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Home › Research › This week › 2026-09-20

Research digest: week ending 2026-09-20

Counts of the studies in this library by the date on each record, for the windows ending 2026-09-20. This is a weekly archive page: its numbers were counted once and do not change.

Studies by date

WindowDates (inclusive)Studies
Last 7 days 2026-09-14 to 2026-09-20 68
Last 30 days 2026-08-22 to 2026-09-20 290
Last 90 days 2026-06-23 to 2026-09-20 641

Counted: 26,084 of 27,380 records, those whose own date field is a full day on or before 2026-09-20. Excluded: 1,296 (69 with no date, 403 with a month only, 419 with a year only, 0 unreadable, 405 dated after 2026-09-20). The date is each record's own date field (its publication or posting date), not the day it was added to this library.

Last 30 days and the 30 days before

Count 2026-08-22 to 2026-09-20 2026-07-23 to 2026-08-21 Difference
Studies 290 199 +91
Studies with at least one tag 250 181 +69
Studies with a journal named 290 199 +91
Different journals 64 71 -7

The 12 most recent studies

  1. · Underlying histopathology features of white matter hyperintensities in vascular and neurodegenerative disorders: a systematic review · Research Square
  2. · Loss of TDP-43 function drives cryptic circular RNAs in neurodegenerative diseases · bioRxiv
  3. · A Multimodal Mathematical and Computational Framework for Personalized Medication-Adherence and Cognitive-Risk Modeling in Alzheimer's Disease · Research Square
  4. · MedBackdoorGuard: Detecting and Mitigating Backdoor Attacks in Deep Learning Models for MRI-Based Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment Diagnosis · Preprints.org
  5. · Rab11-exosome biogenesis regulators mediate Aβ-induced intercellular propagation of endolysosomal trafficking defects and neurodegeneration · bioRxiv
  6. · A lifespan single-cell atlas of the human developing hippocampus benchmarks familial Alzheimer’s disease brain organoids · bioRxiv
  7. · A self-limiting, TREM2-dependent anabolic program confers microglial resilience in Alzheimer’s disease · bioRxiv
  8. · TDP-43 dysfunction induces cryptic circular RNAs in ALS/FTD · bioRxiv
  9. · Associations of menopause hormone therapy with late-life cognition and brain health vary by formulation and APOEε4 presence · medRxiv (preprint)
  10. · Myo-inositol as a spectroscopic marker of neuroinflammation in frontotemporal lobar degeneration · medRxiv (preprint)
  11. · Varenicline as a Repurposable Drug Candidate for ADRD Prevention · medRxiv (preprint)
  12. · Genetically Predicted Blood DNA Methylation Reveals Putative Regulatory Signals Associated with ALS Risk · medRxiv (preprint)

Newest date first; records with the same date in reverse file order. Titles as written in each record.

Top tags, last 30 days

TagStudies, 2026-08-22 to 2026-09-20 Studies, 2026-07-23 to 2026-08-21Difference
apolipoprotein 28 9 +19
amyloid-beta 21 8 +13
apoe 21 8 +13
precursor 21 8 +13
pet 14 11 +3
biobank 12 5 +7
biomarkers 12 10 +2
cerebrospinal 12 10 +2

159 different tags on the 250 tagged studies in the window. Tags are assigned automatically from each study's text. Ties are listed alphabetically; 14 more tags have the same count as the last row and are not shown.

Journals with the most studies, last 30 days

Journal or serverStudies, 2026-08-22 to 2026-09-20 Studies, 2026-07-23 to 2026-08-21Difference
medRxiv (preprint) 94 20 +74
Research Square 64 44 +20
bioRxiv 39 22 +17
Preprints.org 13 8 +5
F1000Res 4 0 +4
PsyArXiv 4 4 +0
Neurology 3 4 -1
Alzheimer s & Dementia 2 0 +2
Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2 0 +2
American Journal of Roentgenology 2 0 +2

Journal names exactly as written in each record. Ties are listed alphabetically; 9 more journals have the same count as the last row and are not shown.

Weekly archive

Source: data/research.json (27,380 records, SHA-256 5b9f77d91483) and data/study_autotags.json (SHA-256 aca4f07d4741). For every study in date order see Newest studies.