Eric M. Phizicky

11.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
101 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Eric M. Phizicky is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric M. Phizicky has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Oncology and 4 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Eric M. Phizicky's work include RNA modifications and cancer (82 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (78 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (41 papers). Eric M. Phizicky is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (82 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (78 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (41 papers). Eric M. Phizicky collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Saudi Arabia. Eric M. Phizicky's co-authors include Anita K. Hopper, Stanley Fields, Elizabeth J. Grayhack, Andrei Alexandrov, Jeffrey W. Roberts, Mark R. Martzen, Stephen McCraith, Jane E. Jackman, Michael P. Guy and Lu Han and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Eric M. Phizicky

100 papers receiving 8.6k 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.

tRNA biology charges to the front

2010 623 citations Eric M. Phizicky, Anita K. Hopper Genes & Development profile →
Protein-protein interactions: methods for detection and analysis

1995 609 citations Eric M. Phizicky, Stanley Fields profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric M. Phizicky United States	52	8.1k	882	776	582	342	101	8.7k
Milton T. Stubbs Germany	41	3.4k 0.4×	515 0.6×	607 0.8×	468 0.8×	255 0.7×	117	5.6k
L.S. Beese United States	39	6.1k 0.7×	382 0.4×	800 1.0×	1.2k 2.0×	436 1.3×	73	7.1k
O. Gileadi United Kingdom	44	4.3k 0.5×	333 0.4×	749 1.0×	568 1.0×	346 1.0×	108	5.5k
Michael G. Fried United States	38	5.7k 0.7×	399 0.5×	897 1.2×	1.9k 3.2×	288 0.8×	120	7.5k
John H. Bushweller United States	44	4.9k 0.6×	380 0.4×	545 0.7×	369 0.6×	657 1.9×	113	6.1k
A.R. Ferré-D′Amaré United States	58	9.7k 1.2×	366 0.4×	259 0.3×	1.3k 2.2×	475 1.4×	144	10.5k
Clifford D. Mol United States	26	5.0k 0.6×	283 0.3×	1.1k 1.4×	642 1.1×	145 0.4×	31	6.3k
Raymond Reeves United States	27	3.5k 0.4×	592 0.7×	431 0.6×	387 0.7×	216 0.6×	39	4.5k
Bing Yang China	34	3.5k 0.4×	425 0.5×	679 0.9×	295 0.5×	560 1.6×	127	4.9k
Walter F. Mangel United States	34	2.5k 0.3×	525 0.6×	546 0.7×	1.5k 2.5×	194 0.6×	104	4.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lai, Timothy Y. Y., et al.. (2025). Pervasive Divergence in Protein Thermostability is Mediated by Both Structural Changes and Cellular Environments. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 42(7).

Phizicky, Eric M., et al.. (2022). Identification of a Trm732 Motif Required for 2′- O -methylation of the tRNA Anticodon Loop by Trm7. ACS Omega. 7(16). 13667–13675. 5 indexed citations

Phizicky, Eric M., et al.. (2020). Hypomodified tRNA in evolutionarily distant yeasts can trigger rapid tRNA decay to activate the general amino acid control response, but with different consequences. PLoS Genetics. 16(8). e1008893–e1008893. 22 indexed citations

Shaheen, Ranad, Sateesh Maddirevula, Ghada M. H. Abdel‐Salam, et al.. (2019). PUS7 mutations impair pseudouridylation in humans and cause intellectual disability and microcephaly. Human Genetics. 138(3). 231–239. 68 indexed citations

Zimmerman, Stephanie M., et al.. (2018). Conditional accumulation of toxic tRNAs to cause amino acid misincorporation. Nucleic Acids Research. 46(15). 7831–7843. 15 indexed citations

Kon, Yoshiko, David Young, Michael P. Guy, et al.. (2017). Widespread temperature sensitivity and tRNA decay due to mutations in a yeast tRNA. RNA. 24(3). 410–422. 16 indexed citations

Guy, Michael P., Marie Shaw, Catherine L. Weiner, et al.. (2015). Defects in tRNA Anticodon Loop 2′-O-Methylation Are Implicated in Nonsyndromic X-Linked Intellectual Disability due to Mutations inFTSJ1. Human Mutation. 36(12). 1176–1187. 112 indexed citations

Phizicky, Eric M. & Anita K. Hopper. (2015). tRNA processing, modification, and subcellular dynamics: past, present, and future. RNA. 21(4). 483–485. 33 indexed citations

Guy, Michael P., et al.. (2015). Methodology for the High-Throughput Identification and Characterization of tRNA Variants That Are Substrates for a tRNA Decay Pathway. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 560. 1–17. 3 indexed citations

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Guy, Michael P. & Eric M. Phizicky. (2014). Two-subunit enzymes involved in eukaryotic post-transcriptional tRNA modification. RNA Biology. 11(12). 1608–1618. 91 indexed citations

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Whipple, Joseph M., et al.. (2012). The yeast rapid tRNA decay pathway competes with elongation factor 1A for substrate tRNAs and acts on tRNAs lacking one or more of several modifications. RNA. 18(10). 1886–1896. 89 indexed citations

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Kotelawala, Lakmal, Elizabeth J. Grayhack, & Eric M. Phizicky. (2007). Identification of yeast tRNA Um₄₄ 2′-O-methyltransferase (Trm44) and demonstration of a Trm44 role in sustaining levels of specific tRNA^Ser species. RNA. 14(1). 158–169. 69 indexed citations

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Crary, Sharon M., et al.. (2007). The 2′-O-methyltransferase responsible for modification of yeast tRNA at position 4. RNA. 13(3). 404–413. 40 indexed citations

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Jackman, Jane E., et al.. (2004). Analysis of 2′-phosphotransferase (Tpt1p) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Evidence for a conserved two-step reaction mechanism. RNA. 11(1). 99–106. 34 indexed citations

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Gu, Weifeng, Jane E. Jackman, Amanda J. Lohan, Michael W. Gray, & Eric M. Phizicky. (2003). tRNA ^His maturation: An essential yeast protein catalyzes addition of a guanine nucleotide to the 5′ end of tRNA ^His. Genes & Development. 17(23). 2889–2901. 93 indexed citations

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Jackman, Jane E., R.K. Montange, Harmit S. Malik, & Eric M. Phizicky. (2003). Identification of the yeast gene encoding the tRNA m¹G methyltransferase responsible for modification at position 9. RNA. 9(5). 574–585. 169 indexed citations

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Grayhack, Elizabeth J. & Eric M. Phizicky. (2001). Genomic analysis of biochemical function. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 5(1). 34–39. 14 indexed citations

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Kierzek, Ryszard, et al.. (2000). The Chemical Synthesis of Oligoribonucleotides with Selectively Placed 2′- O -Phosphates. Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids. 19(5-6). 917–933. 3 indexed citations

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Spinelli, Sherry L., Ryszard Kierzek, Douglas H. Turner, & Eric M. Phizicky. (1999). Transient ADP-ribosylation of a 2′-Phosphate Implicated in Its Removal from Ligated tRNA during Splicing in Yeast. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(5). 2637–2644. 59 indexed citations

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Robinson, M K, Willem H. van Zyl, Eric M. Phizicky, & James R. Broach. (1994). TPD1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Encodes a Protein Phosphatase 2C-Like Activity Implicated in tRNA Splicing and Cell Separation. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 14(6). 3634–3645. 20 indexed citations

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