Sebastian Memczak

16.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
11 papers, 11.4k citations indexed

About

Sebastian Memczak is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Aging. According to data from OpenAlex, Sebastian Memczak has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 11.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cancer Research and 2 papers in Aging. Recurrent topics in Sebastian Memczak's work include Circular RNAs in diseases (6 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (4 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (3 papers). Sebastian Memczak is often cited by papers focused on Circular RNAs in diseases (6 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (4 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (3 papers). Sebastian Memczak collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Israel. Sebastian Memczak's co-authors include Nikolaus Rajewsky, Markus Landthaler, Francesca Torti, Agnieszka Rybak‐Wolf, Christine Kocks, Ulrike Ziebold, Lea H. Gregersen, Ferdinand le Noble, Mathias Munschauer and Sebastian D. Mackowiak and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Sebastian Memczak

11 papers receiving 11.3k citations

Hit Papers

Circular RNAs are a large class of animal RNAs with regul... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2014 2017 2014 2015 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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. Circular RNAs are a large class of animal RNAs with regulatory potency
    2013 6.2k citations Sebastian Memczak, Marvin Jens et al. Nature profile →
  2. circRNA Biogenesis Competes with Pre-mRNA Splicing
    2014 2.4k citations Reut Ashwal-Fluss, Markus Meyer et al. Molecular Cell profile →
  3. Loss of a mammalian circular RNA locus causes miRNA deregulation and affects brain function
    2017 959 citations Monika Piwecka, Petar Glažar et al. Science profile →
  4. Analysis of Intron Sequences Reveals Hallmarks of Circular RNA Biogenesis in Animals
    2014 856 citations Andranik Ivanov, Sebastian Memczak et al. Cell Reports profile →
  5. Identification and Characterization of Circular RNAs As a New Class of Putative Biomarkers in Human Blood
    2015 525 citations Sebastian Memczak, Oliver Peters et al. PLoS ONE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sebastian Memczak Germany 8 11.1k 9.5k 316 222 221 11 11.4k
Agnieszka Rybak‐Wolf Germany 18 10.1k 0.9× 8.3k 0.9× 395 1.3× 203 0.9× 175 0.8× 27 10.7k
Marvin Jens Germany 13 10.4k 0.9× 8.5k 0.9× 325 1.0× 195 0.9× 188 0.9× 16 10.8k
Christian Kroun Damgaard Denmark 30 9.7k 0.9× 7.1k 0.7× 376 1.2× 168 0.8× 168 0.8× 44 10.2k
Mathias Munschauer United States 16 10.7k 1.0× 7.0k 0.7× 452 1.4× 162 0.7× 124 0.6× 23 11.3k
Jesper B. Bramsen Denmark 30 9.3k 0.8× 7.6k 0.8× 328 1.0× 285 1.3× 151 0.7× 49 10.2k
Ulrike Ziebold Germany 15 7.1k 0.6× 5.4k 0.6× 276 0.9× 187 0.8× 124 0.6× 19 7.6k
Trine I. Jensen Denmark 7 6.3k 0.6× 5.4k 0.6× 234 0.7× 131 0.6× 138 0.6× 9 6.6k
Francesca Torti Italy 10 7.1k 0.6× 5.9k 0.6× 216 0.7× 147 0.7× 139 0.6× 11 7.4k
Thomas B. Hansen Denmark 33 15.5k 1.4× 13.5k 1.4× 534 1.7× 391 1.8× 317 1.4× 54 16.2k
Janna Krueger Canada 8 6.2k 0.6× 5.2k 0.6× 229 0.7× 136 0.6× 124 0.6× 14 6.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sebastian Memczak

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sebastian Memczak

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

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Memczak, Sebastian, et al.. (2023). Overcoming muscle stem cell aging. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 83. 102127–102127. 6 indexed citations
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Memczak, Sebastian & Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte. (2023). Chemical fast track to induced pluripotency. Nature Cell Biology. 25(8). 1079–1080. 1 indexed citations
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Dan, Jiameng, Sebastian Memczak, & Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte. (2021). Expanding the Toolbox and Targets for Gene Editing. Trends in Molecular Medicine. 27(3). 203–206. 5 indexed citations
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He, Xiaojuan, Sebastian Memczak, Jing Qu, Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte, & Guang‐Hui Liu. (2020). Single-cell omics in ageing: a young and growing field. Nature Metabolism. 2(4). 293–302. 79 indexed citations
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Piwecka, Monika, Petar Glažar, Luis R. Hernández-Miranda, et al.. (2017). Loss of a mammalian circular RNA locus causes miRNA deregulation and affects brain function. Science. 357(6357). 959 indexed citations breakdown →
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Maass, Philipp G., Petar Glažar, Sebastian Memczak, et al.. (2017). A map of human circular RNAs in clinically relevant tissues. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 95(11). 1179–1189. 266 indexed citations
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Memczak, Sebastian, et al.. (2015). Identification and Characterization of Circular RNAs As a New Class of Putative Biomarkers in Human Blood. PLoS ONE. 10(10). e0141214–e0141214. 525 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ivanov, Andranik, Sebastian Memczak, Emanuel Wyler, et al.. (2014). Analysis of Intron Sequences Reveals Hallmarks of Circular RNA Biogenesis in Animals. Cell Reports. 10(2). 170–177. 856 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ashwal-Fluss, Reut, Markus Meyer, Nagarjuna Reddy Pamudurti, et al.. (2014). circRNA Biogenesis Competes with Pre-mRNA Splicing. Molecular Cell. 56(1). 55–66. 2435 indexed citations breakdown →
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Memczak, Sebastian, Marvin Jens, Francesca Torti, et al.. (2013). Circular RNAs are a large class of animal RNAs with regulatory potency. Nature. 495(7441). 333–338. 6168 indexed citations breakdown →
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Eyß, Björn von, Jonas Maaskola, Sebastian Memczak, et al.. (2011). The SNF2‐like helicase HELLS mediates E2F3‐dependent transcription and cellular transformation. The EMBO Journal. 31(4). 972–985. 63 indexed citations

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