Rafael Fernández-Leiro

2.0k total citations
32 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Rafael Fernández-Leiro is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Fernández-Leiro has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Materials Chemistry and 8 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Rafael Fernández-Leiro's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (9 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (8 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (7 papers). Rafael Fernández-Leiro is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (9 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (8 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (7 papers). Rafael Fernández-Leiro collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and United States. Rafael Fernández-Leiro's co-authors include Sjors H. W. Scheres, Meindert H. Lamers, M. Esperanza Cerdán, Manuel Becerra, J. Sanz‐Aparicio, María-Isabel González-Siso, Julian Conrad, Óscar Llorca, Ingo H. Greger and Ondřej Cais and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Fernández-Leiro

31 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rafael Fernández-Leiro Spain 17 855 169 151 151 125 32 1.3k
Cameron Haase‐Pettingell United States 23 1.3k 1.5× 342 2.0× 152 1.0× 191 1.3× 60 0.5× 35 1.7k
Philippe Ringler Switzerland 27 1.5k 1.8× 257 1.5× 100 0.7× 478 3.2× 40 0.3× 57 2.8k
Yifan Song China 18 2.3k 2.7× 633 3.7× 158 1.0× 237 1.6× 83 0.7× 46 3.0k
Hariprasad Venugopal Australia 23 865 1.0× 101 0.6× 118 0.8× 90 0.6× 17 0.1× 60 1.4k
Marjolaine Noirclerc‐Savoye France 16 1.3k 1.5× 238 1.4× 40 0.3× 194 1.3× 43 0.3× 30 1.7k
Ray Yu‐Ruei Wang United States 10 1.9k 2.3× 464 2.7× 199 1.3× 209 1.4× 31 0.2× 10 2.5k
Tsutomu Matsui United States 22 859 1.0× 121 0.7× 37 0.2× 117 0.8× 32 0.3× 76 1.4k
Sheldon Park United States 16 958 1.1× 152 0.9× 28 0.2× 59 0.4× 63 0.5× 34 1.4k
Mazdak Radjainia New Zealand 19 1.2k 1.4× 125 0.7× 238 1.6× 107 0.7× 16 0.1× 34 1.7k
Ana Casañal United Kingdom 13 851 1.0× 120 0.7× 45 0.3× 47 0.3× 31 0.2× 21 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Rafael Fernández-Leiro

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rafael Fernández-Leiro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafael Fernández-Leiro

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rafael Fernández-Leiro. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rafael Fernández-Leiro 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 Rafael Fernández-Leiro. Rafael Fernández-Leiro 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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Moreno‐Herrero, Fernando, et al.. (2025). Autoregulation of the real-time kinetics of the human mitochondrial replicative helicase. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5460–5460. 2 indexed citations
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Salguero, Israel, Daniel Giménez-Llorente, J. Bautista, et al.. (2025). A comprehensive genetic catalog of human double-strand break repair. Science. 390(6768). eadr5048–eadr5048. 1 indexed citations
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Llorca, Óscar, et al.. (2025). Automated and modular protein binder design with BinderFlow. PLoS Computational Biology. 21(11). e1013747–e1013747. 1 indexed citations
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Fernández-Leiro, Rafael, et al.. (2024). A web-based dashboard for RELION metadata visualization. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 80(2). 93–100. 3 indexed citations
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Rivera-Calzada, Ángel, Raquel Arribas-Bosacoma, Jasminka Boskovic, et al.. (2022). Structural basis for the inactivation of cytosolic DNA sensing by the vaccinia virus. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7062–7062. 9 indexed citations
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Fernández-Leiro, Rafael, Charlie Laffeber, H.H.K. Winterwerp, et al.. (2021). The selection process of licensing a DNA mismatch for repair. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 28(4). 373–381. 27 indexed citations
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Paul, Fabian, et al.. (2020). Polymerization and editing modes of a high-fidelity DNA polymerase are linked by a well-defined path. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5379–5379. 44 indexed citations
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Serna, Marina, et al.. (2020). Assembly of the asymmetric human γ-tubulin ring complex by RUVBL1-RUVBL2 AAA ATPase. Science Advances. 6(51). 38 indexed citations
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López‐Perrote, Andrés, Nele Hug, Ana González‐Corpas, et al.. (2020). Regulation of RUVBL1-RUVBL2 AAA-ATPases by the nonsense-mediated mRNA decay factor DHX34, as evidenced by Cryo-EM. eLife. 9. 11 indexed citations
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Flydal, Marte I., Siseth Martínez‐Caballero, Lars Skjærven, et al.. (2019). Structure of full-length human phenylalanine hydroxylase in complex with tetrahydrobiopterin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(23). 11229–11234. 43 indexed citations
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Rivera-Calzada, Ángel, Gianluca Degliesposti, Mark Skehel, et al.. (2019). Architecture of the mycobacterial type VII secretion system. Nature. 576(7786). 321–325. 82 indexed citations
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Ramirez-Escudero, M., David Talens-Perales, Julia Marín‐Navarro, et al.. (2019). The cryo-EM Structure of Thermotoga maritima β-Galactosidase: Quaternary Structure Guides Protein Engineering. ACS Chemical Biology. 15(1). 179–188. 17 indexed citations
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Fernández-Leiro, Rafael, Julian Conrad, Ji‐Chun Yang, et al.. (2017). Self-correcting mismatches during high-fidelity DNA replication. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 24(2). 140–143. 43 indexed citations
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Fernández-Leiro, Rafael & Sjors H. W. Scheres. (2016). Unravelling biological macromolecules with cryo-electron microscopy. Nature. 537(7620). 339–346. 308 indexed citations
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Fernández-Leiro, Rafael, et al.. (2011). Structural basis of specificity in tetrameric Kluyveromyces lactis β-galactosidase. Journal of Structural Biology. 177(2). 392–401. 85 indexed citations
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Lamas‐Maceiras, Mónica, Pilar Soengas, Rafael Fernández-Leiro, et al.. (2010). Ixr1p regulates oxygen-dependent  HEM13 transcription. FEMS Yeast Research. 10(3). 309–321. 10 indexed citations
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Fernández-Leiro, Rafael, et al.. (2010). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of β-galactosidase fromKluyveromyces lactis. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 66(3). 297–300. 7 indexed citations
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Fernández-Leiro, Rafael, et al.. (2009). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction data of α-galactosidase fromSaccharomyces cerevisiae. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 66(1). 44–47. 2 indexed citations
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Fernández-Leiro, Rafael, et al.. (2006). Secretion and properties of a hybrid Kluyveromyces lactis-Aspergillus niger β-galactosidase. Microbial Cell Factories. 5(1). 41–41. 29 indexed citations

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