Abdou Rachid Thiam

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Abdou Rachid Thiam is a scholar working on Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Abdou Rachid Thiam has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Biochemistry, 32 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Abdou Rachid Thiam's work include Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (40 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (20 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (12 papers). Abdou Rachid Thiam is often cited by papers focused on Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (40 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (20 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (12 papers). Abdou Rachid Thiam collaborates with scholars based in France, Burundi and United States. Abdou Rachid Thiam's co-authors include Tobias C. Walther, Robert V. Farese, Nicolas Brémond, Jérôme Bibette, Mathias Beller, Aymeric Chorlay, Lionel Forêt, Elina Ikonen, Kalthoum Ben M’Barek and Dalila Ajjaji and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Abdou Rachid Thiam

46 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The biophysics and cell biology of lipid droplets

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Abdou Rachid Thiam France	28	2.3k	2.2k	760	534	524	49	3.7k
Koert N.J. Burger Netherlands	34	523 0.2×	2.9k 1.3×	1.6k 2.1×	172 0.3×	426 0.8×	47	4.0k
Stina Oredsson Sweden	34	555 0.2×	2.1k 1.0×	155 0.2×	412 0.8×	66 0.1×	142	3.4k
Satoshi Iwata Japan	17	217 0.1×	1.5k 0.7×	228 0.3×	164 0.3×	169 0.3×	80	2.6k
Richard Wagner Germany	42	154 0.1×	5.2k 2.4×	488 0.6×	350 0.7×	271 0.5×	107	6.1k
Eva M. Schmelz United States	32	129 0.1×	1.3k 0.6×	648 0.9×	831 1.6×	207 0.4×	73	3.0k
Vladimir Chupin Russia	30	168 0.1×	2.8k 1.3×	372 0.5×	546 1.0×	137 0.3×	72	4.1k
Pavlina T. Ivanova United States	31	499 0.2×	1.6k 0.7×	391 0.5×	61 0.1×	264 0.5×	45	2.6k
Adrian R. Walmsley United Kingdom	34	186 0.1×	1.8k 0.8×	257 0.3×	140 0.3×	184 0.4×	89	3.6k
Jürgen J. Heinisch Germany	39	117 0.1×	3.2k 1.5×	1.0k 1.4×	511 1.0×	318 0.6×	120	4.3k
Takuji Oyama Japan	28	134 0.1×	1.8k 0.8×	444 0.6×	94 0.2×	131 0.3×	86	2.7k

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Omrane, Mohyeddine, Jiake Chai, Shujuan Gao, et al.. (2025). DDHD2 possesses both lipase and transacylase capacities that remodel triglyceride acyl chains. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(47). e2500527122–e2500527122. 1 indexed citations

Simon, Damien, Marie‐Aude Plamont, Sylvie Souquère, et al.. (2025). Controlling lipid droplet dynamics via tether condensates. Nature Chemical Biology. 21(10). 1589–1598.

Légeret, Bertrand, Stéphan Cuiné, Florian Veillet, et al.. (2024). α/β hydrolase domain-containing protein 1 acts as a lysolipid lipase and is involved in lipid droplet formation. National Science Review. 11(12). nwae398–nwae398. 2 indexed citations

Stojanović, Ozren, Dalila Ajjaji, Kalthoum Ben M’Barek, et al.. (2024). Perilipin membrane integration determines lipid droplet heterogeneity in differentiating adipocytes. Cell Reports. 43(4). 114093–114093. 18 indexed citations

Ajjaji, Dalila, Kaelin D. Fleming, Peter P. Borbat, et al.. (2023). Structural insights into perilipin 3 membrane association in response to diacylglycerol accumulation. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3204–3204. 29 indexed citations

Rathore, Surabhi, Rakesh Mohan Jha, Mohyeddine Omrane, et al.. (2023). ARL8B mediates lipid droplet contact and delivery to lysosomes for lipid remobilization. Cell Reports. 42(10). 113203–113203. 23 indexed citations

Mattia, Thomas Di, Corinne Wendling, Nario Tomishige, et al.. (2022). MOSPD2 is an endoplasmic reticulum–lipid droplet tether functioning in LD homeostasis. The Journal of Cell Biology. 221(6). 22 indexed citations

Rogers, Sean, Long Gui, Valeria Zoni, et al.. (2022). Triglyceride lipolysis triggers liquid crystalline phases in lipid droplets and alters the LD proteome. The Journal of Cell Biology. 221(11). 30 indexed citations

Monteiro-Cardoso, Vera F., Mohyeddine Omrane, Cécile Sauvanet, et al.. (2022). ORP5 and ORP8 orchestrate lipid droplet biogenesis and maintenance at ER–mitochondria contact sites. The Journal of Cell Biology. 221(9). 65 indexed citations

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Molenaar, Martijn R., Kamlesh Yadav, Alexandre Toulmay, et al.. (2021). Retinyl esters form lipid droplets independently of triacylglycerol and seipin. The Journal of Cell Biology. 220(10). 26 indexed citations

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Caesar, Stefanie, et al.. (2020). Mechanisms of protein targeting to lipid droplets: A unified cell biological and biophysical perspective. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 108. 4–13. 61 indexed citations

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Santinho, Alexandre, Veijo T. Salo, Aymeric Chorlay, et al.. (2020). Membrane Curvature Catalyzes Lipid Droplet Assembly. Current Biology. 30(13). 2481–2494.e6. 88 indexed citations

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Caillon, Lucie, Vincent Nieto, Mohyeddine Omrane, et al.. (2020). Triacylglycerols sequester monotopic membrane proteins to lipid droplets. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3944–3944. 54 indexed citations

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Omrane, Mohyeddine, Cyntia Taveneau, Nassima Benzoubir, et al.. (2019). Septin 9 has Two Polybasic Domains Critical to Septin Filament Assembly and Golgi Integrity. iScience. 13(5). 138–153. 33 indexed citations

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Salo, Veijo T., Shiqian Li, Helena Vihinen, et al.. (2019). Seipin Facilitates Triglyceride Flow to Lipid Droplet and Counteracts Droplet Ripening via Endoplasmic Reticulum Contact. Developmental Cell. 50(4). 478–493.e9. 157 indexed citations

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Monticelli, Luca, Kalthoum Ben M’Barek, Dalila Ajjaji, et al.. (2019). Membrane Asymmetry Imposes Directionality on Lipid Droplet Emergence from the ER. Developmental Cell. 50(1). 25–42.e7. 114 indexed citations

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Chorlay, Aymeric & Abdou Rachid Thiam. (2018). An Asymmetry in Monolayer Tension Regulates Lipid Droplet Budding Direction. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 631–640. 79 indexed citations

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Thiam, Abdou Rachid & Mathias Beller. (2017). The why, when and how of lipid droplet diversity. Journal of Cell Science. 130(2). 315–324. 217 indexed citations

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Wilfling, Florian, Abdou Rachid Thiam, Jing Wang, et al.. (2014). Arf1/COPI machinery acts directly on lipid droplets and enables their connection to the ER for protein targeting. eLife. 3. e01607–e01607. 240 indexed citations

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Thiam, Abdou Rachid, Nicolas Brémond, & Jérôme Bibette. (2011). Adhesive Emulsion Bilayers under an Electric Field: From Unzipping to Fusion. Physical Review Letters. 107(6). 68301–68301. 32 indexed citations

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