Jernej Mlakar

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Jernej Mlakar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Jernej Mlakar has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Neurology and 6 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Jernej Mlakar's work include Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (5 papers), Virology and Viral Diseases (3 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (3 papers). Jernej Mlakar is often cited by papers focused on Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (5 papers), Virology and Viral Diseases (3 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (3 papers). Jernej Mlakar collaborates with scholars based in Slovenia, United States and Russia. Jernej Mlakar's co-authors include Jože Pižem, Mara Popović, Nataša Tul, Jerica Mraz, Alenka Vizjak, Tatjana Avšič‐Županc, Miša Korva, Marko Kolenc, Mateja Poljšak‐Prijatelj and Miroslav Petrovec and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Jernej Mlakar

24 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Zika Virus Associated with Microcephaly 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Zika Virus Associated with Microcephaly
    2016 1.9k citations Jernej Mlakar, Miša Korva et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jernej Mlakar Slovenia 14 1.7k 1.3k 694 260 194 27 2.3k
Jože Pižem Slovenia 18 1.7k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 836 1.2× 327 1.3× 193 1.0× 64 2.8k
Mara Popović Slovenia 24 1.7k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 1.1k 1.6× 662 2.5× 194 1.0× 80 3.6k
Alenka Vizjak Slovenia 20 1.7k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 650 0.9× 328 1.3× 193 1.0× 64 2.9k
Monia Pacenti Italy 27 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 306 0.4× 212 0.8× 145 0.7× 62 1.9k
Erlane Marques Ribeiro Brazil 18 1.9k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 792 1.1× 284 1.1× 89 0.5× 93 2.7k
Rafael Freitas de Oliveira França Brazil 22 985 0.6× 760 0.6× 267 0.4× 304 1.2× 104 0.5× 61 1.7k
Justin M. Richner United States 24 1.4k 0.8× 1.6k 1.3× 678 1.0× 706 2.7× 141 0.7× 45 2.9k
Denise P. Cavalcanti Brazil 20 798 0.5× 564 0.4× 310 0.4× 417 1.6× 58 0.3× 58 1.9k
Ana Beatriz Alvarez Pérez Brazil 28 1.1k 0.7× 908 0.7× 150 0.2× 286 1.1× 45 0.2× 93 2.0k
João Monteiro de Pina Neto Brazil 16 778 0.5× 501 0.4× 269 0.4× 260 1.0× 57 0.3× 64 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jernej Mlakar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jernej Mlakar

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rejc, Luka, Damijan Knez, Alba Espargaró, et al.. (2024). Probing Alzheimer's pathology: Exploring the next generation of FDDNP analogues for amyloid β detection. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 175. 116616–116616.
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Zolotovskaia, Marianna, Maria Suntsova, Г. С. Захарова, et al.. (2024). Bioinformatic and clinical experimental assay uncovers resistance and susceptibility mechanisms of human glioblastomas to temozolomide and identifies new combined and individual survival biomarkers outperforming MGMT promoter methylation. Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology. 16. 12737005–12737005. 3 indexed citations
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Majc, Bernarda, Marta Malavolta, Miloš Vittori, et al.. (2024). Patient-derived tumor organoids mimic treatment-induced DNA damage response in glioblastoma. iScience. 27(9). 110604–110604.
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Emeršič, Andreja, Nicholas J. Ashton, Agathe Vrillon, et al.. (2024). Cerebrospinal fluid p‐tau181, 217, and 231 in definite Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease with and without concomitant pathologies. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(8). 5324–5337. 3 indexed citations
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Breznik, Barbara, Meng-Wei Ko, Bernarda Majc, et al.. (2022). Infiltrating natural killer cells bind, lyse and increase chemotherapy efficacy in glioblastoma stem-like tumorospheres. Communications Biology. 5(1). 436–436. 30 indexed citations
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Lah, Tamara T., Bernarda Majc, Metka Novak, et al.. (2022). The Cytotoxic Effects of Cannabidiol and Cannabigerol on Glioblastoma Stem Cells May Mostly Involve GPR55 and TRPV1 Signalling. Cancers. 14(23). 5918–5918. 23 indexed citations
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Kavalar, Rajko, et al.. (2021). Brain aggregoma with clonal B-cell perivascular proliferationdetected by next-generation sequencing. A case reportand review of the literature. Folia Neuropathologica. 59(2). 205–211. 1 indexed citations
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Nanut, Milica Perišić, Barbara Breznik, Ana Mitrović, et al.. (2021). Cystatin F acts as a mediator of immune suppression in glioblastoma. Cellular Oncology. 44(5). 1051–1063. 12 indexed citations
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Sorokin, Maxim, Alja Zottel, Neja Šamec, et al.. (2021). Large-Scale Transcriptomics-Driven Approach Revealed Overexpression of CRNDE as a Poor Survival Prognosis Biomarker in Glioblastoma. Cancers. 13(14). 3419–3419. 14 indexed citations
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Novak, Metka, Barbara Breznik, Bernarda Majc, et al.. (2020). CCR5-Mediated Signaling is Involved in Invasion of Glioblastoma Cells in Its Microenvironment. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(12). 4199–4199. 49 indexed citations
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Zottel, Alja, Ivana Jovčevska, Neja Šamec, et al.. (2020). Anti-vimentin, anti-TUFM, anti-NAP1L1 and anti-DPYSL2 nanobodies display cytotoxic effect and reduce glioblastoma cell migration. Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology. 12. 3863530342–3863530342. 29 indexed citations
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Hira, Vashendriya V.V., Barbara Breznik, Miloš Vittori, et al.. (2019). Similarities Between Stem Cell Niches in Glioblastoma and Bone Marrow: Rays of Hope for Novel Treatment Strategies. Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry. 68(1). 33–57. 33 indexed citations
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Mlakar, Jernej, et al.. (2019). Severe rectal bleeding caused by a small polypoid lobular capillary hemangioma. Endoscopy. 52(7). E225–E226. 1 indexed citations
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Gašljević, Gorana, et al.. (2018). Overstaged Rectal Cancer by MRI due to Fibrosis Induced by Tattoo Marker. Case Reports in Gastroenterology. 12(3). 602–607. 3 indexed citations
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Mlakar, Jernej, Miša Korva, Nataša Tul, et al.. (2016). Zika Virus Associated with Microcephaly. New England Journal of Medicine. 374(10). 951–958. 1878 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tul, Nataša, Sara Mehrabi, Jernej Mlakar, et al.. (2016). Zika virus associated microcephaly/micrencephaly—fetal brain imaging in comparison with neuropathology. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 124(3). 521–525. 16 indexed citations
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Mlakar, Jernej, Boštjan J. Kocjan, Lea Hošnjak, et al.. (2014). Morphological characteristics of conjunctival squamous papillomas in relation to human papillomavirus infection. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 99(3). 431–436. 21 indexed citations

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