Salah Omer

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Salah Omer is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Salah Omer has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Salah Omer's work include Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus (6 papers), Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments (3 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers). Salah Omer is often cited by papers focused on Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus (6 papers), Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments (3 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers). Salah Omer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and United States. Salah Omer's co-authors include Bethan Lang, Linda Clover, Niels Detert, Ian Baker, Jackie Palace, Camilla Buckley, Angela Vincent, Christian G. Bien, Martin N. Rossor and Jonathan M. Schott and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, Brain and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Salah Omer

17 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Potassium channel antibody‐associated encephalopathy: a potentially immunotherapy‐responsive form of limbic encephalitis

2004 729 citations Angela Vincent, Camilla Buckley et al. Brain profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Salah Omer United Kingdom	11	769	390	312	217	206	17	1.2k
H.-M. Meinck Germany	13	952 1.2×	362 0.9×	215 0.7×	553 2.5×	134 0.7×	18	1.4k
Satoko Kumada Japan	20	260 0.3×	630 1.6×	423 1.4×	289 1.3×	124 0.6×	86	1.4k
Jessica A. Panzer United States	18	390 0.5×	324 0.8×	152 0.5×	210 1.0×	50 0.2×	28	903
Francesca Madia Italy	18	438 0.6×	351 0.9×	292 0.9×	290 1.3×	170 0.8×	62	1.0k
M. Di Capua Italy	20	256 0.3×	454 1.2×	200 0.6×	310 1.4×	78 0.4×	53	1.3k
Yong Seung Hwang South Korea	22	177 0.2×	553 1.4×	213 0.7×	135 0.6×	105 0.5×	89	1.4k
Giovanni Castelnovo France	19	515 0.7×	375 1.0×	39 0.1×	229 1.1×	117 0.6×	74	1.1k
Peter Huppke Germany	20	491 0.6×	177 0.5×	66 0.2×	76 0.4×	218 1.1×	39	1.1k
R Eldridge United States	20	967 1.3×	437 1.1×	327 1.0×	218 1.0×	338 1.6×	44	1.9k
Elizabeth D. Tate United States	22	869 1.1×	102 0.3×	262 0.8×	82 0.4×	338 1.6×	44	1.1k

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Karsan, Nazia, et al.. (2016). PALATAL TREMOR: 12 CASES-THE EXPERIENCE OF A TERTIARY NEUROSCIENCE CENTRE. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 87(12). e1.5–e1. 2 indexed citations

Garcia-Reitboeck, Pablo, et al.. (2013). Upbeat nystagmus in anti-Ma2 encephalitis. Practical Neurology. 14(1). 36–38. 13 indexed citations

Turnbull, Julie, Hannes Lohi, Elayne M. Chan, et al.. (2012). Early-onset Lafora body disease. Brain. 135(9). 2684–2698. 55 indexed citations

Kinghorn, Kerri J., Marios Kaliakatsos, R.W. Taylor, et al.. (2012). Hypertrophic olivary degeneration on magnetic resonance imaging in mitochondrial syndromes associated with POLG and SURF1 mutations. Journal of Neurology. 260(1). 3–9. 30 indexed citations

Stevens, Karen, et al.. (2010). The imploding antrum syndrome: an unusual cause of double vision. Practical Neurology. 10(2). 101–104. 9 indexed citations

Omer, Salah, Amir Kovacs, Yuval Mazor, & Uri Gophna. (2010). Integration of a Foreign Gene into a Native Complex Does Not Impair Fitness in an Experimental Model of Lateral Gene Transfer. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 27(11). 2441–2445. 5 indexed citations

Turnbull, Julie, Jean‐Marie Girard, Hannes Lohi, et al.. (2010). The Genetics of a Novel Form of Lafora Disease. 75(4). 380–381. 5 indexed citations

Blakely, Emma L., S. Anand Trip, Helen Swalwell, et al.. (2009). A New Mitochondrial Transfer RNAPro Gene Mutation Associated With Myoclonic Epilepsy With Ragged-Red Fibers and Other Neurological Features. Archives of Neurology. 66(3). 399–402. 32 indexed citations

Stewart, Joanna D., Stephen Tennant, Heather Powell, et al.. (2009). Novel POLG1 mutations associated with neuromuscular and liver phenotypes in adults and children. Journal of Medical Genetics. 46(3). 209–214. 39 indexed citations

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Schott, Jonathan M., A. Vincent, Linda Clover, et al.. (2004). Potassium channel antibody associated encephalitis: A potentially treatable non-paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 75(3). 519–519. 2 indexed citations

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Vincent, Angela, Camilla Buckley, Jonathan M. Schott, et al.. (2004). Potassium channel antibody‐associated encephalopathy: a potentially immunotherapy‐responsive form of limbic encephalitis. Brain. 127(3). 701–712. 729 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chan, Elayne M., Salah Omer, Mushtaq Ahmed, et al.. (2004). Progressive myoclonus epilepsy with polyglucosans (Lafora disease). Neurology. 63(3). 565–567. 65 indexed citations

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Virtaneva, Kimmo, Elena D’Amato, Jinmin Miao, et al.. (1997). Unstable minisatellite expansion causing recessively inherited myoclonus epilepsy, EPM1. Nature Genetics. 15(4). 393–396. 152 indexed citations

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Omer, Salah, M. Zuheir Al-Kawi, Saeed Bohlega, Abderrezak Bouchama, & Donald R. McLean. (1996). Respiratory Arrest: A Complication of Arnold-Chiari Malformation in Adults. European Neurology. 36(1). 36–38. 33 indexed citations

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Bohlega, Saeed, B. Stigsby, M. Zuheir Al-Kawi, et al.. (1995). Familial tremulous and myoclonic dystonia with white matter changes in brain magnetic resonance imaging. Movement Disorders. 10(4). 513–517. 3 indexed citations

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Omer, Salah, et al.. (1995). Hemichorea in systemic lupus erythematosus: significance of MRI findings. Lupus. 4(4). 321–323. 11 indexed citations

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McLean, Donald R., Hugh M. Clink, Peter Ernst, et al.. (1994). Myelopathy after intrathecal chemotherapy. A case report with unique magnetic resonance imaging changes. Cancer. 73(12). 3037–3040. 29 indexed citations

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