Marcela Pekna

13.9k citations
97 papers · 8.6k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 42
Topics
Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (42 papers)Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (24 papers)Complement system in diseases (18 papers)

In The Last Decade

Marcela Pekna

97 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers

Marcela Pekna
Comparison fields: 5 of 139
  • Neurology 3.0k
  • Molecular Biology 2.9k
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1.8k
  • Immunology 1.5k
  • Developmental Neuroscience 1.3k
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Fields of papers citing papers by Marcela Pekna

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marcela Pekna

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marcela Pekna. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marcela Pekna based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Marcela Pekna. Marcela Pekna is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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#WorkIndexed citations
1 27
2 17
3 33
4 20
5 4
6 176
7 35
8 79
9 209
10 36
11 17
12 43
13 69
14 30
15 143
16 35
17 230
18 99
19 307
20 276

About Marcela Pekna

Marcela Pekna is a scholar working on Developmental Neuroscience, Neurology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, having authored 97 papers that have together received 8.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (42 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (24 papers) and Complement system in diseases (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (3.0k citations), Developmental Neuroscience (1.3k citations) and Biological Psychiatry (312 citations). Marcela Pekna has collaborated with scholars based in Sweden, Australia and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Milos Pekny, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Christer Betsholtz, Vladimir Parpura, Alexei Verkhratsky, Michael Nilsson, Max Albert Hietala, Michael V. Sofroniew, Mats Hellström and Per Lindahl. Their work appears in journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

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