Leemor Joshua‐Tor

14.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
88 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Leemor Joshua‐Tor is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leemor Joshua‐Tor has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Cancer Research and 8 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Leemor Joshua‐Tor's work include RNA Research and Splicing (24 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (14 papers). Leemor Joshua‐Tor is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (24 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (14 papers). Leemor Joshua‐Tor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Leemor Joshua‐Tor's co-authors include Gregory J. Hannon, Ji‐Joon Song, Niraj H. Tolia, Eric J. Enemark, Jidong Liu, Fabiola V. Rivas, Carolyn G. Marsden, Michelle A. Carmell, J. Michael Thomson and Scott M. Hammond and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Leemor Joshua‐Tor

87 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

4 papers align trajectories

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.

Argonaute2 Is the Catalytic Engine of Mammalian RNAi

2004 2.1k citations Jidong Liu, Michelle A. Carmell et al. Science profile →
Crystal Structure of Argonaute and Its Implications for RISC Slicer Activity

2004 1.1k citations Ji‐Joon Song, Gregory J. Hannon et al. Science profile →
Purified Argonaute2 and an siRNA form recombinant human RISC

2005 568 citations Fabiola V. Rivas, Niraj H. Tolia et al. profile →
Analysis of the C. elegans Argonaute Family Reveals that Distinct Argonautes Act Sequentially during RNAi

2006 492 citations Erbay Yigit, Pedro J. Batista et al. Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leemor Joshua‐Tor United States	44	8.7k	2.6k	1.9k	865	609	88	10.4k
Tatyana V. Pestova United States	64	13.7k 1.6×	1.1k 0.4×	1.4k 0.7×	921 1.1×	608 1.0×	112	15.8k
Peter R. Cook United Kingdom	65	13.0k 1.5×	1.1k 0.4×	1.7k 0.9×	1.9k 2.2×	494 0.8×	210	14.9k
Yukihide Tomari Japan	47	9.8k 1.1×	3.9k 1.5×	2.4k 1.3×	824 1.0×	687 1.1×	98	11.3k
Wendy V. Gilbert United States	31	9.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.4×	963 0.5×	1.9k 2.2×	537 0.9×	60	11.1k
R. Daniel Camerini‐Otero United States	59	8.9k 1.0×	1.0k 0.4×	1.6k 0.8×	2.8k 3.2×	547 0.9×	143	10.6k
Katarzyna Bębenek United States	51	7.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	667 0.3×	1.5k 1.7×	520 0.9×	99	9.1k
Ulrike Kutay Switzerland	56	13.1k 1.5×	1.8k 0.7×	608 0.3×	1.1k 1.3×	591 1.0×	108	14.7k
Hitoshi Kurumizaka Japan	59	9.5k 1.1×	780 0.3×	1.6k 0.8×	1.4k 1.6×	393 0.6×	302	10.5k
Frédéric H.‐T. Allain Switzerland	65	11.2k 1.3×	930 0.4×	733 0.4×	1.1k 1.2×	417 0.7×	180	12.7k
Danesh Moazed United States	65	14.9k 1.7×	954 0.4×	3.7k 1.9×	1.9k 2.1×	534 0.9×	107	16.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leemor Joshua‐Tor

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Garg, Ankur, Kin Fan On, Yang Xiao, et al.. (2025). The molecular basis of Human FN3K mediated phosphorylation of glycated substrates. Nature Communications. 16(1). 941–941. 1 indexed citations

Alpsoy, Aktan, Jonathan J. Ipsaro, Damianos Skopelitis, et al.. (2025). Structural basis of DNA-dependent coactivator recruitment by the tuft cell master regulator POU2F3. Cell Reports. 44(11). 116572–116572.

Yang, Bing, et al.. (2024). Catalytic residues of microRNA Argonautes play a modest role in microRNA star strand destabilization in C. elegans. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(9). 4985–5001. 2 indexed citations

Garg, Ankur, et al.. (2024). The structural landscape of Microprocessor-mediated processing of pri-let-7 miRNAs. Molecular Cell. 84(21). 4175–4190.e6. 7 indexed citations

Stec, Natalia, Jing Wang, M. Jaremko, et al.. (2023). A circadian-like gene network programs the timing and dosage of heterochronic miRNA transcription during C. elegans development. Developmental Cell. 58(22). 2563–2579.e8. 13 indexed citations

Ipsaro, Jonathan J., et al.. (2023). Manipulating PTPRD function with ectodomain antibodies. Genes & Development. 37(15-16). 743–759. 4 indexed citations

Elkayam, Elad, et al.. (2022). Target binding triggers hierarchical phosphorylation of human Argonaute-2 to promote target release. eLife. 11. 16 indexed citations

Wu, Xiaoli, Xue‐Yan He, Jonathan J. Ipsaro, et al.. (2022). OCA-T1 and OCA-T2 are coactivators of POU2F3 in the tuft cell lineage. Nature. 607(7917). 169–175. 48 indexed citations

Jaremko, M., Kin Fan On, Dennis R. Thomas, Bruce Stillman, & Leemor Joshua‐Tor. (2020). The dynamic nature of the human origin recognition complex revealed through five cryoEM structures. eLife. 9. 22 indexed citations

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Jung, James, Timothy Grant, Dennis R. Thomas, et al.. (2019). High-resolution cryo-EM structures of outbreak strain human norovirus shells reveal size variations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(26). 12828–12832. 53 indexed citations

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Lee, Seung‐Jae, et al.. (2014). Dynamic look at DNA unwinding by a replicative helicase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(9). E827–35. 54 indexed citations

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Elkayam, Elad, Claus‐D. Kuhn, Ante Tocilj, et al.. (2012). The Structure of Human Argonaute-2 in Complex with miR-20a. Cell. 150(1). 233–233. 11 indexed citations

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Elkayam, Elad, Claus‐D. Kuhn, Ante Tocilj, et al.. (2012). The Structure of Human Argonaute-2 in Complex with miR-20a. Cell. 150(1). 100–110. 455 indexed citations

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Kumar, P. Rajesh, Yao Yu, Rolf Sternglanz, Stephen Albert Johnston, & Leemor Joshua‐Tor. (2008). NADP Regulates the Yeast GAL Induction System. Science. 319(5866). 1090–1092. 43 indexed citations

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Yigit, Erbay, Pedro J. Batista, Yanxia Bei, et al.. (2006). Analysis of the C. elegans Argonaute Family Reveals that Distinct Argonautes Act Sequentially during RNAi. Cell. 127(4). 747–757. 492 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tolia, Niraj H., Eric J. Enemark, B. Kim Lee Sim, & Leemor Joshua‐Tor. (2005). Structural Basis for the EBA-175 Erythrocyte Invasion Pathway of the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Cell. 122(2). 183–193. 260 indexed citations

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Song, Ji‐Joon, et al.. (2004). Crystal Structure of Argonaute and Its Implications for RISC Slicer Activity. Science. 305(5689). 1434–1437. 1105 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Jidong, Michelle A. Carmell, Fabiola V. Rivas, et al.. (2004). Argonaute2 Is the Catalytic Engine of Mammalian RNAi. Science. 305(5689). 1437–1441. 2053 indexed citations breakdown →

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Joshua‐Tor, Leemor. (2004). siRNAs at RISC. Structure. 12(7). 1120–1122. 4 indexed citations

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Schlessman, J.L., et al.. (1998). Conformational variability in structures of the nitrogenase iron proteins from Azotobacter vinelandii and Clostridium pasteurianum. Journal of Molecular Biology. 280(4). 669–685. 118 indexed citations

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