Kevin M. Weeks

18.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
175 papers, 13.3k citations indexed

About

Kevin M. Weeks is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin M. Weeks has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 13.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 164 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 12 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Kevin M. Weeks's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (150 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (104 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (94 papers). Kevin M. Weeks is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (150 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (104 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (94 papers). Kevin M. Weeks collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Africa. Kevin M. Weeks's co-authors include Kevin A. Wilkinson, Edward J. Merino, Donald M. Crothers, Steven Busan, Stefanie Mortimer, Christine E. Hajdin, David H. Mathews, Greggory M. Rice, Matthew J. Smola and K.D. Warner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Kevin M. Weeks

171 papers receiving 13.2k citations

Hit Papers

RNA Structure Analysis at Single Nucleotide Resolu... 1990 2026 2002 2014 2005 2006 2009 2008 2018 200 400 600
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. RNA Structure Analysis at Single Nucleotide Resolution by Selective 2‘-Hydroxyl Acylation and Primer Extension (SHAPE)
    2005 644 citations Edward J. Merino, Kevin A. Wilkinson et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  2. Selective 2′-hydroxyl acylation analyzed by primer extension (SHAPE): quantitative RNA structure analysis at single nucleotide resolution
    2006 631 citations Kevin A. Wilkinson, Edward J. Merino et al. profile →
  3. Architecture and secondary structure of an entire HIV-1 RNA genome
    2009 625 citations Kevin M. Weeks et al. profile →
  4. Accurate SHAPE-directed RNA structure determination
    2008 542 citations David H. Mathews, Kevin M. Weeks et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. Principles for targeting RNA with drug-like small molecules
    2018 511 citations Kevin M. Weeks et al. profile →
  6. RNA motif discovery by SHAPE and mutational profiling (SHAPE-MaP)
    2014 456 citations Steven Busan, Greggory M. Rice et al. profile →
  7. Fragments of the HIV-1 Tat Protein Specifically Biand TAR RNA
    1990 409 citations Kevin M. Weeks et al. Science profile →
  8. mRNA structure determines specificity of a polyQ-driven phase separation
    2018 382 citations Erin M. Langdon, Yupeng Qiu et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kevin M. Weeks United States 57 12.1k 1.2k 1.1k 1.0k 940 175 13.3k
Joseph D. Puglisi United States 61 11.8k 1.0× 354 0.3× 493 0.5× 1.2k 1.2× 1.7k 1.8× 173 13.3k
Tom Ellenberger United States 52 8.9k 0.7× 770 0.7× 458 0.4× 109 0.1× 2.1k 2.2× 103 10.2k
James M. Berger United States 64 12.1k 1.0× 286 0.2× 1.3k 1.2× 157 0.2× 2.4k 2.6× 164 15.2k
Stewart Shuman United States 73 16.9k 1.4× 1.0k 0.9× 2.0k 1.8× 450 0.4× 3.2k 3.4× 483 21.3k
Olke C. Uhlenbeck United States 75 20.6k 1.7× 262 0.2× 444 0.4× 840 0.8× 3.4k 3.6× 212 22.4k
Alan D. Frankel United States 50 9.9k 0.8× 226 0.2× 4.2k 3.8× 523 0.5× 1.6k 1.7× 114 12.5k
Katarzyna Bębenek United States 51 7.5k 0.6× 1.3k 1.2× 1.6k 1.4× 84 0.1× 1.5k 1.6× 99 9.1k
Florence Baudin France 34 3.8k 0.3× 291 0.3× 411 0.4× 458 0.4× 481 0.5× 62 5.3k
Christopher P. Hill United States 61 10.0k 0.8× 320 0.3× 3.0k 2.8× 188 0.2× 1.1k 1.1× 138 13.3k
Aaron J. Shatkin United States 68 11.0k 0.9× 680 0.6× 726 0.7× 1.5k 1.5× 3.1k 3.3× 197 15.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Weeks, Kevin M., et al.. (2025). Ligand-binding pockets in RNA and where to find them. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(17). e2422346122–e2422346122. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Mo, et al.. (2025). Structure-informed design of an ultrabright RNA-activated fluorophore. Nature Chemistry. 17(8). 1188–1195. 1 indexed citations
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Khitun, Alexandra, et al.. (2025). Scaffold-enabled high-resolution cryo-EM structure determination of RNA. Nature Communications. 16(1). 880–880. 7 indexed citations
