Oliver Rackham

9.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
146 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Oliver Rackham is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Oliver Rackham has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Plant Science and 9 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Oliver Rackham's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (49 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (42 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (41 papers). Oliver Rackham is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (49 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (42 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (41 papers). Oliver Rackham collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Sweden. Oliver Rackham's co-authors include Aleksandra Filipovska, James L. Reveal, Anne-Marie J. Shearwood, Jason W. Chin, Tim R. Mercer, Stefan M.K. Davies, John S. Mattick, Jennifer Moody, Chris M. Brown and Stefan J. Siira and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Oliver Rackham

139 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Human Mitochondrial Transcriptome

2011 631 citations Tim R. Mercer, Shane Neph et al. Cell profile →
Ancient Woodland, Its History, Vegetation and Uses in England

1981 474 citations Oliver Rackham et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Oliver Rackham Australia	43	4.0k	668	604	589	563	146	6.7k
Alexei A. Sharov United States	40	4.7k 1.2×	420 0.6×	438 0.7×	778 1.3×	202 0.4×	128	7.2k
John P. O’Neill United States	48	3.6k 0.9×	513 0.8×	1.1k 1.7×	686 1.2×	164 0.3×	205	6.9k
Akira Gotō Japan	40	1.6k 0.4×	1.7k 2.6×	358 0.6×	977 1.7×	611 1.1×	277	6.0k
Vincent J. Lynch United States	34	3.0k 0.7×	123 0.2×	1.1k 1.8×	391 0.7×	255 0.5×	93	5.8k
John H. McDonald United States	30	3.0k 0.8×	142 0.2×	738 1.2×	980 1.7×	751 1.3×	63	7.1k
Joel W. Martin United States	45	3.6k 0.9×	582 0.9×	150 0.2×	2.3k 3.9×	751 1.3×	195	7.7k
Pedro Martı́nez Spain	42	3.0k 0.7×	83 0.1×	564 0.9×	849 1.4×	829 1.5×	119	6.1k
Lalji Singh India	42	2.9k 0.7×	172 0.3×	667 1.1×	511 0.9×	146 0.3×	182	7.0k
Gregory S. Whitt United States	41	1.9k 0.5×	1.6k 2.4×	523 0.9×	1.7k 2.9×	355 0.6×	105	5.7k
Richard E. Green United States	44	4.9k 1.2×	173 0.3×	1.5k 2.5×	1.4k 2.3×	495 0.9×	120	9.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Oliver Rackham

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Fields of papers citing papers by Oliver Rackham

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Oliver Rackham

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Oliver Rackham. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Oliver Rackham 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 Oliver Rackham. Oliver Rackham is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Siira, Stefan J., Tim McCubbin, A Chopin, et al.. (2025). TANGO2 binds crystallin alpha B and its loss causes desminopathy. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5261–5261.

Siira, Stefan J., Tim McCubbin, Judith A. Ermer, et al.. (2023). Copy number variation in tRNA isodecoder genes impairs mammalian development and balanced translation. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2210–2210. 15 indexed citations

Du, Yunguang, Christopher A. Brosnan, Arnaud Ahier, et al.. (2023). ATFS-1 counteracts mitochondrial DNA damage by promoting repair over transcription. Nature Cell Biology. 25(8). 1111–1120. 8 indexed citations

Leibundgut, Marc, Alain Scaiola, Richard G. Lee, et al.. (2023). Molecular basis of translation termination at noncanonical stop codons in human mitochondria. Science. 380(6644). 531–536. 20 indexed citations

Ermer, Judith A., Kara L. Perks, Richard G. Lee, et al.. (2023). Multi‐omic profiling reveals an RNA processing rheostat that predisposes to prostate cancer. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 15(6). e17463–e17463. 5 indexed citations

Lenarčič, Tea, Marc Leibundgut, Alain Scaiola, et al.. (2021). Stepwise maturation of the peptidyl transferase region of human mitoribosomes. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3671–3671. 33 indexed citations

Haute, Lindsey Van, Florian Steiner, Oliver Rackham, et al.. (2021). The FASTK family proteins fine-tune mitochondrial RNA processing. PLoS Genetics. 17(11). e1009873–e1009873. 28 indexed citations

Richman, Tara R., Judith A. Ermer, Stefan J. Siira, et al.. (2021). Mitochondrial mistranslation modulated by metabolic stress causes cardiovascular disease and reduced lifespan. Aging Cell. 20(7). e13408–e13408. 17 indexed citations

Matic, Stanka, Min Jiang, Thomas J. Nicholls, et al.. (2018). Mice lacking the mitochondrial exonuclease MGME1 accumulate mtDNA deletions without developing progeria. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1202–1202. 55 indexed citations

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Perks, Kara L., Tara R. Richman, Judith A. Ermer, et al.. (2017). Adult-onset obesity is triggered by impaired mitochondrial gene expression. Science Advances. 3(8). e1700677–e1700677. 43 indexed citations

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Duff, Rachael M., Anne-Marie J. Shearwood, Judith A. Ermer, et al.. (2015). A mutation in MT-TW causes a tRNA processing defect and reduced mitochondrial function in a family with Leigh syndrome. Mitochondrion. 25. 113–119. 9 indexed citations

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Filipovska, Aleksandra & Oliver Rackham. (2012). Modular recognition of nucleic acids by PUF, TALE and PPRproteins. Molecular BioSystems. 8(3). 699–708. 58 indexed citations

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Mercer, Tim R., Shane Neph, Marcel E. Dinger, et al.. (2011). The Human Mitochondrial Transcriptome. Cell. 146(4). 645–658. 631 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rackham, Oliver, et al.. (2009). Pentatricopeptide repeat domain protein 1 lowers the levels of mitochondrial leucine tRNAs in cells. Nucleic Acids Research. 37(17). 5859–5867. 71 indexed citations

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Rackham, Oliver. (2008). Ancient woodlands: modern threats. New Phytologist. 180(3). 571–586. 129 indexed citations

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Rackham, Oliver. (2001). Trees and woodland in the British landscape : the complete history of Britain's trees, woods & hedgerows. 37 indexed citations

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Nixon, Lucia, Simon Price, Jennifer Moody, & Oliver Rackham. (1994). Rural settlement in Sphakia, Crète. Persée (Ministère de lEnseignement supérieur et de la Recherche). 2 indexed citations

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Nixon, Lucia, Jennifer Moody, & Oliver Rackham. (1988). Archaeological Survey in Sphakia, Crete. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 32(2). 159–173. 16 indexed citations

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Rackham, Oliver. (1977). HEDGEROW TREES: THEIR HISTORY, CONSERVATION, AND RENEWAL. Arboricultural Journal. 3(3). 169–177. 2 indexed citations

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Bainbridge, Richard, et al.. (1966). Light as an ecological factor. A symposium of the British Ecological Society, Cambridge 30th March-1 April 1965.. 1 indexed citations

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