Jack W. Szostak
Impact in
- Molecular Biology top 0.02%
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
- DNA Repair Mechanisms
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Fungal and yeast genetics research
- Astronomy and Astrophysics top 1%
- Origins and Evolution of Life
Papers in
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- Origins and Evolution of Life 124
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- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 209
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 102
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques 54
- RNA modifications and cancer 43
- Fungal and yeast genetics research 40
- Co-authors
- Andrew D. Ellington (8 shared papers)Terry L. Orr‐Weaver (7 shared papers)David P. Bartel (13 shared papers)Rodney J. Rothstein (3 shared papers)Elizabeth Helen Blackburn (4 shared papers)David Sloan Wilson (4 shared papers)Andrew W. Murray (14 shared papers)Richard W. Roberts (4 shared papers)
- Journals
- Journal of the American Chemical Society (69 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (33 papers)Nature (31 papers)Molecular and Cellular Biology (24 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (15 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesJapanChina
In The Last Decade
Jack W. Szostak
363 papers receiving 45.8k citations
Jack W. Szostak's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 193
- Molecular Biology 41.8k
- Astronomy and Astrophysics 7.9k
- Aging 662
- Genetics 5.1k
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3.3k
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In vitro selection of RNA molecules that bind specific ligands Hit paper breakdown → | 1990 | 8446 |
| 2 | The double-strand-break repair model for recombination Hit paper breakdown → | 1983 | 2169 |
| 3 | Yeast transformation: a model system for the study of recombination. Hit paper breakdown → | 1981 | 1356 |
| 4 | Synthesizing life Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 1347 |
| 5 | A DNA Aptamer That Binds Adenosine and ATP Hit paper breakdown → | 1995 | 1152 |
| 6 | In Vitro Selection of Functional Nucleic Acids Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 1030 |
| 7 | RNA-peptide fusions for the in vitro selection of peptides and proteins Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 873 |
| 8 | Telomeres and telomerase: the path from maize, Tetrahymena and yeast to human cancer and aging Hit paper breakdown → | 2006 | 782 |
| 9 | A mutant with a defect in telomere elongation leads to senescence in yeast Hit paper breakdown → | 1989 | 749 |
| 10 | Isolation of New Ribozymes from a Large Pool of Random Sequences Hit paper breakdown → | 1993 | 736 |
| 11 | Selection in vitro of single-stranded DNA molecules that fold into specific ligand-binding structures Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 732 |
| 12 | Experimental Models of Primitive Cellular Compartments: Encapsulation, Growth, and Division Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 689 |
| 13 | THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF CENTROMERES AND TELOMERES Hit paper breakdown → | 1984 | 604 |
| 14 | Template-directed synthesis of a genetic polymer in a model protocell Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 571 |
| 15 | 1993 | 508 | |
| 16 | Cloning yeast telomeres on linear plasmid vectors Hit paper breakdown → | 1982 | 504 |
| 17 | 1989 | 469 | |
| 18 | 1991 | 460 | |
| 19 | [14] Genetic applications of yeast transformation with linear and gapped plasmids Hit paper breakdown → | 1983 | 452 |
| 20 | DNA sequences of telomeres maintained in yeast Hit paper breakdown → | 1984 | 447 |
About Jack W. Szostak
Jack W. Szostak is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics and Ecology, having authored 367 papers that have together received 48.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (209 papers), Origins and Evolution of Life (124 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (102 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (54 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (50 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (43 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (40 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (39 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (41.8k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (7.9k citations), Aging (662 citations), Genetics (5.1k citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (3.3k citations). Jack W. Szostak has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and China. Frequent co-authors include Andrew D. Ellington, Terry L. Orr‐Weaver, David P. Bartel, Rodney J. Rothstein, Elizabeth Helen Blackburn, David Sloan Wilson, Andrew W. Murray, Richard W. Roberts, David E. Huizenga and Franklin W. Stahl. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature, Molecular and Cellular Biology and Nucleic Acids Research.
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