Xavier Serra‐Picamal

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
14 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Xavier Serra‐Picamal is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Xavier Serra‐Picamal has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Cell Biology, 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 3 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Xavier Serra‐Picamal's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (11 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (6 papers) and Tendon Structure and Treatment (3 papers). Xavier Serra‐Picamal is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (11 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (6 papers) and Tendon Structure and Treatment (3 papers). Xavier Serra‐Picamal collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and France. Xavier Serra‐Picamal's co-authors include Xavier Trepat, Jeffrey J. Fredberg, James P. Butler, Dhananjay T. Tambe, Vito Conte, Elsa Bazellières, Pere Roca‐Cusachs, Enhua H. Zhou, Ester Anon and Alberto Elósegui-Artola and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Xavier Serra‐Picamal

14 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Collective cell guidance by cooperative intercellular forces 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2017 200 400 600
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. Collective cell guidance by cooperative intercellular forces
    2011 667 citations Dhananjay T. Tambe, C. Corey Hardin et al. Nature Materials profile →
  2. A mechanically active heterotypic E-cadherin/N-cadherin adhesion enables fibroblasts to drive cancer cell invasion
    2017 569 citations Anna Labernadie, Takuya Kato 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
Xavier Serra‐Picamal Spain 14 1.8k 1.2k 627 467 236 14 2.5k
Andrew G. Clark Germany 14 1.1k 0.6× 591 0.5× 632 1.0× 522 1.1× 85 0.4× 22 1.9k
Martial Balland France 28 1.7k 0.9× 884 0.8× 820 1.3× 156 0.3× 132 0.6× 58 2.7k
Alba Diz-Muñoz Germany 22 1.5k 0.8× 682 0.6× 987 1.6× 250 0.5× 66 0.3× 35 2.6k
Matthew Raab United States 11 1.5k 0.8× 850 0.7× 1.1k 1.7× 213 0.5× 73 0.3× 11 2.5k
Marco Fritzsche United Kingdom 28 1.4k 0.8× 653 0.6× 721 1.1× 218 0.5× 107 0.5× 76 2.7k
Anna Labernadie Spain 11 871 0.5× 539 0.5× 524 0.8× 478 1.0× 61 0.3× 12 1.6k
Agustí Brugués Spain 9 977 0.5× 646 0.5× 400 0.6× 370 0.8× 84 0.4× 9 1.5k
Enhua H. Zhou United States 18 1.7k 1.0× 1.3k 1.1× 606 1.0× 168 0.4× 132 0.6× 27 2.9k
Vito Conte Spain 15 1.9k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 533 0.9× 165 0.4× 223 0.9× 20 2.3k
Dhananjay T. Tambe United States 16 1.7k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 431 0.7× 147 0.3× 245 1.0× 35 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xavier Serra‐Picamal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xavier Serra‐Picamal

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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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
2.
Serra‐Picamal, Xavier, Joan Escarrabill, Anna García‐Altés, et al.. (2018). Hospitalizations due to exacerbations of COPD: A big data perspective. Respiratory Medicine. 145. 219–225. 19 indexed citations
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Labernadie, Anna, Takuya Kato, Agustí Brugués, et al.. (2017). A mechanically active heterotypic E-cadherin/N-cadherin adhesion enables fibroblasts to drive cancer cell invasion. Nature Cell Biology. 19(3). 224–237. 569 indexed citations breakdown →
4.
Blanch-Mercader, Carlès, Romaric Vincent, Elsa Bazellières, et al.. (2017). Effective viscosity and dynamics of spreading epithelia: a solvable model. Soft Matter. 13(6). 1235–1243. 51 indexed citations
5.
Mas‐Moruno, Carlos, Xavier Serra‐Picamal, Xavier Trepat, et al.. (2016). Functionalization of CoCr surfaces with cell adhesive peptides to promote HUVECs adhesion and proliferation. Applied Surface Science. 393. 82–92. 45 indexed citations
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Zaritsky, Assaf, Erik S. Welf, M. Angeles Rabadán, et al.. (2015). Seeds of Locally Aligned Motion and Stress Coordinate a Collective Cell Migration. Biophysical Journal. 109(12). 2492–2500. 40 indexed citations
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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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Nocentini, Sara, Xavier Serra‐Picamal, Abel Torres‐Espín, et al.. (2015). Increased migration of olfactory ensheathing cells secreting the Nogo receptor ectodomain over inhibitory substrates and lesioned spinal cord. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 72(14). 2719–2737. 26 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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Vincent, Romaric, Elsa Bazellières, Carlos Pérez‐González, et al.. (2015). Active Tensile Modulus of an Epithelial Monolayer. Physical Review Letters. 115(24). 52 indexed citations
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Kim, Jae Hun, Xavier Serra‐Picamal, Dhananjay T. Tambe, et al.. (2013). Propulsion and navigation within the advancing monolayer sheet. Nature Materials. 12(9). 856–863. 140 indexed citations
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Anon, Ester, Xavier Serra‐Picamal, Pascal Hersen, et al.. (2012). Cell crawling mediates collective cell migration to close undamaged epithelial gaps. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(27). 10891–10896. 162 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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Tambe, Dhananjay T., C. Corey Hardin, Thomas E. Angelini, et al.. (2011). Collective cell guidance by cooperative intercellular forces. Nature Materials. 10(6). 469–475. 667 indexed citations breakdown →

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