2026 Mark J. West: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	46	6556	6029	44	39	121	24666

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Overview

Mark J. West is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark. Their research spans both engineering and medicine, with notable contributions in aerospace and mechanical engineering as well as endocrinology, diabetes, metabolism, health toxicology, mutagenesis, and physiology.

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate a varied interdisciplinary approach. These include:

Design of Ball Wheel Vehicles With Full Mobility, Invariant Kinematics and Dynamics and Anti-Slip Control, 2021, ASME 1994 Design Technical Conferences collocated with the ASME 1994 International Computers in Engineering Conference and Exhibition and the ASME 1994 8th Annual Database Symposium
Application of electrolaminates for the development of biomimetic morphing unmanned aerial vehicles, 2023, Journal of Composite Materials
Anatomy and histology of the Göttingen minipig adenohypophysis with special emphasis on the polypeptide hormones: GH, PRL, and ACTH, 2021, Brain Structure and Function
Groff, Lauren, 2022, The Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Fiction 1980-2020
A framework for the systematic evaluation of a novel cigarette filter technology, 2024, Food and Chemical Toxicology

Frequent publication venues include:

Journal of Composite Materials
Brain Structure and Function
ASME 1994 Design Technical Conferences collocated with the ASME 1994 International Computers in Engineering Conference and Exhibition and the ASME 1994 8th Annual Database Symposium
The Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Fiction 1980-2020
Food and Chemical Toxicology

Key topics in their work cover several areas:

Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms
Advanced Materials and Mechanics
Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control
Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
TGF-β signaling in diseases
Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research

Notable frequent co-authors collaborating with Mark J. West include:

Roy Kornbluh
G. M. Kirkwood
Yohanna Hanna
G. R. Spedding
Jay Kudva

Mark J. West's interdisciplinary research intersects engineering and medical fields, reflecting a broad interest in both technological innovation, such as in design and biomimetics, and biological mechanisms particularly related to hormonal function and disease signaling pathways.

Best Publications

Unbiased stereological estimation of the total number of neurons in the subdivisions of the rat hippocampus using the optical fractionator

M. J. West;L. Slomianka;H. J. G. Gundersen

4941
Citations
Some new, simple and efficient stereological methods and their use in pathological research and diagnosis.

Hj. Gundersen;Tf. Bendtsen;L. Korbo;N. Marcussen

3447
Citations
The new stereological tools: disector, fractionator, nucleator and point-sampled intercepts and their use in pathological research and diagnosis

H.J.G. Gundersen;P. Bagger;T.F. Bendtsen;S.M. Evans

2687
Citations
Unbiased stereological estimation of the number of neurons in the human hippocampus

Mark J. West;H. J. G. Gundersen

1701
Citations
Differences in the pattern of hippocampal neuronal loss in normal ageing and Alzheimer's disease

M.J West;P.D Coleman;D.G Flood;J.C Troncoso

1573
Citations
New stereological methods for counting neurons

Mark J. West

1443
Citations
Stereological methods for estimating the total number of neurons and synapses: issues of precision and bias

Mark J. West

1229
Citations
Regionally specific loss of neurons in the aging human hippocampus

Mark J. West

880
Citations
Memory impaired aged rats: no loss of principal hippocampal and subicular neurons.

Thøger Rasmussen;Thor Schliemann;Jens Christian Sørensen;Jens Zimmer

509
Citations
Hippocampal neurons in pre-clinical Alzheimer's disease.

Mark J West;Claudia H Kawas;Walter F Stewart

431
Citations
Delayed post-ischaemic neuroprotection following systemic neural stem cell transplantation involves multiple mechanisms

Marco Bacigaluppi;Stefano Pluchino;Luca Peruzzotti Jametti;Ertugrul Kilic

421
Citations
Estimators of the precision of stereological estimates: An example based on the CA1 pyramidal cell layer of rats

L. Slomianka;M.J. West

334
Citations
Estimation of the number of somatostatin neurons in the striatum: an in situ hybridization study using the optical fractionator method.

Mark J. West;Karen Østergaard;Ole A. Andreassen;Bente Finsen

296
Citations
Neuronal hypertrophy in asymptomatic Alzheimer disease.

Diego Iacono;Richard O'Brien;Susan M. Resnick;Alan B. Zonderman

242
Citations
Unbiased stereological estimation of the total number of synapses in a brain region.

Y. Geinisman;H. J. G. Gundersen;E. Van Der Zee;M. J. West

235
Citations
Morphometry of the human substantia nigra in ageing and Parkinson's disease.

Richard O’Brien;Alena V. Savonenko;Susan M. Resnick

216
Citations
The capillary dysfunction hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease.

Leif Østergaard;Leif Østergaard;Rasmus Aamand;Eugenio Gutiérrez-Jiménez;Yi-Ching L. Ho

214
Citations
The CA1 region of the human hippocampus is a hot spot in Alzheimer's disease.

M. J. West;C. H. Kawas;L. J. Martin;J. C. Troncoso

177
Citations
NDRG2: a novel Alzheimer's disease associated protein.

Cathy Mitchelmore;Stine Büchmann-Møller;Lene Rask;Mark J West

171
Citations
Electroconvulsive Seizures Induce Angiogenesis in Adult Rat Hippocampus

Johan Hellsten;Mark J. West;Andreas Arvidsson;Joakim Ekstrand

166
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