Joaquı́n Castilla

8.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Joaquı́n Castilla is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Joaquı́n Castilla has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Molecular Biology, 56 papers in Neurology and 37 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Joaquı́n Castilla's work include Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (99 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (55 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (37 papers). Joaquı́n Castilla is often cited by papers focused on Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (99 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (55 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (37 papers). Joaquı́n Castilla collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Chile. Joaquı́n Castilla's co-authors include Claudio Soto, Paula Saá, Claudio Hetz, Rodrigo Morales, Lisbell D. Estrada, Natalia Fernández‐Borges, Juan María Torres, Hasier Eraña, Belén Pintado and Dennisse Gonzalez-Romero and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Joaquı́n Castilla

108 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

In Vitro Generation of Infectious Scrapie Prions 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 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. In Vitro Generation of Infectious Scrapie Prions
    2005 611 citations Joaquı́n Castilla, Paula Saá et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joaquı́n Castilla Spain 41 5.1k 2.3k 1.7k 840 356 112 5.9k
Simone Hornemann Switzerland 34 5.3k 1.0× 2.7k 1.2× 2.3k 1.3× 855 1.0× 165 0.5× 70 6.0k
Jack Nguyen United States 27 3.8k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 1.0k 0.6× 1.3k 1.6× 236 0.7× 45 5.0k
Gregory J. Raymond United States 35 6.4k 1.3× 3.3k 1.5× 2.5k 1.4× 875 1.0× 210 0.6× 55 6.7k
Hermann Schätzl Germany 35 3.5k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 700 0.8× 275 0.8× 133 4.6k
Suzette A. Priola United States 37 4.7k 0.9× 2.6k 1.1× 1.9k 1.1× 615 0.7× 116 0.3× 84 5.0k
Marı́a Gasset Spain 30 3.7k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 614 0.7× 194 0.5× 76 4.4k
Christina J. Sigurdson United States 42 4.4k 0.9× 1.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 1.6k 1.9× 182 0.5× 84 5.8k
Richard I. Carp United States 44 5.2k 1.0× 2.3k 1.0× 2.1k 1.2× 934 1.1× 149 0.4× 202 6.5k
Richard Race United States 46 6.9k 1.3× 3.5k 1.6× 2.8k 1.6× 954 1.1× 144 0.4× 95 7.7k
Gerald S. Baron United States 26 2.9k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 612 0.7× 112 0.3× 42 3.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joaquı́n Castilla

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joaquı́n Castilla

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Eraña, Hasier, Jorge M. Charco, Francesca Peccati, et al.. (2024). A Protein Misfolding Shaking Amplification-based method for the spontaneous generation of hundreds of bona fide prions. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2112–2112. 7 indexed citations
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Pereda, Arrate, et al.. (2021). Sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease with extremely long 14‐year survival period. European Journal of Neurology. 28(9). 2901–2906. 2 indexed citations
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López-Pérez, Óscar, David Sánz-Rubio, Alicia Otero, et al.. (2021). Cerebrospinal Fluid and Plasma Small Extracellular Vesicles and miRNAs as Biomarkers for Prion Diseases. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(13). 6822–6822. 16 indexed citations
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Marín‐Moreno, Alba, Juan Carlos Espinosa, Hasier Eraña, et al.. (2021). Homozygous R136S mutation in PRNP gene causes inherited early onset prion disease. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy. 13(1). 176–176. 7 indexed citations
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Frontzek, Karl, Marco Losa, Georg Meisl, et al.. (2020). Autoantibodies against the prion protein in individuals with PRNP mutations. Neurology. 95(14). e2028–e2037. 10 indexed citations
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Eraña, Hasier, et al.. (2019). Análisis cualitativo del impacto social y familiar de las encefalopatías espongiformes transmisibles humanas. Revista de Neurología. 69(6). 242–242. 3 indexed citations
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Sevillano, Alejandro M., Natalia Fernández‐Borges, Neelam Younas, et al.. (2018). Recombinant PrPSc shares structural features with brain-derived PrPSc: Insights from limited proteolysis. PLoS Pathogens. 14(1). e1006797–e1006797. 14 indexed citations
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Richaud‐Patín, Yvonne, Angelique di Domenico, Cristina Vergara, et al.. (2017). iPS Cell Cultures from a Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker Patient with the Y218N PRNP Mutation Recapitulate tau Pathology. Molecular Neurobiology. 55(4). 3033–3048. 25 indexed citations
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Dagleish, Mark P., Stuart Martin, Philip Steele, et al.. (2015). Susceptibility of European Red Deer (Cervus elaphus elaphus) to Alimentary Challenge with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy. PLoS ONE. 10(1). e0116094–e0116094. 5 indexed citations
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Cosseddu, Gian Mario, Romolo Nonno, Gabriele Vaccari, et al.. (2011). Ultra-Efficient PrPSc Amplification Highlights Potentialities and Pitfalls of PMCA Technology. PLoS Pathogens. 7(11). e1002370–e1002370. 58 indexed citations
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Sigurdson, Christina J., K. Peter R. Nilsson, Simone Hornemann, et al.. (2010). A molecular switch controls interspecies prion disease transmission in mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 120(7). 2590–2599. 107 indexed citations
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Castilla, Joaquı́n, Dennisse Gonzalez-Romero, Paula Saá, et al.. (2008). Crossing the Species Barrier by PrPSc Replication In Vitro Generates Unique Infectious Prions. Cell. 134(5). 757–768. 158 indexed citations
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Castilla, Joaquı́n, Tanya Seward, Dana Napier, et al.. (2008). Accelerated High Fidelity Prion Amplification Within and Across Prion Species Barriers. PLoS Pathogens. 4(8). e1000139–e1000139. 101 indexed citations
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Saá, Paula, Joaquı́n Castilla, & Claudio Soto. (2006). Presymptomatic Detection of Prions in Blood. Science. 313(5783). 92–94. 174 indexed citations
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Castilla, Joaquı́n, Paula Saá, Rodrigo Morales, et al.. (2006). Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification for Diagnosis and Prion Propagation Studies. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 412. 3–21. 114 indexed citations
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Richt, Jürgen A., Poothappillai Kasinathan, Amir N. Hamir, et al.. (2006). Production of cattle lacking prion protein. Nature Biotechnology. 25(1). 132–138. 224 indexed citations
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Hetz, Claudio, Sébastien Wälchli, Sonia Carboni, et al.. (2005). The Disulfide Isomerase Grp58 Is a Protective Factor against Prion Neurotoxicity. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(11). 2793–2802. 173 indexed citations
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Saá, Paula, Joaquı́n Castilla, & Claudio Soto. (2005). Cyclic Amplification of Protein Misfolding and Aggregation. Humana Press eBooks. 299. 53–66. 58 indexed citations
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Gutiérrez‐Adán, Alfonso, Alejandro Brun, Belén Pintado, et al.. (2003). Early detection of PrP res in BSE-infected bovine PrP transgenic mice. Archives of Virology. 148(4). 677–691. 103 indexed citations

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