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Chen, Ling‐Ling, Nicholas T. Ingolia, Megan L. Insco, et al.. (2024). Voices: Challenges and opportunities in RNA biology. Cell chemical biology. 31(1). 10–13. 2 indexed citations
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Anczuków, Olga, Frédéric H.‐T. Allain, Brittany Angarola, et al.. (2024). Steering research on mRNA splicing in cancer towards clinical translation. Nature reviews. Cancer. 24(12). 887–905. 8 indexed citations
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Laederach, Alain, et al.. (2024). Visualizing RNA structure ensembles by single-molecule correlated chemical probing. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 88. 102877–102877. 2 indexed citations
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Roden, Christine, Yifan Dai, Ian Seim, et al.. (2022). Double-stranded RNA drives SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein to undergo phase separation at specific temperatures. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(14). 8168–8192. 51 indexed citations
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Favorov, Oleg V., Kelin Li, Ashok Nuthanakanti, et al.. (2022). SHAPE-enabled fragment-based ligand discovery for RNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(20). e2122660119–e2122660119. 39 indexed citations
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Turner, Anne‐Marie W., et al.. (2022). Discovery of a large-scale, cell-state-responsive allosteric switch in the 7SK RNA using DANCE-MaP. Molecular Cell. 82(9). 1708–1723.e10. 52 indexed citations
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Langdon, Erin M., Yupeng Qiu, Amirhossein Ghanbari Niaki, et al.. (2018). mRNA structure determines specificity of a polyQ-driven phase separation. Science. 360(6391). 922–927. 382 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kutchko, Katrina M., Wes Sanders, Gabriela Phillips, et al.. (2015). Multiple conformations are a conserved and regulatory feature of the RB1 5′ UTR. RNA. 21(7). 1274–1285. 51 indexed citations
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Homan, Philip, Oleg V. Favorov, Christopher A. Lavender, et al.. (2014). Single-molecule correlated chemical probing of RNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(38). 13858–13863. 135 indexed citations
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Rice, Greggory M., Steven Busan, Fethullah Karabiber, Oleg V. Favorov, & Kevin M. Weeks. (2014). SHAPE Analysis of Small RNAs and Riboswitches. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 549. 165–187. 12 indexed citations
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Mortimer, Stefanie & Kevin M. Weeks. (2009). C2′-endo nucleotides as molecular timers suggested by the folding of an RNA domain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(37). 15622–15627. 32 indexed citations
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Gherghe, Costin M., Zahra Shajani, Kevin A. Wilkinson, Gabriele Varani, & Kevin M. Weeks. (2008). Strong Correlation between SHAPE Chemistry and the Generalized NMR Order Parameter ( S 2 ) in RNA. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130(37). 12244–12245. 81 indexed citations
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Mathews, David H., et al.. (2008). Accurate SHAPE-directed RNA structure determination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(1). 97–102. 542 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Bin, Kevin A. Wilkinson, & Kevin M. Weeks. (2008). Complex Ligand-Induced Conformational Changes in tRNA Asp Revealed by Single-Nucleotide Resolution SHAPE Chemistry. Biochemistry. 47(11). 3454–3461. 43 indexed citations
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Wilkinson, Kevin A., et al.. (2008). Lack of secondary structure characterizes the 5′ ends of mammalian mitochondrial mRNAs. RNA. 14(5). 862–871. 47 indexed citations
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Merino, Edward J., et al.. (2002). Catalysis of amide synthesis by RNA phosphodiester and hydroxyl groups. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(23). 14688–14693. 34 indexed citations

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