Alexandra Naba

8.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
54 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Alexandra Naba is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexandra Naba has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Cell Biology and 14 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Alexandra Naba's work include Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (14 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (14 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (8 papers). Alexandra Naba is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (14 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (14 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (8 papers). Alexandra Naba collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Finland. Alexandra Naba's co-authors include Richard O. Hynes, Karl R. Clauser, Steven A. Carr, Charles A. Whittaker, Hui Liu, Sebastian Hoersch, Huiming Ding, Isra Taha, Monique Arpin and John M. Lamar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Alexandra Naba

52 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Matrisome: In Silico Definition and In Vivo Character... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2011 2015 2021 2024 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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. The Matrisome: In Silico Definition and In Vivo Characterization by Proteomics of Normal and Tumor Extracellular Matrices
    2011 903 citations Alexandra Naba, Karl R. Clauser et al. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics profile →
  2. Overview of the Matrisome--An Inventory of Extracellular Matrix Constituents and Functions
    2011 892 citations Richard O. Hynes, Alexandra Naba profile →
  3. The extracellular matrix: Tools and insights for the “omics” era
    2015 729 citations Alexandra Naba, Karl R. Clauser et al. Matrix Biology profile →
  4. A tumor-derived type III collagen-rich ECM niche regulates tumor cell dormancy
    2021 200 citations Julie S. Di Martino, Ana Rita Nobre et al. Nature Cancer profile →
  5. Mechanisms of assembly and remodelling of the extracellular matrix
    2024 84 citations Alexandra Naba Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexandra Naba United States 30 2.1k 1.3k 1.3k 1.0k 791 54 5.5k
Pengfei Lu China 19 2.3k 1.1× 1.8k 1.3× 1.3k 1.0× 519 0.5× 578 0.7× 47 5.4k
Janna K. Mouw United States 18 1.8k 0.8× 1.3k 1.0× 1.8k 1.4× 560 0.5× 578 0.7× 27 5.0k
Cyrus M. Ghajar United States 27 2.1k 1.0× 2.3k 1.7× 886 0.7× 524 0.5× 322 0.4× 42 5.2k
Dieter P. Reinhardt Canada 50 2.5k 1.2× 720 0.5× 1.4k 1.1× 719 0.7× 1.6k 2.0× 151 8.0k
Véronique Orian‐Rousseau Germany 30 2.2k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 406 0.4× 577 0.7× 64 4.0k
Andreas Friedl United States 37 2.1k 1.0× 1.6k 1.2× 1.6k 1.2× 374 0.4× 495 0.6× 63 4.9k
Nancy Boudreau United States 34 2.9k 1.4× 920 0.7× 908 0.7× 425 0.4× 1.2k 1.6× 65 5.4k
David R. Inman United States 22 1.4k 0.7× 1.7k 1.3× 1.9k 1.5× 253 0.2× 689 0.9× 34 4.6k
Amit Vasanji United States 37 1.9k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 662 0.5× 499 0.5× 369 0.5× 78 4.7k
Jason M. Butler United States 29 2.9k 1.4× 1.6k 1.2× 910 0.7× 701 0.7× 227 0.3× 51 6.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Naba, Alexandra, et al.. (2025). MatriCom, a single-cell RNA-sequencing data mining tool to infer cell–extracellular matrix interactions. Journal of Cell Science. 138(13). 2 indexed citations
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Isa, Isma Liza Mohd, et al.. (2025). A guide to building the matrisome interactome: from computational predictions to experimental validation. FEBS Journal. 293(1). 42–70.
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Yang, Ning, Ali Abbaspour, Stephanie M. McGregor, et al.. (2025). Fibronectin composition and transglutaminase 2 cross-linking cooperatively regulate ovarian cancer cell adhesion in ECM-mimetic constructs. Acta Biomaterialia. 206. 201–214.
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Kotlyar, Max, Sylvain D. Vallet, Catherine Hayes, et al.. (2024). MatrixDB 2024: an increased coverage of extracellular matrix interactions, a new Network Explorer and a new web interface. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(D1). D1677–D1682. 3 indexed citations
