Ronald H.A. Plasterk

46.7k citations

193 papers · 31.6k indexed · 11 hit papers · h-index 90

Molecular Biology top 0.05%
Cancer Research top 0.05%
Aging top 0.01%
Plant Science top 0.2%
Genetics top 0.2%

Co-authors: Wigard P. Kloosterman René F. Ketting Erno Wienholds Gregory J. Hannon Titia Sijen Eugène Berezikov Zsuzsanna Izsvák Zoltán Ivics
Topics: Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (76 papers)CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (68 papers)Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (27 papers)
Cited by: Aging Cancer Research Virology
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: Netherlands United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Ronald H.A. Plasterk

191 papers receiving 30.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Processing of primary microRNAs by the Microprocessor complex

2004 2.1k citations Ahmet M. Denli, Bastiaan B.J. Tops et al. Nature profile →
The Diverse Functions of MicroRNAs in Animal Development and Disease

2006 1.7k citations Wigard P. Kloosterman, Ronald H.A. Plasterk profile →
Dicer functions in RNA interference and in synthesis of small RNA involved in developmental timing in C. elegans

2001 1.4k citations René F. Ketting, Sylvia E. J. Fischer et al. Genes & Development profile →
MicroRNA Expression in Zebrafish Embryonic Development

2005 1.3k citations Erno Wienholds, Wigard P. Kloosterman et al. Science profile →
Molecular Reconstruction of Sleeping Beauty, a Tc1-like Transposon from Fish, and Its Transposition in Human Cells

1997 1.1k citations Zoltán Ivics, Perry B. Hackett et al. Cell profile →
On the Role of RNA Amplification in dsRNA-Triggered Gene Silencing

2001 971 citations Titia Sijen, Femke Simmer et al. Cell profile →
A Role for Piwi and piRNAs in Germ Cell Maintenance and Transposon Silencing in Zebrafish

2007 854 citations Eugène Berezikov, Erez Raz et al. Cell profile →
MicroRNA function in animal development

2005 669 citations Erno Wienholds, Ronald H.A. Plasterk profile →
mut-7 of C. elegans, Required for Transposon Silencing and RNA Interference, Is a Homolog of Werner Syndrome Helicase and RNaseD

1999 589 citations René F. Ketting, Henri G.A.M. van Luenen et al. Cell profile →
Rapid gene mapping in Caenorhabditis elegans using a high density polymorphism map

2001 536 citations Ronald H.A. Plasterk et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Genome-Wide RNAi of C. elegans Using the Hypersensitive rrf-3 Strain Reveals Novel Gene Functions

