Ralph Scully

31.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
80 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

Ralph Scully is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralph Scully has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Genetics and 18 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Ralph Scully's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (67 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (44 papers) and BRCA gene mutations in cancer (22 papers). Ralph Scully is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (67 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (44 papers) and BRCA gene mutations in cancer (22 papers). Ralph Scully collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Ralph Scully's co-authors include David M. Livingston, Anyong Xie, Nicholas A. Willis, Junjie Chen, Jean Feunteun, Arvind Panday, Rajula Elango, Andrea J. Hartlerode, Terry Ashley and David R. Weaver and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ralph Scully

80 papers receiving 11.7k citations

Hit Papers

Association of BRCA1 with Rad51 in Mitotic and Meiotic Cells 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 2019 2000 1997 2008 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Association of BRCA1 with Rad51 in Mitotic and Meiotic Cells
    1997 1.2k citations Ralph Scully, Junjie Chen et al. Cell profile →
  2. DNA double-strand break repair-pathway choice in somatic mammalian cells
    2019 930 citations Ralph Scully, Arvind Panday et al. profile →
  3. Involvement of the TIP60 Histone Acetylase Complex in DNA Repair and Apoptosis
    2000 849 citations Tsuyoshi Ikura, Vasily Ogryzko et al. Cell profile →
  4. Dynamic Changes of BRCA1 Subnuclear Location and Phosphorylation State Are Initiated by DNA Damage
    1997 748 citations Ralph Scully, Junjie Chen et al. Cell profile →
  5. SIRT1 Redistribution on Chromatin Promotes Genomic Stability but Alters Gene Expression during Aging
    2008 649 citations Andrea J. Hartlerode, Ralph Scully et al. Cell profile →
  6. In search of the tumour-suppressor functions of BRCA1 and BRCA2
    2000 515 citations Ralph Scully, David M. Livingston Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ralph Scully United States 46 10.1k 3.4k 3.3k 1.8k 782 80 11.9k
Phang‐Lang Chen United States 53 9.2k 0.9× 4.5k 1.3× 3.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 1.6k 2.1× 100 11.9k
Jacqueline A. Lees United States 53 9.2k 0.9× 5.7k 1.7× 2.5k 0.8× 1.7k 1.0× 1.2k 1.5× 101 12.3k
Karlene A. Cimprich United States 46 11.9k 1.2× 4.2k 1.2× 1.3k 0.4× 2.1k 1.2× 2.0k 2.5× 66 13.1k
Tanya T. Paull United States 61 13.3k 1.3× 4.3k 1.3× 1.3k 0.4× 2.9k 1.6× 1.3k 1.7× 111 14.7k
Óscar Fernández-Capetillo Spain 52 10.7k 1.1× 3.9k 1.1× 1.2k 0.4× 1.9k 1.1× 1.2k 1.5× 108 12.7k
Daniel Durocher Canada 58 13.1k 1.3× 4.1k 1.2× 1.5k 0.5× 1.4k 0.8× 1.6k 2.1× 105 14.3k
A. Malcolm R. Taylor United Kingdom 50 7.7k 0.8× 3.5k 1.0× 1.3k 0.4× 2.7k 1.5× 547 0.7× 132 9.9k
David Cortez United States 63 15.0k 1.5× 6.0k 1.8× 2.0k 0.6× 2.8k 1.6× 2.6k 3.4× 114 16.6k
Jean‐Yves Masson Canada 49 7.9k 0.8× 2.8k 0.8× 1.3k 0.4× 1.2k 0.7× 520 0.7× 170 9.0k
Simon J. Boulton United Kingdom 66 13.8k 1.4× 4.0k 1.2× 1.5k 0.5× 1.7k 0.9× 1.5k 1.9× 152 15.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Marín-González, Alberto, Daniel Nguyen, Violetta Karwacki-Neisius, et al.. (2025). Cohesin drives chromatin scanning during the RAD51-mediated homology search. Science. 390(6777). eadw1928–eadw1928. 2 indexed citations
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Elango, Rajula, Daniel Nguyen, Emilie Rass, et al.. (2024). Two-ended recombination at a Flp-nickase-broken replication fork. Molecular Cell. 85(1). 78–90.e3. 10 indexed citations
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Scully, Ralph, Johannes C. Walter, & André Nussenzweig. (2024). One-ended and two-ended breaks at nickase-broken replication forks. DNA repair. 144. 103783–103783. 8 indexed citations
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Panday, Arvind, Nicholas A. Willis, Rajula Elango, et al.. (2021). FANCM regulates repair pathway choice at stalled replication forks. Molecular Cell. 81(11). 2428–2444.e6. 47 indexed citations
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Scully, Ralph, Rajula Elango, Arvind Panday, & Nicholas A. Willis. (2021). Recombination and restart at blocked replication forks. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 71. 154–162. 16 indexed citations
