Alexander Dobin

81.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
53 papers, 32.3k citations indexed

About

Alexander Dobin is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Molecular Biology and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Dobin has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 32.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Alexander Dobin's work include Magnetic properties of thin films (18 papers), Magnetic Properties and Applications (9 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers). Alexander Dobin is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic properties of thin films (18 papers), Magnetic Properties and Applications (9 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers). Alexander Dobin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Spain. Alexander Dobin's co-authors include T Gingeras, Carrie Davis, Philippe Batut, Chris Zaleski, Jörg Drenkow, Sonali Jha, Mark Chaisson, Felix Schlesinger, Hans Richter and R. H. Victora and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Dobin

52 papers receiving 32.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner

2012 28.9k citations Alexander Dobin, Carrie Davis et al. profile →
Mapping RNA‐seq Reads with STAR

2015 786 citations Alexander Dobin, T Gingeras Current Protocols in Bioinformatics profile →
Accuracy assessment of fusion transcript detection via read-mapping and de novo fusion transcript assembly-based methods

2019 302 citations Brian J. Haas, Alexander Dobin et al. Genome biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Dobin United States	25	19.1k	4.9k	4.6k	3.8k	3.8k	53	32.3k
Carrie Davis United States	17	20.7k 1.1×	5.3k 1.1×	4.5k 1.0×	3.9k 1.0×	3.7k 1.0×	22	32.7k
Jörg Drenkow United States	14	20.9k 1.1×	5.5k 1.1×	4.8k 1.1×	3.9k 1.0×	3.8k 1.0×	20	33.2k
Sonali Jha United Kingdom	4	17.6k 0.9×	4.4k 0.9×	4.3k 0.9×	3.4k 0.9×	3.5k 0.9×	7	29.0k
Felix Schlesinger United States	8	19.4k 1.0×	5.0k 1.0×	4.4k 1.0×	4.3k 1.1×	3.8k 1.0×	10	31.3k
Philippe Batut United States	6	18.0k 0.9×	4.4k 0.9×	4.3k 0.9×	3.4k 0.9×	3.6k 1.0×	7	29.4k
Mark Chaisson United States	19	20.3k 1.1×	4.6k 1.0×	4.4k 1.0×	4.3k 1.2×	4.6k 1.2×	30	32.3k
Chris Zaleski United States	3	17.6k 0.9×	4.4k 0.9×	4.3k 0.9×	3.4k 0.9×	3.5k 0.9×	3	28.9k
Davis J. McCarthy Australia	20	21.0k 1.1×	6.2k 1.3×	4.6k 1.0×	4.1k 1.1×	5.6k 1.5×	40	35.2k
Vladimı́r Beneš Germany	65	18.9k 1.0×	4.6k 1.0×	2.6k 0.6×	4.1k 1.1×	3.2k 0.8×	268	30.7k
Wei Li China	78	29.5k 1.5×	8.1k 1.7×	3.6k 0.8×	4.0k 1.1×	3.7k 1.0×	538	38.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Dobin

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Dobin

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Tonelli, Claudia, Georgi N. Yordanov, Yuan Hao, et al.. (2024). A mucus production programme promotes classical pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Gut. 73(6). 941–954. 14 indexed citations

Utama, Raditya, et al.. (2023). Identification of glioblastoma stem cell-associated lncRNAs using single-cell RNA sequencing datasets. Stem Cell Reports. 18(11). 2056–2070. 3 indexed citations

Suresh, Hamsini, Megan Crow, Nikolas L. Jorstad, et al.. (2023). Comparative single-cell transcriptomic analysis of primate brains highlights human-specific regulatory evolution. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(11). 1930–1943. 9 indexed citations

Kaminow, Benjamin, Sara Ballouz, Jesse Gillis, & Alexander Dobin. (2022). Pan-human consensus genome significantly improves the accuracy of RNA-seq analyses. Genome Research. 32(4). 738–749. 8 indexed citations

Breschi, Alessandra, Manuel Muñoz-Aguirre, Valentin Wucher, et al.. (2020). A limited set of transcriptional programs define major cell types. Genome Research. 30(7). 1047–1059. 22 indexed citations

Zhang, Qiong, Ti‐Chun Chao, Veena S. Patil, et al.. (2019). The long noncoding RNA ROCKI regulates inflammatory gene expression. The EMBO Journal. 38(8). 73 indexed citations

Ballouz, Sara, Alexander Dobin, & Jesse Gillis. (2019). Is it time to change the reference genome?. Genome biology. 20(1). 159–159. 110 indexed citations

Haas, Brian J., Alexander Dobin, Bo Li, et al.. (2019). Accuracy assessment of fusion transcript detection via read-mapping and de novo fusion transcript assembly-based methods. Genome biology. 20(1). 213–213. 302 indexed citations breakdown →

Breschi, Alessandra, Sarah Djebali, Jesse Gillis, et al.. (2016). Gene-specific patterns of expression variation across organs and species. Genome biology. 17(1). 151–151. 55 indexed citations

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Dobin, Alexander & T Gingeras. (2015). Mapping RNA‐seq Reads with STAR. Current Protocols in Bioinformatics. 51(1). 11.14.1–11.14.19. 786 indexed citations breakdown →

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Batut, Philippe, Alexander Dobin, Charles Plessy, Piero Carninci, & T Gingeras. (2012). High-fidelity promoter profiling reveals widespread alternative promoter usage and transposon-driven developmental gene expression. Genome Research. 23(1). 169–180. 144 indexed citations

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Girt, Erol, Wendell Huttema, O. N. Mryasov, et al.. (2011). A method for measuring exchange stiffness in ferromagnetic films. Journal of Applied Physics. 109(7). 07B765–07B765. 24 indexed citations

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Dobin, Alexander, et al.. (2008). Effect of Media Reversal Mode on Head Footprint. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 44(11). 3412–3415. 8 indexed citations

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Dobin, Alexander & Hans Richter. (2007). Domain wall assisted magnetic recording (invited). Journal of Applied Physics. 101(9). 33 indexed citations

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Richter, Hans & Alexander Dobin. (2006). Analysis of magnetization processes in composite media grains. Journal of Applied Physics. 99(8). 40 indexed citations

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Stamm, C., Ioan Tudosa, H. C. Siegmann, et al.. (2005). Dissipation of Spin Angular Momentum in Magnetic Switching. Physical Review Letters. 94(19). 197603–197603. 17 indexed citations

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Dobin, Alexander & R. H. Victora. (2004). Surface Roughness Induced Extrinsic Damping in Thin Magnetic Films. Physical Review Letters. 92(25). 257204–257204. 29 indexed citations

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Dobin, Alexander & R. H. Victora. (2003). Intrinsic Nonlinear Ferromagnetic Relaxation in Thin Metallic Films. Physical Review Letters. 90(16). 167203–167203. 74 indexed citations

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Krivorotov, I. N., K. R. Nikolaev, Alexander Dobin, A. M. Goldman, & E. Dan Dahlberg. (2001). Exchange Field Induced Magnetoresistance in Colossal Magnetoresistance Manganites. Physical Review Letters. 86(25). 5779–5782. 23 indexed citations

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Nikolaev, K. R., Alexander Dobin, I. N. Krivorotov, E. Dan Dahlberg, & A. M. Goldman. (2001). Temperature dependence of interlayer exchange coupling in manganite-based superlattices. Journal of Applied Physics. 89(11). 6820–6821. 4 indexed citations

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