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William R. Markesbery

William R. Markesbery

University of Kentucky
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
144
Citations
94786
World Ranking
176
National Ranking
114

William R. Markesbery 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 William R. Markesbery sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 471 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William R. Markesbery 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 William R. Markesbery sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 144 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

William R. Markesbery was affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States. Throughout their career, they contributed to the academic community until their passing.

No recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, book publications, fields of study, subfields, main topics of work, or awards have been documented for this researcher in the provided data.

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

  • OXIDATIVE STRESS HYPOTHESIS IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

    William R. Markesbery

  • Brain Infarction and the Clinical Expression of Alzheimer Disease: The Nun Study

    David A. Snowdon;Lydia H. Greiner;James A. Mortimer;Kathryn P. Riley

  • Copper, iron and zinc in Alzheimer's disease senile plaques

    M.A Lovell;J.D Robertson;W.J Teesdale;J.L Campbell

  • 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

  • Excess brain protein oxidation and enzyme dysfunction in normal aging and in Alzheimer disease.

    C D Smith;J M Carney;P E Starke-Reed;C N Oliver

  • Incipient Alzheimer's disease: Microarray correlation analyses reveal major transcriptional and tumor suppressor responses

    Eric M. Blalock;James W. Geddes;Kuey Chu Chen;Nada M. Porter

  • Linguistic Ability in Early Life and Cognitive Function and Alzheimer's Disease in Late Life: Findings From the Nun Study

    David A. Snowdon;Susan J. Kemper;James A. Mortimer;Lydia H. Greiner

  • Impaired proteasome function in Alzheimer's disease.

    Jeffrey N. Keller;Keith B. Hanni;William R. Markesbery

  • Oxidative Alterations in Alzheimer's Disease

    William R. Markesbery;John M. Carney

  • A role for 4-hydroxynonenal, an aldehydic product of lipid peroxidation, in disruption of ion homeostasis and neuronal death induced by amyloid β-peptide

    Robert J. Mark;Mark A. Lovell;William R. Markesbery;Koji Uchida

  • Brain Infarction and the Clinical Expression of Alzheimer Disease-Reply

    David A. Snowdon;Lydia H. Greiner;Kathryn P. Riley;William R. Markesbery

  • Four-Hydroxynonenal, a Product of Lipid Peroxidation, is Increased in the Brain in Alzheimer's Disease

    W.R Markesbery;M.A Lovell

  • Elevated thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances and antioxidant enzyme activity in the brain in Alzheimer's disease

    Mark A. Lovell;William D. Ehmann;Steven M. Butler;William R. Markesbery

  • Neurotrophic factors attenuate glutamate-induced accumulation of peroxides, elevation of intracellular Ca2+ concentration, and neurotoxicity and increase antioxidant enzyme activities in hippocampal neurons.

    Mark P. Mattson;Mark A. Lovell;Katsutoshi Furukawa;William R. Markesbery

  • The National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC) database: the Uniform Data Set.

    Duane L. Beekly;Erin M. Ramos;William W. Lee;Woodrow D. Deitrich

  • Brain Regional Correspondence Between Alzheimer's Disease Histopathology and Biomarkers of Protein Oxidation

    Unknown

  • Changes in thiol content and expression of glutathione redox system genes in the hippocampus and cerebellum in Alzheimer's disease

    Michael Y. Aksenov;William R. Markesbery

  • Neuropathology and Cognitive Impairment in Alzheimer Disease: A Complex but Coherent Relationship

    Peter T. Nelson;Heiko Braak;William R. Markesbery

  • Neuropathology of nondemented aging: Presumptive evidence for preclinical Alzheimer disease

    Joseph L. Price;Daniel W. McKeel;Virginia D. Buckles;Catherine M. Roe

  • Copper, iron, and zinc imbalances in severely degenerated brain regions in Alzheimer's disease: possible relation to oxidative stress

    M.A Deibel;W.D Ehmann;W.R Markesbery

  • Alzheimer neuropathologic alterations in aged cognitively normal subjects

    D G Davis;F A Schmitt;D R Wekstein;W R Markesbery

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Lovell
Mark A. Lovell University of Kentucky
D. Allan Butterfield
D. Allan Butterfield University of Kentucky
Richard J. Kryscio
Richard J. Kryscio University of Kentucky
Frederick A. Schmitt
Frederick A. Schmitt University of Kentucky
Charles D. Smith
Charles D. Smith University of Kentucky
Jeffrey N. Keller
Jeffrey N. Keller Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Mark P. Mattson
Mark P. Mattson Johns Hopkins University
Kamal Masaki
Kamal Masaki University of Hawaii at Manoa
Thomas J. Montine
Thomas J. Montine Stanford University
Thomas L. Roszman
Thomas L. Roszman University of Kentucky

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