Joanna Wysocka

28.5k total citations · 16 hit papers
112 papers, 19.5k citations indexed

About

Joanna Wysocka is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Joanna Wysocka has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 19.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Genetics and 14 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Joanna Wysocka's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (41 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (30 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (20 papers). Joanna Wysocka is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (41 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (30 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (20 papers). Joanna Wysocka collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Belgium. Joanna Wysocka's co-authors include Tomek Swigut, C. David Allis, Eliezer Calo, Ryan A. Flynn, Álvaro Rada-Iglesias, Winship Herr, Ruchi Bajpai, Samantha A. Brugmann, Alexander J. Ruthenburg and Sara L. Prescott and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Joanna Wysocka

108 papers receiving 19.3k citations

Hit Papers

A unique chromatin signat... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2010 2011 2011 2013 2007 500 1000 1.5k
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. A unique chromatin signature uncovers early developmental enhancers in humans
    2010 1.6k citations Álvaro Rada-Iglesias, Ruchi Bajpai et al. Nature profile →
  2. A long noncoding RNA maintains active chromatin to coordinate homeotic gene expression
    2011 1.6k citations Ryan A. Flynn, Joanna Wysocka et al. Nature profile →
  3. Identification of 67 Histone Marks and Histone Lysine Crotonylation as a New Type of Histone Modification
    2011 1.4k citations Minjia Tan, Hao Luo et al. Cell profile →
  4. Modification of Enhancer Chromatin: What, How, and Why?
    2013 1.0k citations Joanna Wysocka et al. Molecular Cell profile →
  5. Methylation of Lysine 4 on Histone H3: Intricacy of Writing and Reading a Single Epigenetic Mark
    2007 906 citations C. David Allis, Joanna Wysocka et al. Molecular Cell profile →
  6. A PHD finger of NURF couples histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation with chromatin remodelling
    2006 886 citations Joanna Wysocka, Tomek Swigut et al. Nature profile →
  7. Human PAD4 Regulates Histone Arginine Methylation Levels via Demethylimination
    2004 774 citations Yanming Wang, Joanna Wysocka et al. Science profile →
  8. WDR5 Associates with Histone H3 Methylated at K4 and Is Essential for H3 K4 Methylation and Vertebrate Development
    2005 640 citations Joanna Wysocka, Tomek Swigut et al. Cell profile →
  9. Molecular basis for site-specific read-out of histone H3K4me3 by the BPTF PHD finger of NURF
    2006 632 citations Elizabeth M. Duncan, Joanna Wysocka et al. Nature profile →
  10. Ever-Changing Landscapes: Transcriptional Enhancers in Development and Evolution
    2016 607 citations Hannah K. Long, Sara L. Prescott et al. Cell profile →
  11. Leukemia Proto-Oncoprotein MLL Forms a SET1-Like Histone Methyltransferase Complex with Menin To Regulate Hox Gene Expression
    2004 534 citations Joanna Wysocka et al. profile →
  12. Physical Association and Coordinate Function of the H3 K4 Methyltransferase MLL1 and the H4 K16 Acetyltransferase MOF
    2005 532 citations Yali Dou, Joanna Wysocka et al. Cell profile →
  13. CHD7 cooperates with PBAF to control multipotent neural crest formation
    2010 467 citations Ruchi Bajpai, Álvaro Rada-Iglesias et al. Nature profile →
  14. Intrinsic retroviral reactivation in human preimplantation embryos and pluripotent cells
    2015 428 citations Ryan A. Flynn, Daniel J. Wesche et al. Nature profile →
  15. Roles of transposable elements in the regulation of mammalian transcription
    2022 209 citations Joanna Wysocka et al. profile →
  16. Deciphering the multi-scale, quantitative cis-regulatory code
    2023 127 citations Seungsoo Kim, Joanna Wysocka Molecular Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joanna Wysocka United States 51 16.6k 2.7k 2.4k 2.0k 1.4k 112 19.5k
Xiang‐Dong Fu United States 84 19.8k 1.2× 3.7k 1.4× 1.6k 0.7× 1.8k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 207 23.1k
Andrew J. Bannister United Kingdom 52 20.1k 1.2× 2.3k 0.9× 2.8k 1.2× 2.1k 1.1× 1.8k 1.2× 84 23.5k
Ali Shilatifard United States 92 26.0k 1.6× 2.2k 0.8× 2.5k 1.0× 2.4k 1.2× 1.6k 1.1× 257 29.4k
Kairong Cui United States 58 17.9k 1.1× 2.0k 0.7× 2.6k 1.1× 1.8k 0.9× 4.0k 2.8× 117 22.2k
Frank Lyko Germany 67 13.3k 0.8× 2.7k 1.0× 2.4k 1.0× 904 0.4× 922 0.7× 161 16.4k
Huck‐Hui Ng Singapore 60 19.4k 1.2× 1.8k 0.7× 3.6k 1.5× 2.1k 1.0× 909 0.6× 113 21.7k
Jeanne B. Lawrence United States 60 12.8k 0.8× 3.7k 1.4× 3.7k 1.5× 1.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 143 15.8k
Jiannis Ragoussis United Kingdom 60 9.3k 0.6× 5.3k 1.9× 3.0k 1.2× 1.0k 0.5× 1.9k 1.4× 227 14.5k
Robert E. Kingston United States 92 27.8k 1.7× 3.4k 1.3× 4.1k 1.7× 3.3k 1.6× 2.0k 1.4× 259 31.2k
Gregory E. Crawford United States 56 13.8k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 3.4k 1.4× 1.5k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 120 16.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joanna Wysocka

