Artem Babaian

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 955 citations indexed

About

Artem Babaian is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Artem Babaian has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 955 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Plant Science and 4 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Artem Babaian's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (5 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (5 papers). Artem Babaian is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (5 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (5 papers). Artem Babaian collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Artem Babaian's co-authors include Dixie L. Mager, R. C. Edgar, Marcos de la Peña, Liane Gagnier, Mohammad M. Karimi, Rayan Chikhi, Dmitry Meleshko, Basem Al-Shayeb, Tomer Altman and Pierre Barbera and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Artem Babaian

23 papers receiving 945 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.

  1. Petabase-scale sequence alignment catalyses viral discovery
    2022 264 citations R. C. Edgar, Victor S.-Y. Lin et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Artem Babaian
Tobias Paprotka Germany
Martin Pelchat Canada
Palakodeti V.N. Dasaradhi India
Olivier Cordin France
Bernard Selling United States
Sunnie R. Thompson United States
Ilya M. Terenin Russia
Bruno Sargueil France
Alessandro Ceroni United Kingdom
Niyaz Yoosuf Sweden
Tobias Paprotka Germany
Artem Babaian
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Countries citing papers authored by Artem Babaian

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Fields of papers citing papers by Artem Babaian

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Artem Babaian

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Artem Babaian. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Artem Babaian based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Artem Babaian. Artem Babaian is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Abdolahzadeh, Amir, Yaohua Zhang, Stéphane Flibotte, et al.. (2025). Discovery of functional factorless internal ribosome entry site-like structures through virome mining. PLoS Pathogens. 21(6). e1013255–e1013255. 1 indexed citations
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Gupta, P. P., et al.. (2024). A parasite odyssey: An RNA virus concealed in Toxoplasma gondii. Virus Evolution. 10(1). veae040–veae040. 2 indexed citations
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Karin, Eli Levy, Milot Mirdita, Rayan Chikhi, et al.. (2024). Petabase-Scale Homology Search for Structure Prediction. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 16(5). a041465–a041465. 4 indexed citations
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Zheludev, Ivan N., R. C. Edgar, Marcos de la Peña, et al.. (2024). Viroid-like colonists of human microbiomes. Cell. 187(23). 6521–6536.e18. 20 indexed citations
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Kuhn, Jens H., Artem Babaian, Laura M. Bergner, et al.. (2024). ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Kolmioviridae 2024. Journal of General Virology. 105(2). 3 indexed citations
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Forgia, Marco, Beatriz Navarro, Stefania Daghino, et al.. (2023). Hybrids of RNA viruses and viroid-like elements replicate in fungi. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2591–2591. 50 indexed citations
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Babaian, Artem, et al.. (2023). Metatranscriptomic analysis uncovers prevalent viral ORFs compatible with mitochondrial translation. mSystems. 8(3). e0100222–e0100222. 5 indexed citations
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Edgar, R. C., Victor S.-Y. Lin, Tomer Altman, et al.. (2022). Petabase-scale sequence alignment catalyses viral discovery. Nature. 602(7895). 142–147. 264 indexed citations breakdown →
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Babaian, Artem, Katharina Rothe, Dylan Girodat, et al.. (2020). Loss of m1acp3Ψ Ribosomal RNA Modification Is a Major Feature of Cancer. Cell Reports. 31(5). 107611–107611. 74 indexed citations
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Rothe, Katharina, Artem Babaian, Naoto Nakamichi, et al.. (2020). Integrin-Linked Kinase Mediates Therapeutic Resistance of Quiescent CML Stem Cells to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors. Cell stem cell. 27(1). 110–124.e9. 35 indexed citations
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Babaian, Artem, I. Richard Thompson, Jake Lever, et al.. (2019). LIONS: analysis suite for detecting and quantifying transposable element initiated transcription from RNA-seq. Bioinformatics. 35(19). 3839–3841. 21 indexed citations
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Babaian, Artem, et al.. (2018). bioSyntax: syntax highlighting for computational biology. BMC Bioinformatics. 19(1). 303–303. 2 indexed citations
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Rothe, Katharina, Artem Babaian, Naoto Nakamichi, et al.. (2017). Targeting ILK impairs TKI-resistance of quiescent leukemic stem cells in vitro and in vivo. Experimental Hematology. 53. S69–S69. 1 indexed citations
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Lock, Frances E., Artem Babaian, Ying Zhang, et al.. (2017). A novel isoform of IL-33 revealed by screening for transposable element promoted genes in human colorectal cancer. PLoS ONE. 12(7). e0180659–e0180659. 17 indexed citations
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Babaian, Artem & Dixie L. Mager. (2016). Endogenous retroviral promoter exaptation in human cancer. Mobile DNA. 7(1). 24–24. 163 indexed citations
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Rothe, Katharina, Artem Babaian, Naoto Nakamichi, et al.. (2016). The Focal Adhesion Complex Ilk-Pinch-Parvin Is Key to Niche Interactions and Survival of Quiescent Stem Cells in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia In Vitro and In Vivo. Blood. 128(22). 936–936. 2 indexed citations
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Babaian, Artem, Mark T. Romanish, Liane Gagnier, et al.. (2015). Onco-exaptation of an endogenous retroviral LTR drives IRF5 expression in Hodgkin lymphoma. Oncogene. 35(19). 2542–2546. 88 indexed citations
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Lock, Frances E., Rita Rebollo, Liane Gagnier, et al.. (2014). Distinct isoform of FABP7 revealed by screening for retroelement-activated genes in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(34). E3534–43. 56 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ying, Artem Babaian, Liane Gagnier, & Dixie L. Mager. (2013). Visualized Computational Predictions of Transcriptional Effects by Intronic Endogenous Retroviruses. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e71971–e71971. 7 indexed citations
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Mian, M. Firoz, et al.. (2013). Length of dsRNA (poly I:C) drives distinct innate immune responses, depending on the cell type. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 94(5). 1025–1036. 72 indexed citations

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