2026 Karin B. Nelson: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	87	13656	12851	6936	6416	206	27534

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Overview

Karin B. Nelson is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily intersects the fields of Medicine, with specialized focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Neurology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

Their work covers several key topics including:

Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
Cerebrovascular and genetic disorders
Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
S100 Proteins and Annexins
Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

Among the recent papers associated with Karin B. Nelson, five notable publications include:

"Brain arteriolosclerosis," 2020, Acta Neuropathologica
"Neonatal encephalopathy and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: moving from controversy to consensus definitions and subclassification," 2023, Pediatric Research
"Different cohort, disparate results: Selection bias is a key factor in autopsy cohorts," 2023, Alzheimer s & Dementia
"Consensus definition and diagnostic criteria for neonatal encephalopathy-study protocol for a real-time modified delphi study," 2024, Pediatric Research
"Causes and Terminology in Neonatal Encephalopathy," 2024, Clinics in Perinatology

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Nelson include:

Eleanor J. Molloy
Aoife Branagan
Nadia Badawi
Yuriko Katsumata
David W. Fardo

Nelson's publications are often found in several recurring venues, indicating consistent contributions to these journals:

Pediatric Research (2 publications)
Acta Neuropathologica (1 publication)
Alzheimer s & Dementia (1 publication)
Clinics in Perinatology (1 publication)
Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (1 publication)

Best Publications

Antecedents of Cerebral Palsy. Multivariate Analysis of Risk

Karin B. Nelson;Jonas H. Ellenberg

1233
Citations
Maternal Infection and Cerebral Palsy in Infants of Normal Birth Weight

Judith K. Grether;Karin B. Nelson

1170
Citations
Report of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke workshop on perinatal and childhood stroke.

John Kylan Lynch;Deborah G Hirtz;Gabrielle DeVeber;Karin B Nelson

876
Citations
Predictors of epilepsy in children who have experienced febrile seizures

Karin B. Nelson;Jonas H. Ellenberg

851
Citations
Prognosis in Children With Febrile Seizures

Karin B. Nelson;Jonas H. Ellenberg

828
Citations
Apgar scores as predictors of chronic neurologic disability

Karin B. Nelson;Jonas H. Ellenberg

815
Citations
Neonatal cytokines and coagulation factors in children with cerebral palsy.

Karin B. Nelson;James M. Dambrosia;Judith K. Grether;Terry M. Phillips

767
Citations
Can Magnesium Sulfate Reduce the Risk of Cerebral Palsy in Very Low Birthweight Infants

Karin B. Nelson;Judith K. Grether

721
Citations
Phenobarbital for Febrile Seizures — Effects on Intelligence and on Seizure Recurrence

Jacqueline R. Farwell;Young Jack Lee;Deborah G. Hirtz;Stephen I. Sulzbacher

707
Citations
Uncertain value of electronic fetal monitoring in predicting cerebral palsy

Karin B. Nelson;James M. Dambrosia;Tricia Y. Ting;Judith K. Grether

631
Citations
Neuropeptides and neurotrophins in neonatal blood of children with autism or mental retardation.

Karin B. Nelson;Judith K. Grether;Lisa A. Croen;James M. Dambrosia

616
Citations
Ischemic Perinatal Stroke: Summary of a Workshop Sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Tonse N K Raju;Karin B Nelson;Donna Ferriero;John Kylan Lynch

547
Citations
Stroke in newborn infants

Karin B Nelson;John K Lynch

545
Citations
Children Who ‘Outgrew’ Cerebral Palsy

Karin B. Nelson;Jonas H. Ellenberg

484
Citations
Twins, triplets, and cerebral palsy in births in Western Australia in the 1980s.

B. Petterson;K.B. Nelson;L. Watson;Fiona Stanley

474
Citations
Potentially asphyxiating conditions and spastic cerebral palsy in infants of normal birth weight.

Karin B. Nelson;Judith K. Grether

393
Citations
Analysis of clinical trials by treatment actually received: is it really an option?

Young Jack Lee;Jonas H. Ellenberg;Deborah G. Hirtz;Karin B. Nelson

370
Citations
Epidemiology of perinatal stroke.

John Kylan Lynch;Karin B. Nelson

366
Citations
How much of neonatal encephalopathy is due to birth asphyxia

Karin B. Nelson;Alan Leviton

341
Citations
Risk factors for seizure recurrence in children with febrile seizures: A pooled analysis of individual patient data from five studies

Martin Offringa;Patrick M.M. Bossuyt;Jacobus Lubsen;Jonas H. Ellenberg

335
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathleen R. Merikangas National Institutes of Health

Henry T. Greely Stanford University

Angelo L. Vescovi Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza

Joseph T. Coyle Harvard University

Ahmet Hoke Johns Hopkins University

Hongjun Song University of Pennsylvania

Guy M. McKhann Johns Hopkins University

Argye E. Hillis Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Joanne Kurtzberg Duke University

Ruth R. Faden Johns Hopkins University

External Links

Personal website of Karin B. Nelson

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