Ana Lapão

474 total citations · 1 hit paper
4 papers, 221 citations indexed

About

Ana Lapão is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ana Lapão has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 221 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Epidemiology and 1 paper in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Ana Lapão's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (3 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (1 paper). Ana Lapão is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (3 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (1 paper). Ana Lapão collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Austria and Sweden. Ana Lapão's co-authors include Anne Simonsen, Patricia Boya, Zvulun Elazar, Sergey Lekomtsev, Tilmann Bürckstümmer, Matthew Yoke Wui Ng, Sebastian W. Schultz, Sigve Nakken, Michael J. Munson and Laura Trachsel-Moncho and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Journal of Cell Biology and Autophagy.

In The Last Decade

Ana Lapão

4 papers receiving 221 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.

Regulation of PRKN-independent mitophagy

2021 168 citations Ana Lapão, Patricia Boya et al. Autophagy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ana Lapão Norway	3	124	108	25	22	22	4	221
Wayne D. Hawkins United States	6	118 1.0×	156 1.4×	34 1.4×	39 1.8×	23 1.0×	8	250
Alexander O. Mann United States	5	178 1.4×	125 1.2×	23 0.9×	16 0.7×	17 0.8×	7	346
Jing-Jing Ji China	9	93 0.8×	51 0.5×	20 0.8×	12 0.5×	37 1.7×	15	204
Su Jin Ham South Korea	5	170 1.4×	115 1.1×	35 1.4×	35 1.6×	21 1.0×	7	261
Verena Warnsmann Germany	7	149 1.2×	73 0.7×	20 0.8×	24 1.1×	16 0.7×	9	203
Shakti Sagar India	9	177 1.4×	63 0.6×	30 1.2×	21 1.0×	40 1.8×	16	277
Qian Zhu China	11	102 0.8×	44 0.4×	19 0.8×	31 1.4×	31 1.4×	30	311
Jianguo Yan China	13	149 1.2×	83 0.8×	25 1.0×	20 0.9×	65 3.0×	39	337
Dana Pearl Canada	2	226 1.8×	53 0.5×	38 1.5×	18 0.8×	38 1.7×	3	276
Nerea Deleyto-Seldas Spain	6	168 1.4×	89 0.8×	53 2.1×	25 1.1×	25 1.1×	8	289

Countries citing papers authored by Ana Lapão

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ana Lapão

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ana Lapão

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

All Works

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4 of 4 papers shown

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Trachsel-Moncho, Laura, Benan John Mathai, Ana Lapão, et al.. (2025). SNX10 functions as a modulator of piecemeal mitophagy and mitochondrial bioenergetics. The Journal of Cell Biology. 224(5). 2 indexed citations

2.

Ng, Matthew Yoke Wui, Ana Lapão, Laura Trachsel-Moncho, et al.. (2022). The cholesterol transport protein GRAMD1C regulates autophagy initiation and mitochondrial bioenergetics. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6283–6283. 33 indexed citations

3.

Lapão, Ana, et al.. (2021). Regulation of PRKN-independent mitophagy. Autophagy. 18(1). 24–39. 168 indexed citations breakdown →

4.

Lekomtsev, Sergey, et al.. (2016). Efficient generation and reversion of chromosomal translocations using CRISPR/Cas technology. BMC Genomics. 17(1). 739–739. 18 indexed citations

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