Mihael H. Polymeropoulos

24.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
145 papers, 14.5k citations indexed

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Mihael H. Polymeropoulos is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Mihael H. Polymeropoulos has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 14.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Genetics and 23 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Mihael H. Polymeropoulos's work include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (16 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (15 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (13 papers). Mihael H. Polymeropoulos is often cited by papers focused on Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (16 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (15 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (13 papers). Mihael H. Polymeropoulos collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Mihael H. Polymeropoulos's co-authors include Christian Lavedan, Susan Ide, Carl R. Merril, Robert L. Nussbaum, Anindya Dehejia, Elisabeth Leroy, Edward S. Stenroos, Lawrence I. Golbe, Roger C. Duvoisin and William G. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Lancet and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Mihael H. Polymeropoulos

141 papers receiving 14.1k 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.

Mutation in the α-Synuclein Gene Identified in Families with Parkinson's Disease

1997 6.3k citations Mihael H. Polymeropoulos, Christian Lavedan et al. Science profile →
Complementary DNA Sequencing: Expressed Sequence Tags and Human Genome Project

1991 1.6k citations Mihael H. Polymeropoulos, Carl R. Merril et al. Science profile →
The I.M.A.G.E. Consortium: An Integrated Molecular Analysis of Genomes and Their Expression

1996 1.0k citations Mihael H. Polymeropoulos et al. profile →
Mapping of a Gene for Parkinson's Disease to Chromosome 4q21-q23

1996 548 citations Mihael H. Polymeropoulos, Joseph Higgins et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mihael H. Polymeropoulos United States	45	6.3k	6.0k	3.9k	2.4k	2.2k	145	14.5k
Peter Heutink Netherlands	60	6.2k 1.0×	6.5k 1.1×	3.6k 0.9×	3.5k 1.5×	2.3k 1.1×	235	16.3k
Shoji Tsuji Japan	65	6.7k 1.1×	8.8k 1.5×	6.7k 1.7×	3.3k 1.4×	1.4k 0.7×	507	17.1k
Veerle Baekelandt Belgium	58	4.7k 0.7×	5.3k 0.9×	3.4k 0.9×	2.7k 1.2×	1.0k 0.5×	218	11.7k
Ben A. Oostra Netherlands	61	4.2k 0.7×	6.8k 1.1×	2.8k 0.7×	2.2k 0.9×	4.0k 1.8×	159	16.2k
Nereo Bresolin Italy	71	2.7k 0.4×	10.6k 1.8×	2.8k 0.7×	2.6k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	487	18.1k
Olaf Rieß Germany	57	4.2k 0.7×	6.1k 1.0×	5.5k 1.4×	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	262	11.0k
Bin Zhang United States	58	4.8k 0.8×	6.1k 1.0×	3.0k 0.8×	4.0k 1.7×	1.2k 0.5×	307	15.2k
Richard Wade‐Martins United Kingdom	55	4.6k 0.7×	4.4k 0.7×	3.1k 0.8×	2.5k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	161	10.5k
Giacomo P. Comi Italy	62	2.8k 0.4×	9.0k 1.5×	2.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	570	15.6k
Hidehiro Mizusawa Japan	56	4.3k 0.7×	6.3k 1.0×	3.9k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	658 0.3×	416	12.6k

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Smieszek, Sandra, Bartlomiej Przychodzen, Jennifer M. Kwon, et al.. (2025). Potential ASO-based personalized treatment for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2S. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 36(1). 102479–102479.

Polymeropoulos, Vasilios M., et al.. (2022). Once-daily tasimelteon (VEC-162) for jet lag following transmeridian travel: A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Frontiers in Neurology. 13. 901467–901467. 3 indexed citations

Torres, Rosarelis, Gunther Birznieks, Christos Polymeropoulos, et al.. (2021). Simulated driving performance in healthy adults after night‐time administration of 20 mg tasimelteon. Journal of Sleep Research. 31(1). e13430–e13430. 9 indexed citations

Polymeropoulos, Vasilios M., Mark É. Czeisler, Mary Gibson, et al.. (2020). Tradipitant in the Treatment of Motion Sickness: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study. Frontiers in Neurology. 11. 563373–563373. 11 indexed citations

