Jessica A. Downs

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Jessica A. Downs is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jessica A. Downs has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Oncology and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Jessica A. Downs's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (36 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (30 papers) and Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer (11 papers). Jessica A. Downs is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (36 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (30 papers) and Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer (11 papers). Jessica A. Downs collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Jessica A. Downs's co-authors include Stephen P. Jackson, Noel F. Lowndes, A. Chambers, Michel C. Nussenzweig, André Nussenzweig, Jacques Côté, Penny A. Jeggo, Stephen J. Kron, Nathalie Bouchard and Olivier Jobin‐Robitaille and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Jessica A. Downs

57 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

A role for Saccharomyces cerevisiae histone H2A in DNA repair

2000 522 citations Jessica A. Downs, Noel F. Lowndes et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jessica A. Downs United Kingdom	29	3.3k	561	374	340	254	59	3.5k
Nigel J. O’Neil Canada	22	2.0k 0.6×	509 0.9×	387 1.0×	216 0.6×	202 0.8×	37	2.4k
Evi Soutoglou France	32	3.5k 1.1×	739 1.3×	362 1.0×	408 1.2×	265 1.0×	48	3.9k
Pascale Bertrand France	25	2.6k 0.8×	721 1.3×	572 1.5×	263 0.8×	237 0.9×	50	3.0k
Woojin An United States	33	3.5k 1.1×	515 0.9×	383 1.0×	229 0.7×	117 0.5×	66	3.9k
Jurgen A. Marteijn Netherlands	29	4.1k 1.3×	999 1.8×	416 1.1×	199 0.6×	230 0.9×	62	4.5k
Robert J. Sims United States	27	5.6k 1.7×	736 1.3×	351 0.9×	325 1.0×	192 0.8×	50	6.1k
Michal Goldberg Israel	28	2.4k 0.7×	651 1.2×	496 1.3×	127 0.4×	347 1.4×	44	2.7k
Patrick Trojer United States	33	4.7k 1.4×	454 0.8×	318 0.9×	378 1.1×	136 0.5×	58	5.3k
Sophie E. Polo France	26	4.4k 1.3×	1.3k 2.3×	413 1.1×	280 0.8×	284 1.1×	44	4.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jessica A. Downs

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Simoes‐Sousa, Susana, Najaf Amin, Alison Harrod, et al.. (2025). ARID1A stabilizes non-homologous end joining factors at DNA breaks induced by the G4 ligand pyridostatin. Cell Reports. 44(9). 116277–116277.

Harrod, Alison, Theodoros I. Roumeliotis, Shane Foo, et al.. (2025). PBRM1 directs PBAF to pericentromeres and protects centromere integrity. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1980–1980. 3 indexed citations

Nieminuszczy, Jadwiga, Jörg Mansfeld, Laurence H. Pearl, et al.. (2025). The CIP2A-TOPBP1 axis facilitates mitotic DNA repair via MiDAS and MMEJ. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10623–10623.

Zuazua‐Villar, Pedro, Andrew J. Counsell, Stephen J. Walsh, et al.. (2023). A recombinant approach for stapled peptide discovery yields inhibitors of the RAD51 recombinase. Chemical Science. 14(47). 13915–13923. 3 indexed citations

Zuazua‐Villar, Pedro, Theodoros I. Roumeliotis, Graeme Benstead-Hume, et al.. (2022). Aneuploidy tolerance caused by BRG1 loss allows chromosome gains and recovery of fitness. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1731–1731. 11 indexed citations

Roumeliotis, Theodoros I., et al.. (2022). PBAF loss leads to DNA damage-induced inflammatory signaling through defective G2/M checkpoint maintenance. Genes & Development. 36(13-14). 790–806. 11 indexed citations

Lindenburg, Laurens H., Fabrice Gielen, Pedro Zuazua‐Villar, et al.. (2021). Improved RAD51 binders through motif shuffling based on the modularity of BRC repeats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(46). 14 indexed citations

Rother, Magdalena B., Stefania Pellegrino, Rebecca Smith, et al.. (2020). CHD7 and 53BP1 regulate distinct pathways for the re-ligation of DNA double-strand breaks. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5775–5775. 34 indexed citations

Harrod, Alison, et al.. (2020). The role of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodelling complex in the response to DNA double strand breaks. DNA repair. 93. 102919–102919. 43 indexed citations

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Benstead-Hume, Graeme, et al.. (2019). Predicting synthetic lethal interactions using conserved patterns in protein interaction networks. PLoS Computational Biology. 15(4). e1006888–e1006888. 30 indexed citations

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Jeggo, Penny A., Jessica A. Downs, & Susan M. Gasser. (2017). Chromatin modifiers and remodellers in DNA repair and signalling. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 372(1731). 20160279–20160279. 12 indexed citations

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Niimi, Atsuko, et al.. (2015). The BAH domain of BAF180 is required for PCNA ubiquitination. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 779. 16–23. 15 indexed citations

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Jeggo, Penny A. & Jessica A. Downs. (2014). Roles of chromatin remodellers in DNA double strand break repair. Experimental Cell Research. 329(1). 69–77. 52 indexed citations

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Chambers, A. & Jessica A. Downs. (2012). The RSC and INO80 Chromatin-Remodeling Complexes in DNA Double-Strand Break Repair. Progress in molecular biology and translational science. 110. 229–261. 34 indexed citations

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Chambers, A., et al.. (2012). The INO80 chromatin remodeling complex prevents polyploidy and maintains normal chromatin structure at centromeres. Genes & Development. 26(23). 2590–2603. 55 indexed citations

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Downs, Jessica A., et al.. (2009). Methylation of H3 K4 and K79 is not strictly dependent on H2B K123 ubiquitylation. The Journal of Cell Biology. 184(5). 631–638. 18 indexed citations

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Titman, Christopher M., Jessica A. Downs, Stephen G. Oliver, et al.. (2009). A metabolomic and multivariate statistical process to assess the effects of genotoxins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular BioSystems. 5(12). 1913–1924. 8 indexed citations

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Downs, Jessica A.. (2008). Histone H3 K56 acetylation, chromatin assembly, and the DNA damage checkpoint. DNA repair. 7(12). 2020–2024. 35 indexed citations

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Downs, Jessica A., et al.. (2004). What functions do linker histones provide?. Molecular Microbiology. 53(3). 771–775. 38 indexed citations

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Downs, Jessica A., Noel F. Lowndes, & Stephen P. Jackson. (2000). A role for Saccharomyces cerevisiae histone H2A in DNA repair. Nature. 408(6815). 1001–1004. 522 indexed citations breakdown →

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