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Witold Filipowicz publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Witold Filipowicz sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 174 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Witold Filipowicz D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Witold Filipowicz sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2005 - Polish Academy of Science
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Witold Filipowicz is affiliated with the Friedrich Miescher Institute in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focused specialization in Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers significant topics related to RNA biology, including:

  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Among their recent papers are:

  • RNA, the epicenter of genetic information, 2022, RNA Biology
  • DDX3 depletion represses translation of mRNAs with complex 5' UTRs, 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Recollections: Yasuhiro Furuichi (1940-2022), 2022, RNA

Witold Filipowicz has collaborated with various researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Lorenzo Calviello
  • Srivats Venkataramanan
  • Karol Jerzy Rogowski
  • Emanuel Wyler
  • Kevin Wilkins

The venues in which they have published frequently are:

  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • RNA Biology
  • RNA

Witold Filipowicz has been recognized by several scientific organizations, having received awards such as the Polish Academy of Science award in 2005 and election as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2005. The scientist is also a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms of post-transcriptional regulation by microRNAs: are the answers in sight?

    Witold Filipowicz;Suvendra N. Bhattacharyya;Nahum Sonenberg

  • The widespread regulation of microRNA biogenesis, function and decay.

    Jacek Krol;Inga Loedige;Witold Filipowicz

  • Regulation of mRNA Translation and Stability by microRNAs

    Marc Robert Fabian;Nahum Sonenberg;Witold Filipowicz

  • Inhibition of translational initiation by Let-7 MicroRNA in human cells.

    Ramesh S. Pillai;Suvendra N. Bhattacharyya;Caroline G. Artus;Tabea Zoller

  • Relief of microRNA-Mediated Translational Repression in Human Cells Subjected to Stress

    Suvendra N. Bhattacharyya;Regula Habermacher;Ursula Martine;Ellen I. Closs

  • Repression of protein synthesis by miRNAs: how many mechanisms?

    Ramesh S. Pillai;Suvendra N. Bhattacharyya;Witold Filipowicz

  • Single Processing Center Models for Human Dicer and Bacterial RNase III

    Haidi Zhang;Fabrice A Kolb;Lukasz Jaskiewicz;Eric Westhof

  • TRBP, a regulator of cellular PKR and HIV‐1 virus expression, interacts with Dicer and functions in RNA silencing

    Astrid D Haase;Lukasz Jaskiewicz;Haidi Zhang;Sébastien Lainé

  • Human Dicer preferentially cleaves dsRNAs at their termini without a requirement for ATP

    Haidi Zhang;Fabrice A. Kolb;Vincent Brondani;Eric Billy

  • Mechanisms of miRNA-mediated post-transcriptional regulation in animal cells

    Marina Chekulaeva;Witold Filipowicz

  • The RNA-binding protein KSRP promotes the biogenesis of a subset of microRNAs

    Michele Trabucchi;Paola Briata;Mariaflor Garcia-Mayoral;Astrid-Desiree Haase

  • Interferon signaling and treatment outcome in chronic hepatitis C

    Magdalena Sarasin-Filipowicz;Edward J. Oakeley;Francois H. T. Duong;Verena Christen

  • Post-transcriptional gene silencing by siRNAs and miRNAs.

    Witold Filipowicz;Lukasz Jaskiewicz;Fabrice A Kolb;Ramesh S Pillai

  • RNAi: The Nuts and Bolts of the RISC Machine

    Witold Filipowicz

  • Specific interference with gene expression induced by long, double-stranded RNA in mouse embryonal teratocarcinoma cell lines

    Eric Billy;Vincent Brondani;Haidi Zhang;Ulrich Müller

  • MicroRNAs control de novo DNA methylation through regulation of transcriptional repressors in mouse embryonic stem cells

    Lasse Sinkkonen;Tabea Hugenschmidt;Philipp Berninger;Dimos Gaidatzis

  • Characterizing Light-Regulated Retinal MicroRNAs Reveals Rapid Turnover as a Common Property of Neuronal MicroRNAs

    Jacek Krol;Volker Busskamp;Ilona Markiewicz;Michael B. Stadler

  • Tethering of human Ago proteins to mRNA mimics the miRNA-mediated repression of protein synthesis.

    Ramesh S. Pillai;Caroline G. Artus;Witold Filipowicz

  • Biogenesis of small nucleolar ribonucleoproteins.

    Witold Filipowicz;Vanda Pogačić

  • Mammalian miRNA RISC Recruits CAF1 and PABP to Affect PABP-Dependent Deadenylation

    Marc R. Fabian;Géraldine Mathonnet;Thomas Sundermeier;Hansruedi Mathys

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory J. Goodall
Gregory J. Goodall University of Adelaide
Nahum Sonenberg
Nahum Sonenberg McGill University
Botond Roska
Botond Roska University of Basel
Markus Landthaler
Markus Landthaler Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Andreas Hofmann
Andreas Hofmann University of Melbourne
Alexander Wlodawer
Alexander Wlodawer National Institutes of Health
Pascal Genschik
Pascal Genschik University of Strasbourg
Petr Svoboda
Petr Svoboda Czech Academy of Sciences
Michael B. Stadler
Michael B. Stadler Friedrich Miescher Institute
Markus H. Heim
Markus H. Heim University Hospital of Basel

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