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D-Index
115
Citations
53464
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4514
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2453

Michael R. Sperling 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 Michael R. Sperling sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 711 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael R. Sperling 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 Michael R. Sperling sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 115 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Michael R. Sperling is affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Chemistry and Medicine, with significant contributions to subfields such as Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Materials Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Spectroscopy.

The scholar's work extensively covers topics including Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes, Analytical chemistry methods development, Radioactive element chemistry and processing, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications, and Ion-surface interactions and analysis.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael R. Sperling include Uwe Kärst, C. Derrick Quarles, Henning Richter, Patrick Bücker, and Alexander Radbruch. These collaborations reflect a broad interdisciplinary approach within chemical and medical imaging research.

They have published numerous papers in reputable venues, with Metallomics hosting seven of their works, followed by five in the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, three in Radiology, three in Chemosphere, and two in Analytical Chemistry.

Recent publications by Michael R. Sperling include:

  • Long-term Gadolinium Retention in the Healthy Rat Brain: Comparison between Gadopiclenol, Gadobutrol, and Gadodiamide, 2022, Radiology
  • Fast and automated monitoring of gadolinium-based contrast agents in surface waters, 2021, Water Research
  • Gadolinium Tissue Distribution in a Large-Animal Model after a Single Dose of Gadolinium-based Contrast Agents, 2021, Radiology
  • Weighted Linear Regression Improves Accuracy of Quantitative Elemental Bioimaging by Means of LA-ICP-MS, 2021, Analytical Chemistry
  • Revealing Silver Nanoparticle Uptake by Macrophages Using SR-μXRF and LA-ICP-MS, 2020, Chemical Research in Toxicology

Best Publications

  • Electrical stimulation of the anterior nucleus of thalamus for treatment of refractory epilepsy

    Robert Fisher;Vicenta Salanova;Thomas Witt;Robert Worth

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Status Epilepticus

    Gretchen M. Brophy;Rodney Bell;Jan Claassen;Brian Alldredge

  • Early Surgical Therapy for Drug-Resistant Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A Randomized Trial

    Jerome Engel;Michael P. McDermott;Samuel Wiebe;John T. Langfitt

  • Proposal for a New Classification of Outcome with Respect to Epileptic Seizures Following Epilepsy Surgery

    H. G. Wieser;W. T. Blume;D. Fish;E. Goldensohn

  • Practice parameter: Temporal lobe and localized neocortical resections for epilepsy Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology, in Association with the American Epilepsy Society and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons

    Jerome Engel;Samuel Wiebe;Jacqueline French;Michael Sperling

  • Instruction manual for the ILAE 2017 operational classification of seizure types

    Robert S. Fisher;J. Helen Cross;Carol D'Souza;Jacqueline A. French

  • Long-term efficacy and safety of thalamic stimulation for drug-resistant partial epilepsy

    Vicenta Salanova;Thomas Witt;Robert Worth;Thomas R. Henry

  • Direct recordings of grid-like neuronal activity in human spatial navigation

    Joshua Jacobs;Christoph T Weidemann;Jonathan F Miller;Alec Solway

  • Seizure control and mortality in epilepsy.

    Michael R. Sperling;Harold Feldman;Judith Kinman;Joyce D. Liporace

  • Practice parameter: temporal lobe and localized neocortical resections for epilepsy.

    Jerome Engel;Samuel Wiebe;Jacqueline French;Michael Sperling

  • Organic cation transporter 2 mediates cisplatin-induced oto- and nephrotoxicity and is a target for protective interventions.

    Giuliano Ciarimboli;Dirk Deuster;Arne Knief;Michael Sperling

  • Genome-wide mega-analysis identifies 16 loci and highlights diverse biological mechanisms in the common epilepsies

    Bassel Abou-Khalil;Pauls Auce;Andreja Avbersek;Melanie Bahlo

  • Temporal Lobectomy for Refractory Epilepsy

    Michael R. Sperling;Michael J. O'Connor;Andrew J. Saykin;Carrie Plummer

  • How long does it take for partial epilepsy to become intractable

    A. T. Berg;J. Langfitt;S. Shinnar;B. G. Vickrey

  • Lacosamide as adjunctive therapy for partial-onset seizures: a randomized controlled trial.

    Steve Chung;Michael R. Sperling;Victor Biton;Gregory Krauss

  • Predicting long-term seizure outcome after resective epilepsy surgery The Multicenter Study

    Susan S. Spencer;A. T. Berg;B. G. Vickrey;M. R. Sperling

  • EKG abnormalities during partial seizures in refractory epilepsy

    Maromi Nei;Reginald T. Ho;Michael R. Sperling

  • A Randomized Trial of Electronic Clinical Reminders to Improve Quality of Care for Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease

    Thomas D. Sequist;Tejal K. Gandhi;Andrew S. Karson;Julie M. Fiskio

  • Early Surgical Therapy for Drug-Resistant Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A Randomized Trial

    Jerome Engel;Michael P. Mcdermott;Samuel Wiebe;John T. Langfitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Ashwini Sharan
Ashwini Sharan Thomas Jefferson University
Uwe Karst
Uwe Karst University of Münster
Ali A. Asadi-Pooya
Ali A. Asadi-Pooya Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Joseph I. Tracy
Joseph I. Tracy Thomas Jefferson University
Barbara C. Jobst
Barbara C. Jobst Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center
Michael J. Kahana
Michael J. Kahana University of Pennsylvania
Joel M. Stein
Joel M. Stein University of Pennsylvania
Maromi Nei
Maromi Nei Thomas Jefferson University
Sameer A. Sheth
Sameer A. Sheth Baylor College of Medicine

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