Mark Skehel

15.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
151 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Mark Skehel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Skehel has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Cell Biology and 14 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Mark Skehel's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (26 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (22 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers). Mark Skehel is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (26 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (22 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers). Mark Skehel collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Mark Skehel's co-authors include Sarah Maslen, John E. Walker, Ian M. Fearnley, Helen R. Flynn, Stephen C. West, Simon J. Boulton, Gianluca Degliesposti, Michael J. Runswick, Miguel G. Blanco and Leonid A. Sazanov and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Mark Skehel

144 papers receiving 9.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Atomic structure of the entire mammalian mitochondrial complex I

2016 396 citations Gianluca Degliesposti, Mark Skehel et al. profile →
Human CNS barrier-forming organoids with cerebrospinal fluid production

2020 298 citations Farida Begum, Mark Skehel et al. Science profile →
Mechanism of parkin activation by PINK1

2018 293 citations Sarah Maslen, Mark Skehel et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark Skehel United Kingdom	54	8.0k	1.5k	1.1k	730	671	151	9.9k
Namrata D. Udeshi United States	37	7.7k 1.0×	3.0k 2.0×	1.1k 0.9×	888 1.2×	483 0.7×	81	10.0k
Chanchal Kumar Germany	26	8.4k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	506 0.7×	758 1.1×	35	10.8k
Florian Gnad Germany	37	11.3k 1.4×	1.7k 1.1×	1.9k 1.7×	775 1.1×	785 1.2×	54	13.6k
Chad A. Brautigam United States	47	5.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	418 0.4×	950 1.3×	413 0.6×	137	7.7k
Kalle Gehring Canada	53	7.0k 0.9×	1.8k 1.2×	598 0.5×	775 1.1×	1.2k 1.8×	198	9.3k
Sean A. Beausoleil United States	25	7.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	448 0.6×	813 1.2×	30	9.0k
Michael L. Nielsen Denmark	55	10.8k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	2.8k 2.5×	971 1.3×	741 1.1×	143	13.7k
Douglas Cyr United States	47	7.0k 0.9×	2.8k 1.9×	469 0.4×	834 1.1×	917 1.4×	113	9.2k
Daniel Heß Switzerland	53	6.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	735 1.0×	364 0.5×	126	8.6k
Philip Coffino United States	52	6.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	785 0.7×	553 0.8×	736 1.1×	131	7.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Dudley-Fraser, Jane, Diego Esposito, Sarah Maslen, et al.. (2025). Covalent fragment screening to inhibit the E3 ligase activity of bacterial NEL enzymes SspH1 and SspH2. RSC Chemical Biology. 7(1). 153–168.

Patel, Avnish, Helen R. Flynn, Konstantinos Koussis, et al.. (2024). Plasmodium falciparum protein phosphatase PP7 is required for early ring-stage development. mBio. 15(11). e0253924–e0253924.

Rowe, Sam M., Alan R. Rendina, Emma K. Grant, et al.. (2024). Expedited SARS‐CoV‐2 Main Protease Inhibitor Discovery through Modular ‘Direct‐to‐Biology’ Screening. Angewandte Chemie. 137(6). 1 indexed citations

Wrobel, Antoni G., Sarah Maslen, Antonio Torres-Méndez, et al.. (2024). The V-ATPase/ATG16L1 axis is controlled by the V1H subunit. Molecular Cell. 84(15). 2966–2983.e9. 12 indexed citations

Salzano, Giulia, Theodora Sideri, Steven Howell, et al.. (2023). The yeast RNA methylation complex consists of conserved yet reconfigured components with m6A-dependent and independent roles. eLife. 12. 1 indexed citations

Mali, Girish R., Ferdos Abid Ali, Clinton K. Lau, et al.. (2021). Shulin packages axonemal outer dynein arms for ciliary targeting. Science. 371(6532). 910–916. 35 indexed citations

Peak‐Chew, Sew‐Yeu, Amy Switzer, Lynn Burchell, et al.. (2021). Redox Regulation of the Quorum-sensing Transcription Factor AgrA by Coenzyme A. Antioxidants. 10(6). 841–841. 15 indexed citations

Tremel, Shirley, Yohei Ohashi, Dustin R. Morado, et al.. (2021). Structural basis for VPS34 kinase activation by Rab1 and Rab5 on membranes. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1564–1564. 76 indexed citations

Malvezzi, Francesca, Christopher J. Stubbs, Thomas A. Jowitt, et al.. (2021). Phosphorylation-dependent BRD4 dimerization and implications for therapeutic inhibition of BET family proteins. Communications Biology. 4(1). 1273–1273. 14 indexed citations

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Querido, Jailson Brito, Masaaki Sokabe, S.H.W. Kraatz, et al.. (2020). Structure of a human 48 S translational initiation complex. Science. 369(6508). 1220–1227. 149 indexed citations

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Alvira, Sara, Daniel W. Watkins, William J. Allen, et al.. (2020). Inter-membrane association of the Sec and BAM translocons for bacterial outer-membrane biogenesis. eLife. 9. 37 indexed citations

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Pye, Valerie E., Annachiara Rosa, Weston B. Struwe, et al.. (2020). A bipartite structural organization defines the SERINC family of HIV-1 restriction factors. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 27(1). 78–83. 41 indexed citations

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Bellelli, Roberto, Ondrej Beláň, Valerie E. Pye, et al.. (2018). POLE3-POLE4 Is a Histone H3-H4 Chaperone that Maintains Chromatin Integrity during DNA Replication. Molecular Cell. 72(1). 112–126.e5. 94 indexed citations

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Martino, Fabrizio, Mohinder Pal, Hugo Muñoz-Hernández, et al.. (2018). RPAP3 provides a flexible scaffold for coupling HSP90 to the human R2TP co-chaperone complex. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1501–1501. 53 indexed citations

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Degliesposti, Gianluca, M.L. Kilkenny, Sarah Maslen, et al.. (2017). Crystal structure of the N-terminal domain of human Timeless and its interaction with Tipin. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(9). 5555–5563. 12 indexed citations

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Willmann, Katharina, Siim Pauklin, Rangam Gopinath, et al.. (2012). A role for the RNA pol II–associated PAF complex in AID-induced immune diversification. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 209(11). 2099–2111. 53 indexed citations

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Gari, Kerstin, Ana M. Ortiz, Valérie Borel, et al.. (2012). MMS19 Links Cytoplasmic Iron-Sulfur Cluster Assembly to DNA Metabolism. Science. 337(6091). 243–245. 180 indexed citations

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Mochida, Satoru, Sarah Maslen, Mark Skehel, & Tim Hunt. (2010). Greatwall Phosphorylates an Inhibitor of Protein Phosphatase 2Α That Is Essential for Mitosis. Science. 330(6011). 1670–1673. 340 indexed citations

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Hořejšı́, Zuzana, Nicola Wiechens, Sophie E. Polo, et al.. (2009). Poly(ADP-ribose)–Dependent Regulation of DNA Repair by the Chromatin Remodeling Enzyme ALC1. Science. 325(5945). 1240–1243. 467 indexed citations

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White, Ian R., Russell Pickford, John Wood, et al.. (2004). A statistical comparison of silver and SYPRO Ruby staining for proteomic analysis. Electrophoresis. 25(17). 3048–3054. 58 indexed citations

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