Daniel Mesnard

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Daniel Mesnard is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Mesnard has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Cell Biology and 2 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Daniel Mesnard's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (4 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (3 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (2 papers). Daniel Mesnard is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (4 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (3 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (2 papers). Daniel Mesnard collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and Germany. Daniel Mesnard's co-authors include Daniel B. Constam, Marcela Guzman-Ayala, Tuğçe Aktaş, Julien Marquis, Didier Trono, Helen M. Rowe, Sonia Verp, François Spitz, Johan Jakobsson and Jacques Rougemont and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Genes & Development and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Mesnard

10 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

KAP1 controls endogenous retroviruses in embryonic stem c... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 200 400 600
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. KAP1 controls endogenous retroviruses in embryonic stem cells
    2010 600 citations Helen M. Rowe, Johan Jakobsson et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniel Mesnard Switzerland 10 1.3k 312 203 129 120 10 1.4k
Meng Amy Li United Kingdom 12 1.4k 1.0× 201 0.6× 423 2.1× 52 0.4× 69 0.6× 12 1.5k
Paul S. Devenney United Kingdom 14 1.3k 1.0× 142 0.5× 262 1.3× 35 0.3× 117 1.0× 18 1.6k
Corinne Wong United States 11 1.0k 0.8× 533 1.7× 401 2.0× 53 0.4× 45 0.4× 12 1.5k
Oliver Frank Germany 15 1.0k 0.8× 443 1.4× 593 2.9× 37 0.3× 57 0.5× 19 1.5k
Bernadett Papp United States 17 2.1k 1.6× 234 0.8× 317 1.6× 46 0.4× 83 0.7× 27 2.4k
Éric Soler France 23 1.3k 1.0× 169 0.5× 230 1.1× 33 0.3× 33 0.3× 42 1.7k
Zhongxia Qi United States 14 1.3k 1.0× 69 0.2× 209 1.0× 72 0.6× 136 1.1× 36 1.6k
Cindy Melotte Belgium 19 566 0.4× 291 0.9× 813 4.0× 320 2.5× 80 0.7× 32 1.5k
Bolette Bjerregaard Denmark 14 412 0.3× 115 0.4× 130 0.6× 113 0.9× 39 0.3× 17 682
Irina A. Maksakova Canada 12 2.0k 1.6× 793 2.5× 445 2.2× 34 0.3× 63 0.5× 15 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Daniel Mesnard

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Fields of papers citing papers by Daniel Mesnard

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel Mesnard

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Daniel Mesnard. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Daniel Mesnard 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 Daniel Mesnard. Daniel Mesnard is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Bessonnard, Sylvain, Daniel Mesnard, & Daniel B. Constam. (2015). PC7 and the related proteases Furin and Pace4 regulate E-cadherin function during blastocyst formation. The Journal of Cell Biology. 210(7). 1185–1197. 18 indexed citations
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Rowe, Helen M., Marc Friedli, Sandra Offner, et al.. (2013). De novoDNA methylation of endogenous retroviruses is shaped by KRAB-ZFPs/KAP1 and ESET. Development. 140(3). 519–529. 134 indexed citations
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Mesnard, Daniel, Martyn Donnison, Christophe Fuerer, Peter Pfeffer, & Daniel B. Constam. (2011). The microenvironment patterns the pluripotent mouse epiblast through paracrine Furin and Pace4 proteolytic activities. Genes & Development. 25(17). 1871–1880. 36 indexed citations
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Rowe, Helen M., Johan Jakobsson, Daniel Mesnard, et al.. (2010). KAP1 controls endogenous retroviruses in embryonic stem cells. Nature. 463(7278). 237–240. 600 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mesnard, Daniel & Daniel B. Constam. (2010). Imaging proprotein convertase activities and their regulation in the implanting mouse blastocyst. The Journal of Cell Biology. 191(1). 129–139. 23 indexed citations
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Good, J. Ann Le, Daniel Mesnard, Viola Oorschot, et al.. (2008). Cripto recruits Furin and PACE4 and controls Nodal trafficking during proteolytic maturation. The EMBO Journal. 27(19). 2580–2591. 67 indexed citations
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Ben-Haim, Nadav, Cindy Lu, Marcela Guzman-Ayala, et al.. (2006). The Nodal Precursor Acting via Activin Receptors Induces Mesoderm by Maintaining a Source of Its Convertases and BMP4. Developmental Cell. 11(3). 313–323. 250 indexed citations
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Mesnard, Daniel, Marcela Guzman-Ayala, & Daniel B. Constam. (2006). Nodal specifies embryonic visceral endoderm and sustains pluripotent cells in the epiblast before overt axial patterning. Development. 133(13). 2497–2505. 193 indexed citations
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Ciemerych, Maria A., Daniel Mesnard, & Magdalena Zernicka‐Goetz. (2000). Animal and vegetal poles of the mouse egg predict the polarity of the embryonic axis, yet are nonessential for development. Development. 127(16). 3467–3474. 58 indexed citations

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