Samuel F. Berkovic

79.6k total citations · 10 hit papers
606 papers, 44.6k citations indexed

About

Samuel F. Berkovic is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel F. Berkovic has authored 606 papers receiving a total of 44.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 357 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 172 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 172 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Samuel F. Berkovic's work include Epilepsy research and treatment (348 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (145 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (126 papers). Samuel F. Berkovic is often cited by papers focused on Epilepsy research and treatment (348 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (145 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (126 papers). Samuel F. Berkovic collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Canada. Samuel F. Berkovic's co-authors include Ingrid E. Scheffer, John C. Mulley, Graeme D. Jackson, Frédérick Andermann, Steven Petrou, Jacqueline A. French, Solomon L. Moshé, Gary W. Mathern, Douglas R. Nordli and Robyn H. Wallace and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Samuel F. Berkovic

594 papers receiving 43.3k 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.

ILAE classification of the epilepsies: Position paper of the ILAE Commission for Classification and Terminology

2017 3.3k citations Ingrid E. Scheffer, Samuel F. Berkovic et al. Epilepsia profile →
Revised terminology and concepts for organization of seizures and epilepsies: Report of the ILAE Commission on Classification and Terminology, 2005–2009

2010 3.0k citations Samuel F. Berkovic, Jacqueline A. French et al. Epilepsia profile →
A Potassium Channel Mutation in Neonatal Human Epilepsy

1998 854 citations Samuel F. Berkovic et al. profile →
A missense mutation in the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α4 subunit is associated with autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

1995 843 citations Ingrid E. Scheffer, Samuel F. Berkovic et al. profile →
doublecortin, a Brain-Specific Gene Mutated in Human X-Linked Lissencephaly and Double Cortex Syndrome, Encodes a Putative Signaling Protein

1998 801 citations Samuel F. Berkovic, Ingrid E. Scheffer et al. profile →
Febrile seizures and generalized epilepsy associated with a mutation in the Na+-channel ß1 subunit gene SCN1B

1998 783 citations Ingrid E. Scheffer, Samuel F. Berkovic et al. profile →
Prediction of seizure likelihood with a long-term, implanted seizure advisory system in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy: a first-in-man study

2013 629 citations Mark Cook, Terence J. O’Brien et al. profile →
Mutations in filamin 1 Prevent Migration of Cerebral Cortical Neurons in Human Periventricular Heterotopia

1998 625 citations Ingrid E. Scheffer, Samuel F. Berkovic et al. profile →
Mutant GABAA receptor γ2-subunit in childhood absence epilepsy and febrile seizures

2001 590 citations Carla Marini, Steven Petrou et al. profile →
ILAE classification of the epilepsies: Position paper of the ILAE Commission for Classification and Terminology

2019 288 citations Ingrid E. Scheffer, Samuel F. Berkovic et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Samuel F. Berkovic Australia	107	25.5k	16.1k	12.4k	11.5k	10.0k	606	44.6k
Ingrid E. Scheffer Australia	92	26.6k 1.0×	14.3k 0.9×	12.1k 1.0×	12.9k 1.1×	11.8k 1.2×	506	44.2k
Solomon L. Moshé United States	69	21.9k 0.9×	11.8k 0.7×	4.2k 0.3×	13.4k 1.2×	3.9k 0.4×	343	31.5k
Gary W. Mathern United States	63	16.8k 0.7×	9.5k 0.6×	4.2k 0.3×	9.6k 0.8×	3.5k 0.4×	189	25.8k
Orrin Devinsky United States	96	20.3k 0.8×	10.8k 0.7×	3.5k 0.3×	9.4k 0.8×	2.7k 0.3×	743	41.3k
Jerome Engel United States	92	24.4k 1.0×	16.8k 1.0×	3.9k 0.3×	11.3k 1.0×	2.0k 0.2×	338	39.1k
Renzo Guerrini Italy	75	10.3k 0.4×	6.0k 0.4×	6.0k 0.5×	8.3k 0.7×	6.1k 0.6×	556	21.9k
Samuel Wiebe Canada	67	23.0k 0.9×	8.5k 0.5×	2.1k 0.2×	14.3k 1.3×	3.1k 0.3×	293	31.3k
Frédérick Andermann Canada	83	12.7k 0.5×	7.8k 0.5×	3.6k 0.3×	6.9k 0.6×	2.4k 0.2×	348	21.1k
Harry V. Vinters United States	104	10.7k 0.4×	7.1k 0.4×	11.9k 1.0×	4.0k 0.4×	2.5k 0.2×	540	45.1k
Eleonora Aronica Netherlands	90	7.6k 0.3×	9.3k 0.6×	9.9k 0.8×	4.4k 0.4×	3.2k 0.3×	503	27.1k

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Chiu, Annie Ting Gee, Mark F. Bennett, Amy Schneider, et al.. (2025). Pathogenic Variants in RNU2‐2 , a Non‐coding Spliceosomal RNA , Cause a Distinctive Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy. Annals of Neurology. 99(1). 51–58. 1 indexed citations

O’Brien, Terence J., et al.. (2025). Twins with temporal lobe epilepsy: genetic contributions to hippocampal sclerosis and other subtypes. Brain. 148(11). 3989–3999.

