Yuri I. Wolf

86.0k total citations · 16 hit papers
293 papers, 35.5k citations indexed

About

Yuri I. Wolf is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuri I. Wolf has authored 293 papers receiving a total of 35.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 234 papers in Molecular Biology, 104 papers in Genetics and 82 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Yuri I. Wolf's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (139 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (94 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (58 papers). Yuri I. Wolf is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (139 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (94 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (58 papers). Yuri I. Wolf collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and France. Yuri I. Wolf's co-authors include Eugene V. Koonin, Kira S. Makarova, L. Aravind, Igor B. Rogozin, Michael Y. Galperin, Roman L. Tatusov, Nick V. Grishin, I. King Jordan, Eugene V. Koonin and Natalya Yutin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Yuri I. Wolf

284 papers receiving 34.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

The COG database: an updated version includes eukaryotes

2003 3.6k citations Eugene V. Koonin, Yuri I. Wolf et al. profile →
Evolution and classification of the CRISPR–Cas systems

2011 1.9k citations Kira S. Makarova, Yuri I. Wolf et al. profile →
Expanded microbial genome coverage and improved protein family annotation in the COG database

2014 1.1k citations Michael Y. Galperin, Kira S. Makarova et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
Discovery and Functional Characterization of Diverse Class 2 CRISPR-Cas Systems

2015 919 citations Sergey Shmakov, Kira S. Makarova et al. profile →
Classification and evolution of P-loop GTPases and related ATPases

2002 901 citations Yuri I. Wolf, Eugene V. Koonin et al. profile →
A putative RNA-interference-based immune system in prokaryotes: computational analysis of the predicted enzymatic machinery, functional analogies with eukaryotic RNAi, and hypothetical mechanisms of action

2006 881 citations Kira S. Makarova, Yuri I. Wolf et al. profile →
A comprehensive evolutionary classification of proteins encoded in complete eukaryotic genomes

2004 794 citations Eugene V. Koonin, Kira S. Makarova et al. profile →
Diversity and evolution of class 2 CRISPR–Cas systems

2017 761 citations Sergey Shmakov, Kira S. Makarova et al. profile →
Genome Sequence and Comparative Analysis of the Solvent-Producing BacteriumClostridium acetobutylicum

2001 634 citations Kira S. Makarova, Yuri I. Wolf et al. Journal of Bacteriology profile →
Selection in the evolution of gene duplications

2002 586 citations Yuri I. Wolf, Eugene V. Koonin et al. profile →
Genome of the Extremely Radiation-Resistant Bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans Viewed from the Perspective of Comparative Genomics

2001 558 citations Kira S. Makarova, Yuri I. Wolf et al. profile →
COG database update: focus on microbial diversity, model organisms, and widespread pathogens

2020 530 citations Michael Y. Galperin, Yuri I. Wolf et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
Genomics of bacteria and archaea: the emerging dynamic view of the prokaryotic world

2008 502 citations Yuri I. Wolf et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
Global Organization and Proposed Megataxonomy of the Virus World

2020 381 citations Eugene V. Koonin, Valerian V. Dolja et al. profile →
Diverse enzymatic activities mediate antiviral immunity in prokaryotes

2020 342 citations Kira S. Makarova, Yuri I. Wolf et al. profile →
Origins and Evolution of the Global RNA Virome

