Rachid Skouta

32.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
53 papers, 23.9k citations indexed

About

Rachid Skouta is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachid Skouta has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 23.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Organic Chemistry and 9 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Rachid Skouta's work include Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (8 papers), Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (8 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (6 papers). Rachid Skouta is often cited by papers focused on Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (8 papers), Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (8 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (6 papers). Rachid Skouta collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Rachid Skouta's co-authors include Brent R. Stockwell, Wan Seok Yang, Scott J. Dixon, Caroline E. Gleason, Kathryn M. Lemberg, Andras J. Bauer, Barclay Morrison, Alexandra M. Cantley, Michael R. Lamprecht and Kaoru Shimada and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Rachid Skouta

52 papers receiving 23.8k citations

Hit Papers

Ferroptosis: An Iron-Depe... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2014 2014 2014 2016 4.0k 8.0k 12.0k
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. Ferroptosis: An Iron-Dependent Form of Nonapoptotic Cell Death
    2012 12.8k citations Scott J. Dixon, Kathryn M. Lemberg et al. Cell profile →
  2. Regulation of Ferroptotic Cancer Cell Death by GPX4
    2014 5.5k citations Wan Seok Yang, Rohitha Sriramaratnam et al. Cell profile →
  3. Pharmacological inhibition of cystine–glutamate exchange induces endoplasmic reticulum stress and ferroptosis
    2014 1.6k citations Scott J. Dixon, Matthew Welsch et al. eLife profile →
  4. Ferrostatins Inhibit Oxidative Lipid Damage and Cell Death in Diverse Disease Models
    2014 872 citations Rachid Skouta, Scott J. Dixon et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  5. Global survey of cell death mechanisms reveals metabolic regulation of ferroptosis
    2016 816 citations Kaoru Shimada, Rachid Skouta et al. profile →
  6. The Selenoprotein Glutathione Peroxidase 4: From Molecular Mechanisms to Novel Therapeutic Opportunities
    2022 149 citations Rachid Skouta et al. profile →
  7. Cuproptosis: Unraveling the Mechanisms of Copper-Induced Cell Death and Its Implication in Cancer Therapy
    2024 45 citations Rachid Skouta et al. Cancers profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rachid Skouta United States 29 14.1k 14.0k 9.9k 2.5k 1.7k 53 23.9k
Wan Seok Yang United States 20 17.2k 1.2× 17.0k 1.2× 12.3k 1.2× 2.9k 1.2× 2.0k 1.2× 30 27.2k
Marcus Conrad Germany 68 13.0k 0.9× 14.6k 1.0× 9.3k 0.9× 2.2k 0.9× 1.9k 1.2× 146 24.4k
Scott J. Dixon United States 47 18.8k 1.3× 19.3k 1.4× 13.6k 1.4× 3.1k 1.3× 2.2k 1.3× 96 31.0k
Xin Chen China 47 8.5k 0.6× 9.3k 0.7× 6.0k 0.6× 2.1k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 255 15.9k
Xuejun Jiang United States 64 11.2k 0.8× 18.6k 1.3× 9.0k 0.9× 3.3k 1.3× 2.3k 1.4× 171 28.7k
Andras J. Bauer United States 8 8.5k 0.6× 8.7k 0.6× 6.0k 0.6× 1.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 9 14.2k
Caroline E. Gleason United States 6 8.8k 0.6× 9.0k 0.6× 6.3k 0.6× 1.6k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 6 14.8k
Alexandra M. Cantley United States 7 7.6k 0.5× 7.8k 0.6× 5.3k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 1.0k 0.6× 7 13.0k
Kathryn M. Lemberg United States 7 7.6k 0.5× 7.9k 0.6× 5.5k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 18 13.2k
Albert W. Girotti United States 49 8.9k 0.6× 7.6k 0.5× 3.8k 0.4× 1.1k 0.5× 937 0.6× 172 18.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rachid Skouta

