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D-Index
88
Citations
28167
World Ranking
13170
National Ranking
6713

Robert J. Dempsey publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert J. Dempsey sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 362 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Robert J. Dempsey D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert J. Dempsey sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 88 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Robert J. Dempsey is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research contributions primarily fall within the broad field of Medicine, with a significant focus on subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Neurology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Epidemiology.

Themes frequently addressed in their research span multiple interconnected areas related to health and disease. Key topics of their work include:

  • Global Health and Surgery
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments
  • Surgical Simulation and Training
  • History of Medical Practice

The scientist has published extensively in several academic venues. Notable publication venues with multiple contributions include:

  • Neurosurgery Clinics of North America
  • Stroke
  • World Neurosurgery
  • Circulation
  • BMJ Global Health

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Carol Mitchell
  • Stephanie M. Wilbrand
  • Umadevi V. Wesley
  • Tomy Varghese
  • Kee B. Park

Recent publications by Robert J. Dempsey demonstrate involvement in topics of stroke, brain development, and neurovascular health. Representative papers are listed below, showing publication year and venue:

  • "Pragmatic solutions to reduce the global burden of stroke: a World Stroke Organization-Lancet Neurology Commission" (2023, The Lancet Neurology)
  • "Role of circular RNAs in brain development and CNS diseases" (2020, Progress in Neurobiology)
  • "The state of stroke services across the globe: Report of World Stroke Organization-World Health Organization surveys" (2021, International Journal of Stroke)
  • "Galectin-3 protects against ischemic stroke by promoting neuro-angiogenesis via apoptosis inhibition and Akt/Caspase regulation" (2020, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism)
  • "Deep Learning for Carotid Plaque Segmentation using a Dilated U-Net Architecture" (2020, Ultrasonic Imaging)

Best Publications

  • A Randomized Trial of Surgery in the Treatment of Single Metastases to the Brain

    Roy A. Patchell;Phillip A. Tibbs;John W. Walsh;Robert J. Dempsey

  • Postoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of single metastases to the brain: a randomized trial.

    Roy A. Patchell;Phillip A. Tibbs;William F. Regine;Robert J. Dempsey

  • Guidelines for carotid endarterectomy: a statement for healthcare professionals from a special writing group of the Stroke Council, American Heart Association

    J Biller;W M Feinberg;J E Castaldo;A D Whittemore

  • Diffusion tensor MR imaging in diffuse axonal injury.

    Konstantinos Arfanakis;Victor M. Haughton;John D. Carew;Baxter P. Rogers

  • Pineal Melatonin Secretion Drives the Reproductive Response to Daylength in the Ewe

    Eric L. Bittman;Robert J. Dempsey;Fred J. Karsch

  • Guidelines for carotid endarterectomy: a statement for healthcare professionals from a Special Writing Group of the Stroke Council, American Heart Association.

    José Biller;William M. Feinberg;John E. Castaldo;Anthony D. Whittemore

  • Longitudinal changes in patients with traumatic brain injury assessed with diffusion tensor and volumetric imaging

    Barbara B. Bendlin;Michele L. Ries;Mariana Lazar;Andrew L. Alexander

  • The biphasic opening of the blood–brain barrier in the cortex and hippocampus after traumatic brain injury in rats

    Mustafa K Başkaya;Mustafa K Başkaya;A Muralikrishna Rao;A Muralikrishna Rao;Aclan Doğan;Aclan Doğan;David Donaldson;David Donaldson

  • Citicoline: neuroprotective mechanisms in cerebral ischemia

    Rao Muralikrishna Adibhatla;J. F. Hatcher;R. J. Dempsey

  • Relationship Between Admission Hyperglycemia and Neurologic Outcome of Severely Brain-Injured Patients

    B. Young;L. Ott;R. Dempsey;D. Haack

  • Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 plays a critical role in neuroblast migration after focal cerebral ischemia.

    Yi-Ping Yan;Kurt A Sailor;Bradley T Lang;Seung-Won Park

  • Antisense Knockdown of the Glial Glutamate Transporter GLT-1, But Not the Neuronal Glutamate Transporter EAAC1, Exacerbates Transient Focal Cerebral Ischemia-Induced Neuronal Damage in Rat Brain

    Vemuganti L.Raghavendra Rao;Aclan Dogan;Kathryn G. Todd;Kellie K. Bowen

  • Reproducibility of noninvasive ultrasonic measurement of carotid atherosclerosis. The Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Plaque Study.

    W A Riley;R W Barnes;W B Applegate;R Dempsey

  • The effect of nutritional support on outcome from severe head injury

    Byron Young;Linda Ott;Diana Twyman;Jane Norton

  • Traumatic brain injury down-regulates glial glutamate transporter (GLT-1 and GLAST) proteins in rat brain.

    Vemuganti L. Raghavendra Rao;Mustafa K. Başkaya;Aclan Doğan;Jeffrey D. Rothstein

  • Global Neurosurgery: The Unmet Need

    Kee B. Park;Walter D. Johnson;Robert J. Dempsey

  • Moderate hypothermia reduces postischemic edema development and leukotriene production.

    Robert J. Dempsey;David J. Combs;Mary Edwards Maley;David E. Cowen

  • An analysis of perioperative surgical mortality and morbidity in the asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis study. ACAS Investigators. Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study.

    B Young;W S Moore;J T Robertson;J F Toole

  • Lipids and lipidomics in brain injury and diseases.

    Rao Muralikrishna Adibhatla;J. F. Hatcher;R. J. Dempsey

  • Hyperperfusion Syndrome: Toward a Stricter Definition

    Shelagh B. Coutts;Shelagh B. Coutts;Michael D. Hill;William Y. Hu;Garnette R. Sutherland

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomy Varghese
Tomy Varghese University of Wisconsin–Madison
Raghu Vemuganti
Raghu Vemuganti University of Wisconsin–Madison
Bruce P. Hermann
Bruce P. Hermann University of Wisconsin–Madison
Mark S. Kindy
Mark S. Kindy University of South Florida
Craig J. McClain
Craig J. McClain University of Louisville
Thomas D. Cook
Thomas D. Cook University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld
Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld Monash University
Harold P. Adams
Harold P. Adams University of Iowa
Sterling C. Johnson
Sterling C. Johnson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Dandan Sun
Dandan Sun University of Pittsburgh

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