2018 330 citations Yuri I. Wolf, Darius Kazlauskas et al. mBio profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Diversity, origin, and evolution of the ESCRT systems 2024 ·mBio ·Kira S. Makarova, Victor Tobiasson, Yuri I. Wolf, Zhongyi Lu, Yang Liu, Siyu Zhang, Mart Krupovìč, Meng Li, Eugene V. Koonin	13
2	DNA polymerase swapping in Caudoviricetes bacteriophages 2024 ·Virology Journal ·Natalya Yutin, Igor Tolstoy, Pascal Mutz, Yuri I. Wolf, Mart Krupovìč, Eugene V. Koonin	2
3	Identification of diverse RNA viruses in Obscuromonas flagellates (Euglenozoa: Trypanosomatidae: Blastocrithidiinae) 2024 ·Virus Evolution ·Danyil Grybchuk, (unknown), (unknown), Diego H. Macedo, Yuri I. Wolf, Jan Votýpka, Anzhelika Butenko, Julius Lukeš, Uri Neri, Kristína Záhonová, Alexei Yu. Kostygov, Eugene V. Koonin, Vyacheslav Yurchenko	4
4	Toward a theory of evolution as multilevel learning 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Vitaly Vanchurin, Yuri I. Wolf, M. I. Katsnelson, Eugene V. Koonin	54
5	Ongoing global and regional adaptive evolution of SARS-CoV-2 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Nash D. Rochman, Yuri I. Wolf, Guilhem Faure, Pascal Mutz, Feng Zhang, Eugene V. Koonin	157
6	Genomic determinants of pathogenicity in SARS-CoV-2 and other human coronaviruses 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ayal B. Gussow, Noam Auslander, Guilhem Faure, Yuri I. Wolf, Feng Zhang, Eugene V. Koonin	156
7	Seeker: alignment-free identification of bacteriophage genomes by deep learning 2020 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Noam Auslander, Ayal B. Gussow, Sean Benler, Yuri I. Wolf, Eugene V. Koonin	75
8	Doubling of the known set of RNA viruses by metagenomic analysis of an aquatic virome 2020 ·Nature Microbiology ·Yuri I. Wolf, Sukrit Silas, Yongjie Wang, Shuang Wu, M Bocek, Darius Kazlauskas, Mart Krupovìč, Andrew Fire, Valerian V. Dolja, Eugene V. Koonin	153
9	In silico learning of tumor evolution through mutational time series 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Noam Auslander, Yuri I. Wolf, Eugene V. Koonin	18
10	Criticality in tumor evolution and clinical outcome 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Erez Persi, Yuri I. Wolf, Mark D.M. Leiserson, Eugene V. Koonin, Eytan Ruppin	19
11	Systematic prediction of genes functionally linked to CRISPR-Cas systems by gene neighborhood analysis 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sergey Shmakov, Kira S. Makarova, Yuri I. Wolf, Konstantin Severinov, Eugene V. Koonin	104
12	Microbial genome analysis: the COG approach 2017 ·Briefings in Bioinformatics ·Michael Y. Galperin, David M. Kristensen, Kira S. Makarova, Yuri I. Wolf, Eugene V. Koonin	198
13	Phyletic Distribution and Lineage-Specific Domain Architectures of Archaeal Two-Component Signal Transduction Systems 2017 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·Michael Y. Galperin, Kira S. Makarova, Yuri I. Wolf, Eugene V. Koonin	40
14	The CRISPR Spacer Space Is Dominated by Sequences from Species-Specific Mobilomes 2017 ·mBio ·Sergey Shmakov, (unknown), Kira S. Makarova, Yuri I. Wolf, Konstantin Severinov, Eugene V. Koonin	157
15	Theory of prokaryotic genome evolution 2016 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Itamar Sela, Yuri I. Wolf, Eugene V. Koonin	103
16	Evolution of the CRISPR-Cas adaptive immunity systems in prokaryotes: models and observations on virus–host coevolution 2014 ·Molecular BioSystems ·Eugene V. Koonin, Yuri I. Wolf	36
17	Genome reduction as the dominant mode of evolution 2013 ·BioEssays ·Yuri I. Wolf, Eugene V. Koonin	221
18	Quantifying the similarity of monotonic trajectories in rough and smooth fitness landscapes 2013 ·Molecular BioSystems ·Alexander E. Lobkovsky, Yuri I. Wolf, Eugene V. Koonin	6
19	Trends in Prokaryotic Evolution Revealed by Comparison of Closely Related Bacterial and Archaeal Genomes 2008 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·Pavel S. Novichkov, Yuri I. Wolf, Inna Dubchak, Eugene V. Koonin	104
20	A korarchaeal genome reveals insights into the evolution of the Archaea 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·James G. Elkins, Mircea Podar, David E. Graham, Kira S. Makarova, Yuri I. Wolf, Lennart Randau, Brian P. Hedlund, Céline Brochier‐Armanet, Victor Kunin, Iain Anderson, Alla Lapidus, Eugene Goltsman, Kerrie Barry, Eugene V. Koonin, Philip Hugenholtz, Nikos C. Kyrpides, Gerhard Wanner, Paul Richardson, Martin Keller, Karl O. Stetter	199

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