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67
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19003
World Ranking
2858
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12

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D-Index
64
Citations
18003
World Ranking
1091
National Ranking
9

Paulo Caramelli publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paulo Caramelli sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 486 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Paulo Caramelli D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paulo Caramelli sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Paulo Caramelli is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil and has an extensive body of work in the field of medicine, with a particular focus on dementia and cognitive impairment research. Their research spans several subfields, including psychiatry and mental health, neurology, physiology, cognitive neuroscience, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The primary topics of Paulo Caramelli's work include:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Frequent co-authors of Paulo Caramelli are:

  • Leonardo Cruz de Souza
  • Ricardo Nitríni
  • Sônia Maria Dozzi Brucki
  • Cláudia Kimie Suemoto
  • Mônica Sanches Yassuda

The scientist has published regularly in the following journals and venues:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Dementia & Neuropsychologia
  • Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Frontiers in Neurology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Paulo Caramelli include:

  • World-Wide FINGERS Network: A global approach to risk reduction and prevention of dementia, 2020, Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Pro-inflammatory interleukin-6 signaling links cognitive impairments and peripheral metabolic alterations in Alzheimer's disease, 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • Recommendations to distinguish behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia from psychiatric disorders, 2020, Brain
  • Alzheimer Disease as a Clinical-Biological Construct-An International Working Group Recommendation, 2024, JAMA Neurology
  • Dementia in Latin America: Paving the way toward a regional action plan, 2020, Alzheimer s & Dementia

Best Publications

  • Sugestões para o uso do mini-exame do estado mental no Brasil

    Sonia Brucki;Ricardo Nitrini;Paulo Caramelli;Paulo Henrique Ferreira Bertolucci

  • Epidemiologic survey of dementia in a community-dwelling Brazilian population.

    Emilio Herrera;Paulo Caramelli;Ana Silvia Barreiros Silveira;Ricardo Nitrini

  • World-Wide FINGERS Network: A global approach to risk reduction and prevention of dementia

    Miia Kivipelto;Francesca Mangialasche;Francesca Mangialasche;Heather M. Snyder;Ricardo Allegri

  • Prevalence of dementia in Latin America: a collaborative study of population-based cohorts.

    Ricardo Nitrini;Cássio M. C. Bottino;Cecilia Albala;Nilton Santos Custodio Capuñay

  • Parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease in the elderly: a community-based survey in Brazil (the Bambuí study).

    Maira Tonidandel Barbosa;Paulo Caramelli;Débora Palma Maia;Mauro César Quintão Cunningham

  • Performance of illiterate and literate nondemented elderly subjects in two tests of long-term memory

    Ricardo Nitrini;Paulo Caramelli;Emílio Herrera Júnior;Cláudia Sellitto Porto

  • Progress toward standardized diagnosis of vascular cognitive impairment: Guidelines from the Vascular Impairment of Cognition Classification Consensus Study

    Olivia Skrobot;Sandra Black;Christopher Chen;Charles Decarli

  • Incidence of dementia in a community-dwelling Brazilian population.

    R. Nitrini;P. Caramelli;E. Herrera;V. S. Bahia

  • Pro-inflammatory interleukin-6 signaling links cognitive impairments and peripheral metabolic alterations in Alzheimer's disease.

    Natalia M. Lyra e Silva;Natalia M. Lyra e Silva;Rafaella A. Gonçalves;Rafaella A. Gonçalves;Rafaella A. Gonçalves;Tharick A. Pascoal;Ricardo A. S. Lima-Filho

  • Recommendations to distinguish behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia from psychiatric disorders

    Simon Ducharme;Annemiek Dols;Robert Laforce;Emma Devenney

  • Diagnóstico de doença de Alzheimer no Brasil: avaliação cognitiva e funcional ; recomendações do Departamento Científico de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Envelhecimento da Academia Brasileira de Neurologia

    Ricardo Nitrini;Paulo Caramelli;Cássio Machado de Campos Bottino;Benito Pereira Damasceno

  • Testes neuropsicológicos de aplicação simples para o diagnóstico de demência

    Ricardo Nitrini;Beatriz Helena Lefèvre;Sandra Cristina Mathias;Paulo Caramelli

  • Declínio da capacidade cognitiva durante o envelhecimento

    Helenice Charchat-Fichman;Paulo Caramelli;Koichi Sameshima;Ricardo Nitrini

  • The Vascular Impairment of Cognition Classification Consensus Study

    Olivia A. Skrobot;John T. O'brien;Sandra E. Black;Christopher Chen

  • Normative data for healthy elderly on the phonemic verbal fluency task - FAS.

    Thais Helena Machado;Helenice Charchat Fichman;Helenice Charchat Fichman;Etelvina Lucas Santos;Viviane Amaral Carvalho

  • Brazilian version of the Mattis dementia rating scale: diagnosis of mild dementia in Alzheimer's disease

    Cláudia S. Porto;Helenice Charchat Fichman;Paulo Caramelli;Valéria S. Bahia

  • Brazilian adaptation of the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-Revised (ACE-R)

    Viviane Amaral Carvalho;Paulo Caramelli;Paulo Caramelli

  • Brazilian version of the Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB): Preliminary data on administration to healthy elderly

    Rogério Gomes Beato;Ricardo Nitrini;Ana Paula Formigoni;Paulo Caramelli

  • Category fluency as a screening test for Alzheimer disease in illiterate and literate patients.

    Paulo Caramelli;Maria Teresa Carthery-Goulart;Cláudia Sellitto Porto;Helenice Charchat-Fichman

  • Long-term musical training may improve different forms of visual attention ability.

    Ana Carolina Rodrigues;Maurício Alves Loureiro;Paulo Caramelli

  • Wilson's disease: mri with clinical correlation

    A. C. A. Magalhaes;P. Caramelli;J. R. Menezes;L. S. Lo

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricardo Nitrini
Ricardo Nitrini Universidade de São Paulo
Antônio Lúcio Teixeira
Antônio Lúcio Teixeira The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Mônica Sanches Yassuda
Mônica Sanches Yassuda Universidade de São Paulo
Benito Pereira Damasceno
Benito Pereira Damasceno State University of Campinas
Michael Hornberger
Michael Hornberger University of East Anglia
Lea T. Grinberg
Lea T. Grinberg University of California, San Francisco
Mario A. Parra
Mario A. Parra University of Strathclyde
Lirlândia P. Sousa
Lirlândia P. Sousa Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Howard J. Rosen
Howard J. Rosen University of California, San Francisco
Marcia Radanovic
Marcia Radanovic Universidade de São Paulo

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