2026 Agata Smogorzewska: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	51	3823	3607	1651	1551	98	24606

Overview

Agata Smogorzewska is affiliated with Rockefeller University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research primarily focuses on molecular biology, genetics, cancer research, plant science, and oncology, with a significant emphasis on DNA repair mechanisms.

Their work covers a number of key topics including:

DNA Repair Mechanisms
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Agata Smogorzewska has published a variety of research articles in notable scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Blood
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Clinical Cancer Research

Prominent recent papers authored or co-authored by Smogorzewska include:

Cell fitness screens reveal a conflict between LINE-1 retrotransposition and DNA replication, 2020, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
CENP-A chromatin prevents replication stress at centromeres to avoid structural aneuploidy, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Genomic signature of Fanconi anaemia DNA repair pathway deficiency in cancer, 2022, Nature
Distinct roles of BRCA2 in replication fork protection in response to hydroxyurea and DNA interstrand cross-links, 2020, Genes & Development
Treatment of Fanconi Anemia-Associated Head and Neck Cancer: Opportunities to Improve Outcomes, 2021, Clinical Cancer Research

The scientist collaborates frequently with colleagues including Francis P. Lach, Moonjung Jung, Settara C. Chandrasekharappa, Arleen D. Auerbach, and Frank X. Donovan. Their collaborative efforts have resulted in multiple co-authored publications across various domains related to DNA repair and cancer biology.

Best Publications

ATM and ATR substrate analysis reveals extensive protein networks responsive to DNA damage

Shuhei Matsuoka;Bryan A. Ballif;Agata Smogorzewska;Agata Smogorzewska;E. Robert McDonald

3542
Citations
TRF2 Protects Human Telomeres from End-to-End Fusions

Bas van Steensel;Agata Smogorzewska;Titia de Lange

2168
Citations
DNA Damage Foci at Dysfunctional Telomeres

Hiroyuki Takai;Agata Smogorzewska;Titia de Lange

1659
Citations
Human telomeres contain two distinct Myb-related proteins, TRF1 and TRF2.

Broccoli D;Smogorzewska A;Chong L;de Lange T

1230
Citations
Control of human telomere length by TRF1 and TRF2.

Agata Smogorzewska;Bas van Steensel;Alessandro Bianchi;Stefan Oelmann

1052
Citations
Regulation of Telomerase by Telomeric Proteins

Agata Smogorzewska;Titia de Lange

1046
Citations
Senescence Induced by Altered Telomere State, Not Telomere Loss

Jan Karlseder;Agata Smogorzewska;Titia de Lange

1005
Citations
Identification of the FANCI protein, a monoubiquitinated FANCD2 paralog required for DNA repair.

Agata Smogorzewska;Agata Smogorzewska;Shuhei Matsuoka;Patrizia Vinciguerra;E. Robert McDonald

817
Citations
Abraxas and RAP80 Form a BRCA1 Protein Complex Required for the DNA Damage Response

Bin Wang;Shuhei Matsuoka;Bryan A. Ballif;Bryan A. Ballif;Dong Zhang

807
Citations
Homologous recombination generates T-loop-sized deletions at human telomeres.

Richard C. Wang;Agata Smogorzewska;Titia de Lange

664
Citations
Fanconi anaemia and the repair of Watson and Crick DNA crosslinks

Molly C. Kottemann;Agata Smogorzewska

659
Citations
Different telomere damage signaling pathways in human and mouse cells

Agata Smogorzewska;Titia de Lange

603
Citations
The Fanconi Anemia Pathway Promotes Replication-Dependent DNA Interstrand Cross-Link Repair

Puck Knipscheer;Markus Räschle;Agata Smogorzewska;Agata Smogorzewska;Milica Enoiu

571
Citations
Mammalian BTBD12/SLX4 assembles a Holliday junction resolvase and is required for DNA repair

Jennifer M. Svendsen;Agata Smogorzewska;Agata Smogorzewska;Mathew E. Sowa;Brenda C. O'Connell

570
Citations
DNA ligase IV-dependent NHEJ of deprotected mammalian telomeres in G1 and G2.

Agata Smogorzewska;Jan Karlseder;Heidi Holtgreve-Grez;Anna Jauch

460
Citations
Cancer Proliferation Gene Discovery Through Functional Genomics

Michael R. Schlabach;Ji Luo;Nicole L. Solimini;Guang Hu

457
Citations
A genome-wide homologous recombination screen identifies the RNA-binding protein RBMX as a component of the DNA-damage response

Britt Adamson;Agata Smogorzewska;Agata Smogorzewska;Frederic D. Sigoillot;Randall W. King

452
Citations
Exome Capture Reveals ZNF423 and CEP164 Mutations, Linking Renal Ciliopathies to DNA Damage Response Signaling

Moumita Chaki;Rannar Airik;Amiya K. Ghosh;Rachel H. Giles

431
Citations
Mutations of the SLX4 gene in Fanconi anemia

Yonghwan Kim;Francis P Lach;Rohini Desetty;Helmut Hanenberg;Helmut Hanenberg

390
Citations
A Genetic Screen Identifies FAN1, a Fanconi Anemia-Associated Nuclease Necessary for DNA Interstrand Crosslink Repair

Agata Smogorzewska;Agata Smogorzewska;Agata Smogorzewska;Rohini Desetty;Takamune T. Saito;Michael Schlabach

384
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. Elledge Harvard University

Arleen D. Auerbach Rockefeller University

Settara C. Chandrasekharappa National Institutes of Health

Titia de Lange Rockefeller University

Friedhelm Hildebrandt Boston Children's Hospital

Steven P. Gygi Harvard University

Bryan A. Ballif University of Vermont

Kenneth Offit Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Elaine A. Ostrander National Institutes of Health

Olivier Elemento Cornell University

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