Gambardella, Antonio, Yu‐Chi Liu, Mark F. Bennett, et al.. (2025). PAK3 pathogenic variant associated with sleep‐related hypermotor epilepsy in a family with parental mosaicism. Epilepsia Open. 10(2). 593–601.

Chen, Zhibin, Sarah Barnard, Shobi Sivathamboo, et al.. (2023). Applying the ILAE diagnostic criteria for Lennox‐Gastaut syndrome in the real‐world setting: A multicenter retrospective cohort study. Epilepsia Open. 9(2). 602–612. 6 indexed citations

Bagnall, Richard D., et al.. (2022). Rare sudden unexpected death in epilepsy SCN5A variants cause changes in channel function implicating cardiac arrhythmia as a cause of death. Epilepsia. 63(6). e57–e62. 12 indexed citations

Haslam, Nick, Miriam A. Mosing, Michael S. Hildebrand, et al.. (2022). Genetic factors and shared environment contribute equally to objective singing ability. iScience. 25(6). 104360–104360. 7 indexed citations

Berecki, Géza, Katherine B. Howell, N.B. Olivier, et al.. (2022). Functional correlates of clinical phenotype and severity in recurrent SCN2A variants. Communications Biology. 5(1). 515–515. 21 indexed citations

Bagnall, Richard D., Mark F. Bennett, A. Marie Phillips, et al.. (2021). Loss‐of‐function variants in K_v11.1 cardiac channels as a biomarker for SUDEP. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 8(7). 1422–1432. 9 indexed citations

McCartney, Lara, Sarah Barnard, Charles B. Malpas, et al.. (2020). Mortality in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Neurology. 95(6). e643–e652. 82 indexed citations

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McIntosh, Anne M., K. Meng Tan, Tahir Hakami, et al.. (2020). Newly diagnosed seizures assessed at two established first seizure clinics: Clinic characteristics, investigations, and findings over 11 years. Epilepsia Open. 6(1). 171–180. 12 indexed citations

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Ellis, Colin A., Samuel F. Berkovic, Michael P. Epstein, & Ruth Ottman. (2019). The “maternal effect” on epilepsy risk: Analysis of familial epilepsies and reassessment of prior evidence. Annals of Neurology. 87(1). 132–138. 2 indexed citations

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Ellis, Colin A., Leonid Churilov, Michael P. Epstein, et al.. (2019). Epilepsy in families: Age at onset is a familial trait, independent of syndrome. Annals of Neurology. 86(1). 91–98. 9 indexed citations

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Kınay, Demet, Karen Oliver, Erdem Tüzün, et al.. (2018). Evidence of linkage to chromosome 5p13.2‐q11.1 in a large inbred family with genetic generalized epilepsy. Epilepsia. 59(8). e125–e129. 1 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xiaolin, Brett Copeland, Joshua Bridgers, et al.. (2017). A case-control collapsing analysis identifies epilepsy genes implicated in trio sequencing studies focused on de novo mutations. PLoS Genetics. 13(11). e1007104–e1007104. 17 indexed citations

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Scheffer, Ingrid E., Samuel F. Berkovic, Giuseppe Capovilla, et al.. (2017). ILAE classification of the epilepsies: Position paper of the ILAE Commission for Classification and Terminology. Epilepsia. 58(4). 512–521. 3282 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mullen, Saul A., Arvid Suls, Peter De Jonghe, Samuel F. Berkovic, & Ingrid E. Scheffer. (2010). Absence epilepsies with widely variable onset are a key feature of familial GLUT1 deficiency. Neurology. 75(5). 432–440. 120 indexed citations

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Wimmer, Verena C., Christopher A. Reid, Kay Richards, et al.. (2010). Axon initial segment dysfunction in a mouse model of genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures plus. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 120(8). 2661–2671. 74 indexed citations

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Berkovic, Samuel F., et al.. (2006). New-onset temporal lobe epilepsy in children. Neurology. 67(12). 2147–2153. 91 indexed citations

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Harvey, A. Simon, et al.. (2003). EEG in Adult‐onset Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy. Epilepsia. 44(2). 252–256. 38 indexed citations

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Wood, Amanda, Michael M. Saling, Samuel F. Berkovic, & Graeme D. Jackson. (2000). Components of verbal memory and hippocampal sclerosis measured by T2 relaxometry. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 6. 525–534. 1 indexed citations

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