Pétur Olafsson

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Pétur Olafsson is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Pétur Olafsson has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Pétur Olafsson's work include Nerve injury and regeneration (3 papers), Malaria Research and Control (3 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (3 papers). Pétur Olafsson is often cited by papers focused on Nerve injury and regeneration (3 papers), Malaria Research and Control (3 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (3 papers). Pétur Olafsson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Netherlands. Pétur Olafsson's co-authors include Bai Lu, Lucas Pozzo‐Miller, Alexander Figurov, Ulrich Certa, Keiko Mizuno, Hugues Matile, Karl‐Heinz Herzog, Holly Soares, James P. Morgan and Claudine Guérin-Marchand and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

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Pétur Olafsson

9 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Regulation of synaptic responses to high-frequency stimulation and LTP by neurotrophins in the hippocampus

1996 964 citations Alexander Figurov, Lucas Pozzo‐Miller et al. Nature profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pétur Olafsson

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9 of 9 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Ca2+ binding protein, frequenin is a nervous system-specific protein in mouse preferentially localized in neurites 1997 ·Molecular Brain Research ·Pétur Olafsson, Holly Soares, Karl‐Heinz Herzog, (unknown), James P. Morgan, Bai Lu	48
2	Activity-Dependent Expression of NT-3 in Muscle Cells in Culture: Implications in the Development of Neuromuscular Junctions 1997 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·(unknown), (unknown), Pétur Olafsson, Keiko Mizuno, Bai Lu	76
3	Regulation of synaptic responses to high-frequency stimulation and LTP by neurotrophins in the hippocampus breakdown → 1996 ·Nature ·Alexander Figurov, Lucas Pozzo‐Miller, Pétur Olafsson, (unknown), Bai Lu	964
4	Molecular cloning and functional characterization of the Xenopus Ca(2+)-binding protein frequenin. 1995 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Pétur Olafsson, (unknown), Bai Lu	89
5	Cloning and characterization of a novel Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite surface antigen, STARP 1994 ·Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology ·David A. Fidock, Emmanuel Bottius, Karima Brahimi, (unknown), (unknown), Masanori Aikawa, Ruud N.H. Konings, Ulrich Certa, Pétur Olafsson, Toshiyuki Kaidoh, Achara Asavanich, Claudine Guérin-Marchand, Pierre Druilhe	64
6	Expression and cellular localisation of hexokinase during the bloodstage development of Plasmodium falciparum 1994 ·Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology ·Pétur Olafsson, Ulrich Certa	9
7	Neurotrophin 3 potentiates neuronal activity and inhibits gamma-aminobutyratergic synaptic transmission in cortical neurons. 1994 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Pétur Olafsson, Bai Lu	150
8	Plasmodium falciparum: The repetitive MSA-1 surface protein of the RO-71 isolate is recognized by mouse antibody against the nonrepetitive repeat block of RO-33 1992 ·Experimental Parasitology ·Pétur Olafsson, Hugues Matile, Ulrich Certa	2
9	Molecular analysis of Plasmodium falciparum hexokinase 1992 ·Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology ·Pétur Olafsson, Hugues Matile, Ulrich Certa	36

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