Ben C.J. Hamel

20.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
201 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Ben C.J. Hamel is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben C.J. Hamel has authored 201 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Genetics, 114 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Ben C.J. Hamel's work include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (64 papers), Connective tissue disorders research (35 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (27 papers). Ben C.J. Hamel is often cited by papers focused on Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (64 papers), Connective tissue disorders research (35 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (27 papers). Ben C.J. Hamel collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Ben C.J. Hamel's co-authors include Hans‐Hilger Ropers, Hans van Bokhoven, Edwin C.M. Mariman, Han G. Brunner, Han G. Brunner, Claude Moraine, Jean‐Pierre Fryns, Bert B.A. de Vries, Sylvia E. C. van Beersum and Jamel Chelly and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ben C.J. Hamel

195 papers receiving 10.9k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Mutations in a new member of the chromodomain gene family cause CHARGE syndrome

2004 876 citations Ben C.J. Hamel et al. profile →
X-Linked Mental Retardation and Autism Are Associated with a Mutation in the NLGN4 Gene, a Member of the Neuroligin Family

2004 553 citations Frédéric Laumonnier, Frédérique Bonnet‐Brilhault et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →
Heterozygous Germline Mutations in the p53 Homolog p63 Are the Cause of EEC Syndrome

1999 536 citations Jacopo Celli, Pascal H. G. Duijf et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ben C.J. Hamel Netherlands	54	6.6k	6.0k	1.2k	1.0k	968	201	11.3k
Maximilian Muenke United States	67	10.5k 1.6×	8.1k 1.3×	1.4k 1.1×	2.0k 2.0×	600 0.6×	277	15.6k
Valérie Cormier‐Daire France	62	8.4k 1.3×	7.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	393	14.3k
Eric Legius Belgium	57	4.6k 0.7×	3.1k 0.5×	1.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	943 1.0×	296	12.1k
Koenraad Devriendt Belgium	56	6.8k 1.0×	6.0k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	1.8k 1.8×	785 0.8×	444	12.6k
Beverly S. Emanuel United States	64	9.8k 1.5×	5.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	915 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	289	14.2k
Alain Verloès France	46	4.4k 0.7×	3.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	807 0.8×	447 0.5×	314	8.7k
Patrick Tam Australia	74	14.1k 2.1×	5.0k 0.8×	1.8k 1.5×	617 0.6×	699 0.7×	275	18.1k
Giovanni Neri Italy	50	5.7k 0.9×	5.5k 0.9×	695 0.6×	1000 1.0×	480 0.5×	302	9.4k
Peter Scambler United Kingdom	72	12.3k 1.9×	6.8k 1.1×	2.1k 1.7×	988 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	262	17.6k
Stanislas Lyonnet France	65	8.8k 1.3×	4.6k 0.8×	4.2k 3.4×	1.0k 1.0×	889 0.9×	314	16.7k

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Dekker, Marieke, et al.. (2019). A Tanzanian Boy with Molecularly Confirmed X‐Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2019(1). 6148425–6148425. 6 indexed citations

Mwasamwaja, Amos, et al.. (2018). Camurati–Engelmann disease: a case report from sub-Saharan Africa. Oxford Medical Case Reports. 2018(7). omy036–omy036. 3 indexed citations

Engelen, Klaartje van, et al.. (2009). Marfan syndrome masked by Down syndrome?. Netherlands Heart Journal. 17(9). 345–348. 5 indexed citations

Lugtenberg, Dorien, Arjan P.M. de Brouwer, Astrid Oudakker, et al.. (2009). Xq13.2q21.1 duplication encompassing the ATRX gene in a man with mental retardation, minor facial and genital anomalies, short stature and broad thorax. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 149A(4). 760–766. 17 indexed citations

Kamp, Jiddeke M. van de, Efraim H. Rosenberg, Arjan P.M. de Brouwer, et al.. (2008). Detection of low-level somatic and germline mosaicism by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography in a EURO-MRX family with SLC6A8 deficiency. Neurogenetics. 9(3). 183–190. 25 indexed citations

