Alexandra Blak

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Alexandra Blak is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexandra Blak has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 2 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Alexandra Blak's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (4 papers), Fibroblast Growth Factor Research (3 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (3 papers). Alexandra Blak is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (4 papers), Fibroblast Growth Factor Research (3 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (3 papers). Alexandra Blak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Finland. Alexandra Blak's co-authors include Ole Isacson, Oliver Cooper, Gunnar Hargus, Qing Gao, Maisam Mitalipova, Rudolf Jaenisch, Dirk Hockemeyer, Caroline Beard, Frank Soldner and George W. Bell and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alexandra Blak

8 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Parkinson's Disease Patient-Derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Free of Viral Reprogramming Factors

2009 1.1k citations Frank Soldner, Dirk Hockemeyer et al. Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexandra Blak United States	8	1.4k	425	252	222	189	8	1.6k
Maria Sundberg United States	16	797 0.6×	375 0.9×	208 0.8×	159 0.7×	106 0.6×	29	1.1k
Norbert Topf United States	9	1.2k 0.9×	636 1.5×	432 1.7×	101 0.5×	164 0.9×	10	1.5k
Yuko Kokubu Japan	6	2.1k 1.5×	491 1.2×	400 1.6×	175 0.8×	277 1.5×	8	2.3k
Tikva Turetsky Israel	9	1.1k 0.8×	375 0.9×	371 1.5×	183 0.8×	215 1.1×	12	1.4k
Yechiel Elkabetz Israel	15	1.5k 1.1×	379 0.9×	524 2.1×	86 0.4×	215 1.1×	18	1.9k
José Ramón Pineda Spain	20	987 0.7×	612 1.4×	298 1.2×	288 1.3×	79 0.4×	36	1.6k
Virginia B. Mattis United States	21	2.1k 1.5×	782 1.8×	265 1.1×	274 1.2×	297 1.6×	31	2.4k
Yvonne Mica United States	7	817 0.6×	241 0.6×	122 0.5×	139 0.6×	142 0.8×	7	1.2k
Ritchie Ho United States	16	1.2k 0.9×	351 0.8×	295 1.2×	206 0.9×	217 1.1×	22	2.0k
Joel Blanchard United States	11	979 0.7×	199 0.5×	100 0.4×	186 0.8×	211 1.1×	23	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexandra Blak

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

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Zoubaa, Saida, Alexandra Blak, Diego Echevarrı́a, et al.. (2015). Hairy/Enhancer-of-Split MEGANE and Proneural MASH1 Factors Cooperate Synergistically in Midbrain GABAergic Neurogenesis. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0127681–e0127681. 10 indexed citations

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Blak, Alexandra, et al.. (2014). Selection Based on FOXA2 Expression Is Not Sufficient to Enrich for Dopamine Neurons From Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 3(9). 1032–1042. 13 indexed citations

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Cooper, Oliver, Gunnar Hargus, Michela Deleidi, et al.. (2010). Differentiation of human ES and Parkinson's disease iPS cells into ventral midbrain dopaminergic neurons requires a high activity form of SHH, FGF8a and specific regionalization by retinoic acid. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 45(3). 258–266. 175 indexed citations

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Soldner, Frank, Dirk Hockemeyer, Caroline Beard, et al.. (2009). Parkinson's Disease Patient-Derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Free of Viral Reprogramming Factors. Cell. 136(5). 964–977. 1103 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pruszak, Jan, Wesley Ludwig, Alexandra Blak, Kambiz N. Alavian, & Ole Isacson. (2009). CD15, CD24, and CD29 Define a Surface Biomarker Code for Neural Lineage Differentiation of Stem Cells. Stem Cells. 27(12). 2928–2940. 187 indexed citations

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Saarimäki‐Vire, Jonna, Paula Peltopuro, Laura Lahti, et al.. (2007). Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors Cooperate to Regulate Neural Progenitor Properties in the Developing Midbrain and Hindbrain. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(32). 8581–8592. 70 indexed citations

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Blak, Alexandra, Thorsten Naserke, Jonna Saarimäki‐Vire, et al.. (2006). Fgfr2 and Fgfr3 are not required for patterning and maintenance of the midbrain and anterior hindbrain. Developmental Biology. 303(1). 231–243. 24 indexed citations

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Blak, Alexandra, Thorsten Naserke, Daniela M. Vogt Weisenhorn, et al.. (2005). Expression of Fgf receptors 1, 2, and 3 in the developing mid‐ and hindbrain of the mouse. Developmental Dynamics. 233(3). 1023–1030. 36 indexed citations

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