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Irene Litvan 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 Irene Litvan sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 475 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Irene Litvan 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 Irene Litvan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 119 D-Index — 96th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Irene Litvan is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a significant emphasis on Neurology. The subfields of study that feature prominently in their work include Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their research covers a range of topics related to neurological disorders, particularly in the areas of Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, and dementia and cognitive impairment research. Other notable research interests include neurological diseases and metabolism, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research, neurological disorders and treatments, and nuclear receptors and signaling.

The frequent academic venues where Irene Litvan publishes include Alzheimer's & Dementia, Neurology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Parkinsonism & Related Disorders.

The following papers represent some recent contributions by Irene Litvan and their colleagues:

  • "The Movement Disorder Society Criteria for the Diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy," 2022, Movement Disorders
  • "α-Synuclein-specific T cell reactivity is associated with preclinical and early Parkinson's disease," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "The Second NINDS/NIBIB Consensus Meeting to Define Neuropathological Criteria for the Diagnosis of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy," 2021, Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology
  • "Diagnostic criteria for mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease: Movement Disorder Society Task Force guidelines," 2020, UNC Libraries
  • "Safety and efficacy of continuous subcutaneous foslevodopa-foscarbidopa in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease: a randomised, double-blind, active-controlled, phase 3 trial," 2022, The Lancet Neurology

Irene Litvan has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Adam L. Boxer, Bradley F. Boeve, Hilary W. Heuer, Nupur Ghoshal, and David J. Irwin.

In addition to journal articles, Irene Litvan has contributed to book publications. Notably, they have published a book titled Frontotemporal Dementias (2021) under Springer Nature.

Best Publications

  • MDS clinical diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease

    Ronald B. Postuma;Daniela Berg;Matthew Stern;Werner Poewe

  • 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

  • The FAB A frontal assessment battery at bedside

    B. Dubois;A. Slachevsky;I. Litvan;B. Pillon

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

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

  • Consensus statement on the diagnosis of multiple system atrophy

    S Gilman;P.A Low;N Quinn;A Albanese

  • 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

  • Clinical research criteria for the diagnosis of progressive supranuclear palsy (Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndrome) Report of the NINDS-SPSP International Workshop*

    I. Litvan;Y. Agid;D. Calne;G. Campbell

  • Clinical diagnosis of progressive supranuclear palsy: The movement disorder society criteria

    Günter U Höglinger;Gesine Respondek;Maria Stamelou;Carolin Kurz

  • Criteria for the diagnosis of corticobasal degeneration.

    Melissa J. Armstrong;Irene Litvan;Anthony E. Lang;Thomas H. Bak

  • MDS research criteria for prodromal Parkinson's disease

    Daniela Berg;Ronald B. Postuma;Charles H. Adler;Bastiaan R. Bloem

  • 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

  • Neuropathological assessment of Parkinson's disease: refining the diagnostic criteria.

    Dennis W Dickson;Heiko Braak;John E Duda;Charles Duyckaerts

  • Initial clinical manifestations of Parkinson's disease: features and pathophysiological mechanisms

    Maria C Rodriguez-Oroz;Maria C Rodriguez-Oroz;Marjan Jahanshahi;Paul Krack;Paul Krack;Irene Litvan

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

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

  • Preliminary NINDS neuropathologic criteria for Steele‐Richardson‐Olszewski syndrome (progressive supranuclear palsy)

    J.-J. Hauw;S. E. Daniel;D. Dickson;D. S. Horoupian

  • MDS Task Force on Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s disease: Critical Review of PD-MCI

    Irene Litvan;Dag Aarsland;Charles H. Adler;Jennifer G. Goldman

  • Association of an extended haplotype in the tau gene with progressive supranuclear palsy.

    Matt Baker;Irene Litvan;Henry Houlden;Jennifer Adamson

  • The first NINDS/NIBIB consensus meeting to define neuropathological criteria for the diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy

    Ann C. McKee;Nigel J. Cairns;Dennis W. Dickson;Rebecca D. Folkerth

  • The Movement Disorder Society Criteria for the Diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy

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  • Apathy Is Not Depression

    Morgan L. Levy;Jeffrey L. Cummings;Lynn A. Fairbanks;Donna Masterman

  • Consensus report of the working group on: 'Molecular and biochemical markers of Alzheimer's disease'

    Peter Davies;Judith Resnick;Burton Resnick;Sid Gilman

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony E. Lang
Anthony E. Lang University of Toronto
Murray Grossman
Murray Grossman University of Pennsylvania
J. Vincent Filoteo
J. Vincent Filoteo University of California, San Diego
David J. Burn
David J. Burn Newcastle University
Bruce L. Miller
Bruce L. Miller University of California, San Francisco
Jordan Grafman
Jordan Grafman Northwestern University
David J. Irwin
David J. Irwin University of Pennsylvania
Gregor K. Wenning
Gregor K. Wenning Innsbruck Medical University
Rosa Rademakers
Rosa Rademakers University of Antwerp

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