Hervé Seitz

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Hervé Seitz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Hervé Seitz has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Cancer Research and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Hervé Seitz's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (21 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (15 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (10 papers). Hervé Seitz is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (21 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (15 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (10 papers). Hervé Seitz collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. Hervé Seitz's co-authors include Phillip D. Zamore, Chengjian Li, Vasily V. Vagin, Jérôme Cavaillé, Alla A. Sigova, Anne C. Ferguson‐Smith, Shau‐Ping Lin, В. А. Гвоздев, Jia Xu and Zhiping Weng and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Hervé Seitz

42 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

A Distinct Small RNA Pathway Silences Selfish Genetic Elements in the Germline

2006 1.0k citations Vasily V. Vagin, Alla A. Sigova et al. Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hervé Seitz France	28	4.8k	1.9k	1.9k	994	317	44	5.6k
Nicola Iovino Germany	11	3.5k 0.7×	956 0.5×	1.9k 1.0×	452 0.5×	199 0.6×	21	4.4k
Satomi Kuramochi‐Miyagawa Japan	25	5.5k 1.2×	3.5k 1.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	146 0.5×	35	6.4k
Michelle A. Carmell United States	12	6.2k 1.3×	2.0k 1.0×	3.0k 1.5×	843 0.8×	79 0.2×	14	7.2k
Angélique Girard United States	9	4.4k 0.9×	2.7k 1.4×	1.3k 0.7×	872 0.9×	93 0.3×	10	5.2k
Ramesh S. Pillai Switzerland	35	6.9k 1.4×	1.7k 0.9×	3.2k 1.7×	595 0.6×	66 0.2×	50	7.8k
Steffen Heyne Germany	10	4.1k 0.9×	936 0.5×	513 0.3×	628 0.6×	152 0.5×	14	5.1k
Fabian Kilpert Germany	14	4.1k 0.9×	942 0.5×	476 0.2×	641 0.6×	91 0.3×	18	5.2k
Ye Zhan United States	25	4.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	516 0.3×	935 0.9×	52 0.2×	38	5.7k
Igor V. Makunin Russia	16	3.7k 0.8×	808 0.4×	1.8k 0.9×	730 0.7×	48 0.2×	36	4.4k
Adam Pavlı́c̀ek United States	28	3.3k 0.7×	2.5k 1.3×	298 0.2×	1.1k 1.2×	66 0.2×	53	5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Hervé Seitz

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hervé Seitz

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Vezzio-Vié, Nadia, Antoine Aze, Hervé Seitz, et al.. (2025). TopBP1 biomolecular condensates as a new therapeutic target in advanced-stage colorectal cancer. eLife. 14.

Gros, Nathalie, et al.. (2023). Biochemistry-informed design selects potent siRNAs against SARS-CoV-2. RNA Biology. 20(1). 272–280. 2 indexed citations

Seitz, Hervé, et al.. (2022). A rationalized definition of general tumor suppressor microRNAs excludes miR-34a. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(8). 4703–4712. 12 indexed citations

Marty, Virginie, Pascale Mercier, Nicolai Krogh, et al.. (2020). Re-assessment of the involvement of Snord115 in the serotonin 2C receptor pathway in a genetically relevant mouse model. eLife. 9. 5 indexed citations

Marty, Virginie, Pascale Mercier, Nicolai Krogh, et al.. (2020). Reassessment of the involvement of Snord115 in the serotonin 2c receptor pathway in a genetically relevant mouse model. eLife. 9. 30 indexed citations

Saito, Junichi, et al.. (2020). Mechanistic analysis of the enhanced RNAi activity by 6-mCEPh-purine at the 5′ end of the siRNA guide strand. RNA. 27(2). 151–162. 4 indexed citations

Seitz, Hervé, et al.. (2019). Inconsistencies and Limitations of Current MicroRNA Target Identification Methods. Methods in molecular biology. 1970. 291–314. 27 indexed citations

Clauß, Sebastian, Ina M. Berger, Birgit Weiß, et al.. (2016). Coding and non-coding variants in the SHOX2 gene in patients with early-onset atrial fibrillation. Basic Research in Cardiology. 111(3). 36–36. 36 indexed citations

Royo, Hélène, Hervé Seitz, Elias Elinati, et al.. (2015). Silencing of X-Linked MicroRNAs by Meiotic Sex Chromosome Inactivation. PLoS Genetics. 11(10). e1005461–e1005461. 29 indexed citations

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Seitz, Hervé, Jogender S. Tushir, & Phillip D. Zamore. (2011). A 5′-uridine amplifies miRNA/miRNA* asymmetry in Drosophila by promoting RNA-induced silencing complex formation. PubMed. 2(1). 4–4. 45 indexed citations

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Tsutsumi, Akihisa, Tomoko Kawamata, Natsuko Izumi, Hervé Seitz, & Yukihide Tomari. (2011). Recognition of the pre-miRNA structure by Drosophila Dicer-1. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 18(10). 1153–1158. 136 indexed citations

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Seitz, Hervé. (2010). siRNAs: The Hidden Face of the Small RNA World. Current Biology. 20(3). R108–R110. 4 indexed citations

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Ghildiyal, Megha, Jia Xu, Hervé Seitz, Zhiping Weng, & Phillip D. Zamore. (2009). Sorting of Drosophila small silencing RNAs partitions microRNA* strands into the RNA interference pathway. RNA. 16(1). 43–56. 266 indexed citations

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Seitz, Hervé. (2009). Redefining MicroRNA Targets. Current Biology. 19(10). 870–873. 265 indexed citations

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Klattenhoff, Carla, Hualin Simon Xi, Chengjian Li, et al.. (2009). The Drosophila HP1 Homolog Rhino Is Required for Transposon Silencing and piRNA Production by Dual-Strand Clusters. Cell. 138(6). 1137–1149. 333 indexed citations

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Li, Chengjian, Vasily V. Vagin, Soohyun Lee, et al.. (2009). Collapse of Germline piRNAs in the Absence of Argonaute3 Reveals Somatic piRNAs in Flies. Cell. 137(3). 509–521. 444 indexed citations

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Vagin, Vasily V., Alla A. Sigova, Chengjian Li, et al.. (2006). A Distinct Small RNA Pathway Silences Selfish Genetic Elements in the Germline. Science. 313(5785). 320–324. 1034 indexed citations breakdown →

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Seitz, Hervé & Phillip D. Zamore. (2006). Rethinking the Microprocessor. Cell. 125(5). 827–829. 51 indexed citations

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Seitz, Hervé, Hélène Royo, Marie‐Line Bortolin‐Cavaillé, et al.. (2004). A Large Imprinted microRNA Gene Cluster at the Mouse Dlk1-Gtl2 Domain. Genome Research. 14(9). 1741–1748. 425 indexed citations

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Bétermier, Mireille, Sandra Duharcourt, Hervé Seitz, & Éric Meyer. (2000). Timing of Developmentally Programmed Excision and Circularization of Paramecium Internal Eliminated Sequences. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(5). 1553–1561. 53 indexed citations

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