Mélanie Ott

26.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
137 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Mélanie Ott is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mélanie Ott has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Infectious Diseases and 39 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Mélanie Ott's work include HIV Research and Treatment (38 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (18 papers) and Hepatitis C virus research (15 papers). Mélanie Ott is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (38 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (18 papers) and Hepatitis C virus research (15 papers). Mélanie Ott collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Mélanie Ott's co-authors include Eric Verdin, Stéphane Emiliani, Carine Van Lint, Eva Herker, Katrin Kaehlcke, Hye‐Sook Kwon, Martina Schnölzer, Brian J. North, Roy A. Frye and Ryan J. Conrad and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Mélanie Ott

134 papers receiving 10.7k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Acetylation of Tau Inhibits Its Degradation and Contributes to Tauopathy

2010 732 citations Mélanie Ott et al. profile →
50 years of protein acetylation: from gene regulation to epigenetics, metabolism and beyond

2014 647 citations Eric Verdin, Mélanie Ott Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
SIRT1 is downregulated by autophagy in senescence and ageing

2020 357 citations Parinaz Fozouni, Mélanie Ott et al. profile →
Rapid assessment of SARS-CoV-2–evolved variants using virus-like particles

2021 193 citations Abdullah M. Syed, Taha Y. Taha et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mélanie Ott United States	57	5.3k	2.7k	2.1k	2.1k	1.8k	137	10.9k
Antonello Mai Italy	63	9.0k 1.7×	681 0.3×	1.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	682 0.4×	393	14.2k
Enrico Garaci Italy	51	3.2k 0.6×	895 0.3×	1.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	2.6k 1.5×	299	9.4k
Michael O. Hottiger Switzerland	65	8.4k 1.6×	461 0.2×	1.6k 0.8×	690 0.3×	3.1k 1.7×	182	15.0k
Richard B. Gaynor United States	64	7.9k 1.5×	2.6k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	4.5k 2.5×	149	14.9k
Neil D. Perkins United Kingdom	56	8.0k 1.5×	547 0.2×	942 0.5×	345 0.2×	4.0k 2.3×	133	14.1k
Edward Seto United States	72	19.6k 3.7×	429 0.2×	2.0k 1.0×	416 0.2×	2.5k 1.4×	170	23.9k
Ping Gao China	47	9.1k 1.7×	245 0.1×	1.5k 0.7×	438 0.2×	1.3k 0.7×	229	13.8k
Jianping Ding China	49	7.8k 1.5×	3.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	3.5k 1.7×	698 0.4×	187	11.8k
Jun O. Liu United States	64	8.9k 1.7×	404 0.2×	1.4k 0.7×	721 0.3×	1.5k 0.8×	210	14.2k
Kohsuke Takeda Japan	68	10.1k 1.9×	232 0.1×	3.0k 1.4×	364 0.2×	4.8k 2.7×	175	19.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Mélanie Ott

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Mélanie Ott's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Mélanie Ott with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Mélanie Ott more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Mélanie Ott

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Mélanie Ott. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Mélanie Ott. The network helps show where Mélanie Ott may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mélanie Ott

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mélanie Ott. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mélanie Ott 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 Mélanie Ott. Mélanie Ott is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Rosas‐Lemus, Mónica, G. Minasov, J.S. Brunzelle, et al.. (2025). Torsional twist of the SARS ‐ CoV and SARS ‐ CoV ‐2 SUD ‐N and SUD ‐M domains. Protein Science. 34(3). e70050–e70050. 1 indexed citations

Syed, Abdullah M., Alison Ciling, Irene P. Chen, et al.. (2024). SARS-CoV-2 evolution balances conflicting roles of N protein phosphorylation. PLoS Pathogens. 20(11). e1012741–e1012741. 6 indexed citations

Upadhyay, Vaibhav, Rahul K. Suryawanshi, Victoria Murray, et al.. (2023). Mild SARS-CoV-2 infection results in long-lasting microbiota instability. mBio. 14(4). e0088923–e0088923. 15 indexed citations

Taha, Taha Y., Irene P. Chen, Jennifer M. Hayashi, et al.. (2023). Rapid assembly of SARS-CoV-2 genomes reveals attenuation of the Omicron BA.1 variant through NSP6. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2308–2308. 31 indexed citations

