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Patrick Kwan

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
79
Citations
38994
World Ranking
17354
National Ranking
577

Neuroscience

D-Index
79
Citations
38830
World Ranking
1650
National Ranking
38

Patrick Kwan 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 Patrick Kwan sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 408 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Patrick Kwan 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 Patrick Kwan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Drug-Resistant Epilepsy

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

  • Patterns of treatment response in newly diagnosed epilepsy

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

  • 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

  • Neuropsychological effects of epilepsy and antiepileptic drugs

    Patrick Kwan;Martin J Brodie

  • Effectiveness of First Antiepileptic Drug

    Patrick Kwan;Martin J. Brodie

  • The natural history of epilepsy: an epidemiological view

    P Kwan;J W Sander

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • The mechanisms of action of commonly used antiepileptic drugs

    Patrick Kwan;Graeme J Sills;Martin J Brodie

  • Epilepsy in later life

    Martin J Brodie;Andrew T Elder;Patrick Kwan

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

    Patrick Kwan;Martin J Brodie

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

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

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

    Patrick Kwan;Martin J. Brodie

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

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

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

    Patrick Kwan;Martin J. Brodie

  • Staged approach to epilepsy management.

    Martin J. Brodie;Patrick Kwan

Frequent Co-Authors

Terence J. O'Brien
Terence J. O'Brien Monash University
Martin J. Brodie
Martin J. Brodie University of Glasgow
Dennis Velakoulis
Dennis Velakoulis University of Melbourne
Piero Perucca
Piero Perucca University of Melbourne
Stacey S. Cherny
Stacey S. Cherny Tel Aviv University
Josemir W. Sander
Josemir W. Sander University College London
Samuel F. Berkovic
Samuel F. Berkovic University of Melbourne
Nigel C. Jones
Nigel C. Jones Monash University
Patricia Desmond
Patricia Desmond University of Melbourne
Gianpiero L. Cavalleri
Gianpiero L. Cavalleri Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

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