Smita S. Patel

17.9k citations

264 papers · 13.9k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 63

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
- DNA Repair Mechanisms
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.5%
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Papers in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 57
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 33
Molecular Biology 209
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 56
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 53
- DNA Repair Mechanisms 47
- RNA Research and Splicing 26
- Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling 23

Co-authors: Seung‐Jae Lee Kenneth A. Johnson He-Jin Lee Kristen Picha Isaac Wong Mikhail K. Levin Manju Hingorani Brian S. Meldrum
Journals: Journal of Biological Chemistry (53 papers)Biochemistry (15 papers)Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters (12 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (12 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (12 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom South Korea

In The Last Decade

Smita S. Patel

261 papers receiving 13.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Evidence for α-synuclein prions causing multiple system atrophy in humans with parkinsonism 2015 · 542 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2015 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2005 Journal of Neuroscience

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1	Positive response to adjunctive KarXT (xanomeline/trospium) in treatment-resistant Schizophrenia: A case report C. J. Church, J. Zeng, Laura Warning, Smita S. Patel, Tessa Manning	2025	0
2	Human mitochondrial RNA polymerase structures reveal transcription start site and slippage mechanism Molecular Cell ·Jiayu Shen, Quinten Goovaerts, Yogeeshwar Ajjugal, Brent De Wijngaert, Kalyan Das, Smita S. Patel	2025	0
3	Unraveling blunt-end RNA binding and ATPase-driven translocation activities of the RIG-I family helicase LGP2 Nucleic Acids Research ·Kuan-Ying Lee, Candice Craig, Smita S. Patel	2023	7
4	Structures illustrate step-by-step mitochondrial transcription initiation Nature ·Quinten Goovaerts, Jiayu Shen, Brent De Wijngaert, Urmimala Basu, Smita S. Patel, Kalyan Das	2023	9
5	The intrinsically disordered CARDs‐Helicase linker in RIG‐I is a molecular gate for RNA proofreading The EMBO Journal ·Brandon Schweibenz, Swapnil C. Devarkar, Mihai Solotchi, Candice Craig, Jie Zheng, Bruce D. Pascal, Samantha Gokhale, Ping Xie, Patrick R. Griffin, Smita S. Patel	2022	13
6	Assembly and Cryo-EM structure determination of yeast mitochondrial RNA polymerase initiation complex intermediates STAR Protocols ·Sergio E. Martinez, Anupam Singh, Brent De Wijngaert, Shemaila Sultana, Chhaya Dharia, Hans Vanbuel, Jiayu Shen, Daniel Vasilchuk, Smita S. Patel, Kalyan Das	2021	2
7	Excessive excision of correct nucleotides during DNA synthesis explained by replication hurdles The EMBO Journal ·Anupam Singh, Manjula Pandey, Divya Nandakumar, Kevin D. Raney, Y. Whitney Yin, Smita S. Patel	2020	12
8	Structure, mechanism, and regulation of mitochondrial DNA transcription initiation Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Urmimala Basu, Alicia M. Bostwick, Kalyan Das, Kristin E. Dittenhafer‐Reed, Smita S. Patel	2020	76
9	The dynamic landscape of transcription initiation in yeast mitochondria Nature Communications ·Byeong-Kwon Sohn, Urmimala Basu, Seung-Won Lee, Hayoon Cho, Jiayu Shen, Aishwarya Deshpande, Laura C. Johnson, Kalyan Das, Smita S. Patel, Hajin Kim	2020	9
10	HDX-MS reveals dysregulated checkpoints that compromise discrimination against self RNA during RIG-I mediated autoimmunity Nature Communications ·Jie Zheng, Chen Wang, Mi Ra Chang, Swapnil C. Devarkar, Brandon Schweibenz, Gogce Crynen, Rubén D. Garcia-Ordoñez, Bruce D. Pascal, Scott J. Novick, Smita S. Patel, Joseph Marcotrigiano, Patrick R. Griffin	2018	30
11	Structural basis for m7G recognition and 2′-O-methyl discrimination in capped RNAs by the innate immune receptor RIG-I Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Swapnil C. Devarkar, Chen Wang, Matthew T. Miller, Anand Ramanathan, Fuguo Jiang, Abdul Ghafoor Khan, Smita S. Patel, Joseph Marcotrigiano	2016	257
