Željko Kućan

8.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 738 citations indexed

About

Željko Kućan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Željko Kućan has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 738 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Food Science and 3 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Željko Kućan's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (13 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (10 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (9 papers). Željko Kućan is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (13 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (10 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (9 papers). Željko Kućan collaborates with scholars based in Croatia, United States and Germany. Željko Kućan's co-authors include Fritz Lipmann, Robert W. Chambers, Adrian W. Briggs, Dejana Brajković, Ralf W. Schmitz, Liubov V. Golovanova, Tomislav Maričić, Pavao Rudan, Svante Pääbo and Vladimir B. Doronichev and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Željko Kućan

27 papers receiving 637 citations

Hit Papers

Targeted Retrieval and Analysis of Five Neandertal mtDNA ... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Targeted Retrieval and Analysis of Five Neandertal mtDNA Genomes
    2009 342 citations Željko Kućan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Željko Kućan Croatia 12 465 252 124 114 104 31 738
Gianmarco Ferri Italy 20 461 1.0× 560 2.2× 105 0.8× 22 0.2× 34 0.3× 84 1.1k
Lisa A. Wrischnik United States 16 461 1.0× 236 0.9× 51 0.4× 8 0.1× 33 0.3× 22 903
K. L. Bauer Germany 9 422 0.9× 198 0.8× 25 0.2× 6 0.1× 74 0.7× 11 758
Klaus Schmidt Germany 10 177 0.4× 39 0.2× 56 0.5× 43 0.4× 75 0.7× 33 537
S Matsuyama Japan 11 468 1.0× 346 1.4× 37 0.3× 2 0.0× 29 0.3× 21 687
Vincent Geoghegan United Kingdom 10 424 0.9× 39 0.2× 32 0.3× 44 0.4× 55 0.5× 16 854
B Schrank Germany 12 350 0.8× 128 0.5× 3 0.0× 9 0.1× 26 0.3× 26 684
Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche 9 91 0.2× 29 0.1× 28 0.2× 8 0.1× 10 0.1× 46 345
Svetlana Tsygankova Russia 13 194 0.4× 133 0.5× 10 0.1× 4 0.0× 17 0.2× 83 499
M. Errera Belgium 18 815 1.8× 198 0.8× 5 0.0× 5 0.0× 6 0.1× 69 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Željko Kućan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Željko Kućan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gruic‐Sovulj, Ita, Ivana Weygand-Đurašević, & Željko Kućan. (2001). Influence of Modified tRNA Tyr on the Activation of Tyrosine Catalyzed by Tyrosyl-tRNA Synthetase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Croatica Chemica Acta. 74(1). 161–171. 3 indexed citations
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Kućan, Željko. (1999). Osnovni pojmovi genske tehnologije. 11–22.
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Gruic‐Sovulj, Ita, et al.. (1997). Detection of Noncovalent tRNA·Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Complexes by Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(51). 32084–32091. 30 indexed citations
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Kućan, Željko, et al.. (1988). Effect of Spermine on Transfer RNA and Transfer RNA-Ribosome Interactions. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 250. 525–533. 5 indexed citations
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Plohl, Miroslav & Željko Kućan. (1988). Effects of spermine and magnesium ions on the aminoacylation of yeast tRNATyr. Biochimie. 70(5). 637–644. 4 indexed citations
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Weygand-Đurašević, Ivana, et al.. (1985). Structural Changes of Yeast tRNATyrCaused by the Binding of Divalent Ions in the Presence of Spermine. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 2(5). 941–951. 6 indexed citations
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Weygand-Đurašević, Ivana, et al.. (1984). Involvement of the 3′ side of the anticodon loop of yeast tRNATyr in messenger‐free binding to ribosomes. European Journal of Biochemistry. 139(3). 541–545. 2 indexed citations
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Chambers, Robert W., et al.. (1982). Isolation and characterization of φX174 mutants carrying lethal missense mutations in gene G. Nucleic Acids Research. 10(20). 6465–6473. 2 indexed citations
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Weygand-Đurašević, Ivana, et al.. (1977). Conformational changes in yeast tRNATyr revealed by EPR spectra of spin-labelled residue. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 479(3). 332–344. 10 indexed citations
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Kućan, Željko & Robert W. Chambers. (1973). Purification of Tyrosine: tRNA Ligase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae αS288C. The Journal of Biochemistry. 73(4). 811–819. 16 indexed citations
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Kućan, Željko & Robert W. Chambers. (1972). Enzymatic exchange of 3′‐terminal AMP in tRNA. FEBS Letters. 25(1). 156–158. 2 indexed citations
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Kućan, Željko, et al.. (1971). Functional Inactivation and Appearance of Breaks in RNA Chains Caused by Gamma Irradiation of Escherichia coli Ribosomes. Biophysical Journal. 11(3). 237–251. 8 indexed citations
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Kućan, Željko, et al.. (1970). Breakdown of Ribosomal RNA Caused by Ionizing or Ultra-violet Irradiation of Several Bacterial Strains. International Journal of Radiation Biology and Related Studies in Physics Chemistry and Medicine. 17(2). 163–171. 3 indexed citations
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Kućan, Željko, et al.. (1967). PREFERENTIAL DEGRADATION OF GAMMA-IRRADIATED DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID BY CRUDE EXTRACT OF ESCHERICHIA COLI.. International Journal of Radiation Biology. 1 indexed citations
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Kućan, Željko, et al.. (1967). Preferential Degradation of Gamma-irradiated Deoxyribonucleic Acid by Crude Extract ofEscherichia Coli. International Journal of Radiation Biology and Related Studies in Physics Chemistry and Medicine. 12(2). 193–194. 5 indexed citations
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Kućan, Željko, et al.. (1967). On the nature of the breakdown of RNA in X-irradiated Escherichia coli. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 145(2). 310–320. 9 indexed citations
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Kućan, Željko. (1966). ACTIVATION OF RIBONUCLEASE I BY GAMMA IRRADIATION OF 30 S RIBOSOMES FROM ESCHERICHIA COLI.. Croatica Chemica Acta. 11(5). 4029–33. 1 indexed citations
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Kućan, Željko, et al.. (1963). The Effect of X-irradiation on the Degradation of DNA in Closely-related Strains ofE. Coli. International Journal of Radiation Biology and Related Studies in Physics Chemistry and Medicine. 7(2). 141–144. 13 indexed citations
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Kućan, Željko, et al.. (1961). Effect of chloramphenicol on the biosynthesis of DNA in X-irradiated Escherichia coli B. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 4(5). 348–352. 19 indexed citations
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Kućan, Željko, et al.. (1961). Synthesis of DNA in X-irradiated Escherichia coli B. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 4(5). 343–347. 29 indexed citations

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