Maya Yankova

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Maya Yankova is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Maya Yankova has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Maya Yankova's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (3 papers), Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (3 papers) and Renal and related cancers (2 papers). Maya Yankova is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (3 papers), Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (3 papers) and Renal and related cancers (2 papers). Maya Yankova collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Bulgaria. Maya Yankova's co-authors include Vijay Rathinam, Ishita Banerjee, Ashley J. Russo, Sachin D. Deshmukh, Sivapriya Kailasan Vanaja, Bharat Behl, Catherine S. Woolley, Arthur R. Hand, Bert Ph. M. Menco and Kenneth J. Hayworth and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Maya Yankova

16 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles Mediate Cytosolic Localization of LPS and Caspase-11 Activation

2016 553 citations Sivapriya Kailasan Vanaja, Ashley J. Russo et al. Cell profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maya Yankova United States	13	626	249	204	190	146	16	1.2k
Yuki Kobayashi Japan	26	568 0.9×	253 1.0×	165 0.8×	207 1.1×	295 2.0×	115	2.0k
Antonio Pellegrini Italy	19	625 1.0×	379 1.5×	100 0.5×	157 0.8×	64 0.4×	95	1.7k
Emmanuel Eugène France	23	811 1.3×	396 1.6×	153 0.8×	550 2.9×	93 0.6×	29	1.8k
Wei Hong China	25	1.0k 1.6×	380 1.5×	97 0.5×	287 1.5×	53 0.4×	43	2.2k
Hiroshi Ishikawa Japan	17	292 0.5×	124 0.5×	168 0.8×	71 0.4×	50 0.3×	75	1.2k
Jenny Ekberg Australia	32	1.3k 2.1×	973 3.9×	164 0.8×	134 0.7×	124 0.8×	82	2.8k
Lise Torp Jensen Denmark	23	404 0.6×	166 0.7×	717 3.5×	120 0.6×	46 0.3×	33	2.4k
Johannes Seeger Germany	24	493 0.8×	320 1.3×	83 0.4×	35 0.2×	195 1.3×	71	1.6k
Yuju Li China	16	546 0.9×	359 1.4×	219 1.1×	79 0.4×	148 1.0×	33	1.4k
G. Gioia Italy	15	573 0.9×	380 1.5×	60 0.3×	95 0.5×	373 2.6×	30	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maya Yankova

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

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Afzal, Junaid, Yamin Liu, Wenqiang Du, et al.. (2022). Cardiac ultrastructure inspired matrix induces advanced metabolic and functional maturation of differentiated human cardiomyocytes. Cell Reports. 40(4). 111146–111146. 17 indexed citations

Wang, Yong, et al.. (2022). Flow blockage disrupts cilia-driven fluid transport in the epileptic brain. Acta Neuropathologica. 144(4). 691–706. 12 indexed citations

Patel‐King, Ramila S., et al.. (2019). WDR92 is required for axonemal dynein heavy chain stability in cytoplasm. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 30(15). 1834–1845. 21 indexed citations

Dong, Wei, Siyu Li, Emily T. Camilleri, et al.. (2019). Accumulation and Release of Rare Earth Ions by Spores of Bacillus Species and the Location of These Ions in Spores. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 85(17). 14 indexed citations

Kumar, Dhivya, Rebecca T. Thomason, Maya Yankova, et al.. (2018). Microvillar and ciliary defects in zebrafish lacking an actin-binding bioactive peptide amidating enzyme. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 4547–4547. 18 indexed citations

Ghosh, Sonali, Shanyuan Niu, Maya Yankova, et al.. (2017). Analysis of killing of growing cells and dormant and germinated spores of Bacillus species by black silicon nanopillars. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 17768–17768. 25 indexed citations

Vanaja, Sivapriya Kailasan, Ashley J. Russo, Bharat Behl, et al.. (2016). Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles Mediate Cytosolic Localization of LPS and Caspase-11 Activation. Cell. 165(5). 1106–1119. 553 indexed citations breakdown →

Terasaki, Mark, Tom Shemesh, Narayanan Kasthuri, et al.. (2013). Stacked Endoplasmic Reticulum Sheets Are Connected by Helicoidal Membrane Motifs. Cell. 154(2). 285–296. 171 indexed citations

Yankova, Maya, et al.. (2012). Kalrnplays key roles within and outside of the nervous system. BMC Neuroscience. 13(1). 136–136. 33 indexed citations

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Liu, Qiang, Bojun Chen, Maya Yankova, et al.. (2005). Presynaptic Ryanodine Receptors Are Required for Normal Quantal Size at theCaenorhabditis elegansNeuromuscular Junction. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(29). 6745–6754. 68 indexed citations

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Hand, Arthur R., et al.. (2004). Molecular cloning and characterization of the neonatal rat and mouse submandibular gland protein SMGC. Gene. 334. 23–33. 21 indexed citations

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Menco, Bert Ph. M., et al.. (2001). Odorants as cell‐type specific activators of a heat shock response in the rat olfactory mucosa. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 432(4). 425–439. 30 indexed citations

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Menco, Bert Ph. M., Virginia McM. Carr, Patrick I. Ezeh, Emily R. Liman, & Maya Yankova. (2001). Ultrastructural localization of G‐proteins and the channel protein TRP2 to microvilli of rat vomeronasal receptor cells. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 438(4). 468–489. 53 indexed citations

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Yankova, Maya, et al.. (2001). Estrogen increases synaptic connectivity between single presynaptic inputs and multiple postsynaptic CA1 pyramidal cells: A serial electron-microscopic study. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(6). 3525–3530. 197 indexed citations

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Menco, Bert Ph. M., Maya Yankova, & Sidney A. Simon. (1997). Freeze-substitution and Postembedding Immunocytochemistry on Rat Taste Buds: G-Proteins, Calcitonin Gene-related Peptide, and Choline Acetyl Transferase. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 3(1). 53–69. 10 indexed citations

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Yankova, Maya, et al.. (1991). Age-dependent modulation of neuropeptide y on adrenergic transmission of guinea pig vas deferens. General Pharmacology The Vascular System. 22(4). 611–616. 3 indexed citations

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