Jan Kučera

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Jan Kučera is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Kučera has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 6 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Jan Kučera's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (13 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (5 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (5 papers). Jan Kučera is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (13 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (5 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (5 papers). Jan Kučera collaborates with scholars based in Czechia, United States and Italy. Jan Kučera's co-authors include Rudolf Jaenisch, Patrik Ernfors, Kuo-Fen Lee, J. M. Walro, Jon M. Walro, Jiřı́ Pachernı́k, Lukáš Kubala, Julie Bienertová Vašků, Kateřina Štefková and Walter Prochaska and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, PLoS ONE and Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Jan Kučera

36 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Lack of neurotrophin-3 leads to deficiencies in the perip... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 200 400 600
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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. Lack of neurotrophin-3 leads to deficiencies in the peripheral nervous system and loss of limb proprioceptive afferents
    1994 684 citations Jan Kučera 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
Jan Kučera Czechia 15 675 546 317 172 110 36 1.3k
Daisuke Furutama Japan 18 520 0.8× 743 1.4× 115 0.4× 86 0.5× 53 0.5× 36 1.2k
Marie C. Harrisingh United Kingdom 9 590 0.9× 326 0.6× 276 0.9× 140 0.8× 81 0.7× 9 1.1k
Michael W. Susman United States 7 678 1.0× 782 1.4× 173 0.5× 205 1.2× 103 0.9× 9 1.4k
Paul A. Dijkhuizen Netherlands 20 1.3k 1.9× 721 1.3× 675 2.1× 135 0.8× 138 1.3× 29 2.0k
Frank Cloutier Canada 15 592 0.9× 806 1.5× 486 1.5× 277 1.6× 35 0.3× 25 1.9k
Gwendolyn E. Goings United States 20 327 0.5× 504 0.9× 594 1.9× 66 0.4× 98 0.9× 22 1.4k
Sharon Key United States 20 374 0.6× 511 0.9× 305 1.0× 255 1.5× 48 0.4× 29 1.8k
Makoto Horiuchi United States 22 415 0.6× 740 1.4× 518 1.6× 164 1.0× 94 0.9× 44 1.6k
Katsumasa Kawahara Japan 26 637 0.9× 1.2k 2.2× 338 1.1× 145 0.8× 119 1.1× 85 2.0k
Sohyun Ahn United States 12 329 0.5× 1.1k 2.0× 425 1.3× 98 0.6× 92 0.8× 17 1.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Kučera

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kučera, Jan, et al.. (2024). Endocrine disruption of adipose physiology: Screening in SGBS cells. Journal of Applied Toxicology. 44(11). 1784–1792. 1 indexed citations
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Kučera, Jan, et al.. (2024). Potent synergistic effects of dulaglutide and food restriction in prevention of olanzapine-induced metabolic adverse effects in a rodent model. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 176. 116763–116763. 1 indexed citations
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Skrede, Silje, et al.. (2024). Olanzapine, but not haloperidol, exerts pronounced acute metabolic effects in the methylazoxymethanol rat model. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 30(2). e14565–e14565. 3 indexed citations
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Kučera, Jan, Peter Lenárt, Jan Novák, et al.. (2023). Biological factors and self-perception of stress in relation to freeze-like response in humans. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 158. 106382–106382. 2 indexed citations
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Damborská, Alena, Josef Tomandl, Marie Tomandlová, et al.. (2022). Osteocalcin levels decrease during the treatment of an acute depressive episode. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13. 893012–893012. 6 indexed citations
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Kučera, Jan, Jana Kučerová, Filip Zlámal, et al.. (2019). Oral administration of BDNF and/or GDNF normalizes serum BDNF level in the olfactory bulbectomized rats: A proof of concept study. Pharmacological Reports. 71(4). 669–675. 4 indexed citations
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Re, Oriana Lo, Andrea Maugeri, J Hrusková, et al.. (2019). Obesity-induced nucleosome release predicts poor cardio-metabolic health. Clinical Epigenetics. 12(1). 2–2. 20 indexed citations
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Zlámal, Filip, Robert Iliev, Jan Kučera, et al.. (2018). Exercise-induced circulating microRNA changes in athletes in various training scenarios. PLoS ONE. 13(1). e0191060–e0191060. 48 indexed citations
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Kučera, Jan, et al.. (2017). Hypoxia Downregulates MAPK/ERK but Not STAT3 Signaling in ROS‐Dependent and HIF‐1‐Independent Manners in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2017(1). 4386947–4386947. 23 indexed citations
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Binó, Lucia, Jiřina Procházková, Katarzyna Anna Radaszkiewicz, et al.. (2017). Hypoxia favors myosin heavy chain beta gene expression in an Hif-1alpha-dependent manner. Oncotarget. 8(48). 83684–83697. 10 indexed citations
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Kučera, Jan, Lucia Binó, Kateřina Štefková, et al.. (2015). Apocynin and Diphenyleneiodonium Induce Oxidative Stress and Modulate PI3K/Akt and MAPK/Erk Activity in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2016(1). 7409196–7409196. 31 indexed citations
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Veselá, Iva, et al.. (2011). Phosphoinositide 3‐kinase inhibition enables retinoic acid‐induced neurogenesis in monolayer culture of embryonic stem cells. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 113(2). 563–570. 13 indexed citations
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Dolníček, Zdeněk, et al.. (2008). Origin of the Zálesí U–Ni–Co–As–Ag/Bi deposit, Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic: fluid inclusion and stable isotope constraints. Mineralium Deposita. 44(1). 81–97. 34 indexed citations
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Aldeen, William E., et al.. (2000). Comparison of the TOX A/B test to a cell culture cytotoxicity assay for the detection of Clostridium difficile in stools. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 36(4). 211–213. 45 indexed citations
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Kučera, Jan & J. M. Walro. (1995). Origin of intrafusal fibers from a subset of primary myotubes in the rat. Anatomy and Embryology. 192(2). 149–58. 21 indexed citations
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Kučera, Jan & J. M. Walro. (1993). Transient expression of a slow-tonic MHC isoform by extrafusal fibers in the developing rat. Anatomy and Embryology. 188(4). 409–18. 9 indexed citations
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Kučera, Jan & Jon M. Walro. (1992). Axotomy induces fusimotor-free muscle spindles in neonatal rats. Neuroscience Letters. 136(2). 216–218. 2 indexed citations
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Kučera, Jan & Jon M. Walro. (1990). Myosin heavy chain expression in developing rat intrafusal muscle fibers. Neuroscience Letters. 109(1-2). 18–22. 13 indexed citations
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Kučera, Jan & Jon M. Walro. (1989). Postnatal expression of myosin heavy chains in muscle spindles of the rat. Anatomy and Embryology. 179(4). 369–376. 29 indexed citations
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Kučera, Jan & J. M. Walro. (1988). The effect of neonatal deafferentation or deefferentation on myosin heavy chain expression in intrafusal muscle fibers of the rat. Histochemistry and Cell Biology. 90(2). 151–160. 55 indexed citations

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