Sandra Bajjalieh

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Sandra Bajjalieh is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandra Bajjalieh has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Cell Biology and 23 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Sandra Bajjalieh's work include Cellular transport and secretion (28 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (25 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (15 papers). Sandra Bajjalieh is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (28 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (25 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (15 papers). Sandra Bajjalieh collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Belgium. Sandra Bajjalieh's co-authors include Patricia Kensel-Hammes, Richard H. Scheller, Berkley A. Lynch, B. B. Fuks, Karl Nocka, Nathalie Lambeng, Alain Matagne, Thomas F.J. Martin, Jia Yao and Karen E. Peterson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Sandra Bajjalieh

45 papers receiving 4.4k 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. The synaptic vesicle protein SV2A is the binding site for the antiepileptic drug levetiracetam
    2004 1.1k citations Patricia Kensel-Hammes, Sandra Bajjalieh et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sandra Bajjalieh United States 30 2.4k 2.2k 1.3k 1.2k 727 45 4.5k
P.N.E. de Graan Netherlands 42 2.9k 1.2× 3.4k 1.5× 1.1k 0.8× 714 0.6× 412 0.6× 152 5.6k
Stéphanie Baulac France 34 2.3k 1.0× 1.6k 0.8× 466 0.3× 2.0k 1.7× 491 0.7× 81 4.7k
Katarzyna Łukasiuk Poland 34 1.7k 0.7× 2.0k 0.9× 179 0.1× 1.4k 1.2× 658 0.9× 74 4.1k
Ortrud K. Steinlein Germany 41 4.6k 1.9× 3.5k 1.6× 324 0.2× 2.2k 1.8× 488 0.7× 146 7.0k
Brenda E. Porter United States 30 833 0.3× 1.0k 0.5× 368 0.3× 700 0.6× 341 0.5× 90 2.5k
T K Harden United States 50 5.3k 2.2× 2.8k 1.3× 669 0.5× 521 0.4× 269 0.4× 89 8.4k
Hermann Lübbert Germany 48 4.0k 1.7× 2.7k 1.2× 396 0.3× 318 0.3× 198 0.3× 104 7.1k
Thomas Pannicke Germany 45 4.9k 2.1× 2.6k 1.2× 430 0.3× 437 0.4× 121 0.2× 137 7.8k
Richard P. Kraig United States 41 2.0k 0.8× 1.8k 0.8× 154 0.1× 730 0.6× 235 0.3× 76 4.9k
Anne E. Anderson United States 33 2.8k 1.2× 2.5k 1.1× 199 0.1× 659 0.5× 298 0.4× 73 4.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sandra Bajjalieh

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rubin, Alan F., Hannah Gelman, Nathan Lucas, et al.. (2017). A statistical framework for analyzing deep mutational scanning data. Genome biology. 18(1). 150–150. 139 indexed citations
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Nowack, Amy, Erik B. Malarkey, Jia Yao, et al.. (2011). Levetiracetam Reverses Synaptic Deficits Produced by Overexpression of SV2A. PLoS ONE. 6(12). e29560–e29560. 57 indexed citations
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Mutch, Sarah, Patricia Kensel-Hammes, Bryant S. Fujimoto, et al.. (2011). Protein Quantification at the Single Vesicle Level Reveals That a Subset of Synaptic Vesicle Proteins Are Trafficked with High Precision. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(4). 1461–1470. 147 indexed citations
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Yao, Jia, Amy Nowack, Patricia Kensel-Hammes, Richard G. Gardner, & Sandra Bajjalieh. (2010). Cotrafficking of SV2 and Synaptotagmin at the Synapse. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(16). 5569–5578. 127 indexed citations
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Morgans, Catherine W., Patricia Kensel-Hammes, James B. Hurley, et al.. (2009). Loss of the Synaptic Vesicle Protein SV2B Results in Reduced Neurotransmission and Altered Synaptic Vesicle Protein Expression in the Retina. PLoS ONE. 4(4). e5230–e5230. 46 indexed citations
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Fujimoto, Bryant S., et al.. (2009). Large Structural Change in Isolated Synaptic Vesicles upon Loading with Neurotransmitter. Biophysical Journal. 97(9). 2577–2584. 49 indexed citations
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Yao, Jia & Sandra Bajjalieh. (2009). SVOP Is a Nucleotide Binding Protein. PLoS ONE. 4(4). e5315–e5315. 17 indexed citations
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Yao, Jia & Sandra Bajjalieh. (2008). Synaptic vesicle protein 2 binds adenine nucleotides. VOLUME 283 (2008) PAGES 20628-20634. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(36). 25103–25103. 1 indexed citations
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Yao, Jia & Sandra Bajjalieh. (2008). Synaptic Vesicle Protein 2 Binds Adenine Nucleotides. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(30). 20628–20634. 32 indexed citations
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Mutch, Sarah, Bryant S. Fujimoto, Christopher L. Kuyper, et al.. (2007). Deconvolving Single-Molecule Intensity Distributions for Quantitative Microscopy Measurements. Biophysical Journal. 92(8). 2926–2943. 70 indexed citations
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Lyssand, John S. & Sandra Bajjalieh. (2007). The heretotrimeric G protein subunit Gαi is present on mitochondria. FEBS Letters. 581(30). 5765–5768. 23 indexed citations
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Custer, Kenneth L., Naola Austin, Jane Sullivan, & Sandra Bajjalieh. (2006). Synaptic Vesicle Protein 2 Enhances Release Probability at Quiescent Synapses. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(4). 1303–1313. 167 indexed citations
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Xu, Tao & Sandra Bajjalieh. (2001). SV2 modulates the size of the readily releasable pool of secretory vesicles. Nature Cell Biology. 3(8). 691–698. 178 indexed citations
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Hidaka, Hiroyoshi, et al.. (2000). Phosphorylation of Synaptic Vesicle Protein 2 Modulates Binding to Synaptotagmin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(22). 17195–17200. 63 indexed citations
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Bajjalieh, Sandra. (1999). Synaptic vesicle docking and fusion. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 9(3). 321–328. 46 indexed citations
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Batchelor, Robert H., et al.. (1996). Isoform-specific, Calcium-regulated Interaction of the Synaptic Vesicle Proteins SV2 and Synaptotagmin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(44). 27770–27775. 130 indexed citations
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Bajjalieh, Sandra & Richard H. Scheller. (1994). 4 Synaptic vesicle proteins and exocytosis. PubMed. 29. 59–79. 9 indexed citations
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Shinghal, Rajesh, Richard H. Scheller, & Sandra Bajjalieh. (1993). Ceramide 1‐Phosphate Phosphatase Activity in Brain. Journal of Neurochemistry. 61(6). 2279–2285. 70 indexed citations
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Bajjalieh, Sandra, Karen E. Peterson, Michal Linial, & Richard H. Scheller. (1993). Brain contains two forms of synaptic vesicle protein 2.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90(6). 2150–2154. 164 indexed citations
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Bajjalieh, Sandra, Karen E. Peterson, Rajesh Shinghal, & Richard H. Scheller. (1992). SV2, a Brain Synaptic Vesicle Protein Homologous to Bacterial Transporters. Science. 257(5074). 1271–1273. 202 indexed citations

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