2003 532 citations Femke Simmer, Ronald H.A. Plasterk et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Efficient target-selected mutagenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans: Toward a knockout for every gene 2007 ·Genome Research ·Edwin Cuppen,Eelke Gort,Esther Hazendonk,(unknown),José van de Belt,Isaäc J. Nijman,Victor Guryev,Ronald H.A. Plasterk	25
2	Micro RNAs in Animal Development 2006 ·Cell ·Ronald H.A. Plasterk	373
3	Genetic variation in the zebrafish 2006 ·Genome Research ·Victor Guryev,Marco J. Koudijs,Eugène Berezikov,Stephen L. Johnson,Ronald H.A. Plasterk,Fredericus J. M. van Eeden,Edwin Cuppen	163
4	MicroRNA Expression in Zebrafish Embryonic Developmentbreakdown → 2005 ·Science ·Erno Wienholds,Wigard P. Kloosterman,Eric A. Miska,Ezequiel Alvarez-Saavedra,Eugène Berezikov,Ewart de Bruijn,H. Robert Horvitz,Sakari Kauppinen,Ronald H.A. Plasterk	1284
5	RAKE and LNA-ISH reveal microRNA expression and localization in archival human brain 2005 ·RNA ·Peter T. Nelson,Don A. Baldwin,Wigard P. Kloosterman,Sakari Kauppinen,Ronald H.A. Plasterk,Zissimos P. Mourelatos	237
6	Chromatin and RNAi factors protect the C. elegans germline against repetitive sequences 2005 ·Genes & Development ·Valérie Robert,Titia Sijen,Josien C. van Wolfswinkel,Ronald H.A. Plasterk	121
7	Genome-wide RNA interference screen identifies previously undescribed regulators of polyglutamine aggregation 2004 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ellen A. A. Nollen,Susana M. D. A. Garcia,Gijs van Haaften,Soojin Kim,Alejandro Chavez,Richard I. Morimoto,Ronald H.A. Plasterk	315
8	Target-Selected Gene Inactivation in Zebrafish 2004 ·Methods in cell biology ·Erno Wienholds,Ronald H.A. Plasterk	44
9	Genes Required for Systemic RNA Interference in Caenorhabditis elegans 2004 ·Current Biology ·Marcel Tijsterman,Robin C. May,Femke Simmer,Kristy L. Okihara,Ronald H.A. Plasterk	135
10	Processing of primary microRNAs by the Microprocessor complexbreakdown → 2004 ·Nature ·Ahmet M. Denli,Bastiaan B.J. Tops,Ronald H.A. Plasterk,René F. Ketting,Gregory J. Hannon	2108
11	RNA Helicase MUT-14-Dependent Gene Silencing Triggered in C. elegans by Short Antisense RNAs 2002 ·Science ·Marcel Tijsterman,René F. Ketting,Kristy L. Okihara,Titia Sijen,Ronald H.A. Plasterk	115
12	Dicer functions in RNA interference and in synthesis of small RNA involved in developmental timing in C. elegansbreakdown → 2001 ·Genes & Development ·René F. Ketting,Sylvia E. J. Fischer,Emily Bernstein,Titia Sijen,Gregory J. Hannon,Ronald H.A. Plasterk	1410
13	The Diabetes Autoantigen ICA69 and ItsCaenorhabditis elegansHomologue,ric-19, Are Conserved Regulators of Neuroendocrine Secretion 2000 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Marc Pilon,Xiaorong Peng,Andrew M. Spence,Ronald H.A. Plasterk,Hans‐Michael Dosch	40
14	The complete family of genes encoding G proteins of Caenorhabditis elegans 1999 ·Nature Genetics ·Gert Jansen,Karen L. Thijssen,P. Werner,(unknown),Esther Hazendonk,Ronald H.A. Plasterk	255
15	Transposition of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans Tc3 element in the zebrafish Danio rerio 1998 ·Current Biology ·Erez Raz,Henri G.A.M. van Luenen,(unknown),Ronald H.A. Plasterk,Wolfgang Driever	116
16	Molecular Reconstruction of Sleeping Beauty, a Tc1-like Transposon from Fish, and Its Transposition in Human Cellsbreakdown → 1997 ·Cell ·Zoltán Ivics,Perry B. Hackett,Ronald H.A. Plasterk,Zsuzsanna Izsvák	1092
17	The solution structure of the amino-terminal HHCC domain of HIV-2 integrase: a three-helix bundle stabilized by zinc 1997 ·Current Biology ·Astrid Eijkelenboom,(unknown),Arnold Vos,Jurgen F. Doreleijers,Karl Hård,Thomas D. Tullius,Ronald H.A. Plasterk,Robert Kaptein,Rolf Boelens	101
18	Homologues of the human multidrug resistance genes MRP and MDR contribute to heavy metal resistance in the soil nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. 1996 ·The EMBO Journal ·Annegien Broeks,Bernard Gerrard,Rando Allikmets,Michael Dean,Ronald H.A. Plasterk	188
19	The ornithine decarboxylase gene of Caenorhabditis elegans: cloning, mapping and mutagenesis. 1995 ·Genetics ·Madhu Macrae,Ronald H.A. Plasterk,Philip Coffino	20
20	TcA, the putative transposase of theC.elegansTc1 transposon, has an N-terminal DNA binding domain 1990 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown),Ronald H.A. Plasterk	17

About Ronald H.A. Plasterk

Ronald H.A. Plasterk is a scholar working on Aging, Virology and Molecular Biology, having authored 193 papers that have together received 31.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (76 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (68 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (27 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (5.3k citations), Cancer Research (9.0k citations) and Virology (2.0k citations). Ronald H.A. Plasterk has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Wigard P. Kloosterman, René F. Ketting, Erno Wienholds, Gregory J. Hannon, Titia Sijen, Eugène Berezikov, Zsuzsanna Izsvák, Zoltán Ivics, Bastiaan B.J. Tops and Edwin Cuppen. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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