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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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This scientist: 1,245 publications — 100th percentile

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

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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.

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

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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

    Wardlaw Jm

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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