Mirja Somer

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Mirja Somer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Mirja Somer has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Genetics and 9 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Mirja Somer's work include RNA regulation and disease (6 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (6 papers) and Genomics and Rare Diseases (5 papers). Mirja Somer is often cited by papers focused on RNA regulation and disease (6 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (6 papers) and Genomics and Rare Diseases (5 papers). Mirja Somer collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Sweden. Mirja Somer's co-authors include Irma Thesleff, Sirpa Arte, Sinikka Pirinen, Pekka Nieminen, Heikki Järvinen, Päivi Lahermo, Matti Haltia, Hannu Kalimo, Reijo Norio and Anders Paetau and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Nature Genetics and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Mirja Somer

49 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Mutations in AXIN2 Cause Familial Tooth Agenesis and Predispose to Colorectal Cancer

2004 500 citations Mirja Somer et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mirja Somer Finland	25	1.5k	816	447	248	240	49	2.4k
Athel Hockey Australia	19	833 0.6×	500 0.6×	408 0.9×	94 0.4×	158 0.7×	46	1.5k
Joakim Klar Sweden	27	2.1k 1.4×	589 0.7×	294 0.7×	215 0.9×	61 0.3×	70	3.0k
Grazia M.S. Mancini Netherlands	26	849 0.6×	681 0.8×	216 0.5×	212 0.9×	297 1.2×	46	1.9k
T. Grimm Germany	28	1.6k 1.1×	618 0.8×	144 0.3×	312 1.3×	142 0.6×	100	2.3k
Elisabetta Gazzerro Italy	28	2.4k 1.6×	418 0.5×	298 0.7×	151 0.6×	126 0.5×	52	3.5k
Katsuo Sugita Japan	22	790 0.5×	268 0.3×	136 0.3×	151 0.6×	197 0.8×	101	1.6k
Arnold Munnich France	25	1.9k 1.3×	724 0.9×	173 0.4×	254 1.0×	109 0.5×	54	3.2k
Morten Dunø Denmark	35	2.6k 1.8×	650 0.8×	443 1.0×	745 3.0×	167 0.7×	184	3.8k
David Goudie United Kingdom	25	1.2k 0.8×	663 0.8×	206 0.5×	441 1.8×	112 0.5×	69	2.6k
Richard M. Robb United States	27	532 0.4×	243 0.3×	161 0.4×	166 0.7×	115 0.5×	68	2.3k

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Sirén, Auli, Kristiina Avela, Mirja Somer, et al.. (2014). X-exome sequencing in Finnish families with Intellectual Disability - four novel mutations and two novel syndromic phenotypes. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 9(1). 49–49. 52 indexed citations

Auranen, Mari, Emil Ylikallio, Jussi Toppila, et al.. (2013). Dominant GDAP1 founder mutation is a common cause of axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in Finland. Neurogenetics. 14(2). 123–132. 22 indexed citations

Mahjneh, I., Jyoti K. Jaiswal, Antti Lamminen, et al.. (2010). A new distal myopathy with mutation in anoctamin 5. Neuromuscular Disorders. 20(12). 791–795. 50 indexed citations

Somer, Mirja, et al.. (2010). Cerebellar hypoplasia and Cohen syndrome: A confirmed association. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 152A(9). 2390–2393. 10 indexed citations

Saarinen, Anne, Tero Saukkonen, Tero Kivelä, et al.. (2009). Low density lipoprotein receptor‐related protein 5 (LRP5) mutations and osteoporosis, impaired glucose metabolism and hypercholesterolaemia. Clinical Endocrinology. 72(4). 481–488. 78 indexed citations

Linnankivi, Tarja, et al.. (2007). Mapping susceptibility gene locus for IgA deficiency at del(18)(q22.3–q23); report of familial cryptic chromosome t(18q; 10p) translocations. International Journal of Immunogenetics. 34(3). 143–147. 14 indexed citations

Anttonen, Anna‐Kaisa, I. Mahjneh, Riikka H. Hämäläinen, et al.. (2005). The gene disrupted in Marinesco-Sjögren syndrome encodes SIL1, an HSPA5 cochaperone. Nature Genetics. 37(12). 1309–1311. 160 indexed citations

Painter, Jodie N., et al.. (2005). A 4-bp Deletion in the Birt-Hogg-Dubé Gene (FLCN) Causes Dominantly Inherited Spontaneous Pneumothorax. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 76(3). 522–527. 95 indexed citations

Robinson, Peter N., Luitgard M. Neumann, Stephanie Demuth, et al.. (2005). Shprintzen–Goldberg syndrome: Fourteen new patients and a clinical analysis. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 135A(3). 251–262. 54 indexed citations

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Huoponen, Kirsi, Maija Mäntyjärvi, Eeva‐Marja Sankila, et al.. (2005). Dominant optic atrophy: correlation between clinical and molecular genetic studies. Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica. 83(3). 337–346. 46 indexed citations

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Vanhatalo, Sampsa, Mirja Somer, & P. G. Barth. (2002). Dutch Patients with Progressive Encephalopathy with Edema, Hypsarrhythmia, and Optic Atrophy (PEHO) Syndrome. Neuropediatrics. 33(2). 100–104. 10 indexed citations

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Verkkoniemi, Auli, Hannu Kalimo, Anders Paetau, et al.. (2001). Variant Alzheimer Disease With Spastic paraparesis: Neuropathological phenotype. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 60(5). 483–492. 73 indexed citations

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Riikonen, Raili, Mirja Somer, & Ursula Turpeinen. (1999). Low Insulin‐Like Growth Factor (IGF‐1) in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Children with Progressive Encephalopathy, Hypsarrhythmia, and Optic Atrophy (PEHO) Syndrome and Cerebellar Degeneration. Epilepsia. 40(11). 1642–1648. 27 indexed citations

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Crook, Richard, Auli Verkkoniemi, Jordi Pérez‐Tur, et al.. (1998). A variant of Alzheimer's disease with spastic paraparesis and unusual plaques due to deletion of exon 9 of presenilin 1. Nature Medicine. 4(4). 452–455. 265 indexed citations

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Wright, Tracy J., Darrell Ricke, Philip D. Cotter, et al.. (1997). A Transcript Map of the Newly Defined 165 kb Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome Critical Region. Human Molecular Genetics. 6(2). 317–324. 169 indexed citations

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Haapanen, Marja‐Leena & Mirja Somer. (1993). Velocardiof acial Syndrome: Analysis of Phoniatric and Other Clinical Findings. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica. 45(5). 239–246. 21 indexed citations

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Lustmann, J., Dina Ben‐Yehuda, Mirja Somer, & M. Ulmansky. (1991). Gaucher's disease affecting the mandible and maxilla. International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 20(1). 7–8. 14 indexed citations

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Salonen, Riitta, et al.. (1991). Progressive encephalopathy with edema, hypsarrhythmia, and optic atrophy (PEHO syndrome). Clinical Genetics. 39(4). 287–293. 55 indexed citations

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Somer, Mirja, Heli Mustonen, & Reijo Norio. (1988). Evaluation of genetic counselling: recall of information, post‐counselling reproduction, and attitude of the counsellees. Clinical Genetics. 34(6). 352–365. 55 indexed citations

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Eronen, Marianne, et al.. (1985). New syndrome: A digito‐reno‐cerebral syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 22(2). 281–285. 12 indexed citations

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