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Bela Novak publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bela Novak sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 168 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Bela Novak D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bela Novak sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 66 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Bela Novak is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a total of 45 publications in this broad area. Within this domain, their work is concentrated in several subfields including Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Plant Science, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Biophysics.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range of cellular and molecular mechanisms. Major themes include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics, Gene Regulatory Network Analysis, Fungal and yeast genetics research, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

Bela Novak has authored several recent papers published in notable journals. These include:

  • "Cyclin A triggers Mitosis either via the Greatwall kinase pathway or Cyclin B" (2020) in The EMBO Journal
  • "A Dynamical Paradigm for Molecular Cell Biology" (2020) in Trends in Cell Biology
  • "Time-keeping and decision-making in the cell cycle" (2022) in Interface Focus
  • "Mechanisms of signalling-memory governing progression through the eukaryotic cell cycle" (2021) in Current Opinion in Cell Biology
  • "A Single Light-Responsive Sizer Can Control Multiple-Fission Cycles in Chlamydomonas" (2020) in Current Biology

The publication venues where Bela Novak frequently appears include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with eight publications, Current Biology and Molecular Biology of the Cell with two publications each, as well as The EMBO Journal and Trends in Cell Biology.

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of Novak's scientific output. Frequent co-authors are John J. Tyson, Calin-Mihai Dragoi, Paul Lang, Alexis R. Barr, and David R. Penas. Notably, John J. Tyson appears as a co-author on seventeen occasions, indicating a longstanding research partnership.

Best Publications

  • Sniffers, buzzers, toggles and blinkers: dynamics of regulatory and signaling pathways in the cell

    John J Tyson;Katherine C Chen;Bela Novak

  • Design principles of biochemical oscillators.

    Béla Novák;John J. Tyson

  • Integrative Analysis of Cell Cycle Control in Budding Yeast

    Katherine C. Chen;Laurence Calzone;Attila Csikasz-Nagy;Frederick R. Cross

  • Network dynamics and cell physiology

    John J. Tyson;Kathy Chen;Bela Novak

  • Kinetic Analysis of a Molecular Model of the Budding Yeast Cell Cycle

    Katherine C. Chen;Attila Csikasz-Nagy;Bela Gyorffy;John Val

  • Numerical analysis of a comprehensive model of M-phase control in Xenopus oocyte extracts and intact embryos

    Bela Novak;John J. Tyson

  • Regulation of the eukaryotic cell cycle: molecular antagonism, hysteresis, and irreversible transitions.

    John J Tyson;Bela Novak

  • The dynamics of cell cycle regulation

    John J. Tyson;Attila Csikasz‐Nagy;Bela Novak

  • A model for restriction point control of the mammalian cell cycle

    Béla Novák;John J. Tyson

  • DNA damage during S-phase mediates the proliferation-quiescence decision in the subsequent G1 via p21 expression

    Alexis R. Barr;Samuel Cooper;Samuel Cooper;Frank S. Heldt;Francesca Butera

  • Functional Motifs in Biochemical Reaction Networks

    John J. Tyson;Béla Novák

  • Downregulation of PP2ACdc55 Phosphatase by Separase Initiates Mitotic Exit in Budding Yeast

    Ethel Queralt;Chris Lehane;Bela Novak;Bela Novak;Frank Uhlmann

  • Analysis of a Generic Model of Eukaryotic Cell-Cycle Regulation

    Attila Csikász-Nagy;Attila Csikász-Nagy;Dorjsuren Battogtokh;Katherine C. Chen;Béla Novák

  • Steady States and Oscillations in the p53/Mdm2 Network

    Andrea Ciliberto;Bela Novak;John J. Tyson

  • Temporal Organization of the Cell Cycle

    John J. Tyson;Bela Novak

  • A Simple Model of Circadian Rhythms Based on Dimerization and Proteolysis of PER and TIM

    John J. Tyson;Christian I. Hong;C. Dennis Thron;Bela Novak

  • The size control of fission yeast revisited

    A. Sveiczer;B. Novak;J.M. Mitchison

  • Regulation of APC/C activity in oocytes by a Bub1-dependent spindle assembly checkpoint.

    Barry E. McGuinness;Martin Anger;Anna Kouznetsova;Ana M. Gil-Bernabé

  • Irreversible cell-cycle transitions are due to systems-level feedback.

    Bela Novak;John J. Tyson;Bela Gyorffy;Attila Csikasz-Nagy

  • Modeling the control of DNA replication in fission yeast

    Bela Novak;John J. Tyson

Frequent Co-Authors

John J. Tyson
John J. Tyson Virginia Tech
Frank Uhlmann
Frank Uhlmann The Francis Crick Institute
Jan-Michael Peters
Jan-Michael Peters Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
Karl Mechtler
Karl Mechtler Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
Kim Nasmyth
Kim Nasmyth University of Oxford
Arp Schnittger
Arp Schnittger Universität Hamburg
Marcos Malumbres
Marcos Malumbres Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Frederick R. Cross
Frederick R. Cross Rockefeller University
Jan Ellenberg
Jan Ellenberg European Bioinformatics Institute
Jacky L. Snoep
Jacky L. Snoep Stellenbosch University

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