Ralph Imhof

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Ralph Imhof is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralph Imhof has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Oncology and 6 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Ralph Imhof's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (12 papers), PARP inhibition in cancer therapy (9 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (6 papers). Ralph Imhof is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (12 papers), PARP inhibition in cancer therapy (9 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (6 papers). Ralph Imhof collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Italy and United Kingdom. Ralph Imhof's co-authors include Michael O. Hottiger, Paul O. Hassa, Matthias Altmeyer, Sameez Hasan, Jone Michelena, Christine Buerki, Marcela Covic, Marco Gatti, Aleksandra Lezaja and Sinan Kilic and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Ralph Imhof

26 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Phase separation of 53 BP 1 determines liquid‐like behavior of DNA repair compartments

2019 321 citations Sinan Kilic, Aleksandra Lezaja et al. The EMBO Journal profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ralph Imhof Switzerland	23	2.0k	1.3k	433	238	211	27	2.7k
Jean‐Philippe Gagné Canada	26	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	322 0.7×	183 0.8×	187 0.9×	50	2.4k
Bryan A. Gibson United States	12	2.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	356 0.8×	218 0.9×	102 0.5×	15	2.7k
Claude Niedergang France	17	2.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.5×	384 0.9×	218 0.9×	171 0.8×	20	2.5k
Denis Biard France	31	2.5k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	255 0.6×	80 0.3×	443 2.1×	73	3.1k
Masayuki Kanai Japan	17	1.0k 0.5×	619 0.5×	215 0.5×	85 0.4×	268 1.3×	21	1.5k
Gilbert de Murcia France	9	1.2k 0.6×	936 0.7×	262 0.6×	75 0.3×	163 0.8×	10	1.5k
Maria Malanga Switzerland	18	1.0k 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	295 0.7×	183 0.8×	41 0.2×	31	1.4k
Farjana Fattah United States	20	959 0.5×	697 0.6×	187 0.4×	48 0.2×	175 0.8×	40	1.6k
C. Niedergang France	12	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	266 0.6×	160 0.7×	67 0.3×	18	1.6k
Kwang Woon Kim United States	23	1.2k 0.6×	596 0.5×	128 0.3×	91 0.4×	314 1.5×	32	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Ralph Imhof

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralph Imhof

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Imhof, Ralph, et al.. (2025). Identification of CNOT1-CCR4-NOT as a suppressor of 53BP1-p53-p21 signaling. Cell Reports. 44(8). 116090–116090.

Παναγόπουλος, Ανδρέας, Sinan Kilic, Peter Leary, et al.. (2025). Multigenerational cell tracking of DNA replication and heritable DNA damage. Nature. 642(8068). 785–795. 2 indexed citations

Spegg, Vincent, Ανδρέας Παναγόπουλος, Giordano Reginato, et al.. (2023). Phase separation properties of RPA combine high-affinity ssDNA binding with dynamic condensate functions at telomeres. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 30(4). 451–462. 45 indexed citations

Lezaja, Aleksandra, et al.. (2021). RPA shields inherited DNA lesions for post-mitotic DNA synthesis. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3827–3827. 20 indexed citations

Rother, Magdalena B., Stefania Pellegrino, Rebecca Smith, et al.. (2020). CHD7 and 53BP1 regulate distinct pathways for the re-ligation of DNA double-strand breaks. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5775–5775. 34 indexed citations

Gatti, Marco, Ralph Imhof, Qingyao Huang, Michael Baudis, & Matthias Altmeyer. (2020). The Ubiquitin Ligase TRIP12 Limits PARP1 Trapping and Constrains PARP Inhibitor Efficiency. Cell Reports. 32(5). 107985–107985. 86 indexed citations

Kilic, Sinan, Aleksandra Lezaja, Marco Gatti, et al.. (2019). Phase separation of 53 BP 1 determines liquid‐like behavior of DNA repair compartments. The EMBO Journal. 38(16). e101379–e101379. 321 indexed citations breakdown →

Teloni, Federico, Jone Michelena, Aleksandra Lezaja, et al.. (2019). Efficient Pre-mRNA Cleavage Prevents Replication-Stress-Associated Genome Instability. Molecular Cell. 73(4). 670–683.e12. 65 indexed citations

Michelena, Jone, et al.. (2018). Analysis of PARP inhibitor toxicity by multidimensional fluorescence microscopy reveals mechanisms of sensitivity and resistance. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2678–2678. 86 indexed citations

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Pellegrino, Stefania, Jone Michelena, Federico Teloni, Ralph Imhof, & Matthias Altmeyer. (2017). Replication-Coupled Dilution of H4K20me2 Guides 53BP1 to Pre-replicative Chromatin. Cell Reports. 19(9). 1819–1831. 94 indexed citations

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Crespan, Emmanuele, Simone Sabbioneda, Ralph Imhof, et al.. (2016). Ribonucleotide incorporation by human DNA polymerase η impacts translesion synthesis and RNase H2 activity. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(5). gkw1275–gkw1275. 31 indexed citations

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Crespan, Emmanuele, Antonia Furrer, Ralph Imhof, et al.. (2016). Impact of ribonucleotide incorporation by DNA polymerases β and λ on oxidative base excision repair. Nature Communications. 7(1). 10805–10805. 35 indexed citations

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Rosenthal, Florian, Karla L. H. Feijs, Mario Bonalli, et al.. (2013). Macrodomain-containing proteins are new mono-ADP-ribosylhydrolases. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 20(4). 502–507. 263 indexed citations

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Maga, Giovanni, Emmanuele Crespan, Enni Markkanen, et al.. (2013). DNA polymerase δ-interacting protein 2 is a processivity factor for DNA polymerase λ during 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine bypass. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(47). 18850–18855. 38 indexed citations

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Hassa, Paul O., et al.. (2008). Identification of lysines 36 and 37 of PARP-2 as targets for acetylation and auto-ADP-ribosylation. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 40(10). 2274–2283. 49 indexed citations

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Suter, Bernhard, Michael J. Fetchko, Ralph Imhof, et al.. (2007). Examining protein–protein interactions using endogenously tagged yeast arrays: The Cross-and-Capture system. Genome Research. 17(12). 1774–1782. 20 indexed citations

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Covic, Marcela, Paul O. Hassa, Simona Saccani, et al.. (2004). Arginine methyltransferase CARM1 is a promoter‐specific regulator of NF‐κB‐dependent gene expression. The EMBO Journal. 24(1). 85–96. 194 indexed citations

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Hasan, Sameez, Nazim El‐Andaloussi, Ulrike Hardeland, et al.. (2002). Acetylation Regulates the DNA End-Trimming Activity of DNA Polymerase β. Molecular Cell. 10(5). 1213–1222. 99 indexed citations

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Hasan, Sameez, Manuel Stucki, Paul O. Hassa, et al.. (2001). Regulation of Human Flap Endonuclease-1 Activity by Acetylation through the Transcriptional Coactivator p300. Molecular Cell. 7(6). 1221–1231. 141 indexed citations

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Hassa, Paul O., Marcela Covic, Sameez Hasan, Ralph Imhof, & Michael O. Hottiger. (2001). The Enzymatic and DNA Binding Activity of PARP-1 Are Not Required for NF-κB Coactivator Function. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(49). 45588–45597. 263 indexed citations

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