V. Ramakrishnan

31.1k citations

167 papers · 22.2k indexed · 15 hit papers · h-index 77

Impact in

Structural Biology top 0.2%
Molecular Biology top 0.05%
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- RNA modifications and cancer
- RNA Research and Splicing
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Papers in

Molecular Biology 148
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 122
- RNA modifications and cancer 97
- RNA Research and Splicing 36
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 20
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 16
- Protein Structure and Dynamics 14
Structural Biology 3

Co-authors: Andrew P. Carter William Clemons Ditlev E. Brodersen Brian T. Wimberly Ann C. Kelley J.M. Ogle Robert J. Morgan-Warren F.V. Murphy
Journals: Science (22 papers)Journal of Molecular Biology (17 papers)Nature (12 papers)Cell (12 papers)Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (10 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Sweden

In The Last Decade

V. Ramakrishnan

164 papers receiving 21.9k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

ZNF598 Is a Quality Control Sensor of Collided Ribosomes 2018 · 286 citations

What are hit papers?

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

it has ≥500 total citations;
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.

2018 Molecular Cell
2014 Science
2009 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
2009 Science
2009 Science
2009 Nature
2006 Science
2005 Annual Review of Biochemistry
2002 Cell
2002 Cell
2001 Science
2000 Nature
2000 Nature
2000 Cell
1993 Nature

