Magnar Bjørås

16.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
233 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

About

Magnar Bjørås is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Magnar Bjørås has authored 233 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 181 papers in Molecular Biology, 45 papers in Genetics and 28 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Magnar Bjørås's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (83 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (26 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (25 papers). Magnar Bjørås is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (83 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (26 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (25 papers). Magnar Bjørås collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and Finland. Magnar Bjørås's co-authors include Hans E. Krokan, Erling Seeberg, Lars Eide, Bjørn Dalhus, Ingrun Alseth, Arne Klungland, Luisa Luna, Niels C. Danbolt, Jon Storm‐Mathisen and Annie Bendahan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Magnar Bjørås

223 papers receiving 11.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

Cloning and expression of a rat brain L-glutamate transporter

1992 1.1k citations Magnar Bjørås et al. profile →
Base Excision Repair

2013 917 citations Magnar Bjørås et al. profile →
Human and bacterial oxidative demethylases repair alkylation damage in both RNA and DNA

2003 528 citations Per Arne, Marit Otterlei et al. profile →
Broad histone H3K4me3 domains in mouse oocytes modulate maternal-to-zygotic transition

2016 450 citations John Arne Dahl, Gareth D. Greggains et al. profile →
Optimization of the Hemolysis Assay for the Assessment of Cytotoxicity

2023 240 citations Magnar Bjørås, Emily Helgesen et al. profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Magnar Bjørås

Since Specialization

Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Magnar Bjørås

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Magnar Bjørås. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Magnar Bjørås. The network helps show where Magnar Bjørås may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Magnar Bjørås

