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Carlos Frederico Martins Menck

Carlos Frederico Martins Menck

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Molecular Biology
Brazil
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
60
Citations
17004
World Ranking
1936
National Ranking
2

Carlos Frederico Martins Menck publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carlos Frederico Martins Menck sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 335 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Carlos Frederico Martins Menck D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carlos Frederico Martins Menck sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 2005 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Carlos Frederico Martins Menck is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a total of 101 publications. Their research spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Plant Science, Genetics, and Epidemiology.

Their primary research topics focus on DNA repair mechanisms, carcinogens and genotoxicity assessment, CRISPR and genetic engineering, cancer genomics and diagnostics, skin protection and aging, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, and cancer therapeutics and mechanisms.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Inflammation response, oxidative stress and DNA damage caused by urban air pollution exposure increase in the lack of DNA repair XPC protein, 2020, Environment International
  • Cooperation and interplay between base and nucleotide excision repair pathways: From DNA lesions to proteins, 2020, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Genomic mutation landscape of skin cancers from DNA repair-deficient xeroderma pigmentosum patients, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Revealing Temozolomide Resistance Mechanisms via Genome-Wide CRISPR Libraries, 2020, Cells
  • Melanopsin mediates UVA-dependent modulation of proliferation, pigmentation, apoptosis, and molecular clock in normal and malignant melanocytes, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research

Frequent co-authors of Carlos Frederico Martins Menck include:

  • Natália Cestari Moreno (13 joint publications)
  • Veridiana Munford (12 joint publications)
  • Davi Jardim Martins (11 joint publications)
  • Giovana da Silva Leandro (11 joint publications)
  • Marcela Teatin Latância (10 joint publications)

The scientist has regularly published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 4 publications
  • Photochemistry and Photobiology with 3 publications
  • Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis with 3 publications
  • DNA Repair with 3 publications
  • Cancer Research with 3 publications

Distinctions awarded to Carlos Frederico Martins Menck include being named a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2018 and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Comparison of the genomes of two Xanthomonas pathogens with differing host specificities

    A. C. R. da Silva;J. A. Ferro;F. C. Reinach;C. S. Farah

  • Genome sequence of Aedes aegypti, a major arbovirus vector

    Vishvanath Nene;Jennifer R. Wortman;Daniel Lawson;Brian Haas

  • The genome sequence of the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa

    A. J.G. Simpson;F. C. Reinach;P. Arruda;F. A. Abreu

  • Transcriptome analysis of the acoelomate human parasite Schistosoma mansoni

    Sergio Verjovski-Almeida;Ricardo DeMarco;Elizabeth A.L. Martins;Pedro E.M. Guimarães

  • Apoptosis in malignant glioma cells triggered by the temozolomide-induced DNA lesion O6-methylguanine

    W. P. Roos;L. F.Z. Batista;S. C. Naumann;Wolfgang Wick

  • Comparative Genomics of Two Leptospira interrogans Serovars Reveals Novel Insights into Physiology and Pathogenesis

    A. L. T. O. Nascimento;A. I. Ko;A. I. Ko;E. A. L. Martins;C. B. Monteiro-Vitorello

  • The eukaryotic nucleotide excision repair pathway.

    Renata M. A. Costa;Vanessa Chiganças;Rodrigo da Silva Galhardo;Helotonio Carvalho

  • Analysis and functional annotation of an expressed sequence tag collection for tropical crop sugarcane.

    André L. Vettore;André L. Vettore;Felipe R. da Silva;Felipe R. da Silva;Edson L. Kemper;Edson L. Kemper;Glaucia M. Souza

  • DNA repair pathways and cisplatin resistance: an intimate relationship

    Clarissa Ribeiro Reily Rocha;Matheus Molina Silva;Annabel Quinet;Januario Bispo Cabral-Neto

  • Sunlight damage to cellular DNA: Focus on oxidatively generated lesions.

    André Passaglia Schuch;Natália Cestari Moreno;Natielen Jacques Schuch;Carlos Frederico Martins Menck

  • Chromobacterium violaceum: a review of pharmacological and industiral perspectives.

    Nelson Durán;Carlos F. M. Menck

  • Singlet oxygen induced DNA damage.

    H Sies;Carlos Frederico Martins Menck

  • How DNA lesions are turned into powerful killing structures: insights from UV-induced apoptosis.

    Luís F.Z. Batista;Bernd Kaina;Rogério Meneghini;Carlos F.M. Menck

  • Comparative genomic analysis of plant-associated bacteria.

    M. A. Van Sluys;C. B. Monteiro-Vitorello;L. E. A. Camargo;C. F. M. Menck

  • DNA damage by singlet oxygen and cellular protective mechanisms.

    Lucymara F. Agnez-Lima;Julliane T.A. Melo;Acarízia E. Silva;Ana Helena S. Oliveira

  • The intronic long noncoding RNA ANRASSF1 recruits PRC2 to the RASSF1A promoter, reducing the expression of RASSF1A and increasing cell proliferation.

    Felipe C. Beckedorff;Ana C. Ayupe;Renan Crocci-Souza;Murilo S. Amaral

  • The Genome Sequence of the Gram-Positive Sugarcane Pathogen Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli

    Claudia B. Monteiro-Vitorello;Luis E. A. Camargo;Marie A. Van Sluys;João P. Kitajima

  • Differential Sensitivity of Malignant Glioma Cells to Methylating and Chloroethylating Anticancer Drugs: p53 Determines the Switch by Regulating xpc, ddb2, and DNA Double-Strand Breaks

    Luís F Z Batista;Wynand P Roos;Markus Christmann;Carlos F M Menck

  • Glutathione depletion sensitizes cisplatin- and temozolomide-resistant glioma cells in vitro and in vivo.

    C R R Rocha;C C M Garcia;D B Vieira;A Quinet

  • Thi1, a thiamine biosynthetic gene in Arabidopsis thaliana, complements bacterial defects in DNA repair.

    C. R. Machado;R. L. Costa de Oliveira;S. Boiteux;U. M. Praekelt

Frequent Co-Authors

Alain Sarasin
Alain Sarasin Institut Gustave Roussy
Alysson R. Muotri
Alysson R. Muotri University of California, San Diego
Marie-Anne Van Sluys
Marie-Anne Van Sluys Universidade de São Paulo
Paolo Di Mascio
Paolo Di Mascio Universidade de São Paulo
Sergio Verjovski-Almeida
Sergio Verjovski-Almeida Universidade de São Paulo
João C. Setubal
João C. Setubal Universidade de São Paulo
Mariana C. Oliveira
Mariana C. Oliveira Universidade de São Paulo
João Antonio Pêgas Henriques
João Antonio Pêgas Henriques University of Caxias Do Sul
Maria Helena S. Goldman
Maria Helena S. Goldman Universidade de São Paulo
Luiz Lehmann Coutinho
Luiz Lehmann Coutinho Universidade de São Paulo

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