Simon Wisnovsky

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Simon Wisnovsky is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Wisnovsky has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Immunology and 4 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Simon Wisnovsky's work include Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (9 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (7 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (6 papers). Simon Wisnovsky is often cited by papers focused on Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (9 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (7 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (6 papers). Simon Wisnovsky collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Simon Wisnovsky's co-authors include Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Nicholas M. Riley, Kayvon Pedram, Green Ahn, Steven M. Banik, Shana O. Kelley, Sae Rin Jean, Eric K. Lei, Marya Ahmed and Mark P. Pereira and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Simon Wisnovsky

21 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Lysosome-targeting chimaeras for degradation of extracellular proteins

2020 737 citations Steven M. Banik, Kayvon Pedram et al. Nature profile →
Elucidating the cellular determinants of targeted membrane protein degradation by lysosome-targeting chimeras

2023 91 citations Green Ahn, Nicholas M. Riley et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon Wisnovsky Canada	16	1.5k	442	289	210	193	22	1.9k
Melissa Millard United States	14	1.1k 0.8×	298 0.7×	172 0.6×	151 0.7×	151 0.8×	18	1.9k
Yan Guo China	25	1.3k 0.9×	453 1.0×	252 0.9×	276 1.3×	118 0.6×	87	2.3k
Weijie Qin China	27	1.5k 1.0×	183 0.4×	267 0.9×	347 1.7×	186 1.0×	97	1.9k
Marco Folini Italy	35	2.8k 1.9×	496 1.1×	203 0.7×	184 0.9×	222 1.2×	77	3.6k
Bo Cheng China	23	1.0k 0.7×	163 0.4×	776 2.7×	259 1.2×	266 1.4×	61	1.9k
Mehdi Damaghi United States	18	1.3k 0.9×	430 1.0×	77 0.3×	382 1.8×	360 1.9×	35	2.3k
Daniela Arosio Italy	29	1.2k 0.8×	355 0.8×	474 1.6×	190 0.9×	157 0.8×	72	1.8k
Tatiana Cañeque France	23	1.0k 0.7×	330 0.7×	418 1.4×	149 0.7×	86 0.4×	43	1.9k
Daniel Abegg United States	26	1.4k 0.9×	202 0.5×	547 1.9×	147 0.7×	70 0.4×	55	1.9k
Takuya Furuta Japan	22	719 0.5×	272 0.6×	268 0.9×	65 0.3×	183 0.9×	101	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Wisnovsky

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

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Daly, J.M., Angeline Wu, Katy Milne, et al.. (2025). Polysialic acid is upregulated on activated immune cells and negatively regulates anticancer immune activity. Frontiers in Oncology. 15. 1520948–1520948. 1 indexed citations

Daly, J.M., Jimmy Kim, Kwok‐Yung Yuen, et al.. (2024). The glycosyltransferase ST3GAL4 drives immune evasion in acute myeloid leukemia by synthesizing ligands for the glyco-immune checkpoint receptor Siglec-9. Leukemia. 39(2). 346–359. 8 indexed citations

Pedram, Kayvon, D. Judy Shon, Gabrielle S. Tender, et al.. (2023). Design of a mucin-selective protease for targeted degradation of cancer-associated mucins. Nature Biotechnology. 42(4). 597–607. 49 indexed citations

Smith, Benjamin, Anja Deutzmann, Renumathy Dhanasekaran, et al.. (2023). MYC-driven synthesis of Siglec ligands is a glycoimmune checkpoint. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(11). e2215376120–e2215376120. 40 indexed citations

Daly, J.M., Jessica C. Stark, Nicholas M. Riley, et al.. (2023). The glycoimmune checkpoint receptor Siglec-7 interacts with T-cell ligands and regulates T-cell activation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(2). 105579–105579. 18 indexed citations

Ahn, Green, Nicholas M. Riley, Roarke A. Kamber, et al.. (2023). Elucidating the cellular determinants of targeted membrane protein degradation by lysosome-targeting chimeras. Science. 382(6668). eadf6249–eadf6249. 91 indexed citations breakdown →

Wisnovsky, Simon, et al.. (2022). Bridging Glycomics and Genomics: New Uses of Functional Genetics in the Study of Cellular Glycosylation. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 9. 934584–934584. 8 indexed citations

Wisnovsky, Simon & Carolyn R. Bertozzi. (2022). Reading the glyco-code: New approaches to studying protein–carbohydrate interactions. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 75. 102395–102395. 33 indexed citations

Wisnovsky, Simon, Leonhard Möckl, Stacy A. Malaker, et al.. (2021). Genome-wide CRISPR screens reveal a specific ligand for the glycan-binding immune checkpoint receptor Siglec-7. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(5). 89 indexed citations

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Banik, Steven M., Kayvon Pedram, Simon Wisnovsky, et al.. (2020). Lysosome-targeting chimaeras for degradation of extracellular proteins. Nature. 584(7820). 291–297. 737 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schumann, Benjamin, Stacy A. Malaker, Simon Wisnovsky, et al.. (2020). Bump-and-Hole Engineering Identifies Specific Substrates of Glycosyltransferases in Living Cells. Molecular Cell. 78(5). 824–834.e15. 76 indexed citations

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Wisnovsky, Simon, et al.. (2018). DNA Polymerase θ Increases Mutational Rates in Mitochondrial DNA. ACS Chemical Biology. 13(4). 900–908. 24 indexed citations

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Furtado, Carolina, Matheus Andrade Rajão, Andréa Mara Macedo, et al.. (2017). Characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi MutY DNA glycosylase ortholog and its role in oxidative stress response. Infection Genetics and Evolution. 55. 332–342. 5 indexed citations

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Vitorino, Hector Aguilar, Dibakar Goswami, Cleber Wanderlei Liria, et al.. (2017). Mitochondria-penetrating peptides conjugated to desferrioxamine as chelators for mitochondrial labile iron. PLoS ONE. 12(2). e0171729–e0171729. 22 indexed citations

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Wisnovsky, Simon, Eric K. Lei, Sae Rin Jean, & Shana O. Kelley. (2016). Mitochondrial Chemical Biology: New Probes Elucidate the Secrets of the Powerhouse of the Cell. Cell chemical biology. 23(8). 917–927. 70 indexed citations

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Jean, Sae Rin, Marya Ahmed, Eric K. Lei, Simon Wisnovsky, & Shana O. Kelley. (2016). Peptide-Mediated Delivery of Chemical Probes and Therapeutics to Mitochondria. Accounts of Chemical Research. 49(9). 1893–1902. 208 indexed citations

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Wisnovsky, Simon, et al.. (2016). Mitochondrial DNA repair and replication proteins revealed by targeted chemical probes. Nature Chemical Biology. 12(7). 567–573. 79 indexed citations

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Deleavey, Glen F., Filipp Frank, Matthew Hassler, et al.. (2013). The 5′ Binding MID Domain of Human Argonaute2 Tolerates Chemically Modified Nucleotide Analogues. Nucleic Acid Therapeutics. 23(1). 81–87. 11 indexed citations

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Wisnovsky, Simon, Justin J. Wilson, Robert J. Radford, et al.. (2013). Targeting Mitochondrial DNA with a Platinum-Based Anticancer Agent. Chemistry & Biology. 20(11). 1323–1328. 160 indexed citations

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Mourtada, Rida, Sonali B. Fonseca, Simon Wisnovsky, et al.. (2013). Re-Directing an Alkylating Agent to Mitochondria Alters Drug Target and Cell Death Mechanism. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e60253–e60253. 31 indexed citations

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