Joachim Frank

39.6k citations

401 papers · 27.8k indexed · 24 hit papers · h-index 94

Impact in

Structural Biology top 0.01%
- Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Surfaces, Coatings and Films top 0.05%
- Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques

Papers in

Structural Biology 134
- Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications 134
Surfaces, Coatings and Films 68
- Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques 68

Co-authors: Robert A. Grassucci Pawel A. Penczek C.M.T. Spahn Adriana Verschoor Rajendra K. Agrawal Jayati Sengupta Terence Wagenknecht Mikel Valle
Journals: Journal of Structural Biology (31 papers)Journal of Molecular Biology (27 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (20 papers)Ultramicroscopy (20 papers)Biophysical Journal (14 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany France

In The Last Decade

Joachim Frank

395 papers receiving 27.2k citations

Hit Papers

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A glycan gate controls opening of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein 2021 · 251 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2021 Nature Chemistry
2017 Nature
2016 Cell
2014 Nature
2011 Structure
2009 Molecular Cell
2008 Nature Protocols
2008 Structure
2007 Nature Methods
2006 Oxford University Press eBooks
2006 Nature Methods
2004 Nature
2003 Cell
2001 Science
2001 Cell
2000 Cell
1995 Ultramicroscopy
1994 Ultramicroscopy
1987 Journal of Microscopy
1985 Biochemical Journal
1981 Science
1981 Ultramicroscopy
1981 Ultramicroscopy
1978 Ultramicroscopy

