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Aziz Sancar

Active 1978–2025

215
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39,776
Citations
119
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Citations

Citations per year for Aziz Sancar1968: 1 citations1979: 4 citations1980: 13 citations1981: 41 citations1982: 37 citations1983: 63 citations1984: 84 citations1985: 66 citations1986: 65 citations1987: 119 citations1988: 100 citations1989: 135 citations1990: 193 citations1991: 147 citations1992: 130 citations1993: 173 citations1994: 181 citations1995: 207 citations1996: 220 citations1997: 325 citations1998: 298 citations1999: 394 citations2000: 421 citations2001: 326 citations2002: 380 citations2003: 423 citations2004: 410 citations2005: 430 citations2006: 389 citations2007: 328 citations2008: 307 citations2009: 311 citations2010: 362 citations2011: 263 citations2012: 238 citations2013: 269 citations2014: 243 citations2015: 206 citations2016: 339 citations2017: 252 citations2018: 220 citations2019: 723 citations2020: 787 citations2021: 795 citations2022: 527 citations2023: 416 citations2024: 583 citations2025: 311 citations2026: 2 citations1969–1978: no citations, so these years are not shown

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 3,742 citing papers, 38.2% of this breakdownChina: 781 citing papers, 8% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 690 citing papers, 7% of this breakdownGermany: 594 citing papers, 6.1% of this breakdownJapan: 481 citing papers, 4.9% of this breakdownFrance: 450 citing papers, 4.6% of this breakdownNetherlands: 262 citing papers, 2.7% of this breakdownCanada: 225 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownItaly: 221 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 203 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdownSpain: 167 citing papers, 1.7% of this breakdownAustralia: 146 citing papers, 1.5% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.3%
  • Neuroscience18.7%
  • Medicine15.6%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.8%
  • Environmental Science1.4%
  • Materials Science1.1%
  • Other4.1%

Topics

  • DNA Repair Mechanisms12.3%
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin6.7%
  • Light effects on plants4%
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry3.4%
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology2.9%
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering2.6%
  • Other68.1%

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  1. Molecular Mechanisms of Mammalian DNA Repair and the DNA Damage Checkpoints

    Authors: Aziz Sancar, Laura A. Lindsey‐Boltz, Keziban Ünsal-Kaçmaz, Stuart Linn - Annual Review of Biochemistry 2004 cited by 3,297

  2. Clocks, cancer, and chronochemotherapy

    Authors: Aziz Sancar, Russell N. Van Gelder - Science 2020 cited by 269

  3. Molecular mechanism of the repressive phase of the mammalian circadian clock

    Authors: Xuemei Cao, Yanyan Yang, Christopher P. Selby, Zhenxing Liu, Aziz Sancar - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2020 cited by 183

