Raphaël Ceccaldi

6.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
22 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Raphaël Ceccaldi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Raphaël Ceccaldi has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Oncology and 4 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Raphaël Ceccaldi's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (18 papers), PARP inhibition in cancer therapy (8 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (6 papers). Raphaël Ceccaldi is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (18 papers), PARP inhibition in cancer therapy (8 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (6 papers). Raphaël Ceccaldi collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Switzerland. Raphaël Ceccaldi's co-authors include Alan D. D’Andrea, Beatrice Rondinelli, Panagiotis A. Konstantinopoulos, Geoffrey I. Shapiro, Prabha Sarangi, Kevin W. O’Connor, Benjamin Primack, Timur Yusufzai, Simon J. Boulton and Ravindra Amunugama and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Raphaël Ceccaldi

22 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

  1. Repair Pathway Choices and Consequences at the Double-Strand Break
    2015 1.1k citations Raphaël Ceccaldi, Beatrice Rondinelli et al. Trends in Cell Biology profile →
  2. Homologous-recombination-deficient tumours are dependent on Polθ-mediated repair
    2015 648 citations Raphaël Ceccaldi, Jessie Liu et al. Nature profile →
  3. Homologous Recombination Deficiency: Exploiting the Fundamental Vulnerability of Ovarian Cancer
    2015 613 citations Panagiotis A. Konstantinopoulos, Raphaël Ceccaldi et al. profile →
  4. The Fanconi anaemia pathway: new players and new functions
    2016 492 citations Raphaël Ceccaldi, Prabha Sarangi et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
  5. A first-in-class polymerase theta inhibitor selectively targets homologous-recombination-deficient tumors
    2021 226 citations Jia Zhou, Camille Gelot et al. Nature Cancer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Raphaël Ceccaldi France 17 3.5k 1.9k 605 576 370 22 4.3k
Madalena Tarsounas United Kingdom 34 4.5k 1.3× 1.3k 0.7× 554 0.9× 767 1.3× 184 0.5× 48 5.4k
Sally Swift United Kingdom 12 2.6k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 1.1k 1.8× 698 1.2× 194 0.5× 14 3.2k
D. Paul Harkin United Kingdom 35 2.6k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 892 1.5× 737 1.3× 215 0.6× 64 3.7k
Andrew J. Pierce United States 29 5.1k 1.4× 1.8k 1.0× 972 1.6× 1.1k 1.9× 93 0.3× 76 5.8k
Radost Vatcheva United Kingdom 16 1.6k 0.5× 974 0.5× 510 0.8× 459 0.8× 183 0.5× 19 2.2k
Manuel Stucki Switzerland 32 4.5k 1.3× 1.6k 0.8× 389 0.6× 913 1.6× 70 0.2× 41 5.0k
Jekaterina Ērenpreisa Latvia 30 1.6k 0.5× 708 0.4× 408 0.7× 517 0.9× 312 0.8× 81 2.8k
Hannah Farmer United Kingdom 7 4.2k 1.2× 3.8k 2.0× 980 1.6× 1.2k 2.1× 482 1.3× 7 6.0k
Claus Storgaard Sørensen Denmark 40 5.3k 1.5× 2.4k 1.3× 516 0.9× 839 1.5× 87 0.2× 65 6.0k
Tatiana Popova France 20 1.5k 0.4× 831 0.4× 532 0.9× 899 1.6× 147 0.4× 39 2.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ceccaldi, Raphaël & Petr Ćejka. (2025). Mechanisms and regulation of DNA end resection in the maintenance of genome stability. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 26(8). 586–599. 8 indexed citations
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Musiani, Daniele, Hatice Yücel, Rania El Botty, et al.. (2025). Uracil processing by SMUG1 in the absence of UNG triggers homologous recombination and selectively kills BRCA1/2-deficient tumors. Molecular Cell. 85(6). 1072–1084.e10. 3 indexed citations
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Larcher, Lise, Nadia Vasquez, Mélanie Da Costa, et al.. (2023). A clickable melphalan for monitoring DNA interstrand crosslink accumulation and detecting ICL repair defects in Fanconi anemia patient cells. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(15). 7988–8004. 3 indexed citations
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Dingli, Florent, et al.. (2023). DNA damage induces nuclear envelope rupture through ATR-mediated phosphorylation of lamin A/C. Molecular Cell. 83(20). 3659–3668.e10. 42 indexed citations
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Gelot, Camille, Simona Miron, Tatiana Popova, et al.. (2023). Polθ is phosphorylated by PLK1 to repair double-strand breaks in mitosis. Nature. 621(7978). 415–422. 55 indexed citations
