María Vera

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

María Vera is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, María Vera has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Immunology and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in María Vera's work include RNA Research and Splicing (12 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers) and Heat shock proteins research (7 papers). María Vera is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (12 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers) and Heat shock proteins research (7 papers). María Vera collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Spain. María Vera's co-authors include Robert H. Singer, Evelina Tutucci, Sulagna Das, Jeetayu Biswas, Valentina Gandin, Jennifer F. Garcia, Roy Parker, Carolina González-Rubio, M. Esther Gallardo and Pilar Sánchez‐Corral and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

María Vera

34 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Intracellular mRNA transport and localized translation 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. Intracellular mRNA transport and localized translation
    2021 204 citations Sulagna Das, María Vera 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
María Vera United States 17 937 332 111 111 107 36 1.4k
Michael A. Hadders Netherlands 16 736 0.8× 188 0.6× 83 0.7× 74 0.7× 31 0.3× 20 1.1k
Francesco Marchesi United Kingdom 14 919 1.0× 213 0.6× 166 1.5× 73 0.7× 11 0.1× 35 1.3k
Tiina Öhman Finland 22 924 1.0× 357 1.1× 87 0.8× 94 0.8× 16 0.1× 36 1.5k
Zining Wu United States 22 735 0.8× 320 1.0× 42 0.4× 111 1.0× 11 0.1× 60 1.4k
Alex Tong United States 14 971 1.0× 518 1.6× 31 0.3× 181 1.6× 27 0.3× 32 1.5k
Kazuhito Ohishi Japan 20 979 1.0× 419 1.3× 77 0.7× 113 1.0× 56 0.5× 30 1.7k
Tari Parmely United States 14 1.4k 1.5× 236 0.7× 68 0.6× 183 1.6× 10 0.1× 20 2.0k
Naishadh Desai United States 8 1.2k 1.2× 431 1.3× 43 0.4× 68 0.6× 116 1.1× 8 1.8k
T S Papas United States 18 1.2k 1.3× 232 0.7× 80 0.7× 345 3.1× 17 0.2× 26 1.6k
John P. Manfredi United States 14 607 0.6× 242 0.7× 51 0.5× 49 0.4× 17 0.2× 18 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by María Vera

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of María Vera

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vera, María, et al.. (2025). Metformin-associated Lactic Acidosis: A Critical and Dangerous Form of Metformin Toxicity. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 211(Supplement_1). A5730–A5730.
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Le, Phuong, Sandra Minotti, James J. Lynch, et al.. (2024). Localized molecular chaperone synthesis maintains neuronal dendrite proteostasis. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10796–10796. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Wenshuai, Fei Liu, María Vera, & Anna Marie Pyle. (2024). A compact regulatory RNA element in mouse Hsp70 mRNA. PubMed. 1(1). ugae002–ugae002. 3 indexed citations
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Jami‐Alahmadi, Yasaman, Rania Leventis, Nahum Sonenberg, et al.. (2024). EDC-3 and EDC-4 regulate embryonic mRNA clearance and biomolecular condensate specialization. Cell Reports. 43(10). 114781–114781. 2 indexed citations
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Lazzari, Luca, et al.. (2023). The ribosome quality control factor Asc1 determines the fate of HSP70 mRNA on and off the ribosome. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(12). 6370–6388. 7 indexed citations
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Vera, María, et al.. (2022). Using Single-Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy to Uncover Neuronal Vulnerability to Protein Damage. Methods in molecular biology. 2515. 237–254. 2 indexed citations
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Vera, María, et al.. (2022). Mechanisms tailoring the expression of heat shock proteins to proteostasis challenges. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(5). 101796–101796. 97 indexed citations
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Das, Sulagna, María Vera, Valentina Gandin, Robert H. Singer, & Evelina Tutucci. (2021). Intracellular mRNA transport and localized translation. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 22(7). 483–504. 204 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sato, Hanae, Sulagna Das, Robert H. Singer, & María Vera. (2020). Imaging of DNA and RNA in Living Eukaryotic Cells to Reveal Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Gene Expression. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 89(1). 159–187. 50 indexed citations
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Vera, María, Evelina Tutucci, & Robert H. Singer. (2019). Imaging Single mRNA Molecules in Mammalian Cells Using an Optimized MS2-MCP System. Methods in molecular biology. 2038. 3–20. 20 indexed citations
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Tutucci, Evelina, María Vera, Jeetayu Biswas, et al.. (2017). An improved MS2 system for accurate reporting of the mRNA life cycle. Nature Methods. 15(1). 81–89. 226 indexed citations
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Vera, María, et al.. (2015). Promoter-Autonomous Functioning in a Controlled Environment using Single Molecule FISH. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 9934–9934. 15 indexed citations
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Vera, María, et al.. (2008). Requirements for gene silencing mediated by U1 snRNA binding to a target sequence. Nucleic Acids Research. 36(7). 2338–2352. 44 indexed citations
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Vera, María, Mikel Zaratiegui, Belén Palencia, et al.. (2006). Liver transduction with a simian virus 40 vector encoding insulin-like growth factor I reduces hepatic damage and the development of liver cirrhosis. Gene Therapy. 14(3). 203–210. 21 indexed citations
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Vera, María & Natalia Nieto. (2006). Hepatic stellate cells and alcoholic liver disease. Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas. 98(9). 674–84. 16 indexed citations
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Vera, María, Nerea Razquin, Jesús Prìeto, et al.. (2005). Intratumoral Injection of Dendritic Cells Transduced by an SV40-Based Vector Expressing Interleukin-15 Induces Curative Immunity Mediated by CD8+ T Lymphocytes and NK Cells. Molecular Therapy. 12(5). 950–959. 24 indexed citations
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Vera, María & Puri Fortes. (2004). Simian Virus-40 as a Gene Therapy Vector. DNA and Cell Biology. 23(5). 271–282. 15 indexed citations
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Berraondo, Pedro, Julien Crettaz, Laura Ochoa‐Callejero, et al.. (2004). Induction of gp120-specific protective immune responses by genetic vaccination with linear polyethylenimine–plasmid complex. Vaccine. 23(11). 1384–1392. 38 indexed citations
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Vera, María, Jesús Prìeto, David S. Strayer, & Puri Fortes. (2004). Factors Influencing the Production of Recombinant SV40 Vectors. Molecular Therapy. 10(4). 780–791. 14 indexed citations
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