Claudia Sommer

45.8k total citations · 8 hit papers
639 papers, 30.0k citations indexed

About

Claudia Sommer is a scholar working on Physiology, Neurology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Claudia Sommer has authored 639 papers receiving a total of 30.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 285 papers in Physiology, 237 papers in Neurology and 188 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Claudia Sommer's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (213 papers), Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (109 papers) and Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (94 papers). Claudia Sommer is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (213 papers), Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (109 papers) and Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (94 papers). Claudia Sommer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Claudia Sommer's co-authors include Nurcan Üçeyler, Maria Schäfers, Winfried Häuser, Michaela Kress, Klaus V. Toyka, Marika Kiessling, Christian Geis, Thies Lindenlaub, Annette George and Martin Marziniak and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Claudia Sommer

615 papers receiving 29.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

European Federation of Neurological Societies/Peripheral Nerve Society Guideline on management of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: Report of a joint task force of the European Federation of Neurological Societies and the Peripheral Nerve Society — First Revision

2010 822 citations Claudia Sommer et al. profile →
NeuPSIG guidelines on neuropathic pain assessment

2010 778 citations Ralf Baron, Claudia Sommer et al. Pain profile →
Recent findings on how proinflammatory cytokines cause pain: peripheral mechanisms in inflammatory and neuropathic hyperalgesia

2004 684 citations Claudia Sommer et al. profile →
European Federation of Neurological Societies/Peripheral Nerve Society Guideline on the use of skin biopsy in the diagnosis of small fiber neuropathy. Report of a joint task force of the European Fe‐deration of Neurological Societies and the Peripheral Nerve Society

2010 647 citations Claudia Sommer et al. profile →
The hematopoietic factor G-CSF is a neuronal ligand that counteracts programmed cell death and drives neurogenesis

2005 563 citations Claudia Sommer et al. profile →
Inflammation in the pathophysiology of neuropathic pain

2017 368 citations Claudia Sommer, Mathias Leinders et al. Pain profile →
European Academy of Neurology/Peripheral Nerve Society guideline on diagnosis and treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: Report of a joint Task Force—Second revision

2021 252 citations Yusuf A. Rajabally, Claudia Sommer et al. profile →
European Academy of Neurology/Peripheral Nerve Society guideline on diagnosis and treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: Report of a joint Task Force—Second revision

