Rubén Portugues

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Rubén Portugues is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Rubén Portugues has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Cell Biology, 23 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 15 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Rubén Portugues's work include Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (30 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (22 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (8 papers). Rubén Portugues is often cited by papers focused on Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (30 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (22 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (8 papers). Rubén Portugues collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Rubén Portugues's co-authors include Florian Engert, Michael B. Orger, Alexander F. Schier, Misha B. Ahrens, Jennifer Li, Drew N. Robson, Claudia E. Feierstein, Luigi Petrucco, Vilim Štih and Andreas M. Kist and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Rubén Portugues

46 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

  1. Brain-wide neuronal dynamics during motor adaptation in zebrafish
    2012 458 citations Misha B. Ahrens, Michael B. Orger et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rubén Portugues Germany 25 1.3k 988 961 706 270 47 2.7k
Gonzalo G. de Polavieja Spain 27 540 0.4× 534 0.5× 751 0.8× 490 0.7× 89 0.3× 63 3.1k
Jonathan Nissanov United States 25 343 0.3× 509 0.5× 425 0.4× 469 0.7× 145 0.5× 55 2.0k
Marleen Verhoye Belgium 43 105 0.1× 1.4k 1.5× 847 0.9× 621 0.9× 85 0.3× 183 5.5k
Eduardo R. Macagno United States 33 288 0.2× 194 0.2× 1.6k 1.7× 1.4k 2.0× 94 0.3× 116 3.3k
Henrique von Gersdorff United States 46 1.5k 1.2× 1.7k 1.7× 4.2k 4.3× 3.5k 5.0× 44 0.2× 85 6.2k
Fabrizio Gabbiani United States 37 142 0.1× 2.2k 2.2× 2.1k 2.2× 471 0.7× 48 0.2× 88 5.0k
Sreekanth H. Chalasani United States 23 293 0.2× 493 0.5× 1.9k 2.0× 1.1k 1.6× 296 1.1× 45 4.2k
J. Simpson United States 25 485 0.4× 282 0.3× 2.5k 2.6× 1.1k 1.6× 551 2.0× 51 4.1k
Ethan K. Scott Australia 33 1.5k 1.2× 806 0.8× 1.8k 1.9× 1.6k 2.2× 251 0.9× 62 3.8k
Claire Wyart France 32 1.3k 1.0× 630 0.6× 1.6k 1.7× 1.2k 1.7× 276 1.0× 71 3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Rubén Portugues

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rubén Portugues

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Rubén Portugues. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Rubén Portugues. The network helps show where Rubén Portugues may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rubén Portugues

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Feierstein, Claudia E., et al.. (2023). Dimensionality reduction reveals separate translation and rotation populations in the zebrafish hindbrain. Current Biology. 33(18). 3911–3925.e6. 3 indexed citations
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Petrucco, Luigi, et al.. (2023). Neural dynamics and architecture of the heading direction circuit in zebrafish. Nature Neuroscience. 26(5). 765–773. 29 indexed citations
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Petrucco, Luigi, et al.. (2021). A cerebellar internal model calibrates a feedback controller involved in sensorimotor control. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6694–6694. 34 indexed citations
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Randlett, Owen, et al.. (2021). A neuronal blueprint for directional mechanosensation in larval zebrafish. Current Biology. 31(7). 1463–1475.e6. 11 indexed citations
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Claudi, Federico, Luigi Petrucco, Adam L. Tyson, et al.. (2020). BrainGlobe Atlas API: a common interface for neuroanatomical atlases. The Journal of Open Source Software. 5(54). 2668–2668. 32 indexed citations
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Portugues, Rubén, Oksana M. Subach, О. И. Ивашкина, et al.. (2020). FGCaMP7, an Improved Version of Fungi-Based Ratiometric Calcium Indicator for In Vivo Visualization of Neuronal Activity. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(8). 3012–3012. 20 indexed citations
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Siju, K.P., et al.. (2020). Valence and State-Dependent Population Coding in Dopaminergic Neurons in the Fly Mushroom Body. Current Biology. 30(11). 2104–2115.e4. 43 indexed citations
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Riegler, Clemens, et al.. (2020). A Neural Representation of Naturalistic Motion-Guided Behavior in the Zebrafish Brain. Current Biology. 30(12). 2321–2333.e6. 22 indexed citations
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Štih, Vilim, Luigi Petrucco, Andreas M. Kist, & Rubén Portugues. (2019). Stytra: An open-source, integrated system for stimulation, tracking and closed-loop behavioral experiments. PLoS Computational Biology. 15(4). e1006699–e1006699. 58 indexed citations
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Kist, Andreas M., et al.. (2018). Imaging-Based Screening Platform Assists Protein Engineering. Cell chemical biology. 25(12). 1554–1561.e8. 19 indexed citations
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Oteíza, Pablo, et al.. (2017). A novel mechanism for mechanosensory-based rheotaxis in larval zebrafish. Nature. 547(7664). 445–448. 123 indexed citations
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Lopes, Susana S., Martin Distel, Claudia Linker, et al.. (2016). Report of the 4th European Zebrafish Principal Investigator Meeting. Zebrafish. 13(6). 590–595. 1 indexed citations
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Orger, Michael B. & Rubén Portugues. (2016). Correlating Whole Brain Neural Activity with Behavior in Head-Fixed Larval Zebrafish. Methods in molecular biology. 1451. 307–320. 7 indexed citations
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Severi, Kristen E., Rubén Portugues, João C. Marques, et al.. (2014). Neural Control and Modulation of Swimming Speed in the Larval Zebrafish. Neuron. 83(3). 692–707. 157 indexed citations
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Feierstein, Claudia E., Rubén Portugues, & Michael B. Orger. (2014). Seeing the whole picture: A comprehensive imaging approach to functional mapping of circuits in behaving zebrafish. Neuroscience. 296. 26–38. 32 indexed citations
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Valente, André, Kuo‐Hua Huang, Rubén Portugues, & Florian Engert. (2012). Ontogeny of classical and operant learning behaviors in zebrafish. Learning & Memory. 19(4). 170–177. 126 indexed citations
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Portugues, Rubén, Kristen E. Severi, Claire Wyart, & Misha B. Ahrens. (2012). Optogenetics in a transparent animal: circuit function in the larval zebrafish. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 23(1). 119–126. 83 indexed citations
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Portugues, Rubén & Florian Engert. (2011). Adaptive Locomotor Behavior in Larval Zebrafish. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 5. 72–72. 73 indexed citations
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Portugues, Rubén & Florian Engert. (2009). The neural basis of visual behaviors in the larval zebrafish. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 19(6). 644–647. 114 indexed citations
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Bunster, Claudio, Rubén Portugues, Sandrine Cnockaert, & Marc Henneaux. (2006). Monopoles for gravitation and for higher spin fields. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 73(10). 36 indexed citations

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