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Renée A. Shellhaas

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Neuroscience

D-Index
48
Citations
10189
World Ranking
6155
National Ranking
2688

Renée A. Shellhaas 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 Renée A. Shellhaas sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 166 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Renée A. Shellhaas 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 Renée A. Shellhaas sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 48 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Renée A. Shellhaas is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with a significant concentration in pediatrics, perinatology, and child health. Other notable subfields include psychiatry and mental health, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, public health, environmental and occupational health, and neurology.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics, such as:

  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Neonatal respiratory health research
  • Infant development and preterm care
  • Pharmacological effects and toxicity studies
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Metabolism and genetic disorders

Renée A. Shellhaas has contributed to various journals, often publishing in Pediatric Neurology, Epilepsia, and Neurology, with additional work appearing in The Journal of Pediatrics and SLEEP.

Selected recent papers by Shellhaas include:

  • Safety of Early Discontinuation of Antiseizure Medication After Acute Symptomatic Neonatal Seizures, 2021, JAMA Neurology
  • Treatment of seizures in the neonate: Guidelines and consensus-based recommendations-Special report from the ILAE Task Force on Neonatal Seizures, 2023, Epilepsia
  • Routine Neuroimaging of the Preterm Brain, 2020, PEDIATRICS
  • Care Delivery for Children With Epilepsy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An International Survey of Clinicians, 2020, Journal of Child Neurology
  • Design and implementation of electronic health record common data elements for pediatric epilepsy: Foundations for a learning health care system, 2020, Epilepsia

Frequent collaborators in Shellhaas's research include:

  • Hannah C. Glass
  • Catherine J. Chu
  • Shavonne L. Massey
  • Courtney J. Wusthoff
  • Monica E. Lemmon

Best Publications

  • De novo mutations in epileptic encephalopathies

    Andrew S. Allen;Samuel F. Berkovic;Patrick Cossette;Norman Delanty

  • Cannabidiol in patients with seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (GWPCARE4): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial

    Elizabeth A Thiele;Eric D Marsh;Jacqueline A French;Maria Mazurkiewicz-Beldzinska

  • The American Clinical Neurophysiology Society's Guideline on Continuous Electroencephalography Monitoring in Neonates.

    Renée A. Shellhaas;Taeun Chang;Tammy Tsuchida;Mark S. Scher

  • American clinical neurophysiology society standardized EEG terminology and categorization for the description of continuous EEG monitoring in neonates: report of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society critical care monitoring committee.

    Tammy N. Tsuchida;Courtney J. Wusthoff;Renée A. Shellhaas;Nicholas S. Abend

  • Sensitivity of amplitude-integrated electroencephalography for neonatal seizure detection.

    Renée A. Shellhaas;Adina I. Soaita;Robert R. Clancy;Robert R. Clancy

  • Contemporary Profile of Seizures in Neonates: A Prospective Cohort Study.

    Hannah C. Glass;Renée A. Shellhaas;Courtney J. Wusthoff;Taeun Chang

  • Response to treatment in a prospective national infantile spasms cohort

    Kelly G. Knupp;Jason Coryell;Katherine C. Nickels;Nicole Ryan

  • Ultra-rare genetic variation in common epilepsies: a case-control sequencing study.

    Andrew S Allen;Susannah T Bellows;Samuel F Berkovic;Joshua Bridgers

  • Mimics of childhood stroke: characteristics of a prospective cohort.

    Renée A. Shellhaas;Sabrina E. Smith;Erin O'Tool;Daniel J. Licht

  • Profile of neonatal epilepsies: Characteristics of a prospective US cohort.

    Renée A. Shellhaas;Courtney J. Wusthoff;Tammy N. Tsuchida;Hannah C. Glass

  • Characterization of neonatal seizures by conventional EEG and single-channel EEG

    Renée A. Shellhaas;Robert R. Clancy;Robert R. Clancy

  • How should children with West syndrome be efficiently and accurately investigated? Results from the National Infantile Spasms Consortium

    Elaine C. Wirrell;Renée A. Shellhaas;Charuta Joshi;Cynthia Keator

  • Early-Life Epilepsies and the Emerging Role of Genetic Testing.

    Anne T. Berg;Anne T. Berg;Jason Coryell;Russell P. Saneto;Zachary M. Grinspan;Zachary M. Grinspan

  • Risk factors for EEG seizures in neonates treated with hypothermia: A multicenter cohort study

    Hannah C. Glass;Courtney J. Wusthoff;Renée A. Shellhaas;Tammy N. Tsuchida

  • Seizures in Preterm Neonates: A Multicenter Observational Cohort Study

    Hannah C. Glass;Renée A. Shellhaas;Tammy N. Tsuchida;Taeun Chang

  • Treatment of seizures in the neonate: Guidelines and consensus‐based recommendations—Special report from the ILAE Task Force on Neonatal Seizures

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  • Safety of Early Discontinuation of Antiseizure Medication After Acute Symptomatic Neonatal Seizures.

    Hannah C Glass;Janet S Soul;Taeun Chang;Courtney J Wusthoff

  • Assessment of neonatal electroencephalography (EEG) background by conventional and two amplitude-integrated EEG classification systems.

    Renée A. Shellhaas;Paul R. Gallagher;Robert R. Clancy

  • Prevalence and risk factors for vitamin D insufficiency among children with epilepsy

    Renée A. Shellhaas;Amanda K. Barks;Sucheta M. Joshi

  • Cognitive Outcomes in Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome Treated With the Ketogenic Diet

    Rani K. Singh;Sucheta M. Joshi;Denise M. Potter;Steve M. Leber

  • Limitations of single-channel EEG on the forehead for neonatal seizure detection.

    C J Wusthoff;R A Shellhaas;R R Clancy;R R Clancy

  • Erratum: De Novo Mutations in Synaptic Transmission Genes Including DNM1 Cause Epileptic Encephalopathies (American Journal of Human Genetics (2014) 95(4) (360–370)(S0002929714003838)(10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.08.013))

    Silke Appenzeller;Rudi Balling;Nina Barisic;Stéphanie Baulac

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas S. Abend
Nicholas S. Abend University of Pennsylvania
Joseph Sullivan
Joseph Sullivan University of California, San Francisco
Anne T. Berg
Anne T. Berg Northwestern University
Ronald D. Chervin
Ronald D. Chervin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Tobias Loddenkemper
Tobias Loddenkemper Boston Children's Hospital
Dennis J. Dlugos
Dennis J. Dlugos Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Eric H. Kossoff
Eric H. Kossoff Johns Hopkins University
Robert R. Clancy
Robert R. Clancy New York University
Edward J. Novotny
Edward J. Novotny University of Washington
Elaine C. Wirrell
Elaine C. Wirrell Mayo Clinic

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