Igor Kovalchuk

10.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
219 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Igor Kovalchuk is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Igor Kovalchuk has authored 219 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 135 papers in Molecular Biology, 119 papers in Plant Science and 30 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Igor Kovalchuk's work include Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies (48 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (42 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (36 papers). Igor Kovalchuk is often cited by papers focused on Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies (48 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (42 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (36 papers). Igor Kovalchuk collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Switzerland. Igor Kovalchuk's co-authors include Olga Kovalchuk, Alex Boyko, Gerlinde A. S. Metz, Youli Yao, Andriy Bilichak, Olena Babenko, Barbara Höhn, Yaroslav Ilnytskyy, Andrey Golubov and Jody Filkowski 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 Kovalchuk

208 papers receiving 7.2k 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.

Stress-induced perinatal and transgenerational epigenetic programming of brain development and mental health

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Igor Kovalchuk Canada	47	3.9k	3.4k	510	509	505	219	7.4k
Freya Kamel United States	49	2.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.4×	346 0.7×	195 0.4×	614 1.2×	151	8.6k
Olga Kovalchuk Canada	59	1.5k 0.4×	5.0k 1.5×	436 0.9×	615 1.2×	2.4k 4.7×	221	9.6k
Pamela J. Lein United States	54	1.8k 0.5×	2.5k 0.8×	597 1.2×	484 1.0×	661 1.3×	252	9.4k
Qian Li China	43	899 0.2×	2.4k 0.7×	302 0.6×	171 0.3×	303 0.6×	264	6.4k
Christian Ramakers Netherlands	20	1.7k 0.4×	3.1k 0.9×	138 0.3×	133 0.3×	358 0.7×	56	6.6k
Peter S. Spencer United States	56	2.2k 0.6×	2.7k 0.8×	596 1.2×	209 0.4×	701 1.4×	289	12.0k
Jun Nakamura Japan	50	582 0.1×	3.9k 1.2×	697 1.4×	226 0.4×	1.3k 2.5×	388	10.5k
Jason R. Richardson United States	51	1.4k 0.4×	2.0k 0.6×	407 0.8×	266 0.5×	385 0.8×	143	7.6k
Ping Wu China	49	5.5k 1.4×	2.6k 0.8×	267 0.5×	63 0.1×	320 0.6×	179	9.7k
John P. Williams United States	46	1.1k 0.3×	3.0k 0.9×	346 0.7×	437 0.9×	112 0.2×	286	8.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Igor Kovalchuk

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Igor Kovalchuk

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kovalchuk, Igor, et al.. (2025). Exploring the Impact of Skin Care Routines on the Skin Microbiome and Possible Skin Disease Risk—A Pilot Study. Biomedicines. 13(10). 2371–2371.

Yadav, Narendra Singh, et al.. (2025). Genetic and Epigenetic Changes in Arabidopsis thaliana Exposed to Ultraviolet-C Radiation Stress for 25 Generations. Life. 15(3). 502–502.

Touahri, Yacine, Sisu Han, Yaroslav Ilnytskyy, et al.. (2025). Glycolytic flux controls retinal progenitor cell differentiation via regulating Wnt signaling. eLife. 13.

Li, Dongping, et al.. (2024). Targeting β-Cell Plasticity: A Promising Approach for Diabetes Treatment. Current Issues in Molecular Biology. 46(7). 7621–7667. 8 indexed citations

Kovalchuk, Igor, et al.. (2024). Development of efficient and scalable regeneration tissue culture method for Cannabis sativa. Plant Science. 350. 112296–112296. 3 indexed citations

McCallum, Brent, Igor Kovalchuk, Christof Rampitsch, et al.. (2024). Foliar application of plant-derived peptides decreases the severity of leaf rust (Puccinia triticina) infection in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology. 22(1). 100357–100357. 6 indexed citations

Yadav, Narendra Singh, et al.. (2024). Genomic and Epigenomic Changes in the Progeny of Cold-Stressed Arabidopsis thaliana Plants. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(5). 2795–2795. 4 indexed citations

Kovalchuk, Igor, et al.. (2024). Relationship between Desiccation Tolerance and Biofilm Formation in Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli. Microorganisms. 12(2). 243–243. 3 indexed citations

Kovalchuk, Igor, et al.. (2024). Ontogenesis of honey bees (Apis mellifera) under the influence of temperature stress. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 15(2). 300–305. 1 indexed citations

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Kovalchuk, Igor. (2023). Heritable responses to stress in plants. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. e15–e15. 4 indexed citations

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Kovalchuk, Olga, et al.. (2023). Sex-Dependent Skin Aging and Rejuvenation Strategies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(3). 196–223. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Dongping, et al.. (2023). Cannabinol inhibits cell growth and triggers cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in cancer cells. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology. 48. 102627–102627. 8 indexed citations

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Gogolev, Yuri, Sunny Ahmar, Bala Anı Akpınar, et al.. (2021). OMICs, Epigenetics, and Genome Editing Techniques for Food and Nutritional Security. Plants. 10(7). 1423–1423. 22 indexed citations

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Yadav, Narendra Singh, et al.. (2020). Transient expression of the β-glucuronidase gene in Cannabis sativa varieties. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 15(8). 1780037–1780037. 22 indexed citations

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Ilnytskyy, Slava, et al.. (2020). Depletion of eukaryotic initiation factor 5B (eIF5B) reprograms the cellular transcriptome and leads to activation of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). Cell Stress and Chaperones. 26(1). 253–264. 6 indexed citations

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Gaudet, Daniel, et al.. (2020). Development and Optimization of a Germination Assay and Long-Term Storage for Cannabis sativa Pollen. Plants. 9(5). 665–665. 17 indexed citations

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Bilichak, Andriy & Igor Kovalchuk. (2016). Analysis of Global Genome Methylation Using the Cytosine-Extension Assay. Methods in molecular biology. 1456. 73–79. 1 indexed citations

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Kovalchuk, Igor, et al.. (2014). Age-Dependent Changes in DNA Repair in Radiation-Exposed Mice. Radiation Research. 182(6). 683–694. 18 indexed citations

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Kovalchuk, Igor, et al.. (2010). Plant Epigenetics. Methods in molecular biology. 2 indexed citations

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Boyko, Alex, et al.. (2006). Increase of Homologous Recombination Frequency in Vascular Tissue of Arabidopsis Plants Exposed to Salt Stress. Plant and Cell Physiology. 47(6). 736–742. 41 indexed citations

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