Michael R. Stratton

196.6k citations

215 papers · 39.5k indexed · 23 hit papers · h-index 90

Impact in

Cancer Research top 0.01%
- Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Genetics top 0.02%
- BRCA gene mutations in cancer
- Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities

Papers in

Cancer Research 83
- Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics 76
Genetics 89
- BRCA gene mutations in cancer 43
- Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities 30
- Genomics and Rare Diseases 13

Co-authors: P. Andrew Futreal Peter J. Campbell Nazneen Rahman Richard Wooster Ludmil B. Alexandrov Simon Forbes Sally Bamford Nidhi Bindal
Journals: Nature Genetics (19 papers)Cancer Research (11 papers)Nature (10 papers)British Journal of Cancer (10 papers)Journal of Clinical Oncology (7 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Michael R. Stratton

208 papers receiving 38.7k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Intra-tumour diversification in colorectal cancer at the single-cell level 2018 · 376 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 Nature
2018 Science
2018 Nature
2017 Cell
2016 Science
2015 Nature Genetics
2015 Science
2014 Nucleic Acids Research
2014 Nature Medicine
2013 Journal of Clinical Oncology
2013 Cell Reports
2012 Nucleic Acids Research
2010 Nucleic Acids Research
2009 Nature
2008 Current Protocols in Human Genetics
2007 New England Journal of Medicine
2006 Nature Genetics
2006 Nature Genetics
2006 Nature Genetics
2004 Nature reviews. Cancer
2004 British Journal of Cancer
2002 PubMed
1999 JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

