2026 Serge Przedborski: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	126	313	281	187	165	318	74003
Medicine	126	2905	2710	1611	1481	324	74016

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D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Neuroscience

126

313

281

187

165

318

74003

Medicine

126

2905

2710

1611

1481

324

74016

Neuroscience

D-Index

126

Citations

74003

World Ranking

313

National Ranking

187

Medicine

D-Index

126

Citations

74016

World Ranking

2905

National Ranking

1611

Research.com Recognitions

2002 - Sheila Essey Award for ALS Research, American Academy of Neurology
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Serge Przedborski is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a primary focus on Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Within these domains, their work notably covers the subfields of Neurology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientific topics addressed by Przedborski include:

Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
Neurological disorders and treatments
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
RNA regulation and disease

Their recent papers highlight engagement with neurodegenerative diseases and COVID-19 related neuropathology:

"COVID-19 neuropathology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital" (2021), published in Brain
"Non-cell-autonomous pathogenic mechanisms in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis" (2021), published in Trends in Neurosciences
"The impact of COVID-19 and social distancing on people with Parkinson's disease: a survey study" (2021), published in npj Parkinson's Disease
"Preparing a neurology department for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)" (2020), published in Neurology
"Systematic elucidation of neuron-astrocyte interaction in models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using multi-modal integrated bioinformatics workflow" (2020), published in Nature Communications

Przedborski's frequent co-authors include:

Francesco Lotti
Andrew F. Teich
Xena Flowers
Elizabeth M. Bradshaw
Hemali Phatnani

Their research has been published frequently in several venues, with multiple contributions to:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Movement Disorders
Nature Communications
npj Parkinson's Disease
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

Przedborski has received formal recognition including the Sheila Essey Award for ALS Research from the American Academy of Neurology in 2002. They are also a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

8665
Citations
Parkinson's disease: Mechanisms and models

William T. Dauer;Serge Przedborski

6941
Citations
PINK1-dependent recruitment of Parkin to mitochondria in mitophagy

Cristofol Vives-Bauza;Chun Zhou;Yong Huang;Mei Cui

1842
Citations
Blockade of Microglial Activation Is Neuroprotective in the 1-Methyl-4-Phenyl-1,2,3,6-Tetrahydropyridine Mouse Model of Parkinson Disease

Du Chu Wu;Vernice Jackson-Lewis;Miquel Vila;Kim Tieu

1448
Citations
Astrocytes expressing ALS-linked mutated SOD1 release factors selectively toxic to motor neurons

Makiko Nagai;Diane B Re;Tetsuya Nagata;Alcmène Chalazonitis

1447
Citations
Minocycline inhibits cytochrome c release and delays progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in mice

Shan Zhu;Irina G. Stavrovskaya;Martin Drozda;Martin Drozda;Betty Y. S. Kim;Betty Y. S. Kim

1298
Citations
Inducible nitric oxide synthase stimulates dopaminergic neurodegeneration in the MPTP model of Parkinson disease.

G T Liberatore;V Jackson-Lewis;S Vukosavic;A S Mandir

1251
Citations
Protocol for the MPTP mouse model of Parkinson's disease

Vernice Jackson-Lewis;Serge Przedborski

1215
Citations
Toxin-Induced Models of Parkinson's Disease

Jordi Bové;Delphine Prou;Céline Perier;Serge Przedborski

952
Citations
Past, present, and future of Parkinson's disease: A special essay on the 200th Anniversary of the Shaking Palsy

J.A. Obeso;M. Stamelou;M. Stamelou;C.G. Goetz;W. Poewe

890
Citations
Functional Role of Caspase-1 and Caspase-3 in an ALS Transgenic Mouse Model

Mingwei Li;Victor O. Ona;Christelle Guégan;Minghua Chen

885
Citations
Cyclooxygenase-2 is instrumental in Parkinson's disease neurodegeneration

Peter Teismann;Kim Tieu;Dong-Kug Choi;Du-Chu Wu

782
Citations
Role of neuronal nitric oxide in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-induced dopaminergic neurotoxicity.

Serge Przedborski;Vernice Jackson-Lewis;Rina Yokoyama;Toshihiro Shibata

781
Citations
Dopamine-modified α-synuclein blocks chaperone-mediated autophagy

Marta Martinez-Vicente;Zsolt Talloczy;Susmita Kaushik;Ashish C. Massey

779
Citations
NADPH oxidase mediates oxidative stress in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine model of Parkinson's disease

Du-Chu Wu;Peter Teismann;Kim Tieu;Miquel Vila

755
Citations
Resistance of alpha -synuclein null mice to the parkinsonian neurotoxin MPTP.

William Dauer;Nikolai Kholodilov;Miquel Vila;Anne Cecile Trillat

722
Citations
Targeting programmed cell death in neurodegenerative diseases

Miquel Vila;Serge Przedborski

709
Citations
Time course and morphology of dopaminergic neuronal death caused by the neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine

Vernice Jackson-Lewis;Michael Jakowec;Robert E Burke;Serge Przedborski

708
Citations
Mitochondria: The Next (Neurode)Generation

Eric A. Schon;Serge Przedborski

685
Citations
Freezing of gait in PD Prospective assessment in the DATATOP cohort

N. Giladi;M. P. McDermott;S. Fahn;S. Przedborski

679
Citations
Oxidative Stress in Parkinson's Disease

Chun Zhou;Yong Huang;Serge Przedborski

612
Citations