Ahmet Yıldız

10.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
90 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Ahmet Yıldız is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ahmet Yıldız has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 48 papers in Cell Biology and 22 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Ahmet Yıldız's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (44 papers), Micro and Nano Robotics (22 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (19 papers). Ahmet Yıldız is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (44 papers), Micro and Nano Robotics (22 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (19 papers). Ahmet Yıldız collaborates with scholars based in United States, Türkiye and United Kingdom. Ahmet Yıldız's co-authors include Paul R. Selvin, Ronald D. Vale, Michio Tomishige, Taekjip Ha, Joseph N. Forkey, Yale E. Goldman, Sean McKinney, Arne Gennerich, Andrew P. Carter and Yavuz S. Dagdas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ahmet Yıldız

83 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

Myosin V Walks Hand-Over-Hand: Single Fluorophore Imaging with 1.5-nm Localization

2003 1.4k citations Ahmet Yıldız, Joseph N. Forkey et al. Science profile →
Enhanced proofreading governs CRISPR–Cas9 targeting accuracy

2017 872 citations Janice S. Chen, Yavuz S. Dagdas et al. profile →
Kinesin Walks Hand-Over-Hand

2003 732 citations Ahmet Yıldız, Michio Tomishige et al. Science profile →
A conformational checkpoint between DNA binding and cleavage by CRISPR-Cas9

2017 215 citations Yavuz S. Dagdas, Janice S. Chen et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ahmet Yıldız United States	37	4.8k	2.6k	1.2k	766	729	90	7.2k
Jeff Gelles United States	46	5.4k 1.1×	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.8×	1.9k 2.6×	96	8.2k
Mark C. Leake United Kingdom	37	3.6k 0.7×	520 0.2×	1.1k 0.9×	780 1.0×	532 0.7×	128	5.3k
Bruce J. Schnapp United States	32	4.1k 0.9×	4.1k 1.6×	596 0.5×	906 1.2×	1.2k 1.6×	45	7.5k
Melike Lakadamyali United States	38	3.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	1.5k 1.2×	1.4k 1.8×	439 0.6×	85	7.1k
R. Dyche Mullins United States	47	5.5k 1.1×	7.5k 2.9×	1.5k 1.2×	1.5k 2.0×	1.1k 1.5×	86	12.3k
Hideo Higuchi Japan	43	3.1k 0.7×	2.4k 1.0×	445 0.4×	1.1k 1.4×	1.3k 1.8×	110	6.1k
Niels Volkmann United States	40	3.2k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	400 0.3×	415 0.5×	693 1.0×	94	6.1k
Ron Vale United States	27	4.1k 0.9×	4.2k 1.6×	489 0.4×	399 0.5×	324 0.4×	43	6.6k
Laurent Blanchoin France	56	4.8k 1.0×	7.4k 2.9×	1.7k 1.4×	1.2k 1.6×	1.3k 1.8×	124	10.7k
Bridget Carragher United States	61	7.9k 1.7×	2.0k 0.8×	452 0.4×	443 0.6×	682 0.9×	195	13.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ahmet Yıldız

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Zhao, Yuanchang, et al.. (2025). Nde1 promotes Lis1 binding to full-length autoinhibited human dynein 1. Nature Chemical Biology. 22(2). 274–283. 1 indexed citations

Gölcük, Mert, Sami Chaaban, Fillip Port, et al.. (2024). A force-sensitive mutation reveals a non-canonical role for dynein in anaphase progression. The Journal of Cell Biology. 223(10). 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Yuanchang, et al.. (2024). HURP regulates Kif18A recruitment and activity to synergistically control microtubule dynamics. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9687–9687. 1 indexed citations

Jack, Amanda, et al.. (2024). Protection of the Telomeric Junction by the Shelterin Complex. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(36). 25158–25165. 2 indexed citations

Htet, Zaw Min, et al.. (2023). Lis1 slows force-induced detachment of cytoplasmic dynein from microtubules. Nature Chemical Biology. 20(4). 521–529. 3 indexed citations

Yıldız, Ahmet, et al.. (2023). The effect of being housed with a goat on abnormal behavior in horses. Archives animal breeding/Archiv für Tierzucht. 66(1). 9–16.

Gölcük, Mert, et al.. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant Decreases Nanobody Binding and ACE2 Blocking Effectivity. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 62(10). 2490–2498. 9 indexed citations

Canty, John T. & Ahmet Yıldız. (2020). Activation and Regulation of Cytoplasmic Dynein. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 45(5). 440–453. 51 indexed citations

Serra-Marques, Andrea, et al.. (2020). The mitotic protein NuMA plays a spindle-independent role in nuclear formation and mechanics. The Journal of Cell Biology. 219(12). 12 indexed citations

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Elshenawy, Mohamed M., et al.. (2020). Lis1 activates dynein motility by modulating its pairing with dynactin. Nature Cell Biology. 22(5). 570–578. 71 indexed citations

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Belyy, Vladislav, et al.. (2020). Dynein harnesses active fluctuations of microtubules for faster movement. Nature Physics. 16(3). 312–316. 25 indexed citations

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Elshenawy, Mohamed M., John T. Canty, Luke S. Ferro, et al.. (2019). Cargo adaptors regulate stepping and force generation of mammalian dynein–dynactin. Nature Chemical Biology. 15(11). 1093–1101. 55 indexed citations

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Ferro, Luke S., et al.. (2019). Kinesin and dynein use distinct mechanisms to bypass obstacles. eLife. 8. 36 indexed citations

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Dagdas, Yavuz S., Janice S. Chen, Samuel H. Sternberg, Jennifer A. Doudna, & Ahmet Yıldız. (2017). A conformational checkpoint between DNA binding and cleavage by CRISPR-Cas9. Science Advances. 3(8). eaao0027–eaao0027. 215 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bandaria, Jigar N., Peiwu Qin, Veysel Berk, Steven Chu, & Ahmet Yıldız. (2016). Shelterin Protects Chromosome Ends by Compacting Telomeric Chromatin. Cell. 164(4). 735–746. 133 indexed citations

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Belyy, Vladislav & Ahmet Yıldız. (2016). Studying the Mechanochemistry of Processive Cytoskeletal Motors With an Optical Trap. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 582. 31–54. 2 indexed citations

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Wu, R. Alex, Yavuz S. Dagdas, Suzan Yilmaz, Ahmet Yıldız, & Kathleen Collins. (2015). Single-molecule imaging of telomerase reverse transcriptase in human telomerase holoenzyme and minimal RNP complexes. eLife. 4. 29 indexed citations

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Ray, Sujay, Jigar N. Bandaria, Mohammad Haroon Qureshi, Ahmet Yıldız, & Hamza Balci. (2014). G-quadruplex formation in telomeres enhances POT1/TPP1 protection against RPA binding. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(8). 2990–2995. 118 indexed citations

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Yıldız, Ahmet, Joseph N. Forkey, Sean McKinney, et al.. (2003). Myosin V Walks Hand-Over-Hand: Single Fluorophore Imaging with 1.5-nm Localization. Science. 300(5628). 2061–2065. 1415 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yıldız, Ahmet, Michio Tomishige, Ronald D. Vale, & Paul R. Selvin. (2003). Kinesin Walks Hand-Over-Hand. Science. 303(5658). 676–678. 732 indexed citations breakdown →

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