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Naba, Alexandra. (2024). Mechanisms of assembly and remodelling of the extracellular matrix. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 25(11). 865–885. 84 indexed citations breakdown →
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Naba, Alexandra, et al.. (2024). Extracellular matrix dynamics: A key regulator of cell migration across length-scales and systems. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 86. 102309–102309. 27 indexed citations
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Mondal, Chandrani, Rebecca C. Adikes, Julie S. Di Martino, et al.. (2022). A proliferative to invasive switch is mediated by srGAP1 downregulation through the activation of TGF-β2 signaling. Cell Reports. 40(12). 111358–111358. 11 indexed citations
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Dede, Merve, et al.. (2022). Systematic Analysis of Actively Transcribed Core Matrisome Genes Across Tissues and Cell Phenotypes. Matrix Biology. 111. 95–107. 9 indexed citations
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Taha, Isra, Aisha Khan, Stephanie M. McGregor, et al.. (2021). Multi-modal Profiling of the Extracellular Matrix of Human Fallopian Tubes and Serous Tubal Intraepithelial Carcinomas. Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry. 70(2). 151–168. 9 indexed citations
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Koivunen, Jarkko, et al.. (2021). The Burden of Post-Translational Modification (PTM)—Disrupting Mutations in the Tumor Matrisome. Cancers. 13(5). 1081–1081. 21 indexed citations
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Pokhilko, Alexandra, Lahiru Handunnetthi, Raphael Heilig, et al.. (2021). Global proteomic analysis of extracellular matrix in mouse and human brain highlights relevance to cerebrovascular disease. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 41(9). 2423–2438. 19 indexed citations
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Yazdanpanah, Ghasem, Yizhou Jiang, Behnam Rabiee, et al.. (2021). Fabrication, Rheological, and Compositional Characterization of Thermoresponsive Hydrogel from Cornea. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 27(5). 307–321. 20 indexed citations
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Martino, Julie S. Di, Ana Rita Nobre, Chandrani Mondal, et al.. (2021). A tumor-derived type III collagen-rich ECM niche regulates tumor cell dormancy. Nature Cancer. 3(1). 90–107. 200 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hebert, Jess D., Samuel A. Myers, Alexandra Naba, et al.. (2020). Proteomic Profiling of the ECM of Xenograft Breast Cancer Metastases in Different Organs Reveals Distinct Metastatic Niches. Cancer Research. 80(7). 1475–1485. 90 indexed citations
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Lee, Fred, et al.. (2020). Spatial-omics: Novel approaches to probe cell heterogeneity and extracellular matrix biology. Matrix Biology. 91-92. 152–166. 65 indexed citations
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Horne‐Badovinac, Sally, et al.. (2019). In-silico definition of the Drosophila melanogaster matrisome. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 100015–100015. 26 indexed citations
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Clauser, Karl R., D.R. Mani, Steven A. Carr, Alexandra Naba, & Richard O. Hynes. (2017). Quantitative proteomic profiling of the extracellular matrix of pancreatic islets during the angiogenic switch and insulinoma progression. Nature. 1 indexed citations
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Nauroy, Pauline, Sandrine Hughes, Alexandra Naba, & Florence Ruggiero. (2017). The in-silico zebrafish matrisome: A new tool to study extracellular matrix gene and protein functions. Matrix Biology. 65. 5–13. 43 indexed citations
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Zwaenepoel, Ingrid, Alexandra Naba, Laurence Del Maestro, et al.. (2012). Ezrin regulates microvillus morphogenesis by promoting distinct activities of Eps8 proteins. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23(6). 1080–1095. 38 indexed citations
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Naba, Alexandra, Karl R. Clauser, Sebastian Hoersch, et al.. (2011). The Matrisome: In Silico Definition and In Vivo Characterization by Proteomics of Normal and Tumor Extracellular Matrices. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 11(4). M111.014647–M111.014647. 903 indexed citations breakdown →

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