Karim Majzoub

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Karim Majzoub is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Karim Majzoub has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Epidemiology and 5 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Karim Majzoub's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (5 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (3 papers). Karim Majzoub is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (5 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (3 papers). Karim Majzoub collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Australia. Karim Majzoub's co-authors include Jan E. Carette, Yaw Shin Ooi, Andreas S. Puschnik, Caleb Marceau, Alex G. Johnson, Ryan A. Flynn, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Peter Sarnow, Miguel Mata and Benson M. George and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Karim Majzoub

21 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Small RNAs are modified with N-glycans and displayed on the surface of living cells

2021 369 citations Ryan A. Flynn, Kayvon Pedram et al. Cell profile →
Genetic dissection of Flaviviridae host factors through genome-scale CRISPR screens

2016 320 citations Caleb Marceau, Andreas S. Puschnik et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karim Majzoub France	13	1.1k	321	270	224	194	21	1.6k
Caleb Marceau United States	14	984 0.9×	255 0.8×	259 1.0×	162 0.7×	148 0.8×	17	1.5k
Sumana Sanyal United Kingdom	25	944 0.9×	309 1.0×	318 1.2×	352 1.6×	430 2.2×	39	1.7k
Guang Gao Canada	17	680 0.6×	127 0.4×	119 0.4×	213 1.0×	349 1.8×	25	1.3k
Iván D’Orso United States	27	1.4k 1.3×	284 0.9×	287 1.1×	383 1.7×	610 3.1×	52	2.1k
Alec J. Hirsch United States	19	383 0.4×	616 1.9×	499 1.8×	328 1.5×	319 1.6×	42	1.4k
N. Kyle Tanner France	19	2.5k 2.3×	161 0.5×	127 0.5×	191 0.9×	163 0.8×	36	2.9k
Nicholas S. Duesbery United States	22	1.9k 1.8×	96 0.3×	228 0.8×	232 1.0×	103 0.5×	48	2.2k
Andrew J. Mouland Canada	38	2.4k 2.3×	175 0.5×	766 2.8×	573 2.6×	370 1.9×	90	3.5k
Amy S.Y. Lee United States	14	1.7k 1.6×	193 0.6×	396 1.5×	1.0k 4.6×	243 1.3×	19	2.4k
Pierre Lafaye France	24	928 0.9×	187 0.6×	286 1.1×	264 1.2×	139 0.7×	57	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karim Majzoub

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Ferreira, Álvaro, Yann Verdier, Joëlle Vinh, et al.. (2025). Argonaute 2 targets viral transcripts but not genomes of RNA viruses during antiviral RNA interference in Drosophila. PLoS Pathogens. 21(2). e1012184–e1012184. 1 indexed citations

Charlot, Benoît, et al.. (2024). Organotypic culture of human brain explants as a preclinical model for AI-driven antiviral studies. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 16(4). 1004–1026. 6 indexed citations

Blanchet, Fabien P., et al.. (2024). Toll-like receptor 4 – a multifunctional virus recognition receptor. Trends in Microbiology. 33(1). 34–47. 13 indexed citations

McKellar, Joe, Giovanni Merolla, Carine Chavey, et al.. (2024). Comparative analysis of human, rodent and snake deltavirus replication. PLoS Pathogens. 20(3). e1012060–e1012060. 1 indexed citations

Majzoub, Karim, et al.. (2022). Hepatitis D virus: Improving virological knowledge to develop new treatments. Antiviral Research. 209. 105461–105461. 13 indexed citations

Flynn, Ryan A., Kayvon Pedram, Stacy A. Malaker, et al.. (2021). Small RNAs are modified with N-glycans and displayed on the surface of living cells. Cell. 184(12). 3109–3124.e22. 369 indexed citations breakdown →

Girardi, Erika, Sébastien Pfeffer, Thomas F. Baumert, & Karim Majzoub. (2020). Roadblocks and fast tracks: How RNA binding proteins affect the viral RNA journey in the cell. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 111. 86–100. 21 indexed citations

Alencastro, Gustavo de, Francesco Puzzo, Mara Pavel-Dinu, et al.. (2020). Improved Genome Editing through Inhibition of FANCM and Members of the BTR Dissolvase Complex. Molecular Therapy. 29(3). 1016–1027. 10 indexed citations

Abernathy, Emma, Roberto Mateo, Karim Majzoub, et al.. (2019). Differential and convergent utilization of autophagy components by positive-strand RNA viruses. PLoS Biology. 17(1). e2006926–e2006926. 62 indexed citations

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Ooi, Yaw Shin, Karim Majzoub, Ryan A. Flynn, et al.. (2019). An RNA-centric dissection of host complexes controlling flavivirus infection. Nature Microbiology. 4(12). 2369–2382. 85 indexed citations

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Mata, Miguel, S Neben, Karim Majzoub, et al.. (2019). Impact of a patient-derived hepatitis C viral RNA genome with a mutated microRNA binding site. PLoS Pathogens. 15(5). e1007467–e1007467. 11 indexed citations

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Ramanathan, Muthukumar, Karim Majzoub, Deepti Rao, et al.. (2018). RNA–protein interaction detection in living cells. Nature Methods. 15(3). 207–212. 224 indexed citations

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Puschnik, Andreas S., Caleb Marceau, Yaw Shin Ooi, et al.. (2017). A Small-Molecule Oligosaccharyltransferase Inhibitor with Pan-flaviviral Activity. Cell Reports. 21(11). 3032–3039. 59 indexed citations

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Puschnik, Andreas S., Karim Majzoub, Yaw Shin Ooi, & Jan E. Carette. (2017). A CRISPR toolbox to study virus–host interactions. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 15(6). 351–364. 133 indexed citations

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Johnson, Alex G., Alexey Petrov, Gabriele Fuchs, et al.. (2017). Fluorescently-tagged human eIF3 for single-molecule spectroscopy. Nucleic Acids Research. 46(2). e8–e8. 10 indexed citations

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Kühn, Lauriane, Karim Majzoub, Johana Chicher, et al.. (2017). Definition of a RACK1 Interaction Network in Drosophila melanogaster Using SWATH-MS. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 7(7). 2249–2258. 6 indexed citations

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Marceau, Caleb, Andreas S. Puschnik, Karim Majzoub, et al.. (2016). Genetic dissection of Flaviviridae host factors through genome-scale CRISPR screens. Nature. 535(7610). 159–163. 320 indexed citations breakdown →

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Majzoub, Karim, Mohamed Lamine Hafirassou, Carine Meignin, et al.. (2014). RACK1 Controls IRES-Mediated Translation of Viruses. Cell. 159(5). 1086–1095. 139 indexed citations

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Hafirassou, Mohamed Lamine, Karim Majzoub, Stefano Marzi, et al.. (2013). 1156 THE RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN RACK1 IS A SPECIFIC HOST FACTOR REQUIRED FOR IRES-MEDIATED TRANSLATION OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS. Journal of Hepatology. 58. S470–S470. 1 indexed citations

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Sætrom, Pål, Jacob Biesinger, David Smith, et al.. (2009). A Risk Variant in an miR-125b Binding Site in BMPR1B Is Associated with Breast Cancer Pathogenesis. Cancer Research. 69(18). 7459–7465. 118 indexed citations

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