Ilya J. Finkelstein

8.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Ilya J. Finkelstein is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ilya J. Finkelstein has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 13 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ilya J. Finkelstein's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (30 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (24 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (22 papers). Ilya J. Finkelstein is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (30 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (24 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (22 papers). Ilya J. Finkelstein collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Canada. Ilya J. Finkelstein's co-authors include M. D. Fayer, Yoori Kim, Eric C. Greene, Hongshan Zhang, Kyungwon Kwak, Zhubing Shi, Hongtao Yu, Sungnam Park, James R. Rybarski and Logan R. Myler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ilya J. Finkelstein

94 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Human cohesin compacts DNA by loop extrusion

2019 458 citations Yoori Kim, Zhubing Shi et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ilya J. Finkelstein United States	39	3.5k	825	413	359	355	98	4.5k
Isaiah T. Arkin Israel	40	3.4k 1.0×	726 0.9×	214 0.5×	208 0.6×	896 2.5×	107	4.7k
Michael C. Wiener United States	33	3.5k 1.0×	588 0.7×	823 2.0×	159 0.4×	283 0.8×	67	4.3k
Sophie Jackson United Kingdom	46	6.2k 1.8×	669 0.8×	295 0.7×	267 0.7×	542 1.5×	111	7.1k
Florence Tama Japan	34	3.5k 1.0×	701 0.8×	374 0.9×	89 0.2×	347 1.0×	92	4.8k
Michael F. Schmid United States	40	3.3k 0.9×	494 0.6×	526 1.3×	243 0.7×	122 0.3×	129	5.3k
Tsjerk A. Wassenaar Netherlands	24	4.3k 1.2×	656 0.8×	252 0.6×	190 0.5×	223 0.6×	52	5.3k
Jill Trewhella United States	44	4.4k 1.2×	326 0.4×	316 0.8×	166 0.5×	581 1.6×	158	5.7k
Pau Bernadó France	44	5.2k 1.5×	278 0.3×	360 0.9×	271 0.8×	1.1k 3.2×	131	6.4k
Thomas Kiefhaber Switzerland	43	5.0k 1.4×	666 0.8×	297 0.7×	168 0.5×	593 1.7×	72	5.8k
Shoji Takada Japan	41	5.3k 1.5×	1.1k 1.3×	344 0.8×	140 0.4×	711 2.0×	141	6.3k

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Nalefski, Eric A., et al.. (2025). Unleashing high trans -substrate cleavage kinetics of Cas12a for nucleic acid diagnostics. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(14). 2 indexed citations

Hu, Kuang, Chia‐Wei Chou, Claus O. Wilke, & Ilya J. Finkelstein. (2024). Distinct horizontal transfer mechanisms for type I and type V CRISPR-associated transposons. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6653–6653. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Hongshan, Michael L. Nosella, Morgan Dasovich, et al.. (2024). PARP1 condensates differentially partition DNA repair proteins and enhance DNA ligation. EMBO Reports. 25(12). 5635–5666. 17 indexed citations

Schaub, Jeffrey M., Michael M. Soniat, & Ilya J. Finkelstein. (2022). Polymerase theta-helicase promotes end joining by stripping single-stranded DNA-binding proteins and bridging DNA ends. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(7). 3911–3921. 33 indexed citations

Yuan, Kuo, Cheulhee Jung, Yu‐An Chen, et al.. (2022). Massively Parallel Selection of NanoCluster Beacons (Adv. Mater. 41/2022). Advanced Materials. 34(41).

Rybarski, James R., et al.. (2021). Metagenomic discovery of CRISPR-associated transposons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(49). 56 indexed citations

Ma, Chien-Hui, Kamyab Javanmardi, Ilya J. Finkelstein, & Makkuni Jayaram. (2021). Disintegration promotes protospacer integration by the Cas1-Cas2 complex. eLife. 10. 6 indexed citations

Schaub, Jeffrey M., Chia‐Wei Chou, Kamyab Javanmardi, et al.. (2021). Expression and characterization of SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins. Nature Protocols. 16(11). 5339–5356. 32 indexed citations

Javanmardi, Kamyab, Chia‐Wei Chou, Tamer S. Kaoud, et al.. (2021). Rapid characterization of spike variants via mammalian cell surface display. Molecular Cell. 81(24). 5099–5111.e8. 36 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hongshan, Jeffrey M. Schaub, & Ilya J. Finkelstein. (2020). RADX condenses single-stranded DNA to antagonize RAD51 loading. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(14). 7834–7843. 18 indexed citations

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Frazer, Corey, Yoori Kim, Matthew P. Hirakawa, et al.. (2020). Epigenetic cell fate in Candida albicans is controlled by transcription factor condensates acting at super-enhancer-like elements. Nature Microbiology. 5(11). 1374–1389. 40 indexed citations

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Jones, Stephen K., John A. Hawkins, Nicole V. Johnson, et al.. (2020). Massively parallel kinetic profiling of natural and engineered CRISPR nucleases. Nature Biotechnology. 39(1). 84–93. 93 indexed citations

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Deshpande, Rajashree A., Logan R. Myler, Michael M. Soniat, et al.. (2020). DNA-dependent protein kinase promotes DNA end processing by MRN and CtIP. Science Advances. 6(2). eaay0922–eaay0922. 100 indexed citations

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Caron, Marie‐Christine, Ajit Kumar Sharma, Julia O’Sullivan, et al.. (2019). Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 antagonizes DNA resection at double-strand breaks. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2954–2954. 141 indexed citations

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Forsberg, Kevin J., Danica T. Schmidtke, Kamyab Javanmardi, et al.. (2019). Functional metagenomics-guided discovery of potent Cas9 inhibitors in the human microbiome. eLife. 8. 57 indexed citations

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Kim, Yoori, Zhubing Shi, Hongshan Zhang, Ilya J. Finkelstein, & Hongtao Yu. (2019). Human cohesin compacts DNA by loop extrusion. Science. 366(6471). 1345–1349. 458 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hawkins, John A., Stephen K. Jones, Ilya J. Finkelstein, & William H. Press. (2018). Indel-correcting DNA barcodes for high-throughput sequencing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(27). E6217–E6226. 46 indexed citations

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Bhattacharyya, Sudipta, Michael M. Soniat, David M. Walker, et al.. (2018). Phage Mu Gam protein promotes NHEJ in concert with Escherichia coli ligase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(50). E11614–E11622. 23 indexed citations

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Kim, Yoori, et al.. (2017). Efficient modification of λ-DNA substrates for single-molecule studies. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 2071–2071. 18 indexed citations

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Finkelstein, Ilya J., et al.. (2010). Single-molecule imaging reveals mechanisms of protein disruption by a DNA translocase. Nature. 468(7326). 983–987. 143 indexed citations

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