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D-Index
99
Citations
32280
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8665
National Ranking
4466

Merit Cudkowicz publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Merit Cudkowicz sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 419 publications — 43rd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Merit Cudkowicz D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Merit Cudkowicz sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2009 - Sheila Essey Award for ALS Research, American Academy of Neurology
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Merit Cudkowicz is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on neurology. Their research work covers amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), neurogenetic and muscular disorders, as well as molecular biology and physiology.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine

Within this broad field, subfields of emphasis are:

  • Neurology
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Physiology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

The main research topics addressed in their work include:

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
  • Biochemical Acid Research Studies
  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Some of the frequent co-authors associated with their publications are:

  • James D. Berry
  • Sabrina Paganoni
  • Jeremy M. Shefner
  • Kevin J. Staley
  • Danny Bega

The scientist's publications regularly appear in the following venues:

  • Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
  • Neurology
  • Muscle & Nerve
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration
  • Annals of Neurology

Notable recent papers include:

  • Trial of Antisense Oligonucleotide Tofersen for SOD1 ALS, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Phase 1-2 Trial of Antisense Oligonucleotide Tofersen for SOD1 ALS, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Trial of Sodium Phenylbutyrate-Taurursodiol for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Improving clinical trial outcomes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 2020, Nature Reviews Neurology
  • SOD1 Suppression with Adeno-Associated Virus and MicroRNA in Familial ALS, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine

Merit Cudkowicz has received several professional recognitions including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2020
  • Sheila Essey Award for ALS Research, American Academy of Neurology, 2009
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • Altered fractal dynamics of gait: reduced stride-interval correlations with aging and Huntington’s disease

    Jeffrey M. Hausdorff;Susan L. Mitchell;Renée Firtion;C. K. Peng

  • Gait variability and basal ganglia disorders: Stride‐to‐stride variations of gait cycle timing in parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease

    Jeffrey M. Hausdorff;Jeffrey M. Hausdorff;Merit E. Cudkowicz;Renée Firtion;Renée Firtion;Jeanne Y. Wei;Jeanne Y. Wei

  • Intrinsic Membrane Hyperexcitability of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patient-Derived Motor Neurons

    Brian J. Wainger;Evangelos Kiskinis;Cassidy Mellin;Ole Wiskow

  • An antisense oligonucleotide against SOD1 delivered intrathecally for patients with SOD1 familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A phase 1, randomised, first-in-man study

    Timothy M Miller;Alan Pestronk;William David;Jeffrey Rothstein

  • Genome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene.

    Aude Nicolas;Kevin P. Kenna;Alan E. Renton;Alan E. Renton;Nicola Ticozzi

  • Epidemiology of mutations in superoxide dismutase in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    M. E. Cudkowicz;D. McKenna-Yasek;P. E. Sapp;P. E. Sapp;W. Chin;W. Chin

  • Evidence for more widespread cerebral pathology in early HD: An MRI-based morphometric analysis

    H. D. Rosas;W. J. Koroshetz;Y. I. Chen;C. Skeuse

  • Dynamic markers of altered gait rhythm in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Jeffrey M. Hausdorff;Apinya Lertratanakul;Merit E. Cudkowicz;Amie L. Peterson

  • Modulating inflammatory monocytes with a unique microRNA gene signature ameliorates murine ALS

    Oleg Butovsky;Shafiuddin Siddiqui;Galina Gabriely;Amanda J. Lanser

  • Targeting miR-155 restores abnormal microglia and attenuates disease in SOD1 mice.

    Oleg Butovsky;Mark P. Jedrychowski;Ron Cialic;Susanne Krasemann

  • Rate of functional decline in Huntington’s disease

    K. Marder;H. Zhao;R. H. Myers;M. Cudkowicz

  • Sodium phenylbutyrate prolongs survival and regulates expression of anti‐apoptotic genes in transgenic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mice

    Hoon Ryu;Karen Smith;Sandra I. Camelo;Isabel Carreras

  • Phase 1–2 Trial of Antisense Oligonucleotide Tofersen for SOD1 ALS

    Timothy Miller;Merit Cudkowicz;Pamela J. Shaw;Peter M. Andersen

  • Trial of Sodium Phenylbutyrate–Taurursodiol for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    Sabrina Paganoni;Eric A. Macklin;Suzanne Hendrix;James D. Berry

  • Discovery of a Biomarker and Lead Small Molecules to Target r(GGGGCC)-Associated Defects in c9FTD/ALS

    Zhaoming Su;Yongjie Zhang;Tania F. Gendron;Peter O. Bauer

  • Increased oxidative damage to DNA in ALS patients.

    Mikhail Bogdanov;Robert H Brown;Wayne Matson;Ryan Smart

  • Natural history of infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy.

    Stephen J. Kolb;Christopher S. Coffey;Jon W. Yankey;Kristin Krosschell

  • A clinical trial of creatine in ALS

    J. M. Shefner;M. E. Cudkowicz;D. Schoenfeld;T. Conrad

  • Trial of celecoxib in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Merit E. Cudkowicz;Jeremy M. Shefner;David A. Schoenfeld;Hui Zhang

  • Genome-Wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene

    Aude Nicolas;Kevin P. Kenna;Alan E. Renton;Nicola Ticozzi

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Schoenfeld
David A. Schoenfeld Harvard University
Orla Hardiman
Orla Hardiman Trinity College Dublin
Jonathan D. Glass
Jonathan D. Glass Emory University
Jeffrey D. Rothstein
Jeffrey D. Rothstein Johns Hopkins University
Robert G. Miller
Robert G. Miller California Pacific Medical Center
Stanley H. Appel
Stanley H. Appel Houston Methodist
Alan Pestronk
Alan Pestronk Washington University in St. Louis
Karl Kieburtz
Karl Kieburtz University of Rochester Medical Center
Leonard H. van den Berg
Leonard H. van den Berg Utrecht University
John T. Kissel
John T. Kissel The Ohio State University

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