Walter Mancia

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
9 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Walter Mancia is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Mancia has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Walter Mancia's work include RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (3 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (3 papers). Walter Mancia is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (3 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (3 papers). Walter Mancia collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Germany. Walter Mancia's co-authors include Tomasz J. Nowakowski, Arnold R. Kriegstein, Alex A. Pollen, Denise E. Allen, Julien Spatazza, David Shin, Madeline G. Andrews, Salma Jahan, Galina Schmunk and Dana Jung and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Walter Mancia

9 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Zika virus cell tropism in the developing human brain and... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2020 100 200 300
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.

  1. Zika virus cell tropism in the developing human brain and inhibition by azithromycin
    2016 365 citations Hanna Retallack, Elizabeth Di Lullo et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Cell stress in cortical organoids impairs molecular subtype specification
    2020 357 citations Aparna Bhaduri, Madeline G. Andrews et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walter Mancia United States 6 555 247 215 155 103 9 1.0k
Marina Bershteyn United States 9 687 1.2× 220 0.9× 293 1.4× 209 1.3× 119 1.2× 9 1.2k
Pablo Trindade Brazil 10 415 0.7× 380 1.5× 542 2.5× 124 0.8× 144 1.4× 16 1.2k
Junling Gao United States 17 466 0.8× 344 1.4× 406 1.9× 206 1.3× 234 2.3× 30 1.4k
Maxim M. Bespalov Finland 15 474 0.9× 138 0.6× 125 0.6× 157 1.0× 391 3.8× 21 1.0k
Clayton W. Winkler United States 16 207 0.4× 289 1.2× 288 1.3× 53 0.3× 114 1.1× 35 818
Corri B. Levine United States 12 390 0.7× 186 0.8× 26 0.1× 261 1.7× 117 1.1× 32 869
Huiping Dong United States 9 277 0.5× 425 1.7× 59 0.3× 42 0.3× 184 1.8× 13 1.3k
Shalini Kumar United States 18 388 0.7× 377 1.5× 131 0.6× 297 1.9× 234 2.3× 40 1.4k
Fabiele Baldino Russo Brazil 13 212 0.4× 93 0.4× 145 0.7× 60 0.4× 85 0.8× 25 536
Christian Alfano France 13 266 0.5× 120 0.5× 170 0.8× 145 0.9× 168 1.6× 17 615

Countries citing papers authored by Walter Mancia

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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter Mancia

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Mancia

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

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Xie, Yajun, Christopher M. Reid, Miguel Turrero Garcίa, et al.. (2025). Astrocyte specification in the mouse septum is shaped by both developmental origin and local signals. Nature Neuroscience. 28(8). 1676–1687. 2 indexed citations
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Cebrián‐Silla, Arantxa, Marcos Assis Nascimento, Walter Mancia, et al.. (2025). Neural stem cell relay from B1 to B2 cells in the adult mouse ventricular-subventricular zone. Cell Reports. 44(3). 115264–115264. 1 indexed citations
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Mancia, Walter, Benjamin Rakela, Andrea R. Hasenstaub, et al.. (2024). The clustered gamma protocadherin PcdhγC4 isoform regulates cortical interneuron programmed cell death in the mouse cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(6). e2313596120–e2313596120. 2 indexed citations
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Delgado, Ryan N., Denise E. Allen, Matthew G. Keefe, et al.. (2021). Individual human cortical progenitors can produce excitatory and inhibitory neurons. Nature. 601(7893). 397–403. 103 indexed citations
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Bhaduri, Aparna, Madeline G. Andrews, Walter Mancia, et al.. (2020). Cell stress in cortical organoids impairs molecular subtype specification. Nature. 578(7793). 142–148. 357 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pandya‐Jones, Amy, Yolanda Markaki, Jacques Serizay, et al.. (2020). A protein assembly mediates Xist localization and gene silencing. Nature. 587(7832). 145–151. 137 indexed citations
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Mancia, Walter, Julien Spatazza, Benjamin Rakela, et al.. (2020). Clustered gamma-protocadherins regulate cortical interneuron programmed cell death. eLife. 9. 32 indexed citations
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Spatazza, Julien, Walter Mancia, & Arturo Álvarez-Buylla. (2017). Transplantation of GABAergic interneurons for cell-based therapy. Progress in brain research. 231. 57–85. 17 indexed citations
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Retallack, Hanna, Elizabeth Di Lullo, Carolina Arias, et al.. (2016). Zika virus cell tropism in the developing human brain and inhibition by azithromycin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(50). 14408–14413. 365 indexed citations breakdown →

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