Maria C. Rivera

14.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
94 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Maria C. Rivera is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria C. Rivera has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Genetics, 34 papers in Molecular Biology and 25 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Maria C. Rivera's work include High Altitude and Hypoxia (44 papers), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (25 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers). Maria C. Rivera is often cited by papers focused on High Altitude and Hypoxia (44 papers), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (25 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers). Maria C. Rivera collaborates with scholars based in Peru, United States and United Kingdom. Maria C. Rivera's co-authors include James A. Lake, Ravi Jain, Fabiola Lèon‐Velarde, Anna Marie A. Aguinaldo, James R. Garey, Rudolf A. Raff, James M. Turbeville, Jonathan E. Moore, Luis Huicho and R. Hainsworth and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Maria C. Rivera

92 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

Evidence for a clade of nematodes, arthropods and other moulting animals

1997 1.2k citations Maria C. Rivera, James A. Lake et al. Nature profile →
Horizontal gene transfer among genomes: The complexity hypothesis

1999 868 citations Maria C. Rivera, James A. Lake et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Late Miocene greening of the Peruvian Desert 2025 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Diana Ochoa, Matthieu Carré, (unknown), Thomas J. DeVries, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jorge Cardich, (unknown), (unknown), David A. Foster, (unknown), (unknown), Maria C. Rivera, Pedro Romero, Rodolfo Salas‐Gismondi, Mario Urbina, José‐Abel Flores	0
2	High-Altitude Andean H194R HIF2A Allele Is a Hypomorphic Allele 2023 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·(unknown), Daisheng Song, (unknown), Obed Garcia, Laurel N. Pearson, (unknown), Maria C. Rivera, Fabiola Lèon‐Velarde, Melisa Kiyamu, Tom D. Brutsaert, Abigail W. Bigham, Frank S. Lee	10
3	Urbanization and Altitude Are Associated with Low Kidney Function in Peru 2019 ·High Altitude Medicine & Biology ·Rodrigo M. Carrillo‐Larco, J. Jaime Miranda, Robert H. Gilman, (unknown), (unknown), Josefina Medina‐Lezama, Liam Smeeth, William Checkley, Antonio Bernabé‐Ortiz, (unknown), Juan P. Casas, George Davey Smith, Shah Ebrahim, Luis Huicho, Germán Málaga, Víctor M. Montori, Gregory B. Diette, Fabiola Lèon‐Velarde, Maria C. Rivera, Robert A. Wise	4
4	Developmental Effects Determine Submaximal Arterial Oxygen Saturation in Peruvian Quechua 2015 ·High Altitude Medicine & Biology ·Melisa Kiyamu, Fabiola Lèon‐Velarde, Maria C. Rivera, (unknown), Tom D. Brutsaert	8
5	Purification of Polysomes 2015 ·Cold Spring Harbor Protocols ·Maria C. Rivera, Bruce A. Maguire, James A. Lake	7
6	Purification of 70S Ribosomes 2015 ·Cold Spring Harbor Protocols ·Maria C. Rivera, Bruce A. Maguire, James A. Lake	8
7	Metagenomic analysis of planktonic microbial consortia from a non-tidal urban-impacted segment of James River 2015 ·Standards in Genomic Sciences ·Bonnie L. Brown, (unknown), Rima B. Franklin, Maria C. Rivera, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kevin Keegan, Timothy King	23
