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Neuroscience 163 96 86 16 15 1245 110021

Joanna M. Wardlaw publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Joanna M. Wardlaw between 1985 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Joanna M. Wardlaw published across 41 years, from 1985 to 2025, averaging 36.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 110 publications in 2021. 154 of the 1,506 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75 100
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1985 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 110. Peak 110 publications in 2021. 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 0 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 7 publications 1994: 7 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 10 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 19 publications 1999: 28 publications 2000: 22 publications 2001: 21 publications 2002: 29 publications 2003: 20 publications 2004: 32 publications 2005: 19 publications 2006: 34 publications 2007: 17 publications 2008: 51 publications 2009: 41 publications 2010: 35 publications 2011: 37 publications 2012: 72 publications 2013: 81 publications 2014: 72 publications 2015: 76 publications 2016: 73 publications 2017: 73 publications 2018: 71 publications 2019: 74 publications 2020: 63 publications 2021: 110 publications 2022: 58 publications 2023: 85 publications 2024: 96 publications 2025: 58 publications
1985 2025

1,506 publications in total across all disciplines

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Joanna M. Wardlaw: publications per year, 1985 to 2025
Year Publications
1985 1
1986 0
1987 1
1988 0
1989 1
1990 0
1991 2
1992 1
1993 7
1994 7
1995 1
1996 10
1997 8
1998 19
1999 28
2000 22
2001 21
2002 29
2003 20
2004 32
2005 19
2006 34
2007 17
2008 51
2009 41
2010 35
2011 37
2012 72
2013 81
2014 72
2015 76
2016 73
2017 73
2018 71
2019 74
2020 63
2021 110
2022 58
2023 85
2024 96
2025 58
Total 1,506
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Joanna M. Wardlaw 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 Joanna M. Wardlaw sits on this spectrum.

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Bar chart with 86 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 887+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 539. Most scientists, 539, have 98–107 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 887+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 18 scientists 48–57 publications: 79 scientists 58–67 publications: 193 scientists 68–77 publications: 323 scientists 78–87 publications: 406 scientists 88–97 publications: 452 scientists 98–107 publications: 539 scientists 108–117 publications: 505 scientists 118–127 publications: 522 scientists 128–137 publications: 469 scientists 138–147 publications: 456 scientists 148–157 publications: 459 scientists 158–167 publications: 397 scientists 168–177 publications: 383 scientists 178–187 publications: 350 scientists 188–197 publications: 302 scientists 198–207 publications: 306 scientists 208–217 publications: 262 scientists 218–227 publications: 242 scientists 228–237 publications: 220 scientists 238–247 publications: 203 scientists 248–257 publications: 174 scientists 258–267 publications: 176 scientists 268–277 publications: 175 scientists 278–287 publications: 125 scientists 288–297 publications: 116 scientists 298–307 publications: 127 scientists 308–317 publications: 128 scientists 318–327 publications: 99 scientists 328–337 publications: 89 scientists 338–347 publications: 78 scientists 348–357 publications: 96 scientists 358–367 publications: 66 scientists 368–377 publications: 59 scientists 378–387 publications: 65 scientists 388–397 publications: 54 scientists 398–407 publications: 48 scientists 408–417 publications: 49 scientists 418–427 publications: 34 scientists 428–437 publications: 31 scientists 438–447 publications: 30 scientists 448–457 publications: 31 scientists 458–467 publications: 36 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 35 scientists 488–497 publications: 30 scientists 498–507 publications: 23 scientists 508–517 publications: 26 scientists 518–527 publications: 20 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 20 scientists 548–557 publications: 20 scientists 558–567 publications: 17 scientists 568–577 publications: 14 scientists 578–587 publications: 20 scientists 588–597 publications: 20 scientists 598–607 publications: 19 scientists 608–617 publications: 18 scientists 618–627 publications: 17 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 11 scientists 648–657 publications: 11 scientists 658–667 publications: 8 scientists 668–677 publications: 7 scientists 678–687 publications: 11 scientists 688–697 publications: 10 scientists 698–707 publications: 4 scientists 708–717 publications: 6 scientists 718–727 publications: 5 scientists 728–737 publications: 5 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 9 scientists 758–767 publications: 3 scientists 768–777 publications: 7 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 6 scientists 798–807 publications: 2 scientists 808–817 publications: 2 scientists 818–827 publications: 7 scientists 828–837 publications: 0 scientists 838–847 publications: 9 scientists 848–857 publications: 3 scientists 858–867 publications: 1 scientist 868–877 publications: 3 scientists 878–886 publications: 6 scientists 887+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 887+

