Jerzy Jurka

30.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
111 papers, 14.5k citations indexed

About

Jerzy Jurka is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jerzy Jurka has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 14.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Molecular Biology, 71 papers in Plant Science and 22 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Jerzy Jurka's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (70 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (47 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (46 papers). Jerzy Jurka is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (70 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (47 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (46 papers). Jerzy Jurka collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Jerzy Jurka's co-authors include Vladimir V. Kapitonov, Oleksiy Kohany, Paul Klonowski, Adam Pavlı́c̀ek, Gábor Tóth, Zoltán Gáspári, Andrew J. Gentles, Aleksandar Milosavljević, Tracey A. Smith and Arian F. A. Smit and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jerzy Jurka

110 papers receiving 14.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Repbase Update, a database of eukaryotic repetitive elements

2005 2.4k citations Jerzy Jurka, Vladimir V. Kapitonov et al. profile →
Sea Anemone Genome Reveals Ancestral Eumetazoan Gene Repertoire and Genomic Organization

2007 1.2k citations Nicholas H. Putnam, Mansi Srivastava et al. Science profile →
Microsatellites in Different Eukaryotic Genomes: Survey and Analysis

2000 1.1k citations Gábor Tóth, Zoltán Gáspári et al. Genome Research profile →
Repbase Update: a database and an electronic journal of repetitive elements

2000 773 citations Jerzy Jurka Trends in Genetics profile →
Annotation, submission and screening of repetitive elements in Repbase: RepbaseSubmitter and Censor

2006 682 citations Oleksiy Kohany, Andrew J. Gentles et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jerzy Jurka United States	51	10.6k	7.9k	3.2k	918	772	111	14.5k
Roy J. Britten United States	68	14.1k 1.3×	4.5k 0.6×	4.3k 1.3×	1.8k 2.0×	853 1.1×	200	19.3k
Laurent Duret France	62	9.9k 0.9×	3.0k 0.4×	4.2k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	454 0.6×	143	12.6k
Yuji Kohara Japan	54	8.3k 0.8×	2.1k 0.3×	3.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	614 0.8×	123	11.9k
Cédric Feschotte United States	53	10.9k 1.0×	10.1k 1.3×	2.6k 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	730 0.9×	104	15.3k
Michèle Clamp United Kingdom	17	8.2k 0.8×	2.5k 0.3×	2.2k 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	837 1.1×	20	12.2k
Nick Goldman United Kingdom	49	10.7k 1.0×	2.8k 0.4×	5.4k 1.7×	1.9k 2.1×	683 0.9×	114	16.3k
Vladimir V. Kapitonov United States	29	4.9k 0.5×	4.0k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	771 0.8×	395 0.5×	38	6.9k
Norihiro Okada Japan	66	8.2k 0.8×	4.1k 0.5×	3.4k 1.1×	2.3k 2.5×	316 0.4×	272	13.0k
Rodger Staden United Kingdom	37	13.4k 1.3×	2.2k 0.3×	4.4k 1.4×	2.2k 2.4×	811 1.1×	59	18.9k
Michael Akam United Kingdom	57	7.9k 0.7×	2.0k 0.3×	3.3k 1.0×	839 0.9×	629 0.8×	127	10.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jerzy Jurka

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kojima, Kenji K. & Jerzy Jurka. (2015). Ancient Origin of the U2 Small Nuclear RNA Gene-Targeting Non-LTR Retrotransposons Utopia. PLoS ONE. 10(11). e0140084–e0140084. 9 indexed citations

Kapitonov, Vladimir V., Sébastien Tempel, & Jerzy Jurka. (2009). Simple and fast classification of non-LTR retrotransposons based on phylogeny of their RT domain protein sequences. Gene. 448(2). 207–213. 74 indexed citations

Putnam, Nicholas H., Mansi Srivastava, Uffe Hellsten, et al.. (2007). Sea Anemone Genome Reveals Ancestral Eumetazoan Gene Repertoire and Genomic Organization. Science. 317(5834). 86–94. 1165 indexed citations breakdown →

