Christopher J. Herbert

3.5k citations
54 papers · 2.9k · 1 hit paper · h-index 22

Impact in

  • Molecular Biology top 5%
    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
    • Fungal and yeast genetics research
    • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
    • RNA modifications and cancer
    • RNA Research and Splicing
    • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
    • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
    • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Biological Psychiatry top 10%

Papers in

  • Molecular Biology 48
    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 26
    • Fungal and yeast genetics research 17
    • RNA modifications and cancer 13
    • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology 11
    • RNA Research and Splicing 10
    • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction 8
    • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 4
  • Biological Psychiatry 2
Co-authors
Piotr P. Słonimski (15 shared papers)A.‐M. Bécam (11 shared papers)Michel Labouesse (5 shared papers)Gwendal Dujardin (2 shared papers)Fahd Nasr (7 shared papers)Jean-Marie Rouillard (1 shared paper)Michael Zuker (1 shared paper)Waldemar J. Racki (3 shared papers)
Journals
Yeast (6 papers)The EMBO Journal (5 papers)FEBS Letters (4 papers)Molecular Microbiology (3 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (3 papers)
Partner nations
FrancePolandUnited States

In The Last Decade

Christopher J. Herbert

54 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Christopher J. Herbert's Hit Papers

The complete DNA sequence of yeast chromosome III 1992 · 737 citations
7370+11+22Years since publication200400600
What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

