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Josemir W. Sander 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 Josemir W. Sander sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 784 publications — 99th percentile

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

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Josemir W. Sander 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 Josemir W. Sander sits on this spectrum.

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97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Josemir W. Sander is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant portion dedicated to epilepsy and its related conditions.

The main fields of study covered in their work include:

  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Neurology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Genetics

Key topics addressed in their research contributions are:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases

Josemir W. Sander has published extensively in various scientific outlets. Frequent publication venues include:

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

Among their recent papers are:

  • New onset acute symptomatic seizure and risk factors in coronavirus disease 2019: A retrospective multicenter study, 2020, Epilepsia
  • Epilepsy in older people, 2020, The Lancet
  • The global burden of epilepsy report: Implications for low- and middle-income countries, 2020, Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Psychiatric Comorbidities in People With Epilepsy, 2020, Neurology Clinical Practice
  • Epilepsy in China: major progress in the past two decades, 2021, The Lancet Neurology

Co-authors frequently collaborating with Josemir W. Sander include:

  • Dong Zhou
  • John S. Duncan
  • Gagandeep Singh
  • Charles R. Newton
  • Arjune Sen

Best Publications

  • Epilepsy in adults

    Roland D Thijs;Rainer Surges;Terence J O'Brien;Josemir W Sander

  • Estimation of the burden of active and life-time epilepsy: A meta-analytic approach

    Anthony K. Ngugi;Christian Bottomley;Immo Kleinschmidt;Josemir W. Sander

  • The epidemiology of epilepsy revisited

    Josemir W. Sander

  • The incidence and lifetime prevalence of neurological disorders in a prospective community-based study in the UK

    B. K. MacDonald;O. C. Cockerell;J. W. A. S. Sander;S. D. Shorvon

  • Standards for epidemiologic studies and surveillance of epilepsy

    David J. Thurman;Ettore Beghi;Charles E. Begley;Anne T. Berg;Anne T. Berg

  • Recommendation for a definition of acute symptomatic seizure

    Ettore Beghi;Arturo Carpio;Lars Forsgren;Dale C. Hesdorffer

  • The global burden and stigma of epilepsy.

    Hanneke M. de Boer;Marco Mula;Josemir W Sander

  • Epidemiology of the epilepsies.

    J. W. A. S. Sander;S. D. Shorvon

  • The long-term outcome of adult epilepsy surgery, patterns of seizure remission, and relapse: a cohort study.

    Jane de Tisi;Gail S. Bell;Gail S. Bell;Janet L. Peacock;Andrew W. McEvoy

  • The psychiatric comorbidity of epilepsy

    A. Gaitatzis;M. R. Trimble;J. W. Sander

  • Comorbidities of epilepsy: current concepts and future perspectives.

    Mark R Keezer;Mark R Keezer;Sanjay M Sisodiya;Sanjay M Sisodiya;Josemir W Sander;Josemir W Sander

  • The epidemiology of the comorbidity of epilepsy in the general population.

    Athanasios Gaitatzis;Kevin Carroll;Azeem Majeed;Josemir W. Sander

  • Adult epilepsy

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  • Practice guideline summary: Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy incidence rates and risk factors: Report of the Guideline Development, Dissemination, and Implementation Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society.

    Cynthia Harden;Torbjoern Tomson;David Gloss;Jeffrey Buchhalter

  • Some Aspects of Prognosis in the Epilepsies: A Review

    J. W. A. S. Sander

  • The natural history of epilepsy: an epidemiological view

    P Kwan;J W Sander

  • Infections, inflammation and epilepsy

    Annamaria Vezzani;Robert S. Fujinami;H. Steve White;Pierre Marie Preux

  • Combined analysis of risk factors for SUDEP.

    Dale C. Hesdorffer;Torbjorn Tomson;Emma Benn;Josemir W. Sander

  • Incidence of epilepsy A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Anthony K Ngugi;S M Kariuki;C Bottomley;I Kleinschmidt

  • NATIONAL GENERAL-PRACTICE STUDY OF EPILEPSY - NEWLY DIAGNOSED EPILEPTIC SEIZURES IN A GENERAL-POPULATION

    J. W. A. S. Sander;Y. M. Hart;A. L. Johnson;S. D. Shorvon

  • The treatment gap in epilepsy: the current situation and ways forward.

    H Meinardi;R A Scott;R Reis;J W Sander

Frequent Co-Authors

Gail S. Bell
Gail S. Bell University College London
Simon Shorvon
Simon Shorvon University College London
Sanjay M. Sisodiya
Sanjay M. Sisodiya University College London
John S. Duncan
John S. Duncan University College London
Roland D. Thijs
Roland D. Thijs Leiden University
Matthew C. Walker
Matthew C. Walker University College London
Philip N. Patsalos
Philip N. Patsalos University College London
Jan Novy
Jan Novy University of Lausanne
Marco Mula
Marco Mula St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Charles R. Newton
Charles R. Newton University of Oxford

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