Haig Keshishian

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
73 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Haig Keshishian is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Haig Keshishian has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 40 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Haig Keshishian's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (64 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (14 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (12 papers). Haig Keshishian is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (64 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (14 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (12 papers). Haig Keshishian collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Haig Keshishian's co-authors include David Bentley, Thomas Osterwalder, Benjamin H. White, Akira Chiba, Joyce J. Fernandes, Marc S. Halfon, Jørgen Johansen, Akira Chibá, Kendal Broadie and Michael Bate and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Haig Keshishian

71 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

A conditional tissue-specific transgene expression system using inducible GAL4

2001 597 citations Thomas Osterwalder, Benjamin H. White et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
A Systematic Nomenclature for the Insect Brain

2014 437 citations Haig Keshishian et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Haig Keshishian United States	40	3.9k	2.4k	1.3k	880	554	73	5.2k
Heinrich Reichert Switzerland	46	3.6k 0.9×	3.5k 1.5×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	320 0.6×	155	6.6k
Erich Buchner Germany	35	4.5k 1.2×	2.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	245 0.4×	65	6.2k
Krystyna Keleman Austria	20	2.4k 0.6×	2.6k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	725 0.8×	317 0.6×	24	4.3k
Mani Ramaswami United States	41	2.5k 0.7×	3.3k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	759 0.9×	239 0.4×	90	5.3k
Yoshiki Hotta Japan	35	2.2k 0.6×	3.0k 1.3×	934 0.7×	710 0.8×	281 0.5×	63	4.6k
Vivian Budnik United States	52	5.1k 1.3×	5.7k 2.4×	3.0k 2.4×	1.0k 1.2×	616 1.1×	86	9.2k
Gerhard M. Technau Germany	47	5.0k 1.3×	4.9k 2.1×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	666 1.2×	101	7.2k
Alain Ghysen Belgium	42	2.4k 0.6×	3.7k 1.6×	1.2k 1.0×	964 1.1×	217 0.4×	113	5.7k
Alois Hofbauer Germany	25	3.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	758 0.6×	740 0.8×	208 0.4×	32	3.9k
Benjamin H. White United States	33	3.2k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	360 0.3×	1.1k 1.2×	373 0.7×	56	4.4k

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Wittnam, Jessica L., et al.. (2013). Retrograde BMP Signaling at the Synapse: A Permissive Signal for Synapse Maturation and Activity-Dependent Plasticity. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(45). 17937–17950. 80 indexed citations

Leiserson, William M., Biff Forbush, & Haig Keshishian. (2010). Drosophila glia use a conserved cotransporter mechanism to regulate extracellular volume. Glia. 59(2). 320–332. 51 indexed citations

Carrillo, Robert A., et al.. (2010). Presynaptic Activity and CaMKII Modulate Retrograde Semaphorin Signaling and Synaptic Refinement. Neuron. 68(1). 32–44. 47 indexed citations

Fernandes, Joyce J. & Haig Keshishian. (2004). Motoneurons regulate myoblast proliferation and patterning in Drosophila. Developmental Biology. 277(2). 493–505. 25 indexed citations

Keshishian, Haig, et al.. (2004). Orchestrating development and function: retrograde BMP signaling in the Drosophila nervous system. Trends in Neurosciences. 27(3). 143–147. 104 indexed citations

Keshishian, Haig. (2004). Ross Harrison's “The outgrowth of the nerve fiber as a mode of protoplasmic movement”. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Comparative Experimental Biology. 301A(3). 201–203. 9 indexed citations

Halfon, Marc S., Stephen S. Gisselbrecht, Jun Lu, et al.. (2002). New fluorescent protein reporters for use with the drosophila gal4 expression system and for vital detection of balancer chromosomes. genesis. 34(1-2). 135–138. 103 indexed citations

Osterwalder, Thomas, et al.. (2001). A conditional tissue-specific transgene expression system using inducible GAL4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(22). 12596–12601. 597 indexed citations breakdown →

White, Benjamin H., Thomas Osterwalder, & Haig Keshishian. (2001). Molecular genetic approaches to the targeted suppression of neuronal activity. Current Biology. 11(24). R1041–R1053. 39 indexed citations

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Lnenicka, Gregory A. & Haig Keshishian. (2000). Identified motor terminals in Drosophila larvae show distinct differences in morphology and physiology. Journal of Neurobiology. 43(2). 186–186. 4 indexed citations

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Halfon, Marc S. & Haig Keshishian. (1998). TheTollPathway Is Required in the Epidermis for Muscle Development in theDrosophilaEmbryo. Developmental Biology. 199(1). 164–174. 40 indexed citations

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Farrell, Elizabeth R., Joyce Fernandes, & Haig Keshishian. (1996). Muscle Organizers inDrosophila:The Role of Persistent Larval Fibers in Adult Flight Muscle Development. Developmental Biology. 176(2). 220–229. 30 indexed citations

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Jarecki, Jill & Haig Keshishian. (1995). Role of neural activity during synaptogenesis in Drosophila. Journal of Neuroscience. 15(12). 8177–8190. 75 indexed citations

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Chiba, Akira, et al.. (1991). Growth cone behavior underlying the development of stereotypic synaptic connections in Drosophila embryos. Journal of Neuroscience. 11(10). 3227–3238. 116 indexed citations

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Keshishian, Haig, et al.. (1991). Laser ablation studies of the role of the Drosophila oocyte nucleus in pattern formation. Science. 254(5029). 290–293. 17 indexed citations

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Keshishian, Haig, et al.. (1989). Axonal guidance and the development of muscle fiber-specific innervation in Drosophila embryos. Journal of Neuroscience. 9(12). 4318–4332. 153 indexed citations

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Johansen, Jørgen, et al.. (1989). Stereotypic morphology of glutamatergic synapses on identified muscle cells of Drosophila larvae. Journal of Neuroscience. 9(2). 710–725. 254 indexed citations

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Anderson, M. Sidney, et al.. (1988). Identification of the neuropeptide transmitter proctolin in Drosophila larvae: characterization of muscle fiber-specific neuromuscular endings. Journal of Neuroscience. 8(1). 242–255. 112 indexed citations

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Keshishian, Haig & David Bentley. (1983). Embryogenesis of peripheral nerve pathways in grasshopper legs. Developmental Biology. 96(1). 103–115. 51 indexed citations

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Bentley, David & Haig Keshishian. (1982). Pathfinding by Peripheral Pioneer Neurons in Grasshoppers. Science. 218(4577). 1082–1088. 204 indexed citations

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