Mariana Leguía

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Mariana Leguía is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Mariana Leguía has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 9 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Mariana Leguía's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (8 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (7 papers) and Vector-borne infectious diseases (6 papers). Mariana Leguía is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (8 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (7 papers) and Vector-borne infectious diseases (6 papers). Mariana Leguía collaborates with scholars based in United States, Peru and Spain. Mariana Leguía's co-authors include J. Christopher Anderson, Gabriel C. Wu, John E. Dueber, Adam P. Arkin, Jay D. Keasling, Jonathan A. Goler, Gary M. Wessel, Douglas Densmore, Alejandra Garcia-Glaessner and Martha I. Nelson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mariana Leguía

34 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) in marine mammals and seabirds in Peru

2023 187 citations Mariana Leguía, Alejandra Garcia-Glaessner et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mariana Leguía United States	16	459	274	210	167	146	34	1.1k
Junfa Yuan China	23	307 0.7×	373 1.4×	158 0.8×	139 0.8×	93 0.6×	63	1.4k
Yingying Wang China	24	399 0.9×	450 1.6×	317 1.5×	110 0.7×	140 1.0×	102	1.7k
Yuhua Li China	21	560 1.2×	737 2.7×	302 1.4×	229 1.4×	284 1.9×	86	1.8k
Eun‐Jin Choi South Korea	19	353 0.8×	313 1.1×	136 0.6×	69 0.4×	260 1.8×	89	1.0k
Angelo Romano Italy	17	364 0.8×	150 0.5×	231 1.1×	266 1.6×	44 0.3×	49	1.1k
Feifei Yin China	19	410 0.9×	432 1.6×	168 0.8×	196 1.2×	95 0.7×	77	1.1k
Yuki Eshita Japan	24	344 0.7×	428 1.6×	98 0.5×	670 4.0×	86 0.6×	83	1.3k
Han Gao China	16	537 1.2×	242 0.9×	172 0.8×	321 1.9×	54 0.4×	46	1.4k
Patricia Gil France	21	687 1.5×	405 1.5×	462 2.2×	240 1.4×	81 0.6×	47	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mariana Leguía

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Creech, C. Buddy, Mariana Leguía, Johannes B. Goll, et al.. (2025). Immunologic profiling of the infant immune response to whole-cell and acellular pertussis vaccines. npj Vaccines. 10(1). 189–189. 2 indexed citations

Leguía, Mariana, Antón Vila‐Sanjurjo, Alejandra Garcia-Glaessner, et al.. (2025). Systems biology-based assessment of immune responses to whole cell and acellular pertussis vaccines. npj Vaccines. 10(1). 188–188. 1 indexed citations

Leguía, Mariana, Alejandra Garcia-Glaessner, Carlos Calvo-Mac, et al.. (2023). Highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) in marine mammals and seabirds in Peru. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5489–5489. 187 indexed citations breakdown →

Leguía, Mariana, et al.. (2023). Comparison of Four Methods of RNA Extraction and cDNA Synthesis from The Venom of Peruvian Snakes of the Genus Bothrops of Clinical Importance. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(13). 11161–11161. 3 indexed citations

Flores-Mendoza, Carmen, et al.. (2022). Molecular Characterization by Multilocus Sequence Typing and Diversity Analysis of Rickettsia asembonensis in Peru. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 22(3). 170–177. 3 indexed citations

Carrillo‐Larco, Rodrigo M., Wilmer Cristobal Guzman‐Vilca, Fabiola Lèon‐Velarde, et al.. (2021). Peru – Progress in health and sciences in 200 years of independence. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas. 7. 100148–100148. 56 indexed citations

Salmón-Mulanovich, Gabriela, Mark P. Simons, Carmen Flores-Mendoza, et al.. (2019). Seroprevalence and Risk Factors for Rickettsia and Leptospira Infection in Four Ecologically Distinct Regions of Peru. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 100(6). 1391–1400. 12 indexed citations

Leguía, Mariana, Antón Vila‐Sanjurjo, Patrick Chain, et al.. (2019). Precision Medicine and Precision Public Health in the Era of Pathogen Next-Generation Sequencing. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 221(Supplement_3). S289–S291. 11 indexed citations

Leguía, Mariana, et al.. (2017). Full-genome amplification and sequencing of Zika viruses using a targeted amplification approach. Journal of Virological Methods. 248. 77–82. 10 indexed citations

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Mullins, Kristin, Jun Hang, Robert Clifford, et al.. (2017). Whole-Genome Analysis ofBartonellaancashensis, a Novel Pathogen Causing Verruga Peruana, Rural Ancash Region, Peru. Emerging infectious diseases. 23(3). 430–438. 19 indexed citations

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Kocher, Claudine, Amy C. Morrison, Mariana Leguía, et al.. (2016). Rickettsial Disease in the Peruvian Amazon Basin. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 10(7). e0004843–e0004843. 23 indexed citations

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Mullins, Kristin, Jun Hang, Ju Jiang, et al.. (2015). Description of Bartonella ancashensis sp. nov., isolated from the blood of two patients with verruga peruana. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 65(Pt_10). 3339–3343. 23 indexed citations

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Pollett, Simon, Mariana Leguía, Martha I. Nelson, et al.. (2015). Feasibility and effectiveness of a brief, intensive phylogenetics workshop in a middle-income country. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 42. 24–27. 4 indexed citations

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Leguía, Mariana, et al.. (2013). 2ab assembly: a methodology for automatable, high-throughput assembly of standard biological parts. Journal of Biological Engineering. 7(1). 2–2. 9 indexed citations

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Cruz, Cristhopher D., Brett M. Forshey, Carolina Guevara, et al.. (2013). Molecular epidemiology of American/Asian genotype DENV-2 in Peru. Infection Genetics and Evolution. 18. 220–228. 22 indexed citations

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Xia, Bing, et al.. (2011). Eugene – A Domain Specific Language for Specifying and Constraining Synthetic Biological Parts, Devices, and Systems. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e18882–e18882. 95 indexed citations

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Leguía, Mariana, Jennifer A. N. Brophy, Douglas Densmore, & J. Christopher Anderson. (2011). Automated Assembly of Standard Biological Parts. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 498. 363–397. 20 indexed citations

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Anderson, J. Christopher, John E. Dueber, Mariana Leguía, et al.. (2010). BglBricks: A flexible standard for biological part assembly. Journal of Biological Engineering. 4(1). 1–1. 335 indexed citations

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Leguía, Mariana, S. D. Conner, Linnea Berg, & Gary M. Wessel. (2006). Synaptotagmin I is involved in the regulation of cortical granule exocytosis in the sea urchin. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 73(7). 895–905. 19 indexed citations

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Leguía, Mariana & Gary M. Wessel. (2006). The histamine H1 receptor activates the nitric oxide pathway at fertilization. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 73(12). 1550–1563. 18 indexed citations

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