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Nuclear Structure and Function

Last updated June 1, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Yingming Zhao
University of Chicago
99
2
Jie Wu
Zhongda Hospital Southeast University
69
3
Songrui Yang
Xi'an University of Science and Technology
62
4
Hualiang Huang
Wuhan Institute of Technology
60
5
Lan Luo
Xuzhou Medical College
58
6
Yong Xu
Southwest Medical University
56
7
Yanyang Wu
Hunan Agricultural University
56
8
Xu‐Wen Li
Chinese Academy of Sciences
54
9
David W. C. MacMillan
Princeton University
54
10
Wolfgang G. Zeier
Forschungszentrum Jülich
53

Rising Stars Papers

1
Lysine l-lactylation is the dominant lactylation isomer induced by glycolysis
Nature Chemical Biology|2024
127 cit.
2
Ultrasound-assisted extraction of polysaccharides from Ginkgo biloba: Process optimization, composition and anti-inflammatory activity
Heliyon|2024
45 cit.
3
Dynamic investigation of hypoxia-induced L-lactylation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2025
32 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Kristen C. Witt
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
96
2
Christopher Nardone
Brigham and Women's Hospital
94
3
Yanni Wang
Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
86
4
Alina Bollhagen
University of Zurich
85
5
Jyothi Budida
Krishna University
82
6
Hao Zhang
South China University of Technology
82
7
Jingfeng Zhang
University of Münster
78
8
S. G. Wilkins
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77
9
Iva Sučec
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
71
10
Azamat Rizuan
Texas A&M University
71

Emerging Leaders Papers

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All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Gary H. Karpen
University of California, Berkeley
99
2
Fujio Izumi
National Institute for Materials Science
99
3
Tao Pan
University of Chicago
94
4
Sohail F. Tavazoie
Rockefeller University
90
5
Koji Niita
Research Organization for Information Science and Technology
84
6
Christopher D. Town
J. Craig Venter Institute
80
7
Yang Shi
Harvard University
72
8
Gilles Thomas
Inserm
68
9
Arthur Schweiger
ETH Zurich
67
10
Arturo Zychlinsky
Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
64

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
Neutrophil elastase and myeloperoxidase regulate the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps
The Journal of Cell Biology|2010
2k cit.
2
Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Contain Calprotectin, a Cytosolic Protein Complex Involved in Host Defense against Candida albicans
PLoS Pathogens|2009
1.6k cit.
3
Endogenous tRNA-Derived Fragments Suppress Breast Cancer Progression via YBX1 Displacement
Cell|2015
1.1k cit.
4
N 6-methyladenosine alters RNA structure to regulate binding of a low-complexity protein
Nucleic Acids Research|2017
801 cit.
5
Diverse stimuli engage different neutrophil extracellular trap pathways
eLife|2017
783 cit.
6
Cell-Cycle Proteins Control Production of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps
Developmental Cell|2017
274 cit.
7
Yin Yang 1 is a critical regulator of B-cell development
Genes & Development|2007
258 cit.
8
Mechanosensitive pannexin-1 channels mediate microvascular metastatic cell survival
Nature Cell Biology|2015
156 cit.
9
Neuronal substance P drives metastasis through an extracellular RNA–TLR7 axis
Nature|2024
154 cit.
10
A single double-strand break system reveals repair dynamics and mechanisms in heterochromatin and euchromatin
Genes & Development|2016
115 cit.

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