Wayne A. Decatur

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Wayne A. Decatur is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wayne A. Decatur has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Wayne A. Decatur's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (14 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers). Wayne A. Decatur is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (14 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers). Wayne A. Decatur collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Israel. Wayne A. Decatur's co-authors include Maurille J. Fournier, Dorota Piekna‐Przybylska, Volker M. Vogt, Steinar Johansen, Édouard Bertrand, Elizabeth S. Maxwell, Stacia A. Sower, Thomas H. King, Christer Einvik and Arina D. Omer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Wayne A. Decatur

24 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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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.

rRNA modifications and ribosome function

2002 503 citations Wayne A. Decatur, Maurille J. Fournier Trends in Biochemical Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wayne A. Decatur United States	19	1.4k	200	142	79	76	25	1.6k
Xinfu Jiao United States	21	2.5k 1.7×	685 3.4×	190 1.3×	97 1.2×	57 0.8×	27	2.7k
Miguel Berríos United States	21	1.5k 1.0×	64 0.3×	173 1.2×	91 1.2×	37 0.5×	44	1.7k
Catherine A. Fox United States	26	2.5k 1.8×	78 0.4×	258 1.8×	91 1.2×	25 0.3×	49	2.6k
Eva Dworkin‐Rastl United States	17	1.1k 0.8×	65 0.3×	203 1.4×	34 0.4×	67 0.9×	26	1.3k
George R. Molloy United States	20	1.3k 0.9×	76 0.4×	215 1.5×	139 1.8×	70 0.9×	38	1.6k
Toyotaka Ishibashi Japan	30	2.1k 1.4×	117 0.6×	213 1.5×	126 1.6×	48 0.6×	63	2.4k
Keita Ohsumi Japan	25	1.2k 0.9×	28 0.1×	200 1.4×	100 1.3×	18 0.2×	44	1.6k
Pedro Suau Spain	26	1.5k 1.0×	53 0.3×	211 1.5×	55 0.7×	38 0.5×	59	1.7k
Angelika Giner Germany	12	1.4k 1.0×	38 0.2×	358 2.5×	64 0.8×	99 1.3×	14	1.9k
John T. Lis United States	21	2.0k 1.4×	122 0.6×	211 1.5×	121 1.5×	82 1.1×	38	2.2k

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Palmer, Matthew, et al.. (2025). Specific DNA features of the RNA polymerase I core promoter element targeted by core factor. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1868(2). 195088–195088.

Tizón, Belén, Michal Shpilman, Wayne A. Decatur, et al.. (2018). Cloning and characterization of a second lamprey pituitary glycoprotein hormone, thyrostimulin (GpA2/GpB5). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 264. 16–27. 9 indexed citations

Sower, Stacia A., Wayne A. Decatur, Michael Wilmot, et al.. (2015). Emergence of an Ancestral Glycoprotein Hormone in the Pituitary of the Sea Lamprey, a Basal Vertebrate. Endocrinology. 156(8). 3026–3037. 27 indexed citations

Decatur, Wayne A., et al.. (2014). Identification and expression of GnRH2 and GnRH3 in the black sea bass (Centropristis striata), a hermaphroditic teleost. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry. 41(2). 383–395. 7 indexed citations

Hall, Jeffrey A., et al.. (2013). Expression of three GnRH receptors in specific tissues in male and female sea lampreys Petromyzon marinus at three distinct life stages. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 7. 88–88. 14 indexed citations

Decatur, Wayne A., Jeffrey A. Hall, Jeramiah J. Smith, Weiming Li, & Stacia A. Sower. (2013). Insight from the lamprey genome: Glimpsing early vertebrate development via neuroendocrine-associated genes and shared synteny of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 192. 237–245. 39 indexed citations

Sower, Stacia A., et al.. (2012). Evolution of Vertebrate GnRH Receptors from the Perspective of a Basal Vertebrate. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 3. 140–140. 11 indexed citations

Prilusky, Jaime, Eran Hodis, David Canner, et al.. (2011). Proteopedia: A status report on the collaborative, 3D web-encyclopedia of proteins and other biomolecules. Journal of Structural Biology. 175(2). 244–252. 48 indexed citations

Trudeau, Vance L., Christopher J. Martyniuk, Emily Zhao, et al.. (2011). Is secretoneurin a new hormone?. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 175(1). 10–18. 44 indexed citations

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Decatur, Wayne A.. (2010). Proteopedia entry: The large ribosomal subunit of Haloarcula marismortui. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 38(5). 343–343. 4 indexed citations

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Decatur, Wayne A. & Murray N. Schnare. (2008). Different Mechanisms for Pseudouridine Formation in Yeast 5S and 5.8S rRNAs. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 28(10). 3089–3100. 25 indexed citations

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Grosjean, Henri, Christine Gaspin, Christian Marck, Wayne A. Decatur, & Valérie de Crécy‐Lagard. (2008). RNomics and Modomics in the halophilic archaea Haloferax volcanii: identification of RNA modification genes. BMC Genomics. 9(1). 470–470. 69 indexed citations

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Piekna‐Przybylska, Dorota, Wayne A. Decatur, & Maurille J. Fournier. (2007). The 3D rRNA modification maps database: with interactive tools for ribosome analysis. Nucleic Acids Research. 36(Database). D178–D183. 168 indexed citations

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Decatur, Wayne A., Xue‐hai Liang, Dorota Piekna‐Przybylska, & Maurille J. Fournier. (2007). Identifying Effects of snoRNA‐Guided Modifications on the Synthesis and Function of the Yeast Ribosome. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 425. 283–316. 31 indexed citations

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Piekna‐Przybylska, Dorota, Wayne A. Decatur, & Maurille J. Fournier. (2007). New bioinformatic tools for analysis of nucleotide modifications in eukaryotic rRNA. RNA. 13(3). 305–312. 87 indexed citations

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Saikia, Mridusmita, Qing Dai, Wayne A. Decatur, et al.. (2006). A systematic, ligation-based approach to study RNA modifications. RNA. 12(11). 2025–2033. 37 indexed citations

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Omer, Arina D., et al.. (2003). RNA‐modifying machines in archaea. Molecular Microbiology. 48(3). 617–629. 81 indexed citations

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Decatur, Wayne A. & Maurille J. Fournier. (2002). rRNA modifications and ribosome function. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 27(7). 344–351. 503 indexed citations breakdown →

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King, Thomas H., Wayne A. Decatur, Édouard Bertrand, Elizabeth S. Maxwell, & Maurille J. Fournier. (2001). A Well-Connected and Conserved Nucleoplasmic Helicase Is Required for Production of Box C/D and H/ACA snoRNAs and Localization of snoRNP Proteins. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 21(22). 7731–7746. 96 indexed citations

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Decatur, Wayne A., Steinar Johansen, & Volker M. Vogt. (2000). Expression of the Naegleria intron endonuclease is dependent on a functional group I self-cleaving ribozyme. RNA. 6(4). 616–627. 21 indexed citations

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