Alison G. Cole

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 872 citations indexed

About

Alison G. Cole is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Paleontology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison G. Cole has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 872 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Paleontology and 8 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Alison G. Cole's work include Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology (9 papers), Cephalopods and Marine Biology (8 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (6 papers). Alison G. Cole is often cited by papers focused on Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology (9 papers), Cephalopods and Marine Biology (8 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (6 papers). Alison G. Cole collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United States and Italy. Alison G. Cole's co-authors include Brian K. Hall, Ian A. Meinertzhagen, Maria Ina Arnone, Pedro Martı́nez, Frank W. Grasso, Andrea Affuso, Camino Gestal, Felix Christopher Mark, Jane A. Smith and Daniela Melillo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alison G. Cole

28 papers receiving 849 citations

Hit Papers

Guidelines for the Care and Welfare of Cephalopods in Res... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 50 100 150 200
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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. Guidelines for the Care and Welfare of Cephalopods in Research –A consensus based on an initiative by CephRes, FELASA and the Boyd Group
    2015 248 citations Graziano Fiorito, Andrea Affuso et al. Laboratory Animals profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alison G. Cole Austria 15 330 320 195 183 115 31 872
Caroline B. Albertin United States 13 384 1.2× 480 1.5× 257 1.3× 113 0.6× 42 0.4× 18 974
Tim Wollesen Austria 20 232 0.7× 381 1.2× 221 1.1× 285 1.6× 132 1.1× 35 879
Patricia N. Lee United States 10 388 1.2× 172 0.5× 85 0.4× 273 1.5× 271 2.4× 14 738
H. Gert de Couet United States 20 802 2.4× 236 0.7× 395 2.0× 141 0.8× 42 0.4× 43 1.5k
Laure Bonnaud France 17 191 0.6× 436 1.4× 256 1.3× 93 0.5× 29 0.3× 34 655
Russell C. Wyeth Canada 16 126 0.4× 124 0.4× 187 1.0× 133 0.7× 43 0.4× 51 616
Ferdinand Marlétaz United Kingdom 24 1.3k 3.9× 317 1.0× 167 0.9× 263 1.4× 171 1.5× 45 2.1k
Gemma S. Richards Australia 19 826 2.5× 97 0.3× 164 0.8× 491 2.7× 582 5.1× 20 1.5k
Atsushi Ogura Japan 18 256 0.8× 166 0.5× 127 0.7× 103 0.6× 22 0.2× 54 704
M. Sabrina Pankey United States 19 294 0.9× 325 1.0× 216 1.1× 219 1.2× 215 1.9× 45 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Alison G. Cole

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alison G. Cole

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All Works

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Maziarz, Jamie, et al.. (2025). Cell type and cell signalling innovations underlying mammalian pregnancy. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 9(8). 1469–1486. 4 indexed citations
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Haillot, Emmanuel, Julia Steger, Grigory Genikhovich, et al.. (2025). Segregation of endoderm and mesoderm germ layer identities in the diploblast Nematostella vectensis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7979–7979. 2 indexed citations
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Cole, Alison G., et al.. (2024). Updated single cell reference atlas for the starlet anemone Nematostella vectensis. Frontiers in Zoology. 21(1). 8–8. 14 indexed citations
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Steger, Julia, et al.. (2024). Nanos2 marks precursors of somatic lineages and is required for germline formation in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. Science Advances. 10(33). eado0424–eado0424. 7 indexed citations
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Cole, Alison G., Tamar Hashimshony, Zhuo Du, & Itai Yanai. (2024). Gene regulatory patterning codes in early cell fate specification of the C. elegans embryo. eLife. 12. 3 indexed citations
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Cole, Alison G., Tamar Hashimshony, Zhuo Du, & Itai Yanai. (2023). Gene regulatory patterning codes in early cell fate specification of the C. elegans embryo. eLife. 12. 6 indexed citations
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Cole, Alison G., Stefan M. Jahnel, Julia Steger, et al.. (2023). Muscle cell-type diversification is driven by bHLH transcription factor expansion and extensive effector gene duplications. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1747–1747. 13 indexed citations
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Steger, Julia, et al.. (2022). Single-cell transcriptomics identifies conserved regulators of neuroglandular lineages. Cell Reports. 40(12). 111370–111370. 53 indexed citations
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Cole, Alison G., et al.. (2016). Analyses of Sox-B and Sox-E Family Genes in the Cephalopod Sepia officinalis: Revealing the Conserved and the Unusual. PLoS ONE. 11(6). e0157821–e0157821. 24 indexed citations
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Fiorito, Graziano, Andrea Affuso, Jennifer Basil, et al.. (2015). Guidelines for the Care and Welfare of Cephalopods in Research –A consensus based on an initiative by CephRes, FELASA and the Boyd Group. Laboratory Animals. 49(2_suppl). 1–90. 248 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cole, Alison G., et al.. (2011). A review of diversity in the evolution and development of cartilage: the search for the origin of the chondrocyte. European Cells and Materials. 21. 122–129. 36 indexed citations
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Cole, Alison G., et al.. (2009). Two ParaHox genes,SpLoxandSpCdx, interact to partition the posterior endoderm in the formation of a functional gut. Development. 136(4). 541–549. 38 indexed citations
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Cole, Alison G. & Brian K. Hall. (2008). Cartilage differentiation in cephalopod molluscs. Zoology. 112(1). 2–15. 19 indexed citations
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Witten, P. Eckhard, et al.. (2004). Acellular teleost bone : dead or alive, primitive or derived?. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 6 indexed citations
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Cole, Alison G. & Ian A. Meinertzhagen. (2004). The central nervous system of the ascidian larva: mitotic history of cells forming the neural tube in late embryonic Ciona intestinalis. Developmental Biology. 271(2). 239–262. 106 indexed citations
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Cole, Alison G., et al.. (2002). Regulation of early embryonic behavior by nitric oxide in the pond snailHelisoma trivolvis. Journal of Experimental Biology. 205(20). 3143–3152. 21 indexed citations

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