Ignacio Provencio

10.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
56 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

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Ignacio Provencio is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ignacio Provencio has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 36 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 28 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ignacio Provencio's work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (45 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (33 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (27 papers). Ignacio Provencio is often cited by papers focused on Circadian rhythm and melatonin (45 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (33 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (27 papers). Ignacio Provencio collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and United Kingdom. Ignacio Provencio's co-authors include Mark D. Rollag, Ana Maria de Lauro Castrucci, William Hayes, F. Foster, David M. Berson, Ernesto F. Moreira, Ignacio R. Rodríguez, Willem J. de Grip, Satchidananda Panda and Trey K. Sato and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ignacio Provencio

55 papers receiving 7.9k citations

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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.

A Novel Human Opsin in the Inner Retina

2000 955 citations Ignacio Provencio, Mark D. Rollag et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Measuring and using light in the melanopsin age

2013 898 citations Robert J. Lucas, Stuart N. Peirson et al. Trends in Neurosciences profile →
Melanopsin: An opsin in melanophores, brain, and eye

1998 717 citations Ignacio Provencio, Mark D. Rollag et al. profile →
Melanopsin ( Opn4 ) Requirement for Normal Light-Induced Circadian Phase Shifting

2002 661 citations Satchidananda Panda, Trey K. Sato et al. Science profile →
Melanopsin Is Required for Non-Image-Forming Photic Responses in Blind Mice

2003 557 citations Satchidananda Panda, Ignacio Provencio et al. Science profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ignacio Provencio	6.3k	4.3k	2.8k	1.1k	1.1k	56	8.1k
Mark D. Rollag	7.5k 1.2×	3.5k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	1.5k 1.3×	83	9.3k
Motoharu Takao	4.3k 0.7×	2.3k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	875 0.8×	21	5.8k
Mark W. Hankins	4.5k 0.7×	3.6k 0.8×	2.9k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	459 0.4×	103	6.7k
Samer Hattar	8.7k 1.4×	5.9k 1.4×	4.7k 1.7×	2.6k 2.3×	1.1k 1.0×	108	12.2k
Stuart N. Peirson	4.0k 0.6×	2.1k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	1.4k 1.3×	1.0k 0.9×	132	7.2k
David M. Berson	8.9k 1.4×	6.4k 1.5×	5.2k 1.9×	3.1k 2.8×	1.7k 1.5×	123	13.6k
Gianluca Tosini	5.1k 0.8×	2.9k 0.7×	2.2k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	320 0.3×	131	6.8k
Timothy M. Brown	3.6k 0.6×	1.7k 0.4×	953 0.3×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	95	5.3k
Howard M. Cooper	2.8k 0.4×	1.5k 0.4×	1.2k 0.4×	921 0.8×	747 0.7×	81	4.6k
Felice A. Dunn	2.5k 0.4×	1.8k 0.4×	1.5k 0.6×	988 0.9×	627 0.6×	28	4.1k

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Chawla, Sangeeta, Henrik Oster, Giles E. Duffield, et al.. (2024). Reflections on Several Landmark Advances in Circadian Biology. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 22(1). 1–1. 1 indexed citations

Cole, J. Dean, et al.. (2023). Characterization of neural damage and neuroinflammation in Pax6 small-eye mice. Experimental Eye Research. 238. 109723–109723. 2 indexed citations

Gao, Jingyi, et al.. (2021). Differential effects of experimental glaucoma on intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells in mice. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 530(9). 1494–1506. 13 indexed citations

Lucas, Robert J., Stuart N. Peirson, David M. Berson, et al.. (2013). Measuring and using light in the melanopsin age. Trends in Neurosciences. 37(1). 1–9. 898 indexed citations breakdown →

Isoldi, Mauro César, Ignacio Provencio, & Ana Maria de Lauro Castrucci. (2009). Light modulates the melanophore response to α-MSH in Xenopus laevis: An analysis of the signal transduction crosstalk mechanisms involved. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 165(1). 104–110. 12 indexed citations

Stevens, Richard G., David E. Blask, George C. Brainard, et al.. (2007). Meeting Report: The Role of Environmental Lighting and Circadian Disruption in Cancer and Other Diseases. Environmental Health Perspectives. 115(9). 1357–1362. 262 indexed citations

Isoldi, Mauro César, Mark D. Rollag, Ana Maria de Lauro Castrucci, & Ignacio Provencio. (2005). Melanopsin Signals Through a Phosphoinositide Pathway. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 46(13). 1723–1723. 1 indexed citations

Tu, Daniel C., Dongyang Zhang, Jay Demas, et al.. (2005). Physiologic Diversity and Development of Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells. Neuron. 48(6). 987–999. 184 indexed citations

Chaurasia, Shyam S., Ignacio Provencio, Guojian Jiang, et al.. (2004). Differential circadian regulation of melanopsin mRNA expression in the avian retina and pineal gland. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 45(13). 4648–4648. 2 indexed citations

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Castrucci, Ana Maria de Lauro, et al.. (2004). Light Regulation Of Melanopsin–positive Retinal Ganglion Cells In The Albino Hamster. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 45(13). 4645–4645. 4 indexed citations

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Panda, Satchidananda, Ignacio Provencio, Daniel C. Tu, et al.. (2003). Melanopsin Is Required for Non-Image-Forming Photic Responses in Blind Mice. Science. 301(5632). 525–527. 557 indexed citations breakdown →

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Morin, Lawrence P., Jane Blanchard, & Ignacio Provencio. (2003). Retinal ganglion cell projections to the hamster suprachiasmatic nucleus, intergeniculate leaflet, and visual midbrain: Bifurcation and melanopsin immunoreactivity. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 465(3). 401–416. 139 indexed citations

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Belenky, Michael, Cynthia A. Smeraski, Ignacio Provencio, Patricia J. Sollars, & Gary E. Pickard. (2003). Melanopsin retinal ganglion cells receive bipolar and amacrine cell synapses. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 460(3). 380–393. 224 indexed citations

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Panda, Satchidananda, Trey K. Sato, Ana Maria de Lauro Castrucci, et al.. (2002). Melanopsin ( Opn4 ) Requirement for Normal Light-Induced Circadian Phase Shifting. Science. 298(5601). 2213–2216. 661 indexed citations breakdown →

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Provencio, Ignacio, Mark D. Rollag, & Ana Maria de Lauro Castrucci. (2002). Photoreceptive net in the mammalian retina. Nature. 415(6871). 493–493. 362 indexed citations

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Wee, Raymond, Ana Maria de Lauro Castrucci, Ignacio Provencio, Lin Gan, & Russell N. Van Gelder. (2002). Loss of Photic Entrainment and Altered Free-Running Circadian Rhythms inmath5^−/−Mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 22(23). 10427–10433. 45 indexed citations

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Rollag, Mark D., Ignacio Provencio, David Sugden, & Carla B. Green. (2000). [18] Cultured amphibian melanophores: a model system to study melanopsin photobiology. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 316. 291–309. 37 indexed citations

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Namboodiri, M.A.A., et al.. (2000). Murine aspartoacylase: cloning, expression and comparison with the human enzyme. Molecular Brain Research. 77(2). 285–289. 25 indexed citations

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Froehlich, Allan C., et al.. (1995). Photopigments and circadian systems of vertebrates. Biophysical Chemistry. 56(1-2). 3–11. 42 indexed citations

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Provencio, Ignacio, Ellis R. Loew, & F. Foster. (1992). Vitamin A2-based visual pigments in fully terrestrial vertebrates. Vision Research. 32(12). 2201–2208. 75 indexed citations

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