Butterfield Recognized as a Leading Alzheimer鈥檚 Expert
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 9, 2020) 鈥� Allan Butterfield, a professor of biological chemistry in the University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences, has been named among the world鈥檚 leading Alzheimer鈥檚 disease experts by , an online base of biomedical expertise.
Butterfield is among the top 0.007% of scholars worldwide based on authorship of Alzheimer鈥檚-related publications indexed in the PubMed database for the past 10 years. He ranks tenth out of nearly 150,000 scholars worldwide and sixth in the U.S.
The Expertscape rankings use an algorithm to identify the most knowledgeable and experienced physicians, clinicians and researchers across more than 29,000 specific topics. The ranking considers factors such as an article鈥檚 recency, publication type, journal impact factor and authorship position.
Butterfield鈥檚 National Institutes of Health-funded research focuses on free radical oxidative stress in aging and age-related neurodegenerative disorders, particularly Alzheimer's disease. Throughout his career, he has published nearly 700 papers, with most related to this disease.
鈥淭his recognition is really a testament to the tremendously talented students and scholars I鈥檝e had in my lab - as well as the opportunity to collaborate with so many wonderful faculty members here at the University of Kentucky and around the world,鈥� said Butterfield.
Butterfield is the 海角禁区 Alumni Association Endowed Professor of Biological Chemistry, director of the Redox Metabolism Core of the NCI-designated Markey Cancer Center, and faculty in both the Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center and the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. He also serves an administrative role as associate vice president for research with responsibilities for centers & institutes and research priority areas within 海角禁区 Research headed by Vice President for Research Lisa Cassis.
