Igor Jurak

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Igor Jurak is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Igor Jurak has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Epidemiology, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Igor Jurak's work include Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (14 papers), RNA regulation and disease (10 papers) and interferon and immune responses (7 papers). Igor Jurak is often cited by papers focused on Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (14 papers), RNA regulation and disease (10 papers) and interferon and immune responses (7 papers). Igor Jurak collaborates with scholars based in Croatia, United States and Spain. Igor Jurak's co-authors include Donald M. Coen, Martha F. Kramer, Jennifer L. Umbach, Bryan R. Cullen, Wolfram Brune, David M. Knipe, Ivana Munitić, Nela Malatesti, Joseph Mellor and Frederick P. Roth and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Igor Jurak

27 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. MicroRNAs expressed by herpes simplex virus 1 during latent infection regulate viral mRNAs
    2008 546 citations Jennifer L. Umbach, Martha F. Kramer et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Igor Jurak Croatia 18 755 663 414 348 127 29 1.5k
Chioma M. Okeoma United States 27 321 0.4× 1.1k 1.6× 363 0.9× 645 1.9× 112 0.9× 61 2.0k
William W. Tang United States 18 474 0.6× 589 0.9× 98 0.2× 347 1.0× 134 1.1× 28 2.1k
Vira Bitko United States 18 647 0.9× 955 1.4× 312 0.8× 350 1.0× 311 2.4× 28 1.8k
Shenghua Zhou United States 17 606 0.8× 359 0.5× 114 0.3× 1.3k 3.6× 78 0.6× 24 1.8k
M. Nedim Ince United States 13 198 0.3× 924 1.4× 250 0.6× 339 1.0× 257 2.0× 23 1.6k
Cynthia Johnson United States 15 739 1.0× 666 1.0× 145 0.4× 1.3k 3.7× 51 0.4× 21 2.2k
Ying Chan United States 15 296 0.4× 632 1.0× 84 0.2× 819 2.4× 208 1.6× 35 1.8k
Emma Poole United Kingdom 31 1.9k 2.6× 570 0.9× 143 0.3× 873 2.5× 140 1.1× 63 2.5k
Tamar Ben-Yedidia Israel 19 495 0.7× 915 1.4× 81 0.2× 462 1.3× 78 0.6× 26 1.6k
Koji Onomoto Japan 20 323 0.4× 1.2k 1.7× 180 0.4× 1.3k 3.6× 60 0.5× 33 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Igor Jurak

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Fields of papers citing papers by Igor Jurak

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Igor Jurak

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

All Works

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Kolman, R., Slađana Bursać, Richard de Reuver, et al.. (2025). ADAR1 p150 prevents HSV-1 from triggering PKR/eIF2α-mediated translational arrest and is required for efficient viral replication. PLoS Pathogens. 21(4). e1012452–e1012452. 2 indexed citations
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Jurak, Igor, et al.. (2024). Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of Herpetic Keratitis Patients—Tertiary Centre Experience. Medicina. 60(4). 577–577. 3 indexed citations
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Marchi, Fabiola De, Ivana Munitić, Valentino Rački, et al.. (2023). Overlapping Neuroimmune Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets in Neurodegenerative Disorders. Biomedicines. 11(10). 2793–2793. 22 indexed citations
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Ratkaj, Ivana, Ricardo Lebrón, Cristina Gómez‐Martín, et al.. (2022). The Virus-Induced Upregulation of the miR-183/96/182 Cluster and the FoxO Family Protein Members Are Not Required for Efficient Replication of HSV-1. Viruses. 14(8). 1661–1661. 4 indexed citations
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Cekinović, Đurđica, et al.. (2021). Diverse SARS-CoV-2 variants preceded the initial COVID-19 outbreak in Croatia. Archives of Virology. 166(6). 1735–1739.
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Jurak, Igor, Tomislav Rukavina, & Oliver Vugrek. (2020). Successful sequencing of the first SARS-CoV-2 genomes from Croatian patients. Croatian Medical Journal. 61(3). 302–303. 4 indexed citations
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Pan, Dongli, Gang Li, Lei Feng, et al.. (2019). Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Lytic Infection Blocks MicroRNA (miRNA) Biogenesis at the Stage of Nuclear Export of Pre-miRNAs. mBio. 10(1). 27 indexed citations
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Aparicio‐Puerta, Ernesto, Ricardo Lebrón, Antonio Rueda, et al.. (2019). sRNAbench and sRNAtoolbox 2019: intuitive fast small RNA profiling and differential expression. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(W1). W530–W535. 117 indexed citations
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Brdovčak, Maja Cokarić, et al.. (2018). Herpes simplex virus 1 miRNA sequence variations in latently infected human trigeminal ganglia. Virus Research. 256. 90–95. 10 indexed citations
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Brdovčak, Maja Cokarić, et al.. (2018). Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Deregulation of Host MicroRNAs. Non-Coding RNA. 4(4). 36–36. 32 indexed citations
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Jurak, Igor, Eui Tae Kim, Michael Hackenberg, et al.. (2017). Viral Ubiquitin Ligase Stimulates Selective Host MicroRNA Expression by Targeting ZEB Transcriptional Repressors. Viruses. 9(8). 210–210. 14 indexed citations
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Jurak, Igor, et al.. (2012). Herpes Simplex Virus Is Equipped with RNA- and Protein-Based Mechanisms To Repress Expression of ATRX, an Effector of Intrinsic Immunity. Journal of Virology. 86(18). 10093–10102. 59 indexed citations
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Jurak, Igor, Anthony Griffiths, & Donald M. Coen. (2011). Mammalian alphaherpesvirus miRNAs. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1809(11-12). 641–653. 27 indexed citations
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Umbach, Jennifer L., et al.. (2008). MicroRNAs expressed by herpes simplex virus 1 during latent infection regulate viral mRNAs. Nature. 454(7205). 780–783. 546 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jurak, Igor & Wolfram Brune. (2006). Induction of apoptosis limits cytomegalovirus cross‐species infection. The EMBO Journal. 25(11). 2634–2642. 86 indexed citations
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Jurak, Igor, et al.. (2002). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based detection of Streptococcus mitis and Leptotrichia buccalis from periodontal pockets. Periodicum Biologorum. 103(2). 175–178.
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Jurak, Igor, et al.. (2001). The Effect of Scaling and Root Planing on the Clinical and Microbiological Parameters of Periodontal Diseases. Acta Stomatologica Croatica. 35(1). 39–42. 18 indexed citations
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Gall‐Trošelj, Koraljka, Marinka Mravak‐Stipetić, Igor Jurak, W.L. Ragland, & Krešimir Pavelić. (2001). Helicobacter pylori colonization of tongue mucosa – increased incidence in atrophic glossitis and burning mouth syndrome (BMS). Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine. 30(9). 560–563. 49 indexed citations

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