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	Visualizing formation of the active site in the mitochondrial ribosome eLife ·Viswanathan Chandrasekaran, Nirupa Desai, Nick Burton, Hanting Yang, Jonathan Price, Eric A. Miska, V. Ramakrishnan	2021	28
2	Structure of a human 48 S translational initiation complex Science ·Jailson Brito Querido, Masaaki Sokabe, S.H.W. Kraatz, Yuliya Gordiyenko, Mark Skehel, Christopher S. Fraser, V. Ramakrishnan	2020	149
3	Elongational stalling activates mitoribosome-associated quality control Science ·Nirupa Desai, Hanting Yang, Viswanathan Chandrasekaran, N. Saxena, Michal Minczuk, V. Ramakrishnan	2020	72
4	Mechanism of ribosome stalling during translation of a poly(A) tail Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Viswanathan Chandrasekaran, Szymon Juszkiewicz, Junhong Choi, Joseph D. Puglisi, Alan Brown, Sichen Shao, V. Ramakrishnan, Ramanujan S. Hegde	2019	113
5	Large-Scale Movements of IF3 and tRNA during Bacterial Translation Initiation Cell ·Tanweer Hussain, J.L. Llacer, Brian T. Wimberly, Jeffrey S. Kieft, V. Ramakrishnan	2016	116
6	The structure of the human mitochondrial ribosome Science ·Alexey Amunts, Alan Brown, Ristania Surya Ramadhani, Sjors H. W. Scheres, V. Ramakrishnan	2015	386
7	Conformational Differences between Open and Closed States of the Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Complex Molecular Cell ·J.L. Llacer, Tanweer Hussain, Laura E. Marler, Colin Echeverría Aitken, Anil Thakur, Jon R. Lorsch, Alan G. Hinnebusch, V. Ramakrishnan	2015	164
8	Structure of the large ribosomal subunit from human mitochondria Science ·Alan Brown, Alexey Amunts, Xiao‐chen Bai, Yoichiro Sugimoto, Patricia C. Edwards, Garib N. Murshudov, Sjors H. W. Scheres, V. Ramakrishnan	2014	242
9	Structure of the Yeast Mitochondrial Large Ribosomal Subunit Science ·Alexey Amunts, Alan Brown, Xiao‐chen Bai, J.L. Llacer, Tanweer Hussain, Paul Emsley, Fei Long, Garib N. Murshudov, Sjors H. W. Scheres, V. Ramakrishnan Hit paper breakdown →	2014	460
10	Elongation Factor G Bound to the Ribosome in an Intermediate State of Translocation Science ·Jiangtao FENG, I.S. Fernandez, Ann C. Kelley, V. Ramakrishnan	2013	175
11	Molecular Architecture of a Eukaryotic Translational Initiation Complex Science ·I.S. Fernandez, Xiao‐chen Bai, Tanweer Hussain, Ann C. Kelley, Jon R. Lorsch, V. Ramakrishnan, Sjors H. W. Scheres	2013	104
12	Dissociation of antibacterial activity and aminoglycoside ototoxicity in the 4-monosubstituted 2-deoxystreptamine apramycin Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Tanja Matt, Chyan Leong Ng, Kathrin Lang, Su-Hua Sha, Rashid Akbergenov, Dmitri Shcherbakov, Martin Meyer, Stefan Duscha, Jing Xie, Srinivas Reddy Dubbaka, Déborah Perez‐Fernandez, Andrea Vasella, V. Ramakrishnan, Jochen Schacht, Erik C. Böttger	2012	169
13	Decoding in the Absence of a Codon by tmRNA and SmpB in the Ribosome Science ·Cajetan Neubauer, Reynald Gillet, Ann C. Kelley, V. Ramakrishnan	2012	84
14	The Crystal Structure of the Ribosome Bound to EF-Tu and Aminoacyl-tRNA Science ·T.M. Schmeing, R.M. Voorhees, Ann C. Kelley, Yong‐Gui Gao, F.V. Murphy, John R. Weir, V. Ramakrishnan Hit paper breakdown →	2009	392
15	Insights into Translational Termination from the Structure of RF2 Bound to the Ribosome Science ·Albert Weixlbaumer, Hong Jin, Cajetan Neubauer, R.M. Voorhees, Sabine Petry, Ann C. Kelley, V. Ramakrishnan	2008	226
16	Structure of the 70 S Ribosome Complexed with mRNA and tRNA Science ·M. Selmer, C.M. Dunham, F.V. Murphy, Albert Weixlbaumer, Sabine Petry, Ann C. Kelley, John R. Weir, V. Ramakrishnan Hit paper breakdown →	2006	1036
17	Crystal structure of the 30 s ribosomal subunit from Thermus thermophilus: structure of the proteins and their interactions with 16 s RNA 1 1 Edited by R. Huber Journal of Molecular Biology ·Ditlev E. Brodersen, William Clemons, Andrew P. Carter, Brian T. Wimberly, V. Ramakrishnan	2002	4
18	Recognition of Cognate Transfer RNA by the 30 S Ribosomal Subunit Science ·J.M. Ogle, Ditlev E. Brodersen, William Clemons, M.J. Tarry, Andrew P. Carter, V. Ramakrishnan Hit paper breakdown →	2001	931
19	Structure of a bacterial 30S ribosomal subunit at 5.5 Å resolution Nature ·William Clemons, 川邉研次, Brian T. Wimberly, John P. McCutcheon, Malcolm Capel, V. Ramakrishnan	1999	281
20	A Detailed View of a Ribosomal Active Site Cell ·Brian T. Wimberly, Rebecca Guymon, John P. McCutcheon, Stephen W. White, V. Ramakrishnan	1999	279

About V. Ramakrishnan

V. Ramakrishnan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Structural Biology, Genetics, Materials Chemistry and Radiation, having authored 167 papers that have together received 22.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (122 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (97 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (36 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (29 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (24 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (20 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Structural Biology (486 citations), Molecular Biology (20.3k citations), Genetics (4.3k citations), Molecular Medicine (529 citations) and Ecology (1.4k citations). V. Ramakrishnan has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include Andrew P. Carter, William Clemons, Ditlev E. Brodersen, Brian T. Wimberly, Ann C. Kelley, J.M. Ogle, Robert J. Morgan-Warren, F.V. Murphy, T.M. Schmeing and Albert Weixlbaumer. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Journal of Molecular Biology, Nature, Cell and Nature Structural & Molecular Biology.

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