Gerald F. Joyce

20.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
146 papers, 15.8k citations indexed

About

Gerald F. Joyce is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerald F. Joyce has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 15.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Molecular Biology, 44 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 37 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Gerald F. Joyce's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (107 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (50 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (42 papers). Gerald F. Joyce is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (107 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (50 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (42 papers). Gerald F. Joyce collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Netherlands. Gerald F. Joyce's co-authors include Ronald R. Breaker, Stephen W. Santoro, Leslie E. Orgel, William M. Shih, Joel Quispe, Amber Beaudry, Mark P. Robertson, Natasha Paul, Jonathan T. Sczepanski and David P. Horning and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Gerald F. Joyce

144 papers receiving 15.3k citations

Hit Papers

A general purpose RNA-cleaving DNA enzyme 1989 2026 2001 2013 1997 1994 1990 1992 2004 400 800 1.2k
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. A general purpose RNA-cleaving DNA enzyme
    1997 1.3k citations Gerald F. Joyce et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. A DNA enzyme that cleaves RNA
    1994 1.2k citations Gerald F. Joyce et al. Chemistry & Biology profile →
  3. Selection in vitro of an RNA enzyme that specifically cleaves single-stranded DNA
    1990 1.0k citations Gerald F. Joyce et al. profile →
  4. Randomization of genes by PCR mutagenesis.
    1992 830 citations Gerald F. Joyce et al. profile →
  5. A 1.7-kilobase single-stranded DNA that folds into a nanoscale octahedron
    2004 762 citations Gerald F. Joyce et al. profile →
  6. The antiquity of RNA-based evolution
    2002 722 citations Gerald F. Joyce profile →
  7. RNA evolution and the origins of life
    1989 477 citations Gerald F. Joyce profile →

Peers

Gerald F. Joyce
Tetsuya Yomo Japan
Nicholas V. Hud United States
Thomas Carell Germany
Vincent Noireaux United States
Paul Schimmel United States
Michael Yarus United States
Loren Dean Williams United States
M. Reza Ghadiri United States
Peter B. Moore United States
Stephen C. Harvey United States
Tetsuya Yomo Japan
Gerald F. Joyce
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Countries citing papers authored by Gerald F. Joyce

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gerald F. Joyce

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerald F. Joyce

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gerald F. Joyce. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gerald F. Joyce 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 Gerald F. Joyce. Gerald F. Joyce is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bare, Grant A. L., et al.. (2024). Cross-chiral exponential amplification of an RNA enzyme. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(44). e2413668121–e2413668121. 2 indexed citations
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Horning, David P., et al.. (2024). RNA-catalyzed evolution of catalytic RNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(11). e2321592121–e2321592121. 24 indexed citations
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Kakoti, Ankana & Gerald F. Joyce. (2023). RNA Polymerase Ribozyme That Recognizes the Template–Primer Complex through Tertiary Interactions. Biochemistry. 62(12). 1916–1928. 4 indexed citations
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Lam, Bianca J., Yu Wang, Jennifer Shaffer, et al.. (2022). Discovery of small molecules that target a tertiary-structured RNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(48). e2213117119–e2213117119. 23 indexed citations
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Wright, S., Barbara Sherwood Lollar, S. K. Atreya, et al.. (2019). Astrobiology Science Strategy for the Search for Life in the Universe. 233.
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Horning, David P., Saikat Bala, John C. Chaput, & Gerald F. Joyce. (2019). RNA-Catalyzed Polymerization of Deoxyribose, Threose, and Arabinose Nucleic Acids. ACS Synthetic Biology. 8(5). 955–961. 21 indexed citations
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Lollar, Barbara Sherwood, Alan P. Boss, Paul G. Falkowski, et al.. (2018). Astrobiology Science Strategy for the Search for Life in the Universe. AGUFM. 2018. 2 indexed citations
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Horning, David P., et al.. (2017). RNA-Catalyzed Polymerization and Replication of RNA. 1967. 4067. 1 indexed citations
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Robertson, Michael P. & Gerald F. Joyce. (2014). Highly Efficient Self-Replicating RNA Enzymes. Chemistry & Biology. 21(2). 238–245. 71 indexed citations
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Olea, Charles, David P. Horning, & Gerald F. Joyce. (2012). Ligand-Dependent Exponential Amplification of a Self-Replicating l -RNA Enzyme. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(19). 8050–8053. 32 indexed citations
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Paegel, Brian M. & Gerald F. Joyce. (2010). Microfluidic Compartmentalized Directed Evolution. Chemistry & Biology. 17(7). 717–724. 56 indexed citations
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Joyce, Gerald F., et al.. (2009). Self-Sustained Replication of an RNA Enzyme. Science. 323(5918). 1229–1232. 453 indexed citations
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Joyce, Gerald F., et al.. (2007). Emergence of a fast-reacting ribozyme that is capable of undergoing continuous evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(39). 15288–15293. 34 indexed citations
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Joyce, Gerald F.. (2007). Vierzig Jahre Evolution im Reagenzglas. Angewandte Chemie. 119(34). 6540–6557. 45 indexed citations
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Joyce, Gerald F. & Leslie E. Orgel. (2006). 2 Progress toward Understanding the Origin of the RNA World. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 43. 23–56. 39 indexed citations
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Joyce, Gerald F.. (2001). RNA Cleavage by the 10-23 DNA Enzyme. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 341. 503–517. 46 indexed citations
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Joyce, Gerald F.. (1999). APPENDIX 3: Reactions Catalyzed by RNA and DNA Enzymes. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 37. 687–690. 4 indexed citations
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Joyce, Gerald F. & Leslie E. Orgel. (1999). 2 Prospects for Understanding the Origin of the RNA World. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 37. 49–77. 21 indexed citations
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Joyce, Gerald F. & Leslie E. Orgel. (1993). 1 Prospects for Understanding the Origin of the RNA World. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 24. 1–25. 162 indexed citations
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Joyce, Gerald F.. (1984). Nonenzymatic template-directed synthesis on RNA random copolymers, Poly(C, U) templates. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 176. 278–306. 8 indexed citations

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