Alain Scaiola

1.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Alain Scaiola is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Scaiola has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Oncology and 3 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Alain Scaiola's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (6 papers) and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (4 papers). Alain Scaiola is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (6 papers) and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (4 papers). Alain Scaiola collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Russia. Alain Scaiola's co-authors include Nenad Ban, Marc Leibundgut, Volker Thiel, Katharina Schubert, Oliver Mühlemann, Evangelos D. Karousis, Ahmad Jomaa, Lukas‐Adrian Gurzeler, Daniel Boehringer and David Gatfield and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Alain Scaiola

17 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1 binds the ribosomal mRNA channel to inhib... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2021 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1 binds the ribosomal mRNA channel to inhibit translation
    2020 383 citations Katharina Schubert, Evangelos D. Karousis et al. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology profile →
  2. Structural basis of ribosomal frameshifting during translation of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome
    2021 176 citations Pramod R. Bhatt, Alain Scaiola et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alain Scaiola Switzerland 15 729 380 127 123 81 19 1.1k
Orel Mizrahi Israel 9 516 0.7× 380 1.0× 133 1.0× 82 0.7× 36 0.4× 10 844
Shira Weingarten-Gabbay Israel 11 893 1.2× 293 0.8× 98 0.8× 129 1.0× 35 0.4× 16 1.2k
Annabel Borg United Kingdom 12 528 0.7× 268 0.7× 197 1.6× 46 0.4× 111 1.4× 13 874
Timur Mackens‐Kiani Germany 7 406 0.6× 410 1.1× 164 1.3× 80 0.7× 49 0.6× 7 773
Michael Ameismeier Germany 7 471 0.6× 408 1.1× 131 1.0× 76 0.6× 55 0.7× 7 830
Jingfang Mu China 13 546 0.7× 504 1.3× 298 2.3× 47 0.4× 90 1.1× 30 1.2k
Frédéric Garzoni France 13 671 0.9× 274 0.7× 63 0.5× 26 0.2× 34 0.4× 21 966
Jacqueline Staring Netherlands 5 690 0.9× 153 0.4× 90 0.7× 157 1.3× 61 0.8× 5 973
Lester Carter United Kingdom 6 541 0.7× 202 0.5× 42 0.3× 38 0.3× 43 0.5× 11 773

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alain Scaiola

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alain Scaiola

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Yudin, Denis, Sowmya Chandrasekar, Alain Scaiola, et al.. (2025). Mechanism of cotranslational modification of histones H2A and H4 by MetAP1 and NatD. Science Advances. 11(51). eaeb1017–eaeb1017.
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Gamerdinger, Martin, Ziyi Fan, Alain Scaiola, et al.. (2025). Mechanism of cotranslational protein N-myristoylation in human cells. Molecular Cell. 85(14). 2749–2758.e8. 2 indexed citations
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Yudin, Denis, Martin Gamerdinger, Sowmya Chandrasekar, et al.. (2024). NAC guides a ribosomal multienzyme complex for nascent protein processing. Nature. 633(8030). 718–724. 14 indexed citations
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Schubert, Katharina, Evangelos D. Karousis, Christopher P. Lapointe, et al.. (2023). Universal features of Nsp1-mediated translational shutdown by coronaviruses. Molecular Cell. 83(19). 3546–3557.e8. 24 indexed citations
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Leibundgut, Marc, Alain Scaiola, Richard G. Lee, et al.. (2023). Molecular basis of translation termination at noncanonical stop codons in human mitochondria. Science. 380(6644). 531–536. 20 indexed citations
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Gamerdinger, Martin, Min Jia, Ahmad Jomaa, et al.. (2023). NAC controls cotranslational N-terminal methionine excision in eukaryotes. Science. 380(6651). 1238–1243. 24 indexed citations
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Jomaa, Ahmad, Martin Gamerdinger, Viswanathan Chandrasekaran, et al.. (2022). Mechanism of signal sequence handover from NAC to SRP on ribosomes during ER-protein targeting. Science. 375(6583). 839–844. 56 indexed citations
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Jomaa, Ahmad, Martin Gamerdinger, Viswanathan Chandrasekaran, et al.. (2022). Mechanism of Signal Sequence Handover From NAC To SRP on Ribosomes During ER-protein Targeting. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 28(S1). 1092–1092.
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Bhatt, Pramod R., Alain Scaiola, Gary Loughran, et al.. (2021). Structural basis of ribosomal frameshifting during translation of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome. Science. 372(6548). 1306–1313. 176 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lenarčič, Tea, Marc Leibundgut, Alain Scaiola, et al.. (2021). Stepwise maturation of the peptidyl transferase region of human mitoribosomes. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3671–3671. 33 indexed citations
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Kummer, Eva, et al.. (2021). Structural basis of translation termination, rescue, and recycling in mammalian mitochondria. Molecular Cell. 81(12). 2566–2582.e6. 38 indexed citations
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Schubert, Katharina, Evangelos D. Karousis, Ahmad Jomaa, et al.. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1 binds the ribosomal mRNA channel to inhibit translation. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 27(10). 959–966. 383 indexed citations breakdown →
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Scaiola, Alain, Stefan Imseng, Daniel Boehringer, et al.. (2020). The 3.2-Å resolution structure of human mTORC2. Science Advances. 6(45). 67 indexed citations
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Schubert, Katharina, Evangelos D. Karousis, Ahmad Jomaa, et al.. (2020). Author Correction: SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1 binds the ribosomal mRNA channel to inhibit translation. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 27(11). 1094–1094. 15 indexed citations
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Ramrath, D.J.F., Moritz Niemann, Simone Matteï, et al.. (2019). Mitoribosomal small subunit biogenesis in trypanosomes involves an extensive assembly machinery. Science. 365(6458). 1144–1149. 52 indexed citations
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Borgia, Alessandro, Madeleine B. Borgia, Alain Scaiola, Robert B. Best, & Benjamin Schuler. (2019). Highly Disordered 10:1 Complex of Two Anti-Apoptotic, Chromatin-Remodelling Intrinsically Disordered Proteins. Biophysical Journal. 116(3). 453a–453a. 1 indexed citations
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Scaiola, Alain, Marc Leibundgut, Daniel Boehringer, et al.. (2019). Structural basis of translation inhibition by cadazolid, a novel quinoxolidinone antibiotic. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 5634–5634. 19 indexed citations
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Scaiola, Alain, Cohue Peña, Melanie Weisser, et al.. (2018). Structure of a eukaryotic cytoplasmic pre‐40S ribosomal subunit. The EMBO Journal. 37(7). 72 indexed citations
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Stuttfeld, Edward, C.H.S. Aylett, Stefan Imseng, et al.. (2018). Architecture of the human mTORC2 core complex. eLife. 7. 61 indexed citations

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