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Researcher · Howard Hughes Medical Institute · United States

Thomas R. Cech

Thomas R. Cech publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Physiology and Ecology, on topics such as RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer and Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence.

ORCID 0000-0001-7338-3389 OpenAlex
World rank
#13,737
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#6,609
of 358,040
Works
54
Citations
778
Citations per work
14.4

What does Thomas R. Cech research?

Molecular Biology: 61.1%Physiology: 11.1%Ecology: 7.4%Genetics: 3.7%other fields: 16.7%61%top field
Molecular Biology61.1%Physiology11.1%Ecology7.4%Genetics3.7%other fields16.7%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Molecular Biology61% of their works
  2. 2Physiology11% of their works
  3. 3Ecology7% of their works
  4. 4Genetics4% of their works
  5. 5Parasitology2% of their works
  6. 6Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Thomas R. Cech's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ribosome, Translation, m6A-seq, Nanoparticles, RNA methylation, Senescence, Telomere and Alternative Splicing.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Ribosome81 topic
  2. Translation81 topic
  3. Nanoparticles72 topics
  4. RNA methylation71 topic
  5. m6A-seq71 topic
  6. Senescence61 topic
  7. Telomere61 topic
  8. Alternative Splicing41 topic
  9. DNA nanotechnology41 topic
  10. RNA-Binding Proteins41 topic
  11. Self-Assembly41 topic
  12. DNA Damage31 topic
  13. Ecology31 topic
  14. Repair31 topic
  15. Virus31 topic
  16. DNA Structure21 topic
  17. G-Quadruplexes21 topic

Where does Thomas R. Cech work?

Thomas R. Cech's main affiliation in the publication record is Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States.

How many publications and citations does Thomas R. Cech have?

Science Explorer counts 54 works and 778 citations for Thomas R. Cech, ranking #13,737 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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