2026 Perminder S. Sachdev: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	155	130	116	4	4	1168	150216
Medicine	156	896	821	25	23	1182	151798

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Australia Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Australia Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Australia Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Australia Leader Award
2015 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science

Overview

Perminder S. Sachdev is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a strong emphasis on psychiatry and mental health, physiology, neurology, cognitive neuroscience, and molecular biology.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Health disparities and outcomes
Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Nutritional Studies and Diet
Frailty in Older Adults

They have contributed to a range of publications, frequently appearing in several notable venues:

Alzheimer s & Dementia
International Psychogeriatrics
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Neurobiology of Aging
Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior

Their recent papers include:

Lenvatinib Plus Pembrolizumab in Patients With Advanced Endometrial Cancer, 2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology
Mental health care for older adults: recent advances and new directions in clinical practice and research, 2022, World Psychiatry
Risk prediction of late-onset Alzheimer's disease implies an oligogenic architecture, 2020, Nature Communications
A comparison of machine learning methods for survival analysis of high-dimensional clinical data for dementia prediction, 2020, Scientific Reports
CSF MTBR-tau243 is a specific biomarker of tau tangle pathology in Alzheimer's disease, 2023, Nature Medicine

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

Henry Brodaty
Nicole A. Kochan
Wei Wen
Karen A. Mather
Jiyang Jiang

In recognition of their contributions, they were named a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science in 2015.

Best Publications

Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Stephen S. Lim;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas

17822
Citations
Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

10283
Citations
Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

9009
Citations
Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

5376
Citations
Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders, 1990-2016: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Valery L Feigin;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Foad Abd-Allah

5256
Citations
Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Mohsen Naghavi;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M Abbas

5193
Citations
Determinants of disparities between perceived and physiological risk of falling among elderly people: cohort study

Kim Delbaere;Jacqueline C T Close;Henry Brodaty;Perminder Sachdev

3369
Citations
A conceptual framework for research on subjective cognitive decline in preclinical Alzheimer's disease

Frank Jessen;Frank Jessen;Rebecca E. Amariglio;Martin van Boxtel;Monique Breteler

3106
Citations
Global, regional, and national burden of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Emma Nichols;Cassandra E.I. Szoeke;Stein Emil Vollset;Nooshin Abbasi

2393
Citations
Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders during 1990-2015

Valery L. Feigin;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Foad Abd-Allah

1902
Citations
Global, regional, and national burden of epilepsy, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Ettore Beghi;Giorgia Giussani;Emma Nichols;Foad Abd-Allah

1228
Citations
Brain reserve and dementia: a systematic review.

Michael J. Valenzuela;Perminder Sachdev

1198
Citations
Classifying neurocognitive disorders: the DSM-5 approach.

Perminder S. Sachdev;Deborah Blacker;Dan G. Blazer;Mary Ganguli

1097
Citations
Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Daniel Dicker;Grant Nguyen;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate

1090
Citations
Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Nancy Fullman;Jamal Yearwood;Solomon M Abay;Cristiana Abbafati

1058
Citations
Global, regional, and national burden of suicide mortality 1990 to 2016: systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Heather M. Orpana;Heather M. Orpana;Laurie B. Marczak;Megha Arora;Nooshin Abbasi

1027
Citations
The Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I). A comprehensive longitudinal validation study

Kim Delbaere;Jacqueline C. T. Close;Jacqueline C. T. Close;A. Stefanie Mikolaizak;Perminder S. Sachdev

994
Citations
Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

933
Citations
Diagnostic criteria for vascular cognitive disorders: a VASCOG statement.

Perminder Sachdev;Raj Kalaria;John O'Brien;Ingmar Skoog

867
Citations
Recommendations for the nomenclature of cognitive change associated with anaesthesia and surgery—2018

L. Evered;L. Evered;B. Silbert;B. Silbert;D.S. Knopman;D.A. Scott;D.A. Scott

855
Citations
The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

Paul M. Thompson;Jason L. Stein;Sarah E. Medland;Derrek P. Hibar

824
Citations