Jensen, Lars Riff, Steffen Lenzner, Bettina A. Moser, et al.. (2006). X-linked mental retardation: a comprehensive molecular screen of 47 candidate genes from a 7.4 Mb interval in Xp11. European Journal of Human Genetics. 15(1). 68–75. 12 indexed citations

Bliek, Jet, Pauline Terhal, Saskia M. Maas, et al.. (2006). Hypomethylation of the H19 Gene Causes Not Only Silver-Russell Syndrome (SRS) but Also Isolated Asymmetry or an SRS-Like Phenotype. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 78(4). 604–614. 151 indexed citations

Morava, Éva, Ben C.J. Hamel, Frans A. Hol, Richard J. Rodenburg, & Jan Smeıtınk. (2006). Mitochondrial dysfunction in Stüve–Wiedemann syndrome in a patient carrying an ND1 gene mutation. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 140A(20). 2248–2250. 9 indexed citations

Ropers, Hans‐Hilger & Ben C.J. Hamel. (2005). X-linked mental retardation. Nature Reviews Genetics. 6(1). 46–57. 346 indexed citations

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Laumonnier, Frédéric, Frédérique Bonnet‐Brilhault, Marie Gomot, et al.. (2004). X-Linked Mental Retardation and Autism Are Associated with a Mutation in the NLGN4 Gene, a Member of the Neuroligin Family. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 74(3). 552–557. 553 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bongers, Ernie M.H.F., Pascal H. G. Duijf, Sylvia E. C. van Beersum, et al.. (2004). Mutations in the Human TBX4 Gene Cause Small Patella Syndrome. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 74(6). 1239–1248. 113 indexed citations

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Klootwijk, Riko, Mascha M.V.A.P. Schijvenaars, Frans A. Hol, et al.. (2003). Genetic variants in ZIC1, ZIC2, and ZIC3 are not major risk factors for neural tube defects in humans. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 124A(1). 40–47. 20 indexed citations

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Yntema, Helger G., Francis A.M. Poppelaars, Astrid Oudakker, et al.. (2002). Expanding phenotype of XNP mutations: Mild to moderate mental retardation. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 110(3). 243–247. 33 indexed citations

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Buggenhout, G.J.C.M. van, Jorn Trommelen, H.G. Brunner, Ben C.J. Hamel, & J. P. Fryns. (2001). Clinical Etiological Survey of a Population of 471 Mentally Retarded Patients Living in an Institution in the Southern Part of the Netherlands. Public Health Genomics. 4(2). 109–122. 8 indexed citations

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Bokhoven, Hans van, John A. McGrath, Jacopo Celli, et al.. (2000). P63 mutations in the EEC, Hay-Wells, ADULT syndromes and in split hand/foot malformation reveals a genotype-phenotype correlation.. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 67(4). 41–41. 6 indexed citations

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Hol, Frans A., Marga Schepens, Sylvia E. C. van Beersum, et al.. (2000). Identification and Characterization of an Xq26–q27 Duplication in a Family with Spina Bifida and Panhypopituitarism Suggests the Involvement of Two Distinct Genes. Genomics. 69(2). 174–181. 53 indexed citations

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Bokhoven, Hans van, Martin Jung, Arie P.T. Smits, et al.. (1999). Limb Mammary Syndrome: A New Genetic Disorder with Mammary Hypoplasia, Ectrodactyly, and Other Hand/Foot Anomalies Maps to Human Chromosome 3q27. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 64(2). 538–546. 72 indexed citations

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Hulsebos, Theo J.M., et al.. (1999). Evidence for an ependymoma tumour suppressor gene in chromosome region 22pter–22q11.2. British Journal of Cancer. 81(7). 1150–1154. 32 indexed citations

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Dongen, P.W.J. van, et al.. (1997). Ehlers-Danlos syndroom IV: variatie in fenotypen. Nederlandsch tijdschrift voor geneeskunde/Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde/NTvG-databank. 141(6). 296–298. 3 indexed citations

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Smeets, Dominique, Ben C.J. Hamel, Marcel Nelen, et al.. (1992). Prader–Willi Syndrome and Angelman Syndrome in Cousins from a Family with a Translocation between Chromosomes 6 and 15. New England Journal of Medicine. 326(12). 807–811. 105 indexed citations

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