Natarajan, Vaishaali, Camille R. Simoneau, Ann L. Erickson, et al.. (2022). Modelling T-cell immunity against hepatitis C virus with liver organoids in a microfluidic coculture system. Open Biology. 12(3). 210320–210320. 41 indexed citations

Peters, Christine E., Ursula Schulze‐Gahmen, Manon Eckhardt, et al.. (2022). Structure-function analysis of enterovirus protease 2A in complex with its essential host factor SETD3. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5282–5282. 7 indexed citations

Telwatte, Sushama, Nitasha Kumar, Albert Vallejo-Gracia, et al.. (2021). Novel RT-ddPCR assays for simultaneous quantification of multiple noncoding and coding regions of SARS-CoV-2 RNA. Journal of Virological Methods. 292. 114115–114115. 16 indexed citations

Pérez-Bermejo, Juan A., Michael S. Kang, Sarah J. Rockwood, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 infection of human iPSC–derived cardiac cells reflects cytopathic features in hearts of patients with COVID-19. Science Translational Medicine. 13(590). 130 indexed citations

Chaturvedi, Sonali, Gustavo Vasen, Xinyue Chen, et al.. (2021). Identification of a therapeutic interfering particle—A single-dose SARS-CoV-2 antiviral intervention with a high barrier to resistance. Cell. 184(25). 6022–6036.e18. 44 indexed citations

10.

Syed, Abdullah M., Taha Y. Taha, Takako Tabata, et al.. (2021). Rapid assessment of SARS-CoV-2–evolved variants using virus-like particles. Science. 374(6575). 1626–1632. 193 indexed citations breakdown →

11.

Vallejo-Gracia, Albert, Irene P. Chen, Rosalba Perrone, et al.. (2020). FOXO1 promotes HIV latency by suppressing ER stress in T cells. Nature Microbiology. 5(9). 1144–1157. 20 indexed citations

12.

Boehm, Daniela & Mélanie Ott. (2017). Host Methyltransferases and Demethylases: Potential New Epigenetic Targets for HIV Cure Strategies and Beyond. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 33(S1). S–8. 34 indexed citations

13.

Hull, Philip A., Mingjian Fei, Hye‐Sook Kwon, et al.. (2017). Metabolic reprogramming of human CD8+ memory T cells through loss of SIRT1. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 215(1). 51–62. 97 indexed citations

14.

Shirakawa, Kotaro, Lan Wang, Na Man, et al.. (2016). Salicylate, diflunisal and their metabolites inhibit CBP/p300 and exhibit anticancer activity. eLife. 5. 55 indexed citations

15.

Lim, Hyung W., Seung Goo Kang, Jae Kyu Ryu, et al.. (2015). SIRT1 deacetylates RORγt and enhances Th17 cell generation. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 212(5). 607–617. 124 indexed citations

16.

Verdin, Eric & Mélanie Ott. (2014). 50 years of protein acetylation: from gene regulation to epigenetics, metabolism and beyond. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 16(4). 258–264. 647 indexed citations breakdown →

17.

Camus, Grégory, Eva Herker, Brian Webster, et al.. (2013). Lipid Droplet-Binding Protein TIP47 Regulates Hepatitis C Virus RNA Replication through Interaction with the Viral NS5A Protein. PLoS Pathogens. 9(4). e1003302–e1003302. 95 indexed citations

18.

Sakane, Naoki, Hye‐Sook Kwon, Sara Pagans, et al.. (2011). Activation of HIV Transcription by the Viral Tat Protein Requires a Demethylation Step Mediated by Lysine-specific Demethylase 1 (LSD1/KDM1). PLoS Pathogens. 7(8). e1002184–e1002184. 83 indexed citations

19.

Dormeyer, Wilma, Mélanie Ott, & Martina Schnölzer. (2005). Probing Lysine Acetylation in Proteins. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 4(9). 1226–1239. 43 indexed citations

20.

Dormeyer, Wilma, et al.. (2005). Decoding Tat: the biology of HIV Tat posttranslational modifications. Microbes and Infection. 7(13). 1364–1369. 47 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact