Ivo L. Hofacker

38.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
192 papers, 21.1k citations indexed

About

Ivo L. Hofacker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ivo L. Hofacker has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 21.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 177 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Cancer Research and 16 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ivo L. Hofacker's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (157 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (93 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (78 papers). Ivo L. Hofacker is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (157 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (93 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (78 papers). Ivo L. Hofacker collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United States. Ivo L. Hofacker's co-authors include Peter F. Stadler, Ronny Lorenz, Hakim Tafer, Stephan Wolf, Christoph Flamm, Walter Fontana, Andreas Gruber, Christian Höner zu Siederdissen, Peter Schuster and Stefan Washietl and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Ivo L. Hofacker

188 papers receiving 20.7k 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.

ViennaRNA Package 2.0

2011 3.4k citations Ronny Lorenz, Stephan Wolf et al. Algorithms for Molecular Biology profile →
The Vienna RNA Websuite

2008 1.9k citations Andreas Gruber, Ronny Lorenz et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
Vienna RNA secondary structure server

2003 1.8k citations Ivo L. Hofacker Nucleic Acids Research profile →
Fast folding and comparison of RNA secondary structures

1994 1.7k citations Ivo L. Hofacker, Peter F. Stadler et al. profile →
From sequences to shapes and back: a case study in RNA secondary structures

1994 578 citations Peter F. Stadler, Ivo L. Hofacker et al. profile →
Fast and reliable prediction of noncoding RNAs

2005 505 citations Stefan Washietl, Ivo L. Hofacker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ivo L. Hofacker Austria	61	18.0k	3.8k	2.6k	2.0k	1.6k	192	21.1k
David Tollervey United Kingdom	99	26.9k 1.5×	2.5k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	832 0.5×	257	28.5k
Jack D. Griffith United States	73	14.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.4×	3.1k 1.2×	1.5k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	265	17.7k
Thomas R. Cech United States	105	35.3k 2.0×	2.2k 0.6×	3.3k 1.3×	3.4k 1.7×	3.7k 2.3×	354	40.1k
Juri Rappsilber United Kingdom	76	23.7k 1.3×	2.1k 0.5×	2.7k 1.0×	2.3k 1.1×	639 0.4×	291	29.0k
Alexey I. Nesvizhskii United States	66	20.0k 1.1×	2.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	989 0.5×	738 0.5×	228	26.6k
Janusz M. Bujnicki Poland	61	13.4k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	1.4k 0.5×	783 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	322	15.3k
Patrick Cramer Germany	88	22.2k 1.2×	926 0.2×	3.0k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	283	25.6k
Michael Zuker United States	43	21.4k 1.2×	1.9k 0.5×	3.7k 1.4×	3.7k 1.8×	3.2k 2.0×	81	27.1k
Nicholas Proudfoot United Kingdom	80	20.1k 1.1×	2.4k 0.6×	2.3k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	470 0.3×	219	23.3k
Rotem Sorek Israel	68	15.9k 0.9×	2.7k 0.7×	3.5k 1.3×	2.0k 1.0×	6.1k 3.8×	117	20.0k

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Bussi, Giovanni, et al.. (2024). Sampling globally and locally correct RNA 3D structures using Ernwin, SPQR and experimental SAXS data. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(16). e73–e73. 4 indexed citations

Lorenz, Ronny, et al.. (2024). Phylogenetic and Chemical Probing Information as Soft Constraints in RNA Secondary Structure Prediction. Journal of Computational Biology. 31(6). 549–563. 1 indexed citations

Lorenz, Ronny, et al.. (2023). DrTransformer : heuristic cotranscriptional RNA folding using the nearest neighbor energy model. Bioinformatics. 39(1). 6 indexed citations

Hofacker, Ivo L., et al.. (2023). Modified RNAs and predictions with the ViennaRNA Package. Bioinformatics. 39(11). 8 indexed citations

Beckmann, Irene K., et al.. (2023). 3D feasibility of 2D RNA–RNA interaction paths by stepwise folding simulations. RNA. 30(2). 113–123. 1 indexed citations

Lorenz, Ronny, et al.. (2015). SHAPE directed RNA folding. Bioinformatics. 32(1). 145–147. 72 indexed citations

Hecker, Nikolai, Mikkel Christensen‐Dalsgaard, Stefan E. Seemann, et al.. (2015). Optimizing RNA structures by sequence extensions using RNAcop. Nucleic Acids Research. 43(17). 8135–8145. 4 indexed citations

Lavender, Christopher A., Ronny Lorenz, Ge Zhang, et al.. (2015). Model-Free RNA Sequence and Structure Alignment Informed by SHAPE Probing Reveals a Conserved Alternate Secondary Structure for 16S rRNA. PLoS Computational Biology. 11(5). e1004126–e1004126. 31 indexed citations

Siederdissen, Christian Höner zu, Fabian Amman, Axel Wintsche, et al.. (2015). Processed Small RNAs in Archaea and BHB Elements. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 1(1). 18–18. 3 indexed citations

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Washietl, Stefan, Ivo L. Hofacker, Peter F. Stadler, & Manolis Kellis. (2012). RNA folding with soft constraints: reconciliation of probing data and thermodynamic secondary structure prediction. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(10). 4261–4272. 89 indexed citations

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Hackl, Matthias, Tobias Jakobi, Jochen Blom, et al.. (2011). Next-generation sequencing of the Chinese hamster ovary microRNA transcriptome: Identification, annotation and profiling of microRNAs as targets for cellular engineering. Journal of Biotechnology. 153(1-2). 62–75. 81 indexed citations

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Lorenz, Ronny, Stephan Wolf, Christian Höner zu Siederdissen, et al.. (2011). ViennaRNA Package 2.0. Algorithms for Molecular Biology. 6(1). 26–26. 3358 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gruber, Andreas, Andrea Tanzer, Stephan Wolf, et al.. (2010). Nematode sbRNAs: Homologs of Vertebrate Y RNAs. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 70(4). 346–358. 26 indexed citations

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Lorenz, Ronny, Christoph Flamm, & Ivo L. Hofacker. (2009). 2D Projections of RNA Folding Landscapes.. 11–20. 17 indexed citations

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Flamm, Christoph, Ivo L. Hofacker, Peter F. Stadler, & Michael T. Wolfinger. (2008). Barrier Trees of Degenerate Landscapes 1. 91 indexed citations

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Flamm, Christoph, Ivo L. Hofacker, Bärbel M. R. Stadler, & Peter F. Stadler. (2007). Saddles and barrier in landscapes of generalized search operators. 194–212. 10 indexed citations

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Mosig, Axel, Ivo L. Hofacker, & Peter F. Stadler. (2006). Comparative analysis of cyclic sequences: Viroids and other small circular RNAs. Qucosa (Saxon State and University Library Dresden). 93–102. 12 indexed citations

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Thurner, Caroline, Ivo L. Hofacker, & Peter F. Stadler. (2004). Conserved RNA Pseudoknots.. Qucosa (Saxon State and University Library Dresden). 35(22). 207–216. 1 indexed citations

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Hofacker, Ivo L., et al.. (2004). Prediction of locally stable RNA secondary structures for genome-wide surveys. Bioinformatics. 20(2). 186–190. 112 indexed citations

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Hofacker, Ivo L., et al.. (1996). Dynamic Programming Algorithm for the Density of States of RNA Secondary Structures.. 184–186. 18 indexed citations

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