Melanie Föcking

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Melanie Föcking is a scholar working on Biological Psychiatry, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melanie Föcking has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Biological Psychiatry, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Melanie Föcking's work include Tryptophan and brain disorders (27 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (7 papers) and Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (7 papers). Melanie Föcking is often cited by papers focused on Tryptophan and brain disorders (27 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (7 papers) and Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (7 papers). Melanie Föcking collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and Germany. Melanie Föcking's co-authors include David Cotter, Thorsten Trapp, Jane A. English, Patrick Dicker, Christian Bührle, Bernd K. Fleischmann, James A. Blunk, Mathias Hoehn, Jürgen Hescheler and Gerard Cagney and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Melanie Föcking

53 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Monitoring of implanted stem cell migration in vivo : A highly resolved in vivo magnetic resonance imaging investigation of experimental stroke in rat
    2002 574 citations Mathias Hoehn, Ekkehard Küstermann et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Melanie Föcking 1.0k 462 406 313 305 56 2.4k
Boris P. Sokolov 1.5k 1.5× 257 0.6× 666 1.6× 216 0.7× 584 1.9× 40 3.0k
Andrew Freese 1.4k 1.4× 261 0.6× 729 1.8× 153 0.5× 287 0.9× 54 3.2k
Michael A. Wheeler 1.2k 1.2× 313 0.7× 672 1.7× 826 2.6× 178 0.6× 21 3.3k
Renata Ciccarelli 1.3k 1.2× 109 0.2× 1.1k 2.7× 241 0.8× 218 0.7× 97 3.3k
Fantao Meng 1.1k 1.1× 181 0.4× 280 0.7× 69 0.2× 149 0.5× 79 2.4k
Steven D. Sheridan 1.5k 1.5× 225 0.5× 356 0.9× 245 0.8× 43 0.1× 43 2.6k
Philippe Brachet 1.1k 1.0× 133 0.3× 908 2.2× 233 0.7× 118 0.4× 76 3.1k
Francesco Caciagli 1.3k 1.3× 135 0.3× 1.5k 3.6× 353 1.1× 205 0.7× 101 3.7k
Sara Bonde 520 0.5× 281 0.6× 796 2.0× 1.2k 3.7× 136 0.4× 12 2.5k
Naoko Kaneko 758 0.7× 195 0.4× 734 1.8× 924 3.0× 210 0.7× 44 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Melanie Föcking

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melanie Föcking

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

All Works

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Mongan, David, et al.. (2024). Plasma levels of matrix metalloproteinases in early psychosis, anxiety and depression: Evidence from the ALSPAC cohort. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 124. 137–143. 2 indexed citations
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Power, Emmet, David Mongan, Colm Healy, et al.. (2024). Cannabis use in youth is associated with chronic inflammation. Psychological Medicine. 54(16). 4665–4675.
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Föcking, Melanie, David Mongan, Meike Heurich, et al.. (2023). Association of Complement and Coagulation Pathway Proteins With Treatment Response in First-Episode Psychosis: A Longitudinal Analysis of the OPTiMiSE Clinical Trial. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 49(4). 893–902. 9 indexed citations
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Cropley, Vanessa, et al.. (2023). Complement proteins are elevated in blood serum but not CSF in clinical high-risk and antipsychotic-naïve first-episode psychosis. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 113. 136–144. 10 indexed citations
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Healy, Colm, David Mongan, Stanley Zammit, et al.. (2022). Transdiagnostic inflammatory subgroups among psychiatric disorders and their relevance to role functioning: a nested case-control study of the ALSPAC cohort. Translational Psychiatry. 12(1). 377–377. 12 indexed citations
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Schulmann, Anton, Fabìo Macciardi, Brooke E. Hjelm, et al.. (2020). Functional impairment of cortical AMPA receptors in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 249. 25–37. 28 indexed citations
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Föcking, Melanie, Jane A. English, Stephen Fitzsimons, et al.. (2019). ApoE elevation is associated with the persistence of psychotic experiences from age 12 to age 18: Evidence from the ALSPAC birth cohort. Schizophrenia Research. 209. 141–147. 1 indexed citations
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English, Jane A., Caitríona Scaife, Akiko Harauma, et al.. (2016). Dataset of mouse hippocampus profiled by LC–MS/MS for label-free quantitation. Data in Brief. 7. 341–343. 5 indexed citations
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Föcking, Melanie, Patrick Dicker, Lorna M. Lopez, et al.. (2016). Differential expression of the inflammation marker IL12p40 in the at-risk mental state for psychosis: a predictor of transition to psychotic disorder?. BMC Psychiatry. 16(1). 326–326. 31 indexed citations
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Farrelly, Lorna A., Melanie Föcking, Yael Piontkewitz, et al.. (2015). Maternal Immune Activation Induces Changes in Myelin and Metabolic Proteins, Some of Which Can Be Prevented with Risperidone in Adolescence. Developmental Neuroscience. 37(1). 43–55. 32 indexed citations
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English, Jane A., Ying Fan, Melanie Föcking, et al.. (2015). Reduced protein synthesis in schizophrenia patient-derived olfactory cells. Translational Psychiatry. 5(10). e663–e663. 68 indexed citations
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Föcking, Melanie, Patrick Dicker, Jane A. English, et al.. (2011). Common Proteomic Changes in the Hippocampus in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder and Particular Evidence for Involvement of Cornu Ammonis Regions 2 and 3. Archives of General Psychiatry. 68(5). 477–477. 76 indexed citations
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English, Jane A., Patrick Dicker, Melanie Föcking, Michael J. Dünn, & David Cotter. (2009). 2‐D DIGE analysis implicates cytoskeletal abnormalities in psychiatric disease. PROTEOMICS. 9(12). 3368–3382. 124 indexed citations
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Trapp, Thorsten, Gesine Kögler, Abdelouahid El‐Khattouti, et al.. (2008). Hepatocyte Growth Factor/c-MET Axis-mediated Tropism of Cord Blood-derived Unrestricted Somatic Stem Cells for Neuronal Injury. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(47). 32244–32253. 29 indexed citations
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Föcking, Melanie, Paul J. Boersema, Niaobh O’Donoghue, et al.. (2006). 2‐D DIGE as a quantitative tool for investigating the HUPO Brain Proteome Project mouse series. PROTEOMICS. 6(18). 4914–4931. 27 indexed citations
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Föcking, Melanie, et al.. (2006). Proteomics of experimental stroke in mice. Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis. 66(4). 273–278. 17 indexed citations
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Hoehn, Mathias, Ekkehard Küstermann, James A. Blunk, et al.. (2002). Monitoring of implanted stem cell migration in vivo : A highly resolved in vivo magnetic resonance imaging investigation of experimental stroke in rat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(25). 16267–16272. 574 indexed citations breakdown →
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Döring, Frank, Justin D. Walter, Jutta Will, et al.. (1998). Delta-aminolevulinic acid transport by intestinal and renal peptide transporters and its physiological and clinical implications.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 101(12). 2761–2767. 234 indexed citations

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