Graham MacLeod

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Graham MacLeod is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Reproductive Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Graham MacLeod has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Reproductive Medicine and 3 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Graham MacLeod's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (4 papers), Sperm and Testicular Function (4 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers). Graham MacLeod is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (4 papers), Sperm and Testicular Function (4 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers). Graham MacLeod collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Graham MacLeod's co-authors include Stéphane Angers, Peter B. Dirks, Traver Hart, Zachary Steinhart, Sachdev S. Sidhu, Olivia S. Rissland, Frederick P. Roth, Kevin R. Brown, Patricia Mero and Michal Zimmermann and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Graham MacLeod

22 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

High-Resolution CRISPR Screens Reveal Fitness Genes and Genotype-Specific Cancer Liabilities

2015 1000 citations Traver Hart, Megha Chandrashekhar et al. Cell profile →
High-Density Proximity Mapping Reveals the Subcellular Organization of mRNA-Associated Granules and Bodies

2018 510 citations Ji‐Young Youn, Wade H. Dunham et al. Molecular Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Graham MacLeod Canada	14	1.9k	432	344	237	202	22	2.4k
Zachary Steinhart Canada	14	2.2k 1.2×	337 0.8×	498 1.4×	227 1.0×	305 1.5×	17	2.7k
Martin L. Biniossek Germany	29	1.3k 0.7×	429 1.0×	515 1.5×	372 1.6×	203 1.0×	83	2.3k
Christof Fellmann United States	27	2.9k 1.6×	455 1.1×	508 1.5×	184 0.8×	410 2.0×	32	3.4k
Yuval Tabach Israel	20	1.6k 0.8×	460 1.1×	479 1.4×	120 0.5×	204 1.0×	49	2.1k
Guo-fu Hu United States	18	1.6k 0.9×	692 1.6×	456 1.3×	188 0.8×	120 0.6×	18	2.2k
Abiodun A. Ogunjimi Canada	14	2.2k 1.2×	740 1.7×	504 1.5×	543 2.3×	155 0.8×	17	2.6k
James C. Garbe United States	32	1.9k 1.0×	471 1.1×	827 2.4×	277 1.2×	287 1.4×	55	2.8k
Carlos‐Filipe Pereira Portugal	24	1.9k 1.0×	276 0.6×	253 0.7×	203 0.9×	252 1.2×	54	2.4k
Duanduan Ma United States	17	1.1k 0.6×	211 0.5×	459 1.3×	256 1.1×	110 0.5×	28	1.6k
Saskia I. J. Ellenbroek Netherlands	16	1.6k 0.9×	624 1.4×	671 2.0×	455 1.9×	243 1.2×	18	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Graham MacLeod

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Fields of papers citing papers by Graham MacLeod

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Graham MacLeod

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Elkholi, Islam E., Amélie Robert, Jia Wu, et al.. (2025). Targeting the Dependence on PIK3C3-mTORC1 Signaling in Dormancy-Prone Breast Cancer Cells Blunts Metastasis Initiation. Cancer Research. 85(12). 2179–2198. 1 indexed citations

Chidiac, Rony, Andy Yang, Nicholas Mikolajewicz, et al.. (2025). Selective activation of FZD2 and FZD7 reveals non-redundant function during mesoderm differentiation. Stem Cell Reports. 20(2). 102391–102391. 2 indexed citations

MacLeod, Graham, Sichun Lin, Michelle Kushida, et al.. (2024). Fitness Screens Map State-Specific Glioblastoma Stem Cell Vulnerabilities. Cancer Research. 84(23). 3967–3983. 3 indexed citations

Houlès, Thibault, Jonathan Boucher, Geneviève Lavoie, et al.. (2023). The CDK12 inhibitor SR-4835 functions as a molecular glue that promotes cyclin K degradation in melanoma. Cell Death Discovery. 9(1). 14 indexed citations

MacLeod, Graham, Nishani Rajakulendran, & Stéphane Angers. (2022). Identification of Drug Resistance Mechanisms Using Genome-Wide CRISPR-Cas9 Screens. Methods in molecular biology. 2535. 141–156. 3 indexed citations

