Sara Bernal

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Sara Bernal is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Bernal has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Genetics and 13 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Sara Bernal's work include Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (21 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (13 papers) and Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery (11 papers). Sara Bernal is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (21 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (13 papers) and Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery (11 papers). Sara Bernal collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and United States. Sara Bernal's co-authors include Eduardo F. Tizzano, Laura Alías, Montserrat Baiget, Rebeca Martínez‐Hernández, José M. Millán, Pablo Fuentes‐Prior, Concepción Hernández-Chico, Francisco Javier Álvarez Rodríguez, Elena Aller and Carmen Ayuso and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sara Bernal

50 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Correlation between SMA type and SMN2 copy number revisited: An analysis of 625 unrelated Spanish patients and a compilation of 2834 reported cases

2018 298 citations Maite Calucho, Sara Bernal et al. Neuromuscular Disorders profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sara Bernal Spain	23	1.2k	890	481	173	139	53	1.5k
Raoul Heller Germany	20	1.1k 0.8×	719 0.8×	329 0.7×	18 0.1×	27 0.2×	37	1.5k
Anthony J. Vivian United Kingdom	17	401 0.3×	191 0.2×	322 0.7×	346 2.0×	11 0.1×	38	1.3k
Masatoshi Hirayama Japan	16	206 0.2×	98 0.1×	105 0.2×	288 1.7×	59 0.4×	66	1.2k
Tuula Rinne Netherlands	15	601 0.5×	49 0.1×	101 0.2×	39 0.2×	60 0.4×	32	997
Shalini Jadeja United Kingdom	10	409 0.3×	65 0.1×	83 0.2×	64 0.4×	19 0.1×	10	650
Silvestre Oltra Spain	20	626 0.5×	84 0.1×	39 0.1×	35 0.2×	103 0.7×	69	1.1k
Jason A. Mills United States	18	963 0.8×	110 0.1×	237 0.5×	74 0.4×	3 0.0×	38	1.3k
Turgut Tükel Türkiye	14	510 0.4×	114 0.1×	81 0.2×	19 0.1×	54 0.4×	18	1.5k
E. Ferda Perçin Türkiye	17	853 0.7×	99 0.1×	123 0.3×	72 0.4×	5 0.0×	80	1.3k
Abdulrahman Alswaid Saudi Arabia	16	509 0.4×	55 0.1×	54 0.1×	74 0.4×	34 0.2×	29	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Bernal

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Rubio‐Guerra, Sara, Sara Bernal, Valle Camacho, et al.. (2025). A Novel CHMP2B Splicing Variant in Atypical Presentation of Familial Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 12(9). 1894–1900. 1 indexed citations

Pérez‐Pérez, Jesús, et al.. (2025). Update on Genetic Chorea. European Journal of Neurology. 32(10). e70357–e70357.

Ciosi, Marc, Arkaitz Galbete, Sarah A. Cumming, et al.. (2024). Somatic CAG repeat instability in intermediate alleles of the HTT gene and its potential association with a clinical phenotype. European Journal of Human Genetics. 32(7). 770–778. 8 indexed citations

Rodríguez‐Santiago, Benjamín, et al.. (2023). Late‐Onset Beta‐Propeller Protein‐Associated Neurodegeneration: A Case Report. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 10(8). 1211–1214. 2 indexed citations

Galbete, Arkaitz, Marc Ciosi, Victoria Álvarez, et al.. (2022). SpanishHTTgene study reveals haplotype and allelic diversity with possible implications for germline expansion dynamics in Huntington disease. Human Molecular Genetics. 32(6). 897–906. 3 indexed citations

Blasco, Laura Campello, Ida Paramonov, Sara Bernal, et al.. (2021). Beyond copy number: A new, rapid, and versatile method for sequencing the entire SMN2 gene in SMA patients. Human Mutation. 42(6). 787–795. 29 indexed citations

