Manuel Megı́as

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Manuel Megı́as is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Manuel Megı́as has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Plant Science, 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Manuel Megı́as's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (28 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (18 papers) and Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (10 papers). Manuel Megı́as is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (28 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (18 papers) and Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (10 papers). Manuel Megı́as collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Argentina and United States. Manuel Megı́as's co-authors include Attila I. Gulyás, Tamás F. Freund, Zsuzsa Emri, Manuel A. Pombal, Carolina Sousa, Dámaso Crespo, Antonio Gil‐Serrano, Belén Morón, Pilar Tejero‐Mateo and Hamid Manyani and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Manuel Megı́as

69 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Total number and distribution of inhibitory and excitatory synapses on hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells

2001 721 citations Manuel Megı́as, Tamás F. Freund et al. Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Manuel Megı́as Spain	25	1.2k	792	672	563	211	72	2.7k
H.A. Robertson New Zealand	24	1.9k 1.6×	398 0.5×	1.1k 1.7×	113 0.2×	170 0.8×	41	3.5k
Robert H. Cudmore United States	14	909 0.7×	615 0.8×	607 0.9×	717 1.3×	148 0.7×	20	2.2k
Koji Ohira Japan	36	1.1k 0.9×	423 0.5×	1.7k 2.5×	1.8k 3.3×	383 1.8×	118	4.4k
Yojiro Yanagawa Japan	27	943 0.8×	399 0.5×	930 1.4×	72 0.1×	213 1.0×	122	2.7k
Shizufumi Ebihara Japan	41	1.7k 1.3×	479 0.6×	745 1.1×	385 0.7×	28 0.1×	102	5.3k
Hugues Dardente France	33	850 0.7×	465 0.6×	550 0.8×	391 0.7×	26 0.1×	78	4.5k
Kyungjin Kim South Korea	31	721 0.6×	508 0.6×	852 1.3×	401 0.7×	131 0.6×	86	3.5k
Lutz Vollrath Germany	38	2.2k 1.8×	937 1.2×	1.3k 1.9×	124 0.2×	283 1.3×	193	5.3k
Masakazu Agetsuma Japan	16	532 0.4×	421 0.5×	721 1.1×	705 1.3×	72 0.3×	26	1.9k
Carolyn Ferguson United States	23	886 0.7×	355 0.4×	772 1.1×	320 0.6×	180 0.9×	58	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Manuel Megı́as

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manuel Megı́as

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Jiménez-López, Cecilia, et al.. (2024). Direct retino-iridal projections and intrinsic iris contraction mediate the pupillary light reflex in early vertebrates. Communications Biology. 7(1). 993–993. 1 indexed citations

Abdelaziz, Mohamed, Inés Álvarez, Juan Arroyo, et al.. (2020). Acceptance and knowledge of evolutionary theory among third-year university students in Spain. PLoS ONE. 15(9). e0238345–e0238345. 14 indexed citations

Cerro, Pablo del, Antonio Gil‐Serrano, Ramón A. Bellogín, et al.. (2016). NrcR, a New Transcriptional Regulator of Rhizobium tropici CIAT 899 Involved in the Legume Root-Nodule Symbiosis. PLoS ONE. 11(4). e0154029–e0154029. 15 indexed citations

Pombal, Manuel A., et al.. (2011). Development and Organization of the Lamprey Telencephalon with Special Reference to the GABAergic System. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 5. 20–20. 18 indexed citations

Pombal, Manuel A., Manuel Megı́as, Sylvia M. Bardet, & Luis Puelles. (2009). New and Old Thoughts on the Segmental Organization of the Forebrain in Lampreys. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 74(1). 7–19. 49 indexed citations

Rivera, Alicia, Antonio Peñafiel, Manuel Megı́as, et al.. (2008). Cellular localization and distribution of dopamine D4 receptors in the rat cerebral cortex and their relationship with the cortical dopaminergic and noradrenergic nerve terminal networks. Neuroscience. 155(3). 997–1010. 40 indexed citations

Pérez‐Fernández, Juan, et al.. (2007). Developmental changes of calretinin immunoreactivity in the lamprey spinal cord. Brain Research Bulletin. 75(2-4). 428–432. 3 indexed citations

Pombal, Manuel A., et al.. (2007). Distribution of adrenomedullin-like immunoreactivity in the brain of the adult sea lamprey. Brain Research Bulletin. 75(2-4). 261–265. 4 indexed citations

Crespo, Dámaso, et al.. (2006). The Neurosecretory System Is Hypertrophied in Senescence-Accelerated Mice. Rejuvenation Research. 9(2). 297–301. 1 indexed citations

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Osório, Joana, Manuel Megı́as, Manuel A. Pombal, & Sylvie Rétaux. (2006). Dynamic expression of the LIM-homeodomain gene Lhx15 through larval brain development of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Gene Expression Patterns. 6(8). 873–878. 23 indexed citations

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Morón, Belén, María Eugenia Soria-Díaz, James R. Ault, et al.. (2005). Low pH Changes the Profile of Nodulation Factors Produced by Rhizobium tropici CIAT899. Chemistry & Biology. 12(9). 1029–1040. 62 indexed citations

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Chinchilla, Delphine, Francisco Merchán, Manuel Megı́as, et al.. (2003). Ankyrin protein kinases: a novel type of plant kinase gene whose expression is induced by osmotic stress in alfalfa. Plant Molecular Biology. 51(4). 555–566. 33 indexed citations

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Megı́as, Manuel, Rosa Álvarez‐Otero, & Manuel A. Pombal. (2002). Calbindin and calretinin immunoreactivities identify different types of neurons in the adult lamprey spinal cord. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 455(1). 72–85. 24 indexed citations

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Antal, Károly, et al.. (2001). Electrotonic profile and passive propagation of synaptic potentials in three subpopulations of hippocampal CA1 interneurons. Neuroscience. 104(4). 1013–1026. 26 indexed citations

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Serrano, Ana María Insausti, Manuel Megı́as, Dámaso Crespo, et al.. (1998). Hippocampal volume and neuronal number in Ts65Dn mice: a murine model of down syndrome. Neuroscience Letters. 253(3). 175–178. 124 indexed citations

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Cos, Samuel, et al.. (1996). Effects of melatonin on the proliferation and differentiation of human neuroblastoma cells in culture. Neuroscience Letters. 216(2). 113–116. 43 indexed citations

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Bernabé, Manuel, et al.. (1995). Solution structure of the trisaccharide and hexasaccharide fragments of the O-antigen of the lipopolysaccharide of Rhizobium tropici CIAT899. Carbohydrate Research. 279. 339–352. 1 indexed citations

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Crespo, Dámaso, et al.. (1995). Structural changes induced by cytidine-5′-diphosphate choline (CDP-choline) chronic treatment in neurosecretory neurons of the supraoptic nucleus of aged CFW-mice. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. 84(3). 183–193. 5 indexed citations

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Sousa, Carolina, et al.. (1993). A Rhizobium tropici DNA region carrying the amino‐terminal half of a nodD gene and a nod‐box‐like sequence confers host‐range extension. Molecular Microbiology. 9(6). 1157–1168. 13 indexed citations

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Calle, Adélaïda de la, et al.. (1991). Distribution of neuropeptide Y (NPY) in the cerebral cortex of the lizards Psammodromus algirus and Podarcis hispanica: Co‐localization of NPY, somatostatin, and GABA. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 308(3). 397–408. 37 indexed citations

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