Richard D. Wood

25.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
218 papers, 20.4k citations indexed

About

Richard D. Wood is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard D. Wood has authored 218 papers receiving a total of 20.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 179 papers in Molecular Biology, 62 papers in Cancer Research and 30 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Richard D. Wood's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (151 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (51 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (47 papers). Richard D. Wood is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (151 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (51 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (47 papers). Richard D. Wood collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Richard D. Wood's co-authors include Tomas Lindahl, Javier Bonet, Mahmud K. K. Shivji, Michael Mitchell, Mark K. Kenny, Maureen Biggerstaff, John Sgouros, Kei‐ichi Takata, Peter Robins and Christopher J. Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Richard D. Wood

212 papers receiving 19.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Quality Control by DNA Repair

1999 1.2k citations Tomas Lindahl, Richard D. Wood profile →
Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics for Finite Element Analysis

2008 1.2k citations Richard D. Wood et al. profile →
Human DNA Repair Genes

2001 1.1k citations Richard D. Wood, Tomas Lindahl et al. profile →
Proliferating cell nuclear antigen is required for DNA excision repair

1992 716 citations Richard D. Wood et al. profile →
Mammalian DNA nucleotide excision repair reconstituted with purified protein components

1995 701 citations Richard D. Wood et al. profile →
DNA REPAIR IN EUKARYOTES

1996 561 citations Richard D. Wood profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard D. Wood United States	74	17.1k	4.8k	3.6k	2.2k	1.6k	218	20.4k
Edison T. Liu United States	76	13.0k 0.8×	4.8k 1.0×	6.4k 1.8×	2.9k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	218	21.8k
Weidong Wang United States	60	12.6k 0.7×	2.2k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	2.2k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	205	14.8k
Minoru Takata Japan	65	9.8k 0.6×	2.7k 0.6×	3.6k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	680 0.4×	292	14.0k
Michael C. Wendl United States	23	7.7k 0.4×	3.2k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	2.6k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	55	14.0k
Torben F. Ørntoft Denmark	76	15.0k 0.9×	7.0k 1.5×	3.5k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	1.8k 1.1×	261	23.0k
Ryûji Kobayashi United States	79	19.7k 1.2×	2.2k 0.5×	5.1k 1.4×	1.8k 0.8×	736 0.5×	159	23.8k
Wan L. Lam Canada	69	11.8k 0.7×	6.1k 1.3×	3.2k 0.9×	3.0k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	311	18.4k
Gary S. Stein United States	82	18.3k 1.1×	5.5k 1.1×	5.0k 1.4×	2.6k 1.2×	721 0.5×	414	24.4k
Toshihiro Tanaka Japan	69	8.0k 0.5×	1.7k 0.4×	1.9k 0.5×	3.2k 1.4×	1.6k 1.0×	340	15.8k
Li Ding China	48	9.7k 0.6×	6.3k 1.3×	3.9k 1.1×	3.2k 1.5×	2.0k 1.3×	337	18.1k

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Hayward, Bruce E., et al.. (2025). Repeat expansion in a fragile X model is independent of double strand break repair mediated by Pol θ, RAD52, RAD54 or RAD54B. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 5033–5033. 1 indexed citations

Li, Yuzhen, et al.. (2025). Coordinated transfer of DNA between Pol θ and Pol δ resets microhomology choice during double-strand break repair. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(47). e2513018122–e2513018122.

Tomida, Junya, Emmanuelle Despras, Caroline Pouvelle, et al.. (2021). DNA polymerase zeta contributes to heterochromatin replication to prevent genome instability. The EMBO Journal. 40(21). e104543–e104543. 20 indexed citations

Carvajal-Garcia, Juan, Wanjuan Feng, Richard D. Wood, et al.. (2020). Mechanistic basis for microhomology identification and genome scarring by polymerase theta. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(15). 8476–8485. 105 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaojun, Yingjun Jiang, Kei‐ichi Takata, et al.. (2019). CNDAC-Induced DNA Double-Strand Breaks Cause Aberrant Mitosis Prior to Cell Death. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 18(12). 2283–2295. 6 indexed citations

Wood, Richard D., et al.. (2019). DNA polymerase ζ in DNA replication and repair. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(16). 8348–8361. 68 indexed citations

Feng, Wanjuan, Dennis A. Simpson, Juan Carvajal-Garcia, et al.. (2019). Genetic determinants of cellular addiction to DNA polymerase theta. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4286–4286. 110 indexed citations

Tomida, Junya, Kei‐ichi Takata, Maria D. Person, et al.. (2018). FAM 35A associates with REV 7 and modulates DNA damage responses of normal and BRCA 1‐defective cells. The EMBO Journal. 37(12). 79 indexed citations

Ai, Ni, Richard D. Wood, & William J. Welsh. (2015). Identification of Nitazoxanide as a Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Negative Modulator for the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain: An In Silico Drug Repositioning Study. Pharmaceutical Research. 32(8). 2798–807. 16 indexed citations

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Lange, Sabine S., Ella Bedford, John P. Wittschieben, et al.. (2013). Dual role for mammalian DNA polymerase ζ in maintaining genome stability and proliferative responses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(8). E687–96. 35 indexed citations

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Wittschieben, John P., et al.. (2010). Loss of DNA Polymerase ζ Enhances Spontaneous Tumorigenesis. Cancer Research. 70(7). 2770–2778. 58 indexed citations

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Bhagwat, Nikhil R., Vera Roginskaya, Marie Acquafondata, et al.. (2009). Immunodetection of DNA Repair Endonuclease ERCC1-XPF in Human Tissue. Cancer Research. 69(17). 6831–6838. 75 indexed citations

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Gan, Gregory N., John P. Wittschieben, Birgitte Ø. Wittschieben, & Richard D. Wood. (2007). DNA polymerase zeta (pol ζ) in higher eukaryotes. Cell Research. 18(1). 174–183. 170 indexed citations

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Wittschieben, Birgitte Ø. & Richard D. Wood. (2003). DDB complexities. DNA repair. 2(9). 1065–1069. 61 indexed citations

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Marini, F., et al.. (2003). POLN, a Nuclear PolA Family DNA Polymerase Homologous to the DNA Cross-link Sensitivity Protein Mus308. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(34). 32014–32019. 92 indexed citations

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Gaillard, Pierre-Henri L., Jonathan G. Moggs, Jean‐Pierre Quivy, et al.. (1997). Initiation and bidirectional propagation of chromatin assembly from a target site for nucleotide excision repair. The EMBO Journal. 16(21). 6613–6613. 10 indexed citations

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Lindahl, Tomas, Peter Karran, & Richard D. Wood. (1997). DNA excision repair pathways. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 7(2). 158–169. 209 indexed citations

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Friedberg, Errol C. & Richard D. Wood. (1996). 8 DNA Excision Repair Pathways. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 31. 249–269. 1 indexed citations

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Wood, Richard D., et al.. (1960). Influence of substratum on the germination of Betula alleghaniensis and possible successional significance.. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 41(3). 1 indexed citations

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Wood, Richard D.. (1959). GAMETANGIAL CONSTANTS OF EXTANT CHAROPHYTA FOR USE IN MICROPALEOBOTANY. Journal of Paleontology. 33(1). 186–194. 9 indexed citations

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