Sarah J. Certel

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Sarah J. Certel is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah J. Certel has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 15 papers in Genetics and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sarah J. Certel's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (16 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (11 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (7 papers). Sarah J. Certel is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (16 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (11 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (7 papers). Sarah J. Certel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Taiwan. Sarah J. Certel's co-authors include Edward A. Kravitz, Wayne A. Johnson, Michael J. Krashes, Emmanuel Perisse, Wolf Huetteroth, David Owald, Marion Silies, Gaurav Das, Scott Waddell and Christopher J. Burke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Sarah J. Certel

23 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

Layered reward signalling through octopamine and dopamine in Drosophila

2012 397 citations Christopher J. Burke, Wolf Huetteroth et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sarah J. Certel United States	12	892	477	345	289	225	23	1.1k
Nilay Yapici United States	10	810 0.9×	521 1.1×	499 1.4×	260 0.9×	160 0.7×	18	1.1k
Dennis Pauls Germany	18	953 1.1×	402 0.8×	287 0.8×	236 0.8×	195 0.9×	25	1.0k
Suewei Lin Taiwan	17	1.1k 1.2×	453 0.9×	311 0.9×	220 0.8×	370 1.6×	27	1.3k
Hiroshi Ishimoto Japan	20	991 1.1×	361 0.8×	298 0.9×	351 1.2×	367 1.6×	28	1.3k
Masayuki Koganezawa Japan	15	1.1k 1.2×	710 1.5×	723 2.1×	238 0.8×	217 1.0×	32	1.4k
Maria Luísa Vasconcelos Portugal	11	959 1.1×	482 1.0×	389 1.1×	171 0.6×	335 1.5×	15	1.3k
Nobuhiro Yamagata Japan	15	1.1k 1.3×	636 1.3×	434 1.3×	314 1.1×	133 0.6×	23	1.2k
Mareike Selcho Germany	16	845 0.9×	424 0.9×	258 0.7×	239 0.8×	113 0.5×	22	941
Thomas Riemensperger Germany	19	1.3k 1.5×	544 1.1×	349 1.0×	321 1.1×	337 1.5×	26	1.6k
Guillaume Isabel France	17	1.1k 1.3×	634 1.3×	538 1.6×	356 1.2×	219 1.0×	35	1.6k

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Ruchti, Evelyne, Indrayani Waghmare, David Hess-Homeier, et al.. (2023). The matricellular protein Drosophila Cellular Communication Network Factor is required for synaptic transmission and female fertility. Genetics. 223(3). 1 indexed citations

Trannoy, Séverine, Maria P. Fernandez, & Sarah J. Certel. (2023). Comparing Methods for Quantifying and AnalyzingDrosophilaAggression. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2023(9). pdb.prot108144–pdb.prot108144. 1 indexed citations

Fernandez, Maria P., Séverine Trannoy, & Sarah J. Certel. (2023). Fighting Flies: Quantifying and AnalyzingDrosophilaAggression. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2023(9). pdb.top107985–pdb.top107985. 1 indexed citations

Certel, Sarah J., Brian D. McCabe, & R Steven Stowers. (2022). A conditional GABAergic synaptic vesicle marker for Drosophila. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 372. 109540–109540. 7 indexed citations

Certel, Sarah J., et al.. (2020). Characterization of Drosophila octopamine receptor neuronal expression using MiMIC‐converted Gal4 lines. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 528(13). 2174–2194. 9 indexed citations

Shearin, Harold, et al.. (2020). Octopamine neuron dependent aggression requires dVGLUT from dual-transmitting neurons. PLoS Genetics. 16(2). e1008609–e1008609. 32 indexed citations

Certel, Sarah J., et al.. (2019). The fight to understand fighting: neurogenetic approaches to the study of aggression in insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 36. 18–24. 6 indexed citations

Certel, Sarah J., et al.. (2017). Methyl-CpG binding domain proteins inhibit interspecies courtship and promote aggression in Drosophila. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 5420–5420. 9 indexed citations

Fernandez, Maria P., Qin Yu, Adelaine Kwun-Wai Leung, et al.. (2014). Octopamine Neuromodulation Regulates Gr32a-Linked Aggression and Courtship Pathways in Drosophila Males. PLoS Genetics. 10(5). e1004356–e1004356. 74 indexed citations

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Hess-Homeier, David, et al.. (2014). Astrocyte-specific regulation of hMeCP2 expression in Drosophila. Biology Open. 3(11). 1011–1019. 10 indexed citations

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Burke, Christopher J., Wolf Huetteroth, David Owald, et al.. (2012). Layered reward signalling through octopamine and dopamine in Drosophila. Nature. 492(7429). 433–437. 397 indexed citations breakdown →

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Certel, Sarah J. & Edward A. Kravitz. (2012). Scoring and Analyzing Aggression in Drosophila. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2012(3). pdb.prot068130–pdb.prot068130. 23 indexed citations

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Certel, Sarah J., et al.. (2010). Octopamine Neuromodulatory Effects on a Social Behavior Decision-Making Network in Drosophila Males. PLoS ONE. 5(10). e13248–e13248. 71 indexed citations

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Mundiyanapurath, Sibu, Sarah J. Certel, & Edward A. Kravitz. (2007). Studying Aggression in Drosophila (fruit flies). Journal of Visualized Experiments. 155–155. 12 indexed citations

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Certel, Sarah J., et al.. (2007). Modulation of Drosophila male behavioral choice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(11). 4706–4711. 119 indexed citations

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Certel, Sarah J. & Stefan Thor. (2004). Specification ofDrosophilamotoneuron identity by the combinatorial action of POU and LIM-HD factors. Development. 131(21). 5429–5439. 65 indexed citations

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Certel, Sarah J., Peter J. Clyne, John R. Carlson, & Wayne A. Johnson. (2000). Regulation of central neuron synaptic targeting by the Drosophila POU protein, Acj6. Development. 127(11). 2395–2405. 49 indexed citations

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Clyne, Peter J., et al.. (1999). The Odor Specificities of a Subset of Olfactory Receptor Neurons Are Governed by Acj6, a POU-Domain Transcription Factor. Neuron. 22(2). 339–347. 136 indexed citations

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Anderson, Michael G., et al.. (1996). Function of the Drosophila POU domain transcription factor Drifter as an upstream regulator of Breathless receptor tyrosine kinase expression in developing trachea. Development. 122(12). 4169–4178. 44 indexed citations

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Certel, Sarah J. & Wayne A. Johnson. (1996). Disruption of mesectodermal lineages by temporal misexpression of theDrosophila POU-domain transcription factor,drifter. Developmental Genetics. 18(4). 279–288. 5 indexed citations

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