Aswin Pyakurel

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Aswin Pyakurel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Aswin Pyakurel has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Ophthalmology and 2 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Aswin Pyakurel's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (2 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (2 papers). Aswin Pyakurel is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (2 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (2 papers). Aswin Pyakurel collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Italy and United States. Aswin Pyakurel's co-authors include Luca Scorrano, Christina Glytsou, Marta Giacomello, Daniel Heß, Claudia Savoia, Said S. Moselhy, Mahmoud El‐Shemerly, Stefano Ferrari, Gerhard Wiche and Déborah Naón and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Cell.

In The Last Decade

Aswin Pyakurel

7 papers receiving 1.5k 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 cell biology of mitochondrial membrane dynamics

2020 1.1k citations Marta Giacomello, Aswin Pyakurel et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aswin Pyakurel Switzerland	6	1.2k	226	199	191	188	7	1.5k
Christina Glytsou United States	8	1.3k 1.1×	203 0.9×	227 1.1×	115 0.6×	200 1.1×	13	1.7k
Soumya Sinha Roy India	18	1.4k 1.2×	289 1.3×	190 1.0×	205 1.1×	230 1.2×	31	2.0k
Daniel L. Galvan United States	20	1.4k 1.2×	138 0.6×	237 1.2×	129 0.7×	289 1.5×	32	2.0k
Cindy E. Dieteren Netherlands	13	1.2k 1.1×	134 0.6×	326 1.6×	96 0.5×	179 1.0×	16	1.7k
Xiaoping Huang China	22	952 0.8×	146 0.6×	108 0.5×	125 0.7×	181 1.0×	63	1.6k
Jan Dudek Germany	23	2.0k 1.7×	234 1.0×	413 2.1×	191 1.0×	180 1.0×	44	2.4k
Lisa Tilokani United Kingdom	6	941 0.8×	225 1.0×	198 1.0×	116 0.6×	205 1.1×	6	1.2k
María Andrea Desbats Italy	21	1.8k 1.5×	175 0.8×	172 0.9×	190 1.0×	421 2.2×	28	2.2k
Patrick J. Doonan United States	12	1.3k 1.1×	161 0.7×	145 0.7×	130 0.7×	232 1.2×	13	1.6k
Françoise Bontemps Belgium	24	1.1k 1.0×	215 1.0×	145 0.7×	142 0.7×	266 1.4×	71	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Aswin Pyakurel

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aswin Pyakurel

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Giacomello, Marta, Aswin Pyakurel, Christina Glytsou, & Luca Scorrano. (2020). The cell biology of mitochondrial membrane dynamics. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 21(4). 204–224. 1055 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pyakurel, Aswin, et al.. (2017). Bis-Retinoid A2E Induces an Increase of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor via Inhibition of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinases 1/2 Pathway in Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cells and Facilitates Phagocytosis.2. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 9. 43–43. 5 indexed citations

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Pyakurel, Aswin, Marc K. Saba-El-Leil, Caroline Kizilyaprak, et al.. (2017). Loss of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 1/2 in the Retinal Pigment Epithelium Leads to RPE65 Decrease and Retinal Degeneration. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 37(24). 12 indexed citations

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Pyakurel, Aswin, Claudia Savoia, Daniel Heß, & Luca Scorrano. (2015). Extracellular Regulated Kinase Phosphorylates Mitofusin 1 to Control Mitochondrial Morphology and Apoptosis. Molecular Cell. 58(2). 244–254. 198 indexed citations

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Ong, Sang‐Bing, Andrew Hall, Siavash Beikoghli Kalkhoran, et al.. (2014). Akt protects the heart against ischaemia-reperfusion injury by modulating mitochondrial morphology. Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 113(3). 513–521. 58 indexed citations

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Cerqua, Cristina, Aswin Pyakurel, Dan Liu, et al.. (2010). Trichoplein/mitostatin regulates endoplasmic reticulum–mitochondria juxtaposition. EMBO Reports. 11(11). 854–860. 109 indexed citations

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El‐Shemerly, Mahmoud, Daniel Heß, Aswin Pyakurel, Said S. Moselhy, & Stefano Ferrari. (2007). ATR-dependent pathways control hEXO1 stability in response to stalled forks. Nucleic Acids Research. 36(2). 511–519. 69 indexed citations

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