Fionda, Laura, Janina Turón‐Sans, Pablo Fuentes‐Prior, et al.. (2020). A new de novo SYT2 mutation presenting as distal weakness. Neuropathy or neuromuscular junction dysfunction?. Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System. 26(1). 113–117. 5 indexed citations

Roman‐Rodriguez, Francisco J, Lara Álvarez, Begoña Díez, et al.. (2019). NHEJ-Mediated Repair of CRISPR-Cas9-Induced DNA Breaks Efficiently Corrects Mutations in HSPCs from Patients with Fanconi Anemia. Cell stem cell. 25(5). 607–621.e7. 69 indexed citations

Frongia, A., Daniel Natera‐de Benito, C. Ortez, et al.. (2019). Salbutamol tolerability and efficacy in patients with spinal muscular atrophy type II. Neuromuscular Disorders. 29(7). 517–524. 16 indexed citations

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Calucho, Maite, Sara Bernal, Laura Alías, et al.. (2018). Correlation between SMA type and SMN2 copy number revisited: An analysis of 625 unrelated Spanish patients and a compilation of 2834 reported cases. Neuromuscular Disorders. 28(3). 208–215. 298 indexed citations breakdown →

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Monges, Soledad, Laura Alías, Sara Bernal, et al.. (2016). Genotype–phenotype correlation of SMN locus genes in spinal muscular atrophy children from Argentina. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology. 20(6). 910–917. 18 indexed citations

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Martínez‐Hernández, Rebeca, Sara Bernal, Klaus Wanisch, et al.. (2015). Decay in survival motor neuron and plastin 3 levels during differentiation of iPSC-derived human motor neurons. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 11696–11696. 27 indexed citations

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Martínez‐Hernández, Rebeca, Sara Bernal, Laura Alías, & Eduardo F. Tizzano. (2014). Abnormalities in Early Markers of Muscle Involvement Support a Delay in Myogenesis in Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 73(6). 559–567. 30 indexed citations

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Martínez‐Hernández, Rebeca, Sara Bernal, Eva Also‐Rallo, et al.. (2012). Synaptic defects in type I spinal muscular atrophy in human development. The Journal of Pathology. 229(1). 49–61. 67 indexed citations

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Alías, Laura, Sara Bernal, M. J. Barceló, et al.. (2011). Accuracy of Marker Analysis, Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, and Multiple Ligation-Dependent Probe Amplification to Determine SMN2 Copy Number in Patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers. 15(9). 587–594. 27 indexed citations

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Also‐Rallo, Eva, Laura Alías, Rebeca Martínez‐Hernández, et al.. (2011). Treatment of spinal muscular atrophy cells with drugs that upregulate SMN expression reveals inter- and intra-patient variability. European Journal of Human Genetics. 19(10). 1059–1065. 25 indexed citations

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Martínez‐Hernández, Rebeca, Eva Also‐Rallo, Laura Alías, et al.. (2010). Ultrasound evaluation of fetal movements in pregnancies at risk for severe spinal muscular atrophy. Neuromuscular Disorders. 21(2). 97–101. 13 indexed citations

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Martínez‐Hernández, Rebeca, Carolina Soler‐Botija, Laura Alías, et al.. (2009). The Developmental Pattern of Myotubes in Spinal Muscular Atrophy Indicates Prenatal Delay of Muscle Maturation. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 68(5). 474–481. 76 indexed citations

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Alías, Laura, Sara Bernal, Pablo Fuentes‐Prior, et al.. (2008). Mutation update of spinal muscular atrophy in Spain: molecular characterization of 745 unrelated patients and identification of four novel mutations in the SMN1 gene. Human Genetics. 125(1). 29–39. 131 indexed citations

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Valverde, Diana, Rosa Riveiro-Álvarez, Sara Bernal, et al.. (2006). Microarray-based mutation analysis of the ABCA4 gene in Spanish patients with Stargardt disease: evidence of a prevalent mutated allele.. PubMed. 12. 902–8. 44 indexed citations

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