Lucas Farnung

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Lucas Farnung is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Geriatrics and Gerontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lucas Farnung has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Infectious Diseases and 2 papers in Geriatrics and Gerontology. Recurrent topics in Lucas Farnung's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (19 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (14 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers). Lucas Farnung is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (19 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (14 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers). Lucas Farnung collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Lucas Farnung's co-authors include Patrick Cramer, Seychelle M. Vos, Christian Dienemann, Goran Kokić, Dimitry Tegunov, Hauke S. Hillen, Henning Urlaub, Christoph Wigge, A. Linden and Moritz Ochmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Lucas Farnung

30 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Structure of replicating SARS-CoV-2 polymerase 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2021 100 200 300 400 500
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. Structure of replicating SARS-CoV-2 polymerase
    2020 570 citations Hauke S. Hillen, Goran Kokić et al. Nature profile →
  2. Mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 polymerase stalling by remdesivir
    2021 399 citations Goran Kokić, Hauke S. Hillen et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lucas Farnung Germany 20 2.0k 757 174 170 165 30 2.8k
Radim Nencka Czechia 28 1.1k 0.5× 936 1.2× 150 0.9× 97 0.6× 124 0.8× 90 2.4k
Jana Schmitzová Germany 18 1.2k 0.6× 678 0.9× 149 0.9× 56 0.3× 58 0.4× 24 2.2k
Carl Schmitz Australia 4 1.5k 0.7× 258 0.3× 175 1.0× 88 0.5× 149 0.9× 6 2.0k
Kumar Singh Saikatendu United States 15 582 0.3× 775 1.0× 206 1.2× 54 0.3× 147 0.9× 21 1.4k
M. Ortiz-Lombardı́a France 24 1.3k 0.7× 419 0.6× 61 0.4× 154 0.9× 135 0.8× 45 2.0k
Shoudeng Chen China 18 1.1k 0.5× 663 0.9× 107 0.6× 56 0.3× 69 0.4× 29 1.9k
Shihua He Canada 28 999 0.5× 703 0.9× 71 0.4× 69 0.4× 191 1.2× 70 2.0k
Erumbi S. Rangarajan United States 22 873 0.4× 616 0.8× 67 0.4× 50 0.3× 84 0.5× 40 1.8k
Sanjeev Munshi United States 26 981 0.5× 446 0.6× 346 2.0× 299 1.8× 108 0.7× 41 2.1k
Sarah Sainsbury United Kingdom 18 1.6k 0.8× 249 0.3× 40 0.2× 123 0.7× 101 0.6× 28 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lucas Farnung

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lucas Farnung

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Zhipeng A., Xinlei Sheng, Eunju Nam, et al.. (2025). Structural and enzymatic plasticity of SIRT6 deacylase activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(5). 108446–108446. 4 indexed citations
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Farnung, Lucas, et al.. (2025). Structural basis of human CHD1 nucleosome recruitment and pausing. Molecular Cell. 85(10). 1938–1951.e6. 1 indexed citations
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Soffers, Jelly HM, et al.. (2024). Structural basis of H3K36 trimethylation by SETD2 during chromatin transcription. Science. 387(6733). 528–533. 11 indexed citations
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Mevissen, Tycho E.T., et al.. (2024). STK19 positions TFIIH for cell-free transcription-coupled DNA repair. Cell. 187(25). 7091–7106.e24. 16 indexed citations
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Farnung, Lucas. (2024). Chromatin Transcription Elongation – A Structural Perspective. Journal of Molecular Biology. 437(1). 168845–168845. 5 indexed citations
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Vos, Seychelle M., et al.. (2023). Structure of the complete Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rpd3S-nucleosome complex. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8128–8128. 2 indexed citations
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Dienemann, Christian, Lucas Farnung, Juliane P. Schwarz, et al.. (2023). Structural insights into human co-transcriptional capping. Molecular Cell. 83(14). 2464–2477.e5. 17 indexed citations
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Farnung, Lucas & Seychelle M. Vos. (2022). Assembly of RNA polymerase II transcription initiation complexes. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 73. 102335–102335. 21 indexed citations
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Farnung, Lucas, et al.. (2022). Structure of a backtracked hexasomal intermediate of nucleosome transcription. Molecular Cell. 82(17). 3126–3134.e7. 43 indexed citations
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Filipovski, Martin, Jelly HM Soffers, Seychelle M. Vos, & Lucas Farnung. (2022). Structural basis of nucleosome retention during transcription elongation. Science. 376(6599). 1313–1316. 52 indexed citations
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Kokić, Goran, Hauke S. Hillen, Dimitry Tegunov, et al.. (2021). Mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 polymerase stalling by remdesivir. Nature Communications. 12(1). 399 indexed citations breakdown →
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Žumer, Kristina, Kerstin C. Maier, Lucas Farnung, et al.. (2021). Two distinct mechanisms of RNA polymerase II elongation stimulation in vivo. Molecular Cell. 81(15). 3096–3109.e8. 73 indexed citations
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Oberbeckmann, Elisa, Shinya Watanabe, Lucas Farnung, et al.. (2021). Ruler elements in chromatin remodelers set nucleosome array spacing and phasing. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3232–3232. 42 indexed citations
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Vos, Seychelle M., Lucas Farnung, A. Linden, Henning Urlaub, & Patrick Cramer. (2020). Structure of complete Pol II–DSIF–PAF–SPT6 transcription complex reveals RTF1 allosteric activation. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 27(7). 668–677. 100 indexed citations
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Hillen, Hauke S., Goran Kokić, Lucas Farnung, et al.. (2020). Structure of replicating SARS-CoV-2 polymerase. Nature. 584(7819). 154–156. 570 indexed citations breakdown →
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Farnung, Lucas, Seychelle M. Vos, & Patrick Cramer. (2018). Structure of transcribing RNA polymerase II-nucleosome complex. Nature Communications. 9(1). 75 indexed citations
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Zhu, Fangjie, Lucas Farnung, Eevi Kaasinen, et al.. (2018). The interaction landscape between transcription factors and the nucleosome. Nature. 562(7725). 76–81. 233 indexed citations
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Vos, Seychelle M., Lucas Farnung, Marc Boehning, et al.. (2018). Structure of activated transcription complex Pol II–DSIF–PAF–SPT6. Nature. 560(7720). 607–612. 292 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiang‐Yang, Lucas Farnung, Christoph Wigge, & Patrick Cramer. (2018). Cryo-EM structure of a mammalian RNA polymerase II elongation complex inhibited by α-amanitin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(19). 7189–7194. 34 indexed citations
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Bösken, Christian A., Lucas Farnung, Corinna Hintermair, et al.. (2014). The structure and substrate specificity of human Cdk12/Cyclin K. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3505–3505. 145 indexed citations

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