Eric Rulifson

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Eric Rulifson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Rulifson has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 5 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Eric Rulifson's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (10 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (6 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (5 papers). Eric Rulifson is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (10 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (6 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (5 papers). Eric Rulifson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and France. Eric Rulifson's co-authors include Seung K. Kim, Roel Nusse, Seth S. Blair, Charles Géminard, Pierre Léopold, Craig A. Micchelli, Matthew Fish, Ken M. Cadigan, Kalpana Makhijani and Tsubasa Tanaka and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Eric Rulifson

20 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Ablation of Insulin-Producing Neurons in Flies: Growth an... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 250 500 750
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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. Ablation of Insulin-Producing Neurons in Flies: Growth and Diabetic Phenotypes
    2002 854 citations Eric Rulifson, Seung K. Kim et al. Science 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 Rulifson United States 16 1.6k 1.6k 623 551 477 20 3.2k
Jacques Montagne France 22 1.7k 1.1× 898 0.6× 563 0.9× 292 0.5× 378 0.8× 42 2.9k
Julien Colombani France 19 937 0.6× 1.3k 0.9× 640 1.0× 384 0.7× 383 0.8× 27 2.5k
Irene Miguel‐Aliaga United Kingdom 27 1.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 927 1.5× 367 0.7× 226 0.5× 44 2.8k
Rafael Fernández United States 15 940 0.6× 1000 0.6× 387 0.6× 367 0.7× 241 0.5× 26 2.3k
Tomoatsu Ikeya Switzerland 9 897 0.6× 1.6k 1.0× 560 0.9× 896 1.6× 156 0.3× 9 2.7k
Juan R. Riesgo‐Escovar Mexico 24 1.5k 0.9× 867 0.6× 383 0.6× 311 0.6× 510 1.1× 48 2.5k
Koen J. T. Venken United States 30 3.2k 2.0× 1.8k 1.2× 468 0.8× 268 0.5× 906 1.9× 50 4.8k
Oren Schuldiner Israel 22 2.0k 1.2× 1.4k 0.9× 438 0.7× 260 0.5× 793 1.7× 38 3.7k
Yuchun He United States 14 2.3k 1.4× 1.3k 0.8× 427 0.7× 262 0.5× 732 1.5× 18 3.3k
Karen L. Schulze United States 29 3.6k 2.2× 1.9k 1.2× 451 0.7× 286 0.5× 2.1k 4.4× 32 4.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eric Rulifson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric Rulifson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sarkar, Abby, Yinhua Jin, Brian C. DeFelice, et al.. (2022). Intermittent fasting induces rapid hepatocyte proliferation to restore the hepatostat in the mouse liver. eLife. 12. 17 indexed citations
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Rand, Tim, Koji Tanabe, Masaki Nomura, et al.. (2018). MYC Releases Early Reprogrammed Human Cells from Proliferation Pause via Retinoblastoma Protein Inhibition. Cell Reports. 23(2). 361–375. 18 indexed citations
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Tachibana, Atsushi, Michelle Santoso, Morteza Mahmoudi, et al.. (2017). Paracrine Effects of the Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiac Myocytes Salvage the Injured Myocardium. Circulation Research. 121(6). e22–e36. 117 indexed citations
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Kim, Paul, Morteza Mahmoudi, Xiaohu Ge, et al.. (2015). Direct Evaluation of Myocardial Viability and Stem Cell Engraftment Demonstrates Salvage of the Injured Myocardium. Circulation Research. 116(7). e40–50. 46 indexed citations
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Mahmoudi, Morteza, Eric Rulifson, Atsushi Tachibana, et al.. (2015). In vivo multi-modality tracking of the regenerative effects of the human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iCMs). Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 17. Q119–Q119. 2 indexed citations
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Rulifson, Eric, et al.. (2011). Serial specification of diverse neuroblast identities from a neurogenic placode by Notch and Egfr signaling. Development. 138(14). 2883–2893. 20 indexed citations
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Rulifson, Eric, et al.. (2011). Serial specification of diverse neuroblast identities from a neurogenic placode by Notch and Egfr signaling. Journal of Cell Science. 124(14). e1–e1. 1 indexed citations
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Makhijani, Kalpana, Brandy Alexander, Tsubasa Tanaka, Eric Rulifson, & Katja Brückner. (2011). The peripheral nervous system supports blood cell homing and survival in theDrosophilalarva. Development. 138(24). 5379–5391. 163 indexed citations
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Géminard, Charles, Eric Rulifson, & Pierre Léopold. (2009). Remote Control of Insulin Secretion by Fat Cells in Drosophila. Cell Metabolism. 10(3). 199–207. 445 indexed citations
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Wang, Shu, et al.. (2007). The origin of islet-like cells in Drosophila identifies parallels to the vertebrate endocrine axis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(50). 19873–19878. 69 indexed citations
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Kim, Seung K. & Eric Rulifson. (2004). Conserved mechanisms of glucose sensing and regulation by Drosophila corpora cardiaca cells. Nature. 431(7006). 316–320. 343 indexed citations
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Rulifson, Eric, Seung K. Kim, & Roel Nusse. (2002). Ablation of Insulin-Producing Neurons in Flies: Growth and Diabetic Phenotypes. Science. 296(5570). 1118–1120. 854 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rulifson, Eric, et al.. (2000). Pathway Specificity by the Bifunctional Receptor Frizzled Is Determined by Affinity for Wingless. Molecular Cell. 6(1). 117–126. 113 indexed citations
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Nusse, Roel, et al.. (2000). Interactions Between Wingless and Frizzled Molecules in Drosophila. PubMed. 1–11. 2 indexed citations
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Cadigan, Ken M., Matthew Fish, Eric Rulifson, & Roel Nusse. (1998). Wingless Repression of Drosophila frizzled 2 Expression Shapes the Wingless Morphogen Gradient in the Wing. Cell. 93(5). 767–777. 279 indexed citations
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Micchelli, Craig A., Eric Rulifson, & Seth S. Blair. (1997). The function and regulation of cut expression on the wing margin of Drosophila: Notch, Wingless and a dominant negative role for Delta and Serrate. Development. 124(8). 1485–1495. 351 indexed citations
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Nusse, Roel, Marcel R.M. van den Brink, Karl Willert, et al.. (1997). Cell culture and whole animal approaches to understanding signaling by Wnt proteins in Drosophila.. PubMed. 62. 185–90. 27 indexed citations
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Rulifson, Eric, Craig A. Micchelli, Jeffrey D. Axelrod, Norbert Perrimon, & Seth S. Blair. (1996). wingless refines its own expression domain on the Drosophila wing margin. Nature. 384(6604). 72–74. 97 indexed citations
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