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Jacques Laval

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
12931
World Ranking
13728
National Ranking
525

Jacques Laval publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jacques Laval sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 129 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Jacques Laval D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jacques Laval sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jacques Laval is affiliated with the Institut Gustave Roussy in France. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with particular focus on Molecular Biology, Oncology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics, including:

  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research

Jacques Laval has contributed to multiple research papers. Some recent publications include:

  • Insight into DNA substrate specificity of PARP1-catalysed DNA poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • Role of Base Excision Repair Pathway in the Processing of Complex DNA Damage Generated by Oxidative Stress and Anticancer Drugs (2021), published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • A noncanonical response to replication stress protects genome stability through ROS production, in an adaptive manner (2023), published in Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Abasic site-peptide cross-links are blocking lesions repaired by AP endonucleases (2023), published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • The Arabidopsis thaliana Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerases 1 and 2 Modify DNA by ADP-Ribosylating Terminal Phosphate Residues (2020), published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jacques Laval include:

  • Murat Saparbaev
  • Nikita A. Kuznetsov
  • Olga S. Fedorova
  • А. А. Кузнецова
  • Bakhyt Matkarimov

Jacques Laval has published extensively in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Cells
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

In addition to journal articles, Jacques Laval has contributed to book publications, including a title published by the Royal Society of Chemistry: DNA Damage, DNA Repair and Disease (2020).

Best Publications

  • The multifaceted roles of nitric oxide in cancer.

    D A Wink;Y Vodovotz;J Laval;F Laval

  • 8-oxoguanine (8-hydroxyguanine) DNA glycosylase and its substrate specificity.

    J Tchou;H Kasai;S Shibutani;M H Chung

  • Substrate specificity of the Escherichia coli Fpg protein (formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase): excision of purine lesions in DNA produced by ionizing radiation or photosensitization.

    Serge Boiteux;Ewa Gajewski;Jacques Laval;Miral Dizdaroglu

  • Clustered DNA damages induced in isolated DNA and in human cells by low doses of ionizing radiation

    Betsy M. Sutherland;Paula V. Bennett;Olga Sidorkina;Jacques Laval

  • Reaction Kinetics for Nitrosation of Cysteine and Glutathione in Aerobic Nitric Oxide Solutions at Neutral pH. Insights into the Fate and Physiological Effects of Intermediates Generated in the NO/O2 Reaction

    David A. Wink;Raymond W. Nims;John F. Darbyshire;Danae Christodoulou

  • Formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase of Escherichia coli: cloning and sequencing of the fpg structural gene and overproduction of the protein.

    S Boiteux;T R O'Connor;J Laval

  • Substrate specificity of the Escherichia coli endonuclease III : excision of thymine- and cytosine-derived lesions in DNA produced by radiation-generated free radicals

    Miral Dizdaroglu;Jacques Laval;Serge Boiteux

  • Excision of hypoxanthine from DNA containing dIMP residues by the Escherichia coli, yeast, rat, and human alkylpurine DNA glycosylases.

    Murat Saparbaev;Jacques Laval

  • The type of DNA glycosylase determines the base excision repair pathway in mammalian cells.

    Paola Fortini;Eleonora Parlanti;Olga M. Sidorkina;Jacques Laval

  • Escherichia coli, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, rat and human 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylases repair 1,N6-ethenoadenine when present in DNA.

    Murat Saparbaev;Karol Kleibl;Jacques Laval

  • Enzymology of the repair of free radicals-induced DNA damage.

    Laurent Gros;Murat K Saparbaev;Jacques Laval

  • Clustered DNA Damages Induced by X Rays in Human Cells

    Betsy M. Sutherland;Paula V. Bennett;John C. Sutherland;John C. Sutherland;Jacques Laval

  • The Fpg protein, a DNA repair enzyme, is inhibited by the biomediator nitric oxide in vitro and in vivo

    David A. Wink;Jacques Laval

  • 3,N4-ethenocytosine, a highly mutagenic adduct, is a primary substrate for Escherichia coli double-stranded uracil-DNA glycosylase and human mismatch-specific thymine-DNA glycosylase.

    Murat Saparbaev;Jacques Laval

  • Clustered DNA damage, influence on damage excision by XRS5 nuclear extracts and Escherichia coli Nth and Fpg proteins.

    Marie-Hélène David-Cordonnier;Jacques Laval;Peter O'Neill

  • Physical association of the 2,6-diamino-4-hydroxy-5N-formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase of Escherichia coli and an activity nicking DNA at apurinic/apyrimidinic sites.

    Timothy R. O'Connor;Jacques Laval

  • Ring-opened 7-methylguanine residues in DNA are a block to in vitro DNA synthesis

    Timothy R. O'Connor;Sergio Boiteux;Jacques Laval

  • Coding properties of poly(deoxycytidylic acid) templates containing uracil or apyrimidinic sites: in vitro modulation of mutagenesis by deoxyribonucleic acid repair enzymes.

    Serge Boiteux;Jacques Laval

  • HU Protein of Escherichia coli Binds Specifically to DNA That Contains Single-strand Breaks or Gaps

    Bertrand Castaing;Charles Zelwer;Jacques Laval;Serge Boiteux

  • Two enzymes are required for strand incision in repair of alkylated DNA

    Jacques Laval

Frequent Co-Authors

Serge Boiteux
Serge Boiteux Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Miral Dizdaroglu
Miral Dizdaroglu National Institute of Standards and Technology
David A. Wink
David A. Wink National Institutes of Health
Robert P. P. Fuchs
Robert P. P. Fuchs Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Marc M. Greenberg
Marc M. Greenberg Johns Hopkins University
Helmut Bartsch
Helmut Bartsch German Cancer Research Center
Henry Rodriguez
Henry Rodriguez National Institutes of Health
Anthony E. Pegg
Anthony E. Pegg Pennsylvania State University
Orlando D. Schärer
Orlando D. Schärer Institute for Basic Science
Andrew Collins
Andrew Collins University of Oslo

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