Eugen Nacu

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 938 citations indexed

About

Eugen Nacu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Rehabilitation. According to data from OpenAlex, Eugen Nacu has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 938 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Surgery and 1 paper in Rehabilitation. Recurrent topics in Eugen Nacu's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (6 papers), Congenital heart defects research (2 papers) and Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation (2 papers). Eugen Nacu is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (6 papers), Congenital heart defects research (2 papers) and Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation (2 papers). Eugen Nacu collaborates with scholars based in Germany and United States. Eugen Nacu's co-authors include Elly M. Tanaka, Dunja Knapp, Shahryar Khattak, Hans H. Epperlein, Martin Kragl, Malcolm Maden, Stephanie Protze, Michael Volkmer, Rui Diogo and Bianca Habermann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Development.

In The Last Decade

Eugen Nacu

7 papers receiving 928 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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. Cells keep a memory of their tissue origin during axolotl limb regeneration
    2009 634 citations Martin Kragl, Dunja Knapp et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Eugen Nacu
Maritta Schuez Germany
Martin Kragl Germany
Karen Echeverri United States
Jessica L. Whited United States
Prayag Murawala Germany
Jo Ann Cameron United States
Michael W. King United States
Ellen A.G. Chernoff United States
Phillip B. Gates United Kingdom
Caroline W. Beck New Zealand
Maritta Schuez Germany
Eugen Nacu
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Countries citing papers authored by Eugen Nacu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eugen Nacu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Eugen Nacu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Eugen Nacu. The network helps show where Eugen Nacu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eugen Nacu

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

All Works

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Knapp, Dunja, Herbert Schulz, Michael Volkmer, et al.. (2013). Comparative Transcriptional Profiling of the Axolotl Limb Identifies a Tripartite Regeneration-Specific Gene Program. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e61352–e61352. 93 indexed citations
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Nacu, Eugen, Huy Quang Le, Febriyani Damanik, et al.. (2013). Connective tissue cells, but not muscle cells, are involved in establishing the proximo-distal outcome of limb regeneration in the axolotl. Development. 140(3). 513–518. 61 indexed citations
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Nacu, Eugen & Elly M. Tanaka. (2011). Limb Regeneration: A New Development?. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 27(1). 409–440. 110 indexed citations
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Kragl, Martin, Dunja Knapp, Eugen Nacu, et al.. (2009). Cells keep a memory of their tissue origin during axolotl limb regeneration. Nature. 460(7251). 60–65. 634 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nacu, Eugen, Dunja Knapp, Elly M. Tanaka, & Hans H. Epperlein. (2009). Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) Embryonic Transplantation Methods. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2009(8). pdb.prot5265–pdb.prot5265. 8 indexed citations
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Kragl, Martin, Dunja Knapp, Eugen Nacu, et al.. (2008). Novel Insights into the Flexibility of Cell and Positional Identity during Urodele Limb Regeneration. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 73(0). 583–592. 10 indexed citations

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