  1. 1992 Nature

Peers

Christopher J. Herbert
Comparison fields: 5 of 118
  • Molecular Biology 2.4k
  • Biological Psychiatry 55
  • Aging 28
  • Geriatrics and Gerontology 43
  • Cell Biology 194
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The complete DNA sequence of yeast chromosome III
Nature ·Stephen G. Oliver, Quirina J. M. Van Der Aart, M. L. Agostoni-Carbone, M. Aigle, Lilia Alberghina, Despina Alexandraki, G. Antoine, Rashida Anwar
Hit paper breakdown →		1992737
2
The Yeast Genome Directory
Nature ·A Goffeau, R. Aert, M. L. Agostini-Carbone, Abdalla Ahmed, Michel Aigle, Lilia Alberghina, Kaj Albermann, M. Albers
1997342
3
The NAM2 proteins from S. cerevisiae and S. douglasii are mitochondrial leucyl‐tRNA synthetases, and are involved in mRNA splicing.
The EMBO Journal ·Christopher J. Herbert, Michel Labouesse, Gwendal Dujardin, Piotr P. Słonimski
1988176
4
Aerobic and anaerobic NAD+ metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
FEBS Letters ·Cristina Panozzo, Magdalena Nawara, Catherine Suski, Róża Kucharczyk, Marek Skoneczny, Anne-Marie Bécam, Joanna Rytka, Christopher J. Herbert
2002137
5
OligoArray: genome-scale oligonucleotide design for microarrays
Bioinformatics ·Jean-Marie Rouillard, Christopher J. Herbert, Michael Zuker
2002134
6
Safety, immunogenicity, and reactogenicity of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccines given as fourth-dose boosters following two doses of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 or BNT162b2 and a third dose of BNT162b2 (COV-BOOST): a multicentre, blinded, phase 2, randomised trial
The Lancet Infectious Diseases ·Alasdair Peter Stuart Munro, Shuo Feng, Leila Janani, Victoria Cornelius, Parvinder K. Aley, Gavin Babbage, David G. Baxter, Marcin D Bula
2022134
7
Cbk1p, a protein similar to the human myotonic dystrophy kinase, is essential for normal morphogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
The EMBO Journal ·Waldemar J. Racki, Anne-Marie Bécam, Fahd Nasr, Christopher J. Herbert
2000125
8
A ‘natural’ mutation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains derived from S288c affects the complex regulatory gene HAP1 (CYP1)
Current Genetics ·Mauricette Gaisne, A.‐M. Bécam, Jacqueline Verdière, Christopher J. Herbert
1999113
9
Complete nucleotide sequence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome X.
The EMBO Journal ·Francis Galibert, Despina Alexandraki, A. Baur, Eckhard Boles, N. Chalwatzis, Jean‐Claude Chuat, Françoise Coster, Celina Cziepluch
199676
10
Identification of a new nuclear gene (CEM1) encoding a protein homologous to a β‐keto‐acyl synthase which is essential for mitochondrial respiration in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Molecular Microbiology ·Alexis Harington, Christopher J. Herbert, B. Tung, Godfrey S. Getz, Piotr P. Słonimski
199367
11
Three suppressor mutations which cure a mitochondrial RNA maturase deficiency occur at the same codon in the open reading frame of the nuclear NAM2 gene.
The EMBO Journal ·Michel Labouesse, Christopher J. Herbert, Gwendal Dujardin, Piotr P. Słonimski
198767
12
The nucleotide sequence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome XIV and its evolutionary implications
Nature ·Peter Philippsen, Kevin Kleine, Rainer Pöhlmann, Antje Düsterhöft, Kristina Hamberg, Johannes H. Hegemann, B. Obermaier, Luis Urrestarazu
199759
13
Divergence of the mitochondrial leucyl tRNA synthetase genes in two closely related yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces douglasii: A paradigm of incipient evolution
Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·Christopher J. Herbert, Geneviève Dujardin, Michel Labouesse, Piotr P. Słonimski
198850
14
Ria1p (Ynl163c), a protein similar to elongation factors 2, is involved in the biogenesis of the 60S subunit of the ribosome in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Molecular Genetics and Genomics ·A.‐M. Bécam, Fahd Nasr, Waldemar J. Racki, Marek Zagulski, Christopher J. Herbert
200150
15
The yeast gene YJR025c encodes a 3‐hydroxyanthranilic acid dioxygenase and is involved in nicotinic acid biosynthesis
FEBS Letters ·Róża Kucharczyk, Marek Zagulski, Joanna Rytka, Christopher J. Herbert
199850
16
A genome wide study in fission yeast reveals nine PPR proteins that regulate mitochondrial gene expression
Nucleic Acids Research ·Inge Kühl, Laurent Dujeancourt, Mauricette Gaisne, Christopher J. Herbert, Nathalie Bonnefoy
201150
17
The CIT3 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes a second mitochondrial isoform of citrate synthase
Molecular Microbiology ·Yankai Jia, A.‐M. Bécam, Christopher J. Herbert
199744
18
Yeast PPR proteins, watchdogs of mitochondrial gene expression
RNA Biology ·Christopher J. Herbert, Paweł Golik, Nathalie Bonnefoy
201342
19
Subcellular relocalization of a long‐chain fatty acid CoA ligase by a suppressor mutation alleviates a respiration deficiency in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
The EMBO Journal ·Alexis Harington, Erich M. Schwarz, Piotr P. Słonimski, Christopher J. Herbert
199440
20
Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of Ssd1 defines the destiny of its bound mRNAs
Molecular Microbiology ·Cornelia Kurischko, Venkata K. Kuravi, Christopher J. Herbert, Francis C. Luca
201133

About Christopher J. Herbert

Christopher J. Herbert is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biological Psychiatry, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Plant Science, having authored 54 papers that have together received 2.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (26 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (17 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (13 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (11 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (10 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (8 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (5 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (2.4k citations), Biological Psychiatry (55 citations), Aging (28 citations), Geriatrics and Gerontology (43 citations) and Cell Biology (194 citations). Christopher J. Herbert has collaborated with scholars based in France, Poland and United States. Frequent co-authors include Piotr P. Słonimski, A.‐M. Bécam, Michel Labouesse, Gwendal Dujardin, Fahd Nasr, Jean-Marie Rouillard, Michael Zuker, Waldemar J. Racki, Joanna Rytka and Mauricette Gaisne. Their work appears in journals such as Yeast, The EMBO Journal, FEBS Letters, Molecular Microbiology and Nucleic Acids Research.

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