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Monteiro, Álvaro N.A., Peter Bouwman, Arne Nedergaard Kousholt, et al.. (2020). Variants of uncertain clinical significance in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer genes: best practices in functional analysis for clinical annotation. Journal of Medical Genetics. 57(8). 509–518. 32 indexed citations
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Willis, Nicholas A. & Ralph Scully. (2020). Measurement of Homologous Recombination at Stalled Mammalian Replication Forks. Methods in molecular biology. 2153. 329–353. 5 indexed citations
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Hwang, Yung, Daniel Hidalgo, Ramona Pop, et al.. (2017). Global increase in replication fork speed during a p57 KIP2 -regulated erythroid cell fate switch. Science Advances. 3(5). e1700298–e1700298. 40 indexed citations
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Smith, Eric A., Boris Gole, Nicholas A. Willis, et al.. (2017). DEK is required for homologous recombination repair of DNA breaks. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 44662–44662. 26 indexed citations
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Hu, Yiduo, Sarah A. Petit, Scott B. Ficarro, et al.. (2014). PARP1-Driven Poly-ADP-Ribosylation Regulates BRCA1 Function in Homologous Recombination–Mediated DNA Repair. Cancer Discovery. 4(12). 1430–1447. 136 indexed citations
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Willis, Nicholas A., Gurushankar Chandramouly, Bin Huang, et al.. (2014). BRCA1 controls homologous recombination at Tus/Ter-stalled mammalian replication forks. Nature. 510(7506). 556–559. 116 indexed citations
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Juvekar, Ashish, Laura N. Burga, Hai Hu, et al.. (2012). Combining a PI3K Inhibitor with a PARP Inhibitor Provides an Effective Therapy for BRCA1-Related Breast Cancer. Cancer Discovery. 2(11). 1048–1063. 336 indexed citations
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Hartlerode, Andrea J., Yinghua Guan, Anbazhagan Rajendran, et al.. (2012). Impact of Histone H4 Lysine 20 Methylation on 53BP1 Responses to Chromosomal Double Strand Breaks. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e49211–e49211. 46 indexed citations
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Pathania, Shailja, Jenna Nguyen, Sarah J. Hill, et al.. (2011). BRCA1 Is Required for Postreplication Repair after UV-Induced DNA Damage. Molecular Cell. 44(2). 235–251. 88 indexed citations
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Hu, Yiduo, Ralph Scully, Bijan Sobhian, et al.. (2011). RAP80-directed tuning of BRCA1 homologous recombination function at ionizing radiation-induced nuclear foci. Genes & Development. 25(7). 685–700. 189 indexed citations
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Nagaraju, Ganesh, Andrea J. Hartlerode, Amy Kwok, Gurushankar Chandramouly, & Ralph Scully. (2009). XRCC2 and XRCC3 Regulate the Balance between Short- and Long-Tract Gene Conversions between Sister Chromatids. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 29(15). 4283–4294. 48 indexed citations
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Xie, Anyong, Andrea J. Hartlerode, Manuel Stucki, et al.. (2007). Distinct Roles of Chromatin-Associated Proteins MDC1 and 53BP1 in Mammalian Double-Strand Break Repair. Molecular Cell. 28(6). 1045–1057. 182 indexed citations
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Scully, Ralph & Anyong Xie. (2004). BRCA1 and BRCA2 in Breast Cancer Predisposition and Recombination Control. Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia. 9(3). 237–246. 6 indexed citations
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Ikura, Tsuyoshi, Vasily Ogryzko, Mikhaïl Grigoriev, et al.. (2000). Involvement of the TIP60 Histone Acetylase Complex in DNA Repair and Apoptosis. Cell. 102(4). 463–473. 849 indexed citations breakdown →
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Scully, Ralph, Stephen Cobbold, Andrew L. Mellor, et al.. (1997). A role for Th2 cytokines in the suppression of CD8+ T cell‐mediated graft rejection. European Journal of Immunology. 27(7). 1663–1670. 35 indexed citations

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