Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 256 citations indexed

About

Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 256 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Surgery and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (8 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (3 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (3 papers). Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (8 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (3 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (3 papers). Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Mexico. Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon's co-authors include Jacob H. Hanna, Jay Shendure, Dong-Yuan Chen, Beth Martin, Charlotte E. Handford, Joachim De Jonghe, David M. Glover, Martin Tran, Hannah Greenfeld and Michael B. Elowitz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Current Opinion in Genetics & Development.

In The Last Decade

Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon

9 papers receiving 250 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.

Embryo model completes gastrulation to neurulation and organogenesis

2022 158 citations Gianluca Amadei, Charlotte E. Handford et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon Israel	6	202	41	39	29	27	9	256
Alok Javali India	5	304 1.5×	44 1.1×	45 1.2×	18 0.6×	7 0.3×	8	392
S Harrison United Kingdom	2	280 1.4×	103 2.5×	45 1.2×	13 0.4×	5 0.2×	2	323
Courtney K. Burrows United States	5	223 1.1×	27 0.7×	18 0.5×	14 0.5×	8 0.3×	5	300
Alexander Murray United Kingdom	6	402 2.0×	20 0.5×	31 0.8×	20 0.7×	10 0.4×	7	472
Jia Ping Tan China	5	225 1.1×	38 0.9×	30 0.8×	24 0.8×	3 0.1×	7	302
Jeoung Eun Lee South Korea	12	337 1.7×	35 0.9×	64 1.6×	21 0.7×	30 1.1×	24	412
Hui Yi Grace Lim Singapore	6	186 0.9×	35 0.9×	15 0.4×	8 0.3×	6 0.2×	10	285
Ryan F. Townshend United States	7	440 2.2×	198 4.8×	110 2.8×	37 1.3×	31 1.1×	10	562
Julien Bouckenheimer France	5	223 1.1×	23 0.6×	19 0.5×	12 0.4×	8 0.3×	5	284
Anne‐Laure Duchemin France	7	253 1.3×	22 0.5×	28 0.7×	64 2.2×	5 0.2×	8	335

Countries citing papers authored by Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon. The network helps show where Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon. Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Gandin, Valentina, Liang-Zhong Yang, Takashi Kawase, et al.. (2025). Deep-tissue transcriptomics and subcellular imaging at high spatial resolution. Science. 388(6744). eadq2084–eadq2084. 12 indexed citations

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Hadas, Ron, Yoav Mayshar, Raz Ben-Yair, et al.. (2024). Temporal BMP4 effects on mouse embryonic and extraembryonic development. Nature. 634(8034). 652–661. 10 indexed citations

3.

Amadei, Gianluca, Charlotte E. Handford, Chengxiang Qiu, et al.. (2022). Embryo model completes gastrulation to neurulation and organogenesis. Nature. 610(7930). 143–153. 158 indexed citations breakdown →

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Oldak, Bernardo, Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon, & Jacob H. Hanna. (2022). Recent insights into mammalian natural and synthetic ex utero embryogenesis. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 77. 101988–101988. 4 indexed citations

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Viukov, Sergey, Tom Shani, Jonathan Bayerl, et al.. (2022). Human primed and naïve PSCs are both able to differentiate into trophoblast stem cells. Stem Cell Reports. 17(11). 2484–2500. 33 indexed citations

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Aguilera-Castrejon, Alejandro & Jacob H. Hanna. (2021). <em>Ex Utero</em> Culture of Mouse Embryos from Pregastrulation to Advanced Organogenesis. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 3 indexed citations

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Aguilera-Castrejon, Alejandro & Jacob H. Hanna. (2021). <em>Ex Utero</em> Culture of Mouse Embryos from Pregastrulation to Advanced Organogenesis. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

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Pasantes‐Morales, Herminia, Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon, Arturo Picones, et al.. (2019). Neuronal Transdifferentiation Potential of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Neonatal and Adult Sources by a Small Molecule Cocktail. Stem Cells International. 2019. 1–13. 22 indexed citations

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Aguilera-Castrejon, Alejandro, Herminia Pasantes‐Morales, Juan José Montesinos, et al.. (2016). Improved Proliferative Capacity of NP-Like Cells Derived from Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and Neuronal Transdifferentiation by Small Molecules. Neurochemical Research. 42(2). 415–427. 13 indexed citations

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