Albert Cardona

82.3k citations

80 papers · 51.9k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 39

Impact in

Structural Biology top 0.1%
Aging top 0.1%

Papers in

Structural Biology 6
- Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications 6
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 50
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research 50

Co-authors: Johannes Schindelin Ignacio Arganda‐Carreras Volker Hartenstein Pavel Tomančák Stephan Saalfeld Verena Kaynig Curtis Rueden Kevin W. Eliceiri
Journals: eLife (15 papers)Current Biology (6 papers)Development Genes and Evolution (5 papers)Nature Communications (4 papers)Neuron (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Germany

In The Last Decade

Albert Cardona

77 papers receiving 51.6k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

The connectome of an insect brain 2023 · 155 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Science
2017 Bioinformatics
2017 Nature
2015 Nature
2012 PLoS ONE
2012 Nature Methods

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1	A two-layer neural circuit controls fast forward locomotion in Drosophila Current Biology ·Qianhui Zhao, Xinhang Li, Jun Wen, Yinhui He, Nenggan Zheng, Wenchang Li, Albert Cardona, Zhefeng Gong	2024	1
2	The connectome of an insect brain Science ·Michael Winding, Benjamin D. Pedigo, Christopher L. Barnes, Heather G. Patsolic, Youngser Park, Tom Kazimiers, Akira Fushiki, Ingrid Andrade, Avinash Khandelwal, Javier Valdés-Alemán, Feng Li, Nadine Randel, Elizabeth Barsotti, Ana Correia, Richard D. Fetter, Volker Hartenstein, Carey E. Priebe, Joshua T Vogelstein, Albert Cardona, Marta Zlatic Hit paper breakdown →	2023	155
3	Internal state configures olfactory behavior and early sensory processing in Drosophila larvae Science Advances ·Katrin Vogt, David M. Zimmerman, Matthias Schlichting, Luis Hernandez-Nunez, Shanshan Qin, Karen Malacon, Michael Rosbash, Cengiz Pehlevan, Albert Cardona, Aravinthan D. T. Samuel	2021	47
4	Regulation of coordinated muscular relaxation in Drosophila larvae by a pattern-regulating intersegmental circuit Nature Communications ·Atsuki Hiramoto, Julius Jonaitis, Sawako Niki, Hiroshi Kohsaka, Richard D. Fetter, Albert Cardona, Stefan R. Pulver, Akinao Nose	2021	9
5	A developmental framework linking neurogenesis and circuit formation in the Drosophila CNS eLife ·Brandon Mark, Sen-Lin Lai, Aref Arzan Zarin, Laurina Manning, Heather Q Pollington, Ashok Litwin-Kumar, Albert Cardona, James W. Truman, Chris Q. Doe	2021	30
6	Unveiling the sensory and interneuronal pathways of the neuroendocrine connectome in Drosophila eLife ·Sebastian Hückesfeld, Philipp Schlegel, Anton Miroschnikow, Andreas Schoofs, Ingo Zinke, André N Haubrich, Casey M Schneider-Mizell, James W. Truman, Richard D. Fetter, Albert Cardona, Michael J. Pankratz	2021	24
7	Synchronous and opponent thermosensors use flexible cross-inhibition to orchestrate thermal homeostasis Science Advances ·Luis Hernandez-Nunez, Alicia Chen, Gonzalo Budelli, Matthew Berck, Vincent Richter, Anna Rist, Andreas S. Thum, Albert Cardona, Mason Klein, Paul Garrity, Aravinthan D. T. Samuel	2021	20
8	A neuropeptidergic circuit gates selective escape behavior of Drosophila larvae Current Biology ·Bibi Nusreen Imambocus, Fangmin Zhou, A. Formozov, Annika Wittich, Federico Tenedini, Chun Hu, Kathrin Sauter, Ednilson Mascarenhas Varela, Fabiana Herédia, Andreia P. Casimiro, André Macedo, Philipp Schlegel, Runling Yang, Irene Miguel‐Aliaga, J. Simon Wiegert, Michael J. Pankratz, Alisson M. Gontijo, Albert Cardona, Peter Soba	2021	38
9	Comparative Connectomics Reveals How Partner Identity, Location, and Activity Specify Synaptic Connectivity in Drosophila Neuron ·Javier Valdés-Alemán, Richard D. Fetter, Emily C. Sales, Emily L. Heckman, Lalanti Venkatasubramanian, Chris Q. Doe, Matthias Landgraf, Albert Cardona, Marta Zlatic	2020	25
10	Circuits for integrating learned and innate valences in the insect brain. Apollo (University of Cambridge) ·Claire Eschbach, Akira Fushiki, Michael Winding, Bruno Afonso, Ingrid Andrade, Ben Cocanougher, Katharina Eichler, Ruben Gepner, Guangwei Si, Javier Valdés-Alemán, Richard D. Fetter, Marc Gershow, Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis, Aravinthan D. T. Samuel, James W. Truman, Albert Cardona, Marta Zlatic	2020	31
