Tomas Simonsson

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Tomas Simonsson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tomas Simonsson has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Physiology and 2 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Tomas Simonsson's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (10 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (8 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (6 papers). Tomas Simonsson is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (10 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (8 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (6 papers). Tomas Simonsson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. Tomas Simonsson's co-authors include Daniela Rhodes, Hans J. Lipps, Katrin Paeschke, Jan Postberg, Michaela Vorlı́čková, Stina Simonsson, Robert Sjöback, Hui Cao, Hans R. Widlund and Mikael Kubista 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

Tomas Simonsson

20 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

DNA tetraplex formation in the control region of c-myc 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 2001 100 200 300 400 500
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. DNA tetraplex formation in the control region of c-myc
    1998 518 citations Tomas Simonsson Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  2. G-Quadruplex DNA Structures Variations on a Theme
    2001 511 citations Tomas Simonsson Biological Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tomas Simonsson Sweden 16 2.3k 172 128 124 77 20 2.4k
Robert Hänsel‐Hertsch United Kingdom 15 2.5k 1.1× 71 0.4× 99 0.8× 115 0.9× 51 0.7× 20 2.7k
C.H.S. Aylett United Kingdom 17 937 0.4× 53 0.3× 82 0.6× 173 1.4× 174 2.3× 26 1.2k
Régis Lemaitre Germany 8 1.8k 0.8× 58 0.3× 55 0.4× 40 0.3× 96 1.2× 8 2.0k
Pedro Suau Spain 26 1.5k 0.6× 46 0.3× 181 1.4× 38 0.3× 211 2.7× 59 1.7k
Jan Paleček Czechia 17 1.2k 0.5× 62 0.4× 202 1.6× 28 0.2× 130 1.7× 34 1.4k
Nasim Sabouri Sweden 21 1.3k 0.6× 45 0.3× 150 1.2× 32 0.3× 113 1.5× 39 1.4k
Miguel Garavís Spain 12 827 0.4× 37 0.2× 122 1.0× 63 0.5× 74 1.0× 18 943
Terace M. Fletcher United States 22 1.3k 0.6× 223 1.3× 107 0.8× 22 0.2× 232 3.0× 35 1.5k
Clara Aicart-Ramos Spain 16 730 0.3× 69 0.4× 36 0.3× 53 0.4× 112 1.5× 30 955
Chris Gell United Kingdom 17 695 0.3× 43 0.3× 54 0.4× 67 0.5× 79 1.0× 22 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Tomas Simonsson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tomas Simonsson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Tomas Simonsson. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Tomas Simonsson. The network helps show where Tomas Simonsson may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tomas Simonsson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tomas Simonsson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tomas Simonsson 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 Tomas Simonsson. Tomas Simonsson 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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Simonsson, Tomas, et al.. (2011). SAF-A Has a Role in Transcriptional Regulation of Oct4 in ES Cells Through Promoter Binding. Cellular Reprogramming. 13(1). 13–27. 23 indexed citations
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Simonsson, Stina, et al.. (2011). SAF-A Forms a Complex with BRG1 and Both Components Are Required for RNA Polymerase II Mediated Transcription. PLoS ONE. 6(12). e28049–e28049. 18 indexed citations
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Johansson, Helena, et al.. (2010). Translationally controlled tumor protein interacts with nucleophosmin during mitosis in ES cells. Cell Cycle. 9(11). 2160–2169. 23 indexed citations
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Wanrooij, Paulina H., Jay P. Uhler, Tomas Simonsson, Maria Falkenberg, & Claes M. Gustafsson. (2010). G-quadruplex structures in RNA stimulate mitochondrial transcription termination and primer formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(37). 16072–16077. 136 indexed citations
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Simonsson, Stina, et al.. (2009). Developmental studies of Xenopus shelterin complexes: the message to reset telomere length is already present in the egg. The FASEB Journal. 23(8). 2587–2594. 13 indexed citations
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Paeschke, Katrin, Stefan Juranek, Tomas Simonsson, et al.. (2008). Telomerase recruitment by the telomere end binding protein-β facilitates G-quadruplex DNA unfolding in ciliates. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 15(6). 598–604. 120 indexed citations
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Valente, Luis P., et al.. (2007). Identification and Characterization of an Essential Telomeric Repeat Binding Factor in Fission Yeast. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(5). 2693–2701. 16 indexed citations
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Paeschke, Katrin, Tomas Simonsson, Jan Postberg, Daniela Rhodes, & Hans J. Lipps. (2005). Telomere end-binding proteins control the formation of G-quadruplex DNA structures in vivo. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 12(10). 847–854. 445 indexed citations
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Simonsson, Tomas. (2003). A substrate for telomerase. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 28(12). 632–638. 8 indexed citations
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Simonsson, Tomas & Marie Arsenian‐Henriksson. (2002). c-myc Suppression in Burkitt's Lymphoma Cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 290(1). 11–15. 49 indexed citations
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Rhodes, Daniela, Louise Fairall, Tomas Simonsson, Robert Court, & Lynda Chapman. (2002). Telomere architecture. EMBO Reports. 3(12). 1139–1145. 60 indexed citations
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Simonsson, Tomas. (2001). The human TINF2 gene organisation and chromosomal localization. Biochimie. 83(5). 433–435. 4 indexed citations
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Simonsson, Tomas. (2001). G-Quadruplex DNA Structures Variations on a Theme. Biological Chemistry. 382(4). 511 indexed citations breakdown →
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Simonsson, Tomas, et al.. (2000). A Nuclease Hypersensitive Element in the Human c-myc Promoter Adopts Several Distinct i-Tetraplex Structures. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 278(1). 158–166. 133 indexed citations
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Simonsson, Tomas, et al.. (2000). A Nuclease Hypersensitive Element in the Human c-myc Promoter Adopts Several Distinct i-Tetraplex Structures. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 279(1). 306–306. 6 indexed citations
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Simonsson, Tomas & Robert Sjöback. (1999). DNA Tetraplex Formation Studied with Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(24). 17379–17383. 78 indexed citations
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Simonsson, Tomas. (1998). DNA tetraplex formation in the control region of c-myc. Nucleic Acids Research. 26(5). 1167–1172. 518 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cao, Hui, Hans R. Widlund, Tomas Simonsson, & Mikael Kubista. (1998). TGGA repeats impair nucleosome formation. Journal of Molecular Biology. 281(2). 253–260. 65 indexed citations
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Widlund, Hans R., Hui Cao, Stina Simonsson, et al.. (1997). Identification and characterization of genomic nucleosome-positioning sequences. Journal of Molecular Biology. 267(4). 807–817. 164 indexed citations

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