2026 Walter E. Kaufmann: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	95	10084	9462	5192	4795	245	32472

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

1678
Citations
Rett syndrome: Revised diagnostic criteria and nomenclature

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

1583
Citations
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

1478
Citations
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

1455
Citations
Dendritic Anomalies in Disorders Associated with Mental Retardation

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

920
Citations
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

736
Citations
Imaging cortical association tracts in the human brain using diffusion-tensor-based axonal tracking.

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

686
Citations
Advances in the treatment of fragile x Syndrome

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

667
Citations
Diffusion tensor imaging and axonal tracking in the human brainstem.

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

646
Citations
Characteristics and Concordance of Autism Spectrum Disorders Among 277 Twin Pairs

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

625
Citations
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

599
Citations
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

548
Citations
Smaller prefrontal and premotor volumes in boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

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

534
Citations
Autism Spectrum Disorder in Fragile X Syndrome: Communication, Social Interaction, and Specific Behaviors

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

478
Citations
Neuroanatomical Assessment of Biological Maturity

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

393
Citations
Diffusion tensor imaging in schizophrenia.

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

388
Citations
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

364
Citations
Diagnoses of neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis by immunochemical methods.

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

362
Citations
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

359
Citations
Cyclooxygenases and the central nervous system.

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

355
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey L. Neul Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Stewart H. Mostofsky Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Wendy R. Kates SUNY Upstate Medical University

Elizabeth R. Sowell University of Southern California

Sarah S. Murray University of California, San Diego

Martha B. Denckla Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Anders M. Dale J. Craig Venter Institute

Terry L. Jernigan University of California, San Diego

Peter B. Marschik University of Göttingen

B. J. Casey Barnard College

External Links

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