Sofia Axelrod

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Sofia Axelrod is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sofia Axelrod has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 3 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 2 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Sofia Axelrod's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (4 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (3 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (2 papers). Sofia Axelrod is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (4 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (3 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (2 papers). Sofia Axelrod collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Sofia Axelrod's co-authors include Michael W. Young, Alina Patke, Estee Kurant, Ulrike Gaul, Stefan H. E. Kaufmann, Ulrich E. Schaible, Hartmut Oschkinat, Brigitte Schlegel, Albert Haas and Volker Brinkmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Sofia Axelrod

6 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Molecular mechanisms and physiological importance of circadian rhythms

2019 854 citations Alina Patke, Michael W. Young et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sofia Axelrod United States	5	626	299	215	207	146	6	1.1k
Haifang Wang China	14	468 0.7×	234 0.8×	299 1.4×	156 0.8×	56 0.4×	17	980
Sebastian Damerow Germany	11	515 0.8×	273 0.9×	334 1.6×	90 0.4×	189 1.3×	14	1.1k
Rachel S. Edgar United Kingdom	12	718 1.1×	320 1.1×	400 1.9×	162 0.8×	89 0.6×	18	1.3k
Silke Kießling Germany	17	950 1.5×	539 1.8×	244 1.1×	193 0.9×	70 0.5×	23	1.4k
Filipa Rijo‐Ferreira United States	17	770 1.2×	637 2.1×	299 1.4×	136 0.7×	91 0.6×	23	1.6k
Pedro Augusto Carlos Magno Fernandes Brazil	24	924 1.5×	300 1.0×	228 1.1×	152 0.7×	199 1.4×	44	1.5k
Angela Relógio Germany	25	1.1k 1.7×	544 1.8×	676 3.1×	183 0.9×	160 1.1×	61	2.0k
Patrick Chappell United States	21	592 0.9×	199 0.7×	358 1.7×	150 0.7×	139 1.0×	40	1.7k
Krisztina Káldi Hungary	21	586 0.9×	213 0.7×	749 3.5×	271 1.3×	179 1.2×	39	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sofia Axelrod

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

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Axelrod, Sofia, et al.. (2023). The Drosophila blood–brain barrier regulates sleep via Moody G protein-coupled receptor signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(42). e2309331120–e2309331120. 13 indexed citations

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Axelrod, Sofia, et al.. (2021). A Role for the Drosophila Blood-Brain Barrier in the Regulation of Sleep. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Patke, Alina, Michael W. Young, & Sofia Axelrod. (2019). Molecular mechanisms and physiological importance of circadian rhythms. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 21(2). 67–84. 854 indexed citations breakdown →

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Axelrod, Sofia, Lino Sáez, & Michael W. Young. (2014). Studying Circadian Rhythm and Sleep Using Genetic Screens in Drosophila. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 551. 3–27. 20 indexed citations

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Axelrod, Sofia, Hartmut Oschkinat, Brigitte Schlegel, et al.. (2008). Delay of phagosome maturation by a mycobacterial lipid is reversed by nitric oxide. Cellular Microbiology. 10(7). 1530–1545. 104 indexed citations

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Kurant, Estee, et al.. (2008). Six-Microns-Under Acts Upstream of Draper in the Glial Phagocytosis of Apoptotic Neurons. Cell. 133(3). 498–509. 142 indexed citations

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