Karol Mackey

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Karol Mackey is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Karol Mackey has authored 17 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, 2 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Karol Mackey's work include Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications (12 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers). Karol Mackey is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications (12 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers). Karol Mackey collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Karol Mackey's co-authors include Piotr Chomczyński, William W. Wilfinger, Terry Brown, Roman Drews, Tingting Du, Michal Rymaszewski, Amy L. Kennedy, Hamid R. Eghbalnia, Robert G. Miller and Judith A. Heiny and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Nature Methods and Analytical Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Karol Mackey

17 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Short technical reports. Modification of the TRI reagent ... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Short technical reports. Modification of the TRI reagent procedure for isolation of RNA from polysaccharide- and proteoglycan-rich sources.
    1995 533 citations Piotr Chomczyński, Karol Mackey PubMed profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karol Mackey United States 11 823 266 168 144 131 17 1.6k
Stefanie Thulke Germany 9 1.1k 1.4× 168 0.6× 197 1.2× 130 0.9× 132 1.0× 12 1.8k
Amin Forootan Sweden 8 947 1.2× 161 0.6× 143 0.9× 215 1.5× 124 0.9× 8 1.7k
Hongshan Jiang China 8 648 0.8× 264 1.0× 186 1.1× 145 1.0× 81 0.6× 16 1.2k
Radek Šindelka Czechia 13 953 1.2× 156 0.6× 191 1.1× 167 1.2× 105 0.8× 35 1.6k
Emeric Dubois France 21 734 0.9× 250 0.9× 261 1.6× 149 1.0× 171 1.3× 46 1.4k
Anne Schuster United States 19 729 0.9× 411 1.5× 101 0.6× 332 2.3× 111 0.8× 35 1.4k
S. Fleige Germany 5 1.1k 1.3× 108 0.4× 201 1.2× 114 0.8× 229 1.7× 7 1.7k
Laura Carreto Portugal 24 1.0k 1.2× 185 0.7× 91 0.5× 113 0.8× 223 1.7× 45 1.6k
Toshitaka Sato Japan 13 1.6k 1.9× 145 0.5× 147 0.9× 124 0.9× 92 0.7× 21 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Karol Mackey

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karol Mackey

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karol Mackey

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All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Wilfinger, William W., Hamid R. Eghbalnia, Karol Mackey, Robert G. Miller, & Piotr Chomczyński. (2023). Whole blood RNA extraction efficiency contributes to variability in RNA sequencing data sets. PLoS ONE. 18(11). e0291209–e0291209. 3 indexed citations
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Wilfinger, William W., Robert G. Miller, Hamid R. Eghbalnia, Karol Mackey, & Piotr Chomczyński. (2021). Strategies for detecting and identifying biological signals amidst the variation commonly found in RNA sequencing data. BMC Genomics. 22(1). 322–322. 5 indexed citations
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Chomczyński, Piotr, Amy J. Kennedy, Michal Rymaszewski, et al.. (2021). Rapid processing of SARS-CoV-2 containing specimens for direct RT-PCR. PLoS ONE. 16(2). e0246867–e0246867. 4 indexed citations
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Eghbalnia, Hamid R., William W. Wilfinger, Karol Mackey, & Piotr Chomczyński. (2020). Coordinated analysis of exon and intron data reveals novel differential gene expression changes. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 15669–15669. 5 indexed citations
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Chomczyński, Piotr, William W. Wilfinger, Hamid R. Eghbalnia, et al.. (2016). Inter-Individual Differences in RNA Levels in Human Peripheral Blood. PLoS ONE. 11(2). e0148260–e0148260. 23 indexed citations
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Chomczyński, Piotr, William W. Wilfinger, Amy L. Kennedy, Michal Rymaszewski, & Karol Mackey. (2013). RNAzol® BD: a reagent for the effective isolation of RNA from whole blood. Nature Methods. 10(5). ii–ii. 7 indexed citations
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Chomczyński, Piotr, William W. Wilfinger, Amy L. Kennedy, Michal Rymaszewski, & Karol Mackey. (2010). RNAzol® RT: a new single-step method for isolation of RNA. Nature Methods. 7(12). 4–5. 31 indexed citations
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Brown, Terry, Karol Mackey, & Tingting Du. (2004). Analysis of RNA by Northern and Slot Blot Hybridization. Current Protocols in Molecular Biology. 67(1). Unit 4.9–Unit 4.9. 131 indexed citations
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Brown, Terry & Karol Mackey. (2001). Analysis ofRNAby Northern and Slot‐Blot Hybridization. Current Protocols in Neuroscience. 15(1). Unit 5.17–Unit 5.17. 17 indexed citations
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Brown, Terry & Karol Mackey. (2001). Analysis of RNA by Northern Blot Hybridization. Current Protocols in Human Genetics. 30(1). Appendix 3K–Appendix 3K. 6 indexed citations
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Mackey, Karol, et al.. (1998). DNA Extraction from small blood volumes and the processing of cellulose blood cards for use in polymerase chain reaction. Molecular Biotechnology. 9(1). 1–5. 17 indexed citations
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Brown, Terry & Karol Mackey. (1997). Analysis of RNA by Northern and Slot Blot Hybridization. Current Protocols in Molecular Biology. 37(1). 12 indexed citations
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Wilfinger, William W., Karol Mackey, & Piotr Chomczyński. (1997). Effect of pH and Ionic Strength on the Spectrophotometric Assessment of Nucleic Acid Purity. BioTechniques. 22(3). 474–481. 341 indexed citations
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Chomczyński, Piotr, Karol Mackey, Roman Drews, & William W. Wilfinger. (1997). DNAzol ® : A Reagent for the Rapid Isolation of Genomic DNA. BioTechniques. 22(3). 550–553. 206 indexed citations
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Chomczyński, Piotr & Karol Mackey. (1995). Substitution of Chloroform by Bromochloropropane in the Single-Step Method of RNA Isolation. Analytical Biochemistry. 225(1). 163–164. 179 indexed citations
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Chomczyński, Piotr & Karol Mackey. (1994). One-Hour Downward Capillary Blotting of RNA at Neutral pH. Analytical Biochemistry. 221(2). 303–305. 66 indexed citations

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