L. Aravind

96.4k total citations · 18 hit papers
381 papers, 52.4k citations indexed

About

L. Aravind is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Aravind has authored 381 papers receiving a total of 52.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 302 papers in Molecular Biology, 91 papers in Genetics and 55 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in L. Aravind's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (94 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (74 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (61 papers). L. Aravind is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (94 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (74 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (61 papers). L. Aravind collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. L. Aravind's co-authors include Eugene V. Koonin, Lakshminarayan M. Iyer, Vivek Anantharaman, Chris P. Ponting, Anjana Rao, Yuri I. Wolf, Kira S. Makarova, Detlef D. Leipe, Eugene V. Koonin and Eugene V. Koonin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

L. Aravind

377 papers receiving 51.7k citations

Hit Papers

Conversion of 5-Methylcytosine to 5-Hydroxymethylcyt... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2009 2004 1999 1998 2000 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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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. Conversion of 5-Methylcytosine to 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine in Mammalian DNA by MLL Partner TET1
    2009 4.4k citations Mamta Tahiliani, Kian Peng Koh et al. Science profile →
  2. De-ubiquitination and ubiquitin ligase domains of A20 downregulate NF-κB signalling
    2004 1.5k citations L. Aravind, Eugene V. Koonin et al. profile →
  3. AAA+: A Class of Chaperone-Like ATPases Associated with the Assembly, Operation, and Disassembly of Protein Complexes
    1999 1.5k citations L. Aravind et al. profile →
  4. Genome Sequence of an Obligate Intracellular Pathogen of Humans: Chlamydia trachomatis
    1998 1.3k citations L. Aravind, Eugene V. Koonin et al. Science profile →
  5. Bacterial Rhodopsin: Evidence for a New Type of Phototrophy in the Sea
    2000 1.1k citations Oded Béjà, L. Aravind et al. Science profile →
  6. Impaired hydroxylation of 5-methylcytosine in myeloid cancers with mutant TET2
    2010 993 citations Mamta Tahiliani, Hozefa S. Bandukwala et al. profile →
  7. Classification and evolution of P-loop GTPases and related ATPases
    2002 901 citations Eugene V. Koonin, L. Aravind et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  8. Horizontal Gene Transfer in Prokaryotes: Quantification and Classification
    2001 825 citations Eugene V. Koonin, L. Aravind et al. profile →
  9. Role of Rpn11 Metalloprotease in Deubiquitination and Degradation by the 26 S Proteasome
    2002 810 citations Rati Verma, L. Aravind et al. Science profile →
  10. Complete Genome Sequence of the Apicomplexan, Cryptosporidium parvum
    2004 724 citations Mitchell S. Abrahamsen, Thomas J. Templeton et al. Science profile →
  11. TETonic shift: biological roles of TET proteins in DNA demethylation and transcription
    2013 684 citations William A. Pastor, L. Aravind et al. profile →
  12. Evolutionary history and higher order classification of AAA+ ATPases
    2003 626 citations Lakshminarayan M. Iyer, Eugene V. Koonin et al. profile →
  13. Role of Predicted Metalloprotease Motif of Jab1/Csn5 in Cleavage of Nedd8 from Cul1
    2002 571 citations Gregory A. Cope, Greg S. B. Suh et al. Science profile →
  14. Genome of the Extremely Radiation-Resistant Bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans Viewed from the Perspective of Comparative Genomics
    2001 558 citations L. Aravind, Eugene V. Koonin et al. profile →
  15. Structure and evolution of transcriptional regulatory networks
    2004 547 citations M. Madan Babu, Nicholas M. Luscombe et al. profile →
  16. The many faces of the helix-turn-helix domain: Transcription regulation and beyond
    2005 513 citations L. Aravind, Vivek Anantharaman et al. profile →
  17. DNA Methylation on N6-Adenine in C. elegans
    2015 507 citations L. Aravind et al. profile →
  18. Evolutionary genomics of nucleo-cytoplasmic large DNA viruses
    2006 478 citations Lakshminarayan M. Iyer, Balaji Santhanam et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
L. Aravind United States 123 39.4k 9.0k 6.5k 6.1k 4.4k 381 52.4k
Alex Bateman United Kingdom 69 40.4k 1.0× 6.8k 0.8× 13.7k 2.1× 7.4k 1.2× 2.8k 0.6× 158 57.2k
Rodrigo López United Kingdom 32 32.5k 0.8× 7.3k 0.8× 13.2k 2.0× 7.9k 1.3× 5.0k 1.1× 68 57.4k
Erik L. L. Sonnhammer Sweden 51 30.6k 0.8× 5.3k 0.6× 10.3k 1.6× 5.6k 0.9× 2.8k 0.6× 153 44.6k
Hamish McWilliam United Kingdom 15 25.5k 0.6× 6.1k 0.7× 10.7k 1.7× 6.7k 1.1× 4.4k 1.0× 18 46.3k
Gunnar von Heijne Sweden 106 57.6k 1.5× 12.6k 1.4× 13.5k 2.1× 7.4k 1.2× 6.0k 1.3× 357 81.9k
ROBERT FINN United Kingdom 57 33.4k 0.8× 5.3k 0.6× 12.7k 2.0× 7.4k 1.2× 2.2k 0.5× 151 48.5k
Jennifer A. Doudna United States 123 71.4k 1.8× 12.3k 1.4× 7.8k 1.2× 4.0k 0.7× 2.6k 0.6× 363 78.6k
Eric F. Pettersen United States 13 31.0k 0.8× 4.4k 0.5× 3.2k 0.5× 3.0k 0.5× 3.1k 0.7× 15 48.2k
Thomas D. Goddard United States 13 30.2k 0.8× 4.4k 0.5× 3.2k 0.5× 3.1k 0.5× 3.0k 0.7× 13 47.2k
Damian Szklarczyk Switzerland 32 31.9k 0.8× 4.5k 0.5× 4.9k 0.7× 3.1k 0.5× 4.8k 1.1× 43 51.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of L. Aravind

