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71
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17878
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2413
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1139

Ona Wu publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 264 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Ona Wu D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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This scientist: 71 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Ona Wu is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States with a primary research focus on Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Neurology, and Emergency Medicine.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics related to neurological and cerebrovascular conditions, particularly Acute Ischemic Stroke Management and its related clinical outcomes. The main topics of their work include:

  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances

Their notable publications include:

  • "Intravenous alteplase for stroke with unknown time of onset guided by advanced imaging: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data" (2020) published in The Lancet
  • "Outcome after acute ischemic stroke is linked to sex-specific lesion patterns" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "Mapping Lesion-Related Epilepsy to a Human Brain Network" (2023) published in JAMA Neurology
  • "Abnormal dynamic functional connectivity is linked to recovery after acute ischemic stroke" (2021) published in Human Brain Mapping
  • "Mapping mania symptoms based on focal brain damage" (2020) published in Journal of Clinical Investigation

Ona Wu regularly collaborates with researchers including:

  • Natalia S. Rost
  • Markus D. Schirmer
  • Anne-Katrin Giese
  • Arne Lindgren
  • Christina Jern

Their work is frequently published in specialized journals and venues, which include:

  • Stroke
  • Neurology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Circulation
  • Resuscitation

Ona Wu's research contributes to a better understanding of the pathology and treatment of stroke and related neural conditions through a combination of clinical data analysis and advanced neuroimaging techniques. This interdisciplinary approach connects clinical medicine, neuroimaging, and recovery science in acute and chronic neurological disease contexts.

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms of migraine aura revealed by functional MRI in human visual cortex

    Nouchine Hadjikhani;Margarita Sanchez del Rio;Ona Wu;Denis Schwartz

  • Tracer arrival timing-insensitive technique for estimating flow in MR perfusion-weighted imaging using singular value decomposition with a block-circulant deconvolution matrix.

    Ona Wu;Leif Østergaard;Robert M. Weisskoff;Thomas Benner

  • DWI-FLAIR mismatch for the identification of patients with acute ischaemic stroke within 4·5 h of symptom onset (PRE-FLAIR): a multicentre observational study

    Götz Thomalla;Bastian Cheng;Martin Ebinger;Qing Hao

  • Diffusion tensor imaging as potential biomarker of white matter injury in diffuse axonal injury.

    Thierry A.G.M. Huisman;Lee H. Schwamm;Pamela W. Schaefer;Walter J. Koroshetz

  • Neuroanatomic connectivity of the human ascending arousal system critical to consciousness and its disorders

    Brian L. Edlow;Emi Takahashi;Emi Takahashi;Ona Wu;Thomas Benner

  • Human Acute Cerebral Ischemia: Detection of Changes in Water Diffusion Anisotropy by Using MR Imaging

    A G Sorensen;O Wu;W A Copen;T L Davis

  • Morphometry of in vivo human white matter association pathways with diffusion‐weighted magnetic resonance imaging

    Makris N;Worth Aj;Sorensen Ag;Papadimitriou Gm

  • Acute Stroke Imaging Research Roadmap II

    Max Wintermark;Gregory W. Albers;Andrei V. Alexandrov;Jeffry R. Alger

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging of reorganization in rat brain after stroke.

    Rick M. Dijkhuizen;JingMei Ren;Joseph B. Mandeville;Ona Wu

  • Early detection of consciousness in patients with acute severe traumatic brain injury

    Brian L Edlow;Camille Chatelle;Camille A. Spencer;Catherine J. Chu

  • Normal diffusion-weighted MRI during stroke-like deficits

    H. Ay;F.S. Buonanno;G. Rordorf;P.W. Schaefer

  • Correlation between Brain Reorganization, Ischemic Damage, and Neurologic Status after Transient Focal Cerebral Ischemia in Rats: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

    Rick M. Dijkhuizen;Aneesh B. Singhal;Joseph B. Mandeville;Ona Wu

  • Predicting tissue outcome in acute human cerebral ischemia using combined diffusion- and perfusion-weighted MR imaging.

    Wu O;Koroshetz Wj;Ostergaard L;Buonanno Fs

  • Perfusion weighted imaging during migraine: spontaneous visual aura and headache.

    M. Sanchez del Rio;D Bakker;O Wu;R Agosti

  • Loci associated with ischaemic stroke and its subtypes (SiGN) : A genome-wide association study

    Sara L Pulit;Patrick F McArdle;Quenna Wong;Rainer Malik

  • Severity of Leukoaraiosis and Susceptibility to Infarct Growth in Acute Stroke

    Hakan Ay;E. Murat Arsava;Jonathan Rosand;Karen L. Furie

  • Comatose patients with cardiac arrest: predicting clinical outcome with diffusion-weighted MR imaging.

    Ona Wu;A. Gregory Sorensen;Thomas Benner;Aneesh B. Singhal

  • Brain Edema Predicts Outcome After Nonlacunar Ischemic Stroke

    Thomas W.K. Battey;Mahima Karki;Aneesh B. Singhal;Ona Wu

  • Prognostication of neurologic outcome in cardiac arrest patients after mild therapeutic hypothermia: a meta-analysis of the current literature

    M. J. A. Kamps;J. Horn;M. Oddo;J. E. Fugate

  • Role of Acute Lesion Topography in Initial Ischemic Stroke Severity and Long-Term Functional Outcomes

    Ona Wu;Lisa Cloonan;Steven J.T. Mocking;Mark J.R.J. Bouts

  • Ischemic injury detected by diffusion imaging 11 minutes after stroke.

    Niels Hjort;Søren Christensen;Christine Sølling;Mahmoud Ashkanian

  • Transient ischemic attack with infarction: a unique syndrome?

    Hakan Ay;Walter J. Koroshetz;Thomas Benner;Mark G. Vangel

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan Rosand
Jonathan Rosand Harvard University
Vincent Thijs
Vincent Thijs Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Pamela W. Schaefer
Pamela W. Schaefer Harvard University
Steven J. Kittner
Steven J. Kittner University of Maryland, Baltimore
James F. Meschia
James F. Meschia Mayo Clinic
Aneesh B. Singhal
Aneesh B. Singhal Massachusetts General Hospital
Karen L. Furie
Karen L. Furie Brown University
Tatjana Rundek
Tatjana Rundek University of Miami

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