Gergely Szalay

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Gergely Szalay is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gergely Szalay has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 10 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 5 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Gergely Szalay's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (10 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (8 papers). Gergely Szalay is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (10 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (8 papers). Gergely Szalay collaborates with scholars based in Hungary, Switzerland and United States. Gergely Szalay's co-authors include Balázs Rózsa, Gergely Katona, Attila Kaszás, Linda Judák, Balázs Chiovini, Botond Roska, Brian L. West, Pál Maák, Rebeka Fekete and Zsuzsanna Környei and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Gergely Szalay

17 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

  1. Microglia protect against brain injury and their selective elimination dysregulates neuronal network activity after stroke
    2016 462 citations Gergely Szalay, Bernadett Martinecz et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gergely Szalay Hungary 12 604 438 432 264 233 18 1.3k
Gergely Katona Hungary 18 1.3k 2.1× 476 1.1× 703 1.6× 397 1.5× 549 2.4× 36 2.2k
Jeffrey LeDue Canada 22 906 1.5× 480 1.1× 788 1.8× 65 0.2× 291 1.2× 45 1.9k
Ricardo Mostany United States 24 1.1k 1.7× 468 1.1× 612 1.4× 277 1.0× 596 2.6× 56 2.4k
Elena Avignone France 18 868 1.4× 823 1.9× 254 0.6× 96 0.4× 591 2.5× 25 1.9k
Michael N. Economo United States 18 750 1.2× 252 0.6× 727 1.7× 338 1.3× 299 1.3× 28 1.6k
Maja Djurišić United States 15 573 0.9× 267 0.6× 196 0.5× 79 0.3× 298 1.3× 24 1.1k
Tycho M. Hoogland Netherlands 18 819 1.4× 452 1.0× 486 1.1× 212 0.8× 376 1.6× 29 1.4k
Tonghui Xu China 21 986 1.6× 361 0.8× 763 1.8× 466 1.8× 604 2.6× 41 2.5k
Mark T. Harnett United States 13 1.4k 2.3× 159 0.4× 1.0k 2.3× 170 0.6× 598 2.6× 16 2.0k
Tara Keck United Kingdom 16 1.5k 2.4× 347 0.8× 1.2k 2.7× 349 1.3× 589 2.5× 20 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gergely Szalay

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gergely Szalay

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Máthé, Domokos, Gergely Szalay, Levente Cseri, et al.. (2024). Monitoring correlates of SARS-CoV-2 infection in cell culture using a two-photon-active calcium-sensitive dye. Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters. 29(1). 105–105. 1 indexed citations
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Chiovini, Balázs, Gergely Szalay, Ervin Kovács, et al.. (2024). Seeing and Cleaving: Turn-Off Fluorophore Uncaging and Its Application in Hydrogel Photopatterning and Traceable Neurotransmitter Photocages. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(41). 55107–55117.
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Judák, Linda, Pál Maák, Balázs Chiovini, et al.. (2024). Moculus: an immersive virtual reality system for mice incorporating stereo vision. Nature Methods. 22(2). 386–398. 1 indexed citations
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Pi, Hyun-Jae, Quentin Chevy, Dinu F. Albeanu, et al.. (2022). Cortex-wide response mode of VIP-expressing inhibitory neurons by reward and punishment. eLife. 11. 24 indexed citations
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Judák, Linda, Balázs Chiovini, Gábor Juhász, et al.. (2022). Sharp-wave ripple doublets induce complex dendritic spikes in parvalbumin interneurons in vivo. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6715–6715. 10 indexed citations
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Chiovini, Balázs, Gábor Juhász, Gergely Szalay, et al.. (2021). Theoretical Design, Synthesis, and In Vitro Neurobiological Applications of a Highly Efficient Two-Photon Caged GABA Validated on an Epileptic Case. ACS Omega. 6(23). 15029–15045. 15 indexed citations
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Kaszás, Attila, Gergely Szalay, Andrea Slézia, et al.. (2021). Two-photon GCaMP6f imaging of infrared neural stimulation evoked calcium signals in mouse cortical neurons in vivo. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 22 indexed citations
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Chiovini, Balázs, Gergely Szalay, Attila Kaszás, et al.. (2018). High efficiency two-photon uncaging coupled by the correction of spontaneous hydrolysis. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 16(11). 1958–1970. 11 indexed citations
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Szabó, Zsolt, László Héja, Gergely Szalay, et al.. (2017). Extensive astrocyte synchronization advances neuronal coupling in slow wave activity in vivo. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 6018–6018. 65 indexed citations
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Deneux, Thomas, Attila Kaszás, Gergely Szalay, et al.. (2016). Accurate spike estimation from noisy calcium signals for ultrafast three-dimensional imaging of large neuronal populations in vivo. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12190–12190. 147 indexed citations
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Szalay, Gergely, Bernadett Martinecz, Nikolett Lénárt, et al.. (2016). Microglia protect against brain injury and their selective elimination dysregulates neuronal network activity after stroke. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11499–11499. 462 indexed citations breakdown →
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Szalay, Gergely, Linda Judák, Gergely Katona, et al.. (2016). Fast 3D Imaging of Spine, Dendritic, and Neuronal Assemblies in Behaving Animals. Neuron. 92(4). 723–738. 66 indexed citations
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Wertz, Adrian, Stuart Trenholm, Keisuke Yonehara, et al.. (2015). Single-cell–initiated monosynaptic tracing reveals layer-specific cortical network modules. Science. 349(6243). 70–74. 146 indexed citations
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Szalay, Gergely, Linda Judák, Balázs Chiovini, et al.. (2015). Háromdimenziós, gyors, kétfoton-pásztázó eljárások sejt- és hálózatszintű idegsejtvizsgálatokhoz. Orvosi Hetilap. 156(52). 2120–2126. 2 indexed citations
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Chiovini, Balázs, Gergely F. Turi, Gergely Katona, et al.. (2014). Dendritic Spikes Induce Ripples in Parvalbumin Interneurons during Hippocampal Sharp Waves. Neuron. 83(3). 749–749. 2 indexed citations
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Chiovini, Balázs, Gergely F. Turi, Gergely Katona, et al.. (2014). Dendritic Spikes Induce Ripples in Parvalbumin Interneurons during Hippocampal Sharp Waves. Neuron. 82(4). 908–924. 70 indexed citations
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Tóth, Kinga, Attila Kaszás, Balázs Chiovini, et al.. (2014). Combined two-photon imaging, electrophysiological, and anatomical investigation of the human neocortexin vitro. Neurophotonics. 1(1). 11013–11013. 12 indexed citations
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Katona, Gergely, Gergely Szalay, Pál Maák, et al.. (2012). Fast two-photon in vivo imaging with three-dimensional random-access scanning in large tissue volumes. Nature Methods. 9(2). 201–208. 270 indexed citations

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