Natalia Mrnjavac

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 718 citations indexed

About

Natalia Mrnjavac is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Natalia Mrnjavac has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 718 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 1 paper in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Natalia Mrnjavac's work include Origins and Evolution of Life (6 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (4 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers). Natalia Mrnjavac is often cited by papers focused on Origins and Evolution of Life (6 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (4 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers). Natalia Mrnjavac collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Croatia. Natalia Mrnjavac's co-authors include William Martin, Shijulal Nelson‐Sathi, Filipa L. Sousa, Madeline C. Weiss, Mayo Roettger, Sinje Neukirchen, Martina Preiner, John F. Allen, Mauro Degli Esposti and Itzhak Mizrahi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Accounts of Chemical Research and FEBS Letters.

In The Last Decade

Natalia Mrnjavac

11 papers receiving 704 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.

The physiology and habitat of the last universal common ancestor

2016 635 citations Madeline C. Weiss, Filipa L. Sousa et al. Nature Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Natalia Mrnjavac Germany	7	412	254	137	86	69	12	718
Madeline C. Weiss Germany	4	468 1.1×	273 1.1×	158 1.2×	95 1.1×	68 1.0×	5	781
Sinje Neukirchen Austria	8	543 1.3×	237 0.9×	293 2.1×	170 2.0×	73 1.1×	11	912
Betül Kaçar United States	16	350 0.8×	208 0.8×	145 1.1×	36 0.4×	51 0.7×	45	678
Daria V. Dibrova Russia	12	420 1.0×	233 0.9×	120 0.9×	50 0.6×	52 0.8×	24	700
Seán F. Jordan United Kingdom	14	222 0.5×	254 1.0×	75 0.5×	58 0.7×	48 0.7×	31	603
Martina Preiner Germany	13	336 0.8×	367 1.4×	50 0.4×	59 0.7×	96 1.4×	19	638
Barry Herschy United Kingdom	10	266 0.6×	532 2.1×	79 0.6×	82 1.0×	64 0.9×	10	726
Eloi Camprubí United Kingdom	9	245 0.6×	414 1.6×	50 0.4×	68 0.8×	62 0.9×	11	583
Anurag Sharma United States	13	206 0.5×	317 1.2×	61 0.4×	255 3.0×	131 1.9×	15	888
Hagai Raanan Israel	17	328 0.8×	61 0.2×	108 0.8×	203 2.4×	57 0.8×	21	801

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Natalia Mrnjavac

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12 of 12 papers shown

Mrnjavac, Natalia, et al.. (2024). Evidence for corrin biosynthesis in the last universal common ancestor. FEBS Journal. 292(4). 827–850. 4 indexed citations

Mrnjavac, Natalia, et al.. (2024). Chemical Antiquity in Metabolism. Accounts of Chemical Research. 57(16). 2267–2278. 6 indexed citations

Mrnjavac, Natalia, Michael Knopp, Marek Mentel, et al.. (2024). The radical impact of oxygen on prokaryotic evolution—enzyme inhibition first, uninhibited essential biosyntheses second, aerobic respiration third. FEBS Letters. 598(14). 1692–1714. 6 indexed citations

Mrnjavac, Natalia, Zen‐ichiro Kimura, Jeerus Sucharitakul, et al.. (2024). Ferredoxin reduction by hydrogen with iron functions as an evolutionary precursor of flavin-based electron bifurcation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(13). e2318969121–e2318969121. 16 indexed citations

Martin, William & Natalia Mrnjavac. (2024). GTP before ATP: The very early evolution of energy currencies preserved in modern metabolism. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1865. 149168–149168. 1 indexed citations

Mrnjavac, Natalia, Mauro Degli Esposti, Itzhak Mizrahi, William Martin, & John F. Allen. (2024). Three enzymes governed the rise of O2 on Earth. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1865(4). 149495–149495. 8 indexed citations

Mrnjavac, Natalia & William Martin. (2024). GTP before ATP: The energy currency at the origin of genes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1866(1). 149514–149514. 4 indexed citations

Mrnjavac, Natalia, et al.. (2023). Serpentinization as the source of energy, electrons, organics, catalysts, nutrients and pH gradients for the origin of LUCA and life. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1257597–1257597. 21 indexed citations

Mrnjavac, Natalia, et al.. (2023). The Moon‐Forming Impact and the Autotrophic Origin of Life. ChemPlusChem. 88(11). e202300270–e202300270. 8 indexed citations

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Mrnjavac, Natalia, Mario Vazdar, & Branimir Bertoša. (2020). Molecular dynamics study of functionally relevant interdomain and active site interactions in the autotransporter esterase EstA from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Molecular Simulation. 46(10). 743–756.

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Mrnjavac, Natalia, et al.. (2018). In the quest for new targets for pathogen eradication: the adenylosuccinate synthetase from the bacteriumHelicobacter pylori. Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry. 33(1). 1405–1414. 9 indexed citations

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Weiss, Madeline C., Filipa L. Sousa, Natalia Mrnjavac, et al.. (2016). The physiology and habitat of the last universal common ancestor. Nature Microbiology. 1(9). 16116–16116. 635 indexed citations breakdown →

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