Vera Valakh

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
18 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Vera Valakh is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Vera Valakh has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 5 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Vera Valakh's work include Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (4 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (3 papers). Vera Valakh is often cited by papers focused on Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (4 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (3 papers). Vera Valakh collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Finland. Vera Valakh's co-authors include Sacha B. Nelson, Aaron DiAntonio, Lauren J. Walker, Erin Frey, Chunlai Wu, Elisabetta Babetto, James B. Skeath, Christina M. Wright, Zhihua Liu and Yongqing Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Vera Valakh

18 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Excitatory/Inhibitory Balance and Circuit Homeostasis in Autism Spectrum Disorders

2015 724 citations Sacha B. Nelson, Vera Valakh Neuron profile →
Simultaneous CRISPR screening and spatial transcriptomics reveal intracellular, intercellular, and functional transcriptional circuits

2025 18 citations Loïc Binan, Aiping Jiang et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vera Valakh United States	14	601	588	508	319	221	18	1.3k
Gayane Aramuni Germany	9	841 1.4×	904 1.5×	408 0.8×	446 1.4×	317 1.4×	10	1.6k
Patrícia Monteiro Portugal	15	638 1.1×	774 1.3×	947 1.9×	643 2.0×	162 0.7×	27	1.9k
Tetsushi Sadakata Japan	17	566 0.9×	431 0.7×	264 0.5×	311 1.0×	251 1.1×	48	1.1k
Lauren L. Orefice United States	12	389 0.6×	470 0.8×	373 0.7×	259 0.8×	91 0.4×	15	1.2k
Virginia Meskenaïte Switzerland	15	738 1.2×	904 1.5×	506 1.0×	156 0.5×	280 1.3×	18	1.6k
Won Mah South Korea	12	635 1.1×	428 0.7×	463 0.9×	551 1.7×	166 0.8×	16	1.3k
Chae‐Seok Lim South Korea	15	401 0.7×	631 1.1×	370 0.7×	127 0.4×	148 0.7×	37	1.1k
Nathan R. Wilson United States	10	810 1.3×	1.2k 2.0×	963 1.9×	568 1.8×	208 0.9×	13	2.0k
Kea Joo Lee South Korea	18	447 0.7×	417 0.7×	279 0.5×	137 0.4×	106 0.5×	47	1.1k
Reiko Maki Fitzsimonds United States	15	1.0k 1.7×	875 1.5×	395 0.8×	282 0.9×	391 1.8×	17	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Vera Valakh

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Vera Valakh's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Vera Valakh with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Vera Valakh more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Vera Valakh

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Vera Valakh. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Vera Valakh. The network helps show where Vera Valakh may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vera Valakh

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

18 of 18 papers shown

Binan, Loïc, Aiping Jiang, Vera Valakh, et al.. (2025). Simultaneous CRISPR screening and spatial transcriptomics reveal intracellular, intercellular, and functional transcriptional circuits. Cell. 188(8). 2141–2158.e18. 18 indexed citations breakdown →

Escobedo-Lozoya, Yasmin, et al.. (2024). Prolonged Activity Deprivation Causes Pre- and Postsynaptic Compensatory Plasticity at Neocortical Excitatory Synapses. eNeuro. 11(6). ENEURO.0366–23.2024. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Tianle, Theresa Chen, Stephen J. Fleming, et al.. (2024). Robust self-supervised denoising of voltage imaging data using CellMincer. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 51–51. 2 indexed citations

Berryer, Martin H., Matthew Tegtmeyer, Loïc Binan, et al.. (2023). Robust induction of functional astrocytes using NGN2 expression in human pluripotent stem cells. iScience. 26(7). 106995–106995. 9 indexed citations

Valakh, Vera, et al.. (2023). A transcriptional constraint mechanism limits the homeostatic response to activity deprivation in mammalian neocortex. eLife. 12. 11 indexed citations

Pietiläinen, Olli, Aditi Trehan, Daniel Meyer, et al.. (2023). Astrocytic cell adhesion genes linked to schizophrenia correlate with synaptic programs in neurons. Cell Reports. 42(1). 111988–111988. 15 indexed citations

Phillips, James, Anton Schulmann, Erina Hara, et al.. (2019). A repeated molecular architecture across thalamic pathways. Nature Neuroscience. 22(11). 1925–1935. 104 indexed citations

Nelson, Sacha B. & Vera Valakh. (2015). Excitatory/Inhibitory Balance and Circuit Homeostasis in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Neuron. 87(4). 684–698. 724 indexed citations breakdown →

Valakh, Vera, Erin Frey, Elisabetta Babetto, Lauren J. Walker, & Aaron DiAntonio. (2015). Cytoskeletal disruption activates the DLK/JNK pathway, which promotes axonal regeneration and mimics a preconditioning injury. Neurobiology of Disease. 77. 13–25. 89 indexed citations

10.

Frey, Erin, et al.. (2014). An in vitro assay to study induction of the regenerative state in sensory neurons. Experimental Neurology. 263. 350–363. 35 indexed citations

11.

Brace, E. J., Changyin Wu, Vera Valakh, & Aaron DiAntonio. (2014). SkpA Restrains Synaptic Terminal Growth during Development and Promotes Axonal Degeneration following Injury. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(25). 8398–8410. 37 indexed citations

12.

Valakh, Vera, et al.. (2014). Natural antisense transcripts regulate the neuronal stress response and excitability. eLife. 3. e01849–e01849. 16 indexed citations

13.

Valakh, Vera, Lauren J. Walker, James B. Skeath, & Aaron DiAntonio. (2013). Loss of the Spectraplakin Short Stop Activates the DLK Injury Response Pathway inDrosophila. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(45). 17863–17873. 55 indexed citations

14.

Valakh, Vera, et al.. (2012). A large-scale RNAi screen identifies functional classes of genes shaping synaptic development and maintenance. Developmental Biology. 366(2). 163–171. 23 indexed citations

15.

Graf, Ethan R., Vera Valakh, Christina M. Wright, et al.. (2012). RIM Promotes Calcium Channel Accumulation at Active Zones of theDrosophilaNeuromuscular Junction. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(47). 16586–16596. 79 indexed citations

16.

Tian, Xiaolin, Jing Li, Vera Valakh, Aaron DiAntonio, & Chunlai Wu. (2011). Drosophila Rae1 controls the abundance of the ubiquitin ligase Highwire in post-mitotic neurons. Nature Neuroscience. 14(10). 1267–1275. 40 indexed citations

17.

Füger, Petra, et al.. (2009). PP2A and GSK-3β Act Antagonistically to Regulate Active Zone Development. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(37). 11484–11494. 30 indexed citations

18.

Marchena, Jacqueline de, et al.. (2008). NMDA Receptor Antagonists Reveal Age-Dependent Differences in the Properties of Visual Cortical Plasticity. Journal of Neurophysiology. 100(4). 1936–1948. 34 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact