Michael Ewers

22.5k citations

157 papers · 9.5k · 3 hit papers · h-index 53

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Psychiatry and Mental health top 0.2%
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Neurology top 0.2%
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Papers in

Psychiatry and Mental health 76
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research 74
Physiology 61
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatments 60

Co-authors: Harald Hampel (52 shared papers)Stefan Teipel (36 shared papers)Nicolai Franzmeier (53 shared papers)Arun L.W. Bokde (18 shared papers)Michael W. Weiner (13 shared papers)Martin Dichgans (28 shared papers)Marco Duering (25 shared papers)Katharina Büerger (23 shared papers)
Journals: Alzheimer s & Dementia (46 papers)Journal of Alzheimer s Disease (10 papers)Neurobiology of Aging (8 papers)Neurology (6 papers)Alzheimer s Research & Therapy (6 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States Sweden

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Michael Ewers

147 papers receiving 9.4k citations

Michael Ewers's Hit Papers

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Amyloid-associated hyperconnectivity drives tau spread across connected brain regions in Alzheimer’s disease 2025 · 23 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2025 Science Translational Medicine
2018 Alzheimer s & Dementia
2016 Alzheimer s & Dementia

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1	Whitepaper: Defining and investigating cognitive reserve, brain reserve, and brain maintenance Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Yaakov Stern, Eider M. Arenaza‐Urquijo, David Bartrés‐Faz, Sylvie Belleville, Marc Cantilon, Gaël Chételat, Michael Ewers, Nicolai Franzmeier, Gerd Kempermann, William S. Kremen, Ozioma C. Okonkwo, Nikolaos Scarmeas, Anja Soldan, Chinedu Udeh‐Momoh, Michael Valenzuela, Prashanthi Vemuri, Eero Vuoksimaa, (unknown) Hit paper breakdown →	2018	1051
2	CSF phosphorylated tau protein correlates with neocortical neurofibrillary pathology in Alzheimer's disease Brain ·Katharina Büerger, Michael Ewers, Tuula Pirttilä, Raymond Zinkowski, Irina Alafuzoff, Stefan Teipel, John F. DeBernardis, Daniel J. Kerkman, Cheryl McCulloch, Hilkka Soininen, Harald Hampel	2006	486
3	Implementation of subjective cognitive decline criteria in research studies Alzheimer s & Dementia ·José Luís Molinuevo, Laura A. Rabin, Rebecca E. Amariglio, Rachel F. Buckley, Bruno Dubois, Kathryn A. Ellis, Michael Ewers, Harald Hampel, Stefan Klöppel, Lorena Rami, ‌Barry Reisberg, Andrew J. Saykin, Sietske A.M. Sikkes, Colette M. Smart, Beth E. Snitz, Reisa A. Sperling, Wiesje M. van der Flier, Michael Wagner, Frank Jessen, (unknown) Hit paper breakdown →	2016	392
4	Prediction of conversion from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease dementia based upon biomarkers and neuropsychological test performance Neurobiology of Aging ·Michael Ewers, Cathal Walsh, John Q. Trojanowski, Leslie M. Shaw, Ronald C. Petersen, Clifford R. Jack, Howard Feldman, Arun L.W. Bokde, Gene E. Alexander, Philip Scheltens, Bruno Vellas, Bruno Dubois, Michael W. Weiner, Harald Hampel	2010	313
5	Neuroimaging markers for the prediction and early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease dementia Trends in Neurosciences ·Michael Ewers, Reisa A. Sperling, William E. Klunk, Michael W. Weiner, Harald Hampel	2011	286
6	Automated detection of brain atrophy patterns based on MRI for the prediction of Alzheimer's disease NeuroImage ·Claudia Plant, Stefan Teipel, Annahita Oswald, Christian Böhm, Thomas Meindl, Janaı́na Mourão-Miranda, Arun L.W. Bokde, Harald Hampel, Michael Ewers	2009	281
7	A Novel Imaging Marker for Small Vessel Disease Based on Skeletonization of White Matter Tracts and Diffusion Histograms Annals of Neurology ·Ebru Baykara, Benno Gesierich, Ruth Adam, Anil M. Tuladhar, J. Matthijs Biesbroek, Huiberdina L. Koek, Stefan Ropele, Éric Jouvent, (unknown), Hugues Chabriat, Birgit Ertl‐Wagner, Michael Ewers, Reinhold Schmidt, Frank‐Erik de Leeuw, Geert Jan Biessels, Martin Dichgans, Marco Duering	2016	271
8	Lithium trial in Alzheimer's disease: a randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter 10-week study. PubMed ·Harald Hampel, Michael Ewers, Katharina Bürger, Peter Annas, Anette Mörtberg, Anna Bogstedt, Lutz Frölich, Johannes Schröder, Peter Schönknecht, Matthias W. Riepe, Inga Kraft, Thomas Gasser, Thomas Leyhe, Hans‐Jürgen Möller, Alexander Kurz, Hans Basun	2009	270
9	Lithium Trial in Alzheimer's Disease The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry ·Harald Hampel, Michael Ewers, Katharina Bürger, Peter Annas, Anette Mörtberg, Anna Bogstedt, Lutz Frölich, Johannes Schröder, Peter Schönknecht, Matthias W. Riepe, I.L. Kraft, Thomas Gasser, Thomas Leyhe, Hans‐Jürgen Möller, Alexander Kurz, Hans Basun	2009	251
