Sergey Melnikov

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Sergey Melnikov is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sergey Melnikov has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Sergey Melnikov's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (25 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (19 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers). Sergey Melnikov is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (25 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (19 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers). Sergey Melnikov collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Sergey Melnikov's co-authors include G. Yusupova, Marat Yusupov, Adam Ben‐Shem, L. Jenner, Nicolas Garreau de Loubresse, Dieter Söll, Yury S. Polikanov, Thomas A. Steitz, Kasidet Manakongtreecheep and Ronald Micura and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sergey Melnikov

32 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Structure of the Eukaryotic Ribosome at 3.0 Å Resolution 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 250 500 750
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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.

  1. The Structure of the Eukaryotic Ribosome at 3.0 Å Resolution
    2011 879 citations Adam Ben‐Shem, Nicolas Garreau de Loubresse et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sergey Melnikov United States 20 2.0k 219 191 116 95 33 2.2k
Nicolas Garreau de Loubresse France 7 1.6k 0.8× 131 0.6× 144 0.8× 155 1.3× 63 0.7× 7 1.8k
Jinzhong Lin China 23 1.7k 0.8× 186 0.8× 92 0.5× 99 0.9× 112 1.2× 64 2.1k
Yuliya Gordiyenko United Kingdom 21 1.3k 0.6× 213 1.0× 129 0.7× 55 0.5× 99 1.0× 32 1.5k
Laura Spagnolo United Kingdom 13 1.1k 0.6× 139 0.6× 276 1.4× 72 0.6× 97 1.0× 19 1.3k
Shashi Bhushan Singapore 28 2.0k 1.0× 332 1.5× 177 0.9× 216 1.9× 163 1.7× 59 2.4k
Mario Halić Germany 23 1.9k 1.0× 438 2.0× 206 1.1× 266 2.3× 150 1.6× 36 2.2k
J. Basquin Germany 29 2.2k 1.1× 328 1.5× 98 0.5× 138 1.2× 135 1.4× 63 2.5k
Laurie Betts United States 23 1.6k 0.8× 197 0.9× 109 0.6× 102 0.9× 90 0.9× 37 2.2k
Elizabeth J. Grayhack United States 28 2.9k 1.5× 330 1.5× 226 1.2× 187 1.6× 187 2.0× 43 3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Sergey Melnikov

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sergey Melnikov

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sergey Melnikov

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sergey Melnikov. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sergey Melnikov 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 Sergey Melnikov. Sergey Melnikov 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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Williams, Tom A., et al.. (2025). Evolution of drug-binding residues in eukaryotic ribosomes. Cell Reports. 44(9). 116244–116244.
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Baslé, Arnaud, et al.. (2025). Structurally heterogeneous ribosomes cooperate in protein synthesis in bacterial cells. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2751–2751. 4 indexed citations
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Rybak, Mariia Yu., C. Dingwall, Arnaud Baslé, et al.. (2024). A new family of bacterial ribosome hibernation factors. Nature. 626(8001). 1125–1132. 19 indexed citations
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Melnikov, Sergey, et al.. (2024). Hibernating ribosomes as drug targets?. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1436579–1436579. 2 indexed citations
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Melnikov, Sergey, et al.. (2024). Rippling life on a dormant planet: hibernation of ribosomes, RNA polymerases, and other essential enzymes. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1386179–1386179. 7 indexed citations
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Krahn, Natalie, Jingji Zhang, Sergey Melnikov, et al.. (2023). tRNA shape is an identity element for an archaeal pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase from the human gut. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(2). 513–524. 11 indexed citations
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Elzen, Antonia van den, et al.. (2023). Ribosomal proteins can hold a more accurate record of bacterial thermal adaptation compared to rRNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(15). 8048–8059. 2 indexed citations
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Uversky, Vladimir N., et al.. (2023). A Conserved Ribosomal Protein Has Entirely Dissimilar Structures in Different Organisms. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(1). 3 indexed citations
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Panek, Johan, et al.. (2022). Adaptation to genome decay in the structure of the smallest eukaryotic ribosome. Nature Communications. 13(1). 591–591. 23 indexed citations
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Vargas‐Rodriguez, Oscar, Ahmed H. Badran, Kyle Hoffman, et al.. (2021). Bacterial translation machinery for deliberate mistranslation of the genetic code. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(35). 12 indexed citations
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Melnikov, Sergey, et al.. (2019). Archaeal Ribosomal Proteins Possess Nuclear Localization Signal-Type Motifs: Implications for the Origin of the Cell Nucleus. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37(1). 124–133. 12 indexed citations
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Melnikov, Sergey, et al.. (2018). Muller’s Ratchet and Ribosome Degeneration in the Obligate Intracellular Parasites Microsporidia. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 19(12). 4125–4125. 21 indexed citations
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Pellegrino, Simone, N. Demeshkina, Eder Mancera-Martínez, et al.. (2018). Structural Insights into the Role of Diphthamide on Elongation Factor 2 in mRNA Reading-Frame Maintenance. Journal of Molecular Biology. 430(17). 2677–2687. 37 indexed citations
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Melnikov, Sergey, J. Mailliot, Byung‐Sik Shin, et al.. (2016). Molecular insights into protein synthesis with proline residues. EMBO Reports. 17(12). 1776–1784. 77 indexed citations
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Melnikov, Sergey, J. Mailliot, Byung‐Sik Shin, et al.. (2016). Crystal Structure of Hypusine-Containing Translation Factor eIF5A Bound to a Rotated Eukaryotic Ribosome. Journal of Molecular Biology. 428(18). 3570–3576. 49 indexed citations
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Melnikov, Sergey, Adam Ben‐Shem, G. Yusupova, & Marat Yusupov. (2015). Insights into the origin of the nuclear localization signals in conserved ribosomal proteins. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7382–7382. 22 indexed citations
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Polikanov, Yury S., Sergey Melnikov, Dieter Söll, & Thomas A. Steitz. (2015). Structural insights into the role of rRNA modifications in protein synthesis and ribosome assembly. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 22(4). 342–344. 199 indexed citations
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Jenner, L., Sergey Melnikov, Nicolas Garreau de Loubresse, et al.. (2012). Crystal structure of the 80S yeast ribosome. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 22(6). 759–767. 100 indexed citations
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Ben‐Shem, Adam, Nicolas Garreau de Loubresse, Sergey Melnikov, et al.. (2011). The Structure of the Eukaryotic Ribosome at 3.0 Å Resolution. Science. 334(6062). 1524–1529. 879 indexed citations breakdown →
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Соколов, В. В., et al.. (2008). Effect of prothymosin α and its mutants on the activity of the p53 tumor suppressor. Molecular Biology. 42(4). 598–608. 3 indexed citations

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