  4. Guidelines for Genome-Scale Analysis of Biological Rhythms

    Authors: Michael E. Hughes, Katharine C. Abruzzi, Ravi Allada, Ron C. Anafi, Alaaddin Bulak Arpat, Gad Asher, Pierre Baldi, Charissa de Bekker, Deborah Bell‐Pedersen, Justin Blau, Steven R. Brown, M. Fernanda Ceriani, Zheng Chen, Joanna C. Chiu, Jüergen Cox, Alexander M. Crowell, Jason P. DeBruyne, Derk‐Jan Dijk, Luciano DiTacchio, Francis J. Doyle, Giles E. Duffield, Jay Dunlap, Kristin Eckel‐Mahan, Karyn A. Esser, Garret A. FitzGerald, Daniel B. Forger, Lauren J. Francey, Ying‐Hui Fu, Frédéric Gachon, David Gatfield, Paul de Goede, Susan S. Golden, Carla A. Green, John Harer, Stacey L. Harmer, Jeff Haspel, Michael H. Hastings, Hanspeter Herzel, Erik D. Herzog, Christy M. Hoffmann, Christian I. Hong, Jacob Hughey, Jennifer Hurley, Horacio O. de la Iglesia, Carl Hirschie Johnson, Steve A. Kay, Nobuya Koike, Karl Kornacker, Achim Kramer, Katja Lamia, Tanya Leise, Scott A. Lewis, Jiajia Li, Xiaodong Li, Andrew C. Liu, Jennifer Loros, Tami A. Martino, Jérôme S. Menet, Martha Merrow, Andrew J. Millar, Todd C. Mockler, Félix Naef, Emi Nagoshi, Michael N. Nitabach, María Olmedo, Dmitri A. Nusinow, Louis J. Ptáček, D.A.J. Rand, Akhilesh B. Reddy, María S. Robles, Till Roenneberg, Michael Rosbash, Marc D. Ruben, Samuel S. C. Rund, Aziz Sancar, Paolo Sassone‐Corsi, Amita Sehgal, Scott Sherrill-Mix, Debra J. Skene, Kai‐Florian Storch, Joseph S. Takahashi, Hiroki R. Ueda, Han Wang, Charles J. Weitz, Pål O. Westermark, Herman Wijnen, Ying Xu, Gang Wu, Seung Hee Yoo, Michael W. Young, Eric Erquan Zhang, T. Zieliński, John B. Hogenesch - Journal of Biological Rhythms 2017 cited by 303

  5. Structure and Function of DNA Photolyase and Cryptochrome Blue-Light Photoreceptors

    Authors: Aziz Sancar - Chemical Reviews 2003 cited by 1,283

  6. Mechanisms of DNA Repair by Photolyase and Excision Nuclease (Nobel Lecture)

    Authors: Aziz Sancar - Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2016 cited by 271

  7. Differential damage and repair of DNA-adducts induced by anti-cancer drug cisplatin across mouse organs

    Authors: Askar Yimit, Ogün Adebalı, Aziz Sancar, Yuchao Jiang - Nature Communications 2019 cited by 227

  8. Dynamic maps of UV damage formation and repair for the human genome

    Authors: Jinchuan Hu, Ogün Adebalı, Sheera Adar, Aziz Sancar - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2017 cited by 194

  9. Molecular Mechanisms of Transcription-Coupled Repair

    Authors: Christopher P. Selby, Laura A. Lindsey‐Boltz, Wentao Li, Aziz Sancar - Annual Review of Biochemistry 2023 cited by 66

  10. Dual modes of CLOCK:BMAL1 inhibition mediated by Cryptochrome and Period proteins in the mammalian circadian clock

    Authors: Rui Ye, Cristopher P. Selby, Yi‐Ying Chiou, Irem Ozkan‐Dagliyan, Shobhan Gaddameedhi, Aziz Sancar - Genes & Development 2014 cited by 240

  11. Cisplatin DNA damage and repair maps of the human genome at single-nucleotide resolution

    Authors: Jinchuan Hu, Jason D. Lieb, Aziz Sancar, Sheera Adar - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2016 cited by 198

  12. Circadian clock control of the cellular response to DNA damage

    Authors: Aziz Sancar, Laura A. Lindsey‐Boltz, Tae‐Hong Kang, Joyce T. Reardon, Jin Hyup Lee, Nuri Öztürk - FEBS Letters 2010 cited by 304

  13. Genome-wide analysis of human global and transcription-coupled excision repair of UV damage at single-nucleotide resolution

    Authors: Jinchuan Hu, Sheera Adar, Christopher P. Selby, Jason D. Lieb, Aziz Sancar - Genes & Development 2015 cited by 262

  14. Genome-wide kinetics of DNA excision repair in relation to chromatin state and mutagenesis

    Authors: Sheera Adar, Jinchuan Hu, Jason D. Lieb, Aziz Sancar - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2016 cited by 189

  15. Differential regulation of mammalian Period genes and circadian rhythmicity by cryptochromes 1 and 2

    Authors: Martha Hotz Vitaterna, Christopher P. Selby, Takeshi Todo, Hitoshi Niwa, Carol L. Thompson, Ethan M. Fruechte, Kenichi Hitomi, Randy Thresher, Tomoko Ishikawa, Jun‐ichi Miyazaki, Joseph S. Takahashi, Aziz Sancar - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1999 cited by 678