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Zhou, Jia, Camille Gelot, Constantia Pantelidou, et al.. (2021). A first-in-class polymerase theta inhibitor selectively targets homologous-recombination-deficient tumors. Nature Cancer. 2(6). 598–610. 226 indexed citations breakdown →
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Przetocka, Sara, Antônio Porro, Hella Anna Bolck, et al.. (2018). CtIP-Mediated Fork Protection Synergizes with BRCA1 to Suppress Genomic Instability upon DNA Replication Stress. Molecular Cell. 72(3). 568–582.e6. 99 indexed citations
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Rondinelli, Beatrice, Ewa Gogola, Hatice Yücel, et al.. (2017). EZH2 promotes degradation of stalled replication forks by recruiting MUS81 through histone H3 trimethylation. Nature Cell Biology. 19(11). 1371–1378. 256 indexed citations
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Kais, Zeina, Beatrice Rondinelli, Amie L. Holmes, et al.. (2016). FANCD2 Maintains Fork Stability in BRCA1/2-Deficient Tumors and Promotes Alternative End-Joining DNA Repair. Cell Reports. 15(11). 2488–2499. 147 indexed citations
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Ceccaldi, Raphaël, Prabha Sarangi, & Alan D. D’Andrea. (2016). The Fanconi anaemia pathway: new players and new functions. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 17(6). 337–349. 492 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bluteau, Dominique, Julien Masliah-Planchon, Connor S. Clairmont, et al.. (2016). Biallelic inactivation of REV7 is associated with Fanconi anemia. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 126(9). 3580–3584. 105 indexed citations
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Ceccaldi, Raphaël, Jessie Liu, Ravindra Amunugama, et al.. (2015). Homologous-recombination-deficient tumours are dependent on Polθ-mediated repair. Nature. 518(7538). 258–262. 648 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ceccaldi, Raphaël, Beatrice Rondinelli, & Alan D. D’Andrea. (2015). Repair Pathway Choices and Consequences at the Double-Strand Break. Trends in Cell Biology. 26(1). 52–64. 1081 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ceccaldi, Raphaël, Kevin W. O’Connor, Kent W. Mouw, et al.. (2015). A Unique Subset of Epithelial Ovarian Cancers with Platinum Sensitivity and PARP Inhibitor Resistance. Cancer Research. 75(4). 628–634. 97 indexed citations
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Kim, Hyungjin, Donniphat Dejsuphong, Guillaume Adelmant, et al.. (2014). Transcriptional Repressor ZBTB1 Promotes Chromatin Remodeling and Translesion DNA Synthesis. Molecular Cell. 54(1). 107–118. 46 indexed citations
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Lecourt, Séverine, Enguerran Mouly, Audrey Cras, et al.. (2013). A Prospective Study of Bone Marrow Hematopoietic and Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Type 1 Gaucher Disease Patients. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e69293–e69293. 27 indexed citations
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Jouan, Jérôme, Lisa Golmard, Nadine Benhamouda, et al.. (2012). Gene polymorphisms and cytokine plasma levels as predictive factors of complications after cardiopulmonary bypass. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 144(2). 467–473.e2. 20 indexed citations
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Ceccaldi, Raphaël, Kalindi Parmar, Enguerran Mouly, et al.. (2012). Bone Marrow Failure in Fanconi Anemia Is Triggered by an Exacerbated p53/p21 DNA Damage Response that Impairs Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells. Cell stem cell. 11(1). 36–49. 231 indexed citations
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Ceccaldi, Raphaël, Delphine Briot, Jérôme Larghero, et al.. (2010). Spontaneous abrogation of the G2 DNA damage checkpoint has clinical benefits but promotes leukemogenesis in Fanconi anemia patients. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 121(1). 184–194. 49 indexed citations
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Pissard, Serge, et al.. (2010). Analysis of Rare deletional Thalassemia Using Custom CGH Array DNA Chip. Blood. 116(21). 4278–4278. 3 indexed citations

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