Michael F. Hammer

22.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
144 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Michael F. Hammer is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael F. Hammer has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Genetics, 36 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Michael F. Hammer's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (71 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (45 papers) and Race, Genetics, and Society (23 papers). Michael F. Hammer is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (71 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (45 papers) and Race, Genetics, and Society (23 papers). Michael F. Hammer collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Russia. Michael F. Hammer's co-authors include Tatiana M. Karafet, James Champy, Filip Caeldries, Stephen L. Zegura, Fernando L. Méndez, Alan J. Redd, Joseph C. Watkins, Daniel Garrigan, Krishna R. Veeramah and Peter A. Underhill and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Michael F. Hammer

136 papers receiving 8.6k 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.

Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution

1994 999 citations Michael F. Hammer et al. profile →
New binary polymorphisms reshape and increase resolution of the human Y chromosomal haplogroup tree

2008 625 citations Tatiana M. Karafet, Stephen L. Zegura et al. profile →

Peers

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L. L. Cavalli‐Sforza United States

Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza United States

John Dupré Canada

Roger Lewin United States

Brian S. Spooner United States

John Sutton United Kingdom

Lev A. Zhivotovsky Russia

Agnar Helgason Iceland

L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza United States

James R. Griesemer United States

L. L. Cavalli‐Sforza United States

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323 ×0.6

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Countries citing papers authored by Michael F. Hammer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael F. Hammer

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hammer, Michael F., et al.. (2025). Selecting effective antiseizure medications for early treatment of SCN8A ‐related epilepsy using a machine learning approach incorporating clinician and caregiver assessments. Epilepsia. 67(1). 151–163.

Watkins, Joseph C., et al.. (2024). Patients carrying pathogenic SCN8A variants with loss‐ and gain‐of‐function effects can be classified into five subgroups exhibiting varying developmental and epileptic components of encephalopathy. Epilepsia. 65(11). 3324–3334. 2 indexed citations

Hammer, Michael F., et al.. (2024). Sex differences in physiological response to increased neuronal excitability in a knockin mouse model of pediatric epilepsy. Clinical Science. 138(4). 205–223. 5 indexed citations

Weterings, Eric, Michael F. Hammer, Martin Weinand, et al.. (2024). Gene Expression Patterns Associated with Survival in Glioblastoma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(7). 3668–3668. 2 indexed citations

Watkins, Joseph C., et al.. (2024). Machine learning models reveal distinct disease subgroups and improve diagnostic and prognostic accuracy for individuals with pathogenic SCN8A gain-of-function variants. Biology Open. 13(4). 3 indexed citations

Hammer, Michael F., et al.. (2024). Candesartan restores blood–brain barrier dysfunction, mitigates aberrant gene expression, and extends lifespan in a knockin mouse model of epileptogenesis. Clinical Science. 138(17). 1089–1110. 4 indexed citations

Andrews, Jennifer, et al.. (2023). Clinical severity is correlated with age at seizure onset and biophysical properties of recurrent gain of function variants associated with SCN8A‐related epilepsy. Epilepsia. 64(12). 3365–3376. 7 indexed citations

Hammer, Michael F., Medhane Cumbay, Manuela Pendziwiat, et al.. (2022). Whole exome sequencing and co‐expression analysis identify an SCN1A variant that modifies pathogenicity in a family with genetic epilepsy and febrile seizures plus. Epilepsia. 63(8). 1970–1980. 4 indexed citations

Hammer, Michael F., John M. Schreiber, Celene Grayson, et al.. (2022). Clinical characteristics and treatment experience of individuals with SCN8A developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (SCN8A-DEE): Findings from an online caregiver survey. Seizure. 97. 50–57. 9 indexed citations

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Watkins, Joseph C., et al.. (2020). Variable patterns of mutation density among NaV1.1, NaV1.2 and NaV1.6 point to channel-specific functional differences associated with childhood epilepsy. PLoS ONE. 15(8). e0238121–e0238121. 9 indexed citations

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Gladstein, Ariella & Michael F. Hammer. (2019). Substructured Population Growth in the Ashkenazi Jews Inferred with Approximate Bayesian Computation. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 36(6). 1162–1171. 5 indexed citations

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Moore, Ida M., et al.. (2019). Influence of age at seizure onset on the acquisition of neurodevelopmental skills in an SCN8A cohort. Epilepsia. 60(8). 1711–1720. 10 indexed citations

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Karafet, Tatiana M., et al.. (2018). Siberian genetic diversity reveals complex origins of the Samoyedic‐speaking populations. American Journal of Human Biology. 30(6). e23194–e23194. 15 indexed citations

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Hammer, Michael F., Atsushi Ishii, Laurel Johnstone, et al.. (2017). Rare variants of small effect size in neuronal excitability genes influence clinical outcome in Japanese cases of SCN1A truncation-positive Dravet syndrome. PLoS ONE. 12(7). e0180485–e0180485. 18 indexed citations

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Hammer, Michael F., Jacy L. Wagnon, Heather C. Mefford, & Miriam H. Meisler. (2016). SCN8A-Related Epilepsy with Encephalopathy. 25 indexed citations

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Veeramah, Krishna R., August E. Woerner, Laurel Johnstone, et al.. (2015). Examining Phylogenetic Relationships Among Gibbon Genera Using Whole Genome Sequence Data Using an Approximate Bayesian Computation Approach. Genetics. 200(1). 295–308. 28 indexed citations

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Cox, Murray P., Alan J. Redd, Tatiana M. Karafet, et al.. (2007). A Polynesian Motif on the Y Chromosome: Population Structure in Remote Oceania. Human Biology. 79(5). 525–535. 15 indexed citations

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Scheinfeldt, Laura, Françoise R. Friedlaender, Jonathan S. Friedlaender, et al.. (2006). Unexpected NRY Chromosome Variation in Northern Island Melanesia. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 23(8). 1628–1641. 37 indexed citations

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Hammer, Michael F., Elizabeth T Wood, Tasha K. Altheide, et al.. (1998). Out of Africa and back again: nested cladistic analysis of human Y chromosome variation. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 15(4). 427–441. 251 indexed citations

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Hammer, Michael F., et al.. (1984). Evolution and regulatory genetics of lysozymes in mice. Federation Proceedings. 43(6). 1 indexed citations

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