Grzegorz Węgrzyn

13.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
475 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Grzegorz Węgrzyn is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Grzegorz Węgrzyn has authored 475 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 231 papers in Molecular Biology, 167 papers in Genetics and 162 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Grzegorz Węgrzyn's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (151 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (144 papers) and Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (81 papers). Grzegorz Węgrzyn is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (151 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (144 papers) and Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (81 papers). Grzegorz Węgrzyn collaborates with scholars based in Poland, United States and United Kingdom. Grzegorz Węgrzyn's co-authors include Alicja Węgrzyn, Marcin Łoś, Karolina Pierzynowska, Joanna Jakóbkiewicz‐Banecka, Lidia Gaffke, Agata Czyż, Agnieszka Szalewska-Pałasz, Joanna M. Łoś, Karol Taylor and Ewa Piotrowska and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Grzegorz Węgrzyn

458 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

Mitochondria and Reactive Oxygen Species in Aging and Age... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2021 100 200 300
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. Mitochondria and Reactive Oxygen Species in Aging and Age-Related Diseases
    2018 314 citations Karolina Pierzynowska, Grzegorz Węgrzyn et al. profile →
  2. Phage display and other peptide display technologies
    2021 195 citations Karolina Pierzynowska, Lidia Gaffke 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
Grzegorz Węgrzyn Poland 49 4.8k 3.3k 2.6k 2.0k 1.2k 475 10.5k
Ian G. Charles United Kingdom 47 4.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.3× 1.3k 0.5× 2.0k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 153 10.2k
Guoping Zhao China 58 10.2k 2.1× 1.1k 0.3× 1.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 1.7k 1.4× 495 16.6k
Kazuei Igarashi Japan 69 13.9k 2.9× 1.6k 0.5× 1.7k 0.7× 641 0.3× 631 0.5× 518 18.8k
Nisse Kalkkinen Finland 66 6.5k 1.4× 881 0.3× 1.4k 0.5× 708 0.4× 860 0.7× 226 14.2k
Akihito Yamaguchi Japan 57 5.3k 1.1× 799 0.2× 2.7k 1.0× 395 0.2× 1.5k 1.3× 170 11.2k
Matthew R. Chapman United States 49 5.6k 1.2× 812 0.2× 1.3k 0.5× 2.7k 1.4× 388 0.3× 85 8.4k
Mark Donowitz United States 70 10.2k 2.1× 679 0.2× 1.6k 0.6× 1.7k 0.9× 985 0.8× 352 18.1k
Steffan N. Ho United States 31 9.6k 2.0× 708 0.2× 2.0k 0.8× 516 0.3× 854 0.7× 51 14.6k
Alain Van Dorsselaer France 59 7.9k 1.7× 709 0.2× 1.4k 0.5× 534 0.3× 541 0.5× 263 12.8k
Atsushi Yamashita Japan 43 4.5k 0.9× 527 0.2× 854 0.3× 624 0.3× 596 0.5× 171 11.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Grzegorz Węgrzyn

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Fields of papers citing papers by Grzegorz Węgrzyn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Grzegorz Węgrzyn

