Marcel Hollenstein

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Marcel Hollenstein is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcel Hollenstein has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 7 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Marcel Hollenstein's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (68 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (56 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (32 papers). Marcel Hollenstein is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (68 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (56 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (32 papers). Marcel Hollenstein collaborates with scholars based in France, Switzerland and Canada. Marcel Hollenstein's co-authors include Pascal Röthlisberger, David M. Perrin, Christopher J. Hipolito, Curtis H. Lam, Ivo Sarac, Luke K. McKenzie, David Dietrich, Christian J. Leumann, Masad J. Damha and Marie Flamme and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Marcel Hollenstein

84 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Recent progress in non-native nucleic acid modifications 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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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. Recent progress in non-native nucleic acid modifications
    2021 217 citations Luke K. McKenzie, Marcel Hollenstein 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
Marcel Hollenstein France 27 2.5k 469 298 279 191 88 2.9k
Д. В. Пышный Russia 25 1.6k 0.6× 312 0.7× 191 0.6× 424 1.5× 135 0.7× 200 2.3k
Liansheng Ling China 29 1.6k 0.6× 852 1.8× 191 0.6× 499 1.8× 210 1.1× 80 2.1k
Eugen Stulz United Kingdom 28 1.9k 0.7× 718 1.5× 494 1.7× 743 2.7× 181 0.9× 77 2.7k
Keitaro Yoshimoto Japan 26 1.3k 0.5× 646 1.4× 217 0.7× 279 1.0× 157 0.8× 89 2.3k
Anna Aviñó Spain 26 2.1k 0.8× 237 0.5× 210 0.7× 131 0.5× 84 0.4× 141 2.4k
Eun Jeong Cho United States 22 1.8k 0.7× 969 2.1× 121 0.4× 209 0.7× 119 0.6× 51 2.4k
Yuan Zou China 21 1.4k 0.5× 1.0k 2.1× 326 1.1× 242 0.9× 134 0.7× 51 2.2k
Xiangling Xiong United States 19 1.8k 0.7× 1.0k 2.2× 77 0.3× 397 1.4× 110 0.6× 22 2.4k
Harri Härmä Finland 26 1.4k 0.6× 657 1.4× 116 0.4× 981 3.5× 203 1.1× 110 2.6k
David Zanuy Spain 26 1.6k 0.6× 279 0.6× 441 1.5× 417 1.5× 266 1.4× 129 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Marcel Hollenstein

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marcel Hollenstein

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marcel Hollenstein

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marcel Hollenstein. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marcel Hollenstein 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 Marcel Hollenstein. Marcel Hollenstein is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lévi-Acobas, Fabienne, et al.. (2025). Probing three-dimensional cyclooctatetraene for nucleobase modification in aptamer selection. Communications Chemistry. 8(1). 276–276. 2 indexed citations
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Flamme, Marie, Luke K. McKenzie, Fabienne Lévi-Acobas, et al.. (2025). Selection of Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complex-Modified Aptamers for Photodynamic Therapy against Streptococcus Pneumonia. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(47). 43612–43628. 1 indexed citations
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Hollenstein, Marcel, Yannick Rondelez, Ludovic Sauguet, et al.. (2025). Crystal structures of monomeric BsmI restriction endonuclease reveal coordinated sequential cleavage of two DNA strands. Communications Biology. 8(1). 387–387. 1 indexed citations
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Sabat, Nazarii, et al.. (2025). Recent Advances in Biocatalytic and Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Oligonucleotides. ChemBioChem. 26(9). e202400987–e202400987. 10 indexed citations
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Tanner, Julian A., et al.. (2025). Expanding the chemical repertoire of aptamers. Trends in Chemistry. 8(1). 79–92.
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Lévi-Acobas, Fabienne, et al.. (2024). 2’,3’‐Protected Nucleotides as Building Blocks for Enzymatic de novo RNA Synthesis. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(24). e202400137–e202400137. 9 indexed citations
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Hollenstein, Marcel. (2024). Enzymatic synthesis of RNA oligonucleotides. Nature Biotechnology. 43(5). 691–693. 5 indexed citations
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Bonhomme, Frédéric, Patrick England, Riccardo Pellarin, et al.. (2023). Interrogating Aptamer Chemical Space Through Modified Nucleotide Substitution Facilitated by Enzymatic DNA Synthesis. ChemBioChem. 25(1). e202300539–e202300539. 10 indexed citations
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Röthlisberger, Pascal, et al.. (2023). Facilitated Synthetic Access to Boronic Acid-Modified Nucleoside Triphosphates and Compatibility with Enzymatic DNA Synthesis. Synlett. 35(6). 677–683. 3 indexed citations
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Sabat, Nazarii, Andreas Stämpfli, Marie Flamme, et al.. (2023). Artificial nucleotide codons for enzymatic DNA synthesis. Chemical Communications. 59(98). 14547–14550. 9 indexed citations
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Bonhomme, Frédéric, et al.. (2022). Enzymatic Synthesis of Vancomycin-Modified DNA. Molecules. 27(24). 8927–8927. 10 indexed citations
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McKenzie, Luke K., Marie Flamme, Johannes Karges, et al.. (2021). A ruthenium–oligonucleotide bioconjugated photosensitizing aptamer for cancer cell specific photodynamic therapy. RSC Chemical Biology. 3(1). 85–95. 23 indexed citations
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Flamme, Marie, et al.. (2021). Towards the enzymatic synthesis of phosphorothioate containing LNA oligonucleotides. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 48. 128242–128242. 24 indexed citations
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Flamme, Marie, Pascal Röthlisberger, Fabienne Lévi-Acobas, et al.. (2020). Enzymatic Formation of an Artificial Base Pair Using a Modified Purine Nucleoside Triphosphate. ACS Chemical Biology. 15(11). 2872–2884. 20 indexed citations
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McKenzie, Luke K., Johannes Karges, Mickaël Tharaud, et al.. (2020). Ruthenium-initiated polymerization of lactide: a route to remarkable cellular uptake for photodynamic therapy of cancer. Chemical Science. 11(10). 2657–2663. 41 indexed citations
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Chaput, John C., Piet Herdewijn, & Marcel Hollenstein. (2019). Orthogonal Genetic Systems. ChemBioChem. 21(10). 1408–1411. 29 indexed citations
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Hollenstein, Marcel. (2019). Nucleic acid enzymes based on functionalized nucleosides. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 52. 93–101. 53 indexed citations
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Hollenstein, Marcel, et al.. (2015). Probing the effect of minor groove interactions on the catalytic efficiency of DNAzymes 8–17 and 10–23. Molecular BioSystems. 11(5). 1454–1461. 18 indexed citations
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Hollenstein, Marcel, et al.. (2014). Nucleoside Triphosphates - From Synthesis to Biochemical Characterization. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 3 indexed citations
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Hollenstein, Marcel, Filip Wojciechowski, & Christian J. Leumann. (2012). Polymerase incorporation of pyrene-nucleoside triphosphates. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 22(13). 4428–4430. 21 indexed citations

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