Azra Krek

12.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
9 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Azra Krek is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Azra Krek has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cancer Research and 1 paper in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Azra Krek's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (5 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers). Azra Krek is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (5 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers). Azra Krek collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Azra Krek's co-authors include Nikolaus Rajewsky, Philip MacMenamin, Kristin C. Gunsalus, Dominic Grün, Matthew N. Poy, Isabelle da Piedade, Markus Stoffel, Pranidhi Sood, Mihaela Zavolan and Giuseppe Macino and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Azra Krek

9 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

Combinatorial microRNA target predictions

2005 3.8k citations Azra Krek, Dominic Grün et al. Nature Genetics profile →
A Human snoRNA with MicroRNA-Like Functions

2008 655 citations Christine Ender, Azra Krek et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Cell-type-specific signatures of microRNAs on target mRNA expression

2006 514 citations Pranidhi Sood, Azra Krek et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Comprehensive evaluation of differential gene expression analysis methods for RNA-seq data

2013 491 citations Franck Rapaport, Raya Khanin et al. Genome biology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Azra Krek United States	9	5.4k	4.7k	431	271	211	9	6.3k
Thimmaiah P. Chendrimada United States	9	5.7k 1.0×	4.3k 0.9×	407 0.9×	317 1.2×	256 1.2×	13	6.4k
Richard I. Gregory United States	9	3.9k 0.7×	3.0k 0.6×	342 0.8×	162 0.6×	208 1.0×	9	4.7k
Huili Guo Singapore	13	4.6k 0.9×	3.7k 0.8×	361 0.8×	292 1.1×	167 0.8×	21	5.4k
Daehyun Baek South Korea	20	4.7k 0.9×	4.0k 0.8×	589 1.4×	196 0.7×	250 1.2×	35	5.9k
Isabelle da Piedade Denmark	7	4.1k 0.8×	3.2k 0.7×	659 1.5×	181 0.7×	238 1.1×	9	5.1k
Ulf Andersson Ørom Denmark	25	5.2k 1.0×	4.1k 0.9×	293 0.7×	265 1.0×	356 1.7×	41	6.0k
Shobha Vasudevan United States	20	3.8k 0.7×	2.8k 0.6×	319 0.7×	194 0.7×	274 1.3×	32	4.6k
Chanseok Shin South Korea	27	5.9k 1.1×	4.2k 0.9×	521 1.2×	784 2.9×	296 1.4×	61	7.3k
Partha Pratim Das United States	18	3.5k 0.6×	2.7k 0.6×	913 2.1×	322 1.2×	298 1.4×	36	4.8k
Ligang Wu China	28	3.9k 0.7×	2.2k 0.5×	321 0.7×	394 1.5×	274 1.3×	75	4.7k

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Wang, Minghui, Won‐Min Song, Ming Chen, et al.. (2022). Guidelines for bioinformatics of single-cell sequencing data analysis in Alzheimer’s disease: review, recommendation, implementation and application. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 17(1). 17–17. 57 indexed citations

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Bruno, Ludovica, Thomas Carroll, James I. Elliott, et al.. (2015). microRNAs Regulate Cell-to-Cell Variability of Endogenous Target Gene Expression in Developing Mouse Thymocytes. PLoS Genetics. 11(2). e1005020–e1005020. 17 indexed citations

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Landick, Robert, Azra Krek, Michael S. Glickman, Nicholas D. Socci, & Christina L. Stallings. (2014). Genome-wide mapping of the distribution of CarD, RNAP σA, and RNAP β on the Mycobacterium smegmatis chromosome using chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing. Genomics Data. 2. 110–113. 13 indexed citations

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Rapaport, Franck, Raya Khanin, Yupu Liang, et al.. (2013). Comprehensive evaluation of differential gene expression analysis methods for RNA-seq data. Genome biology. 14(9). R95–R95. 491 indexed citations breakdown →

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Koralov, Sergei B., Stefan A. Muljo, Gunther R. Galler, et al.. (2008). Dicer Ablation Affects Antibody Diversity and Cell Survival in the B Lymphocyte Lineage. Cell. 132(5). 860–874. 459 indexed citations

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Ender, Christine, Azra Krek, Marc R. Friedländer, et al.. (2008). A Human snoRNA with MicroRNA-Like Functions. Molecular Cell. 32(4). 519–528. 655 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lall, Sabbi, Dominic Grün, Azra Krek, et al.. (2006). A Genome-Wide Map of Conserved MicroRNA Targets in C. elegans. Current Biology. 16(5). 460–471. 345 indexed citations

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Sood, Pranidhi, Azra Krek, Mihaela Zavolan, Giuseppe Macino, & Nikolaus Rajewsky. (2006). Cell-type-specific signatures of microRNAs on target mRNA expression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(8). 2746–2751. 514 indexed citations breakdown →

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Krek, Azra, Dominic Grün, Matthew N. Poy, et al.. (2005). Combinatorial microRNA target predictions. Nature Genetics. 37(5). 495–500. 3783 indexed citations breakdown →

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