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1	The somatic mutation landscape of normal gastric epithelium Nature ·Tim Coorens, Grace Collord, Jasnam Singh Arora, Yichen Wang, Luiza Moore, Yvette Hooks, Krishnaa T. Mahbubani, Simon Law, Helen H.N. Yan, Siu Tsan Yuen, Kourosh Saeb‐Parsy, Peter J. Campbell, Iñigo Martincorena, Suet Yi Leung, Michael R. Stratton	2025	9
2	Implementing Mutational Epidemiology on a Global Scale: Lessons from Mutographs Cancer Discovery ·Michael R. Stratton, Laura Humphreys, Ludmil B. Alexandrov, Allan Balmain, Paul Brennan, Peter J. Campbell, David H. Phillips	2025	5
3	A case report of successful bedside needle decompression in the management of tension pneumoperitoneum secondary to colonic perforated colonic Pseudo-obstruction International Journal of Surgery Case Reports ·Ying-chao Pan, Sarah Sthefane Nergino da Silva, Michael R. Stratton, Rémi Pelissier	2024	0
4	Mechanisms of APOBEC3 mutagenesis in human cancer cells Nature ·Mia Petljak, Alexandra Dananberg, Kevan Chu, Erik N. Bergstrom, Josefine Striepen, Patrick von Morgen, Yanyang Chen, Hina Shah, Julian E. Sale, Ludmil B. Alexandrov, Michael R. Stratton, John Maciejowski	2022	123
5	Mutational landscape of normal epithelial cells in Lynch Syndrome patients Nature Communications ·Bernard C. H. Lee, Philip S. Robinson, Tim Coorens, Helen H.N. Yan, Sigurgeir Ólafsson, Henry Lee-Six, Mathijs A. Sanders, Hoi Cheong Siu, James Hewinson, Sarah S K Yue, Wai Yin Tsui, Annie S Y Chan, Anthony K W Chan, Siu Lun Ho, Peter J. Campbell, Iñigo Martincorena, Simon J. A. Buczacki, Siu Tsan Yuen, Suet Yi Leung, Michael R. Stratton	2022	28
6	Extensive phylogenies of human development inferred from somatic mutations Nature ·Tim Coorens, Luiza Moore, Philip S. Robinson, Rashesh Sanghvi, Joseph Christopher, James Hewinson, Moritz J. Przybilla, Andrew Lawson, Michael Spencer Chapman, Alex Cagan, Thomas R. W. Oliver, Matthew D. C. Neville, Yvette Hooks, Ayesha Noorani, Thomas J. Mitchell, Rebecca C. Fitzgerald, Peter J. Campbell, Iñigo Martincorena, Raheleh Rahbari, Michael R. Stratton	2021	75
7	Increased somatic mutation burdens in normal human cells due to defective DNA polymerases Nature Genetics ·Philip S. Robinson, Tim Coorens, Claire Palles, Emily Mitchell, Federico Abascal, Sigurgeir Ólafsson, Bernard C. H. Lee, Andrew Lawson, Henry Lee-Six, Luiza Moore, Mathijs A. Sanders, James Hewinson, Lynn Martin, Claudia M.A. Pinna, Sara Galavotti, Raheleh Rahbari, Peter J. Campbell, Iñigo Martincorena, Ian Tomlinson, Michael R. Stratton	2021	94
8	Increased somatic mutation burdens in normal human cells due to defective DNA polymerases EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) ·Philip S. Robinson, Tim Coorens, Claire Palles, Emily Mitchell, Federico Abascal, Sigurgeir Ólafsson, Bernard C. H. Lee, Andrew Lawson, Henry Lee-Six, Luiza Moore, Mathijs A. Sanders, James Hewinson, Lynn Martin, Claudia M.A. Pinna, Sara Galavotti, Raheleh Rahbari, Peter J. Campbell, Iñigo Martincorena, Ian Tomlinson, Michael R. Stratton	2021	1
9	Somatic mutant clones colonize the human esophagus with age Science ·Iñigo Martincorena, Joanna C. Fowler, Agnieszka Wabik, Andrew Lawson, Federico Abascal, Michael Hall, Alex Cagan, Kasumi Murai, Krishnaa T. Mahbubani, Michael R. Stratton, Rebecca C. Fitzgerald, Penny A. Handford, Peter J. Campbell, Kourosh Saeb‐Parsy, Philip H. Jones Hit paper breakdown →	2018	651
10	Whole-Genome Sequencing Reveals Breast Cancers with Mismatch Repair Deficiency Cancer Research ·Helen Davies, Sandro Morganella, Colin A. Purdie, Se Jin Jang, Elin Borgen, Hege G. Russnes, Dominik Głodzik, Xueqing Zou, Alain Viari, Andrea L. Richardson, Anne‐Lise Børresen‐Dale, Alastair M. Thompson, Jórunn E. Eyfjörd, Gu Kong, Michael R. Stratton, Serena Nik‐Zainal	2017	76
11	Mutational signatures associated with tobacco smoking in human cancer Science ·Ludmil B. Alexandrov, Young Seok Ju, Kerstin Haase, Peter Van Loo, Sancha Martin, Serena Nik‐Zainal, 由利子五十嵐, Akihiro Fujimoto, Hidewaki Nakagawa, Tatsuhiro Shibata, Peter J. Campbell, Paolo Vineis, David H. Phillips, Michael R. Stratton Hit paper breakdown →	2016	680
12	High burden and pervasive positive selection of somatic mutations in normal human skin Science ·Iñigo Martincorena, Amit Roshan, Moritz Gerstung, Peter Ellis, Peter Van Loo, Stuart McLaren, David C. Wedge, Anthony Fullam, Ludmil B. Alexandrov, José M. C. Tubío, Lucy Stebbings, Andrew Menzies, Sara Widaa, Michael R. Stratton, Philip H. Jones, Peter J. Campbell Hit paper breakdown →	2015	1123
