Maxwell A. Sherman

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Maxwell A. Sherman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Maxwell A. Sherman has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Maxwell A. Sherman's work include Genomics and Rare Diseases (6 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (5 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (4 papers). Maxwell A. Sherman is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Rare Diseases (6 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (5 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (4 papers). Maxwell A. Sherman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Sweden. Maxwell A. Sherman's co-authors include Alison R. Barton, Po‐Ru Loh, Ronen E. Mukamel, Shane Lee, Matti Hämäläinen, Robert Law, Stephanie R. Jones, Catherine A. Thorn, Christopher I. Moore and Saskia Haegens and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Maxwell A. Sherman

16 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Aging and neurodegeneration are associated with increased mutations in single human neurons
    2017 389 citations Michael A. Lodato, Rachel E. Rodin et al. Science profile →
  2. Whole-exome imputation within UK Biobank powers rare coding variant association and fine-mapping analyses
    2021 148 citations Alison R. Barton, Maxwell A. Sherman et al. Nature Genetics profile →

Peers

Maxwell A. Sherman
Alissa M. D’Gama United States
Atsushi Takata Japan
Keri E. Ramsey United States
Joon‐Yong An South Korea
Kimberly A. Burton United States
Mads E. Hauberg Denmark
Jacque Pak Kan Ip Hong Kong
Hiroshi Ageta Japan
Alissa M. D’Gama United States
Maxwell A. Sherman
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maxwell A. Sherman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Maxwell A. Sherman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Maxwell A. Sherman based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Maxwell A. Sherman. Maxwell A. Sherman is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Hujoel, Margaux L.A., Robert E. Handsaker, Maxwell A. Sherman, et al.. (2024). Protein-altering variants at copy number-variable regions influence diverse human phenotypes. Nature Genetics. 56(4). 569–578. 14 indexed citations
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Mukamel, Ronen E., Robert E. Handsaker, Maxwell A. Sherman, et al.. (2023). Repeat polymorphisms underlie top genetic risk loci for glaucoma and colorectal cancer. Cell. 186(17). 3659–3673.e23. 18 indexed citations
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Sherman, Maxwell A., et al.. (2022). Genome-wide mapping of somatic mutation rates uncovers drivers of cancer. Nature Biotechnology. 40(11). 1634–1643. 35 indexed citations
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Barton, Alison R., Margaux L.A. Hujoel, Ronen E. Mukamel, Maxwell A. Sherman, & Po‐Ru Loh. (2022). A spectrum of recessiveness among Mendelian disease variants in UK Biobank. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 109(7). 1298–1307. 18 indexed citations
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Hujoel, Margaux L.A., Maxwell A. Sherman, Alison R. Barton, et al.. (2022). Influences of rare copy-number variation on human complex traits. Cell. 185(22). 4233–4248.e27. 25 indexed citations
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Mukamel, Ronen E., Robert E. Handsaker, Maxwell A. Sherman, et al.. (2021). Protein-coding repeat polymorphisms strongly shape diverse human phenotypes. Science. 373(6562). 1499–1505. 92 indexed citations
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Boulting, Gabriella L., Bulent Ataman, Maxwell A. Sherman, et al.. (2021). Activity-dependent regulome of human GABAergic neurons reveals new patterns of gene regulation and neurological disease heritability. Nature Neuroscience. 24(3). 437–448. 33 indexed citations
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Sherman, Maxwell A., Rachel E. Rodin, Giulio Genovese, et al.. (2021). Large mosaic copy number variations confer autism risk. Nature Neuroscience. 24(2). 197–203. 34 indexed citations
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Barton, Alison R., Maxwell A. Sherman, Ronen E. Mukamel, & Po‐Ru Loh. (2021). Whole-exome imputation within UK Biobank powers rare coding variant association and fine-mapping analyses. Nature Genetics. 53(8). 1260–1269. 148 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sherman, Maxwell A., et al.. (2021). Multi-resolution modeling of a discrete stochastic process identifies causes of cancer. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Stroud, Hume, Marty G. Yang, Christopher P. Davis, et al.. (2020). An Activity-Mediated Transition in Transcription in Early Postnatal Neurons. Neuron. 107(5). 874–890.e8. 43 indexed citations
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Bohrson, Craig L., Alison R. Barton, Michael A. Lodato, et al.. (2019). Linked-read analysis identifies mutations in single-cell DNA-sequencing data. Nature Genetics. 51(4). 749–754. 63 indexed citations
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Lodato, Michael A., Rachel E. Rodin, Craig L. Bohrson, et al.. (2017). Aging and neurodegeneration are associated with increased mutations in single human neurons. Science. 359(6375). 555–559. 389 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sherman, Maxwell A., Alison R. Barton, Michael A. Lodato, et al.. (2017). PaSD-qc: quality control for single cell whole-genome sequencing data using power spectral density estimation. Nucleic Acids Research. 46(4). e20–e20. 8 indexed citations
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Sherman, Maxwell A., Shane Lee, Robert Law, et al.. (2016). Neural mechanisms of transient neocortical beta rhythms: Converging evidence from humans, computational modeling, monkeys, and mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(33). E4885–94. 299 indexed citations

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