Hamza Balci

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Hamza Balci is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Hamza Balci has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 11 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Hamza Balci's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (27 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (26 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (14 papers). Hamza Balci is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (27 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (26 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (14 papers). Hamza Balci collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Poland. Hamza Balci's co-authors include Taekjip Ha, Chirlmin Joo, Chittanon Buranachai, Yuji Ishitsuka, Sujay Ray, R. L. Greene, Paul R. Selvin, Mohammad Haroon Qureshi, Benjamin H. Blehm and Erdal Toprak and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Hamza Balci

52 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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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.

Advances in Single-Molecule Fluorescence Methods for Molecular Biology

2008 596 citations Hamza Balci, Taekjip Ha et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hamza Balci United States	17	1.1k	395	300	253	252	53	1.8k
Charlie Gosse France	18	728 0.7×	101 0.3×	134 0.4×	97 0.4×	485 1.9×	60	1.9k
Lorenzo Di Michele United Kingdom	25	944 0.9×	79 0.2×	73 0.2×	115 0.5×	125 0.5×	62	1.5k
Alexandros Pertsinidis United States	14	445 0.4×	293 0.7×	144 0.5×	27 0.1×	204 0.8×	19	987
Glen M. Hocky United States	24	432 0.4×	149 0.4×	242 0.8×	110 0.4×	285 1.1×	54	1.5k
Richard H. Crepeau United States	25	484 0.4×	344 0.9×	156 0.5×	78 0.3×	353 1.4×	47	1.4k
Zoher Gueroui France	20	689 0.6×	90 0.2×	130 0.4×	153 0.6×	70 0.3×	31	1.3k
Gerhard A. Blab Netherlands	20	700 0.6×	722 1.8×	25 0.1×	337 1.3×	280 1.1×	43	1.8k
Martín Bohmër Germany	10	304 0.3×	376 1.0×	37 0.1×	74 0.3×	223 0.9×	13	911
Yasumasa Joti Japan	26	1.3k 1.2×	108 0.3×	96 0.3×	65 0.3×	202 0.8×	83	2.2k
Paul R. Selvin United States	25	1.5k 1.3×	724 1.8×	58 0.2×	62 0.2×	380 1.5×	62	2.8k

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Basu, Soumitra, et al.. (2025). Combining CRISPR activation and interference capabilities using dCas9 and G-quadruplex structures. PubMed. 2(1). ugaf001–ugaf001. 1 indexed citations

Sprunt, Samuel, et al.. (2025). Locked Nucleic Acid Stabilized Liquid Crystalline Phases. Langmuir. 41(46). 31253–31257.

Gleeson, J. T., et al.. (2025). Sequence-Dependent Liquid Crystalline Ordering of Gapped DNA. ACS Macro Letters. 14(2). 149–154. 2 indexed citations

Jack, Amanda, et al.. (2024). Protection of the Telomeric Junction by the Shelterin Complex. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(36). 25158–25165. 2 indexed citations

Haas, S., et al.. (2023). Detecting secondary structure formation with FRET-PAINT. The Analyst. 148(19). 4655–4658. 1 indexed citations

Deveryshetty, Jaigeeth, Rahul Chadda, Nilisha Pokhrel, et al.. (2022). Rtt105 regulates RPA function by configurationally stapling the flexible domains. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5152–5152. 10 indexed citations

Ma, Yue, et al.. (2019). Impact of Small Molecules on Intermolecular G-Quadruplex Formation. Molecules. 24(8). 1570–1570. 3 indexed citations

Mustafa, Golam, Nilisha Pokhrel, Yue Ma, et al.. (2018). A force sensor that converts fluorescence signal into force measurement utilizing short looped DNA. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 121. 34–40. 6 indexed citations

Budhathoki, Jagat B., et al.. (2017). A practical guide to studying G-quadruplex structures using single-molecule FRET. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 292(3). 483–498. 34 indexed citations

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Budhathoki, Jagat B., et al.. (2016). A Comparative Study of G-Quadruplex Unfolding and DNA Reeling Activities of Human RECQ5 Helicase. Biophysical Journal. 110(12). 2585–2596. 30 indexed citations

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Ma, Yue, et al.. (2016). A single molecule study of a fluorescently labeled telomestatin derivative and G-quadruplex interactions. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(1). 288–295. 16 indexed citations

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Budhathoki, Jagat B., et al.. (2015). ATP-dependent G-quadruplex unfolding by Bloom helicase exhibits low processivity. Nucleic Acids Research. 43(12). 5961–5970. 29 indexed citations

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Ray, Sujay, Jigar N. Bandaria, Mohammad Haroon Qureshi, Ahmet Yıldız, & Hamza Balci. (2014). G-quadruplex formation in telomeres enhances POT1/TPP1 protection against RPA binding. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(8). 2990–2995. 118 indexed citations

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Ray, Sujay, Jigar N. Bandaria, Mohammad Haroon Qureshi, Ahmet Yıldız, & Hamza Balci. (2013). POT1/TPP1 and Telomeric G-Quadruplexes Synergistically Block RPA's Access to Telomeres. Biophysical Journal. 104(2). 76a–77a. 1 indexed citations

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Ray, Sujay, et al.. (2013). RPA-Mediated Unfolding of Systematically Varying G-Quadruplex Structures. Biophysical Journal. 104(10). 2235–2245. 58 indexed citations

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Balci, Hamza, Sinan Arslan, Sua Myong, Timothy M. Lohman, & Taekjip Ha. (2011). Single-Molecule Nanopositioning: Structural Transitions of a Helicase-DNA Complex during ATP Hydrolysis. Biophysical Journal. 101(4). 976–984. 10 indexed citations

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Selvin, Paul R., et al.. (2007). Fluorescence Imaging with One-Nanometer Accuracy (FIONA): Figure 1.. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2007(10). pdb.top27–pdb.top27. 12 indexed citations

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Balci, Hamza, Taekjip Ha, H. Lee Sweeney, & Paul R. Selvin. (2005). Interhead Distance Measurements in Myosin VI via SHRImP Support a Simplified Hand-Over-Hand Model. Biophysical Journal. 89(1). 413–417. 37 indexed citations

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Balci, Hamza & R. L. Greene. (2004). Anomalous Change in the Field Dependence of the Electronic Specific Heat of an Electron-Doped Cuprate Superconductor. Physical Review Letters. 93(6). 67001–67001. 16 indexed citations

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Zámborszky, F., Guoqing Wu, Weiqiang Yu, et al.. (2004). Inhomogeneous Electronic Structure Probed by Spin-Echo Experiments in the Electron Doped High-TcSuperconductorPr1.85Ce0.15CuO4−y. Physical Review Letters. 92(4). 47003–47003. 7 indexed citations

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