Emily J. Capra

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 743 citations indexed

About

Emily J. Capra is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Emily J. Capra has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 743 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Emily J. Capra's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (4 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (2 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (2 papers). Emily J. Capra is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (4 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (2 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (2 papers). Emily J. Capra collaborates with scholars based in United States. Emily J. Capra's co-authors include Michael T. Laub, Jeffrey M. Skerker, Barrett S. Perchuk, Orr Ashenberg and Leonid Kruglyak and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, PLoS ONE and Molecular Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Emily J. Capra

5 papers receiving 738 citations

Hit Papers

Evolution of Two-Component Signal Transduction Systems 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Evolution of Two-Component Signal Transduction Systems
    2012 510 citations Emily J. Capra, Michael T. Laub Annual Review of Microbiology profile →

Peers

Emily J. Capra
Florian Altegoer Germany
Yolanda Jubete Spain
Tobias Bergmiller Austria
Felipe O. Bendezú Switzerland
Patricia Sanchez‐Vazquez United States
Evelyn Zientz Germany
Xiongfeng Dai China
Manlu Zhu China
Kinga Umenhoffer Hungary
М. Г. Тарутина Russia
Florian Altegoer Germany
Emily J. Capra
Citations per year, relative to Emily J. Capra Emily J. Capra (= 1×) peers Florian Altegoer

Countries citing papers authored by Emily J. Capra

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Fields of papers citing papers by Emily J. Capra

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emily J. Capra

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

All Works

5 of 5 papers shown
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Capra, Emily J., Barrett S. Perchuk, Jeffrey M. Skerker, & Michael T. Laub. (2012). Adaptive Mutations that Prevent Crosstalk Enable the Expansion of Paralogous Signaling Protein Families. Cell. 150(1). 222–232. 93 indexed citations
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Capra, Emily J., et al.. (2012). Spatial tethering of kinases to their substrates relaxes evolutionary constraints on specificity. Molecular Microbiology. 86(6). 1393–1403. 22 indexed citations
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Capra, Emily J. & Michael T. Laub. (2012). Evolution of Two-Component Signal Transduction Systems. Annual Review of Microbiology. 66(1). 325–347. 510 indexed citations breakdown →
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Capra, Emily J., et al.. (2010). Systematic Dissection and Trajectory-Scanning Mutagenesis of the Molecular Interface That Ensures Specificity of Two-Component Signaling Pathways. PLoS Genetics. 6(11). e1001220–e1001220. 94 indexed citations
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Capra, Emily J., et al.. (2008). Comparative Developmental Expression Profiling of Two C. elegans Isolates. PLoS ONE. 3(12). e4055–e4055. 24 indexed citations

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