Schleicher, Tina, et al.. (2020). Development of a Multiplexed Synthetic Control for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 and Other Respiratory Pathogens Using a Nucleic Acid Syndromic Testing Panel. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 22(11). 1 indexed citations

Aubert, Léo, Neethi Nandagopal, Zachary Steinhart, et al.. (2020). Copper bioavailability is a KRAS-specific vulnerability in colorectal cancer. Nature Communications. 11(1). 200 indexed citations

Rajakulendran, Nishani, Katherine Rowland, Hayden Selvadurai, et al.. (2019). Wnt and Notch signaling govern self-renewal and differentiation in a subset of human glioblastoma stem cells. Genes & Development. 33(9-10). 498–510. 85 indexed citations

MacLeod, Graham, Danielle Bozek, Nishani Rajakulendran, et al.. (2019). Genome-Wide CRISPR-Cas9 Screens Expose Genetic Vulnerabilities and Mechanisms of Temozolomide Sensitivity in Glioblastoma Stem Cells. Cell Reports. 27(3). 971–986.e9. 144 indexed citations

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Morton, Andrew R., Nergiz Doğan, Zachary Faber, et al.. (2019). Functional Enhancers Shape Extrachromosomal Oncogene Amplifications. Cell. 179(6). 1330–1341.e13. 203 indexed citations

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Youn, Ji‐Young, Wade H. Dunham, Seo Jung Hong, et al.. (2018). High-Density Proximity Mapping Reveals the Subcellular Organization of mRNA-Associated Granules and Bodies. Molecular Cell. 69(3). 517–532.e11. 510 indexed citations breakdown →

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Robitaille, Mélanie, Avais M. Daulat, Graham MacLeod, et al.. (2016). SAPCD2 Controls Spindle Orientation and Asymmetric Divisions by Negatively Regulating the Gαi-LGN-NuMA Ternary Complex. Developmental Cell. 36(1). 50–62. 25 indexed citations

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Hart, Traver, Megha Chandrashekhar, Michael Aregger, et al.. (2015). High-Resolution CRISPR Screens Reveal Fitness Genes and Genotype-Specific Cancer Liabilities. Cell. 163(6). 1515–1526. 1000 indexed citations breakdown →

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Opaluch, Amanda M., Monika Schneider, Chih-Yuan Chiang, et al.. (2014). Positive Regulation of TRAF6-Dependent Innate Immune Responses by Protein Phosphatase PP1-γ. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e89284–e89284. 14 indexed citations

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MacLeod, Graham, et al.. (2013). PPP1CC2 can form a kinase/phosphatase complex with the testis-specific proteins TSSK1 and TSKS in the mouse testis. Reproduction. 147(1). 1–12. 13 indexed citations

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MacLeod, Graham, et al.. (2013). Comparative phosphoproteomic analysis of the mouse testis reveals changes in phosphopeptide abundance in response to Ppp1cc deletion. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 1–16. 4 indexed citations

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MacLeod, Graham & Susannah Varmuza. (2013). The application of proteomic approaches to the study of mammalian spermatogenesis and sperm function. FEBS Journal. 280(22). 5635–5651. 21 indexed citations

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MacLeod, Graham & Susannah Varmuza. (2012). Tandem Affinity Purification in Transgenic Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells Identifies DDOST as a Novel PPP1CC2 Interacting Protein. Biochemistry. 51(48). 9678–9688. 12 indexed citations

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Henderson, Hannah, et al.. (2010). New candidate targets of protein phosphatase-1c-gamma-2 in mouse testis revealed by a differential phosphoproteome analysis. International Journal of Andrology. 34(4pt1). 339–351. 17 indexed citations

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Kuzmin, Anastasia, et al.. (2009). Identification of Potentially Damaging Amino Acid Substitutions Leading to Human Male Infertility1. Biology of Reproduction. 81(2). 319–326. 16 indexed citations

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