rating scale: Comparison with the unified Parkinson's disease rating scale

    Glenn T. Stebbins;Christopher G. Goetz;David J. Burn;Joseph Jankovic

  • 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

  • Cerebral atrophy in Parkinson’s disease with and without dementia: a comparison with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia with Lewy bodies and controls

    Emma J Burton;Ian G McKeith;David J Burn;E David Williams

  • Identifying prodromal Parkinson's disease: Pre-Motor disorders in Parkinson's disease

    Ronald B. Postuma;Dag Aarsland;Paolo Barone;David J. Burn

  • Physical, cognitive, and mental health impacts of COVID-19 after hospitalisation (PHOSP-COVID): a UK multicentre, prospective cohort study.

    Rachael A Evans;Hamish McAuley;Ewen M Harrison;Aarti Shikotra

  • EFNS/MDS‐ES recommendations for the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease

    Alfredo Berardelli;Gregor Wenning;Angelo Antonini;Daniela Berg

  • The spectrum of nonmotor symptoms in early Parkinson disease

    Tien Kheng Khoo;Alison J Yarnall;Gordon W Duncan;Shirley Coleman

  • Motor subtype and cognitive decline in Parkinson’s disease, Parkinson’s disease with dementia, and dementia with Lewy bodies

    David Burn;Elise Rowan;Louise Allan;Sophie Molloy

  • Characterizing mild cognitive impairment in incident Parkinson disease The ICICLE-PD Study

    Alison J Yarnall;David P Breen;Gordon W Duncan;Tien K Khoo

  • The retina in Parkinson's disease

    Neil K Archibald;Michael P Clarke;Urs Peter Mosimann;David J Burn

  • Striatal dopaminergic markers in dementia with Lewy bodies, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases: rostrocaudal distribution.

    M. A. Piggott;E. F. Marshall;N. Thomas;S. Lloyd

  • Health-related quality of life in early Parkinson's disease: The impact of nonmotor symptoms

    Gordon W. Duncan;Tien Kheng Khoo;Alison J. Yarnall;John T. O'Brien

  • Life with communication changes in Parkinson’s disease

    Nick Miller;Emma Noble;Diana Jones;David Burn

Frequent Co-Authors

John T. O'Brien
John T. O'Brien University of Cambridge
Ian G. McKeith
Ian G. McKeith Newcastle University
Roger A. Barker
Roger A. Barker University of Cambridge
Lynn Rochester
Lynn Rochester Newcastle University
David J. Brooks
David J. Brooks Newcastle University
Patrick F. Chinnery
Patrick F. Chinnery University of Cambridge
Yoav Ben-Shlomo
Yoav Ben-Shlomo University of Bristol
Andrew J. Lees
Andrew J. Lees University College London
Nicholas W. Wood
Nicholas W. Wood University College London
John-Paul Taylor
John-Paul Taylor Newcastle University

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