M.A. Ruda

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

M.A. Ruda is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, M.A. Ruda has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Physiology, 42 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 10 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in M.A. Ruda's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (46 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (30 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (12 papers). M.A. Ruda is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (46 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (30 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (12 papers). M.A. Ruda collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. M.A. Ruda's co-authors include Ronald Dubner, Ke Ren, Koichi Noguchi, Ke Ren, Janice L.K. Hylden, Gene M. Williams, Donald D. Price, Richard J. Traub, Michael J. Iadarola and Toshiya Tachibana and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Trends in Neurosciences.

In The Last Decade

M.A. Ruda

62 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

Activity-dependent neuronal plasticity following tissue i... 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 250 500 750
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. Activity-dependent neuronal plasticity following tissue injury and inflammation
    1992 794 citations Ronald Dubner, M.A. Ruda profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
M.A. Ruda United States 35 3.7k 2.9k 1.1k 602 546 63 5.1k
D. Menétrey France 32 2.8k 0.8× 2.6k 0.9× 728 0.6× 477 0.8× 352 0.6× 56 4.8k
Donna L. Hammond United States 43 3.6k 1.0× 2.9k 1.0× 1.5k 1.4× 464 0.8× 476 0.9× 106 5.0k
Megumu Yoshimura Japan 51 4.6k 1.2× 3.6k 1.3× 2.5k 2.2× 715 1.2× 433 0.8× 154 7.1k
Elspeth M. McLachlan Australia 49 2.9k 0.8× 4.0k 1.4× 2.6k 2.3× 481 0.8× 602 1.1× 144 7.6k
Fernando Cerveró United Kingdom 54 5.0k 1.3× 3.0k 1.0× 1.9k 1.7× 1.1k 1.9× 1.1k 2.0× 134 8.3k
Susan M. Carlton United States 57 6.3k 1.7× 4.7k 1.6× 2.3k 2.0× 1.0k 1.7× 639 1.2× 127 8.6k
G. F. Gebhart United States 49 5.8k 1.5× 3.1k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 897 1.5× 959 1.8× 106 8.2k
C. J. Woolf United Kingdom 22 2.1k 0.6× 1.5k 0.5× 775 0.7× 522 0.9× 305 0.6× 29 3.0k
Carl Molander Sweden 29 2.0k 0.5× 1.9k 0.7× 729 0.6× 518 0.9× 433 0.8× 60 3.7k
Alban Latrémolière United States 22 2.8k 0.7× 1.8k 0.6× 933 0.8× 866 1.4× 488 0.9× 37 5.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M.A. Ruda

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All Works

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Zhang, Rui-Xin, Bing Liu, Lixing Lao, Jian‐Tian Qiao, & M.A. Ruda. (2005). Spinal preprodynorphin mRNA expression in neonatal rats following peripheral inflammation. Brain Research. 1038(2). 238–242. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Rui-Xin, Lixing Lao, Jian‐Tian Qiao, & M.A. Ruda. (2003). Effects of aging on hyperalgesia and spinal dynorphin expression in rats with peripheral inflammation. Brain Research. 999(1). 135–141. 21 indexed citations
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Tachibana, Toshiya, Koichi Noguchi, & M.A. Ruda. (2002). Analysis of gene expression following spinal cord injury in rat using complementary DNA microarray. Neuroscience Letters. 327(2). 133–137. 69 indexed citations
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Ren, Ke & M.A. Ruda. (1996). Descending modulation of Fos expression after persistent peripheral inflammation. Neuroreport. 7(13). 2186–2190. 60 indexed citations
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Ren, Ke & M.A. Ruda. (1995). Nitric oxide synthase-containing neurons in sensory ganglia of the rat are susceptible to capsaicin-induced cytotoxicity. Neuroscience. 65(2). 505–511. 39 indexed citations
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Noguchi, Koichi, Ronald Dubner, Marino De León, Emiko Senba, & M.A. Ruda. (1994). Axotomy induces preprotachykinin gene expression in a subpopulation of dorsal root ganglion neurons. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 37(5). 596–603. 105 indexed citations
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Ruda, M.A., D. Besse, Shinobu Inagaki, Mony J. de Leon, & Ke Ren. (1994). Nitric Oxide Expression and Regulation in the Dorsal Root Ganglion and Spinal Cord. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 738(1). 181–190. 18 indexed citations
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Thomas, David A., Ronald Dubner, & M.A. Ruda. (1994). Neonatal capsaicin treatment in rats results in scratching behavior with skin damage: Potential model of non-painful dysesthesia. Neuroscience Letters. 171(1-2). 101–104. 22 indexed citations
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Ren, Ke & M.A. Ruda. (1994). A comparative study of the calcium-binding proteins calbindin-D28K, calretinin, calmodulin and parvalbumin in the rat spinal cord. Brain Research Reviews. 19(2). 163–179. 157 indexed citations
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Ren, Ke, M.A. Ruda, & D.M. Jacobowitz. (1993). Immunohistochemical localization of calretinin in the dorsal root ganglion and spinal cord of the rat. Brain Research Bulletin. 31(1-2). 13–22. 61 indexed citations
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Ruda, M.A.. (1993). Gender and pain. Pain. 53(1). 1–2. 55 indexed citations
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Noguchi, Koichi, Ronald Dubner, & M.A. Ruda. (1992). Preproenkephalin mrna in spinal dorsal horn neurons is induced by peripheral inflammation and is co-localized with Fos and Fos-related proteins. Neuroscience. 46(3). 561–570. 145 indexed citations
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Ren, Ke, Gene M. Williams, Janice L.K. Hylden, M.A. Ruda, & Ronald Dubner. (1992). The intrathecal administration of excitatory amino acid receptor antagonists selectively attenuated carrageenan-induced behavioral hyperalgesia in rats. European Journal of Pharmacology. 219(2). 235–243. 212 indexed citations
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Traub, Richard J., Ana Solodkin, & M.A. Ruda. (1989). Calcitonin gene‐related peptide immunoreactivity in the cat lumbosacral spinal cord and the effects of multiple dorsal rhizotomies. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 287(2). 225–237. 85 indexed citations
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Tashiro, Takashi & M.A. Ruda. (1988). Immunocytochemical identification of axons containing coexistent serotonin and substance P in the cat lumbar spinal cord. Peptides. 9(2). 383–391. 41 indexed citations

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