Alexis Rohou

9.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Alexis Rohou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Structural Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexis Rohou has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Structural Biology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Alexis Rohou's work include Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (9 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (6 papers) and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (4 papers). Alexis Rohou is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (9 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (6 papers) and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (4 papers). Alexis Rohou collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Alexis Rohou's co-authors include Nikolaus Grigorieff, Timothy Grant, John L. Rubinstein, Yuri A. Ushkaryov, Christopher P. Arthur, Jian Payandeh, Claudio Ciferri, John E. Walker, M.G. Montgomery and Daniel Schep and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Alexis Rohou

25 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

CTFFIND4: Fast and accurate defocus estimation from electron micrographs

2015 3.4k citations Alexis Rohou, Nikolaus Grigorieff Journal of Structural Biology profile →
cisTEM, user-friendly software for single-particle image processing

2018 589 citations Timothy Grant, Alexis Rohou et al. eLife profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexis Rohou United States	18	3.8k	743	658	453	450	27	5.4k
Eugene Palovcak United States	10	4.1k 1.1×	718 1.0×	675 1.0×	496 1.1×	522 1.2×	13	5.9k
Dari Kimanius United Kingdom	14	4.1k 1.1×	904 1.2×	531 0.8×	562 1.2×	507 1.1×	22	5.8k
Kliment A. Verba United States	9	4.3k 1.1×	648 0.9×	643 1.0×	544 1.2×	507 1.1×	19	5.9k
Jasenko Zivanov United Kingdom	10	4.3k 1.1×	772 1.0×	507 0.8×	474 1.0×	520 1.2×	13	6.4k
Björn Forsberg Sweden	13	3.2k 0.8×	588 0.8×	454 0.7×	425 0.9×	401 0.9×	18	4.8k
Jean‐Paul Armache United States	23	6.5k 1.7×	869 1.2×	1.1k 1.6×	604 1.3×	652 1.4×	41	8.7k
Michael F. Schmid United States	40	3.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	526 0.8×	760 1.7×	860 1.9×	129	5.3k
Jianlin Lei China	51	6.4k 1.7×	391 0.5×	846 1.3×	533 1.2×	280 0.6×	96	8.6k
Scott M. Stagg United States	31	3.2k 0.8×	793 1.1×	681 1.0×	425 0.9×	290 0.6×	75	4.8k
Takanori Nakane Japan	32	6.1k 1.6×	1.1k 1.5×	720 1.1×	1.0k 2.2×	611 1.4×	57	8.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexis Rohou

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Kung, Jennifer E., Matthew C. Johnson, Dimitry Tegunov, et al.. (2025). Disulfide-constrained Fabs overcome target size limitation for high-resolution single particle cryoEM. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8687–8687.

Shatz-Binder, Whitney, Caleigh M. Azumaya, Brandon Leonard, et al.. (2024). Adapting Ferritin, a Naturally Occurring Protein Cage, to Modulate Intrinsic Agonism of OX40. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 35(5). 593–603. 1 indexed citations

Rohou, Alexis, Edward P. Morris, J. A. Makarova, Alexander Tonevitsky, & Yuri A. Ushkaryov. (2024). α-Latrotoxin Tetramers Spontaneously Form Two-Dimensional Crystals in Solution and Coordinated Multi-Pore Assemblies in Biological Membranes. Toxins. 16(6). 248–248. 1 indexed citations

Pourmal, Sergei, Matthew C. Johnson, Ying Yang, et al.. (2024). Autoinhibition of dimeric NINJ1 prevents plasma membrane rupture. Nature. 637(8045). 446–452. 25 indexed citations

Kschonsak, Marc, Christine C. Jao, Christopher P. Arthur, et al.. (2023). Cryo-EM reveals an unprecedented binding site for NaV1.7 inhibitors enabling rational design of potent hybrid inhibitors. eLife. 12. 17 indexed citations

Gerhardy, Stefan, Mark Ultsch, Jeffrey K. Holden, et al.. (2022). Allosteric inhibition of HTRA1 activity by a conformational lock mechanism to treat age-related macular degeneration. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5222–5222. 11 indexed citations

Gołębiowski, Filip, et al.. (2021). gP2S, an Information Management System for CryoEM Experiments. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

Kschonsak, Marc, Lionel Rougé, Christopher P. Arthur, et al.. (2021). Structures of HCMV Trimer reveal the basis for receptor recognition and cell entry. Cell. 184(5). 1232–1244.e16. 34 indexed citations

Rougé, Lionel, Nancy Chiang, Micah Steffek, et al.. (2020). Structure of CD20 in complex with the therapeutic monoclonal antibody rituximab. Science. 367(6483). 1224–1230. 124 indexed citations

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Clairfeuille, Thomas, Daniel T. Infield, Christopher P. Arthur, et al.. (2019). Structural basis of α-scorpion toxin action on Na _v channels. Science. 363(6433). 136 indexed citations

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Holliday, Michael, Axel Witt, Alejandro Rodríguez Gama, et al.. (2019). Structures of autoinhibited and polymerized forms of CARD9 reveal mechanisms of CARD9 and CARD11 activation. Nature Communications. 10(1). 26 indexed citations

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Xu, Hui, Tianbo Li, Alexis Rohou, et al.. (2019). Structural Basis of Nav1.7 Inhibition by a Gating-Modifier Spider Toxin. Cell. 176(4). 702–715.e14. 132 indexed citations

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Estevez, Alberto, et al.. (2019). Building Cryo-EM at Genentech to Enable Research and Drug Discovery. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 25(S2). 1314–1315. 2 indexed citations

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Grant, Timothy, Alexis Rohou, & Nikolaus Grigorieff. (2018). cisTEM, user-friendly software for single-particle image processing. eLife. 7. 589 indexed citations breakdown →

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Holliday, Michael, Ryan Ferrao, Gladys de Leon Boenig, et al.. (2018). Picomolar zinc binding modulates formation of Bcl10-nucleating assemblies of the caspase recruitment domain (CARD) of CARD9. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(43). 16803–16817. 9 indexed citations

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Mazhab‐Jafari, Mohammad T., Alexis Rohou, Carla Schmidt, et al.. (2016). Atomic model for the membrane-embedded VO motor of a eukaryotic V-ATPase. Nature. 539(7627). 118–122. 125 indexed citations

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Coudray, Nicolas, Sean L. Seyler, Mark E. Dumont, et al.. (2016). Structure of the SLC4 transporter Bor1p in an inward‐facing conformation. Protein Science. 26(1). 130–145. 34 indexed citations

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Rohou, Alexis & Nikolaus Grigorieff. (2015). CTFFIND4: Fast and accurate defocus estimation from electron micrographs. Journal of Structural Biology. 192(2). 216–221. 3392 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rohou, Alexis & Nikolaus Grigorieff. (2014). Frealix: Model-based refinement of helical filament structures from electron micrographs. Journal of Structural Biology. 186(2). 234–244. 20 indexed citations

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Rohou, Alexis, Jon Nield, & Yuri A. Ushkaryov. (2006). Insecticidal toxins from black widow spider venom. Toxicon. 49(4). 531–549. 65 indexed citations

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