Bernard de Massy

9.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
80 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

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Bernard de Massy is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard de Massy has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Plant Science and 15 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Bernard de Massy's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (57 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (29 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (18 papers). Bernard de Massy is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (57 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (29 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (18 papers). Bernard de Massy collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. Bernard de Massy's co-authors include Frédéric Baudat, Corinne Grey, Alain Nicolas, Jérôme Buard, Yukiko Imai, Patrick Forterre, Paul-Christophe Varoutas, Agnès Bergerat, Graham Coop and Molly Przeworski and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Bernard de Massy

80 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

An atypical topoisomerase II from archaea with implications for meiotic recombination

1997 731 citations Agnès Bergerat, Bernard de Massy et al. Nature profile →
PRDM9 Is a Major Determinant of Meiotic Recombination Hotspots in Humans and Mice

2009 726 citations Frédéric Baudat, Jérôme Buard et al. Science profile →
Cellular Source and Mechanisms of High Transcriptome Complexity in the Mammalian Testis

2013 419 citations Manuela Weier, Serge Nef et al. profile →
Meiotic recombination in mammals: localization and regulation

2013 412 citations Frédéric Baudat, Yukiko Imai et al. Nature Reviews Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bernard de Massy France	47	5.9k	1.8k	1.5k	667	612	80	6.9k
James M. A. Turner United Kingdom	40	5.2k 0.9×	2.7k 1.5×	1.6k 1.1×	733 1.1×	403 0.7×	78	6.7k
Frédéric Baudat France	25	4.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	479 0.7×	518 0.8×	40	4.9k
Peter B. Møens Canada	49	5.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	2.2k 1.4×	615 0.9×	1.2k 1.9×	131	6.9k
Christa Heyting Netherlands	40	4.9k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	310 0.5×	1.1k 1.7×	79	5.7k
R. Scott Hawley United States	53	7.2k 1.2×	1.4k 0.8×	3.4k 2.2×	328 0.5×	2.6k 4.3×	164	8.5k
Michael Primig France	33	3.4k 0.6×	865 0.5×	662 0.4×	342 0.5×	377 0.6×	77	4.3k
Scott Keeney United States	58	12.2k 2.1×	2.0k 1.1×	2.9k 1.9×	1.7k 2.5×	2.0k 3.3×	130	13.2k
Terry L. Orr‐Weaver United States	54	10.6k 1.8×	1.9k 1.0×	3.2k 2.1×	543 0.8×	3.0k 4.9×	124	12.1k
Petr Svoboda Czechia	36	4.5k 0.8×	794 0.4×	681 0.4×	1.1k 1.7×	128 0.2×	89	5.1k
Denise Zickler France	42	5.8k 1.0×	880 0.5×	2.7k 1.8×	223 0.3×	1.3k 2.2×	89	6.6k

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Clément, Julie A. J., Yukiko Imai, Jean‐Jacques Lareyre, et al.. (2025). PRDM9 drives the location and rapid evolution of recombination hotspots in salmonid fish. PLoS Biology. 23(1). e3002950–e3002950. 3 indexed citations

Massy, Bernard de, et al.. (2024). Mapping Meiotic DNA Breaks: Two Fully-Automated Pipelines to Analyze Single-Strand DNA Sequencing Data, hotSSDS and hotSSDS-extra. Methods in molecular biology. 2770. 227–261. 3 indexed citations

Nore, Alexandre, Julie A. J. Clément, Christine Brun, et al.. (2022). TOPOVIBL-REC114 interaction regulates meiotic DNA double-strand breaks. Nature Communications. 13(1). 26 indexed citations

Coelho, Susana M., et al.. (2022). Evolution and Diversity of the TopoVI and TopoVI-like Subunits With Extensive Divergence of the TOPOVIBL subunit. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39(11). 15 indexed citations

Grey, Corinne & Bernard de Massy. (2022). Coupling crossover and synaptonemal complex in meiosis. Genes & Development. 36(1-2). 4–6. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Zhongyi, Evgeny Leushkin, Angélica Liechti, et al.. (2020). Transcriptome and translatome co-evolution in mammals. Nature. 588(7839). 642–647. 109 indexed citations

Rossitto, Moïra, M. Ollivier, Stephanie Déjardin, et al.. (2019). In utero exposure to acetaminophen and ibuprofen leads to intergenerational accelerated reproductive aging in female mice. Communications Biology. 2(1). 310–310. 23 indexed citations

Papanikos, Frantzeskos, Julie A. J. Clément, Corinne Grey, et al.. (2019). Mouse ANKRD31 Regulates Spatiotemporal Patterning of Meiotic Recombination Initiation and Ensures Recombination between X and Y Sex Chromosomes. Molecular Cell. 74(5). 1069–1085.e11. 65 indexed citations

Kumar, Rajeev, et al.. (2018). Mouse REC114 is essential for meiotic DNA double-strand break formation and forms a complex with MEI4. Life Science Alliance. 1(6). e201800259–e201800259. 68 indexed citations

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Robert, Thomas, Alexandre Nore, Christine Brun, et al.. (2016). The TopoVIB-Like protein family is required for meiotic DNA double-strand break formation. Science. 351(6276). 943–949. 209 indexed citations

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Massy, Bernard de. (2016). Meiosis: To pair and recombine, a sophisticated chromosome dance. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 54. 104–105. 2 indexed citations

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Baudat, Frédéric, Yukiko Imai, & Bernard de Massy. (2013). Meiotic recombination in mammals: localization and regulation. Nature Reviews Genetics. 14(11). 794–806. 412 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mihola, Ondřej, Petr Šimeček, Soňa Gregorová, et al.. (2012). Interallelic and Intergenic Incompatibilities of the Prdm9 (Hst1) Gene in Mouse Hybrid Sterility. PLoS Genetics. 8(11). e1003044–e1003044. 59 indexed citations

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Baudat, Frédéric, Jérôme Buard, Corinne Grey, & Bernard de Massy. (2011). Comment sont choisis les sites d’échanges entre chromosomes lors de la méiose ?. médecine/sciences. 27(12). 1053–1055. 1 indexed citations

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Lichten, Michael & Bernard de Massy. (2011). The Impressionistic Landscape of Meiotic Recombination. Cell. 147(2). 267–270. 64 indexed citations

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Romero, Yannick, Oliver Meikar, Marilena D. Papaioannou, et al.. (2011). Dicer1 Depletion in Male Germ Cells Leads to Infertility Due to Cumulative Meiotic and Spermiogenic Defects. PLoS ONE. 6(10). e25241–e25241. 125 indexed citations

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Baudat, Frédéric, Jérôme Buard, Corinne Grey, et al.. (2009). PRDM9 Is a Major Determinant of Meiotic Recombination Hotspots in Humans and Mice. Science. 327(5967). 836–840. 726 indexed citations breakdown →

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Grey, Corinne, Frédéric Baudat, & Bernard de Massy. (2009). Genome-Wide Control of the Distribution of Meiotic Recombination. PLoS Biology. 7(2). e1000035–e1000035. 63 indexed citations

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Baudat, Frédéric & Bernard de Massy. (2007). Regulating double-stranded DNA break repair towards crossover or non-crossover during mammalian meiosis. Chromosome Research. 15(5). 565–577. 143 indexed citations

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Bergerat, Agnès, et al.. (1997). An atypical topoisomerase II from archaea with implications for meiotic recombination. Nature. 386(6623). 414–417. 731 indexed citations breakdown →

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