Mitchel S. Berger

91.3k total citations · 16 hit papers
718 papers, 51.1k citations indexed

About

Mitchel S. Berger is a scholar working on Genetics, Epidemiology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Mitchel S. Berger has authored 718 papers receiving a total of 51.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 405 papers in Genetics, 195 papers in Epidemiology and 156 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Mitchel S. Berger's work include Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (404 papers), Meningioma and schwannoma management (176 papers) and Brain Metastases and Treatment (71 papers). Mitchel S. Berger is often cited by papers focused on Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (404 papers), Meningioma and schwannoma management (176 papers) and Brain Metastases and Treatment (71 papers). Mitchel S. Berger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Mitchel S. Berger's co-authors include Nader Sanai, Susan M. Chang, Andrew T. Parsa, Michael W. McDermott, George A. Ojemann, Edward F. Chang, Shawn L. Hervey‐Jumper, Kathleen R. Lamborn, Ettore Lettich and Michael D. Prados and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Mitchel S. Berger

695 papers receiving 50.2k citations

Hit Papers

High Gamma Power Is Phase-Locked to Theta Osci... 1989 2026 2001 2013 2006 2011 1989 2004 2008 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. High Gamma Power Is Phase-Locked to Theta Oscillations in Human Neocortex
    2006 1.9k citations Mitchel S. Berger et al. profile →
  2. An extent of resection threshold for newly diagnosed glioblastomas
    2011 1.2k citations Nader Sanai, Mei‐Yin C. Polley et al. profile →
  3. Cortical language localization in left, dominant hemisphere
    1989 1.1k citations Mitchel S. Berger et al. profile →
  4. Unique astrocyte ribbon in adult human brain contains neural stem cells but lacks chain migration
    2004 989 citations Nader Sanai, Alfredo Quiñones‐Hinojosa et al. profile →
  5. GLIOMA EXTENT OF RESECTION AND ITS IMPACT ON PATIENT OUTCOME
    2008 967 citations Nader Sanai, Mitchel S. Berger profile →
  6. Role of Extent of Resection in the Long-Term Outcome of Low-Grade Hemispheric Gliomas
    2008 904 citations Edward F. Chang, Michael D. Prados et al. profile →
  7. Neural Stem Cells and the Origin of Gliomas
    2005 810 citations Nader Sanai, Arturo Álvarez-Buylla et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  8. Glioma
    2015 792 citations Mitchel S. Berger et al. profile →
  9. Functional Outcome after Language Mapping for Glioma Resection
    2008 748 citations Nader Sanai, Zaman Mirzadeh et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  10. Impact of Intraoperative Stimulation Brain Mapping on Glioma Surgery Outcome: A Meta-Analysis
    2012 706 citations Mitchel S. Berger et al. profile →
  11. Corridors of migrating neurons in the human brain and their decline during infancy
    2011 650 citations Nader Sanai, Zaman Mirzadeh et al. profile →
  12. Epidemiology of primary brain tumors: Current concepts and review of theliterature
    2002 600 citations Mitchel S. Berger et al. profile →
  13. The effect of extent of resection on recurrence in patients with low grade cerebral hemisphere gliomas
    1994 480 citations Mitchel S. Berger et al. profile →
  14. Current and future strategies for treatment of glioma
    2016 426 citations Mitchel S. Berger et al. profile →
  15. Maximizing safe resection of low- and high-grade glioma
    2016 341 citations Shawn L. Hervey‐Jumper, Mitchel S. Berger profile →
  16. Association of traumatic brain injury with subsequent neurological and psychiatric disease: a meta-analysis
    2015 283 citations Mitchel S. Berger et al. profile →

