Maximilian Fitz-James

585 total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 314 citations indexed

About

Maximilian Fitz-James is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Maximilian Fitz-James has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 314 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Plant Science and 1 paper in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Maximilian Fitz-James's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (4 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (3 papers). Maximilian Fitz-James is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (4 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (3 papers). Maximilian Fitz-James collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and Spain. Maximilian Fitz-James's co-authors include Giacomo Cavalli, Hakan Özadam, Job Dekker, Sharon A. White, Alison L. Pidoux, Liyan Yang, Robin C. Allshire, Pin Tong, Josefa González and Giorgio L. Papadopoulos and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Molecular Cell and Nature Reviews Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Maximilian Fitz-James

4 papers receiving 312 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.

Molecular mechanisms of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance

2022 295 citations Maximilian Fitz-James, Giacomo Cavalli Nature Reviews Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maximilian Fitz-James France	3	186	55	48	45	27	6	314
Joslynn G. Affleck Canada	7	161 0.9×	91 1.7×	55 1.1×	21 0.5×	13 0.5×	8	258
Hao‐Lin Zhang China	11	147 0.8×	31 0.6×	22 0.5×	47 1.0×	34 1.3×	25	356
Marie MacLennan United Kingdom	5	200 1.1×	67 1.2×	61 1.3×	90 2.0×	10 0.4×	6	297
Varun B. Dwaraka United States	12	200 1.1×	40 0.7×	16 0.3×	10 0.2×	16 0.6×	26	295
Kentaro Mochizuki Japan	12	239 1.3×	70 1.3×	36 0.8×	12 0.3×	17 0.6×	15	299
Guohui Shang China	9	111 0.6×	118 2.1×	28 0.6×	10 0.2×	17 0.6×	23	373
Woo Yong Shin South Korea	4	209 1.1×	62 1.1×	39 0.8×	8 0.2×	24 0.9×	8	287
Melanie Weigert United States	7	266 1.4×	70 1.3×	100 2.1×	13 0.3×	50 1.9×	10	444
Jayapalraja Thilagavathi India	8	117 0.6×	33 0.6×	59 1.2×	31 0.7×	15 0.6×	9	412

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maximilian Fitz-James

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Schuettengruber, Bernd, Giorgio L. Papadopoulos, Marta Coronado‐Zamora, et al.. (2025). A mechanistic basis for genetic assimilation in natural fly populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(11). e2415982122–e2415982122.

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Fitz-James, Maximilian, et al.. (2025). Polycomb-mediated transgenerational epigenetic inheritance of Drosophila eye colour is independent of small RNAs. Open Biology. 15(3). 240298–240298.

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Fitz-James, Maximilian, et al.. (2024). Interchromosomal contacts between regulatory regions trigger stable transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in Drosophila. Molecular Cell. 85(4). 677–691.e6. 2 indexed citations

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Fitz-James, Maximilian, et al.. (2023). Epigenetic inheritance in adaptive evolution. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1524(1). 22–29. 8 indexed citations

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Fitz-James, Maximilian & Giacomo Cavalli. (2022). Molecular mechanisms of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. Nature Reviews Genetics. 23(6). 325–341. 295 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fitz-James, Maximilian, Pin Tong, Alison L. Pidoux, et al.. (2020). Large domains of heterochromatin direct the formation of short mitotic chromosome loops. eLife. 9. 9 indexed citations

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