Mikhail Eltsov

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

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Mikhail Eltsov is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Structural Biology and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, Mikhail Eltsov has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Structural Biology and 5 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in Mikhail Eltsov's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (10 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (9 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (8 papers). Mikhail Eltsov is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (10 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (9 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (8 papers). Mikhail Eltsov collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and France. Mikhail Eltsov's co-authors include Kazuhiro Maeshima, Achilleas S. Frangakis, Jacques Dubochet, Saera Hihara, Kirsty MacLellan, Margot P. Scheffer, Benoît Zuber, Khanh Huy Bui, Martin Beck and Yasumasa Joti and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Mikhail Eltsov

28 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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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.

Analysis of cryo-electron microscopy images does not support the existence of 30-nm chromatin fibers in mitotic chromosomes in situ

2008 298 citations Mikhail Eltsov, Kirsty MacLellan et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mikhail Eltsov Germany	19	1.5k	270	232	168	121	28	1.7k
Daniel Prumbaum Germany	13	918 0.6×	245 0.9×	154 0.7×	345 2.1×	106 0.9×	18	1.3k
Tobias Raisch Germany	16	1.2k 0.8×	192 0.7×	103 0.4×	215 1.3×	109 0.9×	22	1.5k
Hideaki Takata Japan	21	1.3k 0.8×	95 0.4×	267 1.2×	175 1.0×	88 0.7×	43	1.5k
Beate Rockel Germany	18	689 0.5×	138 0.5×	187 0.8×	172 1.0×	82 0.7×	32	1.0k
Roberto Melero Spain	22	1.2k 0.8×	340 1.3×	66 0.3×	200 1.2×	103 0.9×	47	1.6k
Sahradha Albert Germany	13	735 0.5×	367 1.4×	59 0.3×	212 1.3×	38 0.3×	18	1.1k
Luis Kuhn Cuellar Germany	7	813 0.5×	394 1.5×	68 0.3×	100 0.6×	31 0.3×	10	1.2k
Grigory Sharov United Kingdom	8	722 0.5×	261 1.0×	39 0.2×	159 0.9×	70 0.6×	11	1.1k
Philipp S. Erdmann Germany	16	454 0.3×	284 1.1×	41 0.2×	227 1.4×	117 1.0×	30	823
D. Prabha Dias United States	8	633 0.4×	202 0.7×	47 0.2×	310 1.8×	164 1.4×	8	841

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Kervrann, Charles, et al.. (2025). Template Learning: Deep learning with domain randomization for particle picking in cryo-electron tomography. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8833–8833. 1 indexed citations

Donzeau, Mariel, Jean‐Marc Strub, Sarah Cianférani, et al.. (2023). Bioactivated and PEG‐Protected Circa 2 nm Gold Nanoparticles for in Cell Labelling and Cryo‐Electron Microscopy. Small Methods. 7(6). e2300098–e2300098. 6 indexed citations

Eltsov, Mikhail, et al.. (2021). HEMNMA-3D: Cryo Electron Tomography Method Based on Normal Mode Analysis to Study Continuous Conformational Variability of Macromolecular Complexes. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 8. 663121–663121. 24 indexed citations

Eltsov, Mikhail, et al.. (2021). TomoFlow: Analysis of Continuous Conformational Variability of Macromolecules in Cryogenic Subtomograms based on 3D Dense Optical Flow. Journal of Molecular Biology. 434(2). 167381–167381. 12 indexed citations

Eltsov, Mikhail, et al.. (2020). Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy (CLEM) Analysis of Nuclear Reorganization Induced by Clustered DNA Damage Upon Charged Particle Irradiation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(6). 1911–1911. 10 indexed citations

Otsuka, Shotaro, Khanh Huy Bui, Martin Schorb, et al.. (2016). Nuclear pore assembly proceeds by an inside-out extrusion of the nuclear envelope. eLife. 5. 128 indexed citations

Eltsov, Mikhail, Nadia Dubé, Yu Zhou, et al.. (2015). Quantitative analysis of cytoskeletal reorganization during epithelial tissue sealing by large-volume electron tomography. Nature Cell Biology. 17(5). 605–614. 39 indexed citations

Eltsov, Mikhail, et al.. (2014). ELCS in ice: cryo-electron microscopy of nuclear envelope-limited chromatin sheets. Chromosoma. 123(3). 303–312. 18 indexed citations

Nishino, Yoshinori, Mikhail Eltsov, Yasumasa Joti, et al.. (2012). Human mitotic chromosomes consist predominantly of irregularly folded nucleosome fibres without a 30‐nm chromatin structure. The EMBO Journal. 31(7). 1644–1653. 239 indexed citations

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Milles, Sigrid, Khanh Huy Bui, Christine Koehler, et al.. (2012). Facilitated aggregation of FG nucleoporins under molecular crowding conditions. EMBO Reports. 14(2). 178–183. 83 indexed citations

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Scheffer, Margot P., Mikhail Eltsov, Jan Bednář, & Achilleas S. Frangakis. (2011). Nucleosomes stacked with aligned dyad axes are found in native compact chromatin in vitro. Journal of Structural Biology. 178(2). 207–214. 35 indexed citations

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Eltsov, Mikhail, Kirsty MacLellan, Kazuhiro Maeshima, Achilleas S. Frangakis, & Jacques Dubochet. (2008). Analysis of cryo-electron microscopy images does not support the existence of 30-nm chromatin fibers in mitotic chromosomes in situ. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(50). 19732–19737. 298 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dubochet, Jacques, Benoît Zuber, Mikhail Eltsov, et al.. (2007). How to “Read” a Vitreous Section. Methods in cell biology. 79. 385–406. 70 indexed citations

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Maeshima, Kazuhiro & Mikhail Eltsov. (2007). Packaging the Genome: the Structure of Mitotic Chromosomes. The Journal of Biochemistry. 143(2). 145–153. 67 indexed citations

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Bouchet‐Marquis, Cédric, Benoît Zuber, Mikhail Eltsov, et al.. (2006). Visualization of cell microtubules in their native state. Biology of the Cell. 99(1). 45–53. 73 indexed citations

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Eltsov, Mikhail & Jacques Dubochet. (2006). Rebuttal: Ring-Like Nucleoids and DNA Repair in Deinococcus radiodurans. Journal of Bacteriology. 188(17). 6052–6052. 4 indexed citations

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Eltsov, Mikhail & Benoît Zuber. (2006). Transmission electron microscopy of the bacterial nucleoid. Journal of Structural Biology. 156(2). 246–254. 53 indexed citations

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Eltsov, Mikhail & Jacques Dubochet. (2005). Fine Structure of the Deinococcus radiodurans Nucleoid Revealed by Cryoelectron Microscopy of Vitreous Sections. Journal of Bacteriology. 187(23). 8047–8054. 54 indexed citations

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Maeshima, Kazuhiro, Mikhail Eltsov, & Ulrich K. Laemmli. (2005). Chromosome structure: improved immunolabeling for electron microscopy. Chromosoma. 114(5). 365–375. 42 indexed citations

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Koberna, Karel, David Staněk, J Malínský, et al.. (1999). Nuclear organization studied with the help of a hypotonic shift: its use permits hydrophilic molecules to enter into living cells. Chromosoma. 108(5). 325–335. 71 indexed citations

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