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Merci N Best

Medicine · University of Michigan

OpenAlex ORCID
Early career · publishing since 2017Rising activity
Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsDementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsDevelopmental Biology and Gene RegulationNeurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

Publications

13

Citations

42

Est. group size

~3

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

9

Publishing since 2017

In context
Among 1,353 early career Medicine PIs within our index
Citations: 42cohort median 157
Publications / year (recent): 2.0cohort median 2.6

Typically publishes in teams of ~9 · 17% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 6 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.0/year recently
2017: 1 publication17182019: 2 publications1920212022: 1 publication222023: 2 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 4 publications42526
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at University of Michigan each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators2018: 0 collaborators2019: 0 collaborators2020: 0 collaborators2021: 0 collaborators2022: 0 collaborators2023: 2 collaborators2024: 10 collaborators2025: 6 collaborators1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia×6
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease×3
  • Journal of Research in STEM Education×1
  • W&M Publish (College of William & Mary)×1
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 25, 2026.

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