11	Recurrent architecture for adaptive regulation of learning in the insect brain Nature Neuroscience ·Claire Eschbach, Akira Fushiki, Michael Winding, Casey M Schneider-Mizell, Mei Shao, Rebecca Arruda, Katharina Eichler, Javier Valdés-Alemán, Tomoko Ohyama, Andreas S. Thum, Bertram Gerber, Richard D. Fetter, James W. Truman, Ashok Litwin-Kumar, Albert Cardona, Marta Zlatic	2020	89
12	Regulation of forward and backward locomotion through intersegmental feedback circuits in Drosophila larvae Nature Communications ·Hiroshi Kohsaka, Maarten Zwart, Akira Fushiki, Richard D. Fetter, James W. Truman, Albert Cardona, Akinao Nose	2019	33
13	BigStitcher: reconstructing high-resolution image datasets of cleared and expanded samples Nature Methods ·David Hörl, Fabio Rojas Rusak, Friedrich Preußer, Paul W. Tillberg, Nadine Randel, Raghav K. Chhetri, Albert Cardona, Philipp Keller, Hartmann Harz, Heinrich Leonhardt, Mathias Treier, Stephan Preibisch	2019	166
14	MDN brain descending neurons coordinately activate backward and inhibit forward locomotion eLife ·Arnaldo Carreira-Rosario, Aref Arzan Zarin, Matthew Q. Clark, Laurina Manning, Richard D. Fetter, Albert Cardona, Chris Q. Doe	2018	54
15	Nociceptive interneurons control modular motor pathways to promote escape behavior in Drosophila eLife ·Anita Burgos, Ken Honjo, Tomoko Ohyama, Cheng Sam Qian, Grace Ji-eun Shin, Daryl M. Gohl, Marion Silies, W. Daniel Tracey, Marta Zlatic, Albert Cardona, Wesley B. Grueber	2018	72
16	Functional architecture of reward learning in mushroom body extrinsic neurons of larval Drosophila Nature Communications ·Timo Saumweber, Astrid Rohwedder, Michael Schleyer, Katharina Eichler, Yi‐Chun Chen, Yoshinori Aso, Albert Cardona, Claire Eschbach, Oliver Kobler, Anne Voigt, Archana Durairaja, Nino Mancini, Marta Zlatic, James W. Truman, Andreas S. Thum, Bertram Gerber	2018	77
17	Even-Skipped+ Interneurons Are Core Components of a Sensorimotor Circuit that Maintains Left-Right Symmetric Muscle Contraction Amplitude Neuron ·Ellie S. Heckscher, Aref Arzan Zarin, Serge Faumont, Matthew Q. Clark, Laurina Manning, Akira Fushiki, Casey M Schneider-Mizell, Richard D. Fetter, James W. Truman, Maarten Zwart, Matthias Landgraf, Albert Cardona, Shawn R. Lockery, Chris Q. Doe	2015	79
18	Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis Nature Methods ·Johannes Schindelin, Ignacio Arganda‐Carreras, Erwin Frise, Verena Kaynig, Mark Longair, Tobias Pietzsch, Stephan Preibisch, Curtis Rueden, Stephan Saalfeld, Benjamin Schmid, Jean-Yves Tinévez, Daniel J. White, Volker Hartenstein, Kevin W. Eliceiri, Pavel Tomančák, Albert Cardona Hit paper breakdown →	2012	44856
19	TrakEM2 Software for Neural Circuit Reconstruction PLoS ONE ·Albert Cardona, Stephan Saalfeld, Johannes Schindelin, Ignacio Arganda‐Carreras, Stephan Preibisch, Mark Longair, Pavel Tomančák, Volker Hartenstein, Rodney J. Douglas Hit paper breakdown →	2012	678
20	RNA interference: a new and powerful tool for functional genomic analysis Víctor Hernández-Hernández, Juana Fernández‐Rodríguez, David Bueno i Torrens, Miquel Vila‐Farré, Albert Cardona, Vanessa Bueno-Sancho, Rafael Romero Benedí	2001	1

About Albert Cardona

Albert Cardona is a scholar working on Structural Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biophysics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Aging, having authored 80 papers that have together received 51.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (50 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (25 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (20 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (17 papers), Cell Image Analysis Techniques (13 papers), Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies (10 papers), Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation (8 papers) and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Structural Biology (976 citations), Aging (1.2k citations), Biophysics (3.7k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (7.6k citations) and Cell Biology (6.4k citations). Albert Cardona has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Johannes Schindelin, Ignacio Arganda‐Carreras, Volker Hartenstein, Pavel Tomančák, Stephan Saalfeld, Verena Kaynig, Curtis Rueden, Kevin W. Eliceiri, Mark Longair and Stephan Preibisch. Their work appears in journals such as eLife, Current Biology, Development Genes and Evolution, Nature Communications and Neuron.

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