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Ted M. Dawson 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 Ted M. Dawson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 635 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Ted M. Dawson 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 Ted M. Dawson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 191 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 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
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Ted M. Dawson is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States. Their research is primarily centered on medicine, neuroscience, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in related subfields such as neurology, molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, and oncology.

The scientist's main research topics include Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, nuclear receptors and signaling, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, neurological diseases and metabolism, PARP inhibition in cancer therapy, and neurological disorders and treatments.

Recent notable publications by Ted M. Dawson include:

  • PINK1 and Parkin mitochondrial quality control: a source of regional vulnerability in Parkinson's disease, 2020, Molecular Neurodegeneration
  • Genome sequencing analysis identifies new loci associated with Lewy body dementia and provides insights into its genetic architecture, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Microglia and astrocyte dysfunction in parkinson's disease, 2020, Neurobiology of Disease
  • Meta-Analysis of the Alzheimer's Disease Human Brain Transcriptome and Functional Dissection in Mouse Models, 2020, Cell Reports
  • STING mediates neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation in nigrostriatal α-synucleinopathy, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

They have collaborated frequently with coauthors such as Valina L. Dawson, Liana S. Rosenthal, Juan C. Troncoso, Tae-In Kam, and Senthilkumar S. Karuppagounder.

Ted M. Dawson has published extensively in venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, Neurology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Science Translational Medicine.

Awards recognized in their career include Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2008 and membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Neurotoxic reactive astrocytes are induced by activated microglia

    Shane A. Liddelow;Kevin A. Guttenplan;Laura E. Clarke;Frederick C. Bennett

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Molecular definitions of cell death subroutines: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2012

    Galluzzi L;Vitale I;Vitale I;Vitale I;Abrams Jm;Alnemri Es

  • Nitric oxide mediates glutamate neurotoxicity in primary cortical cultures.

    Valina L. Dawson;Ted M. Dawson;Edythe D. London;David S. Bredt

  • Nitric oxide synthase and neuronal NADPH diaphorase are identical in brain and peripheral tissues.

    Ted M. Dawson;David S. Bredt;Majid Fotuhi;Paul M. Hwang

  • Mediation of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1-dependent cell death by apoptosis-inducing factor.

    Seong Woon Yu;Hongmin Wang;Marc F. Poitras;Carmen Coombs

  • Molecular pathways of neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease.

    Ted M. Dawson;Valina L. Dawson

  • PINK1-dependent recruitment of Parkin to mitochondria in mitophagy

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

  • Nitric oxide synthase protein and mRNA are discretely localized in neuronal populations of the mammalian CNS together with NADPH diaphorase

    David S. Bredt;Charles E. Glatt;Paul M. Hwang;Majid Fotuhi

  • MOLECULAR PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE

    Darren J. Moore;Andrew B. West;Valina L. Dawson;Ted M. Dawson

  • Targeted disruption of the neuronal nitric oxide synthase gene

    Paul L. Huang;Ted M. Dawson;David S. Bredt;Solomon H. Snyder

  • Nitric oxide activation of poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase in neurotoxicity

    Jie Zhang;Valina L. Dawson;Ted M. Dawson;Solomon H. Snyder

  • Parkinson's disease-associated mutations in leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 augment kinase activity

    Andrew B. West;Darren J. Moore;Saskia Biskup;Artem Bugayenko

  • Mechanisms of nitric oxide-mediated neurotoxicity in primary brain cultures

    VL Dawson;TM Dawson;DA Bartley;GR Uhl

  • Gases as biological messengers: nitric oxide and carbon monoxide in the brain

    Ted M. Dawson;Solomon H. Snyder

  • Interference by Huntingtin and Atrophin-1 with CBP-Mediated Transcription Leading to Cellular Toxicity

    Frederick C. Nucifora;Masayuki Sasaki;Matthew F. Peters;Hui Huang

  • Transneuronal Propagation of Pathologic α-Synuclein from the Gut to the Brain Models Parkinson's Disease.

    Sangjune Kim;Seung-Hwan Kwon;Tae-In Kam;Nikhil Panicker

  • Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase gene disruption renders mice resistant to cerebral ischemia

    Mikael J.L. Eliasson;Kenji Sampei;Allen S. Mandir;Patricia D. Hurn

  • Parkin functions as an E2-dependent ubiquitin– protein ligase and promotes the degradation of the synaptic vesicle-associated protein, CDCrel-1

    Yi Zhang;Jun Gao;Kenny K. K. Chung;Hui Huang

  • PL-03-01: INGE GRUNDKE-IQBAL AWARD FOR ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH: NEUROTOXIC REACTIVE ASTROCYTES ARE INDUCED BY ACTIVATED MICROGLIA

    Shane A. Liddelow

Frequent Co-Authors

Valina L. Dawson
Valina L. Dawson Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Solomon H. Snyder
Solomon H. Snyder Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Juan C. Troncoso
Juan C. Troncoso Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Darren J. Moore
Darren J. Moore École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Kah-Leong Lim
Kah-Leong Lim Nanyang Technological University
Andrew B. West
Andrew B. West Duke University
Christopher A. Ross
Christopher A. Ross Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Owen A. Ross
Owen A. Ross Mayo Clinic
Sonja W. Scholz
Sonja W. Scholz National Institutes of Health

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