Laurent Schaeffer

9.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Laurent Schaeffer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Laurent Schaeffer has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 14 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Laurent Schaeffer's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (29 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (10 papers) and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (9 papers). Laurent Schaeffer is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (29 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (10 papers) and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (9 papers). Laurent Schaeffer collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Canada. Laurent Schaeffer's co-authors include Richard Roy, Jan H.J. Hoeijmakers, Vincent Moncollin, Wim Vermeulen, Jean‐Marc Egly, Jean‐Pierre Changeux, Sandrine Humbert, Pierre Chambon, Geert Weeda and Jean‐Marc Egly and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Laurent Schaeffer

103 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

DNA Repair Helicase: a Component of BTF2 (TFIIH) Basic Transcription Factor

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laurent Schaeffer France	37	4.5k	926	623	564	552	105	5.5k
Jay W. Schneider United States	29	4.4k 1.0×	797 0.9×	310 0.5×	406 0.7×	491 0.9×	52	5.7k
Glenn S. Cowley United States	27	4.0k 0.9×	638 0.7×	1.2k 2.0×	524 0.9×	435 0.8×	40	5.1k
Masayuki Komada Japan	37	3.0k 0.7×	750 0.8×	451 0.7×	1.3k 2.3×	346 0.6×	80	4.8k
Kei Tashiro Japan	36	2.6k 0.6×	1.7k 1.8×	541 0.9×	568 1.0×	795 1.4×	105	6.4k
Dirk Geerts Netherlands	44	3.4k 0.8×	708 0.8×	213 0.3×	1.2k 2.1×	337 0.6×	120	5.4k
Charlotte Hubbert United States	8	3.5k 0.8×	776 0.8×	447 0.7×	791 1.4×	374 0.7×	8	4.2k
Paul K. Goldsmith United States	46	4.2k 0.9×	778 0.8×	1.4k 2.2×	1.0k 1.8×	492 0.9×	102	6.4k
Ruth H. Palmer Sweden	41	3.1k 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	623 1.0×	899 1.6×	312 0.6×	121	5.4k
Dianqing Wu United States	40	3.7k 0.8×	616 0.7×	365 0.6×	880 1.6×	576 1.0×	85	5.3k
Ola Söderberg Sweden	39	5.2k 1.2×	1.2k 1.3×	422 0.7×	1.1k 2.0×	488 0.9×	97	7.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Laurent Schaeffer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laurent Schaeffer

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20 of 20 papers shown

Risson, Valérie, et al.. (2025). Delivery of Prime editing in human stem cells using pseudoviral NanoScribes particles. Nature Communications. 16(1). 397–397. 3 indexed citations

Nonaka, Takashi, Edwige Belotti, Elisabeth Errazuriz-Cerda, et al.. (2025). Enhanced secretion of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ALS-associated misfolded TDP-43 mediated by the ER-ubiquitin specific peptidase USP19. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 82(1). 76–76. 1 indexed citations

Lacoste, Nicolas, Valérie Risson, Fabien Le Grand, et al.. (2024). LSD1 controls a nuclear checkpoint in Wnt/β-Catenin signaling to regulate muscle stem cell self-renewal. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(7). 3667–3681. 12 indexed citations

Girard, Emmanuelle, Nathalie Streichenberger, Philippe Petiot, et al.. (2024). Mitochondrial disorders are associated with morphological neuromuscular junction defects. Neuromuscular Disorders. 45. 105235–105235. 1 indexed citations

Belotti, Edwige, Nicolas Lacoste, Thomas Simonet, et al.. (2024). H2A.Z is involved in premature aging and DSB repair initiation in muscle fibers. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(6). 3031–3049. 9 indexed citations

Zhao, Zehui, Charlène Magnani, Olivier Binda, et al.. (2023). Nucleolar reorganization after cellular stress is orchestrated by SMN shuttling between nuclear compartments. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7384–7384. 7 indexed citations

Alboni, Silvia, Bianca Papotti, Antonietta Vilella, et al.. (2023). Hydroxypropyl-β-Cyclodextrin Depletes Membrane Cholesterol and Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Entry into HEK293T-ACEhi Cells. Pathogens. 12(5). 647–647. 5 indexed citations

Lainé, Jeanne, Hélène Polvèche, Camille Nicoleau, et al.. (2022). MBNL‐dependent impaired development within the neuromuscular system in myotonic dystrophy type 1. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 49(1). e12876–e12876. 9 indexed citations

Jacquier, Arnaud, Fanny Fontaine, Nicolas Lacoste, et al.. (2022). Homozygous COQ7 mutation: a new cause of potentially treatable distal hereditary motor neuropathy. Brain. 146(8). 3470–3483. 11 indexed citations

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Ravel‐Chapuis, Aymeric, Edwige Belotti, Isabella Scionti, et al.. (2022). Pharmacological inhibition of HDAC6 improves muscle phenotypes in dystrophin-deficient mice by downregulating TGF-β via Smad3 acetylation. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7108–7108. 23 indexed citations

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Gangloff, Yann‐Gaël, et al.. (2021). The ESCRT-0 subcomplex component Hrs/Hgs is a master regulator of myogenesis via modulation of signaling and degradation pathways. BMC Biology. 19(1). 153–153. 6 indexed citations

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Abitbol, Marie, Valérie Risson, Emmanuelle Girard, et al.. (2021). MACF1 controls skeletal muscle function through the microtubule-dependent localization of extra-synaptic myonuclei and mitochondria biogenesis. eLife. 10. 10 indexed citations

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Belotti, Edwige, Nicolas Lacoste, Thomas Simonet, et al.. (2020). H2A.Z is dispensable for both basal and activated transcription in post-mitotic mouse muscles. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(9). 4601–4613. 21 indexed citations

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Ravel‐Chapuis, Aymeric, et al.. (2020). HDAC6 regulates microtubule stability and clustering of AChRs at neuromuscular junctions. The Journal of Cell Biology. 219(8). 34 indexed citations

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Jacquier, Arnaud, Cécile Delorme, Edwige Belotti, et al.. (2017). Cryptic amyloidogenic elements in mutant NEFH causing Charcot-Marie-Tooth 2 trigger aggresome formation and neuronal death. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 5(1). 55–55. 18 indexed citations

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Touvier, Thierry, Clara De Palma, Elena Rigamonti, et al.. (2015). Muscle-specific Drp1 overexpression impairs skeletal muscle growth via translational attenuation. Cell Death and Disease. 6(2). e1663–e1663. 107 indexed citations

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Gallot, Yann S., Anne‐Cécile Durieux, Josiane Castells, et al.. (2014). Myostatin Gene Inactivation Prevents Skeletal Muscle Wasting in Cancer. Cancer Research. 74(24). 7344–7356. 82 indexed citations

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Devic, Perrine, P. Petiot, Thomas Simonet, et al.. (2013). Antibodies to clustered acetylcholine receptor: expanding the phenotype. European Journal of Neurology. 21(1). 130–134. 47 indexed citations

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Ravel‐Chapuis, Aymeric, et al.. (2007). Postsynaptic chromatin is under neural control at the neuromuscular junction. The EMBO Journal. 26(4). 1117–1128. 33 indexed citations

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Strochlic, Laure, Annie Cartaud, Alexandre Méjat, et al.. (2004). 14-3-3 γ associates with muscle specific kinase and regulates synaptic gene transcription at vertebrate neuromuscular synapse. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(52). 18189–18194. 34 indexed citations

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