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Naqvi, Sahin, Hanne Hoskens, Meng Yuan, et al.. (2025). Enhanced insights into the genetic architecture of 3D cranial vault shape using pleiotropy-informed GWAS. Communications Biology. 8(1). 439–439.
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Naqvi, Sahin, Seungsoo Kim, Anusri Pampari, et al.. (2025). Transfer learning reveals sequence determinants of the quantitative response to transcription factor dosage. Cell Genomics. 5(3). 100780–100780. 5 indexed citations
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Pinkham, Amy E., et al.. (2025). Recognizing communicative intentions from single- and dyadic point light displays in autistic adults. Social Neuroscience. 20(6). 306–318.
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Haman, Maciej, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the neural dynamics of the theory of mind: a fMRI study on belief processing phases. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 19(1). 1 indexed citations
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Mohammed, Jaaved, Harold Matthews, Susan Walsh, et al.. (2024). A common cis-regulatory variant impacts normal-range and disease-associated human facial shape through regulation of PKDCC during chondrogenesis. eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Liangfu, Tomek Swigut, David Yao, et al.. (2024). Long-range regulation of transcription scales with genomic distance in a gene-specific manner. Molecular Cell. 85(2). 347–361.e7. 9 indexed citations
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Hoskens, Hanne, Ryan J. Eller, Anthony M. Musolf, et al.. (2023). Joint multi-ancestry and admixed GWAS reveals the complex genetics behind human cranial vault shape. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7436–7436. 13 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Emily, Sharon Dent, Yali Dou, et al.. (2023). C. David Allis (1951–2023). Cell. 186(4). 663–667. 1 indexed citations
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Pluta, Agnieszka, et al.. (2022). Does the TPJ fit it all? Representational similarity analysis of different forms of mentalizing. Social Neuroscience. 17(5). 428–440. 10 indexed citations
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Zalc, Antoine, Rahul Sinha, Gunsagar S. Gulati, et al.. (2021). Reactivation of the pluripotency program precedes formation of the cranial neural crest. Science. 371(6529). 89 indexed citations
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Bleckwehl, Tore, Giuliano Crispatzu, Patricia Respuela, et al.. (2021). Enhancer-associated H3K4 methylation safeguards in vitro germline competence. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5771–5771. 23 indexed citations
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Gu, Bo, Tomek Swigut, Andrew Spencley, et al.. (2018). Transcription-coupled changes in nuclear mobility of mammalian cis-regulatory elements. Science. 359(6379). 1050–1055. 242 indexed citations
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Okuno, Hironobu, Shigeki Ohta, Kimiko Fukuda, et al.. (2017). CHARGE syndrome modeling using patient-iPSCs reveals defective migration of neural crest cells harboring CHD7 mutations. eLife. 6. 44 indexed citations
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Brinkley, James F., Shannon Fisher, Matthew P. Harris, et al.. (2016). The FaceBase Consortium: A comprehensive resource for craniofacial researchers. Development. 143(14). 2677–88. 41 indexed citations
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Long, Hannah K., Sara L. Prescott, & Joanna Wysocka. (2016). Ever-Changing Landscapes: Transcriptional Enhancers in Development and Evolution. Cell. 167(5). 1170–1187. 607 indexed citations breakdown →
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Blenkinsop, Timothy A., Álvaro Rada-Iglesias, Joanna Wysocka, & Sally Temple. (2013). Histone marks predict cell plasticity of the adult human retinal pigment epithelium. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 54(15). 2616–2616. 1 indexed citations
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Tan, Minjia, Hao Luo, Sangkyu Lee, et al.. (2011). Identification of 67 Histone Marks and Histone Lysine Crotonylation as a New Type of Histone Modification. Cell. 146(6). 1016–1028. 1385 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rada-Iglesias, Álvaro, Ruchi Bajpai, Tomek Swigut, et al.. (2010). A unique chromatin signature uncovers early developmental enhancers in humans. Nature. 470(7333). 279–283. 1645 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lim, Daniel A., Yin-Cheng Huang, Tomek Swigut, et al.. (2009). Chromatin remodelling factor Mll1 is essential for neurogenesis from postnatal neural stem cells. Nature. 458(7237). 529–533. 293 indexed citations
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Wang, Yanming, Joanna Wysocka, Joyce Sayegh, et al.. (2004). Human PAD4 Regulates Histone Arginine Methylation Levels via Demethylimination. Science. 306(5694). 279–283. 774 indexed citations breakdown →

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