This scientist: 1,245 publications — 100th percentile

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

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

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Number of Neuroscience scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,597 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 18
48–57 79
58–67 193
68–77 323
78–87 406
88–97 452
98–107 539
108–117 505
118–127 522
128–137 469
138–147 456
148–157 459
158–167 397
168–177 383
178–187 350
188–197 302
198–207 306
208–217 262
218–227 242
228–237 220
238–247 203
248–257 174
258–267 176
268–277 175
278–287 125
288–297 116
298–307 127
308–317 128
318–327 99
328–337 89
338–347 78
348–357 96
358–367 66
368–377 59
378–387 65
388–397 54
398–407 48
408–417 49
418–427 34
428–437 31
438–447 30
448–457 31
458–467 36
468–477 40
478–487 35
488–497 30
498–507 23
508–517 26
518–527 20
528–537 23
538–547 20
548–557 20
558–567 17
568–577 14
578–587 20
588–597 20
598–607 19
608–617 18
618–627 17
628–637 11
638–647 11
648–657 11
658–667 8
668–677 7
678–687 11
688–697 10
698–707 4
708–717 6
718–727 5
728–737 5
738–747 9
748–757 9
758–767 3
768–777 7
778–787 7
788–797 6
798–807 2
808–817 2
818–827 7
828–837 0
838–847 9
848–857 3
858–867 1
868–877 3
878–886 6
887+ 100 1,245
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Joanna M. Wardlaw 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 Joanna M. Wardlaw sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
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Bar chart with 68 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 512. Most scientists, 512, have 46–47 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 163+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30–31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 172 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 296 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 435 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 459 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 456 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 467 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 478 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 512 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 435 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 425 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 418 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 392 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 357 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 334 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 328 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 260 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 278 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 239 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 250 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 210 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 200 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 189 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 170 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 146 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 113 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 126 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 100 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 99 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 84 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 85 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 72 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 76 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 45 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 43 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 32 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 45 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 50 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 32 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 39 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 27 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 19 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 23 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 27 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 16 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 24 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 14 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 15 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 10 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 10 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 13 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 8 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 6 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 6 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 7 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 7 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 10 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162 D-Index: 8 scientists 163+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30–31 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 163 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Neuroscience scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,597 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 42
32–33 172
34–35 296
36–37 435
38–39 459
40–41 456
42–43 467
44–45 478
46–47 512
48–49 435
50–51 425
52–53 418
54–55 392
56–57 357
58–59 334
60–61 328
62–63 260
64–65 278
66–67 239
68–69 250
70–71 210
72–73 200
74–75 189
76–77 170
78–79 146
80–81 113
82–83 126
84–85 100
86–87 84
88–89 99
90–91 84
92–93 85
94–95 72
96–97 76
98–99 45
100–101 49
102–103 43
104–105 32
106–107 45
108–109 50
110–111 32
112–113 39
114–115 32
116–117 29
118–119 27
120–121 19
122–123 23
124–125 27
126–127 16
128–129 24
130–131 13
132–133 21
134–135 17
136–137 14
138–139 15
140–141 10
142–143 10
144–145 13
146–147 9
148–149 8
150–151 6
152–153 6
154–155 7
156–157 7
158–159 10
160–161 4
162 8
163+ 100 163
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2011 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Joanna M. Wardlaw is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and has a prolific publication record primarily within the field of medicine, notably focusing on neurology. Their research encompasses several subfields including neurology, epidemiology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, as well as psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's recent published papers include:

  • Perivascular spaces in the brain: anatomy, physiology and pathology (2020), published in Nature Reviews Neurology
  • Neuroimaging standards for research into small vessel disease-advances since 2013 (2023), published in The Lancet Neurology
  • The Boston criteria version 2.0 for cerebral amyloid angiopathy: a multicentre, retrospective, MRI-neuropathology diagnostic accuracy study (2022), published in The Lancet Neurology
  • Mapping citizen science contributions to the UN sustainable development goals (2020), published in Sustainability Science
  • Strategic infarct locations for post-stroke cognitive impairment: a pooled analysis of individual patient data from 12 acute ischaemic stroke cohorts (2021), published in The Lancet Neurology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with this researcher include María Valdés Hernández, Fergus Doubal, Francesca M. Chappell, Michael J. Thrippleton, and Mark E. Bastin.

