Matteo Rauzi

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Matteo Rauzi is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Matteo Rauzi has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Cell Biology, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Matteo Rauzi's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (16 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (5 papers) and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (4 papers). Matteo Rauzi is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (16 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (5 papers) and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (4 papers). Matteo Rauzi collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and Slovenia. Matteo Rauzi's co-authors include Pierre‐François Lenne, Thomas Lecuit, Pascale Vérant, Matthieu Cavey, Claudio Collinet, Maria Leptin, P. Ziherl, Lars Hufnagel, Uroš Kržič and Matej Krajnc and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Matteo Rauzi

22 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Planar polarized actomyos... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2010 2008 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Planar polarized actomyosin contractile flows control epithelial junction remodelling
    2010 479 citations Matteo Rauzi, Pierre‐François Lenne et al. Nature profile →
  2. Nature and anisotropy of cortical forces orienting Drosophila tissue morphogenesis
    2008 457 citations Matteo Rauzi, Pascale Vérant et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matteo Rauzi France 16 1.6k 773 522 202 183 22 2.0k
Jens-Christian Röper Germany 10 2.1k 1.3× 1.1k 1.4× 759 1.5× 180 0.9× 176 1.0× 10 2.6k
Jérôme Solon Spain 15 1.4k 0.9× 764 1.0× 706 1.4× 133 0.7× 97 0.5× 22 2.2k
Erin L. Barnhart United States 14 1.4k 0.9× 503 0.7× 588 1.1× 118 0.6× 185 1.0× 16 1.9k
Julien Colombelli Spain 26 1.5k 0.9× 1.2k 1.5× 763 1.5× 317 1.6× 170 0.9× 48 2.9k
Benoît Aigouy France 16 1.9k 1.2× 911 1.2× 725 1.4× 251 1.2× 166 0.9× 19 2.5k
Shigehiko Yumura Japan 30 2.1k 1.3× 1.0k 1.3× 558 1.1× 123 0.6× 168 0.9× 70 2.5k
Reza Farhadifar United States 11 1.7k 1.0× 832 1.1× 648 1.2× 148 0.7× 147 0.8× 20 2.2k
Greg M. Allen United States 11 841 0.5× 483 0.6× 485 0.9× 108 0.5× 116 0.6× 12 1.5k
Guy B. Blanchard United Kingdom 21 1.3k 0.8× 698 0.9× 422 0.8× 220 1.1× 244 1.3× 31 1.7k
Ruedi Meili United States 19 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 469 0.9× 167 0.8× 84 0.5× 29 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matteo Rauzi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matteo Rauzi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Matteo Rauzi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Matteo Rauzi based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Matteo Rauzi. Matteo Rauzi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rauzi, Matteo, et al.. (2025). Nuclear position controls the activity of cortical actomyosin networks powering simultaneous morphogenetic events. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1587–1587. 1 indexed citations
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Pagnotta, Sophie, et al.. (2024). A mechanical wave travels along a genetic guide to drive the formation of an epithelial furrow during Drosophila gastrulation. Developmental Cell. 59(3). 400–414.e5. 7 indexed citations
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Blanchard, Guy B., Claire M. Lye, Grégoire Malandain, et al.. (2022). Embryo-scale epithelial buckling forms a propagating furrow that initiates gastrulation. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3348–3348. 24 indexed citations
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Rauzi, Matteo, et al.. (2021). A two-tier junctional mechanism drives simultaneous tissue folding and extension. Developmental Cell. 56(10). 1469–1483.e5. 18 indexed citations
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Rauzi, Matteo, et al.. (2021). Composite morphogenesis during embryo development. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 120. 119–132. 3 indexed citations
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Rauzi, Matteo, et al.. (2021). Cellular and Supracellular Planar Polarity: A Multiscale Cue to Elongate the Drosophila Egg Chamber. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 645235–645235. 6 indexed citations
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Medeiros, Gustavo de, Bálint Balázs, Nils Norlin, et al.. (2020). Cell and tissue manipulation with ultrashort infrared laser pulses in light-sheet microscopy. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 1942–1942. 22 indexed citations
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Chen, Lin, Xiang Qin, Chang Liu, et al.. (2020). A Cdc42-mediated supracellular network drives polarized forces and Drosophila egg chamber extension. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1921–1921. 18 indexed citations
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Rauzi, Matteo. (2016). Probing tissue interaction with laser-based cauterization in the early developing Drosophila embryo. Methods in cell biology. 139. 153–165. 5 indexed citations
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Rauzi, Matteo, Uroš Kržič, Timothy E. Saunders, et al.. (2015). Embryo-scale tissue mechanics during Drosophila gastrulation movements. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8677–8677. 125 indexed citations
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Collinet, Claudio, Matteo Rauzi, Pierre‐François Lenne, & Thomas Lecuit. (2015). Local and tissue-scale forces drive oriented junction growth during tissue extension. Nature Cell Biology. 17(10). 1247–1258. 203 indexed citations
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Bajoghli, Baubak, Paola Kuri, Daigo Inoue, et al.. (2015). Noninvasive In Toto Imaging of the Thymus Reveals Heterogeneous Migratory Behavior of Developing T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 195(5). 2177–2186. 21 indexed citations
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Rauzi, Matteo & Pierre‐François Lenne. (2014). Probing Cell Mechanics with Subcellular Laser Dissection of Actomyosin Networks in the Early Developing Drosophila Embryo. Methods in molecular biology. 1189. 209–218. 20 indexed citations
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Rauzi, Matteo, et al.. (2013). Physical Models of Mesoderm Invagination in Drosophila Embryo. Biophysical Journal. 105(1). 3–10. 38 indexed citations
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Rauzi, Matteo, et al.. (2012). A Model of Epithelial Invagination Driven by Collective Mechanics of Identical Cells. Biophysical Journal. 103(5). 1069–1077. 55 indexed citations
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Rauzi, Matteo & Pierre‐François Lenne. (2011). Cortical Forces in Cell Shape Changes and Tissue Morphogenesis. Current topics in developmental biology. 95. 93–144. 70 indexed citations
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Rauzi, Matteo, Pierre‐François Lenne, & Thomas Lecuit. (2010). Planar polarized actomyosin contractile flows control epithelial junction remodelling. Nature. 468(7327). 1110–1114. 479 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rauzi, Matteo, Pascale Vérant, Thomas Lecuit, & Pierre‐François Lenne. (2008). Nature and anisotropy of cortical forces orienting Drosophila tissue morphogenesis. Nature Cell Biology. 10(12). 1401–1410. 457 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cavey, Matthieu, Matteo Rauzi, Pierre‐François Lenne, & Thomas Lecuit. (2008). A two-tiered mechanism for stabilization and immobilization of E-cadherin. Nature. 453(7196). 751–756. 311 indexed citations
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Monneret, Serge, Matteo Rauzi, & Pierre‐François Lenne. (2006). Highly flexible whole-field sectioning microscope with liquid-crystal light modulator. Journal of Optics A Pure and Applied Optics. 8(7). S461–S466. 8 indexed citations

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