Ainars Leonchiks

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 997 citations indexed

About

Ainars Leonchiks is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ainars Leonchiks has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 997 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Oncology and 4 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Ainars Leonchiks's work include Biochemical and Structural Characterization (8 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (5 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (4 papers). Ainars Leonchiks is often cited by papers focused on Biochemical and Structural Characterization (8 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (5 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (4 papers). Ainars Leonchiks collaborates with scholars based in Latvia, Sweden and Italy. Ainars Leonchiks's co-authors include Anatoly Sharipo, Maria G. Masucci, Aaron Ciechanover, Jelena Levitskaya, Stefan Imreh, Gottfried Otting, Kristaps Jaudzems, Guido Pintacuda, Māris Turks and Maria Valeria Raimondi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Medicine and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ainars Leonchiks

24 papers receiving 981 citations

Hit Papers

Inhibition of ubiquitin/proteasome-dependent protein degr... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300 400
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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. Inhibition of ubiquitin/proteasome-dependent protein degradation by the Gly-Ala repeat domain of the Epstein–Barr virus nuclear antigen 1
    1997 420 citations Anatoly Sharipo, Ainars Leonchiks et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ainars Leonchiks Latvia 15 476 363 262 202 111 24 997
Michael J. Miley United States 21 659 1.4× 208 0.6× 571 2.2× 107 0.5× 43 0.4× 33 1.5k
Valeri Metelev Russia 17 942 2.0× 211 0.6× 329 1.3× 163 0.8× 62 0.6× 51 1.4k
Shirin Arastu‐Kapur United States 17 777 1.6× 390 1.1× 147 0.6× 145 0.7× 39 0.4× 28 1.4k
Paul Tawa United States 17 695 1.5× 175 0.5× 157 0.6× 99 0.5× 29 0.3× 48 1.2k
Kristopher Josephson United States 12 843 1.8× 224 0.6× 374 1.4× 121 0.6× 42 0.4× 14 1.3k
Alexander Fish Netherlands 27 1.5k 3.2× 328 0.9× 164 0.6× 147 0.7× 167 1.5× 43 1.9k
Todd Mayhood United States 14 592 1.2× 130 0.4× 143 0.5× 79 0.4× 42 0.4× 19 931
Michael A. Milhollen United States 14 1.5k 3.1× 538 1.5× 105 0.4× 299 1.5× 59 0.5× 26 1.9k
Stephen Oroszlan United States 19 828 1.7× 300 0.8× 404 1.5× 163 0.8× 63 0.6× 28 1.6k
Ming‐Yi Ho Taiwan 18 541 1.1× 120 0.3× 196 0.7× 158 0.8× 17 0.2× 28 976

Countries citing papers authored by Ainars Leonchiks

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ainars Leonchiks

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ainars Leonchiks

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All Works

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Esposito, Gennaro, Yamanappa Hunashal, Federico Fogolari, et al.. (2024). Assessing nanobody interaction with SARS-CoV-2 Nsp9. PLoS ONE. 19(5). e0303839–e0303839. 2 indexed citations
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Vogt, Anne‐Cathrine S., et al.. (2021). Anti-IAPP Monoclonal Antibody Improves Clinical Symptoms in a Mouse Model of Type 2 Diabetes. Vaccines. 9(11). 1316–1316. 11 indexed citations
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Raimondi, Maria Valeria, Maria Grazia Cusimano, Giuseppe Gallo, et al.. (2019). Novel Sortase A Inhibitors to Counteract Gram-Positive Bacterial Biofilms. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 23–23. 2 indexed citations
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Raimondi, Maria Valeria, Maria Grazia Cusimano, Giuseppe Gallo, et al.. (2019). Pyrrolomycins as antimicrobial agents. Microwave-assisted organic synthesis and insights into their antimicrobial mechanism of action. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 27(5). 721–728. 40 indexed citations
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Kanepe, I., Marina Petrova, Edvards Liepiņš, et al.. (2018). Synthesis and study of new 5-substituted 1-acetyl-4-phenyl-3-pyrrolin-2-ones as potential antitumor agents. Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds. 54(5). 514–519. 3 indexed citations
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Maggio, Benedetta, Demetrio Raffa, Maria Valeria Raimondi, et al.. (2016). Discovery of a New Class of Sortase A Transpeptidase Inhibitors to Tackle Gram-Positive Pathogens: 2-(2-Phenylhydrazinylidene)alkanoic Acids and Related Derivatives. Molecules. 21(2). 241–241. 32 indexed citations
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Arsenyan, Pavel, et al.. (2015). Selenopheno[3,2-c]- and [2,3-c]coumarins: Synthesis, cytotoxicity, angiogenesis inhibition, and antioxidant properties. Comptes Rendus Chimie. 18(4). 399–409. 37 indexed citations
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Jaudzems, Kristaps, et al.. (2014). Discovery and structure–activity relationship studies of irreversible benzisothiazolinone-based inhibitors against Staphylococcus aureus sortase A transpeptidase. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 22(21). 5988–6003. 59 indexed citations
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Ferrer‐Navarro, Mario, Elena Cartocci, Lionel Costenaro, et al.. (2013). Crystal structure of c5321: a protective antigen present in uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains displaying an SLR fold. BMC Structural Biology. 13(1). 19–19. 13 indexed citations
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Jaudzems, Kristaps, et al.. (2013). Enzymatic activity of circular sortase A under denaturing conditions: An advanced tool for protein ligation. Biochemical Engineering Journal. 82. 200–209. 16 indexed citations
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Leonchiks, Ainars, P. Petit, Laurent Vuillard, et al.. (2010). 1H, 13C and 15N assignment of the GNA1946 outer membrane lipoprotein from Neisseria meningitidis. Biomolecular NMR Assignments. 5(2). 135–138. 1 indexed citations
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Pintacuda, Guido, et al.. (2004). Site-specific Labelling with a Metal Chelator for Protein-structure Refinement. Journal of Biomolecular NMR. 29(3). 351–361. 72 indexed citations
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Liepinsh, Edvards, et al.. (2003). Solution Structure of the R3H Domain from Human Sμbp-2. Journal of Molecular Biology. 326(1). 217–223. 21 indexed citations
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Leonchiks, Ainars, et al.. (2002). Inhibition of ubiquitin‐dependent proteolysis by a synthetic glycine–alanine repeat peptide that mimics an inhibitory viral sequence. FEBS Letters. 522(1-3). 93–98. 14 indexed citations
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Sharipo, Anatoly, et al.. (2001). cis‐Inhibition of proteasomal degradation by viral repeats: impact of length and amino acid composition. FEBS Letters. 499(1-2). 137–142. 34 indexed citations
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Leonchiks, Ainars, et al.. (2000). Molecular cloning, expression, and purification of pig interleukin-5. Immunogenetics. 51(1). 59–64. 5 indexed citations
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