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Jean Benhattar 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 Jean Benhattar sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 105 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jean Benhattar 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 Jean Benhattar sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jean Benhattar is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields such as Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Reproductive Biology and Fertility

Jean Benhattar has contributed to published research with papers such as:

  • TERT promoter methylation and protein expression as predictive biomarkers for recurrence risk in patients with serous borderline ovarian tumours, 2020, Pathology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Jean Benhattar include:

  • Lorena Losi
  • Laura Botticelli
  • Lorella Garagnani
  • Luca Fabbiani
  • Rossana Panini

Their publications have appeared in venues such as:

  • Pathology

Best Publications

  • Kirsten ras mutations in patients with colorectal cancer: the ‘RASCAL II’ study

    H. J. N. Andreyev;A. R. Norman;D. Cunningham;J. Oates

  • A simple p53 functional assay for screening cell lines, blood, and tumors.

    J M Flaman;T Frebourg;V Moreau;F Charbonnier

  • Translocation-positive low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma: clinicopathologic and molecular analysis of a series expanding the morphologic spectrum and suggesting potential relationship to sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma: a study from the French Sarcoma Group.

    Louis Guillou;Jean Benhattar;Carole Gengler;Gabrielle Gallagher

  • Histologic Grade, But Not SYT-SSX Fusion Type, Is an Important Prognostic Factor in Patients With Synovial Sarcoma: A Multicenter, Retrospective Analysis

    Louis Guillou;Jean Benhattar;Françoise Bonichon;Gabrielle Gallagher

  • Hypermethylation of the human telomerase catalytic subunit (hTERT) gene correlates with telomerase activity

    Isabelle Guilleret;Pu Yan;Fabienne Grange;Richard Braunschweig

  • Dual role of DNA methylation inside and outside of CTCF-binding regions in the transcriptional regulation of the telomerase hTERT gene

    S. Renaud;D. Loukinov;Z. Abdullaev;I. Guilleret

  • Prognostic significance of K-ras mutations in colorectal carcinoma

    Jean Benhattar;Lorena Losi;Pascal Chaubert;Jean-Claude Givel

  • p16 Inactivation by methylation of the CDKN2A promoter occurs early during neoplastic progression in Barrett's esophagus

    Yan–Song Bian;Maria–Chiara Osterheld;Charlotte Fontolliet;Fred T. Bosman

  • Detection of the synovial sarcoma translocation t(X;18) (SYT;SSX) in paraffin-embedded tissues using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction: a reliable and powerful diagnostic tool for pathologists. A molecular analysis of 221 mesenchymal tumors fixed in different fixatives.

    Louis Guillou;Jean-Michel Coindre;Gabrielle Gallagher;Philippe Terrier

  • Evolution of intratumoral genetic heterogeneity during colorectal cancer progression.

    Lorena Losi;Bénédicte Baisse;Hanifa Bouzourene;Jean Benhattar

  • Early Prediction of Response to Sunitinib After Imatinib Failure by 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in Patients With Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

    John O. Prior;Michael Montemurro;Maria Victoria Orcurto;Olivier Michielin

  • Intratumor genetic heterogeneity in advanced human colorectal adenocarcinoma.

    Bénédicte Baisse;Hanifa Bouzourene;Emilia P. Saraga;Fred T. Bosman

  • CTCF binds the proximal exonic region of hTERT and inhibits its transcription.

    Stéphanie Renaud;Dmitri Loukinov;Fred T. Bosman;Victor Lobanenkov

  • Methylation of APC, TIMP3, and TERT: a new predictive marker to distinguish Barrett's oesophagus patients at risk for malignant transformation.

    Geneviève Clément;Richard Braunschweig;Nathalie Pasquier;Fred T Bosman

  • Dukes B colorectal cancer: distinct genetic categories and clinical outcome based on proximal or distal tumor location.

    Pascal Gervaz;Hanifa Bouzourene;Jean-Philippe Cerottini;Pascal Chaubert

  • Alterations of the Wnt signaling pathway during the neoplastic progression of Barrett's esophagus.

    G Clément;R Braunschweig;N Pasquier;F T Bosman

  • p53 and Ki-ras as prognostic factors for Dukes' stage B colorectal cancer

    H. Bouzourene;P. Gervaz;J.-P. Cerottini;J. Benhattar

  • p53 Mutations as a possible predictor of response to chemotherapy in metastatic colorectal carcinomas

    Jean Benhattar;Jean-Philippe Cerottini;Emilia Saraga;Geneviève Metthez

  • Demethylation of the human telomerase catalytic subunit (hTERT) gene promoter reduced hTERT expression and telomerase activity and shortened telomeres

    Isabelle Guilleret;Jean Benhattar

  • Expression of the CTCF-paralogous cancer-testis gene, brother of the regulator of imprinted sites (BORIS), is regulated by three alternative promoters modulated by CpG methylation and by CTCF and p53 transcription factors

    Stéphanie Renaud;Elena M. Pugacheva;M. Dolores Delgado;Richard Braunschweig

Frequent Co-Authors

Fred T. Bosman
Fred T. Bosman University of Lausanne
Jean-Michel Coindre
Jean-Michel Coindre University of Bordeaux
Victor V. Lobanenkov
Victor V. Lobanenkov National Institutes of Health
Josef Jiricny
Josef Jiricny University of Zurich
Judith Campisi
Judith Campisi Buck Institute for Research on Aging
David M. Jablons
David M. Jablons University of California, San Francisco
Paul Yaswen
Paul Yaswen Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Paula Soares
Paula Soares University of Porto
Louise M. Burke
Louise M. Burke Australian Catholic University
Olivier Delattre
Olivier Delattre PSL University

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