Sébastien Herzig

8.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
21 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Sébastien Herzig is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sébastien Herzig has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Clinical Biochemistry and 5 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Sébastien Herzig's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (8 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (5 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (4 papers). Sébastien Herzig is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (8 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (5 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (4 papers). Sébastien Herzig collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Sébastien Herzig's co-authors include Reuben J. Shaw, Jean‐Claude Martinou, David C. Chan, Sylvie Montessuit, Kristina Hellberg, Stéphanie Grandemange, Tommy L. Lewis, Franck Polleux, Oliver C. Losón and Nathan P. Young and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Sébastien Herzig

20 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

AMPK: guardian of metabolism and mitochondrial homeostasis

2017 2.9k citations Sébastien Herzig, Reuben J. Shaw Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
AMP-activated protein kinase mediates mitochondrial fission in response to energy stress

2016 857 citations Sébastien Herzig, Julien Courchet et al. Science profile →
SLP‐2 is required for stress‐induced mitochondrial hyperfusion

2009 609 citations Daniel Tondera, Stéphanie Grandemange et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
Identification and Functional Expression of the Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier

2012 560 citations Sébastien Herzig, Sylvie Montessuit et al. Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sébastien Herzig Switzerland	15	4.4k	1.5k	1.2k	869	599	21	6.3k
Grant M. Hatch Canada	50	4.1k 0.9×	851 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	651 0.7×	589 1.0×	187	6.6k
Bin Zhao China	44	3.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	978 1.1×	274 0.5×	110	5.8k
De‐Pei Liu China	49	4.1k 0.9×	912 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	559 0.9×	242	8.0k
Dolors Serra Spain	37	2.3k 0.5×	957 0.6×	1.8k 1.5×	839 1.0×	456 0.8×	114	4.7k
Kyle L. Hoehn Australia	37	4.2k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	2.6k 2.2×	872 1.0×	688 1.1×	98	6.9k
Carmen Argmann United States	32	3.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	2.8k 2.3×	459 0.5×	764 1.3×	65	6.8k
Michael J. Wolfgang United States	41	2.3k 0.5×	790 0.5×	1.6k 1.3×	556 0.6×	437 0.7×	84	4.8k
Laurent Vergnes United States	45	4.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	1.8k 1.5×	1.1k 1.2×	837 1.4×	101	8.3k
Lorrie A. Kirshenbaum Canada	50	4.4k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	837 0.7×	989 1.1×	584 1.0×	124	7.4k
Marc Liesa United States	44	6.5k 1.5×	2.2k 1.5×	2.8k 2.3×	1.0k 1.2×	552 0.9×	83	9.4k

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Foata, Francis, Stéphane Duboux, Sébastien Herzig, et al.. (2025). Identification and Biological Characterization of a Novel NRF2 Activator Molecule Released From the Membranes of Heat‐Treated Bifidobacterium breve NCC 2950. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 69(17). e202400770–e202400770. 1 indexed citations

Herzig, Sébastien, Lorane Texari, James A. Holzwarth, et al.. (2024). A biological age based on common clinical markers predicts health trajectory and mortality risk in dogs. GeroScience. 47(1). 45–59. 1 indexed citations

Herzig, Sébastien, Lingzi Li, Cecilia Jiménez‐Sánchez, Jean‐Claude Martinou, & Pierre Maechler. (2023). Screening for new inhibitors of the human Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier and their effects on hepatic glucose production and diabetes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1867(12). 130492–130492. 1 indexed citations

Lee, Annie, Chandana Kondapalli, Tommy L. Lewis, et al.. (2022). Aβ42 oligomers trigger synaptic loss through CAMKK2-AMPK-dependent effectors coordinating mitochondrial fission and mitophagy. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4444–4444. 69 indexed citations

Garcia, Daniel, Kristina Hellberg, Amandine Chaix, et al.. (2019). Genetic Liver-Specific AMPK Activation Protects against Diet-Induced Obesity and NAFLD. Cell Reports. 26(1). 192–208.e6. 226 indexed citations

