Patrick Pausch

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Patrick Pausch is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Pausch has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Ecology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Patrick Pausch's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (5 papers). Patrick Pausch is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (5 papers). Patrick Pausch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Lithuania and United States. Patrick Pausch's co-authors include Jennifer A. Doudna, Gert Bange, Basem Al-Shayeb, Jillian F. Banfield, Steven E. Jacobsen, Connor A. Tsuchida, Lennart Randau, Brady F. Cress, Zheng Li and Hanna Müller-Esparza and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Pausch

19 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

  1. CRISPR-CasΦ from huge phages is a hypercompact genome editor
    2020 394 citations Patrick Pausch, Basem Al-Shayeb et al. Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Patrick Pausch 1.3k 256 206 166 136 21 1.4k
Jonathan Strecker 1.4k 1.2× 292 1.1× 211 1.0× 105 0.6× 77 0.6× 18 1.6k
Iana Fedorova 1.4k 1.1× 206 0.8× 194 0.9× 72 0.4× 150 1.1× 11 1.4k
Russell T. Walton 1.5k 1.2× 298 1.2× 218 1.1× 74 0.4× 161 1.2× 8 1.5k
Aaron A. Smargon 1.2k 1.0× 182 0.7× 151 0.7× 86 0.5× 168 1.2× 8 1.3k
Frank Hille 897 0.7× 167 0.7× 110 0.5× 183 1.1× 94 0.7× 9 1.0k
Ole Niewoehner 1.5k 1.2× 305 1.2× 125 0.6× 115 0.7× 155 1.1× 7 1.6k
Addison V. Wright 1.5k 1.2× 354 1.4× 155 0.8× 121 0.7× 218 1.6× 9 1.6k
Joshua C. Cofsky 1.5k 1.2× 195 0.8× 138 0.7× 104 0.6× 144 1.1× 17 1.6k
Alexandra East-Seletsky 2.0k 1.6× 224 0.9× 187 0.9× 95 0.6× 157 1.2× 7 2.1k
Dipali G. Sashital 1.7k 1.3× 297 1.2× 193 0.9× 166 1.0× 229 1.7× 39 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Patrick Pausch

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Fields of papers citing papers by Patrick Pausch

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Pausch

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Patrick Pausch. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Patrick Pausch 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 Patrick Pausch. Patrick Pausch 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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Steinchen, Wieland, et al.. (2026). Structure and mechanism of antiphage retron Eco2. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 33(2). 330–340.
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Becker, Heinz, Georg Hochberg, Lennart Randau, et al.. (2024). Structural variation of types IV-A1- and IV-A3-mediated CRISPR interference. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9306–9306. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Zheng, Zhenhui Zhong, Patrick Pausch, et al.. (2023). Genome editing in plants using the compact editor CasΦ. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(4). e2216822120–e2216822120. 31 indexed citations
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Pausch, Patrick. (2023). Gen-Werkzeuge von mobilen genetischen Elementen. BIOspektrum. 29(3). 325–325.
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Al-Shayeb, Basem, Petr Skopintsev, Katarzyna M. Soczek, et al.. (2022). Diverse virus-encoded CRISPR-Cas systems include streamlined genome editors. Cell. 185(24). 4574–4586.e16. 93 indexed citations
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Wang, Joy Y., Patrick Pausch, & Jennifer A. Doudna. (2022). Structural biology of CRISPR–Cas immunity and genome editing enzymes. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 20(11). 641–656. 116 indexed citations
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Pausch, Patrick, Katarzyna M. Soczek, Dominik A. Herbst, et al.. (2021). DNA interference states of the hypercompact CRISPR–CasΦ effector. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 28(8). 652–661. 66 indexed citations
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Kaspar, Felix, Patrick Pausch, Sebastian Kemper, et al.. (2021). Diversification of 4′-Methylated Nucleosides by Nucleoside Phosphorylases. ACS Catalysis. 11(17). 10830–10835. 14 indexed citations
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Pausch, Patrick, Basem Al-Shayeb, Connor A. Tsuchida, et al.. (2020). CRISPR-CasΦ from huge phages is a hypercompact genome editor. Science. 369(6501). 333–337. 394 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pausch, Patrick, Wieland Steinchen, Fabio Lino Gratani, et al.. (2020). Structural Basis for Regulation of the Opposing (p)ppGpp Synthetase and Hydrolase within the Stringent Response Orchestrator Rel. Cell Reports. 32(11). 108157–108157. 41 indexed citations
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Dragoš, Anna, Marivic Martin, Carolina Falcón García, et al.. (2018). Collapse of genetic division of labour and evolution of autonomy in pellicle biofilms. Nature Microbiology. 3(12). 1451–1460. 38 indexed citations
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Pausch, Patrick, Wieland Steinchen, Sven‐Andreas Freibert, et al.. (2018). Structural basis for (p)ppGpp-mediated inhibition of the GTPase RbgA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(51). 19699–19709. 29 indexed citations
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Pausch, Patrick, A. Linden, Karola Schühle, et al.. (2018). Type IV CRISPR RNA processing and effector complex formation in Aromatoleum aromaticum. Nature Microbiology. 4(1). 89–96. 56 indexed citations
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Richter, Anne, et al.. (2018). Hampered motility promotes the evolution of wrinkly phenotype in Bacillus subtilis. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18(1). 155–155. 13 indexed citations
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Pausch, Patrick, et al.. (2017). Structural Variation of Type I-F CRISPR RNA Guided DNA Surveillance. Molecular Cell. 67(4). 622–632.e4. 53 indexed citations
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Müller-Esparza, Hanna, Patrick Pausch, Kundan Sharma, et al.. (2016). Modulating the Cascade architecture of a minimal Type I-F CRISPR-Cas system. Nucleic Acids Research. 44(12). 5872–5882. 46 indexed citations
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Pillet, Benjamin, Juan José García-Gómez, Patrick Pausch, et al.. (2015). The Dedicated Chaperone Acl4 Escorts Ribosomal Protein Rpl4 to Its Nuclear Pre-60S Assembly Site. PLoS Genetics. 11(10). e1005565–e1005565. 55 indexed citations
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Wang, Ying, Antti Arjonen, Jeroen Pouwels, et al.. (2015). Formin-like 2 Promotes β1-Integrin Trafficking and Invasive Motility Downstream of PKCα. Developmental Cell. 34(4). 475–483. 42 indexed citations
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Pausch, Patrick, Yasar Luqman Ahmed, Benjamin Pillet, et al.. (2015). Co-translational capturing of nascent ribosomal proteins by their dedicated chaperones. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7494–7494. 62 indexed citations
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Altegoer, Florian, Jan S. Schuhmacher, Patrick Pausch, & Gert Bange. (2014). From molecular evolution to biobricks and synthetic modules: a lesson by the bacterial flagellum. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews. 30(1). 49–64. 27 indexed citations

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