Muna Abu-Shaar

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Muna Abu-Shaar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Muna Abu-Shaar has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 2 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Muna Abu-Shaar's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (5 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (2 papers) and Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (2 papers). Muna Abu-Shaar is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (5 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (2 papers) and Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (2 papers). Muna Abu-Shaar collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. Muna Abu-Shaar's co-authors include Kerrie L. Thomas, Sean Munro, Richard S. Mann, Hyung Don Ryoo, Gabrielle E. Rieckhof, Fernando Casares, Miguel Torres, Ginés Morata, Sergio González‐Crespo and Carlos Martı́nez-A and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Muna Abu-Shaar

7 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Molecular characterization of a peripheral receptor for cannabinoids

1993 4.1k citations Sean Munro, Kerrie L. Thomas et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Muna Abu-Shaar United States	7	3.8k	2.2k	1.5k	774	562	7	5.2k
Massimiliano Beltramo France	31	2.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	790 0.5×	522 0.7×	275 0.5×	77	4.1k
Eileen M. Denovan‐Wright Canada	35	1.9k 0.5×	1.7k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	341 0.4×	230 0.4×	96	4.1k
Alicia Brusco Argentina	28	1.8k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	643 0.4×	545 0.7×	210 0.4×	87	3.5k
David J. Rademacher United States	24	1.5k 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	439 0.3×	513 0.7×	170 0.3×	54	2.9k
Pierre Mailleux Belgium	23	1.0k 0.3×	2.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	263 0.3×	77 0.1×	54	3.5k
Eric K. Richfield United States	41	660 0.2×	3.0k 1.4×	1.8k 1.2×	513 0.7×	545 1.0×	76	5.4k
G. Cristina Brailoiu United States	35	564 0.2×	813 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	288 0.4×	148 0.3×	82	4.3k
Martin Häring Germany	22	751 0.2×	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	383 0.5×	74 0.1×	30	3.7k
Hai‐Ying Zhang United States	23	1.2k 0.3×	1.4k 0.6×	619 0.4×	392 0.5×	68 0.1×	50	2.4k
Grant Miura United States	12	988 0.3×	488 0.2×	451 0.3×	322 0.4×	64 0.1×	45	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Muna Abu-Shaar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Muna Abu-Shaar

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Kobayashi, Masatomo, Miki Fujioka, Elena Tolkunova, et al.. (2003). Engrailed cooperates withextradenticleandhomothoraxto repress target genes inDrosophila. Development. 130(4). 741–751. 44 indexed citations

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Abu-Shaar, Muna, Hyung Don Ryoo, & Richard S. Mann. (1999). Control of the nuclear localization of Extradenticle by competing nuclear import and export signals. Genes & Development. 13(8). 935–945. 196 indexed citations

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González‐Crespo, Sergio, Muna Abu-Shaar, Miguel Torres, et al.. (1998). Antagonism between extradenticle function and Hedgehog signalling in the developing limb. Nature. 394(6689). 196–200. 131 indexed citations

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Abu-Shaar, Muna & Richard S. Mann. (1998). Generation of multiple antagonistic domains along the proximodistal axis during Drosophila leg development. Development. 125(19). 3821–3830. 225 indexed citations

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Rieckhof, Gabrielle E., Fernando Casares, Hyung Don Ryoo, Muna Abu-Shaar, & Richard S. Mann. (1997). Nuclear Translocation of Extradenticle Requires , which Encodes an Extradenticle-Related Homeodomain Protein. Cell. 91(2). 171–183. 379 indexed citations

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Mann, Richard S. & Muna Abu-Shaar. (1996). Nuclear import of the homeodomain protein Extradenticle in response to Wg and Dpp signalling. Nature. 383(6601). 630–633. 109 indexed citations

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Munro, Sean, Kerrie L. Thomas, & Muna Abu-Shaar. (1993). Molecular characterization of a peripheral receptor for cannabinoids. Nature. 365(6441). 61–65. 4067 indexed citations breakdown →

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