  16. Control of skin cancer by the circadian rhythm

    Authors: Shobhan Gaddameedhi, Christopher P. Selby, William K. Kaufmann, Robert C. Smart, Aziz Sancar - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2011 cited by 228

  17. Clock Regulation of Metabolites Reveals Coupling between Transcription and Metabolism

    Authors: Saikumari Krishnaiah, Gang Wu, Brian J. Altman, Jacqueline Growe, Seth D. Rhoades, Faith Coldren, Anand Venkataraman, Anthony O. Olarerin-George, Lauren J. Francey, Sarmistha Mukherjee, Saiveda Girish, Christopher P. Selby, Sibel Cal‐Kayitmazbatir, Ubeydullah ER, Bahareh Sianati, Arjun Sengupta, Ron C. Anafi, İbrahim Halil Kavaklı, Aziz Sancar, Joseph A. Baur, Chi V. Dang, John B. Hogenesch, Aalim M. Weljie - Cell Metabolism 2017 cited by 211

  18. Circadian Clock, Cancer, and Chemotherapy

    Authors: Aziz Sancar, Laura A. Lindsey‐Boltz, Shobhan Gaddameedhi, Christopher P. Selby, Rui Ye, Yi‐Ying Chiou, Michael G. Kemp, Jinchuan Hu, Jin Hyup Lee, Nuri Öztürk - Biochemistry 2014 cited by 165

  19. Nucleotide Excision Repair

    Authors: Joyce T. Reardon, Aziz Sancar - Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology 2005 cited by 351

  20. Mammalian Period represses and de-represses transcription by displacing CLOCK–BMAL1 from promoters in a Cryptochrome-dependent manner

    Authors: Yi‐Ying Chiou, Yanyan Yang, Naim U. Rashid, Rui Ye, Christopher P. Selby, Aziz Sancar - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2016 cited by 159

  21. Cisplatin-DNA adduct repair of transcribed genes is controlled by two circadian programs in mouse tissues

    Authors: Yanyan Yang, Ogün Adebalı, Gang Wu, Christopher P. Selby, Yi‐Ying Chiou, Naim U. Rashid, Jinchuan Hu, John B. Hogenesch, Aziz Sancar - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2018 cited by 138

  22. Genome-wide analysis of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine at single-nucleotide resolution unveils reduced occurrence of oxidative damage at G-quadruplex sites

    Authors: Jiao An, Mengdie Yin, Jiayong Yin, Sizhong Wu, Christopher P. Selby, Yanyan Yang, Aziz Sancar, Guoliang Xu, Maoxiang Qian, Jinchuan Hu - Nucleic Acids Research 2021 cited by 50

  23. SREBP1c-CRY1 signalling represses hepatic glucose production by promoting FOXO1 degradation during refeeding

    Authors: Hagoon Jang, Gha Young Lee, Christopher P. Selby, Gung Lee, Yong Geun Jeon, Jae Ho Lee, Kenneth K.Y. Cheng, Paul M. Titchenell, Morris J. Birnbaum, Aimin Xu, Aziz Sancar, Jae Bum Kim - Nature Communications 2016 cited by 99

  24. CRYPTOCHROMES confer robustness, not rhythmicity, to circadian timekeeping

    Authors: Marrit Putker, David Wong, Estere Seinkmane, Nina M. Rzechorzek, Aiwei Zeng, Nathaniel P. Hoyle, Johanna E. Chesham, Mathew D. Edwards, Kevin A. Feeney, Robin Fischer, Nicolai Peschel, Ko‐Fan Chen, Michael Vanden Oever, Rachel S. Edgar, Christopher P. Selby, Aziz Sancar, John S. O’Neill - The EMBO Journal 2021 cited by 42