John A. Capra

8.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
111 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

John A. Capra is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, John A. Capra has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Molecular Biology, 47 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in John A. Capra's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (27 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (27 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers). John A. Capra is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (27 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (27 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers). John A. Capra collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. John A. Capra's co-authors include Mona Singh, Virginia A. Zakian, Katrin Paeschke, Katherine S. Pollard, Evonne McArthur, Roman A. Laskowski, Thomas Funkhouser, Janet M. Thornton, Dennis Kostka and Ling Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John A. Capra

110 papers receiving 4.8k citations

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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.

Predicting functionally important residues from sequence conservation

2007 502 citations John A. Capra et al. profile →
Dynamic and Coordinated Epigenetic Regulation of Developmental Transitions in the Cardiac Lineage

2012 462 citations John A. Capra, Katherine S. Pollard et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John A. Capra United States	33	3.8k	918	398	291	267	111	4.9k
Mikko Taipale Canada	29	5.7k 1.5×	847 0.9×	389 1.0×	299 1.0×	337 1.3×	47	6.9k
Jun Wan United States	39	2.7k 0.7×	519 0.6×	301 0.8×	55 0.2×	568 2.1×	181	4.8k
Jimin Pei United States	37	7.5k 2.0×	857 0.9×	597 1.5×	182 0.6×	263 1.0×	96	9.4k
Jean‐Christophe Rain France	35	4.9k 1.3×	655 0.7×	236 0.6×	181 0.6×	220 0.8×	57	6.5k
Pedro Beltrão United Kingdom	36	4.4k 1.1×	880 1.0×	231 0.6×	298 1.0×	185 0.7×	78	5.3k
Ruslan I. Sadreyev United States	47	5.5k 1.4×	912 1.0×	374 0.9×	82 0.3×	1.2k 4.6×	158	7.6k
Jing‐Dong J. Han China	45	5.5k 1.4×	582 0.6×	237 0.6×	532 1.8×	762 2.9×	140	7.8k
Frank C. P. Holstege Netherlands	54	8.9k 2.3×	1.1k 1.2×	722 1.8×	215 0.7×	835 3.1×	156	11.1k
Alan J. Tackett United States	43	5.8k 1.5×	531 0.6×	485 1.2×	58 0.2×	535 2.0×	150	7.5k

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Tang, Alice, Thanaphong Phongpreecha, Monica Yang, et al.. (2025). Exposure to autoimmune disorders is associated with increased Alzheimer’s disease risk in a multi-site electronic health record analysis. Cell Reports Medicine. 6(3). 101980–101980. 3 indexed citations

Linossi, Edmond M., J. N. K. Rao, Christian B. Macdonald, et al.. (2025). Mapping kinase domain resistance mechanisms for the MET receptor tyrosine kinase via deep mutational scanning. eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations

Brand, Colin M., Shuzhen Kuang, Evonne McArthur, et al.. (2024). Sequence-Based Machine Learning Reveals 3D Genome Differences between Bonobos and Chimpanzees. Genome Biology and Evolution. 16(11). 3 indexed citations

Brand, Colin M., Evonne McArthur, David C. Rinker, et al.. (2024). Machine Learning Reveals the Diversity of Human 3D Chromatin Contact Patterns. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(10). 4 indexed citations

Hansen, Tyler, et al.. (2024). Human gene regulatory evolution is driven by the divergence of regulatory element function in both cis and trans. Cell Genomics. 4(4). 100536–100536. 7 indexed citations

Patterson, Sarah L., Lenka Maliskova, Kimberly E. Taylor, et al.. (2024). Cell‐Specific Transposable Element and Gene Expression Analysis Across Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Phenotypes. ACR Open Rheumatology. 6(11). 769–779. 1 indexed citations

Linossi, Edmond M., J. N. K. Rao, Christian B. Macdonald, et al.. (2024). Mapping kinase domain resistance mechanisms for the MET receptor tyrosine kinase via deep mutational scanning. eLife. 13. 3 indexed citations

Grunin, Michelle, Ellen L. Palmer, Bowen Jin, et al.. (2023). Integrating Computational Approaches to Predict the Effect of Genetic Variants on Protein Stability in Retinal Degenerative Disease. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1415. 157–163.

Benton, Mary Lauren, Douglas M. Ruderfer, & John A. Capra. (2023). Cis-regulatory Landscape Size, Constraint, and Tissue Specificity Associate with Gene Function and Expression. Genome Biology and Evolution. 15(7). 3 indexed citations

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Li, Bian, et al.. (2022). An Active Learning Framework Improves Tumor Variant Interpretation. Cancer Research. 82(15). 2704–2715. 2 indexed citations

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Yan, Yan, et al.. (2022). The immune deficiency and c-Jun N-terminal kinase pathways drive the functional integration of the immune and circulatory systems of mosquitoes. Open Biology. 12(9). 220111–220111. 12 indexed citations

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Mathieson, Iain, et al.. (2021). Tracing the Evolution of Human Gene Regulation and Its Association with Shifts in Environment. Genome Biology and Evolution. 13(11). 7 indexed citations

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Fong, Sarah & John A. Capra. (2021). Modeling the Evolutionary Architectures of Transcribed Human Enhancer Sequences Reveals Distinct Origins, Functions, and Associations with Human Trait Variation. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38(9). 3681–3696. 6 indexed citations

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Shibao, Cyndya A., Karen M. Joos, John A. Phillips, et al.. (2021). Familial Autonomic Ganglionopathy Caused by Rare CHRNA3 Genetic Variants. Neurology. 97(2). e145–e155. 8 indexed citations

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Sheehan, Jonathan H., John H. Newman, Jens Meiler, et al.. (2020). Phenotypic Profiling in Subjects Heterozygous for 1 of 2 Rare Variants in the Hypophosphatasia Gene (ALPL). Journal of the Endocrine Society. 4(8). bvaa084–bvaa084. 6 indexed citations

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Abraham, Abin, et al.. (2020). Evaluating human autosomal loci for sexually antagonistic viability selection in two large biobanks. Genetics. 217(1). 1–10. 19 indexed citations

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Ely, Zackery A., Gregory Sliwoski, Amandeep K. Sangha, et al.. (2019). The Impact of Natural Selection on the Evolution and Function of Placentally Expressed Galectins. Genome Biology and Evolution. 11(9). 2574–2592. 7 indexed citations

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Capra, John A., et al.. (2019). Signatures of Recent Positive Selection in Enhancers Across 41 Human Tissues. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 9(8). 2761–2774. 14 indexed citations

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Aronoff, David M., et al.. (2018). Examination of Signatures of Recent Positive Selection on Genes Involved in Human Sialic Acid Biology. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 8(4). 1315–1325. 7 indexed citations

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McDonald, Karin R., Amanda J. Guise, Ileana M. Cristea, et al.. (2016). Pfh1 Is an Accessory Replicative Helicase that Interacts with the Replisome to Facilitate Fork Progression and Preserve Genome Integrity. PLoS Genetics. 12(9). e1006238–e1006238. 29 indexed citations

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