Michael Kamal

21.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
16 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Michael Kamal is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Finance and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Kamal has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Finance and 3 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Michael Kamal's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers), Stochastic processes and financial applications (3 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (3 papers). Michael Kamal is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers), Stochastic processes and financial applications (3 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (3 papers). Michael Kamal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Denmark. Michael Kamal's co-authors include Eric S. Lander, Dana J. Huebert, B Bernstein, Stuart L. Schreiber, Xiaohui Xie, Tarjei S. Mikkelsen, Ben Fry, Robert Feil, Rudolf Jaenisch and Alex Meissner and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Michael Kamal

16 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

A Bivalent Chromatin Structure Marks Key Developmental Ge... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2006 2005 2003 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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. A Bivalent Chromatin Structure Marks Key Developmental Genes in Embryonic Stem Cells
    2006 4.0k citations B Bernstein, Tarjei S. Mikkelsen et al. Cell profile →
  2. Genomic Maps and Comparative Analysis of Histone Modifications in Human and Mouse
    2005 1.2k citations B Bernstein, Michael Kamal et al. Cell profile →
  3. Integrated Analysis of Protein Composition, Tissue Diversity, and Gene Regulation in Mouse Mitochondria
    2003 726 citations Vamsi K. Mootha, Jakob Bunkenborg et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Kamal United States 12 5.6k 898 537 486 367 16 6.6k
Peter Humphries Ireland 42 4.6k 0.8× 731 0.8× 265 0.5× 92 0.2× 351 1.0× 177 6.3k
Antony P. Jackson United Kingdom 34 2.2k 0.4× 225 0.3× 57 0.1× 116 0.2× 568 1.5× 102 3.5k
Paul Jorgensen United States 19 3.2k 0.6× 374 0.4× 148 0.3× 439 0.9× 90 0.2× 37 4.2k
Robert Grosse Germany 44 4.2k 0.8× 410 0.5× 748 1.4× 183 0.4× 729 2.0× 106 7.5k
David Garrick United Kingdom 26 2.9k 0.5× 1.2k 1.4× 376 0.7× 291 0.6× 370 1.0× 61 3.7k
Martin W. Hetzer United States 52 8.4k 1.5× 565 0.6× 305 0.6× 371 0.8× 351 1.0× 89 9.7k
Jim R. Hughes United Kingdom 42 5.2k 0.9× 1.8k 2.0× 674 1.3× 745 1.5× 250 0.7× 96 6.5k
D J Kwiatkowski United States 28 2.3k 0.4× 460 0.5× 302 0.6× 74 0.2× 272 0.7× 49 4.5k
Sue Povey United Kingdom 35 2.8k 0.5× 1.3k 1.5× 310 0.6× 277 0.6× 841 2.3× 126 5.6k
David M. Gilbert United States 57 9.3k 1.7× 1.7k 1.9× 697 1.3× 1.4k 3.0× 186 0.5× 175 10.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Kamal

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Kamal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Kamal

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Kamal. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Kamal 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 Michael Kamal. Michael Kamal 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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Kamal, Michael, et al.. (2020). Relationship between spot and futures prices: The case of global food commodities. African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development. 20(3). 15800–15820. 4 indexed citations
2.
Das, Radhika, Nathan Anderson, Mary Ellen Koran, et al.. (2012). Convergent and divergent evolution of genomic imprinting in the marsupial Monodelphis domestica. BMC Genomics. 13(1). 394–394. 25 indexed citations
3.
Kamal, Michael, et al.. (2012). Consistent and Realistic Dynamics of the Implied Volatility Surface under Local Volatility Models. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Kamal, Michael, et al.. (2012). Optimal Limit Order Execution in a Simple Model for Market Microstructure Dynamics. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Eguchi, Jun, Dustin E. Schones, Michael Kamal, et al.. (2008). Interferon Regulatory Factors Are Transcriptional Regulators of Adipogenesis. Cell Metabolism. 7(1). 86–94. 120 indexed citations
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Huebert, Dana J., Michael Kamal, Aoife O’Donovan, & B Bernstein. (2006). Genome-wide analysis of histone modifications by ChIP-on-chip. Methods. 40(4). 365–369. 50 indexed citations
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Bernstein, B, Tarjei S. Mikkelsen, Xiaohui Xie, et al.. (2006). A Bivalent Chromatin Structure Marks Key Developmental Genes in Embryonic Stem Cells. Cell. 125(2). 315–326. 4012 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xie, Xiaohui, Michael Kamal, & Eric S. Lander. (2006). A family of conserved noncoding elements derived from an ancient transposable element. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(31). 11659–11664. 56 indexed citations
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Kamal, Michael, Xiaohui Xie, & Eric S. Lander. (2006). A large family of ancient repeat elements in the human genome is under strong selection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(8). 2740–2745. 71 indexed citations
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Bernstein, B, Michael Kamal, Kerstin Lindblad‐Toh, et al.. (2005). Genomic Maps and Comparative Analysis of Histone Modifications in Human and Mouse. Cell. 120(2). 169–181. 1170 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kamal, Michael & Ahmad Azmin Mohamad. (2005). Enhanced radiation output from foam burners operating with a nonpremixed flame. Combustion and Flame. 140(3). 233–248. 24 indexed citations
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Mootha, Vamsi K., Jakob Bunkenborg, Jesper V. Olsen, et al.. (2003). Integrated Analysis of Protein Composition, Tissue Diversity, and Gene Regulation in Mouse Mitochondria. Cell. 115(5). 629–640. 726 indexed citations breakdown →
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Derman, Emanuel, et al.. (1999). A Guide to Volatility and Variance Swaps. The Journal of Derivatives. 6(4). 9–32. 304 indexed citations
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Kamal, Michael, Ziad H. Musslimani, & Assa Auerbach. (1995). Enhancement of Persistent Currents by Hubbard Interactions in Disordered 1D Rings: Avoided Level Crossings Interpretation. Journal de Physique I. 5(11). 1487–1499. 7 indexed citations
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Kamal, Michael & Ganpathy Murthy. (1993). New O(3) transition in three dimensions. Physical Review Letters. 71(12). 1911–1914. 45 indexed citations
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Tokuyasu, Taku A., Michael Kamal, & Ganpathy Murthy. (1993). Numerical renormalization group for finite Fermi systems. Physical Review Letters. 71(25). 4202–4205. 14 indexed citations

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