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Magnar Bjørås. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Magnar Bjørås based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Magnar Bjørås. Magnar Bjørås is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	RecN and RecA orchestrate an ordered DNA supercompaction response following ciprofloxacin-induced DNA damage in Escherichia coli 2025 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Magnar Bjørås, James A. Booth, Kirsten Skarstad, Emily Helgesen	0
2	SMUG1 DNA glycosylase modulates reward behaviour through regulation of olfactory receptor gene expression 2025 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Diana L. Bordin, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Veslemøy Rolseth, (unknown), Lisa Lirussi, Christine Gran Neurauter, Yan Liu, Yahyah Aman, Ponnuthurai Nagaratnam Suganthan, Antonio Sarno, Tianjiao Zhang, Lene Alsøe, Junbai Wang, Magnar Bjørås, Garry Wong, Hilde Nilsen	1
3	The RNA m6A landscape during human oocyte-to-embryo transition 2025 ·The EMBO Journal ·Yanjiao Li, Yunhao Wang, (unknown), Kang-Xuan Jin, (unknown), Xue-Ni Lin, (unknown), Ru-Juan Zuo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Péter Fedorcsák, Magnar Bjørås, Adam Filipczyk, John Arne Dahl, Gareth D. Greggains, Kin Fai Au, Arne Klungland	1
4	JAK inhibitors remove innate immune barriers facilitating viral propagation 2025 ·PubMed ·(unknown), Aleksandr Ianevski, (unknown), Hilde Lysvand, (unknown), Ole Solheim, Wei Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Olli Vapalahti, Teemu Smura, Hanna Vauhkonen, Valentyn Oksenych, Friedemann Weber, (unknown), Magnus Evander, (unknown), Jan Egil Afset, Magnar Bjørås, Denis E. Kainov	0
5	Silica coating of thermal decomposition-based hydrophilic and hydrophobic magnetic nanoparticles for nucleic acid extraction 2025 ·Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects ·(unknown), (unknown), Guhan Jayaraman, V. V. R. Sai, Magnar Bjørås, Narayanan Madaboosi, Sulalit Bandyopadhyay	1
6	Inverse and dynamic levels of H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 regulate mouse postnatal dental gyrus development 2025 ·Cell Death and Differentiation ·Yan Luan, Hanyue Zhang, Yingfei Liu, Jing Zhou, Wen Li, Kaige Ma, (unknown), Chen Huang, (unknown), Haixia Lu, Hui Jing Yu, Magnar Bjørås, Arne Klungland, Zhichao Zhang	0
7	Altered Genome-Wide DNA Methylation in the Duodenum of Common Variable Immunodeficiency Patients 2024 ·Journal of Clinical Immunology ·Mingyi Yang, Mari Kaarbø, (unknown), Henrik M. Reims, Tom H. Karlsen, Junbai Wang, Torbjørn Rognes, Bente Halvorsen, Børre Fevang, Knut E.A. Lundin, Pål Aukrust, Magnar Bjørås, Silje F. Jørgensen	1
8	Genomic 8-oxoguanine modulates gene transcription independent of its repair by DNA glycosylases OGG1 and MUTYH 2024 ·Redox Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mirta Mittelstedt Leal de Sousa, Lars Hagen, Antonio Sarno, Magnar Bjørås, Katja Scheffler	6
9	Predicting regulatory mutations and their target genes by new computational integrative analysis: A study of follicular lymphoma 2024 ·Computers in Biology and Medicine ·Junbai Wang, Mingyi Yang, Omer Ali, (unknown), Magnar Bjørås, Lóránt Farkas	1
10	Mitotic chromosome condensation resets chromatin to safeguard transcriptional homeostasis during interphase 2023 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Lucía Ramos-Alonso, Petter Holland, Stéphanie Le Gras, Xu Zhao, Bernard Jost, Magnar Bjørås, Yves Barral, Jorrit M. Enserink, Pierre Chymkowitch	12
11	A pan-SARS-CoV-2-specific soluble angiotensin-converting enzyme 2-albumin fusion engineered for enhanced plasma half-life and needle-free mucosal delivery 2023 ·PNAS Nexus ·(unknown), (unknown), Anette Kolderup, Marina Vaysburd, (unknown), Donna L. Mallery, Even Fossum, (unknown), Anna Albecka, Aleksandr Ianevski, Denis E. Kainov, Karine Flem‐Karlsen, (unknown), (unknown), Torleif Tollefsrud Gjølberg, Morten C. Moe, Magnar Bjørås, Inger Sandlie, Leo C. James, Jan Terje Andersen	5
12	Lactate receptor HCAR1 regulates neurogenesis and microglia activation after neonatal hypoxia-ischemia 2022 ·eLife ·Lauritz Kennedy, (unknown), Vuk Palibrk, (unknown), Wei Wang, (unknown), Rajikala Suganthan, Niklas Meyer, (unknown), Xiaolin Lin, Linda H. Bergersen, Magnar Bjørås, Johanne Egge Rinholm	47
13	DrugVirus.info 2.0: an integrative data portal for broad-spectrum antivirals (BSA) and BSA-containing drug combinations (BCCs) 2022 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Aleksandr Ianevski, (unknown), (unknown), Tanel Tenson, Valentyn Oksenych, Magnar Bjørås, Denis E. Kainov	23
14	Increased p53 signaling impairs neural differentiation in HUWE1-promoted intellectual disabilities 2021 ·Cell Reports Medicine ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Wei Wang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sarah L. Fordyce Martin, Diana L. Bordin, Matthias Bosshard, Yunhui Peng, Emil Alexov, Cindy Skinner, Nina‐Beate Liabakk, Gareth J. Sullivan, Magnar Bjørås, Charles E. Schwartz, Barbara van Loon	5
15	Synthesis and antimicrobial activities of chitosan/polypropylene carbonate-based nanoparticles 2021 ·RSC Advances ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Chungui Zhao, Mingyi Yang, Magnar Bjørås, Kaizheng Zhu, Anna‐Lena Kjøniksen	14
16	Peptides containing the PCNA interacting motif APIM bind to the β-clamp and inhibit bacterial growth and mutagenesis 2020 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Aina Nedal, (unknown), Bjørn Dalhus, Emily Helgesen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Birthe B. Kragelund, Kirsten Skarstad, Magnar Bjørås, Marit Otterlei	17
17	N6-methyladenosine in RNA of atherosclerotic plaques: An epitranscriptomic signature of human carotid atherosclerosis 2020 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·(unknown), Ida Gregersen, Mirta Mittelstedt Leal de Sousa, Azhar Abbas, Xiang Yi Kong, Ingrun Alseth, Sverre Holm, Tuva B. Dahl, Karolina Skagen, Mona Skjelland, Pål Aukrust, Magnar Bjørås, Bente Halvorsen	42
18	Alkyladenine DNA glycosylase associates with transcription elongation to coordinate DNA repair with gene expression 2019 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Diana L. Bordin, Alessandro Brambilla, (unknown), Sarah L. Fordyce Martin, (unknown), (unknown), Per Arne, Antonia Furrer, Lene C. Olsen, (unknown), Marit Otterlei, Pål Sætrom, Magnar Bjørås, Leona D. Samson, Barbara van Loon	27
19	No cancer predisposition or increased spontaneous mutation frequencies in NEIL DNA glycosylases-deficient mice 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Veslemøy Rolseth, Luisa Luna, Ann‐Karin Olsen, Rajikala Suganthan, Katja Scheffler, Christine Gran Neurauter, Ying Esbensen, Anna Kuśnierczyk, Gunn A. Hildrestrand, Anne Graupner, (unknown), Geir Slupphaug, Arne Klungland, Hilde Nilsen, Magnar Bjørås	35
20	Hallmarks of Processivity in Glycoside Hydrolases from Crystallographic and Computational Studies of the Serratia marcescens Chitinases 2012 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Christina M. Payne, (unknown), Svein Jarle Horn, Paul Hoff Backe, A.S. Arvai, Bjørn Dalhus, Magnar Bjørås, Vincent G. H. Eijsink, Morten Sørlie, Gregg T. Beckham, Gustav Vaaje‐Kolstad	88

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