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All Works

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Skouta, Rachid, et al.. (2024). Exploring the Use of Intracellular Chelation and Non-Iron Metals to Program Ferroptosis for Anticancer Application. Inorganics. 12(1). 26–26. 3 indexed citations
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Skouta, Rachid, et al.. (2024). Cuproptosis: Unraveling the Mechanisms of Copper-Induced Cell Death and Its Implication in Cancer Therapy. Cancers. 16(3). 647–647. 45 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leprohon, Philippe, et al.. (2022). Thiophene derivatives activity against the protozoan parasite Leishmania infantum. International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance. 21. 13–20. 13 indexed citations
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Hwang, Michael S., Jeremy A. Ross, Rachid Skouta, et al.. (2019). Green barley mitigates cytotoxicity in human lymphocytes undergoing aggressive oxidative stress, via activation of both the Lyn/PI3K/Akt and MAPK/ERK pathways. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 6005–6005. 32 indexed citations
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Ko, Pin‐Joe, Michael M. Dubreuil, Brent R. Martin, et al.. (2019). A ZDHHC5-GOLGA7 Protein Acyltransferase Complex Promotes Nonapoptotic Cell Death. Cell chemical biology. 26(12). 1716–1724.e9. 40 indexed citations
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Calderon, Ruben I., Armando Varela‐Ramírez, Hongyu Zhang, et al.. (2018). Induction of apoptosis via proteasome inhibition in leukemia/lymphoma cells by two potent piperidones. Cellular Oncology. 41(6). 623–636. 20 indexed citations
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Iniguez, Eva, et al.. (2015). Novel arylalkylamine compounds exhibits potent selective antiparasitic activity against Leishmania major. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 25(22). 5315–5320. 5 indexed citations
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Dixon, Scott J., Matthew Welsch, Rachid Skouta, et al.. (2014). Pharmacological inhibition of cystine–glutamate exchange induces endoplasmic reticulum stress and ferroptosis. eLife. 3. e02523–e02523. 1619 indexed citations breakdown →
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Skouta, Rachid, Scott J. Dixon, Jianlin Wang, et al.. (2014). Ferrostatins Inhibit Oxidative Lipid Damage and Cell Death in Diverse Disease Models. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(12). 4551–4556. 872 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Wan Seok, Rohitha Sriramaratnam, Matthew Welsch, et al.. (2014). Regulation of Ferroptotic Cancer Cell Death by GPX4. Cell. 156(1-2). 317–331. 5536 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dixon, Scott J., Kathryn M. Lemberg, Michael R. Lamprecht, et al.. (2012). Ferroptosis: An Iron-Dependent Form of Nonapoptotic Cell Death. Cell. 149(5). 1060–1072. 12762 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hayano, Miki, Masha V. Poyurovsky, Kaoru Shimada, et al.. (2011). Discovery of Mdm2-MdmX E3 Ligase Inhibitors Using a Cell-Based Ubiquitination Assay. Cancer Discovery. 1(4). 312–325. 77 indexed citations
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Skouta, Rachid, Sujun Wei, & Ronald Breslow. (2009). High Rates and Substrate Selectivities in Water by Polyvinylimidazoles as Transaminase Enzyme Mimics with Hydrophobically Bound Pyridoxamine Derivatives as Coenzyme Mimics. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131(43). 15604–15605. 20 indexed citations
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Wei, Sujun, et al.. (2009). Dendrimers in solution can have their remote catalytic groups folded back into the core: Enantioselective transaminations by dendritic enzyme mimics-II. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 19(19). 5543–5546. 21 indexed citations
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Zhou, Lei, Liang Chen, Rachid Skouta, Huanfeng Jiang, & Chao‐Jun Li. (2008). Palladium-catalyzed 1,4-addition of terminal alkynes to unsaturated carbonyl compounds promoted by electron-rich ligands. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 6(16). 2969–2969. 34 indexed citations
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Baillargeon, Pierre, Sylvain Bernard, David A. Gauthier, Rachid Skouta, & Yves L. Dory. (2007). Efficient Synthesis and Astonishing Supramolecular Architectures of Several Symmetric Macrolactams. Chemistry - A European Journal. 13(33). 9223–9235. 27 indexed citations
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Skouta, Rachid & Chao‐Jun Li. (2006). Gold(I)‐Catalyzed Annulation of Salicylaldehydes and Aryl Acetylenes as an Expedient Route to Isoflavanones. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(7). 1117–1119. 72 indexed citations

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