2026 Patrick Kwan: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	79	1650	1503	38	35	408	38830
Medicine	79	17354	16306	577	563	416	38994

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Neuroscience

1650

1503

408

38830

Medicine

17354

16306

577

563

416

38994

Neuroscience

D-Index

Citations

38830

World Ranking

1650

National Ranking

Medicine

D-Index

Citations

38994

World Ranking

17354

National Ranking

577

Overview

Patrick Kwan is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has made significant contributions to the field of medicine, focusing predominantly on epilepsy research and treatment. Their work spans various subfields such as psychiatry and mental health, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's research interests encompass several main topics, including:

Epilepsy research and treatment
Pharmacological effects and toxicity studies
Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
EEG and brain-computer interfaces
Genomics and rare diseases
Psychosomatic disorders and their treatments
Neonatal and fetal brain pathology

Patrick Kwan's publication record includes research published extensively in high-impact journals. Frequent venues for their work include:

Epilepsia
Neurology
Epilepsy & Behavior
Epilepsia Open
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Patrick Kwan are:

"Add-on Cannabidiol Treatment for Drug-Resistant Seizures in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex," 2020, JAMA Neurology
"30 years of second-generation antiseizure medications: impact and future perspectives," 2020, The Lancet Neurology
"White matter abnormalities across different epilepsy syndromes in adults: an ENIGMA-Epilepsy study," 2020, Brain
"Mortality in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures," 2020, Neurology
"Long-term cannabidiol treatment for seizures in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex: An open-label extension trial," 2021, Epilepsia

Collaborative work features frequent co-authors such as:

Terence J. O'Brien
Zhibin Chen
Piero Perucca
Emma Foster
Benjamin Sinclair

Best Publications

Early Identification of Refractory Epilepsy

Patrick Kwan;Martin J. Brodie;Martin J. Brodie

6385
Citations
Definition of drug resistant epilepsy: consensus proposal by the ad hoc Task Force of the ILAE Commission on Therapeutic Strategies.

Patrick Kwan;Alexis Arzimanoglou;Anne T. Berg;Martin J. Brodie

5426
Citations
Treatment Outcomes in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy Treated With Established and New Antiepileptic Drugs: A 30-Year Longitudinal Cohort Study.

Zhibin Chen;Zhibin Chen;Martin J. Brodie;Danny Liew;Patrick Kwan

1442
Citations
Drug-Resistant Epilepsy

Patrick Kwan;Steven C. Schachter;Martin J. Brodie

1294
Citations
Patterns of treatment response in newly diagnosed epilepsy

M.J. Brodie;S.J.E. Barry;G.A. Bamagous;J.D. Norrie

1144
Citations
Association between HLA‐B*1502 Allele and Antiepileptic Drug‐Induced Cutaneous Reactions in Han Chinese

Celeste B.L. Man;Patrick Kwan;Larry Baum;Evelyn Yu

639
Citations
Neuropsychological effects of epilepsy and antiepileptic drugs

Patrick Kwan;Martin J Brodie

632
Citations
Effectiveness of First Antiepileptic Drug

Patrick Kwan;Martin J. Brodie

610
Citations
The natural history of epilepsy: an epidemiological view

P Kwan;J W Sander

578
Citations
Erratum: Definition of drug resistant epilepsy. Consensus proposal by the ad hoc task force of the ILAE commission on therapeutic strategies (Epilepsia (2010) 51 (1069-77))

P. Kwan;A. Arzimanoglou;A. T. Berg;M. J. Brodie

531
Citations
Structural brain abnormalities in the common epilepsies assessed in a worldwide ENIGMA study.

Christopher D Whelan;Christopher D Whelan;Andre Altmann;Juan A Botía;Neda Jahanshad

502
Citations
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

470
Citations
The mechanisms of action of commonly used antiepileptic drugs

Patrick Kwan;Graeme J Sills;Martin J Brodie

439
Citations
Epilepsy in later life

Martin J Brodie;Andrew T Elder;Patrick Kwan

438
Citations
Epilepsy after the first drug fails: substitution or add-on?

Patrick Kwan;Martin J Brodie

426
Citations
Seizure control and treatment in pregnancy: Observations from the EURAP epilepsy pregnancy registry

Torbjörn Tomson;D. Battino;E. Bonizzoni;J. Craig

408
Citations
Potential role of drug transporters in the pathogenesis of medically intractable epilepsy.

Patrick Kwan;Martin J. Brodie

389
Citations
Does the Cause of Localisation‐Related Epilepsy Influence the Response to Antiepileptic Drug Treatment?

Linda J. Stephen;Patrick Kwan;Martin J. Brodie

359
Citations
Phenobarbital for the Treatment of Epilepsy in the 21st Century: A Critical Review

Patrick Kwan;Martin J. Brodie

357
Citations
Staged approach to epilepsy management.

Martin J. Brodie;Patrick Kwan

346
Citations