Michael Ibba

11.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
176 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Michael Ibba is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Ibba has authored 176 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Molecular Biology, 42 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Michael Ibba's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (160 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (119 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (44 papers). Michael Ibba is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (160 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (119 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (44 papers). Michael Ibba collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Switzerland. Michael Ibba's co-authors include Dieter Söll, Hervé Roy, Jiqiang Ling, Noah M. Reynolds, Carl R. Woese, Medha Raina, Gary J. Olsen, Miguel A. Rubio, Srujana S. Yadavalli and Kyle Mohler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Michael Ibba

175 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthesis 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 2000 250 500 750 1000
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. Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthesis
    2000 1.2k citations Michael Ibba, Dieter Söll profile →
  2. Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases, the Genetic Code, and the Evolutionary Process
    2000 536 citations Michael Ibba, Dieter Söll et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Michael Ibba 8.3k 1.6k 682 519 288 176 9.1k
Rebecca Page 4.1k 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 820 1.2× 587 1.1× 398 1.4× 117 5.9k
Jean‐François Collet 3.8k 0.5× 1.6k 1.0× 430 0.6× 800 1.5× 165 0.6× 110 6.0k
Ray-Yuan Chuang 6.9k 0.8× 2.1k 1.3× 951 1.4× 370 0.7× 198 0.7× 18 8.5k
Daniel Wall 3.2k 0.4× 1.2k 0.7× 644 0.9× 275 0.5× 192 0.7× 85 4.6k
Andrew J. Link 6.9k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 455 0.7× 298 0.6× 534 1.9× 110 9.3k
Walid A. Houry 5.9k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 396 0.6× 1.4k 2.8× 438 1.5× 126 6.9k
Yuki Takai 5.0k 0.6× 3.1k 2.0× 930 1.4× 719 1.4× 125 0.4× 50 6.7k
Nicholas Noinaj 2.8k 0.3× 1.5k 0.9× 571 0.8× 304 0.6× 212 0.7× 81 4.4k
Anastassios Economou 4.0k 0.5× 2.8k 1.7× 1.1k 1.6× 481 0.9× 209 0.7× 125 5.9k
Lei Young 6.7k 0.8× 2.0k 1.2× 1.0k 1.5× 352 0.7× 184 0.6× 13 8.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Ibba

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Ibba

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Ibba. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Ibba 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 Michael Ibba. Michael Ibba 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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Douglas, Jordan, Haissi Cui, John J. Perona, et al.. (2024). AARS Online: A collaborative database on the structure, function, and evolution of the aminoacyl‐ tRNA synthetases. IUBMB Life. 76(12). 1091–1105. 7 indexed citations
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Rubio, Miguel A., Rocío López‐Igual, Roque Bru‐Martínez, et al.. (2021). Role of a cryptic tRNA gene operon in survival under translational stress. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(15). 8757–8776. 4 indexed citations
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Srinivas, Pooja, et al.. (2021). Oxidation alters the architecture of the phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase editing domain to confer hyperaccuracy. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(20). 11800–11809. 9 indexed citations
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Kelly, Paul, Dennis Y. Liu, Travis J. Lawrence, et al.. (2020). Targeting tRNA-synthetase interactions towards novel therapeutic discovery against eukaryotic pathogens. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(2). e0007983–e0007983. 13 indexed citations
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Rubio, Miguel A. & Michael Ibba. (2020). Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. RNA. 26(8). 910–936. 256 indexed citations
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Mohler, Kyle & Michael Ibba. (2017). Translational fidelity and mistranslation in the cellular response to stress. Nature Microbiology. 2(9). 17117–17117. 144 indexed citations
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Mossialos, Dimitris, et al.. (2016). The complex evolutionary history of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(3). 1059–1068. 53 indexed citations
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Ibba, Michael. (2015). Transfer RNA comes of age. RNA. 21(4). 648–649. 1 indexed citations
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Katz, Assaf, Lindsey Solden, Shengwei Zou, William Wiley Navarre, & Michael Ibba. (2013). Molecular evolution of protein-RNA mimicry as a mechanism for translational control. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(5). 3261–3271. 19 indexed citations
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Ambrogelly, Alexandre, Dieter Söll, Osamu Nureki, Shigeyuki Yokoyama, & Michael Ibba. (2013). Class I Lysyl-tRNA Synthetases. BMC Public Health. 16. 4–4. 1 indexed citations
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Fredrick, Kurt & Michael Ibba. (2010). How the Sequence of a Gene Can Tune Its Translation. Cell. 141(2). 227–229. 126 indexed citations
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Prætorius-Ibba, Mette, et al.. (2007). An aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase:elongation factor complex for substrate channeling in archaeal translation. Nucleic Acids Research. 35(18). 6094–6102. 29 indexed citations
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Ling, Jiqiang, Srujana S. Yadavalli, & Michael Ibba. (2007). Phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase editing defects result in efficient mistranslation of phenylalanine codons as tyrosine. RNA. 13(11). 1881–1886. 50 indexed citations
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Sauerwald, Anselm, Wenhong Zhu, Tiffany A. Major, et al.. (2005). RNA-Dependent Cysteine Biosynthesis in Archaea. Science. 307(5717). 1969–1972. 191 indexed citations
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Prætorius-Ibba, Mette, Theresa Rogers, Rachel Y. Samson, Zvi Kelman, & Michael Ibba. (2005). Association between Archaeal Prolyl- and Leucyl-tRNA Synthetases Enhances tRNAPro Aminoacylation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(28). 26099–26104. 18 indexed citations
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Roy, Hervé, Jiqiang Ling, Irnov Irnov, & Michael Ibba. (2004). Post‐transfer editing in vitro and in vivo by the β subunit of phenylalanyl‐tRNA synthetase. The EMBO Journal. 23(23). 4639–4648. 128 indexed citations
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Bentin, Thomas, et al.. (2004). Photoreactive Bicyclic Amino Acids as Substrates for Mutant Escherichia coli Phenylalanyl-tRNA Synthetases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(19). 19839–19845. 19 indexed citations
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Ibba, Michael, Constantinos Stathopoulos, & Dieter Söll. (2001). Protein synthesis: Twenty three amino acids and counting. Current Biology. 11(14). R563–R565. 22 indexed citations
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Ibba, Michael, et al.. (2000). The Adaptor hypothesis revisited. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 25(7). 311–316. 95 indexed citations

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