Gentles, Andrew J., Matthew J. Wakefield, Oleksiy Kohany, et al.. (2007). Evolutionary dynamics of transposable elements in the short-tailed opossum Monodelphis domestica. Genome Research. 17(7). 992–1004. 115 indexed citations

Kriegs, Jan Ole, Gennady Churakov, Jerzy Jurka, Jürgen Brosius, & Jürgen Schmitz. (2007). Evolutionary history of 7SL RNA-derived SINEs in Supraprimates. Trends in Genetics. 23(4). 158–161. 185 indexed citations

Qi, Yijun, Xingyue He, Xiu‐Jie Wang, et al.. (2006). Distinct catalytic and non-catalytic roles of ARGONAUTE4 in RNA-directed DNA methylation. Nature. 443(7114). 1008–1012. 348 indexed citations

Kouprina, Natalay, Adam Pavlı́c̀ek, N. Keith Collins, et al.. (2005). The microcephaly ASPM gene is expressed in proliferating tissues and encodes for a mitotic spindle protein. Human Molecular Genetics. 14(15). 2155–2165. 153 indexed citations

Pavlı́c̀ek, Adam, Reniqua House, Andrew J. Gentles, Jerzy Jurka, & Bernice E. Morrow. (2005). Traffic of genetic information between segmental duplications flanking the typical 22q11.2 deletion in velo-cardio-facial syndrome/DiGeorge syndrome. Genome Research. 15(11). 1487–1495. 29 indexed citations

Gentles, Andrew J., Oleksiy Kohany, & Jerzy Jurka. (2005). Evolutionary Diversity and Potential Recombinogenic Role of Integration Targets of Non-LTR Retrotransposons. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 22(10). 1983–1991. 20 indexed citations

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Johanning, Karla, et al.. (2003). Potential for Retroposition by Old Alu Subfamilies. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 56(6). 658–664. 21 indexed citations

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Skryabin, Boris V., et al.. (2001). Birth of a gene: locus of neuronal BC200 snmRNA in three prosimians and human BC200 pseudogenes as archives of change in the Anthropoidea lineage. Journal of Molecular Biology. 309(5). 1049–1066. 43 indexed citations

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Lobachev, Kirill S., Judith E. Stenger, Olga G. Kozyreva, et al.. (2000). Inverted Alu repeats unstable in yeast are excluded from the human genome. The EMBO Journal. 19(14). 3822–3830. 114 indexed citations

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Tóth, Gábor, Zoltán Gáspári, & Jerzy Jurka. (2000). Microsatellites in Different Eukaryotic Genomes: Survey and Analysis. Genome Research. 10(7). 967–981. 1122 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jurka, Jerzy, Ewa Ziętkiewicz, & Damian Labuda. (1995). Ubiquitous mammalian-wide interspersed repeats (MIRs) are molecular fossils from the mesozoic era. Nucleic Acids Research. 23(1). 170–175. 123 indexed citations

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Jurka, Jerzy, et al.. (1995). Comparison of repetitive elements in the third intron of human and rodent mitochondrial benzodiazepine receptor-encoding genes. Gene. 155(2). 201–205. 2 indexed citations

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Ziętkiewicz, Ewa, Damian Labuda, & Jerzy Jurka. (1994). Paleogenomics: Investigation of an ancient family of repetitive sequences present in great numbers in human genome. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 55. 1 indexed citations

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Milosavljević, Aleksandar & Jerzy Jurka. (1993). Discovering simple DNA sequences by the algorithmic significance method. Computer applications in the biosciences. 9(4). 407–411. 57 indexed citations

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Milosavljević, Aleksandar, David Haussler, & Jerzy Jurka. (1989). Informed parsimonious inference of prototypical genetic sequences. Conference on Learning Theory. 102–117. 6 indexed citations

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Jurka, Jerzy. (1989). Subfamily structure and evolution of the human L1 family of repetive sequences. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 29(6). 496–503. 37 indexed citations

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Jurka, Jerzy, Temple F. Smith, & Damian Labuda. (1988). Small cytoplasmicRoRNA pseudogene and anAlurepeat in the human α-1 globin gene. Nucleic Acids Research. 16(2). 766–766. 14 indexed citations

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