A Varshavsky

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
12 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

A Varshavsky is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, A Varshavsky has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Oncology and 2 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in A Varshavsky's work include Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (6 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (2 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (2 papers). A Varshavsky is often cited by papers focused on Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (6 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (2 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (2 papers). A Varshavsky collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovakia and Tajikistan. A Varshavsky's co-authors include Aaron Ciechanover, Avram Hershko, Mark J. Solomon, Pamela L. Larsen, Kiran Madura, David K. Gonda, Louis Levinger, Georgii P. Georgiev, Yurii V. Ilyin and Frédéric Lévy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

A Varshavsky

12 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

The N-end rule: functions, mysteries, uses.

1996 705 citations A Varshavsky Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The ubiquitin system

2000 542 citations Avram Hershko, Aaron Ciechanover et al. Nature Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
A Varshavsky United States	10	2.0k	439	311	252	201	12	2.3k
David K. Gonda United States	14	2.4k 1.2×	635 1.4×	430 1.4×	451 1.8×	347 1.7×	15	2.6k
Robert Schimke United States	18	1.5k 0.7×	323 0.7×	321 1.0×	321 1.3×	217 1.1×	25	2.2k
Mitsuhiro Yanagida Japan	12	2.4k 1.2×	267 0.6×	456 1.5×	262 1.0×	142 0.7×	15	2.8k
Kathleen Becherer United States	11	1.9k 1.0×	308 0.7×	594 1.9×	281 1.1×	86 0.4×	14	2.3k
Friedrich Grummt Germany	27	1.8k 0.9×	393 0.9×	157 0.5×	456 1.8×	105 0.5×	76	2.4k
Paul L. Bartel United States	15	2.8k 1.4×	543 1.2×	454 1.5×	517 2.1×	113 0.6×	18	3.3k
Joachim Stahl Germany	26	2.3k 1.1×	254 0.6×	296 1.0×	141 0.6×	89 0.4×	62	2.6k
Irene M. Ota United States	19	2.3k 1.1×	232 0.5×	568 1.8×	195 0.8×	274 1.4×	23	2.6k
William R. Taylor United States	24	2.0k 1.0×	247 0.6×	347 1.1×	245 1.0×	144 0.7×	66	2.7k
Paul A. Fisher United States	36	3.2k 1.6×	239 0.5×	527 1.7×	461 1.8×	73 0.4×	86	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by A Varshavsky

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Fields of papers citing papers by A Varshavsky

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A Varshavsky

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All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Varshavsky, A. (2002). Recent studies of the ubiquitin system and the N-end rule pathway.. PubMed. 96. 93–116. 20 indexed citations

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Hershko, Avram, Aaron Ciechanover, & A Varshavsky. (2000). The ubiquitin system. Nature Medicine. 6(10). 1073–1081. 542 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lévy, Frédéric, Jennifer Johnston, & A Varshavsky. (1999). Analysis of a conditional degradation signal in yeast and mammalian cells. European Journal of Biochemistry. 259(1-2). 244–252. 41 indexed citations

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Varshavsky, A. (1996). The N-end rule: functions, mysteries, uses.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 93(22). 12142–12149. 705 indexed citations breakdown →

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Madura, Kiran & A Varshavsky. (1994). Degradation of G alpha by the N-end rule pathway. Science. 265(5177). 1454–1458. 139 indexed citations

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Gonda, David K., et al.. (1990). Cis-trans recognition and subunit-specific degradation of short-lived proteins. Nature. 346(6281). 287–291. 130 indexed citations

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Varshavsky, A, et al.. (1989). Targeting of proteins for degradation.. PubMed. 13. 109–43. 11 indexed citations

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Solomon, Mark J., Pamela L. Larsen, & A Varshavsky. (1988). Mapping proteinDNA interactions in vivo with formaldehyde: Evidence that histone H4 is retained on a highly transcribed gene. Cell. 53(6). 937–947. 466 indexed citations

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Ciechanover, Aaron, Daniel Finley, & A Varshavsky. (1985). Mammalian cell cycle mutant defective in intracellular protein degradation and ubiquitin-protein conjugation.. PubMed. 180. 17–31. 7 indexed citations

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Levinger, Louis & A Varshavsky. (1981). Heat-shock proteins of Drosophila are associated with nuclease-resistant, high-salt-resistant nuclear structures.. The Journal of Cell Biology. 90(3). 793–796. 71 indexed citations

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Varshavsky, A, et al.. (1971). Collapse of extended deoxyribonucleoprotein molecules upon increase of the ionic strength of solution. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 246(3). 583–588. 6 indexed citations

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Ilyin, Yurii V., et al.. (1971). Studies on Deoxyribonucleoprotein Structure. European Journal of Biochemistry. 22(2). 235–245. 135 indexed citations

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