Sean A. McKenna

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
86 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Sean A. McKenna is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean A. McKenna has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Immunology and 5 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Sean A. McKenna's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (28 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (24 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (14 papers). Sean A. McKenna is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (28 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (24 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (14 papers). Sean A. McKenna collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Sean A. McKenna's co-authors include Jörg Stetefeld, Trushar R. Patel, Lucy C. Meigs, R. Haggerty, Evan P. Booy, Michael J. Ellison, Joseph D. Puglisi, Wei Xiao, Ewan K.S. McRae and Trevor F. Moraes and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Sean A. McKenna

82 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Dynamic light scattering: a practical guide and applications in biomedical sciences

2016 1.3k citations Jörg Stetefeld, Sean A. McKenna et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sean A. McKenna Canada	35	2.4k	592	410	336	308	86	4.7k
Kenji Tanaka Japan	51	2.9k 1.2×	565 1.0×	822 2.0×	690 2.1×	204 0.7×	495	9.3k
D. N. Rao India	40	1.6k 0.6×	159 0.3×	636 1.6×	397 1.2×	620 2.0×	387	6.8k
Fei Li China	40	1.1k 0.4×	232 0.4×	432 1.1×	369 1.1×	610 2.0×	226	5.5k
Liqin Liu China	44	1.8k 0.7×	110 0.2×	1.5k 3.7×	989 2.9×	419 1.4×	404	8.1k
Haoyu Chen China	41	1.9k 0.8×	65 0.1×	368 0.9×	875 2.6×	219 0.7×	369	7.1k
Joongku Lee South Korea	35	1.4k 0.6×	89 0.2×	830 2.0×	697 2.1×	118 0.4×	391	5.5k
Zhe Wang China	42	4.9k 2.0×	163 0.3×	1.4k 3.3×	356 1.1×	518 1.7×	223	8.8k
P. Srinivasan United States	45	3.2k 1.3×	60 0.1×	334 0.8×	270 0.8×	555 1.8×	275	6.6k
Yinghong Li China	43	2.4k 1.0×	65 0.1×	721 1.8×	341 1.0×	233 0.8×	325	7.3k
Dong‐Eun Kim South Korea	51	4.5k 1.8×	136 0.2×	842 2.1×	1.4k 4.3×	482 1.6×	410	8.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sean A. McKenna

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Booy, Evan P., et al.. (2024). The role of SRP9/SRP14 in regulating Alu RNA. RNA Biology. 21(1). 1239–1250.

Booy, Evan P., et al.. (2024). lncRNA BC200 is processed into a stable Alu monomer. RNA. 30(11). 1477–1494. 2 indexed citations

Booy, Evan P., et al.. (2023). Nuclear SRP9/SRP14 heterodimer transcriptionally regulates 7SL and BC200 RNA expression. RNA. 29(8). 1185–1200. 4 indexed citations

Lima, Dhésmon, et al.. (2023). Cytochromecoxidase deficiency detection in human fibroblasts using scanning electrochemical microscopy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(1). e2310288120–e2310288120. 10 indexed citations

Kennedy, Norelee, Louise Larkin, Sean A. McKenna, et al.. (2023). Feasibility of a physiotherapist-led behaviour change intervention to improve physical activity in people with rheumatoid arthritis. Rural and Remote Health. 23(1). 8103–8103.

Meier, Markus, Natalie Krahn, Evan P. Booy, et al.. (2020). Structural and Hydrodynamic Characterization of Dimeric Human Oligoadenylate Synthetase 2. Biophysical Journal. 118(11). 2726–2740. 7 indexed citations

Booy, Evan P., et al.. (2020). The noncoding RNA BC200 associates with polysomes to positively regulate mRNA translation in tumor cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 296. 100036–100036. 13 indexed citations

Chamberlain, Thomas C., Andrew Ming‐Lum, Edis Dzananovic, et al.. (2020). Interleukin-10 and Small Molecule SHIP1 Allosteric Regulators Trigger Anti-inflammatory Effects through SHIP1/STAT3 Complexes. iScience. 23(8). 101433–101433. 22 indexed citations

McRae, Ewan K.S., et al.. (2019). An RNA guanine quadruplex regulated pathway to TRAIL-sensitization by DDX21. RNA. 26(1). 44–57. 17 indexed citations

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Meier, Markus, Natalie Krahn, George L. Orriss, et al.. (2018). Structure and hydrodynamics of a DNA G-quadruplex with a cytosine bulge. Nucleic Acids Research. 46(10). 5319–5331. 45 indexed citations

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Peretz‐Soroka, Hagit, Evan P. Booy, Ke Yang, et al.. (2018). Microfluidic Devices for Studying the Effect of Netrin‐1 on Neutrophil and Breast Cancer Cell Migration. Advanced Biosystems. 2(4). 2 indexed citations

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Peretz‐Soroka, Hagit, Evan P. Booy, Ke Yang, et al.. (2018). The Effect of Netrin-1 on Neutrophil and Breast Cancer Cell Migration and their Migratory Interaction. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 325a–325a. 2 indexed citations

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McRae, Ewan K.S., et al.. (2017). Human DDX21 binds and unwinds RNA guanine quadruplexes. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(11). 6656–6668. 80 indexed citations

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Deo, Soumya, Trushar R. Patel, Edis Dzananovic, et al.. (2014). Activation of 2′ 5′-Oligoadenylate Synthetase by Stem Loops at the 5′-End of the West Nile Virus Genome. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e92545–e92545. 34 indexed citations

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Booy, Evan P., Markus Meier, Stefanie K. Novakowski, et al.. (2013). The RNA helicase RHAU (DHX36) suppresses expression of the transcription factor PITX1. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(5). 3346–3361. 71 indexed citations

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Booy, Evan P., Markus Meier, Nelya M. Okun, et al.. (2012). The RNA helicase RHAU (DHX36) unwinds a G4-quadruplex in human telomerase RNA and promotes the formation of the P1 helix template boundary. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(9). 4110–4124. 122 indexed citations

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Muda, Marco & Sean A. McKenna. (2004). Model organisms and target discovery. Drug Discovery Today Technologies. 1(1). 55–59. 6 indexed citations

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McKenna, Sean A., et al.. (2003). Energetics and Specificity of Interactions within Ub·Uev·Ubc13 Human Ubiquitin Conjugation Complexes. Biochemistry. 42(26). 7922–7930. 39 indexed citations

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McKenna, Sean A.. (2002). A single loading direction for fatigue life prediction and testing of handlebars for off-road bicycles. International Journal of Fatigue. 24(11). 1149–1157. 15 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Katherine S., Michael J. Ellison, Kathryn R. Barber, et al.. (2001). Structure of a Conjugating Enzyme-Ubiquitin Thiolester Intermediate Reveals a Novel Role for the Ubiquitin Tail. Structure. 9(10). 897–904. 147 indexed citations

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