Mar Carmena

6.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
35 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Mar Carmena is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mar Carmena has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Cell Biology and 14 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Mar Carmena's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (27 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (12 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (10 papers). Mar Carmena is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (27 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (12 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (10 papers). Mar Carmena collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and United States. Mar Carmena's co-authors include William C. Earnshaw, Sandrine Ruchaud, Richard R. Adams, Hironori Funabiki, Hélder Maiato, David M. Glover, Ana Xavier Carvalho, Sally P. Wheatley, Clara Sambade and Carl Smythe and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Mar Carmena

35 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The cellular geography of Aurora kinases

2003 946 citations Mar Carmena, William C. Earnshaw Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
The chromosomal passenger complex (CPC): from easy rider to the godfather of mitosis

2012 680 citations Mar Carmena, William C. Earnshaw et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
Chromosomal passengers: conducting cell division

2007 646 citations Sandrine Ruchaud, Mar Carmena et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mar Carmena United Kingdom	23	4.3k	3.8k	1.3k	1.2k	237	35	5.3k
Gary J. Gorbsky United States	46	5.8k 1.3×	4.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	388 1.6×	96	7.0k
Jan‐Michael Peters Austria	20	4.5k 1.0×	2.5k 0.7×	628 0.5×	985 0.8×	414 1.7×	22	5.1k
Patrick Meraldi Switzerland	35	4.2k 1.0×	4.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	850 0.7×	374 1.6×	65	5.0k
Hélder Maiato Portugal	40	4.8k 1.1×	4.6k 1.2×	594 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	309 1.3×	104	5.8k
Neil J. Ganem United States	19	3.6k 0.8×	3.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	653 0.6×	611 2.6×	32	4.9k
Reiko Honda Japan	23	4.1k 0.9×	1.7k 0.4×	2.7k 2.0×	344 0.3×	230 1.0×	29	5.0k
Irene C. Waizenegger Austria	20	2.8k 0.6×	1.7k 0.5×	417 0.3×	924 0.8×	176 0.7×	31	3.4k
Gordon K. Chan Canada	33	3.9k 0.9×	3.1k 0.8×	831 0.6×	745 0.6×	250 1.1×	53	4.4k
Anthony Tighe United Kingdom	19	2.5k 0.6×	2.2k 0.6×	934 0.7×	381 0.3×	110 0.5×	27	3.0k
Andrew M. Fry United Kingdom	54	6.9k 1.6×	4.8k 1.3×	1.9k 1.5×	462 0.4×	1.1k 4.6×	107	8.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Mar Carmena

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mar Carmena

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lee, Hee-Sheung, Mar Carmena, Mikhail Liskovykh, et al.. (2018). Systematic Analysis of Compounds Specifically Targeting Telomeres and Telomerase for Clinical Implications in Cancer Therapy. Cancer Research. 78(21). 6282–6296. 20 indexed citations

Molina, Òscar, Mar Carmena, I. Maudlin, & William C. Earnshaw. (2016). PREditOR: a synthetic biology approach to removing heterochromatin from cells. Chromosome Research. 24(4). 495–509. 9 indexed citations

Carmena, Mar, William C. Earnshaw, & David M. Glover. (2015). The Dawn of Aurora Kinase Research: From Fly Genetics to the Clinic. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 3. 73–73. 32 indexed citations

Carmena, Mar, Xavier Pinson, Melpomeni Platani, et al.. (2012). The Chromosomal Passenger Complex Activates Polo Kinase at Centromeres. PLoS Biology. 10(1). e1001250–e1001250. 94 indexed citations

Archambault, Vincent & Mar Carmena. (2012). Polo-like kinase-activating kinases. Cell Cycle. 11(8). 1490–1495. 39 indexed citations

Carmena, Mar, Sandrine Ruchaud, & William C. Earnshaw. (2009). Making the Auroras glow: regulation of Aurora A and B kinase function by interacting proteins. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 21(6). 796–805. 270 indexed citations

Carmena, Mar. (2008). Cytokinesis: the final stop for the chromosomal passengers. Biochemical Society Transactions. 36(3). 367–370. 22 indexed citations

Ruchaud, Sandrine, Mar Carmena, & William C. Earnshaw. (2007). Chromosomal passengers: conducting cell division. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 8(10). 798–812. 646 indexed citations breakdown →

MacIsaac, Fiona, et al.. (2006). INCENP and Aurora B Promote Meiotic Sister Chromatid Cohesion through Localization of the Shugoshin MEI-S332 in Drosophila. Developmental Cell. 11(1). 57–68. 106 indexed citations

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Chang, Chih-Jui, Sarah Goulding, Richard R. Adams, William C. Earnshaw, & Mar Carmena. (2006). DrosophilaIncenp is required for cytokinesis and asymmetric cell division during development of the nervous system. Journal of Cell Science. 119(6). 1144–1153. 15 indexed citations

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Carmena, Mar & William C. Earnshaw. (2003). The cellular geography of Aurora kinases. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 4(11). 842–854. 946 indexed citations breakdown →

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Adams, Richard R., Mar Carmena, & William C. Earnshaw. (2001). Chromosomal passengers and the (aurora) ABCs of mitosis. Trends in Cell Biology. 11(2). 49–54. 449 indexed citations

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Adams, Richard R., Stefanie Kandels‐Lewis, Mar Carmena, et al.. (2000). INCENP binds the Aurora-related kinase AIRK2 and is required to target it to chromosomes, the central spindle and cleavage furrow. Current Biology. 10(17). 1075–1078. 262 indexed citations

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Everett, Roger D., William C. Earnshaw, Ann F. Pluta, et al.. (1999). A dynamic connection between centromeres and ND10 proteins. Journal of Cell Science. 112(20). 3443–3454. 91 indexed citations

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Carmena, Mar, et al.. (1995). Transposable elements map in a conserved pattern of distribution extending from beta-heterochromatin to centromeres in Drosophila melanogaster. Chromosoma. 103(10). 676–684. 82 indexed citations

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Carmena, Mar, José P. Abad, Alfredo Villasanté, & Cayetano González. (1993). The Drosophila melanogaster dodecasatellite sequence is closely linked to the centromere and can form connections between sister chromatids during mitosis. Journal of Cell Science. 105(1). 41–50. 61 indexed citations

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Ripóll, Pedro, Mar Carmena, & Isabel Molina. (1992). 7 Genetic Analysis of Cell Division in Drosophila. Current topics in developmental biology. 27. 275–307. 7 indexed citations

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Abad, José P., Mar Carmena, Robert D. C. Saunders, et al.. (1992). Dodeca satellite: a conserved G+C-rich satellite from the centromeric heterochromatin of Drosophila melanogaster.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 89(10). 4663–4667. 97 indexed citations

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Carmena, Mar, et al.. (1991). Dosage dependence of maternal contribution to somatic cell division in Drosophila melanogaster. Development. 113(4). 1357–1364. 13 indexed citations

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González, Cayetano, Robert D. C. Saunders, José Casal, et al.. (1990). Mutations at the ASP locus of Drosophila lead to multiple free centrosomes in syncytial embryos, but restrict centrosome duplication in larval neuroblasts. Journal of Cell Science. 96(4). 605–616. 90 indexed citations

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