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Grzegorz Węgrzyn. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Grzegorz Węgrzyn 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 Grzegorz Węgrzyn. Grzegorz Węgrzyn 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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Cyske, Zuzanna, et al.. (2024). Molecular mechanisms of the ambroxol action in Gaucher disease and GBA1 mutation-associated Parkinson disease. Neurochemistry International. 178. 105774–105774. 8 indexed citations
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Podlacha, Magdalena, Lidia Gaffke, Łukasz Grabowski, et al.. (2024). Bacteriophage DNA induces an interrupted immune response during phage therapy in a chicken model. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2274–2274. 21 indexed citations
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Gaffke, Lidia, et al.. (2024). Cellular Organelle-Related Transcriptomic Profile Abnormalities in Neuronopathic Types of Mucopolysaccharidosis: A Comparison with Other Neurodegenerative Diseases. Current Issues in Molecular Biology. 46(3). 2678–2700. 1 indexed citations
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Gaffke, Lidia, et al.. (2024). Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIE: A Real Human Disease or a Diagnostic Pitfall?. Diagnostics. 14(16). 1734–1734. 4 indexed citations
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Gaffke, Lidia, Estera Rintz, Karolina Pierzynowska, & Grzegorz Węgrzyn. (2023). Actin Cytoskeleton Polymerization and Focal Adhesion as Important Factors in the Pathomechanism and Potential Targets of Mucopolysaccharidosis Treatment. Cells. 12(13). 1782–1782. 2 indexed citations
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Waeytens, Jehan, Vincent Raussens, Grzegorz Węgrzyn, et al.. (2023). Interactions and Insertion of Escherichia coli Hfq into Outer Membrane Vesicles as Revealed by Infrared and Orientated Circular Dichroism Spectroscopies. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(14). 11424–11424. 13 indexed citations
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Pierzynowska, Karolina, Magdalena Podlacha, Lidia Gaffke, et al.. (2023). Correction of symptoms of Huntington disease by genistein through FOXO3-mediated autophagy stimulation. Autophagy. 20(5). 1159–1182. 14 indexed citations
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Gaffke, Lidia, Magdalena Podlacha, Estera Rintz, et al.. (2023). Decreased Levels of Chaperones in Mucopolysaccharidoses and Their Elevation as a Putative Auxiliary Therapeutic Approach. Pharmaceutics. 15(2). 704–704. 5 indexed citations
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Pierzynowska, Karolina, Lidia Gaffke, Jan Maciej Zaucha, & Grzegorz Węgrzyn. (2023). Transcriptomic Approaches in Studies on and Applications of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells. Biomedicines. 11(4). 1107–1107.
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Grabowski, Łukasz, et al.. (2022). The use of phage display systems to combat infectious diseases in poultry: diagnostic, vaccine, and therapeutic approaches. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 134(1). 4 indexed citations
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Pierzynowska, Karolina, et al.. (2020). Untypically mild phenotype of a patient suffering from Sanfilippo syndrome B with the c.638C>T/c.889C>T (p.Pro213Leu/p.Arg297Ter) mutations in the NAGLU gene. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine. 8(9). e1356–e1356. 6 indexed citations
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Nejman-Faleńczyk, Bożena, Piotr Golec, Monika Maciąg-Dorszyńska, Alicja Węgrzyn, & Grzegorz Węgrzyn. (2011). Inhibition of Development of Shiga Toxin–Converting Bacteriophages by Either Treatment with Citrate or Amino Acid Starvation. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 9(1). 13–19. 13 indexed citations
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Felice, Maurilio De, Diethard Mattanovich, Maria Papagianni, Grzegorz Węgrzyn, & Antonio Villaverde. (2008). The scientific impact of microbial cell factories. Microbial Cell Factories. 7(1). 33–33. 3 indexed citations
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Iwanicki, Adam, Krzysztof Hinc, Simone J. Séror, Grzegorz Węgrzyn, & Michał Obuchowski. (2005). Transcription in the prpC-yloQ region in Bacillus subtilis. Archives of Microbiology. 183(6). 421–430. 11 indexed citations
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Łoś, Marcin, Grzegorz Węgrzyn, & Peter Neubauer. (2003). A role for bacteriophage T4 rI gene function in the control of phage development during pseudolysogeny and in slowly growing host cells. Research in Microbiology. 154(8). 547–552. 49 indexed citations
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Potrykus, Joanna, Sylwia Barańska, & Grzegorz Węgrzyn. (2002). Inactivation of the acrA Gene Is Partially Responsible for Chloramphenicol Sensitivity of Escherichia coli CM2555 Strain Expressing the Chloramphenicol Acetyltransferase Gene. Microbial Drug Resistance. 8(3). 179–185. 5 indexed citations
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Guzow‐Krzemińska, Beata & Grzegorz Węgrzyn. (2000). Potential use of restriction analysis of PCR-amplified DNA fragments in construction of molecular data-based identification keys of lichens. Mycotaxon. 76. 305–313. 17 indexed citations

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