The primary venues where this researcher has frequently published are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurology
  • Stroke
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior

The main topics of their work cover a range of neurological and cerebrovascular research areas:

  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances

Joanna M. Wardlaw has received recognition as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2011 and is also a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Neuroimaging standards for research into small vessel disease and its contribution to ageing and neurodegeneration

    Joanna M. Wardlaw;Eric E. Smith;Geert J Biessels;Charlotte Cordonnier

  • Effect of treatment delay, age, and stroke severity on the effects of intravenous thrombolysis with alteplase for acute ischaemic stroke: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from randomised trials

    Jonathan Emberson;Kennedy R Lees;Patrick Lyden;Lisa Blackwell

  • Guidelines for management of ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack 2008

    Peter A. Ringleb;Marie Germaine Bousser;Gary Ford;Philip Bath

  • Mechanisms of sporadic cerebral small vessel disease: insights from neuroimaging

    Joanna M Wardlaw;Colin Smith;Martin Dichgans;Martin Dichgans

  • Recommendations on Angiographic Revascularization Grading Standards for Acute Ischemic Stroke A Consensus Statement

    Osama O. Zaidat;Albert J. Yoo;Pooja Khatri;Thomas A. Tomsick

  • Thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke

    Joanna M Wardlaw;Veronica Murray;Eivind Berge;Gregory J del Zoppo

  • Small vessel disease: mechanisms and clinical implications

    Joanna M Wardlaw;Colin Smith;Martin Dichgans

  • The benefits and harms of intravenous thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator within 6 h of acute ischaemic stroke (the third international stroke trial [IST-3]): a randomised controlled trial

    Peter Sandercock;Joanna M Wardlaw;Richard I Lindley

  • Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischaemic stroke: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

    Joanna M. Wardlaw;Veronica Murray;Eivind Berge;Gregory J. del Zoppo

  • Blood-brain barrier: ageing and microvascular disease--systematic review and meta-analysis

    Andrew J. Farrall;Joanna M. Wardlaw

  • Stroke subtype, vascular risk factors, and total MRI brain small-vessel disease burden

    Julie Staals;Stephen D.J. Makin;Fergus N. Doubal;Martin S. Dennis

  • Enlarged Perivascular Spaces on MRI Are a Feature of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease

    Fergus N. Doubal;Alasdair M.J. MacLullich;Karen J. Ferguson;Martin S. Dennis

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

    Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

  • What are white matter hyperintensities made of? Relevance to vascular cognitive impairment

    Joanna M. Wardlaw;Maria C. Valdés Hernández;Susana Muñoz‐Maniega

  • Neuroimaging standards for research into small vessel disease—advances since 2013

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  • Spontaneous brain microbleeds: systematic review, subgroup analyses and standards for study design and reporting

    Charlotte Cordonnier;Rustam Al-Shahi Salman;Joanna Wardlaw

  • Incidental findings on brain magnetic resonance imaging: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Zoe Morris;William N. Whiteley;W. T. Longstreth;Frank Weber

  • Brain age predicts mortality

    J H Cole;S J Ritchie;M E Bastin;M C Valdés Hernández

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

    Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

  • Is Breakdown of the Blood-Brain Barrier Responsible for Lacunar Stroke, Leukoaraiosis, and Dementia?

    Joanna Wardlaw;Peter Sandercock;Martin Dennis;John Starr

  • The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

    Paul M. Thompson;Jason L. Stein;Sarah E. Medland;Derrek P. Hibar

  • Identification of common variants associated with human hippocampal and intracranial volumes

    Jason L Stein;Sarah E Medland;Sarah E Medland;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Derrek P Hibar

  • Prevalence of cerebral white matter lesions in elderly people: a population based magnetic resonance imaging study: the Rotterdam Scan Study

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Frequent Co-Authors

Mark E. Bastin
Mark E. Bastin University of Edinburgh
Ian J. Deary
Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh
Peter Sandercock
Peter Sandercock University of Edinburgh
John M. Starr
John M. Starr University of Edinburgh
Martin Dennis
Martin Dennis University of Edinburgh
Philip M.W. Bath
Philip M.W. Bath University of Nottingham
Alan J. Gow
Alan J. Gow Heriot-Watt University
Sudha Seshadri
Sudha Seshadri The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Andrew M. McIntosh
Andrew M. McIntosh University of Edinburgh
Martin Dichgans
Martin Dichgans Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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