International Journal of Stroke

Papers
(The TQCC of International Journal of Stroke is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)
ArticleCitations
Temporal trends of sex differences in acute reperfusion therapy and early outcomes of acute ischemic stroke in South Korea: 10-year analysis of the nationwide stroke registry1361
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Early antiplatelet for minor stroke following thrombolysis (EAST): Rationale and design136
Estimating nocturnal stroke onset times by magnetic resonance imaging in the WAKE-UP trial116
Thrombolysis for central retinal artery occlusion: An individual participant-level meta-analysis107
Detection of atrial fibrillation after stroke due to large or small vessel disease: Systematic review and meta-analysis104
Ten-year trends in sex differences in cardiovascular risk factors, in-hospital management, and outcomes of ischemic stroke in China: Analyses of a nationwide serial cross-sectional survey from 2005 to73
Stroke in Latin America: Systematic review of incidence, prevalence, and case-fatality in 1997–202160
Tea and coffee consumption and risk of acute stroke: The INTERSTROKE Study52
Treatment of post-stroke aphasia: A narrative review for stroke neurologists48
A phase III, multi-arm multi-stage covariate-adjusted response-adaptive randomized trial to determine optimal early mobility training after stroke (AVERT DOSE)44
Pretreatment predictors of very poor clinical outcomes in medium vessel occlusion stroke patients treated with mechanical thrombectomy43
Indian Trial of Tranexamic acid in Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage study protocol42
Is statin therapy after ischaemic stroke associated with increased intracerebral hemorrhage? The association may be dependent on intensity of statin therapy42
Noncontrast Computed Tomography Markers of Cerebral Hemorrhage Expansion: Diagnostic Accuracy Meta-Analysis41
Global, regional, and national temporal trends of diet-related ischemic stroke mortality and disability from 1990 to 201941
Cerebral hemodynamic effects of early blood pressure lowering after TIA and stroke in patients with carotid stenosis40
A randomized controlled trial of medication adherence and management of risk factors for secondary prevention of stroke (MaMoRS) using a smartphone-based application39
Imaging markers of intracerebral hemorrhage expansion in patients with unclear symptom onset37
What’s on the recovery and rehabilitation horizon? The third international Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Roundtable (SRRR3) initiative36
Clinical characteristics, in-hospital management, and outcomes among patients hospitalized for acute ischemic stroke in rural versus urban hospitals in China: A nationwide hospital-based study34
Intensive speech therapy after stroke33
Characterizing mixed location hemorrhages/microbleeds with CSF markers33
Mechanical thrombectomy after acute ischemic stroke in patients with left ventricular assist devices: A nationwide analysis33
Cognition after stroke32
Validation of the Black-&-White sign to predict intracerebral hematoma expansion in the multi-center PREDICT study cohort30
A differential detailed diffusion-weighted imaging-ASPECTS for cerebral infarct volume measurement and outcome prediction29
Cerebrospinal fluid volume improves prediction of malignant edema after endovascular treatment of stroke28
Decline in spontaneous cervical artery dissection incidence during COVID-19 public health measures: Evidence for a role of upper respiratory infections in pathogenesis28
Poor collateral flow with severe hypoperfusion explains worse outcome in acute stroke patients with atrial fibrillation27
Author Index27
Comparison of mothership versus drip-and-ship models in treating patients with acute ischemic stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis27
The lifetime burden following stroke: Long term impact of stroke on survival and quality of life26
Predicting post-stroke cognitive impairment using electronic health record data26
Author Index25
Should we adjudicate outcomes in stroke trials? A systematic review24
Fight INflammation to Improve outcome after aneurysmal Subarachnoid HEmorRhage (FINISHER) trial: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial23
Ghost infarct core following endovascular reperfusion: A risk for computed tomography perfusion misguided selection in stroke23
The relationship between neurological function trajectory, assessed by repeated NIHSS measurement, and long-term cardiovascular events, recurrent stroke, and mortality after ischemic stroke23
Non-contrast CT markers of intracerebral hemorrhage expansion: The influence of onset-to-CT time22
Clinical effectiveness of endovascular stroke treatment in the early and extended time windows21
Large vessel occlusive stroke with milder baseline severity shows better collaterals and reduced harm from thrombectomy transfer delays21
Intracranial atherosclerosis: Review of imaging features and advances in diagnostics20
Effect of renal impairment on the efficacy and safety of intra-arterial treatment: A post-hoc analysis of DIRECT-MT study20
World Stroke Organization (WSO): Global Stroke Fact Sheet 202220
Therapeutic hypothermia for intracerebral hemorrhage: Systematic review and meta-analysis of the experimental and clinical literature20
Cerebral small vessel disease and intracranial bleeding risk: Prognostic and practical significance20