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Campbell, Annabelle, A. Maxwell Burroughs, Otto Berninghausen, et al.. (2025). The RNA helicase HrpA rescues collided ribosomes in E. coli. Molecular Cell. 85(5). 999–1007.e7.
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Liu, Huazhen, Lakshminarayan M. Iyer, Paul C. Norris, et al.. (2025). Piperideine-6-carboxylic acid regulates vitamin B6 homeostasis and modulates systemic immunity in plants. Nature Plants. 11(2). 263–278. 2 indexed citations
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Iyer, Lakshminarayan M., Vivek Anantharaman, Arunkumar Krishnan, A. Maxwell Burroughs, & L. Aravind. (2021). Jumbo Phages: A Comparative Genomic Overview of Core Functions and Adaptions for Biological Conflicts. Viruses. 13(1). 63–63. 65 indexed citations
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Ulrich, Kathrin, Avantika Dhabaria, Beatrix Ueberheide, et al.. (2020). Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv0991c Is a Redox-Regulated Molecular Chaperone. mBio. 11(4). 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Changqing, Yu‐Hung Hung, Dapeng Zhang, et al.. (2019). The catalytic core of DEMETER guides active DNA demethylation in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(35). 17563–17571. 25 indexed citations
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Burroughs, A. Maxwell & L. Aravind. (2019). The Origin and Evolution of Release Factors: Implications for Translation Termination, Ribosome Rescue, and Quality Control Pathways. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(8). 1981–1981. 33 indexed citations
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Burroughs, A. Maxwell & L. Aravind. (2014). A highly conserved family of domains related to the DNA-glycosylase fold helps predict multiple novel pathways for RNA modifications. RNA Biology. 11(4). 360–372. 24 indexed citations
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Nagy, Attila, et al.. (2012). ATP hydrolysis by a domain related to translation factor GTPases drives polymerization of a static bacterial morphogenetic protein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(2). E151–60. 33 indexed citations
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Li, Da‐Qiang, Sujit S. Nair, Kazufumi Ohshiro, et al.. (2012). MORC2 Signaling Integrates Phosphorylation-Dependent, ATPase-Coupled Chromatin Remodeling during the DNA Damage Response. Cell Reports. 2(6). 1657–1669. 110 indexed citations
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Deng, Lu, Carlos A. Velikovsky, Gang Xu, et al.. (2010). A structural basis for antigen recognition by the T cell-like lymphocytes of sea lamprey. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(30). 13408–13413. 58 indexed citations
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Tahiliani, Mamta, Kian Peng Koh, Yinghua Shen, et al.. (2009). Conversion of 5-Methylcytosine to 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine in Mammalian DNA by MLL Partner TET1. Science. 324(5929). 930–935. 4364 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wessels, Deborah, Thyagarajan Srikantha, Yi Song, et al.. (2006). The Shwachman-Bodian-Diamond syndrome gene encodes an RNA-binding protein that localizes to the pseudopod of Dictyostelium amoebae during chemotaxis. Journal of Cell Science. 119(2). 370–379. 40 indexed citations
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Santhanam, Balaji, M. Madan Babu, Lakshminarayan M. Iyer, Nicholas M. Luscombe, & L. Aravind. (2006). Comprehensive Analysis of Combinatorial Regulation using the Transcriptional Regulatory Network of Yeast. Journal of Molecular Biology. 360(1). 213–227. 187 indexed citations
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Abrahamsen, Mitchell S., Thomas J. Templeton, Shinichiro Enomoto, et al.. (2004). Complete Genome Sequence of the Apicomplexan, Cryptosporidium parvum. Science. 304(5669). 441–445. 724 indexed citations breakdown →
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Anantharaman, Vivek & L. Aravind. (2003). New connections in the prokaryotic toxin-antitoxin network: relationship with the eukaryotic nonsense-mediated RNA decay system. Genome biology. 4(12). R81–R81. 201 indexed citations
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Cope, Gregory A., Greg S. B. Suh, L. Aravind, et al.. (2002). Role of Predicted Metalloprotease Motif of Jab1/Csn5 in Cleavage of Nedd8 from Cul1. Science. 298(5593). 608–611. 571 indexed citations breakdown →
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Verma, Rati, L. Aravind, Robert Oania, et al.. (2002). Role of Rpn11 Metalloprotease in Deubiquitination and Degradation by the 26 S Proteasome. Science. 298(5593). 611–615. 810 indexed citations breakdown →
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Iyer, Lakshminarayan M., L. Aravind, Peer Bork, et al.. (2001). Quod erat demonstrandum?The mystery of experimental validation of apparently erroneous computational analyses of protein sequences. Genome biology. 2(12). RESEARCH0051–RESEARCH0051. 53 indexed citations
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Aravind, L., et al.. (2000). STASドメイン アニオントランスポーターおよび抗シグマ因子アンタゴニストの間の結合 | 文献情報 | J-GLOBAL 科学技術総合リンクセンター. Current Biology. 10(2). 53–55. 9 indexed citations
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Béjà, Oded, L. Aravind, Eugene V. Koonin, et al.. (2000). Bacterial Rhodopsin: Evidence for a New Type of Phototrophy in the Sea. Science. 289(5486). 1902–1906. 1069 indexed citations breakdown →

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