Stein, Benjamin D., Sébastien Herzig, Salvador Martínez‐Bartolomé, et al.. (2019). Comparison of CRISPR Genomic Tagging for Affinity Purification and Endogenous Immunoprecipitation Coupled with Quantitative Mass Spectrometry To Identify the Dynamic AMPKα2 Interactome. Journal of Proteome Research. 18(10). 3703–3714. 5 indexed citations

Lei, Hongxia, Sylvie Montessuit, Sébastien Herzig, & Jean‐Claude Martinou. (2019). Feasibility of neurochemically profiling mouse embryonic brain and its development in utero using ¹H MRS at 14.1 T. NMR in Biomedicine. 32(11). e4163–e4163.

Eichner, Lillian J., Sonja N. Brun, Sébastien Herzig, et al.. (2018). Genetic Analysis Reveals AMPK Is Required to Support Tumor Growth in Murine Kras-Dependent Lung Cancer Models. Cell Metabolism. 29(2). 285–302.e7. 147 indexed citations

Herzig, Sébastien & Reuben J. Shaw. (2017). AMPK: guardian of metabolism and mitochondrial homeostasis. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 19(2). 121–135. 2874 indexed citations breakdown →

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Herzig, Sébastien, Julien Courchet, Tommy L. Lewis, et al.. (2016). AMP-activated protein kinase mediates mitochondrial fission in response to energy stress. Science. 351(6270). 275–281. 857 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vanderperre, Benoît, Sébastien Herzig, Manuel Hörl, et al.. (2016). Embryonic Lethality of Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier 1 Deficient Mouse Can Be Rescued by a Ketogenic Diet. PLoS Genetics. 12(5). e1006056–e1006056. 46 indexed citations

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Kopf, Stefan, Jan O. Friedrich, Julia Szendrödi, et al.. (2016). Pulmonale Fibrose: eine diabetische Spätkomplikation. Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel. 11(S 01). 1 indexed citations

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Herzig, Sébastien, Sylvie Montessuit, Jean‐Luc Veuthey, et al.. (2012). Identification and Functional Expression of the Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier. Science. 337(6090). 93–96. 560 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fischer, Adrien, Soo‐Jin Yang, Arnold S. Bayer, et al.. (2011). Daptomycin resistance mechanisms in clinically derived Staphylococcus aureus strains assessed by a combined transcriptomics and proteomics approach. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 66(8). 1696–1711. 79 indexed citations

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Montessuit, Sylvie, Syam Prakash Somasekharan, Oihana Terrones, et al.. (2010). Membrane Remodeling Induced by the Dynamin-Related Protein Drp1 Stimulates Bax Oligomerization. Cell. 142(6). 889–901. 346 indexed citations

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Tondera, Daniel, Stéphanie Grandemange, Alexis A. Jourdain, et al.. (2009). SLP‐2 is required for stress‐induced mitochondrial hyperfusion. The EMBO Journal. 28(11). 1589–1600. 609 indexed citations breakdown →

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Herzig, Sébastien & Jean‐Claude Martinou. (2008). Mitochondrial Dynamics: To be in Good Shape to Survive. Current Molecular Medicine. 8(2). 131–137. 54 indexed citations

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Grandemange, Stéphanie, Sébastien Herzig, & Jean‐Claude Martinou. (2008). Mitochondrial dynamics and cancer. Seminars in Cancer Biology. 19(1). 50–56. 149 indexed citations

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Melles∗, Damian C., Leo M. Schouls, Patrice François, et al.. (2008). High-throughput typing of Staphylococcus aureus by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) or multi-locus variable number of tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) reveals consistent strain relatedness. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 28(1). 39–45. 26 indexed citations

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François, Patrice, Antoine Huyghe, Yvan Charbonnier, et al.. (2005). Use of an Automated Multiple-Locus, Variable-Number Tandem Repeat-Based Method for Rapid and High-Throughput Genotyping of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43(7). 3346–3355. 85 indexed citations

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