Yonka Christova

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Yonka Christova is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Reproductive Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Yonka Christova has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Reproductive Medicine and 3 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Yonka Christova's work include Sperm and Testicular Function (4 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (3 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (3 papers). Yonka Christova is often cited by papers focused on Sperm and Testicular Function (4 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (3 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (3 papers). Yonka Christova collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Bulgaria and Germany. Yonka Christova's co-authors include Matthew Freeman, Colin Adrain, Neil A. Taylor, Markus Zettl, Jason W. Chin, Daniel de la Torre, Wesley E. Robertson, Julius Fredens, Louise F. H. Funke and Thomas Elliott and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Yonka Christova

18 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Total synthesis of Escherichia coli with a recoded genome

2019 332 citations Julius Fredens, Kaihang Wang et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yonka Christova United Kingdom	12	834	196	191	104	95	18	1.2k
Mitsuhiro Shimizu Japan	21	1.9k 2.3×	310 1.6×	148 0.8×	100 1.0×	198 2.1×	53	2.4k
Ebo Bos Netherlands	18	677 0.8×	113 0.6×	255 1.3×	31 0.3×	367 3.9×	40	1.4k
Yasutaka Makino Japan	21	1.2k 1.5×	162 0.8×	198 1.0×	128 1.2×	68 0.7×	40	1.4k
S. Gräslund Sweden	21	1.1k 1.3×	126 0.6×	125 0.7×	100 1.0×	129 1.4×	43	1.5k
Odd S. Gabrielsen Norway	25	1.8k 2.2×	281 1.4×	212 1.1×	96 0.9×	191 2.0×	66	2.1k
H Jakob France	19	1.1k 1.3×	345 1.8×	109 0.6×	171 1.6×	194 2.0×	37	1.5k
B A Fenderson United States	12	796 1.0×	94 0.5×	52 0.3×	175 1.7×	229 2.4×	15	1.0k
Irene Yiallouros Germany	15	294 0.4×	87 0.4×	183 1.0×	63 0.6×	44 0.5×	19	683
Guang‐Jer Wu United States	23	865 1.0×	206 1.1×	262 1.4×	105 1.0×	109 1.1×	48	1.3k
Kumkum Saxena United States	10	1.4k 1.7×	141 0.7×	230 1.2×	254 2.4×	287 3.0×	16	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yonka Christova

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yonka Christova

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18 of 18 papers shown

Robertson, Wesley E., Fabian B. H. Rehm, Martin Spinck, et al.. (2025). Escherichia coli with a 57-codon genetic code. Science. 390(6771). eady4368–eady4368. 2 indexed citations

Robertson, Wesley E., Louise F. H. Funke, Daniel de la Torre, et al.. (2021). Sense codon reassignment enables viral resistance and encoded polymer synthesis. Science. 372(6546). 1057–1062. 127 indexed citations

Fredens, Julius, Kaihang Wang, Daniel de la Torre, et al.. (2019). Total synthesis of Escherichia coli with a recoded genome. Nature. 569(7757). 514–518. 332 indexed citations breakdown →

Christova, Yonka, et al.. (2015). A polymerase engineered for bisulfite sequencing. Nucleic Acids Research. 43(22). e155–e155. 10 indexed citations

Siggs, Owen M., et al.. (2014). Genetic interaction implicates iRhom2 in the regulation of EGF receptor signalling in mice. Biology Open. 3(12). 1151–1157. 28 indexed citations

Christova, Yonka, et al.. (2013). Mammalian iRhoms have distinct physiological functions including an essential role in TACE regulation. EMBO Reports. 14(10). 884–890. 111 indexed citations

Adrain, Colin, Markus Zettl, Yonka Christova, Neil A. Taylor, & Matthew Freeman. (2012). Tumor Necrosis Factor Signaling Requires iRhom2 to Promote Trafficking and Activation of TACE. Science. 335(6065). 225–228. 308 indexed citations

Pierrat, Olivier A., Kvido Střı́šovský, Yonka Christova, et al.. (2010). Monocyclic β-Lactams Are Selective, Mechanism-Based Inhibitors of Rhomboid Intramembrane Proteases. ACS Chemical Biology. 6(4). 325–335. 54 indexed citations

Vinothkumar, Kutti R., Kvido Střı́šovský, Antonina Andreeva, et al.. (2010). The structural basis for catalysis and substrate specificity of a rhomboid protease. The EMBO Journal. 29(22). 3797–3809. 87 indexed citations

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Cohen, R., et al.. (2005). Direct measurement of molecular interaction forces in foam films from lung surfactant fraction. Colloid & Polymer Science. 284(5). 546–550. 9 indexed citations

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Christova, Yonka, P S James, & Roy Jones. (2004). Lipid diffusion in sperm plasma membranes exposed to peroxidative injury from oxygen free radicals. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 68(3). 365–372. 47 indexed citations

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Christova, Yonka, P S James, Alan R. Mackie, Trevor G. Cooper, & Roy Jones. (2003). Molecular diffusion in sperm plasma membranes during epididymal maturation. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 216(1-2). 41–46. 34 indexed citations

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Christova, Yonka, P S James, Trevor G. Cooper, & Roy Jones. (2002). Lipid Diffusion in the Plasma Membrane of Mouse Spermatozoa: Changes During Epididymal Maturation, Effects of pH, Osmotic Pressure, and Knockout of the c‐ros Gene. Journal of Andrology. 23(3). 384–392. 23 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Caroline A., P S James, A. Patrick Gunning, et al.. (2001). Lipid dynamics in the plasma membrane of ram and bull spermatozoa after washing and exposure to macromolecules BSA and PVP. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 59(3). 306–313. 6 indexed citations

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Christova, Yonka, et al.. (1998). Effects of pulmonary surfactant proteins SP-B and SP-C and calcium ions on the surface properties of hydrophobic fractions of lung surfactant. European Biophysics Journal. 28(1). 59–66. 11 indexed citations

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Lalchev, Zdravko, et al.. (1996). Molecular mobility in the monolayers of foam films stabilized by porcine lung surfactant. Biophysical Journal. 71(5). 2591–2601. 13 indexed citations

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Tomova, N., et al.. (1972). Further evidence of amino acid activation of plant glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie. 67(2). 117–119. 3 indexed citations

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Tomova, N., et al.. (1972). Amino acid activation of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from chlorella. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie. 67(2). 113–116. 1 indexed citations

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