Vanessa Ruta

7.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
26 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Vanessa Ruta is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Vanessa Ruta has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 13 papers in Genetics and 12 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Vanessa Ruta's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (19 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (12 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (10 papers). Vanessa Ruta is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (19 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (12 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (10 papers). Vanessa Ruta collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Austria. Vanessa Ruta's co-authors include Roderick MacKinnon, Jiayun Chen, Alice Lee, Youxing Jiang, Brian T. Chait, Martine Cadène, Raphael Cohn, Richard Axel, Ianessa Morantte and Josefina del Mármol and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Vanessa Ruta

26 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

X-ray structure of a voltage-dependent K+ channel

2003 1.4k citations Youxing Jiang, Alice Lee et al. Nature profile →
The principle of gating charge movement in a voltage-dependent K+ channel

2003 615 citations Youxing Jiang, Vanessa Ruta et al. Nature profile →
Cryo-EM structure of the insect olfactory receptor Orco

2018 291 citations Joel A. Butterwick, Josefina del Mármol et al. Nature profile →
The structural basis of odorant recognition in insect olfactory receptors

2021 175 citations Josefina del Mármol, Vanessa Ruta et al. Nature profile →

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Male-male interactions shape mate selection in Drosophila 2025 ·Cell ·Tom Hindmarsh Sten, Rufei Li, (unknown), (unknown), Vanessa Ruta	8
2	A modular circuit coordinates the diversification of courtship strategies 2024 ·Nature ·(unknown), Ianessa Morantte, (unknown), (unknown), Yun Ding, Vanessa Ruta	11
3	Social state alters vision using three circuit mechanisms in Drosophila 2024 ·Nature ·Catherine E. Schretter, Tom Hindmarsh Sten, Nathan C Klapoetke, Mei Shao, Aljoscha Nern, Marisa Dreher, Daniel Bushey, Alice A. Robie, Adam L. Taylor, Kristin Branson, Adriane G. Otopalik, Vanessa Ruta, Gerald M. Rubin	6
4	Context-dependent representations of movement in Drosophila dopaminergic reinforcement pathways 2021 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Aryeh Zolin, Raphael Cohn, Rich Pang, (unknown), Adrienne L. Fairhall, Vanessa Ruta	47
5	The structural basis of odorant recognition in insect olfactory receptors breakdown → 2021 ·Nature ·Josefina del Mármol, (unknown), Vanessa Ruta	175
6	Sexual arousal gates visual processing during Drosophila courtship 2021 ·Nature ·Tom Hindmarsh Sten, Rufei Li, Adriane G. Otopalik, Vanessa Ruta	63
7	Distinct Dopamine Receptor Pathways Underlie the Temporal Sensitivity of Associative Learning 2019 ·Cell ·Annie Handler, Thomas G.W. Graham, Raphael Cohn, Ianessa Morantte, (unknown), Jianzhi Zeng, Yulong Li, Vanessa Ruta	141
8	Cryo-EM structure of the insect olfactory receptor Orco breakdown → 2018 ·Nature ·Joel A. Butterwick, Josefina del Mármol, Kelly H. Kim, (unknown), (unknown), Thomas Walz, Vanessa Ruta	291
9	Evolution of a central neural circuit underlies Drosophila mate preferences 2018 ·Nature ·(unknown), (unknown), David L. Stern, Vanessa Ruta	139
10	Evolution of Acid-Sensing Olfactory Circuits in Drosophilids 2017 ·Neuron ·Lucia L. Prieto-Godino, Raphael Rytz, Steeve Cruchet, Benoîte Bargeton, Liliane Abuin, Ana F. Silbering, Vanessa Ruta, Matteo Dal Peraro, Richard Benton	132
11	A Taste Circuit that Regulates Ingestion by Integrating Food and Hunger Signals 2016 ·Cell ·Nilay Yapici, Raphael Cohn, (unknown), Vanessa Ruta, Leslie B. Vosshall	102
12	Coordinated and Compartmentalized Neuromodulation Shapes Sensory Processing in Drosophila 2015 ·Cell ·Raphael Cohn, Ianessa Morantte, Vanessa Ruta	274
13	Multimodal Chemosensory Circuits Controlling Male Courtship in Drosophila 2015 ·Neuron ·E. Josephine Clowney, Shinya Iguchi, (unknown), (unknown), Vanessa Ruta	176
14	A dimorphic pheromone circuit in Drosophila from sensory input to descending output 2010 ·Nature ·Vanessa Ruta, Sandeep Robert Datta, Maria Luísa Vasconcelos, (unknown), Loren L. Looger, Richard Axel	257
15	The Drosophila pheromone cVA activates a sexually dimorphic neural circuit 2008 ·Nature ·Sandeep Robert Datta, Maria Luísa Vasconcelos, Vanessa Ruta, Sean X. Luo, Allan M. Wong, Ebru Demir, Jorge A. Flores, (unknown), Barry J. Dickson, Richard Axel	285
16	Calibrated Measurement of Gating-Charge Arginine Displacement in the KvAP Voltage-Dependent K+ Channel 2005 ·Cell ·Vanessa Ruta, Jiayun Chen, Roderick MacKinnon	172
17	Functional analysis of an archaebacterial voltage-dependent K+ channel 2003 ·Nature ·Vanessa Ruta, Youxing Jiang, Alice Lee, Jiayun Chen, Roderick MacKinnon	185
18	The principle of gating charge movement in a voltage-dependent K+ channel breakdown → 2003 ·Nature ·Youxing Jiang, Vanessa Ruta, Jiayun Chen, Alice Lee, Roderick MacKinnon	615
19	Combinatorial Synthesis and Modification of Functional Porphyrin Libraries: Identification of New, Amphipathic Motifs for Biomolecule Binding 1999 ·Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry ·Charles Michael Drain, Xianchang Gong, Vanessa Ruta, Clifford E. Soll, (unknown)	29
20	Efferent Modulation of Physiological Properties of the Limulus Lateral Eye 1998 ·Biological Bulletin ·Vanessa Ruta, F. A. Dodge, Robert B. Barlow	1

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