2026 Richard A. Gatti: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	77	1754	1669	801	756	347	26866
Medicine	77	18300	17192	9132	8438	378	27211

Research.com Recognitions

1973 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Richard A. Gatti is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily covers fields within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. The scientist's work involves subfields such as Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Oncology, Cancer Research, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main topics of Richard A. Gatti's research include:

DNA Repair Mechanisms
Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
PARP inhibition in cancer therapy
RNA Research and Splicing
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Recent publications by Richard A. Gatti feature research studies across several scientific journals and venues. Selected papers include:

"A novel, ataxic mouse model of ataxia telangiectasia caused by a clinically relevant nonsense mutation," 2021, published in eLife
"Genes affecting ionizing radiation survival identified through combined exome sequencing and functional screening," 2021, published in Human Mutation
"Viral Burden and Clearance in Asymptomatic COVID-19 Patients," 2022, published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases
"A novel, ataxic mouse model of Ataxia Telangiectasia caused by a clinically relevant nonsense mutation," 2020, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaborations have been an important aspect of Gatti's work. Frequent coauthors include:

H. Daniel Perez
May F. Abdallah
Jose I Chavira
Angelina S Norris
Martin Egeland

Richard A. Gatti was awarded the Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1973.

Best Publications

A SINGLE ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA GENE WITH A PRODUCT SIMILAR TO PI-3 KINASE

Kinneret Savitsky;Anat Bar-Shira;Shlomit Gilad;Galit Rotman

3708
Citations
Nibrin, a Novel DNA Double-Strand Break Repair Protein, Is Mutated in Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome

Raymonda Varon;Christine Vissinga;Matthias Platzer;Karen M Cerosaletti

1301
Citations
Localization of an ataxia-telangiectasia gene to chromosome 11q22–23

Richard A. Gatti;Izzet Berkel;Elena Boder;Gary Braedt

885
Citations
Occurrence of malignancy in immunodeficiency diseases. A literature review.

Richard A. Gatti;Robert A. Good

862
Citations
ATM-dependent phosphorylation of nibrin in response to radiation exposure

Magtouf Gatei;David Young;Karen M. Cerosaletti;Ami Desai-Mehta

631
Citations
Functional link between ataxia-telangiectasia and Nijmegen breakage syndrome gene products

Song Zhao;Yi-Chinn Weng;Shyng-Shiou F. Yuan;Shyng-Shiou F. Yuan;Yi-Tzu Lin

609
Citations
DNA Ligase IV Mutations Identified in Patients Exhibiting Developmental Delay and Immunodeficiency

Mark O'Driscoll;Karen M. Cerosaletti;Pierre M. Girard;Yan Dai

599
Citations
Ataxia-telangiectasia, an evolving phenotype.

Helen H Chun;Richard A Gatti

556
Citations
Cancer Risk in ATM Heterozygotes: A Model of Phenotypic and Mechanistic Differences between Missense and Truncating Mutations

Richard A. Gatti;Aaron Tward;Patrick Concannon

395
Citations
Splicing Defects in the Ataxia-Telangiectasia Gene, ATM: Underlying Mutations and Consequences

Sharon N. Teraoka;Milhan Telatar;Sara Becker-Catania;Teresa Liang

364
Citations
ATM is down-regulated by N-Myc–regulated microRNA-421

Hailiang Hu;Liutao Du;Gindy Nagabayashi;Robert C. Seeger

349
Citations
Ataxia-telangiectasia: an interdisciplinary approach to pathogenesis.

Richard A. Gatti;Elena Boder;Harry V. Vinters;Robert S. Sparkes

336
Citations
Predominance of null mutations in ataxia-telangiectasia

Shlomit Gilad;Rami Khosravi;Dganit Shkedy;Tamar Uziel

336
Citations
Genotype-Phenotype Relationships in Ataxia-Telangiectasia and Variants

Shlomit Gilad;Luciana Chessa;Rami Khosravi;Pamela Russell

288
Citations
Graft treatment of immunological deficiency.

Good Ra;Gatti Ra;Hong R;Meuwissen Hj

253
Citations
Genetic complementation analysis of ataxia telangiectasia and Nijmegen breakage syndrome: a survey of 50 patients.

N.G.J. Jaspers;R.A. Gatti;C. Baan;P.C.M.L. Linssen

245
Citations
Cellular localisation of the ataxia-telangiectasia (ATM) gene product and discrimination between mutated and normal forms

Dianne Watters;Kum Kum Khanna;Heather Beamish;Geoffrey Birrell

240
Citations
MicroRNAs: new players in the DNA damage response

Hailiang Hu;Richard A. Gatti

240
Citations
Clinical Radiation Sensitivity With DNA Repair Disorders: An Overview

Julianne M. Pollard;Julianne M. Pollard;Richard A. Gatti

234
Citations
Pathogenesis of ataxia-telangiectasia: the next generation of ATM functions

Mark Ambrose;Richard A. Gatti

230
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Concannon University of Florida

Robert A. Good University of Minnesota

Martin F. Lavin University of Queensland

Kenneth Lange University of California, Los Angeles

Ethan M. Lange University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Susan Perlman University of California, Los Angeles

Anne Lise Børresen-Dale Oslo University Hospital

Ozden Sanal Hacettepe University

Daniel E. Weeks University of Pittsburgh

Yusuke Nakamura National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition

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