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All Works

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1	Time resolution in cryo-EM using a PDMS-based microfluidic chip assembly and its application to the study of HflX-mediated ribosome recycling Cell ·Sayan Bhattacharjee, Xiangsong Feng, Suvrajit Maji, Prikshat Dadhwal, Zhening Zhang, Zuben P. Brown, Joachim Frank	2024	26
2	Molecular architecture of 40S translation initiation complexes on the hepatitis C virus IRES The EMBO Journal ·Zuben P. Brown, Irina S. Abaeva, Swastik De, Christopher U.T. Hellen, Tatyana V. Pestova, Joachim Frank	2022	23
3	A glycan gate controls opening of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein Nature Chemistry ·Terra Sztain, Surl-Hee Ahn, Anthony T. Bogetti, Lorenzo Casalino, Jory A. Goldsmith, E. Seitz, Ryan S. McCool, Fiona L. Kearns, F.J. Acosta-Reyes, Suvrajit Maji, Ghoncheh Mashayekhi, J. Andrew McCammon, A. Ourmazd, Joachim Frank, Jason S. McLellan, Lillian T. Chong, Rommie E. Amaro Hit paper breakdown →	2021	251
4	Mechanism of ligand activation of a eukaryotic cyclic nucleotide−gated channel Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Xiangdong Zheng, Ziao Fu, Deyuan Su, Yuebin Zhang, Minghui Li, Yaping Pan, Huan Li, Shufang Li, Robert A. Grassucci, Zhenning Ren, Zhengshan Hu, Xueming Li, Ming Zhou, Guohui Li, Joachim Frank, Jian Yang	2020	39
5	Propagation of Conformational Coordinates Across Angular Space in Mapping the Continuum of States from Cryo-EM Data by Manifold Embedding Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling ·Suvrajit Maji, Hstau Y. Liao, Ali Dashti, Ghoncheh Mashayekhi, A. Ourmazd, Joachim Frank	2020	19
6	Cryo-EM shows stages of initial codon selection on the ribosome by aa-tRNA in ternary complex with GTP and the GTPase-deficient EF-TuH84A Nucleic Acids Research ·Marcus Fislage, Jingji Zhang, Zuben P. Brown, Chandra Sekhar Mandava, Suparna Sanyal, Måns Ehrenberg, Joachim Frank	2018	21
7	Nmd3 is a structural mimic of eIF 5A, and activates the cp GTP ase Lsg1 during 60S ribosome biogenesis The EMBO Journal ·Andrey Malyutin, Sharmishtha Musalgaonkar, Stephanie Patchett, Joachim Frank, Alan M. Johnson	2017	57
8	Key Intermediates in Ribosome Recycling Visualized by Time-Resolved Cryoelectron Microscopy Structure ·Ziao Fu, Sandip Kaledhonkar, Anneli Borg, Ming Sun, Bo Chen, Robert A. Grassucci, Måns Ehrenberg, Joachim Frank	2016	52
9	Structure of the mammalian ribosomal pre-termination complex associated with eRF1•eRF3•GDPNP Nucleic Acids Research ·Amédée des Georges, Yaser Hashem, Anett Unbehaun, Robert A. Grassucci, Derek J. Taylor, Christopher U.T. Hellen, Tatyana V. Pestova, Joachim Frank	2013	63
10	Molecular Machines in Biology UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Joachim Frank	2011	0
11	Electron tomography : methods for three-dimensional visualization of structures in the cell Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) ·Joachim Frank	2010	244
12	5-HT2 receptors modulate excitatory neurotransmission to cardiac vagal neurons within the nucleus ambiguus evoked during and after hypoxia Neuroscience ·Olga Dergacheva, Harriet Kamendi, X. Wang, Ramón A. Piñol, Joachim Frank, Christopher Gorini, Heather Jameson, M.R. Lovett-Barr, David Mendelowitz	2009	11
13	Liver & Pancreas Laboratory Investigation ·Pengfei Zhang, W. Han, Thomas M Blasick, Joseph Bonventre, Susan C. Abraham, Torbenson Mayo Clinic, B Adley, Guang‐Yu Yang, Narasimhan P. Agaram, Jinru Shia, Semra Olgac, Jorge Albores‐Saavedra, Douglas J. Grider, Jian Wu, Donald E. Henson, Muhamad Almiski, Olca Baştürk, Joachim Frank, Volkan Adsay, Edi Levi, (unknown)	2006	1
14	The structure of the 80S ribosome from Trypanosoma cruzi reveals unique rRNA components Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Haixiao Gao, Maximiliano Juri Ayub, Mariano J. Levin, Joachim Frank	2005	51
15	Three-dimensional electron microscopy of macromolecular assemblies : visualization of biological molecules in their native state Oxford University Press eBooks ·Joachim Frank	2005	293
16	An Unbiased cDNA Library Prepared from IsolatedAplysiaSensory Neuron Processes Is Enriched for Cytoskeletal and Translational mRNAs Journal of Neuroscience ·Robert Moccia, Dillon Z. Chen, Vlasta Lyles, Estreya Kapuya, E Yaping, Sergey Kalachikov, C.M.T. Spahn, Joachim Frank, Eric R. Kandel, Mark Barad, Kelsey C. Martin	2003	138
17	Temperature induced crystallization transition in aqueous solutions of ß-cyclodextrin, heptakis(2,6-di-O-methyl)-ß-cyclodextrin (DIMEB), and heptakis(2,3,6-tri-O-methyl)-ß-cyclodextrin (TRIMEB) studied by differential scanning calorimetry Langmuir ·Joachim Frank, Josef F. Holzwarth, Wolfram Saenger	2002	11
18	A method for differentiating proteins from nucleic acids in intermediate-resolution density maps: cryo-electron microscopy defines the quaternary structure of the Escherichia coli 70S ribosome Structure ·C.M.T. Spahn, Pawel A. Penczek, A. Leith, Joachim Frank	2000	29
19	Proposal for a New Distributed Database of Macromolecular and Subcellular Structures from Different Areas of Microscopy Journal of Structural Biology ·R. Marabini, C. Vaquerizo, José‐Jesús Fernández, J.M. Carazo, Andreas Engel, Joachim Frank	1996	9
20	Interaction of the fluorescent probe RH421 with ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase and with Na+,K+-ATPase membrane fragments Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·Joachim Frank, Athina Zouni, Arie van Hoek, Antonie J. W. G. Visser, Ronald J. Clarke	1996	18

About Joachim Frank

Joachim Frank is a scholar working on Structural Biology, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Molecular Biology, Radiation and Biophysics, having authored 401 papers that have together received 27.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (181 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (134 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (126 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (68 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (49 papers), Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (29 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (28 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (28 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Structural Biology (7.3k citations), Surfaces, Coatings and Films (3.5k citations), Molecular Biology (20.7k citations), Radiation (1.7k citations) and Biophysics (833 citations). Joachim Frank has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Frequent co-authors include Robert A. Grassucci, Pawel A. Penczek, C.M.T. Spahn, Adriana Verschoor, Rajendra K. Agrawal, Jayati Sengupta, Terence Wagenknecht, Mikel Valle, Michael Radermacher and Carmen A. Mannella. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Structural Biology, Journal of Molecular Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Ultramicroscopy and Biophysical Journal.

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