Ildar Gainetdinov

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Ildar Gainetdinov is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ildar Gainetdinov has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Plant Science and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ildar Gainetdinov's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (17 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (12 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers). Ildar Gainetdinov is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (17 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (12 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers). Ildar Gainetdinov collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Belarus. Ildar Gainetdinov's co-authors include Phillip D. Zamore, Deniz M. Özata, Ansgar Zoch, Dónal O’Carroll, Cansu Colpan, Katharine Cecchini, Amena Arif, Zhiping Weng, Erik J. Sontheimer and Alireza Edraki and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Ildar Gainetdinov

24 papers receiving 1.8k 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. PIWI-interacting RNAs: small RNAs with big functions
    2018 778 citations Deniz M. Özata, Ildar Gainetdinov et al. Nature Reviews Genetics profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ildar Gainetdinov United States 17 1.6k 842 296 259 74 26 1.8k
Constance Ciaudo Switzerland 22 1.6k 1.0× 577 0.7× 539 1.8× 380 1.5× 44 0.6× 41 2.1k
Kai Xu China 19 1.5k 1.0× 241 0.3× 321 1.1× 222 0.9× 54 0.7× 54 1.8k
Mikel Zaratiegui United States 20 1.6k 1.0× 618 0.7× 191 0.6× 303 1.2× 38 0.5× 31 2.0k
Fedor V. Karginov United States 17 1.8k 1.1× 120 0.1× 827 2.8× 160 0.6× 38 0.5× 28 2.0k
Jonathan Strecker United States 14 1.4k 0.9× 211 0.3× 27 0.1× 292 1.1× 77 1.0× 18 1.6k
Kazumichi M. Nishida Japan 14 2.3k 1.4× 1.9k 2.2× 257 0.9× 243 0.9× 75 1.0× 20 2.5k
Sergei Ryazansky Russia 16 982 0.6× 549 0.7× 97 0.3× 149 0.6× 19 0.3× 33 1.1k
Christian B. Matranga United States 10 1.7k 1.1× 495 0.6× 666 2.3× 104 0.4× 74 1.0× 14 2.0k
Elitza Deltcheva United Kingdom 7 1.9k 1.2× 180 0.2× 43 0.1× 423 1.6× 219 3.0× 10 2.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ildar Gainetdinov

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All Works

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Sieriebriennikov, Bogdan, Jennifer Wu, Ildar Gainetdinov, et al.. (2025). Transcriptional interferences ensure one olfactory receptor per ant neuron. Nature. 648(8093). 418–426.
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Lee, Seung Kyu, Weiping Shen, William Wen, et al.. (2025). Topoisomerase 3b facilitates piRNA biogenesis to promote transposon silencing and germ cell development. Cell Reports. 44(4). 115495–115495. 1 indexed citations
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Venkei, Zsolt, Ildar Gainetdinov, Margaret R. Starostik, et al.. (2023). A maternally programmed intergenerational mechanism enables male offspring to make piRNAs from Y-linked precursor RNAs in Drosophila. Nature Cell Biology. 25(10). 1495–1505. 6 indexed citations
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Gainetdinov, Ildar, Joel Vega‐Badillo, Katharine Cecchini, et al.. (2023). Relaxed targeting rules help PIWI proteins silence transposons. Nature. 619(7969). 394–402. 42 indexed citations
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Arif, Amena, Shannon M. Bailey, Natsuko Izumi, et al.. (2022). GTSF1 accelerates target RNA cleavage by PIWI-clade Argonaute proteins. Nature. 608(7923). 618–625. 39 indexed citations
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Cecchini, Katharine, Tianxiong Yu, Haiwei Mou, et al.. (2022). The transcription factor TCFL5 responds to A-MYB to elaborate the male meiotic program in mice. Reproduction. 165(2). 183–196. 16 indexed citations
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Gainetdinov, Ildar, Cansu Colpan, Katharine Cecchini, et al.. (2021). Terminal modification, sequence, length, and PIWI-protein identity determine piRNA stability. Molecular Cell. 81(23). 4826–4842.e8. 41 indexed citations
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Wu, Pei-Hsuan, Yu Fu, Katharine Cecchini, et al.. (2020). The evolutionarily conserved piRNA-producing locus pi6 is required for male mouse fertility. Nature Genetics. 52(7). 728–739. 93 indexed citations
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Jolly, Samson M., Ildar Gainetdinov, Karina Jouravleva, et al.. (2020). Thermus thermophilus Argonaute Functions in the Completion of DNA Replication. Cell. 182(6). 1545–1559.e18. 81 indexed citations
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Özata, Deniz M., Tianxiong Yu, Haiwei Mou, et al.. (2019). Evolutionarily conserved pachytene piRNA loci are highly divergent among modern humans. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4(1). 156–168. 68 indexed citations
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Gainetdinov, Ildar, et al.. (2018). Assessment of piRNA biogenesis and function in testicular germ cell tumors and their precursor germ cell neoplasia in situ. BMC Cancer. 18(1). 20–20. 21 indexed citations
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Özata, Deniz M., Ildar Gainetdinov, Ansgar Zoch, Dónal O’Carroll, & Phillip D. Zamore. (2018). PIWI-interacting RNAs: small RNAs with big functions. Nature Reviews Genetics. 20(2). 89–108. 778 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lee, Jooyoung, Aamir Mir, Alireza Edraki, et al.. (2018). Potent Cas9 Inhibition in Bacterial and Human Cells by AcrIIC4 and AcrIIC5 Anti-CRISPR Proteins. mBio. 9(6). 79 indexed citations
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Gainetdinov, Ildar, Cansu Colpan, Amena Arif, Katharine Cecchini, & Phillip D. Zamore. (2018). A Single Mechanism of Biogenesis, Initiated and Directed by PIWI Proteins, Explains piRNA Production in Most Animals. Molecular Cell. 71(5). 775–790.e5. 149 indexed citations
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Gainetdinov, Ildar, et al.. (2017). Two modes of targeting transposable elements by piRNA pathway in human testis. RNA. 23(11). 1614–1625. 34 indexed citations
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Zinovyeva, M. V., et al.. (2016). Intragenic Locus in Human PIWIL2 Gene Shares Promoter and Enhancer Functions. PLoS ONE. 11(6). e0156454–e0156454. 3 indexed citations
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Gainetdinov, Ildar, Elena Y. Rykova, Anastasia A. Ponomaryova, et al.. (2016). Hypomethylation of human-specific family of LINE-1 retrotransposons in circulating DNA of lung cancer patients. Lung Cancer. 99. 127–130. 21 indexed citations
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Azhikina, Tatyana, et al.. (2003). Non-methylated Genomic Sites Coincidence Cloning (NGSCC): an approach to large scale analysis of hypomethylated CpG patterns at predetermined genomic loci. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 271(1). 22–32. 15 indexed citations

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