Annie Handler

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 791 citations indexed

About

Annie Handler is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Annie Handler has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 791 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Physiology and 3 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Annie Handler's work include Ion channel regulation and function (3 papers), Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (3 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (2 papers). Annie Handler is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (3 papers), Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (3 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (2 papers). Annie Handler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Germany. Annie Handler's co-authors include David D. Ginty, Paul Greengard, Philip A. Feinberg, Dónal O’Carroll, Anne Schaefer, Morten T. Venø, Chan Lek Tan, D. James Surmeier, Jørgen Kjems and Joshua L. Plotkin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Annie Handler

7 papers receiving 785 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.

The mechanosensory neurons of touch and their mechanisms of activation

2021 230 citations Annie Handler, David D. Ginty Nature reviews. Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Annie Handler United States	7	322	312	168	144	113	8	791
Mark Eddison United States	15	696 2.2×	365 1.2×	56 0.3×	107 0.7×	62 0.5×	24	1.3k
Kimberly A. Smith United States	12	497 1.5×	404 1.3×	33 0.2×	385 2.7×	74 0.7×	17	1.2k
Thuc Nghi Nguyen United States	12	388 1.2×	303 1.0×	25 0.1×	406 2.8×	79 0.7×	16	1.2k
Luís Sánchez-Guardado Spain	12	749 2.3×	313 1.0×	54 0.3×	119 0.8×	79 0.7×	19	1.2k
Konstantinos Ampatzis Sweden	18	247 0.8×	346 1.1×	35 0.2×	173 1.2×	67 0.6×	28	976
Michael Condro United States	13	186 0.6×	167 0.5×	61 0.4×	46 0.3×	61 0.5×	24	532
Mariano I. Gabitto United States	9	405 1.3×	435 1.4×	36 0.2×	396 2.8×	53 0.5×	13	1.2k
Marina Snapyan Canada	11	447 1.4×	412 1.3×	68 0.4×	47 0.3×	53 0.5×	15	980
Débora Masini Sweden	9	267 0.8×	429 1.4×	20 0.1×	171 1.2×	53 0.5×	12	866
Paula Fontanet Argentina	13	252 0.8×	204 0.7×	40 0.2×	123 0.9×	61 0.5×	15	648

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Fields of papers citing papers by Annie Handler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Annie Handler

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Annie Handler. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Annie Handler 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 Annie Handler. Annie Handler 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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Santiago, Celine, Annie Handler, Aniqa Tasnim, et al.. (2025). Activity-dependent development of the body’s touch receptors. Neuron. 113(11). 1758–1773.e9.

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Qi, Lijun, Michael Iskols, Rachel S. Greenberg, et al.. (2024). Krause corpuscles are genital vibrotactile sensors for sexual behaviours. Nature. 630(8018). 926–934. 14 indexed citations

3.

Meltzer, Shan, et al.. (2022). A role for axon–glial interactions and Netrin-G1 signaling in the formation of low-threshold mechanoreceptor end organs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(43). e2210421119–e2210421119. 10 indexed citations

4.

Handler, Annie & David D. Ginty. (2021). The mechanosensory neurons of touch and their mechanisms of activation. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 22(9). 521–537. 230 indexed citations breakdown →

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Neubarth, Nicole, Alan J. Emanuel, Annie Handler, et al.. (2020). Meissner corpuscles and their spatially intermingled afferents underlie gentle touch perception. Science. 368(6497). 89 indexed citations

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Handler, Annie, Thomas G.W. Graham, Raphael Cohn, et al.. (2019). Distinct Dopamine Receptor Pathways Underlie the Temporal Sensitivity of Associative Learning. Cell. 178(1). 60–75.e19. 141 indexed citations

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Brohawn, Stephen G., Weiwei Wang, Annie Handler, et al.. (2019). The mechanosensitive ion channel TRAAK is localized to the mammalian node of Ranvier. eLife. 8. 72 indexed citations

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Tan, Chan Lek, Joshua L. Plotkin, Morten T. Venø, et al.. (2013). MicroRNA-128 Governs Neuronal Excitability and Motor Behavior in Mice. Science. 342(6163). 1254–1258. 235 indexed citations

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