Vito Conte

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Vito Conte is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Vito Conte has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Cell Biology, 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 6 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Vito Conte's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (20 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (6 papers) and Elasticity and Material Modeling (4 papers). Vito Conte is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (20 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (6 papers) and Elasticity and Material Modeling (4 papers). Vito Conte collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and United States. Vito Conte's co-authors include Xavier Trepat, Pere Roca‐Cusachs, José J. Muñoz, Xavier Serra‐Picamal, Ester Anon, Alberto Elósegui-Artola, Elsa Bazellières, Raimon Sunyer, Jim H. Veldhuis and Jeffrey J. Fredberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Vito Conte

20 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Collective cell durotaxis emerges from long-range intercellular force transmission

2016 447 citations Raimon Sunyer, Vito Conte et al. Science profile →
Quantifying forces in cell biology

2017 361 citations Pere Roca‐Cusachs, Vito Conte et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vito Conte Spain	15	1.9k	1.1k	533	301	223	20	2.3k
Dhananjay T. Tambe United States	16	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	431 0.8×	277 0.9×	245 1.1×	35	2.2k
Enhua H. Zhou United States	18	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	606 1.1×	390 1.3×	132 0.6×	27	2.9k
Emil Millet United States	14	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	331 0.6×	359 1.2×	156 0.7×	19	2.4k
Martial Balland France	28	1.7k 0.9×	884 0.8×	820 1.5×	328 1.1×	132 0.6×	58	2.7k
Karen E. Kasza United States	18	1.5k 0.8×	909 0.8×	484 0.9×	421 1.4×	99 0.4×	32	2.3k
Raimon Sunyer Spain	20	1.4k 0.7×	952 0.9×	369 0.7×	335 1.1×	213 1.0×	31	2.0k
Sri Ram Krishna Vedula Singapore	17	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	403 0.8×	208 0.7×	186 0.8×	28	1.9k
Erin L. Barnhart United States	14	1.4k 0.7×	588 0.5×	503 0.9×	231 0.8×	196 0.9×	16	1.9k
Jérôme Solon Spain	15	1.4k 0.7×	706 0.6×	764 1.4×	216 0.7×	103 0.5×	22	2.2k
Ralf Kemkemer Germany	26	1.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.5×	617 1.2×	285 0.9×	119 0.5×	71	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Vito Conte

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vito Conte

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vito Conte

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Turnhout, Mark C. van, et al.. (2023). SFAlab: image-based quantification of mechano-active ventral actin stress fibers in adherent cells. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 11. 1267822–1267822. 2 indexed citations

Engeland, Nicole C. A. van, et al.. (2023). Environmental stiffness restores mechanical homeostasis in vimentin-depleted cells. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 18374–18374. 8 indexed citations

Nyga, Agata, José J. Muñoz, Marina Uroz, et al.. (2021). Oncogenic RAS instructs morphological transformation of human epithelia via differential tissue mechanics. Science Advances. 7(42). eabg6467–eabg6467. 21 indexed citations

Uroz, Marina, Alberto Elósegui-Artola, Juan F. Abenza, et al.. (2019). Traction forces at the cytokinetic ring regulate cell division and polyploidy in the migrating zebrafish epicardium. Nature Materials. 18(9). 1015–1023. 36 indexed citations

Uroz, Marina, Xavier Serra‐Picamal, Vito Conte, et al.. (2018). Regulation of cell cycle progression by cell–cell and cell–matrix forces. Nature Cell Biology. 20(6). 646–654. 122 indexed citations

Muñoz, José J., et al.. (2018). Computation of forces from deformed visco-elastic biological tissues. Inverse Problems. 34(4). 44001–44001. 2 indexed citations

Brugués, Agustí, Vito Conte, Guiomar Solanas, et al.. (2017). Long-lived force patterns and deformation waves at repulsive epithelial boundaries. Nature Materials. 16(10). 1029–1037. 55 indexed citations

Roca‐Cusachs, Pere, Vito Conte, & Xavier Trepat. (2017). Quantifying forces in cell biology. Nature Cell Biology. 19(7). 742–751. 361 indexed citations breakdown →

Mazouni, Khalil, et al.. (2017). Spatial regulation of contractility by Neuralized and Bearded during furrow invagination in Drosophila. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1594–1594. 28 indexed citations

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Sunyer, Raimon, Vito Conte, Jorge Escribano, et al.. (2016). Collective cell durotaxis emerges from long-range intercellular force transmission. Science. 353(6304). 1157–1161. 447 indexed citations breakdown →

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Serra‐Picamal, Xavier, Vito Conte, Raimon Sunyer, José J. Muñoz, & Xavier Trepat. (2015). Mapping forces and kinematics during collective cell migration. Methods in cell biology. 125. 309–330. 31 indexed citations

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Bazellières, Elsa, Vito Conte, Alberto Elósegui-Artola, et al.. (2015). Control of cell–cell forces and collective cell dynamics by the intercellular adhesome. Nature Cell Biology. 17(4). 409–420. 235 indexed citations

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Brugués, Agustí, Ester Anon, Vito Conte, et al.. (2014). Forces driving epithelial wound healing. Nature Physics. 10(9). 683–690. 317 indexed citations

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Muñoz, José J., et al.. (2013). A truss element for modelling reversible softening in living tissues. Mechanics Research Communications. 49. 44–49. 7 indexed citations

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Conte, Vito, Florian Ulrich, Buzz Baum, et al.. (2012). A Biomechanical Analysis of Ventral Furrow Formation in the Drosophila Melanogaster Embryo. PLoS ONE. 7(4). e34473–e34473. 53 indexed citations

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Serra‐Picamal, Xavier, Vito Conte, Romaric Vincent, et al.. (2012). Mechanical waves during tissue expansion. Nature Physics. 8(8). 628–634. 379 indexed citations

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Brodland, G. Wayne, Vito Conte, Jim H. Veldhuis, et al.. (2010). Video force microscopy reveals the mechanics of ventral furrow invagination in Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(51). 22111–22116. 126 indexed citations

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Muñoz, José J., Vito Conte, & Mark Miodownik. (2010). Stress-dependent morphogenesis: continuum mechanics and truss systems. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology. 9(4). 451–467. 14 indexed citations

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Conte, Vito, José J. Muñoz, Buzz Baum, & Mark Miodownik. (2009). Robust mechanisms of ventral furrow invagination require the combination of cellular shape changes. Physical Biology. 6(1). 16010–16010. 40 indexed citations

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Conte, Vito, José J. Muñoz, & M. Miodownik. (2007). A 3D finite element model of ventral furrow invagination in the Drosophila melanogaster embryo. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 1(2). 188–198. 64 indexed citations

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