Barbara Ruskin

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
10 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Barbara Ruskin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Ruskin has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 1 paper in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 1 paper in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Barbara Ruskin's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (6 papers). Barbara Ruskin is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (6 papers). Barbara Ruskin collaborates with scholars based in United States. Barbara Ruskin's co-authors include Michael R. Green, Tom Maniatis, Adrian R. Krainer, Phillip D. Zamore, J. M. Greene, Gerald R. Fink, Michael Rosbash, Claudio W. Pikielny and M R Green and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Ruskin

10 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Excision of an intact intron as a novel lariat structure ... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 1984 200 400 600
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.

  1. Excision of an intact intron as a novel lariat structure during pre-mRNA splicing in vitro
    1984 671 citations Barbara Ruskin, Adrian R. Krainer et al. Cell profile →
  2. Normal and mutant human β-globin pre-mRNAs are faithfully and efficiently spliced in vitro
    1984 615 citations Adrian R. Krainer, Tom Maniatis et al. Cell profile →

Peers

Barbara Ruskin
Fabio Cobianchi Italy
Serafı́n Piñol-Roma United States
Jutta Rinke Germany
David A. Mangus United States
Ashkan Haghighat Canada
Ren-Jang Lin United States
Gail Urlaub United States
Rafael Cuesta United States
P A Sharp United States
Zbigniew Domiński United States
Fabio Cobianchi Italy
Barbara Ruskin
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Countries citing papers authored by Barbara Ruskin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Barbara Ruskin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara Ruskin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Barbara Ruskin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Barbara Ruskin based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Barbara Ruskin. Barbara Ruskin is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Ruskin, Barbara & Gerald R. Fink. (1993). Mutations in POL1 increase the mitotic instability of tandem inverted repeats in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.. Genetics. 134(1). 43–56. 45 indexed citations
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Ruskin, Barbara & Michael R. Green. (1990). RNA lariat debranching enzyme as tool for analyzing RNA structure. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 181. 180–188. 20 indexed citations
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Ruskin, Barbara, et al.. (1988). A factor, U2AF, is required for U2 snRNP binding and splicing complex assembly. Cell. 52(2). 207–219. 460 indexed citations
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Ruskin, Barbara, Claudio W. Pikielny, Michael Rosbash, & M R Green. (1986). Alternative branch points are selected during splicing of a yeast pre-mRNA in mammalian and yeast extracts.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 83(7). 2022–2026. 46 indexed citations
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Ruskin, Barbara & Michael R. Green. (1985). Role of the 3′ splice site consensus sequence in mammalian pre-mRNA splicing. Nature. 317(6039). 732–734. 171 indexed citations
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Ruskin, Barbara & Michael R. Green. (1985). Specific and stable intron-factor interactions are established early during in vitro pre-mRNA splicing. Cell. 43(1). 131–142. 164 indexed citations
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Ruskin, Barbara & Michael R. Green. (1985). An RNA Processing Activity That Debranches RNA Lariats. Science. 229(4709). 135–140. 267 indexed citations
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Ruskin, Barbara, J. M. Greene, & Michael R. Green. (1985). Cryptic branch point activation allows accurate in vitro splicing of human β-globin intron mutants. Cell. 41(3). 833–844. 214 indexed citations
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Ruskin, Barbara, Adrian R. Krainer, Tom Maniatis, & Michael R. Green. (1984). Excision of an intact intron as a novel lariat structure during pre-mRNA splicing in vitro. Cell. 38(1). 317–331. 671 indexed citations breakdown →
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Krainer, Adrian R., Tom Maniatis, Barbara Ruskin, & Michael R. Green. (1984). Normal and mutant human β-globin pre-mRNAs are faithfully and efficiently spliced in vitro. Cell. 36(4). 993–1005. 615 indexed citations breakdown →

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