The effect of repeated remote ischemic postconditioning after an ischemic stroke (REPOST): A randomized controlled trial19
Neural correlates of cricopharyngeal dysfunction after supratentorial stroke: A voxel-based lesion-symptom mapping with propensity score matched case–control19
Rivaroxaban versus aspirin for prevention of covert brain infarcts in patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source: NAVIGATE ESUS MRI substudy19
Effectiveness and safety of secondary prevention of non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants use by drug type in Asian patients19
Reperfusion by endovascular thrombectomy and early cerebral edema in anterior circulation stroke: Results from the SITS-International Stroke Thrombectomy Registry19
Evaluation of acute mechanical revascularization in large stroke (ASPECTS ⩽5) and large vessel occlusion within 7 h of last-seen-well: The LASTE multicenter, randomized, clinical trial protocol18
Cost-effectiveness of an enhanced Paramedic Acute Stroke Treatment Assessment (PASTA) during emergency stroke care: Economic results from a pragmatic cluster randomized trial18
Association of circulating CD34+ cells level and prognosis after ischemic stroke18
Cerebral microbleeds development after stroke thrombolysis: A secondary analysis of the THAWS randomized clinical trial17
Quality of life and quality-adjusted life years after stroke in Sierra Leone17
Ischemic stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation and a recent ischemic stroke, TIA, or intracranial hemorrhage: A World Stroke Organization (WSO) scientific statement17
Direct mechanical thrombectomy without intravenous thrombolysis versus bridging therapy for acute ischemic stroke: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials17
Nontyphoidal Salmonellosis Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Stroke: Insights from Multinational Real-World Data16
Elevated risk of end-stage kidney disease in stroke patients: A population-based observational study16
Association of aspirin use with risk of intracerebral hemorrhage in patients without history of stroke or transient ischemic attack in the UK Biobank16
Clinical change during inter-hospital transfer for thrombectomy: Incidence, associated factors, and relationship with outcome16
A prospective population-based study of stroke in the Central Region of Iran: The Qom Incidence of Stroke Study16
EXPRESS: COVID-19 AND STROKE – UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP AND ADAPTING SERVICES. A GLOBAL WORLD STROKE ORGANISATION PERSPECTIVE15
A translational roadmap for transcranial magnetic and direct current stimulation in stroke rehabilitation: Consensus-based core recommendations from the third stroke recovery and rehabilitation roundt15
The association between social networks and functional recovery after stroke15
Hematological disorders and stroke15
COVID-19 and stroke—Understanding the relationship and adapting services. A global World Stroke Organisation perspective15
The AHA/ASA and DSM-V diagnostic criteria for vascular cognitive impairment identify cases with predominant vascular pathology15
Dual antiplatelet therapy with cilostazol in stroke patients with extracranial arterial stenosis or without arterial stenosis: A subgroup analysis of the CSPS.com trial14
Longer term patient management following stroke: A systematic review14
Mediators of cognitive impairment in cerebral amyloid angiopathy14
Efficacy and safety of vitamin-K antagonists and direct oral anticoagulants for stroke prevention in patients with heart failure and sinus rhythm: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of ran14
Andexanet alfa in patients with factor Xa inhibitor-associated intracranial hemorrhage: The prospective observational multicenter ASTRO-DE study13
Association of post-stroke fatigue with physical activity and physical fitness: A systematic review and meta-analysis13
Association of statin use and lipid levels with cerebral microbleeds and intracranial hemorrhage in patients with atrial fibrillation: A prospective cohort study13
Endovascular thrombectomy in young patients with stroke13
Prevalence, measurement, and implications of frailty in stroke survivors: An analysis of three global aging cohorts13
Post-stroke fatigue13
Burden of stroke attributable to high ambient temperature from 1990 to 2019: A global analysis13
Early reperfusion in patients with acute retinal artery occlusion: A multicenter prospective study13
Prehospital blood pressure lowering in patients with ischemic stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials13
Blinding of outcome assessors and its association with outcome in a randomized open-label stroke trial13
Association of statin pre-treatment with baseline stroke severity and outcome in patients with acute ischemic stroke and received reperfusion treatment: An observational study12
Predictors of futile recanalization in ischemic stroke patients with low baseline NIHSS12
Penumbral Rescue by normobaric O = O administration in patients with ischemic stroke and target mismatch proFile (PROOF): Study protocol of a phase IIb trial12
Long-term functional outcomes among patients surviving aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: The KOSCO study12
Stroke Etiology was associated with Tirofiban Efficacy in Acute Ischemic Stroke Without Endovascular Treatment: A Pre-specified Subgroup Analysis of the TREND Trial12
World Stroke Organization (WSO): Global intracerebral hemorrhage factsheet 202512