Peers

Mitchel S. Berger
Otmar D. Wiestler Germany
Michael Chopp United States
David W. Ellison United States
Ulrich Bogdahn Germany
Michael Weller Germany
Paul Kleihues Switzerland
A. Gregory Sorensen United States
Andreas von Deimling Germany
Hideyuki Okano Japan
Bernd W. Scheithauer United States
Otmar D. Wiestler Germany
Mitchel S. Berger
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Reichert, David, Marco Andreana, Angelika Unterhuber, et al.. (2024). Analysis of the Porphyrin Peak Shift and Fluorescence Lifetime in Gliomas with Different Tumor Grades, Intratumoral Regions, and Visible Fluorescence Status. Diagnostics. 14(23). 2651–2651.
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Goyal, Anshit, et al.. (2024). Interventional neurorehabilitation for glioma patients: A systematic review. Neuro-Oncology Practice. 11(6). 679–690. 2 indexed citations
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Gibson, David R., Eduardo A. Rodríguez, Susan M. Chang, et al.. (2023). Quantitative analysis of MGMT promoter methylation in glioblastoma suggests nonlinear prognostic effect. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 5(1). vdad115–vdad115. 6 indexed citations
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Young, Jacob S., et al.. (2023). Advances in Intraoperative Glioma Tissue Sampling and Infiltration Assessment. Brain Sciences. 13(12). 1637–1637. 1 indexed citations
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Gerritsen, Jasper K W, Marike L. D. Broekman, Steven De Vleeschouwer, et al.. (2022). Safe surgery for glioblastoma: Recent advances and modern challenges. Neuro-Oncology Practice. 9(5). 364–379. 42 indexed citations
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Aabedi, Alexander A., Benjamin Lipkin, Sofia Kakaizada, et al.. (2021). Functional alterations in cortical processing of speech in glioma-infiltrated cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(46). 32 indexed citations
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Hosmann, Arthur, Matthias Millesi, Lisa I. Wadiura, et al.. (2021). 5-ALA Fluorescence Is a Powerful Prognostic Marker during Surgery of Low-Grade Gliomas (WHO Grade II)—Experience at Two Specialized Centers. Cancers. 13(11). 2540–2540. 28 indexed citations
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Chandra, Ankush, Michael G. Brandel, Harsh Wadhwa, et al.. (2020). The Path to U.S. Neurosurgical Residency for Foreign Medical Graduates: Trends from a Decade 2007–2017. World Neurosurgery. 137. e584–e596. 32 indexed citations
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Gu, Irene Yu‐Hua, Mitchel S. Berger, Johan Pallud, et al.. (2020). Domain Mapping and Deep Learning from Multiple MRI Clinical Datasets for Prediction of Molecular Subtypes in Low Grade Gliomas. Brain Sciences. 10(7). 463–463. 28 indexed citations
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Osorio, Joseph A., et al.. (2018). Cost-effectiveness development for the postoperative care of craniotomy patients: a safe transitions pathway in neurological surgery. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 44(5). E19–E19. 15 indexed citations
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Olow, Aleksandra, Sabine Mueller, Xiao-Dong Yang, et al.. (2016). BRAF Status in Personalizing Treatment Approaches for Pediatric Gliomas. Clinical Cancer Research. 22(21). 5312–5321. 33 indexed citations
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Lerner, Robin G., Banafsheh Kadkhodaei, Maxim Sidorov, et al.. (2015). Targeting a Plk1-Controlled Polarity Checkpoint in Therapy-Resistant Glioblastoma-Propagating Cells. Cancer Research. 75(24). 5355–5366. 33 indexed citations
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Maly, Dustin J., Yvan H. Chanthery, Daniel W. Sirkis, et al.. (2014). Radiotherapy Followed by Aurora Kinase Inhibition Targets Tumor-Propagating Cells in Human Glioblastoma. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 14(2). 419–428. 23 indexed citations
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Crane, Courtney A., Seunggu J. Han, Brian Ahn, et al.. (2012). Individual Patient-Specific Immunity against High-Grade Glioma after Vaccination with Autologous Tumor Derived Peptides Bound to the 96 KD Chaperone Protein. Clinical Cancer Research. 19(1). 205–214. 150 indexed citations
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Schiffman, Joshua D., John Hodgson, Scott R. VandenBerg, et al.. (2010). Oncogenic BRAF Mutation with CDKN2A Inactivation Is Characteristic of a Subset of Pediatric Malignant Astrocytomas. Cancer Research. 70(2). 512–519. 185 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xiaodong, Scott Bidlingmaier, Rintaro Hashizume, et al.. (2010). Identification of Internalizing Human Single-Chain Antibodies Targeting Brain Tumor Sphere Cells. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 9(7). 2131–2141. 34 indexed citations
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Dinca, Eduard B., Kan Lu, Jann N. Sarkaria, et al.. (2008). p53 Small-Molecule Inhibitor Enhances Temozolomide Cytotoxic Activity against Intracranial Glioblastoma Xenografts. Cancer Research. 68(24). 10034–10039. 42 indexed citations
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Sanai, Nader, Zaman Mirzadeh, & Mitchel S. Berger. (2008). Functional Outcome after Language Mapping for Glioma Resection. New England Journal of Medicine. 358(1). 18–27. 748 indexed citations breakdown →
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Panner, Amith, Jean L. Nakamura, Andrew T. Parsa, et al.. (2006). mTOR-Independent Translational Control of the Extrinsic Cell Death Pathway by RalA. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 26(20). 7345–7357. 23 indexed citations
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Quiñones‐Hinojosa, Alfredo, Nader Sanai, Mario Soriano‐Navarro, et al.. (2005). Cellular composition and cytoarchitecture of the adult human subventricular zone: A niche of neural stem cells. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 494(3). 415–434. 435 indexed citations

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