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Jeffrey L. Cummings 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 Jeffrey L. Cummings sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 1,161 publications — 100th percentile

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Jeffrey L. Cummings 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 Jeffrey L. Cummings sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 199 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award

Overview

Jeffrey L. Cummings is affiliated with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with specific attention to psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, pharmacology, molecular biology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their work involves multiple core topics including cholinesterase and neurodegenerative diseases, dementia and cognitive impairment research, healthcare decision-making and restraints, cognitive functions and memory, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, medicinal plants and neuroprotection, and memory and neural mechanisms.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Jeffrey L. Cummings are:

  • An overview of the pathophysiology of agitation in Alzheimer's dementia with a focus on neurotransmitters and circuits, 2024, CNS Spectrums
  • A framework for translating tauopathy therapeutics: Drug discovery to clinical trials, 2024, Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Donanemab: Appropriate use recommendations, 2025, The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Early detection of Alzheimer's disease using small RNAs. Results from the EPAD cohort, 2025, The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease
  • A-09 Concussion History May Accelerate Cognitive Decline in Older Adults, 2020, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Their frequent co-authors include Howard Feldman, G D Rabinovici, D. J. Selkoe, Suzanne E. Schindler, and Paul Aisen.

Jeffrey L. Cummings has published repeatedly in venues such as Alzheimer's & Dementia, The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease, CNS Spectrums, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, and Appetite. The majority of their publications appear in Alzheimer's & Dementia and The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease.

Best Publications

  • The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: A Brief Screening Tool For Mild Cognitive Impairment

    Ziad S. Nasreddine;Natalie A. Phillips;Valérie Bédirian;Simon Charbonneau

  • The Neuropsychiatric Inventory: Comprehensive assessment of psychopathology in dementia

    Jeffrey L. Cummings;M. Mega;K. Gray;S. Rosenberg-Thompson

  • Vascular dementia Diagnostic criteria for research studies: Report of the NINDS‐AIREN International Workshop*

    Gustavo C. Roman;T. K. Tatemichi;T. Erkinjuntti;J. L. Cummings

  • Frontotemporal lobar degeneration A consensus on clinical diagnostic criteria

    D. Neary;J. S. Snowden;L. Gustafson;U. Passant

  • 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

  • Research criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: revising the NINCDS–ADRDA criteria

    Bruno Dubois;Howard H. Feldman;Claudia Jacova;Steven T. DeKosky

  • Frontal-subcortical circuits and human behavior.

    Jeffrey L Cummings

  • Mild cognitive impairment

    Serge Gauthier;Barry Reisberg;Michael Zaudig;Ronald C. Petersen

  • Advancing research diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease: the IWG-2 criteria

    Bruno Dubois;Bruno Dubois;Howard H Feldman;Claudia Jacova;Harald Hampel;Harald Hampel

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

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

  • The Neuropsychiatric Inventory: Assessing psychopathology in dementia patients

    Jeffrey L. Cummings

  • Practice parameter: Early detection of dementia: Mild cognitive impairment (an evidence-based review) Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology

    R. C. Petersen;J.C. Stevens;M. Ganguli;E. G. Tangalos

  • Revising the definition of Alzheimer's disease: a new lexicon.

    Bruno Dubois;Howard H. Feldman;Howard H. Feldman;Howard H. Feldman;Claudia Jacova;Jeffrey L. Cummings

  • Practice parameter: Diagnosis of dementia (an evidence-based review) Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology

    R. S. Doody;J. C. Stevens;C. Beck;R. M. Dubinsky

  • Common variants at MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2AP, CD33 and EPHA1 are associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

    Adam C. Naj;Gyungah Jun;Gary W. Beecham;Li-San Wang

  • Validation of the NPI-Q, a brief clinical form of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory

    Daniel I. Kaufer;Jeffrey L. Cummings;Jeffrey L. Cummings;Patrick Ketchel;Patrick Ketchel;Vanessa Smith;Vanessa Smith

  • Preclinical Alzheimer's disease: Definition, natural history, and diagnostic criteria.

    Bruno Dubois;Harald Hampel;Harald Hampel;Howard H. Feldman;Philip Scheltens

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  • Depression and Parkinson's disease: a review.

    Jeffrey L. Cummings

  • Frontal-subcortical neuronal circuits and clinical neuropsychiatry: an update.

    Sibel Tekin;Jeffrey L Cummings

  • Dementia: A Clinical Approach

    Jeffrey L. Cummings;D. Frank Benson

Frequent Co-Authors

Liana G. Apostolova
Liana G. Apostolova Indiana University
Paul S. Aisen
Paul S. Aisen University of Southern California
Paul M. Thompson
Paul M. Thompson University of Southern California
Pierre N. Tariot
Pierre N. Tariot University of Rochester
Bruce L. Miller
Bruce L. Miller University of California, San Francisco
Arthur W. Toga
Arthur W. Toga University of Southern California
Dag Aarsland
Dag Aarsland King's College London
Serge Gauthier
Serge Gauthier McGill University
Daniel H. Geschwind
Daniel H. Geschwind University of California, Los Angeles
Lon S. Schneider
Lon S. Schneider University of Southern California

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