13	Clock-like mutational processes in human somatic cells Nature Genetics ·Ludmil B. Alexandrov, Philip H. Jones, David C. Wedge, Julian E. Sale, Peter J. Campbell, Serena Nik‐Zainal, Michael R. Stratton Hit paper breakdown →	2015	569
14	C. eleganswhole-genome sequencing reveals mutational signatures related to carcinogens and DNA repair deficiency Genome Research ·Bettina Meier, Susanna L. Cooke, Hiroshi Kodama, Aymeric Bailly, Ludmil B. Alexandrov, John Marshall, Keiran Raine, Mark Maddison, Elizabeth Anderson, Michael R. Stratton, Anton Gartner, Peter J. Campbell	2014	126
15	Novel Candidate Cancer Genes Identified by a Large-Scale Cross-Species Comparative Oncogenomics Approach Cancer Research ·Richard Machin, Jaap Kool, Anthony G. Uren, Jeroen de Ridder, Lodewyk F.A. Wessels, Jos Jonkers, Graham R. Bignell, Adam P. Butler, Alistair G. Rust, Mario Brosch, Catherine H. Wilson, Louise van der Weyden, David A. Largaespada, Michael R. Stratton, P. Andy Futreal, Maarten van Lohuizen, Anton Berns, Lara S. Collier, Tim Hubbard, David J. Adams	2010	34
16	Epilepsy and mental retardation limited to females with PCDH19 mutations can present de novo or in single generation families Journal of Medical Genetics ·Kim Hynes, Patrick Tarpey, Leanne M. Dibbens, Marta A. Bayly, Samuel F. Berkovic, Roger Smith, Étienne Bézout, Samantha J. Turner, Natasha J. Brown, Jessica Grüll, E Haan, G Turner, John Christodoulou, Helen Leonard, Deepak Gill, Michael R. Stratton, Jozef Gécz, Ingrid E. Scheffer	2009	59
17	In vitro differential sensitivity of melanomas to phenothiazines is based on the presence of codon 600 BRAF mutation Molecular Cancer Therapeutics ·Ogechi Ikediobi, Mark Reimers, Steffen Durinck, Paul E. Blower, P. Andrew Futreal, Michael R. Stratton, John N. Weinstein	2008	11
18	Estrogen Receptor Status Could Modulate the Genomic Pattern in Familial and Sporadic Breast Cancer Clinical Cancer Research ·Lorenzo Melchor, Emiliano Honrado, Jia Huang, Sara Álvarez, Tara L. Naylor, María J. García, Ana Osório, David Blesa, Michael R. Stratton, Barbara Weber, Juan C. Cigudosa, Nazneen Rahman, Katherine L. Nathanson, Javier Benı́tez	2007	28
19	Loss of the Mismatch Repair Protein MSH6 in Human Glioblastomas Is Associated with Tumor Progression during Temozolomide Treatment Clinical Cancer Research ·Daniel P. Cahill, Kymberly K. Levine, Rebecca A. Betensky, Patrick J. Codd, Candice A. Romany, Linsey B. Reavie, Tracy T. Batchelor, P. Andrew Futreal, Michael R. Stratton, William T. Curry, A. John Iafrate, David N. Louis	2007	330
20	A Comprehensive Analysis ofMNG1,TCO1,fPTC,PTEN,TSHR, and TRKA in Familial Nonmedullary Thyroid Cancer: Confirmation of Linkage to TCO1 The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Steve Bevan, Tuya Pal, C. R. Greenberg, H. Green, Julie A. Wixey, Graham R. Bignell, Steven A. Narod, William D. Foulkes, Michael R. Stratton, Richard S. Houlston	2001	54

About Michael R. Stratton

Michael R. Stratton is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Genetics, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Molecular Biology and Reproductive Medicine, having authored 215 papers that have together received 39.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (76 papers), BRCA gene mutations in cancer (43 papers), Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (41 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (30 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (28 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (13 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (12 papers) and Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cancer Research (14.3k citations), Genetics (10.7k citations), Oncology (10.2k citations), Molecular Biology (23.5k citations) and Pathology and Forensic Medicine (6.0k citations). Michael R. Stratton has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include P. Andrew Futreal, Peter J. Campbell, Nazneen Rahman, Richard Wooster, Ludmil B. Alexandrov, Simon Forbes, Sally Bamford, Nidhi Bindal, Serena Nik‐Zainal and Douglas F. Easton. Their work appears in journals such as Nature Genetics, Cancer Research, Nature, British Journal of Cancer and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

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