Professor Feigin is the recipient of a number of prestigious national and international awards and distinctions, including the Fogarty International Centre Research Grant Award (National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke of the USA, Mayo Clinic), Bruce Shoenburg International Award and Lecture in Neuroepidemiology (American Academy of Neurology), Gedeon Richter Award for Studies on Cavinton in Acute Stroke, the World Stroke Organization President’s Award, McDarmid Medal of Royal Society of New Zealand, Stroke Association of Australasia Award, and WHO Western Pacific Region Innovation Challenge Winner Award for his outstanding contribution to clinical stroke research in the area of stroke epidemiology and prevention. Valery’s expertise in the field of epidemiology and neurology has been recognised around the world. According to Web of Science, Valery Feigin is one of the 1% most cited scientists worldwide across all field of sciences in 2018, 2020 and 2021: As of 2 September 2022, Google Scholar credits him with an h-index of 127 and >249,000 citations; Scopus credits him with >131,000 citations and an h-index of 108; Web of Science credits him with >110,600 citations and an h-index of 103. Just from the last year (2020) to 2021 his citation rate is one every 15 minutes, and rising.