Impact of time from symptom onset to puncture, and puncture to reperfusion, in endovascular therapy in the late time window (>6 h)12
Prehemorrhage antiplatelet use in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and impact on clinical outcome12
Associations between pre-stroke physical activity levels and health-related quality of life 3 months after stroke: A registry-based study (part of PAPSIGOT)12
MRI and CT imaging biomarkers of cerebral amyloid angiopathy in lobar intracerebral hemorrhage12
Should we switch to tenecteplase for all ischemic strokes? Evidence and logistics12
Heterogeneity in the diagnosis and prognosis of ischemic stroke subtypes: 9-year follow-up of 22,000 cases in Chinese adults11
RhPro-UK in acute ischemic stroke within 4.5 h of stroke onset trial-2 (the PROST-2 study): Rationale and design of a multicenter, prospective, randomized, open-label, blinded-endpoint, controlled pha11
Association of multimorbidity with mortality after stroke stratified by age, severity, etiology, and prior disability11
The treatment effect across ASPECTS in acute ischemic stroke: Analysis from the AcT trial11
A scoping review of patient and public involvement in empirical stroke research11
A randomized controlled trial to optimize patient’s selection for endovascular treatment in acute ischemic stroke (SELECT2): Study protocol10
Validation and comparison of multiple risk scores for prediction of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage after intravenous thrombolysis in VISTA10
Age-specific trends in intravenous thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy utilization in acute ischemic stroke in children under age 1810
Reducing disability after stroke10
Methodology of the fatigue after stroke educational recovery group randomized controlled trial10
18th UK Stroke Forum conference, 4 - 6 December 2023, ICC Birmingham, UK10
Differences in outcomes following an intensive upper-limb rehabilitation program for patients with common central nervous system-acting drug prescriptions10
Prevalence of right-to-left shunt in stroke patients with cancer10
Thrombolysis outcomes according to arterial characteristics of acute ischemic stroke by alteplase dose and blood pressure target10
Telomere length and stroke recurrence after ischemic stroke and TIA10
Cerebral microinfarcts revisited: Detection, causes, and clinical relevance10
Are low doses of non-vitamin K antagonists effective in Chinese patients with atrial fibrillation? A report from the Optimal Thromboprophylaxis in Elderly Chinese Patients with Atrial Fibrillation (Ch10
Early reocclusion after successful mechanical thrombectomy for large artery occlusion–related stroke9
UK Stroke Supplement: 001 – High Scoring Oral Presentation – Swallowing and Nutrition: SWALLOWING THERAPY FOR DYSPHAGIA IN ACUTE AND SUB-ACUTE STROKE (COCHRANE SYSTEMATIC REVIEW)9
Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: A review of pathogenesis, clinical presentation, and treatment9
Global challenges in the access of endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke (global MT access)9
Are central and systemic inflammation associated with fatigue in cerebral small vessel disease?9
The diversity of global stroke research in the IJS9
Anticoagulation usage and thrombolytic therapy in subjects with atrial fibrillation-associated ischemic stroke9
Duration of dual-antiplatelet therapy after stent-assisted coil for unruptured intracranial aneurysm: A nationwide cohort study9
An automated flowchart for the Modified Rankin Scale assessment: A multicenter inter-rater agreement analysis9
Withdrawal9
14th World Stroke Congress, Singapore, 26-29 October 20229
Retinal parameters, cortical cerebral microinfarcts, and their interaction with cognitive impairment9
Temporal trends and practice variation in early repair of the ruptured aneurysm among patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in the United States, 2012–20199
Stroke in India, DOACs for cerebral venous thrombosis, and mothership versus drip and ship9
When to start of anticoagulation after stroke and alternative thrombolytic agents: Highlights at World Stroke Congress 20248
Cognitive impairment after a stroke in young adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis8
Good collaterals and better outcomes after EVT for basilar artery occlusion: A systematic review and meta-analysis8
Cost-effectiveness of testing for CYP2C19 loss-of-function carriers following transient ischemic attack/minor stroke: A Canadian perspective8
15th World Stroke Congress, 10-12 October 2023, Toronto, Canada: Late Breaking Abstracts8
Effect of the Shanghai Stroke Service System (4S) on the quality of stroke care and outcomes: A prospective quality improvement project8
Global prevalence estimates of poststroke fatigue: A systematic review and meta-analysis8
International research priority setting exercises in stroke: A systematic review8
No-reflow phenomenon in stroke patients: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis of clinical data8
Sex differences in the symptom presentation of stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis8
Risk factors related to early neurological deterioration in lacunar stroke and its influence on functional outcome8
A systematic review and synthesis of global stroke guidelines on behalf of the World Stroke Organization8
Corrigendum8
Incidence and risk factors for hypotension after carotid artery stenting: Systematic review and meta-analysis8
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