Maria Capovilla

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
43 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Maria Capovilla is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Capovilla has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Genetics and 15 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Maria Capovilla's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (9 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (8 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (8 papers). Maria Capovilla is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (9 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (8 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (8 papers). Maria Capovilla collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Italy. Maria Capovilla's co-authors include Juan Botas, Jules A. Hoffmann, Jean‐Luc Imler, Vincenzo Pirrotta, Su Wen Qian, Siu-Kwong Chan, Richard S. Mann, Bruno Lemaître, Serge Ohresser and Jean‐Marc Reichhart and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Maria Capovilla

41 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Identification of genes that modify ataxin-1-induced neur... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 2000 100 200 300 400 500
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. Identification of genes that modify ataxin-1-induced neurodegeneration
    2000 510 citations Pedro Fernández-Fúnez, Béatrice Gouyon et al. Nature profile →
  2. Tissue-Specific Inducible Expression of Antimicrobial Peptide Genes in Drosophila Surface Epithelia
    2000 476 citations Maria Capovilla, Jules A. Hoffmann et al. profile →

Peers

Maria Capovilla
Dietmar Schmucker United States
Shu Kondo Japan
Rafael Cantera Sweden
Shireen A. Davies United Kingdom
Mickaël Poidevin France
Frank Hauser Denmark
Hironori Ishizaki Japan
Ryu Ueda Japan
Kuniaki Takahashi Japan
Mitchell S. Dushay Sweden
Dietmar Schmucker United States
Maria Capovilla
Citations per year, relative to Maria Capovilla Maria Capovilla (= 1×) peers Dietmar Schmucker

Countries citing papers authored by Maria Capovilla

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Fields of papers citing papers by Maria Capovilla

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Maria Capovilla. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Maria Capovilla. The network helps show where Maria Capovilla may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maria Capovilla

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Maria Capovilla. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Maria Capovilla 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 Maria Capovilla. Maria Capovilla is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Capovilla, Maria, et al.. (2021). A Pilot Study on Early-Onset Schizophrenia Reveals the Implication of Wnt, Cadherin and Cholecystokinin Receptor Signaling in Its Pathophysiology. Frontiers in Genetics. 12. 792218–792218. 2 indexed citations
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Fernandez, Arnaud, et al.. (2019). Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia: A Systematic Overview of Its Genetic Heterogeneity From Classical Studies to the Genomic Era. Frontiers in Genetics. 10. 1137–1137. 26 indexed citations
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Bardoni, Barbara, et al.. (2018). Modeling Fragile X Syndrome in Drosophila. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 11. 124–124. 47 indexed citations
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Ferveur, Jean‐François, et al.. (2016). Functional Gustatory Role of Chemoreceptors in Drosophila Wings. Cell Reports. 15(7). 1442–1454. 46 indexed citations
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Valmalette, Jean‐Christophe, et al.. (2015). Nano-architecture of gustatory chemosensory bristles and trachea in Drosophila wings. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 14198–14198. 22 indexed citations
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Tevy, María Florencia, et al.. (2014). Ndae1 Expression and Regulation in Drosophila Embryos. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e92956–e92956. 2 indexed citations
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Pasquier, Claude, Mathilde Clément, Aviv Dombrovsky, et al.. (2014). Environmentally Selected Aphid Variants in Clonality Context Display Differential Patterns of Methylation in the Genome. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e115022–e115022. 14 indexed citations
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Valmalette, Jean‐Christophe, Aviv Dombrovsky, Pierre Brat, et al.. (2012). Light- induced electron transfer and ATP synthesis in a carotene synthesizing insect. Scientific Reports. 2(1). 579–579. 49 indexed citations
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Tevy, María Florencia, et al.. (2011). Transactivation in Drosophila of human enhancers by human transcription factors involved in congenital heart diseases. Developmental Dynamics. 241(1). 190–199. 6 indexed citations
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Monier, Bruno, María Florencia Tevy, Laurent Perrin, Maria Capovilla, & Michel Sémériva. (2007). Downstream of Homeotic Genes: In the Heart of Hox function. Fly. 1(2). 59–67. 20 indexed citations
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Vinciguerra, Manlio, Udo Hasler, David Mordasini, et al.. (2005). Cytokines and Sodium Induce Protein Kinase A–Dependent Cell-Surface Na,K-ATPase Recruitment via Dissociation of NF-κB/IκB/Protein Kinase A Catalytic Subunit Complex in Collecting Duct Principal Cells. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 16(9). 2576–2585. 24 indexed citations
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Medzhitov, Ruslan, et al.. (2004). graal: a Drosophila gene coding for several mosaic serine proteases. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 34(10). 1025–1035. 12 indexed citations
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Merabet, Samir, Zakaria Kambris, Maria Capovilla, et al.. (2003). The Hexapeptide and Linker Regions of the AbdA Hox Protein Regulate Its Activating and Repressive Functions. Developmental Cell. 4(5). 761–768. 74 indexed citations
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Kambris, Zakaria, et al.. (2003). DmMyD88 controls dorsoventral patterning of the Drosophila embryo. EMBO Reports. 4(1). 64–69. 21 indexed citations
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Tauszig-Delamasure, Servane, et al.. (2001). Drosophila MyD88 is required for the response to fungal and Gram-positive bacterial infections. Nature Immunology. 3(1). 91–97. 244 indexed citations
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Fernández-Fúnez, Pedro, Béatrice Gouyon, Pedro Martı́nez, et al.. (2000). Identification of genes that modify ataxin-1-induced neurodegeneration. Nature. 408(6808). 101–106. 510 indexed citations breakdown →
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Capovilla, Maria, Mary L. Brandt, & Juan Botas. (1994). Direct regulation of decapentaplegic by Ultrabithorax and its role in Drosophila midgut morphogenesis. Cell. 76(3). 461–475. 162 indexed citations
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Capovilla, Maria, Elizabeth D. Eldon, & Vincenzo Pirrotta. (1992). The giant gene of Drosophila encodes a b-ZIP DNA-binding protein that regulates the expression of other segmentation gap genes. Development. 114(1). 99–112. 93 indexed citations

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