Alessandro Mongera

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Alessandro Mongera is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessandro Mongera has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Cell Biology and 4 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alessandro Mongera's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (8 papers), Congenital heart defects research (5 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (4 papers). Alessandro Mongera is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (8 papers), Congenital heart defects research (5 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (4 papers). Alessandro Mongera collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Alessandro Mongera's co-authors include Otger Campàs, Payam Rowghanian, Adam Lucio, David Kealhofer, Friedhelm Serwane, Christiane Nüsslein‐Volhard, Hannah J. Gustafson, Elijah Shelton, Christopher M. Dooley and Brigitte Walderich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Alessandro Mongera

16 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

A fluid-to-solid jamming transition underlies vertebrate ... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. A fluid-to-solid jamming transition underlies vertebrate body axis elongation
    2018 456 citations Alessandro Mongera, Payam Rowghanian et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alessandro Mongera United States 14 849 750 356 113 104 17 1.5k
Jos Käfer France 20 784 0.9× 605 0.8× 488 1.4× 230 2.0× 77 0.7× 31 1.7k
Sebastian J. Streichan United States 19 978 1.2× 688 0.9× 591 1.7× 67 0.6× 151 1.5× 29 1.8k
Isabelle Bonnet France 13 561 0.7× 787 1.0× 278 0.8× 124 1.1× 59 0.6× 28 1.4k
Mark A. Tsuchida United States 6 511 0.6× 743 1.0× 307 0.9× 95 0.8× 47 0.5× 7 1.7k
Elías H. Barriga United Kingdom 16 628 0.7× 568 0.8× 319 0.9× 103 0.9× 37 0.4× 30 1.3k
Edgar Gutierrez United States 24 623 0.7× 702 0.9× 572 1.6× 73 0.6× 50 0.5× 40 1.9k
Boris Guirao France 14 1.1k 1.3× 773 1.0× 347 1.0× 226 2.0× 214 2.1× 19 1.8k
Tom Shemesh Israel 19 1.6k 1.9× 1.2k 1.6× 380 1.1× 115 1.0× 62 0.6× 26 2.4k
Nicolas Minc France 29 1.2k 1.4× 1.4k 1.8× 883 2.5× 105 0.9× 135 1.3× 67 2.7k
Reza Farhadifar United States 11 1.7k 2.0× 832 1.1× 648 1.8× 79 0.7× 191 1.8× 20 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Alessandro Mongera

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alessandro Mongera

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alessandro Mongera

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alessandro Mongera. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alessandro Mongera 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 Alessandro Mongera. Alessandro Mongera is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Yan, Rui, ChangHee Lee, Hasreet K. Gill, et al.. (2025). Convergent flow-mediated mesenchymal force drives embryonic foregut constriction and splitting. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10643–10643.
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Michaut, Arthur, Alessandro Mongera, Oscar A. Tarazona, et al.. (2025). Extracellular volume expansion drives vertebrate axis elongation. Current Biology. 35(4). 843–853.e6. 3 indexed citations
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Capovilla, Giovanna, Rogier Braakman, Gregory P. Fournier, et al.. (2023). Chitin utilization by marine picocyanobacteria and the evolution of a planktonic lifestyle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(20). e2213271120–e2213271120. 9 indexed citations
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Miao, Yuchuan, Alessandro De Simone, Kongju Zhu, et al.. (2022). Reconstruction and deconstruction of human somitogenesis in vitro. Nature. 614(7948). 500–508. 71 indexed citations
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Mongera, Alessandro, Hannah J. Gustafson, Georgina A. Stooke‐Vaughan, et al.. (2022). Mechanics of the cellular microenvironment as probed by cells in vivo during zebrafish presomitic mesoderm differentiation. Nature Materials. 22(1). 135–143. 46 indexed citations
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Mongera, Alessandro, Arthur Michaut, Charlène Guillot, Fengzhu Xiong, & Olivier Pourquié. (2019). Mechanics of Anteroposterior Axis Formation in Vertebrates. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 35(1). 259–283. 36 indexed citations
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Mongera, Alessandro, Payam Rowghanian, Hannah J. Gustafson, et al.. (2018). A fluid-to-solid jamming transition underlies vertebrate body axis elongation. Nature. 561(7723). 401–405. 456 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hockman, Dorit, Alan J. Burns, Gerhard Schlosser, et al.. (2017). Evolution of the hypoxia-sensitive cells involved in amniote respiratory reflexes. eLife. 6. 54 indexed citations
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Facchinello, Nicola, Estefanía Tarifeño-Saldivia, Enrico Grisan, et al.. (2017). Tcf7l2 plays pleiotropic roles in the control of glucose homeostasis, pancreas morphology, vascularization and regeneration. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 9605–9605. 13 indexed citations
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Lucio, Adam, Alessandro Mongera, Elijah Shelton, et al.. (2017). Spatiotemporal variation of endogenous cell-generated stresses within 3D multicellular spheroids. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 12022–12022. 27 indexed citations
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Serwane, Friedhelm, Alessandro Mongera, Payam Rowghanian, et al.. (2016). In vivo quantification of spatially varying mechanical properties in developing tissues. Nature Methods. 14(2). 181–186. 256 indexed citations
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Wang, L. L., Alessandro Mongera, Dario Bonanomi, et al.. (2014). A conserved axon type hierarchy governing peripheral nerve assembly. Development. 141(9). 1875–1883. 17 indexed citations
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Mongera, Alessandro, Ajeet Pratap Singh, Mitchell P. Levesque, et al.. (2013). Genetic lineage labeling in zebrafish uncovers novel neural crest contributions to the head, including gill pillar cells. Development. 140(4). 916–925. 88 indexed citations
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Dooley, Christopher M., Alessandro Mongera, Brigitte Walderich, & Christiane Nüsslein‐Volhard. (2013). On the embryonic origin of adult melanophores: the role of ErbB and Kit signalling in establishing melanophore stem cells in zebrafish. Development. 140(5). 1003–1013. 112 indexed citations
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Moro, Enrico, Günes Özhan, Alessandro Mongera, et al.. (2012). In vivo Wnt signaling tracing through a transgenic biosensor fish reveals novel activity domains. Developmental Biology. 366(2). 327–340. 188 indexed citations
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Dodge, Michael, Jesung Moon, Rubina Tuladhar, et al.. (2012). Diverse Chemical Scaffolds Support Direct Inhibition of the Membrane-bound O-Acyltransferase Porcupine. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(27). 23246–23254. 65 indexed citations
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Dooley, Christopher M., Heinz Schwarz, Kaspar P. Mueller, et al.. (2012). Slc45a2 and V‐ATPase are regulators of melanosomal pH homeostasis in zebrafish, providing a mechanism for human pigment evolution and disease. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. 26(2). 205–217. 105 indexed citations

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