Federico Herrera

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Federico Herrera is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Federico Herrera has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 14 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Federico Herrera's work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (14 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (13 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (12 papers). Federico Herrera is often cited by papers focused on Circadian rhythm and melatonin (14 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (13 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (12 papers). Federico Herrera collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Portugal and United States. Federico Herrera's co-authors include Carmen Rodrı́guez, Vanesa Martı́n, Isaac Antolı́n, Rosa M. Sáinz, Juan C. Mayo, Rüssel J. Reiter, Jezabel Rodríguez‐Blanco, Guillermo García‐Santos, Tiago F. Outeiro and María Pilar Carrera-González and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Federico Herrera

61 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Regulation of antioxidant enzymes: a significant role for melatonin

2003 1.7k citations Carmen Rodrı́guez, Juan C. Mayo et al. Journal of Pineal Research profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Federico Herrera Spain	27	1.7k	1.2k	695	491	356	63	3.9k
Vanesa Martı́n Spain	32	2.0k 1.2×	1.7k 1.4×	602 0.9×	313 0.6×	150 0.4×	60	4.6k
Isaac Antolı́n Spain	30	2.9k 1.7×	1.4k 1.1×	918 1.3×	550 1.1×	244 0.7×	61	5.0k
Daniela Melchiorri Italy	41	1.3k 0.8×	1.8k 1.5×	902 1.3×	1.6k 3.3×	177 0.5×	82	5.0k
Susanne Burkhardt Germany	25	864 0.5×	2.3k 1.8×	681 1.0×	566 1.2×	113 0.3×	38	4.1k
Ülkan Kılıç Türkiye	36	704 0.4×	1.5k 1.2×	715 1.0×	648 1.3×	277 0.8×	101	4.3k
José A. Pariente Spain	43	1.1k 0.6×	1.7k 1.4×	854 1.2×	567 1.2×	64 0.2×	151	5.3k
Jia Yu China	27	956 0.6×	1.7k 1.4×	852 1.2×	662 1.3×	531 1.5×	93	4.2k
Carmen Rodrı́guez Spain	42	3.4k 2.0×	2.7k 2.2×	1.1k 1.6×	652 1.3×	296 0.8×	143	7.8k
Carmen Venegas Spain	21	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.6×	286 0.6×	126 0.4×	29	3.7k
Zheng Chen United States	33	1.5k 0.9×	856 0.7×	887 1.3×	386 0.8×	85 0.2×	72	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Federico Herrera

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Federico Herrera

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Solá, Susana, et al.. (2025). S100B Mitigates Cytoskeletal and Mitochondrial Alterations in a Glial Cell Model of Autosomal Recessive Spastic Ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay. Molecular Neurobiology. 62(9). 12296–12306.

Melo, Catarina, Dario Antonini, Sharadha Dayalan Naidu, et al.. (2024). Laminin-α2 chain deficiency in skeletal muscle causes dysregulation of multiple cellular mechanisms. Life Science Alliance. 7(12). e202402829–e202402829. 1 indexed citations

Sánchez‐Sánchez, Ana M., Federico Herrera, Jezabel Rodríguez‐Blanco, et al.. (2023). Endoplasmic reticulum regulation of glucose metabolism in glioma stem cells. International Journal of Oncology. 64(1). 1 indexed citations

Pinto, Francisco, et al.. (2023). Asymmetric post-translational modifications regulate the nuclear translocation of STAT3 homodimers in response to leukemia inhibitory factor. Cellular Oncology. 47(3). 1065–1070. 1 indexed citations

Valente, Cláudia A., et al.. (2022). Sacsin Deletion Induces Aggregation of Glial Intermediate Filaments. Cells. 11(2). 299–299. 8 indexed citations

Cantrelle, François‐Xavier, Filipa S. Carvalho, Joana S. Cristóvão, et al.. (2021). Dynamic interactions and Ca2+-binding modulate the holdase-type chaperone activity of S100B preventing tau aggregation and seeding. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6292–6292. 27 indexed citations

Sánchez‐Sánchez, Ana M., Vanesa Martı́n, Mariana Santa‐Marta, et al.. (2016). Distinct roles of N-acetyl and 5-methoxy groups in the antiproliferative and neuroprotective effects of melatonin. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 434. 238–249. 8 indexed citations

Miranda, Hugo Vicente, Marcos António Gomes, Carlo Breda, et al.. (2016). Glycation potentiates neurodegeneration in models of Huntington’s disease. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 36798–36798. 26 indexed citations

Blum, David, Federico Herrera, Laetitia Francelle, et al.. (2014). Mutant huntingtin alters Tau phosphorylation and subcellular distribution. Human Molecular Genetics. 24(1). 76–85. 72 indexed citations

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Green, Edward W., Leonor Miller‐Fleming, Sarah Hands, et al.. (2013). DJ-1 modulates aggregation and pathogenesis in models of Huntington's disease. Human Molecular Genetics. 23(3). 755–766. 39 indexed citations

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Martı́n, Vanesa, Ana M. Sánchez‐Sánchez, Federico Herrera, et al.. (2013). Melatonin-induced methylation of the ABCG2/BCRP promoter as a novel mechanism to overcome multidrug resistance in brain tumour stem cells. British Journal of Cancer. 108(10). 2005–2012. 99 indexed citations

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Herrera, Federico, S. Gonçalves, & Tiago F. Outeiro. (2012). Imaging Protein Oligomerization in Neurodegeneration Using Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 506. 157–174. 8 indexed citations

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Herrera, Federico & Tiago F. Outeiro. (2011). α‐Synuclein modifies huntingtin aggregation in living cells. FEBS Letters. 586(1). 7–12. 28 indexed citations

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Martı́n, Vanesa, Federico Herrera, Guillermo García‐Santos, et al.. (2007). Involvement of protein kinase C in melatonin’s oncostatic effect in C6 glioma cells. Journal of Pineal Research. 43(3). 239–244. 28 indexed citations

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Herrera, Federico, Vanesa Martı́n, Guillermo García‐Santos, et al.. (2006). Melatonin prevents glutamate‐induced oxytosis in the HT22 mouse hippocampal cell line through an antioxidant effect specifically targeting mitochondria. Journal of Neurochemistry. 100(3). 736–746. 65 indexed citations

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Herrera, Federico, Vanesa Martı́n, Isaac Antolı́n, et al.. (2005). Standard curve for housekeeping and target genes: Specific criteria for selection of loading control in Northern blot analysis. Journal of Biotechnology. 117(4). 337–341. 5 indexed citations

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Bieker, Ralf, Teresa Padró, Julia Krämer, et al.. (2003). Overexpression of basic fibroblast growth factor and autocrine stimulation in acute myeloid leukemia.. PubMed. 63(21). 7241–6. 56 indexed citations

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Rodrı́guez, Carmen, Juan C. Mayo, Rosa M. Sáinz, et al.. (2003). Regulation of antioxidant enzymes: a significant role for melatonin. Journal of Pineal Research. 36(1). 1–9. 1702 indexed citations breakdown →

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Padró, Teresa, Ralf Bieker, Sandra Ruíz, et al.. (2002). Overexpression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its cellular receptor KDR (VEGFR-2) in the bone marrow of patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Leukemia. 16(7). 1302–1310. 173 indexed citations

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Herrera, Federico, Rosa M. Sáinz, Juan C. Mayo, et al.. (2001). Glutamate induces oxidative stress not mediated by glutamate receptors or cystine transporters: protective effect of melatonin and other antioxidants. Journal of Pineal Research. 31(4). 356–362. 35 indexed citations

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