Nicolas H. Thomä

11.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
74 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Nicolas H. Thomä is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolas H. Thomä has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Oncology and 11 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Nicolas H. Thomä's work include Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (28 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (20 papers) and Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (17 papers). Nicolas H. Thomä is often cited by papers focused on Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (28 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (20 papers) and Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (17 papers). Nicolas H. Thomä collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Nicolas H. Thomä's co-authors include Eric S. Fischer, Georg Petzold, Nikola P. Pavletich, Simone Cavadini, Dirk Schübeler, R.D. Bunker, Zuzanna Kozicka, Bryan K. Czyzewski, Philip D. Jeffrey and Vijay Tiwari and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Nicolas H. Thomä

70 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

BRCA2 Function in DNA Binding and Recombination from a BRCA2-DSS1-ssDNA Structure

2002 549 citations Haijuan Yang, Philip D. Jeffrey et al. Science profile →
Structural basis of lenalidomide-induced CK1α degradation by the CRL4CRBN ubiquitin ligase

2016 418 citations Georg Petzold, Eric S. Fischer et al. Nature profile →
Defining the human C2H2 zinc finger degrome targeted by thalidomide analogs through CRBN

2018 341 citations Quinlan Sievers, Georg Petzold et al. Science profile →
From Thalidomide to Rational Molecular Glue Design for Targeted Protein Degradation

2023 89 citations Nicolas H. Thomä et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicolas H. Thomä Switzerland	40	5.4k	1.2k	622	614	406	74	6.0k
François‐Michel Boisvert Canada	37	6.0k 1.1×	849 0.7×	604 1.0×	425 0.7×	337 0.8×	95	7.0k
Philippe Pasero France	50	6.4k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.7×	801 1.3×	646 1.6×	119	7.0k
Dylan J. Taatjes United States	41	7.9k 1.5×	1.1k 0.9×	457 0.7×	784 1.3×	898 2.2×	82	9.2k
Elizabeth M. Blackwood United States	18	3.9k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	429 0.7×	507 0.8×	206 0.5×	25	4.8k
Anja Groth Denmark	36	5.4k 1.0×	854 0.7×	496 0.8×	490 0.8×	537 1.3×	66	6.0k
Gaëlle Legube France	39	5.8k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	277 0.4×	585 1.0×	476 1.2×	60	6.3k
H. T. Marc Timmers Netherlands	48	6.3k 1.2×	865 0.7×	305 0.5×	785 1.3×	354 0.9×	129	7.2k
Robert M. Gemmill United States	45	4.5k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	410 0.7×	1.1k 1.8×	227 0.6×	116	6.2k
Haijuan Yang United States	13	4.5k 0.8×	692 0.6×	451 0.7×	674 1.1×	221 0.5×	20	5.1k
Alfred C.O. Vertegaal Netherlands	44	5.5k 1.0×	1.9k 1.5×	637 1.0×	527 0.9×	139 0.3×	98	6.1k

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Díaz‐Moreno, Alejandro, Joan Gil, Elı́es Molins, et al.. (2025). A Multicomponent Reaction-Based Platform Opens New Avenues in Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Modulation. ACS Central Science. 11(4). 629–641.

Hanzl, Alexander, et al.. (2025). Primed for degradation: How weak protein interactions enable molecular glue degraders. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 92. 103052–103052. 4 indexed citations

Đikić, Ivan, et al.. (2025). Opportunities in proximity modulation: Bridging academia and industry. Molecular Cell. 85(16). 3012–3022.

Carminati, Manuel, et al.. (2024). Pioneer factors: Emerging rules of engagement for transcription factors on chromatinized DNA. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 88. 102875–102875. 7 indexed citations

Cavadini, Simone, et al.. (2023). Recognition of the CCT5 di‐Glu degron by CRL4 ^DCAF12 is dependent on TRiC assembly. The EMBO Journal. 42(4). e112253–e112253. 14 indexed citations

Weber, Anna, Luis Alberto Peña Diaz, Nicolas H. Thomä, et al.. (2023). Analysis of transmission-related third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacterales by electronic data mining and core genome multi-locus sequence typing. Journal of Hospital Infection. 140. 96–101. 3 indexed citations

Isbel, Luke, Murat Iskar, Sevi Durdu, et al.. (2023). Readout of histone methylation by Trim24 locally restricts chromatin opening by p53. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 30(7). 948–957. 26 indexed citations

Kozicka, Zuzanna, Dakota J. Suchyta, Georg Kempf, et al.. (2023). Design principles for cyclin K molecular glue degraders. Nature Chemical Biology. 20(1). 93–102. 54 indexed citations

Thomä, Nicolas H., et al.. (2022). Quality control of protein complex assembly by the ubiquitin–proteasome system. Trends in Cell Biology. 32(8). 696–706. 45 indexed citations

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Mohamed, Weaam I, Andreas D. Schenk, Georg Kempf, et al.. (2021). The CRL4 ^DCAF1 cullin‐RING ubiquitin ligase is activated following a switch in oligomerization state. The EMBO Journal. 40(22). e108008–e108008. 23 indexed citations

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Thomä, Nicolas H., et al.. (2020). Structural insights into Fe–S protein biogenesis by the CIA targeting complex. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 27(8). 735–742. 26 indexed citations

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Pathare, G.R., Alexiane Decout, Simone Cavadini, et al.. (2020). Structural mechanism of cGAS inhibition by the nucleosome. Nature. 587(7835). 668–672. 192 indexed citations

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Michael, Alicia K., Ralph S. Grand, Luke Isbel, et al.. (2020). Mechanisms of OCT4-SOX2 motif readout on nucleosomes. Science. 368(6498). 1460–1465. 156 indexed citations

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Fontana, Gabriele, Daniel Heß, Stefano Mattarocci, et al.. (2019). Rif1 S-acylation mediates DNA double-strand break repair at the inner nuclear membrane. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2535–2535. 34 indexed citations

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Cannavò, Elda, Sara N. Andres, Vera M. Kissling, et al.. (2018). Regulatory control of DNA end resection by Sae2 phosphorylation. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4016–4016. 60 indexed citations

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Sievers, Quinlan, Georg Petzold, R.D. Bunker, et al.. (2018). Defining the human C2H2 zinc finger degrome targeted by thalidomide analogs through CRBN. Science. 362(6414). 341 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mattarocci, Stefano, R.D. Bunker, Gabriele Fontana, et al.. (2017). Rif1 maintains telomeres and mediates DNA repair by encasing DNA ends. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 24(7). 588–595. 45 indexed citations

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Kobbe, Cayetano von, Nicolas H. Thomä, Bryan K. Czyzewski, Nikola P. Pavletich, & Vilhelm A. Bohr. (2003). Werner Syndrome Protein Contains Three Structure-specific DNA Binding Domains. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(52). 52997–53006. 106 indexed citations

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Yang, Haijuan, Philip D. Jeffrey, Julie J. Miller, et al.. (2002). BRCA2 Function in DNA Binding and Recombination from a BRCA2-DSS1-ssDNA Structure. Science. 297(5588). 1837–1848. 549 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thomä, Nicolas H., Andrei Iakovenko, Roger S. Goody, & Kirill Alexandrov. (2000). Mechanism of substrate binding and product release by geranylgeranyl-transferase type II. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 11. 1 indexed citations

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