Lavedan, Christian, Louis Licamele, Simona Volpi, et al.. (2008). Association of the NPAS3 gene and five other loci with response to the antipsychotic iloperidone identified in a whole genome association study. Molecular Psychiatry. 14(8). 804–819. 112 indexed citations

Rajaratnam, Shantha M. W., Mihael H. Polymeropoulos, Dennis M. Fisher, et al.. (2008). Melatonin agonist tasimelteon (VEC-162) for transient insomnia after sleep-time shift: two randomised controlled multicentre trials. The Lancet. 373(9662). 482–491. 160 indexed citations

Volpi, Simona, et al.. (2008). Whole genome association study identifies polymorphisms associated with QT prolongation during iloperidone treatment of schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry. 14(11). 1024–1031. 74 indexed citations

Dressman, Marlene, Lee Anne McLean, Insa Gathmann, et al.. (2004). Correlation of Major Cytogenetic Response with a Pharmacogenetic Marker in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients Treated with Imatinib (STI571). Clinical Cancer Research. 10(7). 2265–2271. 21 indexed citations

Dressman, Marlene, et al.. (2003). Gene expression profiling detects gene amplification and differentiates tumor types in breast cancer.. PubMed. 63(9). 2194–9. 83 indexed citations

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Ruiz‐Pérez, Víctor L., Susan Ide, Tim M. Strom, et al.. (2000). Mutations in a new gene in Ellis-van Creveld syndrome and Weyers acrodental dysostosis. Nature Genetics. 24(3). 283–286. 224 indexed citations

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Patel, Shailendra B., Gerald Salen, Hideki Hidaka, et al.. (1998). Mapping a gene involved in regulating dietary cholesterol absorption. The sitosterolemia locus is found at chromosome 2p21.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 102(5). 1041–1044. 144 indexed citations

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Polymeropoulos, Mihael H.. (1998). Autosomal dominant Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neurology. 245(S3). P1–P3. 13 indexed citations

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Polymeropoulos, Mihael H., et al.. (1997). Isolation of chromosome-specific ESTs by microdissection-mediated cDNA capture.. Genome Research. 7(2). 100–107. 7 indexed citations

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Becker, Kevin G., James W. Nagle, Anindya Dehejia, et al.. (1997). Molecular cloning and mapping of a novel developmentally regulated human C2H2-type zinc finger. Mammalian Genome. 8(4). 287–289.

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Higgins, Joseph, Susan Ide, John S. Oghalai, & Mihael H. Polymeropoulos. (1997). Lack of mutations in the biotin-binding region of the pyruvate carboxylase (PC) gene in a family with partial PC deficiency. Clinical Biochemistry. 30(1). 79–81. 7 indexed citations

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Polymeropoulos, Mihael H., Joseph Higgins, Lawrence I. Golbe, et al.. (1996). Mapping of a Gene for Parkinson's Disease to Chromosome 4q21-q23. Science. 274(5290). 1197–1199. 548 indexed citations breakdown →

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McDowell, Geraldine A., William A. Gahl, Jerry A. Schneider, et al.. (1995). Linkage of the gene for cystinosis to markers on the short arm of chromosome 17. Nature Genetics. 10(2). 246–248. 71 indexed citations

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Zullo, Steven J., James A. Kennedy, Joel Gelernter, et al.. (1993). Eliminating mitochondrial DNA competition for nuclear DNA primers.. Genome Research. 3(1). 39–45. 10 indexed citations

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Polymeropoulos, Mihael H., H. Xiao, D.S. Rath, & Carl R. Merril. (1990). Dinucleotide repeat polymorphism at the human thrombospondin gene (THBS1). Nucleic Acids Research. 18(24). 7467–7467. 7 indexed citations

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Weber, James L., Anne E. Kwitek, Paula E. May, Mihael H. Polymeropoulos, & Susan A. Ledbetter. (1990). Dinucleotide repeat polymorphisms at the DXS453, DXS454 and DXS458 loci. Nucleic Acids Research. 18(13). 4037–4037. 55 indexed citations

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