Olaf Dammann

15.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
217 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Olaf Dammann is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Olaf Dammann has authored 217 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 151 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 123 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 54 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Olaf Dammann's work include Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (122 papers), Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (106 papers) and Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis (42 papers). Olaf Dammann is often cited by papers focused on Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (122 papers), Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (106 papers) and Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis (42 papers). Olaf Dammann collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Norway. Olaf Dammann's co-authors include Alan Leviton, Elizabeth N. Allred, Alan Leviton, Karl Kuban, T. Michael O’Shea, Lois E. H. Smith, Ann Hellström, Raina N. Fichorova, Nigel Paneth and Christiane E.L. Dammann and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Olaf Dammann

214 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Retinopathy of prematurity

2013 777 citations Olaf Dammann et al. profile →
Maternal Intrauterine Infection, Cytokines, and Brain Damage in the Preterm Newborn

1997 746 citations Olaf Dammann, Alan Leviton Pediatric Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Olaf Dammann United States	56	6.3k	5.6k	2.7k	1.9k	1.2k	217	10.8k
Christoph Bührer Germany	50	2.8k 0.5×	3.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	644 0.3×	793 0.7×	403	9.2k
Stéphane Marret France	47	5.4k 0.9×	3.3k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	263 0.1×	640 0.5×	288	8.5k
Fenella J. Kirkham United Kingdom	60	2.4k 0.4×	1.4k 0.2×	2.6k 1.0×	779 0.4×	802 0.7×	324	12.7k
Karin B. Nelson United States	60	8.2k 1.3×	3.7k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	288 0.2×	714 0.6×	137	12.4k
Kerstin Albertsson‐Wikland Sweden	60	5.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.2×	523 0.2×	877 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	282	12.6k
James F. Padbury United States	51	3.8k 0.6×	2.9k 0.5×	966 0.4×	174 0.1×	1.1k 0.9×	239	8.8k
Sture Andersson Finland	45	3.3k 0.5×	1.8k 0.3×	706 0.3×	170 0.1×	865 0.7×	255	6.8k
Vineta Fellman Finland	51	3.3k 0.5×	2.3k 0.4×	530 0.2×	448 0.2×	220 0.2×	174	7.7k
Dezhi Mu China	48	1.8k 0.3×	1.3k 0.2×	1.1k 0.4×	255 0.1×	469 0.4×	350	8.2k
Janine F. Felix Netherlands	43	1.6k 0.3×	1.1k 0.2×	714 0.3×	236 0.1×	1.0k 0.8×	231	6.3k

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Dammann, Olaf, Kenneth Chui, & Brian K. Stansfield. (2025). Retinopathy of prematurity and beyond: P values don’t make risk factors. Pediatric Research. 99(2). 432–434. 1 indexed citations

Dammann, Olaf. (2023). Does prematurity “per se” cause visual deficits in preterm infants without retinopathy of prematurity?. Eye. 37(13). 2587–2589. 2 indexed citations

Bauer, Cici, Kehe Zhang, Wenjun Li, et al.. (2023). Small Area Forecasting of Opioid-Related Mortality: Bayesian Spatiotemporal Dynamic Modeling Approach. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 9. e41450–e41450. 7 indexed citations

Hansen, Tor Ivar, Asta K. Håberg, Kari Anne I. Evensen, et al.. (2023). Visual function correlates with neurodevelopment in a population cohort of school‐aged children born extremely preterm. Acta Paediatrica. 112(4). 753–761. 6 indexed citations

Stopka, Thomas J., Marc R. Larochelle, Dana Bernson, et al.. (2023). Opioid-related mortality: Dynamic temporal and spatial trends by drug type and demographic subpopulations, Massachusetts, 2005–2021. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 246. 109836–109836. 8 indexed citations

Leviton, Alan, Elizabeth N. Allred, Olaf Dammann, et al.. (2019). Socioeconomic status and early blood concentrations of inflammation-related and neurotrophic proteins among extremely preterm newborns. PLoS ONE. 14(3). e0214154–e0214154. 10 indexed citations

Allred, Elizabeth N., Carmina Erdei, Karl Kuban, et al.. (2018). Socioemotional dysfunctions at age 10 years in extremely preterm newborns with late-onset bacteremia. Early Human Development. 121. 1–7. 3 indexed citations

Logan, J. Wells, Olaf Dammann, Elizabeth N. Allred, et al.. (2017). Early postnatal illness severity scores predict neurodevelopmental impairments at 10 years of age in children born extremely preterm. Journal of Perinatology. 37(5). 606–614. 19 indexed citations

Joseph, Robert M., et al.. (2017). Genomic biomarkers of prenatal intrauterine inflammation in umbilical cord tissue predict later life neurological outcomes. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0176953–e0176953. 17 indexed citations

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Morken, Tora Sund, Raina N. Fichorova, Deborah K. VanderVeen, et al.. (2017). Systemic Inflammation-Associated Proteins and Retinopathy of Prematurity in Infants Born Before the 28th Week of Gestation. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 58(14). 6419–6419. 67 indexed citations

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Allred, Elizabeth N., Antonio Capone, Olaf Dammann, et al.. (2014). Retinopathy of prematurity and brain damage in the very preterm newborn. Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 18(3). 241–247. 30 indexed citations

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Favrais, Géraldine, Yohan van de Looij, Bobbi Fleiss, et al.. (2011). Systemic inflammation disrupts the developmental program of white matter. Annals of Neurology. 70(4). 550–565. 318 indexed citations

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Dammann, Olaf. (2006). Evidence-based child neurology. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 48(7). 622–622. 3 indexed citations

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Dammann, Olaf. (2006). Intrauterine Infektion und das Gehirn Frühgeborener - Dimensionen der Ätiologieforschung. Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie. 210(1). 1–5. 3 indexed citations

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Dammann, Olaf & Alan Leviton. (2004). Inflammatory brain damage in preterm newborns—dry numbers, wet lab, and causal inferences. Early Human Development. 79(1). 1–15. 138 indexed citations

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Dammann, Olaf, Elizabeth N. Allred, Karl Kuban, et al.. (2002). Systemic hypotension and white‐matter damage in preterm infants. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 44(2). 82–90. 4 indexed citations

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Dammann, Olaf. (2001). Possible strategies to protect the preterm brain against the fetal inflammatory response. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 43(s89). 18–20. 8 indexed citations

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Dammann, Olaf, Alan Leviton, & Elizabeth N. Allred. (2000). What explains away the increased risk of histological chorioamnionitis in African‐American mothers of very‐low‐birthweight infants?. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 14(1). 20–29. 10 indexed citations

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Cowan, Linda D., Alan Leviton, & Olaf Dammann. (2000). New Research Directions in Neuroepidemiology. Epidemiologic Reviews. 22(1). 18–23. 4 indexed citations

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Dammann, Olaf, et al.. (1996). Decreasing melatonin and 6-hydroxymelatonin sulfate excretion with advancing gestational age in preterm and term newborn male infants. European Journal of Endocrinology. 135(2). 184–187. 17 indexed citations

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