10	Increased soluble TREM2 in cerebrospinal fluid is associated with reduced cognitive and clinical decline in Alzheimer’s disease Science Translational Medicine ·Michael Ewers, Nicolai Franzmeier, Marc Suárez‐Calvet, Estrella Morenas‐Rodríguez, Miguel Ángel Araque Caballero, Gernot Kleinberger, Laura Piccio, Carlos Cruchaga, Yuetiva Deming, Martin Dichgans, John Q. Trojanowski, Leslie M. Shaw, Michael W. Weiner, Christian Haass, (unknown)	2019	210
11	Early changes in CSF sTREM2 in dominantly inherited Alzheimer’s disease occur after amyloid deposition and neuronal injury Science Translational Medicine ·Marc Suárez‐Calvet, Miguel Ángel Araque Caballero, Gernot Kleinberger, Randall J. Bateman, Anne M. Fagan, John C. Morris, Johannes Levin, Adrian Danek, Michael Ewers, Christian Haass, (unknown)	2016	208
12	Early increase of CSF sTREM2 in Alzheimer’s disease is associated with tau related-neurodegeneration but not with amyloid-β pathology Molecular Neurodegeneration ·(unknown), Marc Suárez‐Calvet, Estrella Morenas‐Rodríguez, Gernot Kleinberger, Kai Schlepckow, Miguel Ángel Araque Caballero, Nicolai Franzmeier, Anja Capell, Katrin Fellerer, Brigitte Nuscher, Erden Eren, Johannes Levin, Yuetiva Deming, Laura Piccio, Celeste M. Karch, Carlos Cruchaga, Leslie M. Shaw, John Q. Trojanowski, Michael W. Weiner, Michael Ewers, Christian Haass	2019	194
13	Different rates of forgetting following study versus test trials Memory ·Mark A. Wheeler, Michael Ewers, Joseph Buonanno	2003	192
14	Levels of β-Secretase (BACE1) in Cerebrospinal Fluid as a Predictor of Risk in Mild Cognitive Impairment Archives of General Psychiatry ·Zhenyu Zhong, Michael Ewers, Stefan Teipel, Katharina Bürger, Anders Wallin, Kaj Blennow, Ping He, Carrie McAllister, Harald Hampel, Yong Shen	2007	178
15	Multivariate deformation-based analysis of brain atrophy to predict Alzheimer's disease in mild cognitive impairment NeuroImage ·Stefan Teipel, Christine Born, Michael Ewers, Arun L.W. Bokde, Maximilian F. Reiser, Hans‐Jürgen Möller, Harald Hampel	2007	174
16	Functional connectivity associated with tau levels in ageing, Alzheimer’s, and small vessel disease Brain ·Nicolai Franzmeier, Anna Rubinski, Julia Neitzel, Yeshin Kim, Alexander Damm, Duk L. Na, Hee Jin Kim, Chul Hyoung Lyoo, Hanna Cho, Sofia Finsterwalder, Marco Duering, Sang Won Seo, Michael Ewers, (unknown)	2019	160
17	Free water determines diffusion alterations and clinical status in cerebral small vessel disease Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Marco Duering, Sofia Finsterwalder, Ebru Baykara, Anil M. Tuladhar, Benno Gesierich, M. Konieczny, Rainer Malik, Nicolai Franzmeier, Michael Ewers, Éric Jouvent, Geert Jan Biessels, Reinhold Schmidt, Frank‐Erik de Leeuw, Ofer Pasternak, Martin Dichgans	2018	131
18	Multicenter assessment of CSF-phosphorylated tau for the prediction of conversion of MCI Neurology ·Michael Ewers, Katharina Büerger, Stefan Teipel, Philip Scheltens, J. Schröder, Raymond Zinkowski, Femke H. Bouwman, Peter Schönknecht, Niki S.M. Schoonenboom, Nancy C. Andreasen, Anders Wallin, John F. DeBernardis, Daniel J. Kerkman, Bernhard Heindl, Kaj Blennow, Harald Hampel	2007	121
19	Midlife vascular risk factors and risk of incident dementia: Longitudinal cohort and Mendelian randomization analyses in the UK Biobank Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Rainer Malik, Marios K. Georgakis, Julia Neitzel, Kristiina Rannikmäe, Michael Ewers, Sudha Seshadri, Cathie Sudlow, Martin Dichgans	2021	113
20	Multiple Indices of Diffusion Identifies White Matter Damage in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease PLoS ONE ·Laurence O’Dwyer, Franck Lamberton, Arun L.W. Bokde, Michael Ewers, Yetunde O. Faluyi, Colby J. Tanner, Bernard Mazoyer, Desmond O’Neill, Mairead M. Bartley, Rónán Collins, Tara Coughlan, David Prvulovic, Harald Hampel	2011	107

About Michael Ewers

Michael Ewers is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Physiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Neurology, having authored 157 papers that have together received 9.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (74 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (60 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (50 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (25 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (12 papers), Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (11 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (8 papers) and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Psychiatry and Mental health (3.5k citations), Neurology (1.6k citations), Physiology (3.0k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (2.4k citations) and Biological Psychiatry (216 citations). Michael Ewers has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include Harald Hampel, Stefan Teipel, Nicolai Franzmeier, Arun L.W. Bokde, Michael W. Weiner, Martin Dichgans, Marco Duering, Katharina Büerger, Kaj Blennow and Reisa A. Sperling. Their work appears in journals such as Alzheimer s & Dementia, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease, Neurobiology of Aging, Neurology and Alzheimer s Research & Therapy.

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