Eric Agius

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Eric Agius is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Agius has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 4 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Eric Agius's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (15 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (10 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers). Eric Agius is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (15 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (10 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers). Eric Agius collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. Eric Agius's co-authors include Edward M. De Robertis, Stefano Piccolo, Tewis Bouwmeester, Philippe Cochard, Luc Leyns, Horst Grunz, Bin Lü, Oliver Wessely, Michael Oelgeschläger and Caroline Kemp and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Eric Agius

29 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

The head inducer Cerberus is a multifunctional antagonist... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 200 400 600
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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. The head inducer Cerberus is a multifunctional antagonist of Nodal, BMP and Wnt signals
    1999 666 citations Stefano Piccolo, Eric Agius et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric Agius France 19 2.5k 396 342 324 294 29 2.9k
Nobue Itasaki United Kingdom 25 2.9k 1.2× 608 1.5× 700 2.0× 453 1.4× 245 0.8× 41 3.4k
Carol Hicks United States 13 1.6k 0.7× 277 0.7× 237 0.7× 410 1.3× 358 1.2× 14 2.3k
Ken W.Y. Cho United States 27 2.6k 1.0× 391 1.0× 532 1.6× 166 0.5× 77 0.3× 50 3.0k
Shuichi Kani Japan 16 1.8k 0.7× 387 1.0× 350 1.0× 292 0.9× 129 0.4× 20 2.3k
Paul Scherz United States 11 2.0k 0.8× 466 1.2× 602 1.8× 343 1.1× 174 0.6× 36 2.6k
Edgar M. Pera Sweden 17 1.8k 0.7× 312 0.8× 379 1.1× 190 0.6× 129 0.4× 28 2.0k
Estelle Hirsinger France 16 1.9k 0.8× 358 0.9× 332 1.0× 150 0.5× 234 0.8× 25 2.2k
Martin Cheung Hong Kong 19 1.6k 0.6× 187 0.5× 499 1.5× 183 0.6× 254 0.9× 41 2.2k
Christophe Marcelle France 32 3.6k 1.5× 610 1.5× 873 2.6× 500 1.5× 195 0.7× 62 4.4k
Brian A. Parr United States 16 2.2k 0.9× 209 0.5× 584 1.7× 300 0.9× 330 1.1× 20 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eric Agius

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric Agius

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

All Works

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Molina, Angie, Valérie Lobjois, Sophie Bel-Vialar, et al.. (2022). Single-cell imaging of the cell cycle reveals CDC25B-induced heterogeneity of G1 phase length in neural progenitor cells. Development. 149(11). 9 indexed citations
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Agius, Eric, et al.. (2019). Timing the spinal cord development with neural progenitor cells losing their proliferative capacity: a theoretical analysis. Neural Development. 14(1). 7–7. 3 indexed citations
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Agius, Eric, Sophie Bel-Vialar, Nathalie Escalas, et al.. (2018). FGF signaling controls Shh-dependent oligodendroglial fate specification in the ventral spinal cord. Neural Development. 13(1). 3–3. 18 indexed citations
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Ohayon, David, Alain Garcès, Chadi Soukkarieh, et al.. (2016). Onset of Spinal Cord Astrocyte Precursor Emigration from the Ventricular Zone Involves the Zeb1 Transcription Factor. Cell Reports. 17(6). 1473–1481. 14 indexed citations
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Agius, Eric, et al.. (2014). Cell cycle and cell fate in the developing nervous system: the role of CDC25B phosphatase. Cell and Tissue Research. 359(1). 201–213. 14 indexed citations
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Agius, Eric, Yann Decker, Chadi Soukkarieh, Cathy Soula, & Philippe Cochard. (2010). Role of BMPs in controlling the spatial and temporal origin of GFAP astrocytes in the embryonic spinal cord. Developmental Biology. 344(2). 611–620. 15 indexed citations
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Nguyen‐Chi, Mai, Frédéric Chalmel, Eric Agius, et al.. (2009). Temporally Regulated Traffic of HuR and Its Associated ARE-Containing mRNAs from the Chromatoid Body to Polysomes during Mouse Spermatogenesis. PLoS ONE. 4(3). e4900–e4900. 43 indexed citations
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Soukkarieh, Chadi, Eric Agius, Cathy Soula, & Philippe Cochard. (2006). Pax2 regulates neuronal–glial cell fate choice in the embryonic optic nerve. Developmental Biology. 303(2). 800–813. 40 indexed citations
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Agius, Eric, et al.. (2006). Familial factors in diabetic nephropathy: an offspring study. Diabetic Medicine. 23(3). 331–334. 27 indexed citations
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Braquart‐Varnier, Christine, Cathy Danesin, Eric Agius, et al.. (2004). A subtractive approach to characterize genes with regionalized expression in the gliogenic ventral neuroepithelium: identification of chick Sulfatase 1 as a new oligodendrocyte lineage gene. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 25(4). 612–628. 25 indexed citations
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Agius, Eric, Chadi Soukkarieh, Cathy Danesin, et al.. (2004). Converse control of oligodendrocyte and astrocyte lineage development by Sonic hedgehog in the chick spinal cord. Developmental Biology. 270(2). 308–321. 63 indexed citations
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Wessely, Oliver, Eric Agius, Michael Oelgeschläger, Edgar M. Pera, & Edward M. De Robertis. (2001). Neural Induction in the Absence of Mesoderm: β-Catenin-Dependent Expression of Secreted BMP Antagonists at the Blastula Stage in Xenopus. Developmental Biology. 234(1). 161–173. 99 indexed citations
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Daluiski, Aaron, Thomas Engstrand, Matthew E. Bahamonde, et al.. (2001). Bone morphogenetic protein-3 is a negative regulator of bone density. Nature Genetics. 27(1). 84–88. 328 indexed citations
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Belo, José António, Daniel Bachiller, Eric Agius, et al.. (2000). Cerberus-like is a secreted BMP and nodal antagonist not essential for mouse development. genesis. 26(4). 265–265. 9 indexed citations
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Agius, Eric, Michael Oelgeschläger, Oliver Wessely, Caroline Kemp, & Edward M. De Robertis. (2000). Endodermal Nodal-related signals and mesoderm induction in Xenopus. Development. 127(6). 1173–1183. 345 indexed citations
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Piccolo, Stefano, Eric Agius, Luc Leyns, et al.. (1999). The head inducer Cerberus is a multifunctional antagonist of Nodal, BMP and Wnt signals. Nature. 397(6721). 707–710. 666 indexed citations breakdown →
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Robertis, Edward M. De, Luc Leyns, Stefano Piccolo, et al.. (1997). . Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 62(1). 169–175. 27 indexed citations
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