S. Couturier

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

S. Couturier is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Couturier has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 2 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in S. Couturier's work include Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (6 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (4 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (3 papers). S. Couturier is often cited by papers focused on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (6 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (4 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (3 papers). S. Couturier collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Canada and United Kingdom. S. Couturier's co-authors include Marc Ballivet, Ellis Cooper, Daniel Bertrand, Soledad Valera, Maria‐Clemencia Hernandez, Neil S. Millar, Jean‐Marc Matter, THOMAS BARKAS, Sonia Bertrand and Patrick Nef and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

S. Couturier

8 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

A neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit (α7) ... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 250 500 750
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.

  1. A neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit (α7) is developmentally regulated and forms a homo-oligomeric channel blocked by α-BTX
    1990 806 citations S. Couturier, Daniel Bertrand et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
S. Couturier Switzerland 6 1.7k 719 290 271 64 8 1.8k
William G. Conroy United States 21 2.5k 1.5× 1.0k 1.5× 374 1.3× 356 1.3× 78 1.2× 38 2.7k
R Anand United States 15 1.5k 0.9× 506 0.7× 356 1.2× 196 0.7× 29 0.5× 20 1.7k
Darwin K. Berg United States 9 1.4k 0.8× 743 1.0× 226 0.8× 151 0.6× 23 0.4× 9 1.5k
S. Bertrand Switzerland 16 2.2k 1.3× 1.1k 1.6× 318 1.1× 326 1.2× 21 0.3× 21 2.5k
Layla Azam United States 22 1.7k 1.0× 617 0.9× 178 0.6× 123 0.5× 28 0.4× 29 1.7k
J.-P. Changeux France 13 1.2k 0.7× 651 0.9× 151 0.5× 91 0.3× 19 0.3× 19 1.4k
R. C. Hogg United Kingdom 17 1.5k 0.9× 564 0.8× 191 0.7× 172 0.6× 59 0.9× 25 1.7k
Richard B. Jacobsen United States 22 1.3k 0.8× 352 0.5× 107 0.4× 71 0.3× 43 0.7× 22 1.7k
Lourdes J. Cruz United States 10 1.6k 0.9× 917 1.3× 86 0.3× 61 0.2× 43 0.7× 10 1.7k
Ellis Cooper Canada 16 924 0.5× 489 0.7× 123 0.4× 74 0.3× 19 0.3× 27 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by S. Couturier

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Fields of papers citing papers by S. Couturier

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by S. Couturier. 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 S. Couturier. The network helps show where S. Couturier may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. Couturier

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

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Matter, Jean‐Marc, et al.. (1998). On the transcriptional regulation of neuronal nAChR genes. Journal of Physiology-Paris. 92(3-4). 245–248. 5 indexed citations
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Cooper, Ellis, S. Couturier, & Marc Ballivet. (1991). Pentameric structure and subunit stoichiometry of a neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Nature. 350(6315). 235–238. 397 indexed citations
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Couturier, S., Daniel Bertrand, Jean‐Marc Matter, et al.. (1990). A neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit (α7) is developmentally regulated and forms a homo-oligomeric channel blocked by α-BTX. Neuron. 5(6). 847–856. 806 indexed citations breakdown →
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Couturier, S., Linda Erkman, Soledad Valera, et al.. (1990). Alpha 5, alpha 3, and non-alpha 3. Three clustered avian genes encoding neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-related subunits.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 265(29). 17560–17567. 160 indexed citations
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Ballivet, Marc, Patrick Nef, S. Couturier, et al.. (1988). Electrophysiology of a chick neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expressed in xenopus oocytes after cDNA injection. Neuron. 1(9). 847–852. 112 indexed citations
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Boyd, R. Thomas, Michele H. Jacob, S. Couturier, Marc Ballivet, & Darwin K. Berg. (1988). Expression and regulation of neuronal acetylcholine receptor mRNA in chick ciliary ganglia. Neuron. 1(6). 495–502. 94 indexed citations
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Nef, Patrick, et al.. (1988). Genes expressed in the brain define three distinct neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.. The EMBO Journal. 7(3). 595–601. 191 indexed citations
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Bernier, J J, et al.. (1962). Les pertes de liquide gastrique. Digestion. 98(6). 334–353. 2 indexed citations

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