2021 237 citations Yusuf A. Rajabally, Claudia Sommer et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Diminished transient receptor vanilloid 1 on skin nerve fibers in painful bortezomib-induced peripheral neuropathy 2025 ·Pain ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Andreas Wieser, (unknown), Robert Blum, Robert J. Kittel, Claudia Sommer	0
2	Autoimmune neuropathies: New guidelines and expert insights into clinical decision making 2025 ·Journal of the Neurological Sciences ·Pieter A. van Doorn, Claudia Sommer, Yusuf A. Rajabally	0
3	Super-resolution of nodal and paranodal disruption in anti-pan-neurofascin-associated autoimmune nodopathy 2025 ·Frontiers in Immunology ·(unknown), (unknown), Thomas-Otavio Peulen, Luise Appeltshauser, Claudia Sommer, Dirk Brämer, Christian Geis, Katrin G. Heinze, Kathrin Doppler	2
4	Proton Density of the Dorsal Root Ganglia in Classical Fabry Disease: MRI Correlates of Small Fibre Neuropathy 2025 ·Biomedicines ·(unknown), (unknown), Christopher Gomez, Thomas Kampf, (unknown), (unknown), György A. Homola, Peter Nordbeck, Nurcan Üçeyler, Claudia Sommer, Mirko Pham, (unknown)	1
5	In vivo imaging of dorsal root ganglia in the mouse: from ex vivo MR-microscopy towards quantitative in vivo MRI 2025 ·Brain Research ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Claudia Sommer, Nurcan Üçeyler, Mirko Pham, Thomas Kampf	0
6	Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on the Symptoms and Brain Imaging in Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial 2025 ·Pain and Therapy ·(unknown), Daniel Zeller, Thorsten Odorfer, György A. Homola, Thomas Kampf, Mirko Pham, (unknown), Claudia Sommer	0
7	Distinct Epitopes Are Associated With Clinical Phenotypes in Autoimmune Nodopathies With Anti-Contactin1 Autoantibodies 2025 ·Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation ·(unknown), (unknown), Christoph Kurth, (unknown), Luise Appeltshauser, Andreas Steinbrecher, (unknown), Sabine Ulrike Vay, Alexander Grimm, (unknown), Albrecht Günther, Christian Geis, Claudia Sommer, Hans Michael Maric, Carmen Villmann, Kathrin Doppler	0
8	Differential effects of everyday-life social support on chronic pain 2024 ·BMC Neurology ·Martin Weiß, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Claudia Sommer, Heike L. Rittner, Grit Hein	4
9	Die EAN-NeuPSIG-Leitlinie zur Diagnostik bei neuropathischen Schmerzen – eine Kurzfassung 2024 ·Der Schmerz ·Claudia Sommer, Ralf Baron, Juliane Sachau, Aikaterini Papagianni, (unknown), Elena Enax‐Krumova	0
10	Cardio-Hepatic Interaction in Cardiac Amyloidosis 2024 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·(unknown), Oliver Goetze, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Aikaterini Papagianni, Caroline Morbach, Stefan Frantz, Hermann Einsele, Stefan Knop, Claudia Sommer, Beat Müllhaupt, Torben Schubert, Stefan Störk, Andreas Geier	1
11	Local Inflammatory Mediators Involved in Neuropathic Pain 2023 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Nurcan Üçeyler, Claudia Sommer	7
12	Distinct CholinomiR Blood Cell Signature as a Potential Modulator of the Cholinergic System in Women with Fibromyalgia Syndrome 2022 ·Cells ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sebastian Lobentanzer, (unknown), (unknown), Claudia Sommer, David Greenberg, Hermona Soreq, Nurcan Üçeyler	11
13	Diagnosing small fiber neuropathy in clinical practice: a deep phenotyping study 2021 ·Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Katja Eggermann, Barbara Namer, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Daniel Kampik, Rayaz A. Malik, Ingo Kurth, Claudia Sommer, Nurcan Üçeyler	43
14	Nerve biopsy: Current indications and decision tools 2021 ·Muscle & Nerve ·(unknown), Judith Spies, Michael Barnett, John D. Pollard, Min‐Xia Wang, Claudia Sommer, Matthew C. Kiernan	29
15	Antiparanodal antibodies and IgG subclasses in acute autoimmune neuropathy 2020 ·Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation ·Luise Appeltshauser, (unknown), (unknown), Peter Körtvélyessy, Klaus‐Peter Wandinger, Ralf Junker, Carmen Villmann, Claudia Sommer, Frank Leypoldt, Kathrin Doppler	33
16	Anti–pan-neurofascin IgG3 as a marker of fulminant autoimmune neuropathy 2019 ·Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation ·(unknown), Atay Vural, (unknown), (unknown), Luise Appeltshauser, (unknown), (unknown), Christian Dresel, Aikaterini Papagianni, Frank Birklein, Joachim Weis, (unknown), Christian Schmidt, Peter Körtvélyessy, Carmen Villmann, Edgar Meinl, Claudia Sommer, Frank Leypoldt, Kathrin Doppler	56
17	Blood–spinal cord barrier breakdown and pericyte deficiency in peripheral neuropathy 2017 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hu Liu, Mathias Leinders, Claudia Sommer, Alexander Brack, Heike L. Rittner	49
18	Defective synaptic transmission causes disease signs in a mouse model of juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 2017 ·eLife ·Benedikt Grünewald, Maren D. Lange, Christian Werner, Aet O’Leary, Andreas Weishaupt, Sandy Popp, David A. Pearce, Heinz Wiendl, Andreas Reif, H. Pape, Klaus V. Toyka, Claudia Sommer, Christian Geis	29
19	Randomized, multicenter trial to assess the efficacy, safety and tolerability of a single dose of a novel AMPA receptor antagonist BGG492 for the treatment of acute migraine attacks 2013 ·Cephalalgia ·Baltazar Gomez‐Mancilla, Ronald Brand, Tim Jürgens, Hartmut Göbel, Claudia Sommer, Andreas Straube, Stefan Evers, Martin Sommer, (unknown), Hans O. Kalkman, Sam Hariry, Nicole Pezous, Donald R. Johns, Hans‐Christoph Diener, (unknown)	35
20	Effects of Neural Progenitor Cells on Sensorimotor Recovery and Endogenous Repair Mechanisms After Photothrombotic Stroke 2011 ·Stroke ·Jens Minnerup, Jeong Beom Kim, Antje Schmidt, Kai Diederich, Henrike Bauer, Matthias Schilling, Jan‐Kolja Strecker, E. Bernd Ringelstein, Claudia Sommer, Hans R. Schöler, Wolf‐Rüdiger Schäbitz	53

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