12	The Yeast Mitochondrial RNA Polymerase and Transcription Factor Complex Catalyzes Efficient Priming of DNA Synthesis on Single-stranded DNA Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Aparna Ramachandran, Divya Nandakumar, Aishwarya Deshpande, Thomas P. Lucas, Ramanagouda Ramanagoudr‐Bhojappa, Guo-Qing Tang, Kevin D. Raney, Y. Whitney Yin, Smita S. Patel	2016	13
13	Evidence for α-synuclein prions causing multiple system atrophy in humans with parkinsonism Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Stanley B. Prusiner, Amanda L. Woerman, Daniel A. Mordes, Joel C. Watts, Ryan Rampersaud, David B. Berry, Smita S. Patel, Abby Oehler, Jennifer K. Lowe, Stephanie N. Kravitz, Daniel H. Geschwind, David V. Glidden, Glenda M. Halliday, Lefkos Middleton, Steve Gentleman, Lea T. Grinberg, Kurt Giles Hit paper breakdown →	2015	542
14	Yeast Pif1 Helicase Exhibits a One-base-pair Stepping Mechanism for Unwinding Duplex DNA Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Ramanagouda Ramanagoudr‐Bhojappa, Shubeena Chib, Alicia K. Byrd, Suja Aarattuthodiyil, Manjula Pandey, Smita S. Patel, Kevin D. Raney	2013	49
15	Human prion strain selection in transgenic mice Annals of Neurology ·Kurt Giles, David V. Glidden, Smita S. Patel, Carsten Korth, Darlene Groth, Azucena Lemus, Stephen J. DeArmond, Stanley B. Prusiner	2010	36
16	Hepatoprotective and antioxidant potential of Spirulina fusiformis on acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity in mice Sabina Evan Prince, Jaisy Samuel, Segu RajappaRamya, Smita S. Patel, Niharika Mandal, Preety Pranatharthiiharan, Punya Pallabi Mishra, Mahaboobkhan Rasool	2009	24
17	Automatic multiscale enhancement and segmentation of pulmonary vessels in CT pulmonary angiography images for CAD applications PubMed Central ·Chuan Zhou, Heang‐Ping Chan, Berkman Sahiner, Lubomir M. Hadjiiski, Aamer Chughtai, Smita S. Patel, Jun Wei, Jun Ge, Philip N. Cascade, Ella A. Kazerooni	2007	2
18	The DNA-unwinding mechanism of the ring helicase of bacteriophage T7 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Yong-Joo Jeong, Mikhail K. Levin, Smita S. Patel	2004	75
19	Identification of Signal Transduction Pathways Used by Orphan G Protein-Coupled Receptors Assay and Drug Development Technologies ·Janine Bresnick, Heather A. Skynner, Kerry L. Chapman, Andrew D. Jack, Elize Zamiara, Paul A. Negulescu, Kevin Beaumont, Smita S. Patel, George McAllister	2003	41
20	Fluorescence Methods for Studying the Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Transcription Initiation Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Smita S. Patel, Rajiv P. Bandwar	2003	9

About Smita S. Patel

Smita S. Patel is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Neurology and Psychiatry and Mental health, having authored 264 papers that have together received 13.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (56 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (53 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (50 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (47 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (33 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (26 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (25 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (23 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (9.5k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (2.3k citations), Neurology (1.9k citations), Neurology (965 citations) and Genetics (2.1k citations). Smita S. Patel has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Korea. Frequent co-authors include Seung‐Jae Lee, Kenneth A. Johnson, He-Jin Lee, Kristen Picha, Isaac Wong, Mikhail K. Levin, Manju Hingorani, Brian S. Meldrum, Manjula Pandey and Stanley B. Prusiner. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biochemistry, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Nucleic Acids Research and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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