Alexandre Webster

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
8 papers, 951 citations indexed

About

Alexandre Webster is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexandre Webster has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 951 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Plant Science and 2 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Alexandre Webster's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (4 papers) and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (2 papers). Alexandre Webster is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (4 papers) and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (2 papers). Alexandre Webster collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Alexandre Webster's co-authors include Melina Schuh, Katalin Fejes Tóth, Alexei A. Aravin, Junho K. Hur, Edward M. Perkins, Susan E. Liao, Adrien Le Thomas, Alicia Rogers, Georgi K. Marinov and Dubravka Pezić and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Genes & Development and Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Alexandre Webster

8 papers receiving 921 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.

Piwi induces piRNA-guided transcriptional silencing and establishment of a repressive chromatin state

2013 383 citations Adrien Le Thomas, Alicia Rogers et al. Genes & Development profile →
Aneuploidy in mammalian oocytes and the impact of maternal ageing

2022 93 citations Alexandre Webster, Melina Schuh et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexandre Webster United States	8	714	493	155	124	92	8	951
Jialei Duan United States	13	1.2k 1.7×	395 0.8×	118 0.8×	284 2.3×	155 1.7×	17	1.6k
Matyáš Flemr Czechia	14	988 1.4×	300 0.6×	197 1.3×	119 1.0×	33 0.4×	19	1.2k
Kevin Brick United States	18	1.5k 2.1×	493 1.0×	85 0.5×	550 4.4×	39 0.4×	27	1.8k
Aurélie Teissandier France	11	1.2k 1.7×	314 0.6×	53 0.3×	299 2.4×	100 1.1×	17	1.4k
Joan Barau Brazil	11	635 0.9×	309 0.6×	39 0.3×	180 1.5×	58 0.6×	16	857
Andrea Coluccio Switzerland	11	1.2k 1.7×	559 1.1×	68 0.4×	280 2.3×	92 1.0×	14	1.4k
Akane Morohoshi Japan	14	438 0.6×	269 0.5×	184 1.2×	170 1.4×	16 0.2×	20	730
Do‐Hwan Lim South Korea	15	589 0.8×	100 0.2×	51 0.3×	74 0.6×	19 0.2×	30	756
Yusuke Shiromoto Japan	12	737 1.0×	242 0.5×	43 0.3×	111 0.9×	15 0.2×	18	845
Duangporn Jamsai Australia	18	488 0.7×	84 0.2×	225 1.5×	287 2.3×	29 0.3×	24	869

Countries citing papers authored by Alexandre Webster

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexandre Webster

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexandre Webster

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alexandre Webster. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alexandre Webster based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alexandre Webster. Alexandre Webster is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Webster, Alexandre, et al.. (2022). Aneuploidy in mammalian oocytes and the impact of maternal ageing. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 24(1). 27–44. 93 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hu, Hongmiao, Alexandre Webster, Jiamu Du, et al.. (2021). Binding of guide piRNA triggers methylation of the unstructured N-terminal region of Aub leading to assembly of the piRNA amplification complex. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4061–4061. 20 indexed citations

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Webster, Alexandre & Melina Schuh. (2016). Mechanisms of Aneuploidy in Human Eggs. Trends in Cell Biology. 27(1). 55–68. 171 indexed citations

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Tóth, Katalin Fejes, et al.. (2015). The piRNA Pathway Guards the Germline Genome Against Transposable Elements. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 886. 51–77. 150 indexed citations

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Webster, Alexandre, Sisi Li, Junho K. Hur, et al.. (2015). Aub and Ago3 Are Recruited to Nuage through Two Mechanisms to Form a Ping-Pong Complex Assembled by Krimper. Molecular Cell. 59(4). 564–575. 91 indexed citations

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Thomas, Adrien Le, Alicia Rogers, Alexandre Webster, et al.. (2013). Piwi induces piRNA-guided transcriptional silencing and establishment of a repressive chromatin state. Genes & Development. 27(4). 390–399. 383 indexed citations breakdown →

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Webster, Paul & Alexandre Webster. (2013). Cryosectioning Fixed and Cryoprotected Biological Material for Immunocytochemistry. Methods in molecular biology. 1117. 273–313. 17 indexed citations

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Klein, Joshua S., Alexandre Webster, Priyanthi N.P. Gnanapragasam, Rachel P. Galimidi, & Pamela J. Björkman. (2010). A dimeric form of the HIV-1 antibody 2G12 elicits potent antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. AIDS. 24(11). 1633–1640. 26 indexed citations

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