Benoît Ladoux

17.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
133 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

Benoît Ladoux is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Benoît Ladoux has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Cell Biology, 82 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 23 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Benoît Ladoux's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (119 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (71 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (23 papers). Benoît Ladoux is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (119 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (71 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (23 papers). Benoît Ladoux collaborates with scholars based in France, Singapore and United States. Benoît Ladoux's co-authors include René‐Marc Mège, Axel Buguin, Pascal Silberzan, Chwee Teck Lim, Alexandre Saez, Pascal Hersen, Sri Ram Krishna Vedula, Marion Ghibaudo, Philippe Chavrier and Xavier Trepat and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Benoît Ladoux

131 papers receiving 11.5k citations

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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.

Collective migration of an epithelial monolayer in response to a model wound

2007 666 citations Philippe Chavrier, Benoît Ladoux et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Force mapping in epithelial cell migration

2005 602 citations Axel Buguin, Philippe Chavrier et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Mechanobiology of collective cell behaviours

2017 512 citations Benoît Ladoux, René‐Marc Mège profile →
Evidence of a large-scale mechanosensing mechanism for cellular adaptation to substrate stiffness

2012 416 citations Sri Ram Krishna Vedula, Mukund Gupta et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benoît Ladoux France	57	8.3k	5.8k	2.5k	1.3k	1.1k	133	11.6k
Margaret L. Gardel United States	52	6.9k 0.8×	3.0k 0.5×	2.4k 1.0×	1.8k 1.3×	949 0.8×	115	10.4k
Xavier Trepat Spain	65	11.1k 1.3×	6.7k 1.1×	4.2k 1.7×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	136	16.1k
Guillaume Charras United Kingdom	54	7.6k 0.9×	3.4k 0.6×	3.9k 1.6×	1.4k 1.1×	551 0.5×	118	12.1k
Ulrich S. Schwarz Germany	49	7.6k 0.9×	4.4k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	2.5k 1.9×	488 0.4×	179	10.5k
Pascal Silberzan France	46	3.7k 0.4×	4.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	75	8.6k
Joachim P. Spatz Germany	80	8.6k 1.0×	10.9k 1.9×	5.6k 2.2×	3.0k 2.3×	569 0.5×	351	25.9k
Viola Vogel Switzerland	75	7.6k 0.9×	5.2k 0.9×	6.3k 2.5×	3.8k 2.9×	1.1k 1.0×	264	19.0k
Ewa K. Paluch United Kingdom	37	5.2k 0.6×	1.9k 0.3×	2.5k 1.0×	751 0.6×	543 0.5×	57	7.1k
Matthieu Piel France	60	6.8k 0.8×	3.1k 0.5×	5.0k 2.0×	478 0.4×	471 0.4×	153	11.5k
Manuel Théry France	49	6.4k 0.8×	2.6k 0.5×	3.9k 1.6×	653 0.5×	314 0.3×	103	9.3k

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Rossé, Carine, Lakshmi Balasubramaniam, Elisabetta Marangoni, et al.. (2025). Force transmission is a master regulator of mechanical cell competition. Nature Materials. 24(6). 966–976. 4 indexed citations

Balasubramaniam, Lakshmi, Carine Rossé, Tien Dang, et al.. (2025). Dynamic forces shape the survival fate of eliminated cells. Nature Physics. 21(2). 269–278. 4 indexed citations

Luciano, Marine, Wang Xi, Cristina Martinez-Torres, et al.. (2024). A minimal physical model for curvotaxis driven by curved protein complexes at the cell’s leading edge. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(12). e2306818121–e2306818121. 9 indexed citations

Balasubramaniam, Lakshmi, Shreyansh Jain, Tien Dang, et al.. (2024). Different Biomechanical Cell Behaviors in an Epithelium Drive Collective Epithelial Cell Extrusion. Advanced Science. 11(42). e2401573–e2401573.

Joseph, D. D., et al.. (2024). Deposited footprints let cells switch between confined, oscillatory, and exploratory migration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(22). e2318248121–e2318248121. 10 indexed citations

Joseph, D. D., et al.. (2023). Polarization and motility of one-dimensional multi-cellular trains. Biophysical Journal. 122(23). 4598–4613. 7 indexed citations

Monteiro, Pedro, Fiona Routet, Anne‐Sophie Macé, et al.. (2023). A mechanosensitive caveolae–invadosome interplay drives matrix remodelling for cancer cell invasion. Nature Cell Biology. 25(12). 1787–1803. 15 indexed citations

Narayana, Gautham Hari Narayana Sankara, Mélina L. Heuzé, Hanry Yu, et al.. (2022). Local contractions regulate E-cadherin rigidity sensing. Science Advances. 8(4). eabk0387–eabk0387. 17 indexed citations

Glentis, Alexandros, Carlès Blanch-Mercader, Lakshmi Balasubramaniam, et al.. (2022). The emergence of spontaneous coordinated epithelial rotation on cylindrical curved surfaces. Science Advances. 8(37). eabn5406–eabn5406. 22 indexed citations

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Petracchini, Serena, Anne Doye, Atef Asnacios, et al.. (2022). Optineurin links Hace1-dependent Rac ubiquitylation to integrin-mediated mechanotransduction to control bacterial invasion and cell division. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6059–6059. 14 indexed citations

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Sonam, Surabhi, Antoine Jégou, Guillaume Romet‐Lemonne, et al.. (2021). Direct measurement of near‐nano‐Newton forces developed by self‐organizing actomyosin fibers bound α‐catenin. Biology of the Cell. 113(11). 441–449. 3 indexed citations

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Peyret, Grégoire, et al.. (2018). Kalman Inversion Stress Microscopy. Biophysical Journal. 115(9). 1808–1816. 11 indexed citations

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Xi, Wang, Surabhi Sonam, Chwee Teck Lim, & Benoît Ladoux. (2018). Tubular microscaffolds for studying collective cell migration. Methods in cell biology. 3–21. 5 indexed citations

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Seddiki, Rima, Gautham Hari Narayana Sankara Narayana, Pierre‐Olivier Strale, et al.. (2017). Force-dependent binding of vinculin to α-catenin regulates cell–cell contact stability and collective cell behavior. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 29(4). 380–388. 77 indexed citations

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Ladoux, Benoît, René‐Marc Mège, & Xavier Trepat. (2016). Front–Rear Polarization by Mechanical Cues: From Single Cells to Tissues. Trends in Cell Biology. 26(6). 420–433. 110 indexed citations

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Tlili, Sham, et al.. (2016). Waves in cell monolayer without proliferation: density determines cell velocity and wave celerity. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Gupta, Mukund, Leyla Kocgozlu, Bibhu Ranjan Sarangi, et al.. (2015). Micropillar substrates: A tool for studying cell mechanobiology. Methods in cell biology. 125. 289–308. 44 indexed citations

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Reffay, Myriam, Maria‐Carla Parrini, Olivier Cochet‐Escartin, et al.. (2014). Migration collective : un partage des tâches entre cellulesleaderset coordination supracellulaire. médecine/sciences. 30(8-9). 736–738. 2 indexed citations

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Vedula, Sri Ram Krishna, Andrea Ravasio, Ester Anon, et al.. (2014). Microfabricated Environments to Study Collective Cell Behaviors. Methods in cell biology. 120. 235–252. 21 indexed citations

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Ghibaudo, Marion, Jean-Marc Di Meglio, Pascal Hersen, & Benoît Ladoux. (2010). Mechanics of cell spreading within 3D-micropatterned environments. Lab on a Chip. 11(5). 805–812. 73 indexed citations

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