8	Building a Platform for Translational Research in Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases to Address Population Health: Lessons From NHLBI Supported CRONICAS in Peru 2015 ·Global Heart ·J. Jaime Miranda, Antonio Bernabé‐Ortiz, Francisco Diez‐Canseco, Germán Málaga, María Kathia Cárdenas, Rodrigo M. Carrillo‐Larco, M. Amalia Pesantes, Ricardo Araya, (unknown), William Checkley, Patricia García, Fabiola Lèon‐Velarde, Andrés G. Lescano, Víctor M. Montori, William Pan, Maria C. Rivera, Katherine A. Sacksteder, Liam Smeeth, Héctor H. Garcı́a, Robert H. Gilman	3
9	Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A Is Associated with Chronic Mountain Sickness in the Andean Population 2014 ·High Altitude Medicine & Biology ·José R. Espinoza, (unknown), Fabiola Lèon‐Velarde, (unknown), José Luis Macarlupú, Maria C. Rivera, (unknown), Judith Favier, Anne‐Paule Gimenez‐Roqueplo, Jean‐Paul Richalet	15
10	Prevalence, Clinical Profile, Iron Status, and Subject-Specific Traits for Excessive Erythrocytosis in Andean Adults Living Permanently at 3,825 Meters Above Sea Level 2014 ·CHEST Journal ·Aldo Ferrari, J. Jaime Miranda, Robert H. Gilman, Víctor G. Dávila‐Román, Fabiola Lèon‐Velarde, Maria C. Rivera, Luis Huicho, Antonio Bernabé‐Ortiz, Robert A. Wise, William Checkley	43
11	Effects of Iron Supplementation and Depletion on Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension 2009 ·JAMA ·Thomas G. Smith, Nick P. Talbot, Catherine Privat, Maria C. Rivera, Annabel H. Nickol, Peter J. Ratcliffe, Keith L. Dorrington, Fabiola Lèon‐Velarde, Peter A. Robbins	134
12	Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Genotype and Arterial Oxygen Saturation at High Altitude in Peruvian Quechua 2008 ·High Altitude Medicine & Biology ·Abigail W. Bigham, Melisa Kiyamu, Fabiola Lèon‐Velarde, Esteban J. Parra, Maria C. Rivera, Mark D. Shriver, Tom D. Brutsaert	47
13	Acetazolamide for Monge's Disease 2008 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Jean‐Paul Richalet, Maria C. Rivera, Maxime Maignan, Catherine Privat, I. Pham, José Luis Macarlupú, Olivier Petitjean, Fabiola Lèon‐Velarde	59
14	Acetazolamide 2005 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Jean‐Paul Richalet, Maria C. Rivera, Patrick Bouchet, (unknown), (unknown), Olivier Petitjean, (unknown), (unknown), Stéphane Moutereau, Fabiola Lèon‐Velarde	96
15	Cardiovascular responses to orthostatic stress in healthy altitude dwellers, and altitude residents with chronic mountain sickness 2004 ·Experimental Physiology ·Victoria E. Claydon, L.J. Norcliffe, Jonathan P. Moore, Maria C. Rivera, Fabiola Lèon‐Velarde, Otto Appenzeller, R. Hainsworth	21
16	The ring of life provides evidence for a genome fusion origin of eukaryotes 2004 ·Nature ·Maria C. Rivera, James A. Lake	328
17	Ventilatory and Cardiovascular Responses to Hypoxia and Exercise in Andean Natives Living at Sea Level 2001 ·High Altitude Medicine & Biology ·Alfredo Gamboa, Fabiola Lèon‐Velarde, Maria C. Rivera, (unknown), (unknown), Carlos Monge-C	7
18	Oxygen saturation and heart rate in healthy school children and adolescents living at high altitude 2001 ·American Journal of Human Biology ·Luis Huicho, I. G. Pawson, Fabiola Lèon‐Velarde, Maria C. Rivera, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	33
19	Ventilatory response to severe acute hypoxia in guinea-pigs and rats with high hemoglobin-oxygen affinity induced by cyanate 1994 ·Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology ·Maria C. Rivera, Fabiola Lèon‐Velarde, Luis Huicho, Carlos Monge-C	12
20	Metabolic effects of cyanate on mice at sea level and in chronic hypobaric hypoxia 1991 ·Life Sciences ·Maria C. Rivera, (unknown), Fabiola Lèon‐Velarde, Luis Huicho, (unknown), Carlos Monge-C	5

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