Fran Borovečki

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Fran Borovečki is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Fran Borovečki has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Physiology and 19 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Fran Borovečki's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (15 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (11 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (10 papers). Fran Borovečki is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (15 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (11 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (10 papers). Fran Borovečki collaborates with scholars based in Croatia, United States and Germany. Fran Borovečki's co-authors include Dimitri Krainc, Naoko Tanese, Libin Cui, Christopher N. Parkhurst, Hyunkyung Jeong, Nela Pivac, Slobodan Vukičević, Matea Nikolac Perković, Mirjana Babić Leko and Goran Šimić and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Fran Borovečki

88 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Transcriptional Repression of PGC-1α by Mutant Huntingtin... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 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. Transcriptional Repression of PGC-1α by Mutant Huntingtin Leads to Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Neurodegeneration
    2006 833 citations Fran Borovečki et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fran Borovečki Croatia 24 1.6k 882 566 406 228 98 2.9k
Eiichiro Nagata Japan 30 2.1k 1.3× 1.2k 1.4× 588 1.0× 485 1.2× 208 0.9× 117 4.0k
Hyemyung Seo South Korea 35 1.9k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 621 1.1× 572 1.4× 439 1.9× 70 3.4k
Susan C. Su United States 14 1.8k 1.1× 640 0.7× 594 1.0× 250 0.6× 430 1.9× 15 2.7k
Peter Leeds United States 27 1.7k 1.0× 840 1.0× 362 0.6× 336 0.8× 456 2.0× 29 3.0k
Judith A. Potashkin United States 31 1.8k 1.1× 598 0.7× 547 1.0× 870 2.1× 129 0.6× 67 3.2k
Kohji Sato Japan 38 1.9k 1.1× 1.8k 2.1× 697 1.2× 193 0.5× 169 0.7× 138 4.4k
Shan Ping Yu United States 27 1.2k 0.7× 884 1.0× 787 1.4× 225 0.6× 105 0.5× 39 2.8k
Ming Ren China 24 1.3k 0.8× 539 0.6× 285 0.5× 573 1.4× 375 1.6× 77 2.7k
Seong Su Kang United States 30 1.1k 0.7× 886 1.0× 1.1k 1.9× 552 1.4× 132 0.6× 49 2.8k
Elin Lehrmann United States 35 1.8k 1.1× 681 0.8× 494 0.9× 225 0.6× 161 0.7× 78 3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Fran Borovečki

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fran Borovečki

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fran Borovečki

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All Works

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Sărac, Ioan, et al.. (2025). Secondary dementia and parkinsonism due to chronic Lyme neuroborreliosis. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 134. 107710–107710.
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Leko, Mirjana Babić, Nanet Willumsen, Matea Nikolac Perković, et al.. (2024). Further validation of the association between MAPT haplotype-tagging polymorphisms and Alzheimer’s disease: neuropsychological tests, cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers, and APOE genotype. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 17. 1456670–1456670.
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Gotovac, Kristina, et al.. (2024). Genetic background of cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3.
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Jenner, Peter, Cristian Falup‐Pecurariu, Valentina Leta, et al.. (2023). Adopting the Rumsfeld approach to understanding the action of levodopa and apomorphine in Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neural Transmission. 130(11). 1337–1347. 3 indexed citations
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Perković, Matea Nikolac, Fran Borovečki, Igor Filipčić, et al.. (2023). Relationship between Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Cognitive Decline in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia. Biomolecules. 13(3). 570–570. 20 indexed citations
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Planinc, Ivo, Filip Lončarić, Marijan Pašalić, et al.. (2022). Design and initiation of the Croatian Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis Registry. Cardiologia Croatica. 17(9-10). 274–274.
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Leko, Mirjana Babić, Matea Nikolac Perković, Ena Španić, et al.. (2022). Serotonin Receptor Gene Polymorphisms Are Associated with Cerebrospinal Fluid, Genetic, and Neuropsychological Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease. Biomedicines. 10(12). 3118–3118. 5 indexed citations
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Leko, Mirjana Babić, Jasna Jurasović, Matea Nikolac Perković, et al.. (2022). Heavy Metals and Essential Metals Are Associated with Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(1). 467–467. 37 indexed citations
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Gotovac, Kristina, et al.. (2021). SNCA 3′ UTR Genetic Variants in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease. Biomolecules. 11(12). 1799–1799. 5 indexed citations
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Lamot, Lovro, Kristina Gotovac, Tina Catela Ivković, et al.. (2019). Epigenetic Alterations in Juvenile Spondyloarthritis Patients: a Preliminary Study of Selected Genes Promoter Methylation and Silencing. SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine. 1(7). 496–501. 2 indexed citations
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Leko, Mirjana Babić, Nataša Klepac, Zdenko Sonicki, et al.. (2018). Evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid phosphorylated tau231 as a biomarker in the differential diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 24(8). 734–740. 30 indexed citations
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Leko, Mirjana Babić, et al.. (2016). Predictive value of cerebrospinal fluid visinin-like protein-1 levels for Alzheimer's disease early detection and differential diagnosis in patients with mild cognitive impairment. Repository of the Medical Faculty of the University of Zagreb (University of Zagreb). 38 indexed citations
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Radoš, Milan, Željka Krsnik, Kristina Gotovac, et al.. (2016). Complex intrachromosomal rearrangement in 1q leading to 1q32.2 microdeletion: a potential role of SRGAP2 in the gyrification of cerebral cortex. Molecular Cytogenetics. 9(1). 19–19. 10 indexed citations
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Štrac, Dubravka Švob, et al.. (2015). Association of GABAA receptor α2 subunit gene (GABRA2) with alcohol dependence-related aggressive behavior. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 63. 119–125. 11 indexed citations
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Erjavec, Gordana Nedić, Matea Nikolac Perković, Fran Borovečki, et al.. (2010). Association study of a functional catechol-o-methyltransferase polymorphism and smoking in healthy Caucasian subjects. Neuroscience Letters. 473(3). 216–219. 29 indexed citations
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Pivac, Nela, Ana Knežević, Olga Gornik, et al.. (2010). Human Plasma Glycome in Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 10(1). M110.004200–M110.004200. 57 indexed citations

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