Jessica Polka

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Jessica Polka is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Information Systems and Management and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. According to data from OpenAlex, Jessica Polka has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Information Systems and Management and 9 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. Recurrent topics in Jessica Polka's work include Academic Publishing and Open Access (14 papers), scientometrics and bibliometrics research (9 papers) and Health and Medical Research Impacts (5 papers). Jessica Polka is often cited by papers focused on Academic Publishing and Open Access (14 papers), scientometrics and bibliometrics research (9 papers) and Health and Medical Research Impacts (5 papers). Jessica Polka collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Austria. Jessica Polka's co-authors include Justin M. Kollman, David A. Agard, Pamela A. Silver, Federico Nanni, Máté Pálfy, Nicholas Fraser, Jonathon Alexis Coates, G.K. Dey, Liam Brierley and Alex Zelter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Jessica Polka

32 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. The evolving role of preprints in the dissemination of COVID-19 research and their impact on the science communication landscape
    2021 239 citations Nicholas Fraser, Liam Brierley et al. PLoS Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jessica Polka United States 15 886 602 334 282 151 37 1.6k
Emma Hill United States 8 501 0.6× 126 0.2× 72 0.2× 154 0.5× 57 0.4× 14 1.1k
Gary S. McDowell United States 17 607 0.7× 122 0.2× 54 0.2× 66 0.2× 74 0.5× 44 971
Zach Hensel United States 9 344 0.4× 36 0.1× 73 0.2× 70 0.2× 220 1.5× 23 659
Steven Burgess United States 22 797 0.9× 25 0.0× 78 0.2× 76 0.3× 48 0.3× 49 1.7k
Norah Rudin United States 16 934 1.1× 44 0.1× 19 0.1× 21 0.1× 348 2.3× 26 1.4k
Gilbert Chin United States 12 346 0.4× 246 0.4× 41 0.1× 22 0.1× 23 0.2× 55 759
Rebecca A. Meseroll United States 8 220 0.2× 92 0.2× 27 0.1× 58 0.2× 20 0.1× 9 676
Howard S. Bilofsky United States 15 773 0.9× 41 0.1× 51 0.2× 17 0.1× 119 0.8× 28 1.3k
Véronique Kiermer United States 13 633 0.7× 7 0.0× 100 0.3× 161 0.6× 147 1.0× 36 1.2k
Susan Rowland Australia 19 803 0.9× 89 0.1× 118 0.4× 3 0.0× 545 3.6× 55 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Jessica Polka

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jessica Polka

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jessica Polka

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jessica Polka. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jessica Polka based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Jessica Polka. Jessica Polka is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Altman, Micah, Philip N. Cohen, & Jessica Polka. (2023). Interventions in scholarly communication: Design lessons from public health. First Monday. 1 indexed citations
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Franco-Iborra, Sandra, Jessica Polka, & Iratxe Puebla. (2022). Promoting constructive feedback on preprints with the FAST principles. eLife. 11. 2 indexed citations
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Franco-Iborra, Sandra, Jessica Polka, & Iratxe Puebla. (2022). Promoting constructive feedback on preprints with the FAST principles.. PubMed. 11. 1 indexed citations
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Brierley, Liam, Federico Nanni, Jessica Polka, et al.. (2022). Tracking changes between preprint posting and journal publication during a pandemic. PLoS Biology. 20(2). e3001285–e3001285. 54 indexed citations
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Fraser, Nicholas, Liam Brierley, G.K. Dey, et al.. (2021). The evolving role of preprints in the dissemination of COVID-19 research and their impact on the science communication landscape. PLoS Biology. 19(4). e3000959–e3000959. 239 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kirkham, Jamie J, Naomi Penfold, Fiona Murphy, et al.. (2020). Systematic examination of preprint platforms for use in the medical and biomedical sciences setting. BMJ Open. 10(12). e041849–e041849. 49 indexed citations
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Klebel, Thomas, Jessica Polka, Gary S. McDowell, et al.. (2020). Peer review and preprint policies are unclear at most major journals. PLoS ONE. 15(10). e0239518–e0239518. 41 indexed citations
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Penfold, Naomi & Jessica Polka. (2020). Technical and social issues influencing the adoption of preprints in the life sciences. PLoS Genetics. 16(4). e1008565–e1008565. 33 indexed citations
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DiMaio, Frank, Shun Kai Yang, Jesse M. Hansen, et al.. (2018). Cryo-EM structure of the bacterial actin AlfA reveals unique assembly and ATP-binding interactions and the absence of a conserved subdomain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(13). 3356–3361. 8 indexed citations
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Risca, Viviana I., Felipe K. Hurtado, Jessica Polka, et al.. (2017). Bacterial Tubulins A and B Exhibit Polarized Growth, Mixed-Polarity Bundling, and Destabilization by GTP Hydrolysis. Journal of Bacteriology. 199(19). 10 indexed citations
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Polka, Jessica. (2017). Preprints as a complement to the journal system in biology. Information Services & Use. 37(3). 277–280. 6 indexed citations
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Niederhuber, Matthew J., Talley J. Lambert, Clarence Yapp, Pamela A. Silver, & Jessica Polka. (2017). Superresolution microscopy of the β-carboxysome reveals a homogeneous matrix. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 28(20). 2734–2745. 14 indexed citations
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Polka, Jessica. (2015). Response to NIH RFI "Optimizing Funding Policies and Other Strategies". 2 indexed citations
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Polka, Jessica, Justin M. Kollman, & R. Dyche Mullins. (2014). Accessory factors promote AlfA-dependent plasmid segregation by regulating filament nucleation, disassembly, and bundling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(6). 2176–2181. 24 indexed citations
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Polka, Jessica & Pamela A. Silver. (2014). Induced sensitivity of Bacillus subtilis colony morphology to mechanical media compression. PeerJ. 2. e597–e597. 5 indexed citations
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Ödman, Carolina J., et al.. (2014). The World of Making. Computer. 47(12). 24–40. 9 indexed citations
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Polka, Jessica. (2014). Column: A wake-up call. Nature. 511(7508). 256–256. 4 indexed citations
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Savage, David F., et al.. (2013). The Bacterial Carbon-Fixing Organelle Is Formed by Shell Envelopment of Preassembled Cargo. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e76127–e76127. 111 indexed citations
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Polka, Jessica & Pamela A. Silver. (2013). Building synthetic cellular organization. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 24(23). 3585–3587. 6 indexed citations
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Ciferri, Claudio, Sebastiano Pasqualato, Emanuela Screpanti, et al.. (2008). Implications for Kinetochore-Microtubule Attachment from the Structure of an Engineered Ndc80 Complex. Cell. 133(3). 427–439. 422 indexed citations

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