Ralph Marcucio

11.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
154 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Ralph Marcucio is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralph Marcucio has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Molecular Biology, 52 papers in Genetics and 34 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Ralph Marcucio's work include Bone fractures and treatments (32 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (23 papers) and Cleft Lip and Palate Research (22 papers). Ralph Marcucio is often cited by papers focused on Bone fractures and treatments (32 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (23 papers) and Cleft Lip and Palate Research (22 papers). Ralph Marcucio collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Ralph Marcucio's co-authors include Diane Hu, Theodore Miclau, Diane Hu, Benedikt Hallgrímsson, Chuanyong Lu, Nathan M. Young, Jill A. Helms, Chelsea S. Bahney, Theodore Miclau and Céline Colnot and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ralph Marcucio

148 papers receiving 7.2k 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.

Cellular biology of fracture healing

2018 386 citations Chelsea S. Bahney, Robert L. Zondervan et al. Journal of Orthopaedic Research® profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ralph Marcucio United States	48	3.3k	1.8k	1.5k	1.1k	853	154	7.3k
Mark W. Hamrick United States	62	5.1k 1.6×	824 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	614 0.7×	246	11.6k
Karl J. Jepsen United States	45	3.8k 1.2×	1.5k 0.8×	2.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	142	10.8k
Alexander G. Robling United States	52	5.1k 1.6×	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	962 0.9×	1.3k 1.5×	154	10.8k
Mark W. J. Ferguson United Kingdom	58	3.8k 1.2×	1.9k 1.1×	2.8k 1.9×	749 0.7×	511 0.6×	161	13.3k
Jill A. Helms United States	65	13.1k 4.0×	4.3k 2.4×	2.5k 1.7×	1.7k 1.6×	1.8k 2.1×	213	20.4k
Elazar Zelzer Israel	39	3.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	609 0.6×	575 0.7×	73	8.4k
Stefan Judex United States	48	1.9k 0.6×	400 0.2×	902 0.6×	845 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	119	6.6k
Marjolein C. H. van der Meulen United States	50	2.1k 0.6×	566 0.3×	2.4k 1.6×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	155	7.4k
Diane Hu United States	28	1.4k 0.4×	642 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	484 0.5×	547 0.6×	44	3.4k
Laurence Vico France	59	2.8k 0.9×	927 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	755 0.7×	1.8k 2.1×	237	9.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralph Marcucio

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Vercio, Lucas Lo, Rebecca M. Green, Marta Vidal‐García, et al.. (2025). Quantifying the relationship between cell proliferation and morphology during development of the face. Development. 152(7).

Yamaura, Kohei, et al.. (2025). A bad break: mechanisms and assessment of acute and chronic pain after bone fracture. Pain. 166(11). e491–e505. 1 indexed citations

Hu, Diane, et al.. (2025). PBX1 and PBX3 transcription factors regulate SHH expression in the Frontonasal Ectodermal Zone through complementary mechanisms. PLoS Genetics. 21(5). e1011315–e1011315.

Vidal‐García, Marta, Katherine A. Brakora, Nathan M. Young, et al.. (2024). Dosage‐dependent effects of FGFR2^W290R mutation on craniofacial shape and cellular dynamics of the basicranial synchondroses. The Anatomical Record. 308(7). 1944–1971. 1 indexed citations

Gao, Xueqin, Laura Chubb, Ralph Marcucio, et al.. (2024). β-catenin mRNA encapsulated in SM-102 lipid nanoparticles enhances bone formation in a murine tibia fracture repair model. Bioactive Materials. 39. 273–286. 8 indexed citations

Vercio, Lucas Lo, Rebecca M. Green, Marta Vidal‐García, et al.. (2022). Segmentation of Tissues and Proliferating Cells in Light-Sheet Microscopy Images of Mouse Embryos Using Convolutional Neural Networks. IEEE Access. 10. 105084–105100. 7 indexed citations

Aponte, J. David, David C. Katz, Marta Vidal‐García, et al.. (2021). Relating multivariate shapes to genescapes using phenotype-biological process associations for craniofacial shape.. The Mouseion at the JAXlibrary (Jackson Laboratory). 6 indexed citations

Hu, Diane, et al.. (2020). miR‐199 family contributes to regulation of sonic hedgehog expression during craniofacial development. Developmental Dynamics. 249(9). 1062–1076. 10 indexed citations

Katz, David C., J. David Aponte, Wei Liu, et al.. (2020). Facial shape and allometry quantitative trait locus intervals in the Diversity Outbred mouse are enriched for known skeletal and facial development genes. PLoS ONE. 15(6). e0233377–e0233377. 13 indexed citations

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Clark, Daniel, Frank Yang, Diane Hu, et al.. (2020). Age‐related changes to macrophages are detrimental to fracture healing in mice. Aging Cell. 19(3). e13112–e13112. 94 indexed citations

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Aponte, J. David, David C. Katz, Wei Liu, et al.. (2020). A Registration and Deep Learning Approach to Automated Landmark Detection for Geometric Morphometrics. Evolutionary Biology. 47(3). 246–259. 34 indexed citations

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Marmor, Meir, et al.. (2020). Biomedical research models in the science of fracture healing - Pitfalls & promises. Injury. 51(10). 2118–2128. 4 indexed citations

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Bahney, Chelsea S., Robert L. Zondervan, Patrick Allison, et al.. (2018). Cellular biology of fracture healing. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 37(1). 35–50. 386 indexed citations breakdown →

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Percival, Christopher J., Rebecca M. Green, Charles C. Roseman, et al.. (2018). Developmental constraint through negative pleiotropy in the zygomatic arch. EvoDevo. 9(1). 3–3. 7 indexed citations

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Green, Rebecca M., Jennifer L. Fish, Nathan M. Young, et al.. (2017). Developmental nonlinearity drives phenotypic robustness. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1970–1970. 56 indexed citations

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Young, Nathan M., et al.. (2010). Quantitative analyses link modulation of sonic hedgehog signaling to continuous variation in facial growth and shape. Development. 137(20). 3405–3409. 107 indexed citations

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Miclau, Theodore, Chuanyong Lu, Jenni M. Buckley, Céline Colnot, & Ralph Marcucio. (2009). Basic research in orthopedic surgery: Current trends and future directions. Indian Journal of Orthopaedics. 43(4). 318–318. 6 indexed citations

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Hu, Diane, et al.. (2007). Signaling by bone morphogenetic proteins directs formation of an ectodermal signaling center that regulates craniofacial development. Developmental Biology. 312(1). 103–114. 70 indexed citations

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Marcucio, Ralph, Dwight R. Cordero, Diane Hu, & Jill A. Helms. (2005). Molecular interactions coordinating the development of the forebrain and face. Developmental Biology. 284(1). 48–61. 192 indexed citations

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Cordero, Dwight R., Ralph Marcucio, Diane Hu, et al.. (2004). Temporal perturbations in sonic hedgehog signaling elicit the spectrum of holoprosencephaly phenotypes. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 114(4). 485–494. 151 indexed citations

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