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10083
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Walter E. Kaufmann 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 Walter E. Kaufmann sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 245 publications — 7th percentile

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Walter E. Kaufmann 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 Walter E. Kaufmann sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 95 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Walter E. Kaufmann is a researcher affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Within these areas, Kaufmann has contributed extensively to subfields such as Genetics, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Clinical Psychology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Their research topics cover a range of issues related to genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, including Autism Spectrum Disorder research and family and disability support research. Kaufmann has also addressed genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, pharmacological receptor mechanisms and effects, congenital heart defects research, and neuropeptides and animal physiology.

Kaufmann has frequently published in several academic journals. These venues include:

  • Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
  • Brain Sciences
  • American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
  • Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Among Kaufmann's recent papers are studies that encompass a variety of research themes and clinical applications. Notable publications include:

  • "A precision medicine framework using artificial intelligence for the identification and confirmation of genomic biomarkers of response to an Alzheimer's disease therapy: Analysis of the blarcamesine (ANAVEX2-73) Phase 2a clinical study," 2020, published in Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions
  • "A Genotype-Phenotype Study of High-Resolution FMR1 Nucleic Acid and Protein Analyses in Fragile X Patients with Neurobehavioral Assessments," 2020, Brain Sciences
  • "A Psychometric Evaluation of the Motor-Behavioral Assessment Scale for Use as an Outcome Measure in Rett Syndrome Clinical Trials," 2020, American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
  • "Sleep problems in fragile X syndrome: Cross-sectional analysis of a large clinic-based cohort," 2021, American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
  • "Seizures in Fragile X Syndrome: Associations and Longitudinal Analysis of a Large Clinic-Based Cohort," 2021, Frontiers in Pediatrics

Kaufmann collaborates often with a group of frequent co-authors. These include Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, Dejan B. Budimirovic, Jeffrey L. Neul, Lindsay M. Oberman, and Alan K. Percy, who have contributed alongside Kaufmann in multiple publications.

Best Publications

  • Family income, parental education and brain structure in children and adolescents

    Kimberly G. Noble;Suzanne M. Houston;Natalie H Brito;Hauke Bartsch

  • Rett syndrome: Revised diagnostic criteria and nomenclature

    Jeffrey L. Neul;Walter E. Kaufmann;Daniel G. Glaze;John Christodoulou

  • Expression of a mitogen-inducible cyclooxygenase in brain neurons: Regulation by synaptic activity and glucocorticoids

    Kanato Yamagata;Katrin I. Andreasson;Walter E. Kaufmann;Carol A. Barnes

  • Arc, a growth factor and activity-regulated gene, encodes a novel cytoskeleton-associated protein that is enriched in neuronal dendrites

    Gregory L Lyford;Kanato Yamagata;Walter E Kaufmann;Carol A Barnes

  • Dendritic Anomalies in Disorders Associated with Mental Retardation

    Walter E. Kaufmann;Hugo W. Moser;Hugo W. Moser

  • COX-2, a synaptically induced enzyme, is expressed by excitatory neurons at postsynaptic sites in rat cerebral cortex

    Walter E. Kaufmann;Paul F. Worley;Jodi Pegg;Margaret Bremer

  • Imaging cortical association tracts in the human brain using diffusion-tensor-based axonal tracking.

    Susumu Mori;Walter E. Kaufmann;Christos Davatzikos;Bram Stieltjes

  • Advances in the treatment of fragile x Syndrome

    Randi J Hagerman;Elizabeth Berry-Kravis;Walter E. Kaufmann;Michele Y. Ono

  • Diffusion tensor imaging and axonal tracking in the human brainstem.

    Bram Stieltjes;Walter E. Kaufmann;Peter C.M. van Zijl;Kim Fredericksen

  • Characteristics and Concordance of Autism Spectrum Disorders Among 277 Twin Pairs

    Rebecca E. Rosenberg;J. Kiely Law;Gayane Yenokyan;John McGready

  • Elongation Factor 2 and Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein Control the Dynamic Translation of Arc/Arg3.1 Essential for mGluR-LTD

    Sungjin Park;Joo Min Park;Sangmok Kim;Jin Ah Kim

  • Developmental dyslexia in women: neuropathological findings in three patients.

    Peter Humphreys;Peter Humphreys;Walter E. Kaufmann;Walter E. Kaufmann;Albert M. Galaburda;Albert M. Galaburda

  • Smaller prefrontal and premotor volumes in boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Stewart H Mostofsky;Karen L Cooper;Wendy R Kates;Martha B Denckla

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder in Fragile X Syndrome: Communication, Social Interaction, and Specific Behaviors

    Walter E. Kaufmann;Ranon Cortell;Alice S.M. Kau;Irena Bukelis

  • Neuroanatomical Assessment of Biological Maturity

    Timothy T. Brown;Joshua M. Kuperman;Yoonho Chung;Matthew Erhart

  • Diffusion tensor imaging in schizophrenia.

    Richard A.A. Kanaan;Jin Suh Kim;Walter E. Kaufmann;Walter E. Kaufmann;Godfrey D. Pearlson;Godfrey D. Pearlson

  • rheb, a growth factor- and synaptic activity-regulated gene, encodes a novel Ras-related protein.

    Kanato Yamagata;Laura K. Sanders;Walter E. Kaufmann;Wendy Yee

  • Diagnoses of neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis by immunochemical methods.

    Syed Hosain;Walter E. Kaufmann;Gisela Negrin;Paul A. Watkins;Paul A. Watkins

  • Defective GABAergic Neurotransmission and Pharmacological Rescue of Neuronal Hyperexcitability in the Amygdala in a Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome

    Jose Luis Olmos-Serrano;Scott M. Paluszkiewicz;Scott M. Paluszkiewicz;Brandon S. Martin;Brandon S. Martin;Walter E. Kaufmann

  • Cyclooxygenases and the central nervous system.

    Walter E. Kaufmann;Katrin I. Andreasson;Peter C. Isakson;Paul F. Worley

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey L. Neul
Jeffrey L. Neul Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Stewart H. Mostofsky
Stewart H. Mostofsky Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Wendy R. Kates
Wendy R. Kates SUNY Upstate Medical University
Elizabeth R. Sowell
Elizabeth R. Sowell University of Southern California
Sarah S. Murray
Sarah S. Murray University of California, San Diego
Martha B. Denckla
Martha B. Denckla Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Anders M. Dale
Anders M. Dale J. Craig Venter Institute
Terry L. Jernigan
Terry L. Jernigan University of California, San Diego
Peter B. Marschik
Peter B. Marschik University of Göttingen
B. J. Casey
B. J. Casey Barnard College

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