Michael Tolstorukov

13.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
62 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Michael Tolstorukov is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Tolstorukov has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Michael Tolstorukov's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (32 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (10 papers). Michael Tolstorukov is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (32 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (10 papers). Michael Tolstorukov collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Russia. Michael Tolstorukov's co-authors include Peter J. Park, Peter V. Kharchenko, Robert E. Kingston, Victor B. Zhurkin, Ruslan I. Sadreyev, Matthew D. Simon, Jason A. West, Christopher P. Davis, Peggy I. Wang and Hongjae Sunwoo and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Michael Tolstorukov

59 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

3 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.

Design and analysis of ChIP-seq experiments for DNA-binding proteins

2008 627 citations Peter V. Kharchenko, Michael Tolstorukov et al. profile →
The Long Noncoding RNAs NEAT1 and MALAT1 Bind Active Chromatin Sites

2014 524 citations Jason A. West, Christopher P. Davis et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Histone demethylase KDM6A directly senses oxygen to control chromatin and cell fate

2019 280 citations Abhishek A. Chakraborty, Matti Myllykoski et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Tolstorukov United States	32	3.9k	810	607	550	236	62	4.4k
Harmen J.G. van de Werken Netherlands	30	3.4k 0.9×	851 1.1×	691 1.1×	577 1.0×	311 1.3×	84	4.4k
Lan Lin United States	23	2.4k 0.6×	668 0.8×	239 0.4×	339 0.6×	207 0.9×	39	3.2k
Jianlong Wang United States	37	5.5k 1.4×	950 1.2×	553 0.9×	569 1.0×	351 1.5×	121	6.5k
Julian Lange United States	27	3.4k 0.9×	333 0.4×	1.1k 1.8×	714 1.3×	174 0.7×	33	4.0k
Esther T. Chan United States	16	3.3k 0.8×	492 0.6×	594 1.0×	275 0.5×	206 0.9×	22	3.8k
Anita G. Seto United States	20	3.1k 0.8×	1.7k 2.1×	187 0.3×	584 1.1×	178 0.8×	29	3.8k
Stefan Schoenfelder United Kingdom	28	5.2k 1.3×	522 0.6×	930 1.5×	1.3k 2.3×	397 1.7×	45	5.7k
Maxwell R. Mumbach United States	20	4.6k 1.2×	1.5k 1.9×	343 0.6×	487 0.9×	358 1.5×	27	5.2k
Jian Xu United States	35	4.5k 1.2×	531 0.7×	746 1.2×	249 0.5×	618 2.6×	101	6.6k
Jun‐ichi Nakayama Japan	41	5.6k 1.5×	271 0.3×	695 1.1×	1.3k 2.3×	215 0.9×	123	6.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Tolstorukov

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Martinelli, Simone, Hélène Cavé, Alessandro De Luca, et al.. (2025). Interpreting the functional impact of genetic variants: The need for context qualifiers. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 113(1). 5–15.

Akitsu, Aoi, Eiji Kobayashi, Yinnian Feng, et al.. (2024). Parsing digital or analog TCR performance through piconewton forces. Science Advances. 10(33). eado4313–eado4313. 4 indexed citations

Karchin, Rachel, Predrag Radivojac, Anne O’Donnell‐Luria, et al.. (2024). Improving transparency of computational tools for variant effect prediction. Nature Genetics. 56(7). 1324–1326. 6 indexed citations

Choudhuri, Avik, Brejnev Muhire, Eva M. Fast, et al.. (2023). PGE ₂ alters chromatin through H2A.Z-variant enhancer nucleosome modification to promote hematopoietic stem cell fate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(19). e2220613120–e2220613120. 5 indexed citations

Szabó, Péter M., Amir Vajdi, Namit Kumar, et al.. (2023). Cancer-associated fibroblasts are the main contributors to epithelial-to-mesenchymal signatures in the tumor microenvironment. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 3051–3051. 36 indexed citations

Hong, Deli, Erik H. Knelson, Yixiang Li, et al.. (2021). Plasticity in the Absence of NOTCH Uncovers a RUNX2-Dependent Pathway in Small Cell Lung Cancer. Cancer Research. 82(2). 248–263. 25 indexed citations

Garcίa, Miguel Turrero, José‐Manuel Baizabal, Diana Tran, et al.. (2020). Transcriptional regulation of MGE progenitor proliferation by PRDM16 controls cortical GABAergic interneuron production. Development. 147(22). 5 indexed citations

Chakraborty, Abhishek A., Matti Myllykoski, Alison E. Ringel, et al.. (2019). Histone demethylase KDM6A directly senses oxygen to control chromatin and cell fate. Science. 363(6432). 1217–1222. 280 indexed citations breakdown →

Muhire, Brejnev, Matthew A. Booker, & Michael Tolstorukov. (2019). Non-neutral evolution of H3.3-encoding genes occurs without alterations in protein sequence. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 8472–8472. 13 indexed citations

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Goldman, Joseph, Guray Kuzu, Matthew Gemberling, et al.. (2017). Resolving Heart Regeneration by Replacement Histone Profiling. Developmental Cell. 40(4). 392–404.e5. 86 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaofeng, Ryan S. Lee, B. Alver, et al.. (2016). SMARCB1-mediated SWI/SNF complex function is essential for enhancer regulation. Nature Genetics. 49(2). 289–295. 239 indexed citations

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Mieczkowski, Jakub, April Cook, Sarah Bowman, et al.. (2016). MNase titration reveals differences between nucleosome occupancy and chromatin accessibility. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11485–11485. 171 indexed citations

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West, Jason A., Christopher P. Davis, Hongjae Sunwoo, et al.. (2014). The Long Noncoding RNAs NEAT1 and MALAT1 Bind Active Chromatin Sites. Molecular Cell. 55(5). 791–802. 524 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tolstorukov, Michael, Joseph Goldman, Cristèle Gilbert, et al.. (2012). Histone Variant H2A.Bbd Is Associated with Active Transcription and mRNA Processing in Human Cells. Molecular Cell. 47(4). 596–607. 85 indexed citations

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Blackledge, Neil P., Jinchuan Zhou, Michael Tolstorukov, et al.. (2010). CpG Islands Recruit a Histone H3 Lysine 36 Demethylase. Molecular Cell. 38(2). 179–190. 241 indexed citations

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Tolstorukov, Michael, Peter V. Kharchenko, & Peter J. Park. (2010). Analysis of The Primary Structure Of Chromatin with Next-Generation Sequencing. Epigenomics. 2(2). 187–197. 10 indexed citations

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Tolstorukov, Michael, Peter V. Kharchenko, Joseph Goldman, Robert E. Kingston, & Peter J. Park. (2009). Comparative analysis of H2A.Z nucleosome organization in the human and yeast genomes. Genome Research. 19(6). 967–977. 79 indexed citations

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Kharchenko, Peter V., Caroline J. Woo, Michael Tolstorukov, Robert E. Kingston, & Peter J. Park. (2008). Nucleosome positioning in human HOX gene clusters. Genome Research. 18(10). 1554–1561. 30 indexed citations

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Tolstorukov, Michael, et al.. (2008). nuScore: a web-interface for nucleosome positioning predictions. Bioinformatics. 24(12). 1456–1458. 41 indexed citations

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Liu, Mo‐Fang, Michael Tolstorukov, Victor B. Zhurkin, Susan Garges, & Sankar Adhya. (2004). A mutant spacer sequence between -35 and -10 elements makes the P _lac promoter hyperactive and cAMP receptor protein-independent. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(18). 6911–6916. 86 indexed citations

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