2026 Mark Walterfang: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	51	5514	5068	156	147	348	10158

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Overview

Mark Walterfang is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Physiology, and Neurology. Their research spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics such as:

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
Neurological Disorders and Treatments

Mark Walterfang has published in multiple venues, with frequent contributions to:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Alzheimer's & Dementia
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
UNC Libraries
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Among the notable papers authored or co-authored by Walterfang are:

"Time to diagnosis in younger-onset dementia and the impact of a specialist diagnostic service" (2020, International Psychogeriatrics)
"Trial of N-Acetyl- l-Leucine in Niemann-Pick Disease Type C" (2024, New England Journal of Medicine)
"Cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light chain differentiates primary psychiatric disorders from rapidly progressive, Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal disorders in clinical settings" (2022, Alzheimer's & Dementia)
"The Diagnostic Challenge of Young-Onset Dementia Syndromes and Primary Psychiatric Diseases: Results From a Retrospective 20-Year Cross-Sectional Study" (2021, Journal of Neuropsychiatry)
"Plasma neurofilament light in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia compared to mood and psychotic disorders" (2023, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry)

Their work often involves collaboration on multi-author studies, with frequent co-authors including:

Dennis Velakoulis
Samantha M. Loi
Dhamidhu Eratne
Wendy Kelso
Sarah Farrand

Best Publications

Recommendations for the diagnosis and management of Niemann-Pick disease type C: an update.

Marc C. Patterson;Christian J. Hendriksz;Mark Walterfang;Frederic Sedel

558
Citations
Neuroanatomical abnormalities in schizophrenia: a multimodal voxelwise meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis.

Emre Bora;Alex Fornito;Joaquim Radua;Mark Walterfang

524
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Miglustat in patients with Niemann-Pick disease Type C (NP-C): A multicenter observational retrospective cohort study

M. Pineda;J.E. Wraith;E. Mengel;F. Sedel

230
Citations
Theory of mind in behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis

Emre Bora;Mark Walterfang;Dennis Velakoulis

214
Citations
Frontotemporal dementia presenting as schizophrenia-like psychosis in young people: clinicopathological series and review of cases

D. Velakoulis;M. Walterfang;R. Mocellin;C. Pantelis

211
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Toluene misuse and long-term harms: a systematic review of the neuropsychological and neuroimaging literature.

Murat Yücel;Michael Takagi;Mark Walterfang;Dan I. Lubman

209
Citations
Development of a suspicion index to aid diagnosis of Niemann-Pick disease type C.

Frits Wijburg;Frederic Sedel;Mercedes Pineda;Chris Hendriksz

195
Citations
Miglustat in Niemann-Pick disease type C patients: a review.

Mercè Pineda;Mark Walterfang;Marc C. Patterson

193
Citations
Recommendations for the detection and diagnosis of Niemann-Pick disease type C: An update

Marc C. Patterson;Peter Clayton;Paul Gissen;Mathieu Anheim

170
Citations
Neuropathological, neurogenetic and neuroimaging evidence for white matter pathology in schizophrenia.

Mark Walterfang;Stephen J Wood;Dennis Velakoulis;Dennis Velakoulis;Christos Pantelis

162
Citations
Psychiatric and Cognitive Aspects of Phenylketonuria: The Limitations of Diet and Promise of New Treatments.

Killian Ashe;Wendy Kelso;Sarah Farrand;Julie Panetta

143
Citations
Social cognition in Huntington's disease: A meta-analysis.

Emre Bora;Dennis Velakoulis;Mark Walterfang

142
Citations
The NUCOG : validity and reliability of a brief cognitive screening tool in neuropsychiatric patients

Mark Walterfang;Ronald Siu;Dennis Velakoulis

140
Citations
The Neuropsychiatry of Niemann-Pick Type C Disease in Adulthood

Mark Walterfang;Michael J Fietz;Michael C Fahey;Danny Sullivan

140
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White matter volume changes in people who develop psychosis

Mark Walterfang;Philip K. McGuire;Alison R. Yung;Lisa J. Phillips

137
Citations
The neuropsychiatry of inborn errors of metabolism

Mark Walterfang;Olivier Bonnot;Ramon Mocellin;Ramon Mocellin;Dennis Velakoulis;Dennis Velakoulis

124
Citations
Abnormal white matter microstructure in schizophrenia: a voxelwise analysis of axial and radial diffusivity.

Marc L Seal;Murat Yucel;Alexander Fornito;Stephen J Wood

123
Citations
Volumetric MRI study of the insular cortex in individuals with current and past major depression.

Tsutomu Takahashi;Tsutomu Takahashi;Murat Yucel;Valentina Lorenzetti;Ryoichiro Tanino

120
Citations
Meta-Analysis of Facial Emotion Recognition in Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia: Comparison With Alzheimer Disease and Healthy Controls.

Emre Bora;Dennis Velakoulis;Mark Walterfang;Mark Walterfang

120
Citations
Neuropsychiatry of Complex Visual Hallucinations

Ramon Mocellin;Mark Walterfang;Dennis Velakoulis

118
Citations
Hippocampal Shape Analysis in Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Subtypes

Olof Lindberg;Mark Walterfang;Jeffrey C.L. Looi;Nikolai Malykhin

110
Citations
White matter volume changes in people who develop psychosis

MA Walterfang;C Pantelis;D Velakoulis;ET Bullmore

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