Melissa Guildford

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Melissa Guildford is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Guildford has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 2 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Melissa Guildford's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (4 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (3 papers) and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (3 papers). Melissa Guildford is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (4 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (3 papers) and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (3 papers). Melissa Guildford collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and South Korea. Melissa Guildford's co-authors include Sreerupa Challa, David Moquin, Francis Ka-Ming Chan, Ryan M. Genga, Tathagat Dutta Ray, Andrew R. Tapper, Linzy M. Hendrickson, Paul Gardner, Rubing Zhao-Shea and Liwang Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Neuroscience and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Guildford

8 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Phosphorylation-Driven Assembly of the RIP1-RIP3 Complex Regulates Programmed Necrosis and Virus-Induced Inflammation

2009 1.9k citations Sreerupa Challa, David Moquin 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
Melissa Guildford United States	8	1.7k	839	374	255	228	8	2.1k
Lydia Lartigue France	22	1.6k 1.0×	668 0.8×	254 0.7×	216 0.8×	239 1.0×	33	2.3k
Irene L. Ch’en United States	13	2.1k 1.2×	1.4k 1.6×	447 1.2×	411 1.6×	417 1.8×	16	2.9k
Peter Schotte Belgium	18	1.4k 0.8×	599 0.7×	285 0.8×	182 0.7×	149 0.7×	22	1.9k
Isabel Latorre United States	16	1.8k 1.1×	1.0k 1.2×	372 1.0×	343 1.3×	167 0.7×	20	3.0k
Michaël Kalai Belgium	22	1.2k 0.7×	773 0.9×	429 1.1×	162 0.6×	302 1.3×	41	2.1k
Jenny Ghelfi Luxembourg	13	994 0.6×	646 0.8×	240 0.6×	167 0.7×	75 0.3×	16	1.8k
Tino Hochepied Belgium	22	1.2k 0.7×	502 0.6×	186 0.5×	176 0.7×	231 1.0×	55	2.0k
Qingde Wang United States	23	2.6k 1.6×	722 0.9×	254 0.7×	567 2.2×	102 0.4×	44	3.5k
Wei‐Ching Huang Taiwan	26	1.6k 0.9×	555 0.7×	268 0.7×	243 1.0×	368 1.6×	41	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Melissa Guildford

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa Guildford

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

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Guildford, Melissa, et al.. (2017). Dopamine Receptors Differentially Control Binge Alcohol Drinking-Mediated Synaptic Plasticity of the Core Nucleus Accumbens Direct and Indirect Pathways. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(22). 5463–5474. 26 indexed citations

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Gao, Guangping, Amy W. Lasek, Gregg E. Homanics, et al.. (2017). The Sodium Channel β4 Auxiliary Subunit Selectively Controls Long-Term Depression in Core Nucleus Accumbens Medium Spiny Neurons. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 11. 8 indexed citations

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Guildford, Melissa, et al.. (2016). Modulation of ethanol reward sensitivity by nicotinic acetylcholine receptors containing the α6 subunit. Alcohol. 57. 65–70. 13 indexed citations

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Hendrickson, Linzy M., Melissa Guildford, & Andrew R. Tapper. (2013). Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors: Common Molecular Substrates of Nicotine and Alcohol Dependence. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 4. 29–29. 99 indexed citations

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Guberman‐Pfeffer, Matthew J., et al.. (2013). FT-IR Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory Calculations of ¹³C Isotopologues of the Helical Peptide Z-Aib₆-OtBu. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 118(1). 58–68. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Liwang, Linzy M. Hendrickson, Melissa Guildford, et al.. (2012). Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Containing the α4 Subunit Modulate Alcohol Reward. Biological Psychiatry. 73(8). 738–746. 47 indexed citations

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Challa, Sreerupa, et al.. (2010). Viral Cell Death Inhibitor MC159 Enhances Innate Immunity against Vaccinia Virus Infection. Journal of Virology. 84(20). 10467–10476. 26 indexed citations

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Challa, Sreerupa, David Moquin, Ryan M. Genga, et al.. (2009). Phosphorylation-Driven Assembly of the RIP1-RIP3 Complex Regulates Programmed Necrosis and Virus-Induced Inflammation. Cell. 137(6). 1112–1123. 1915 indexed citations breakdown →

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