Léon Sanche

21.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
407 papers, 17.9k citations indexed

About

Léon Sanche is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Léon Sanche has authored 407 papers receiving a total of 17.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 242 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 127 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films and 102 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Léon Sanche's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (164 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (127 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (114 papers). Léon Sanche is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (164 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (127 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (114 papers). Léon Sanche collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Léon Sanche's co-authors include Pierre Cloutier, Darel J. Hunting, M. Michaud, Michael A. Huels, L. Parenteau, Elahe Alizadeh, Yi Zheng, G. J. Schulz, A. D. Bass and Hassan Abdoul‐Carime and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Léon Sanche

399 papers receiving 17.5k citations

Hit Papers

Resonant Formation of DNA Strand Breaks by Low-Energy (3 ... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 2015 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Resonant Formation of DNA Strand Breaks by Low-Energy (3 to 20 eV) Electrons
    2000 1.8k citations Pierre Cloutier, Darel J. Hunting et al. profile →
  2. Biomolecular Damage Induced by Ionizing Radiation: The Direct and Indirect Effects of Low-Energy Electrons on DNA
    2015 372 citations Léon Sanche et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Léon Sanche Canada 64 10.3k 4.2k 4.2k 3.9k 2.6k 407 17.9k
Eugen Illenberger Germany 50 6.1k 0.6× 1.3k 0.3× 3.8k 0.9× 789 0.2× 1.1k 0.4× 246 8.3k
Pierre Cloutier Canada 30 3.0k 0.3× 1.6k 0.4× 1.4k 0.3× 1.1k 0.3× 547 0.2× 107 5.1k
P. Scheier Austria 52 8.5k 0.8× 971 0.2× 3.9k 0.9× 510 0.1× 726 0.3× 486 10.8k
Sebastian Doniach United States 78 6.0k 0.6× 7.8k 1.8× 1.1k 0.3× 1.5k 0.4× 1.3k 0.5× 237 20.7k
N. J. Mason United Kingdom 44 6.2k 0.6× 393 0.1× 2.4k 0.6× 595 0.2× 3.5k 1.3× 556 10.6k
Darel J. Hunting Canada 32 2.1k 0.2× 2.2k 0.5× 1.1k 0.3× 728 0.2× 352 0.1× 79 5.2k
Nicholas Winograd United States 68 2.4k 0.2× 2.0k 0.5× 4.5k 1.1× 1.8k 0.5× 5.5k 2.1× 415 18.4k
J. Als‐Nielsen Denmark 56 4.5k 0.4× 3.5k 0.8× 686 0.2× 549 0.1× 1.1k 0.4× 204 11.7k
Josef Michl United States 77 7.2k 0.7× 2.2k 0.5× 4.3k 1.0× 159 0.0× 6.3k 2.4× 684 28.8k
Klaus Huber Germany 39 10.5k 1.0× 469 0.1× 5.8k 1.4× 556 0.1× 2.6k 1.0× 193 19.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Léon Sanche

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Léon Sanche

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Barok, Márk, Heikki Joensuu, Natalie Zeytuni, et al.. (2025). Integrating Biochemical and Computational Approaches Reveal Structural Insights in Trastuzumab scFv-Fc Antibody Engineering. Biomolecules. 15(5). 606–606.
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Cloutier, Pierre, et al.. (2024). Binding energies of CD4 and fragment species to Pt(111): Implications for measurements of anion electron stimulated desorption. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 161(6). 1 indexed citations
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Bass, A. D., et al.. (2024). Electron-Induced Damage by UV Photolysis of DNA Attached to Gold Nanoparticles. Chemical Research in Toxicology. 37(2). 419–428. 3 indexed citations
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Gao, Yingxia, Yanfang Dong, Wenyue Su, et al.. (2024). Comparisons between the Direct and Indirect Effect of 1.5 keV X-rays and 0–30 eV Electrons on DNA: Base Lesions, Stand Breaks, Cross-Links, and Cluster Damages. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 128(45). 11041–11053. 3 indexed citations
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Kumar, Anil, Michael D. Sevilla, & Léon Sanche. (2024). How a Single 5 eV Electron Can Induce Double-Strand Breaks in DNA: A Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 128(17). 4053–4062. 4 indexed citations
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Liao, Hong, et al.. (2023). DNA Protection against Damages Induced by Low-Energy Electrons: Absolute Cross Sections for Arginine–DNA Complexes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 14(24). 5674–5680. 9 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yi & Léon Sanche. (2023). Mechanisms of Nanoscale Radiation Enhancement by Metal Nanoparticles: Role of Low Energy Electrons. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(5). 4697–4697. 11 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yi, et al.. (2021). Damage Induced to DNA and Its Constituents by 0–3 eV UV Photoelectrons†. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 98(3). 546–563. 8 indexed citations
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Dong, Yanfang, Hong Liao, Yingxia Gao, et al.. (2021). Early Events in Radiobiology: Isolated and Cluster DNA Damage Induced by Initial Cations and Nonionizing Secondary Electrons. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 12(1). 717–723. 24 indexed citations
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Charest, Gabriel, Minghan Shi, Mohamed Wehbe, et al.. (2020). Concomitant Chemoradiation Therapy with Gold Nanoparticles and Platinum Drugs Co-Encapsulated in Liposomes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(14). 4848–4848. 26 indexed citations
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Dong, Yanfang, et al.. (2020). Role of Transient Anions in Chemoradiation Therapy: Base Modifications, Cross-Links, and Cluster Damages Induced to Cisplatin-DNA Complexes by 1–20 eV Electrons. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 124(16). 3315–3325. 10 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yi & Léon Sanche. (2019). Clustered DNA Damages induced by 0.5 to 30 eV Electrons. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(15). 3749–3749. 24 indexed citations
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Zhou, Limei, et al.. (2019). Absolute cross sections for chemoradiation therapy: Damages to cisplatin-DNA complexes induced by 10 eV electrons. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 150(19). 195101–195101. 7 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yi & Léon Sanche. (2018). Effective and absolute cross sections for low-energy (1-30 eV) electron interactions with condensed biomolecules. Applied Physics Reviews. 5(2). 21302–21302. 33 indexed citations
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Shao, Yu, Yanfang Dong, Darel J. Hunting, Yi Zheng, & Léon Sanche. (2017). Unified Mechanism for the Generation of Isolated and Clustered DNA Damages by a Single Low Energy (5–10 eV) Electron. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(4). 2466–2472. 29 indexed citations
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Dong, Yanfang, Limei Zhou, Qinfen Tian, Yi Zheng, & Léon Sanche. (2017). Chemoradiation Cancer Therapy: Molecular Mechanisms of Cisplatin Radiosensitization. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(32). 17505–17513. 22 indexed citations
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Bass, A. D., et al.. (2017). Electron stimulated desorption from condensed pyrimidine and pyridazine. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 19(20). 13038–13048. 12 indexed citations

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