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John M. Stern

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
42
Citations
13548
World Ranking
7507
National Ranking
3233

John M. Stern 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 John M. Stern sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 151 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John M. Stern 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 John M. Stern sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 42 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

John M. Stern is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine and neuroscience, with a significant focus on psychiatry and mental health, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, cognitive neuroscience, neurology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The main topics covered in their work include epilepsy research and treatment, pharmacological effects and toxicity studies, psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neurological disorders and treatments, and functional brain connectivity studies.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Neurology
  • Epilepsia
  • Seizure
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Notable recent papers associated with or including Stern are:

  • Safety of focused ultrasound neuromodulation in humans with temporal lobe epilepsy, 2021, Brain Stimulation
  • Behavioral adverse events with brivaracetam, levetiracetam, perampanel, and topiramate: A systematic review, 2021, Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Dose Adjustment of Concomitant Antiseizure Medications During Cenobamate Treatment: Expert Opinion Consensus Recommendations, 2022, Neurology and Therapy
  • Recommendations for development of acute seizure action plans (ASAPs) from an expert panel, 2021, Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Stimulation of the right entorhinal white matter enhances visual memory encoding in humans, 2020, Brain Stimulation

Stern collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Wesley T. Kerr, Amir H. Karimi, Jerome Engel, Danielle A. Becker, and Corinne H. Allas.

Best Publications

  • Electrical stimulation of the anterior nucleus of thalamus for treatment of refractory epilepsy

    Robert Fisher;Vicenta Salanova;Thomas Witt;Robert Worth

  • Simultaneous EEG and fMRI of the alpha rhythm.

    Robin I. Goldman;John M. Stern;Jerome Engel;Mark S. Cohen

  • Early Surgical Therapy for Drug-Resistant Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A Randomized Trial

    Jerome Engel;Michael P. McDermott;Samuel Wiebe;John T. Langfitt

  • Efficacy and tolerability of the new antiepileptic drugs I: treatment of new onset epilepsy: report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee and Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society.

    J. A. French;A. M. Kanner;J. Bautista;B. Abou-Khalil

  • Long-term efficacy and safety of thalamic stimulation for drug-resistant partial epilepsy

    Vicenta Salanova;Thomas Witt;Robert Worth;Thomas R. Henry

  • Residual HIV-1 RNA in Blood Plasma of Patients Taking Suppressive Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

    Geethanjali Dornadula;Hui Zhang;Bonnie VanUitert;John Stern

  • Memory Enhancement and Deep-Brain Stimulation of the Entorhinal Area

    Nanthia Suthana;Zulfi Haneef;John Stern;Roy Mukamel

  • Acquiring simultaneous EEG and functional MRI

    Robin I Goldman;John M Stern;Jerome Engel;Mark S Cohen

  • Identification of a Locus on Chromosome 14q for Idiopathic Basal Ganglia Calcification (Fahr Disease)

    Daniel H. Geschwind;Maxim Loginov;John M. Stern

  • Efficacy and Tolerability of the New Antiepileptic Drugs, II: Treatment of Refractory Epilepsy: Report of the TTA and QSS Subcommittees of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society

    Jacqueline A. French;Andres M. Kanner;Jocelyn Bautista;Bassel W. Abou-Khalil

  • Connectomics and epilepsy

    Jerome Engel;Paul M. Thompson;John M. Stern;Richard J. Staba

  • Referral pattern for epilepsy surgery after evidence-based recommendations A retrospective study

    Zulfi Haneef;John Stern;Sandra Dewar;Jerome Engel

  • Atlas of EEG Patterns

    John M. Stern;Jerome Engel

  • Functional connectivity of hippocampal networks in temporal lobe epilepsy

    Zulfi Haneef;Agatha Lenartowicz;Hsiang J. Yeh;Harvey S. Levin

  • Practice guideline update summary: Efficacy and tolerability of the new antiepileptic drugs I: Treatment of new-onset epilepsy: Report of the Guideline Development, Dissemination, and Implementation Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society

    Andres M. Kanner;Eric Ashman;David Gloss;Cynthia Harden

  • Theta Oscillations in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe during Real-World Ambulatory Movement

    Zahra M. Aghajan;Peter Schuette;Tony A. Fields;Michelle E. Tran

  • Practice guideline update summary: Efficacy and tolerability of the new antiepileptic drugs II: Treatment-resistant epilepsy

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  • Effect of lateralized temporal lobe epilepsy on the default mode network.

    Zulfi Haneef;Zulfi Haneef;Agatha Lenartowicz;Hsiang J. Yeh;Jerome Engel

  • Practice guideline update summary: Efficacy and tolerability of the new antiepileptic drugs I: Treatment of new-onset epilepsy

    Andres M. Kanner;Eric Ashman;David Gloss;Cynthia Harden

  • Theta-burst microstimulation in the human entorhinal area improves memory specificity.

    Ali S Titiz;Michael R H Hill;Michael R H Hill;Emily A Mankin;Zahra M Aghajan

  • Appendix D: Efficacy and tolerability of the new antiepileptic drugs II: Treatment of refractory epilepsy: Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee and Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society

    J. A. French;A. M. Kanner;J. Bautista;B. Abou-Khalil

  • Early Surgical Therapy for Drug-Resistant Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A Randomized Trial

    Jerome Engel;Michael P. Mcdermott;Samuel Wiebe;John T. Langfitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerome Engel
Jerome Engel University of California, Los Angeles
Itzhak Fried
Itzhak Fried University of California, Los Angeles
Jacqueline A. French
Jacqueline A. French New York University
Michael R. Sperling
Michael R. Sperling Thomas Jefferson University
Andres M. Kanner
Andres M. Kanner University of Miami
Marina Vannucci
Marina Vannucci Rice University
Nanthia Suthana
Nanthia Suthana University of California, Los Angeles
Blaise F. D. Bourgeois
Blaise F. D. Bourgeois Boston Children's Hospital
Georgia Montouris
Georgia Montouris Boston University
Bassel Abou-Khalil
Bassel Abou-Khalil Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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