Athma A. Pai

8.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
43 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Athma A. Pai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Athma A. Pai has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Genetics and 9 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Athma A. Pai's work include RNA Research and Splicing (24 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (13 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers). Athma A. Pai is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (24 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (13 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers). Athma A. Pai collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Athma A. Pai's co-authors include Yoav Gilad, Jonathan K. Pritchard, Jacob F. Degner, Joseph K. Pickrell, Daniel J. Gaffney, John C. Marioni, Roger Piqué-Regi, Matthew Stephens, Jordana T. Bell and Jean‐Baptiste Veyrieras and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Athma A. Pai

41 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Understanding mechanisms underlying human gene expression variation with RNA sequencing

2010 908 citations Joseph K. Pickrell, John C. Marioni et al. Nature profile →
DNA methylation patterns associate with genetic and gene expression variation in HapMap cell lines

2011 633 citations Athma A. Pai, Joseph K. Pickrell et al. profile →
NOTCH2 Mutations Cause Alagille Syndrome, a Heterogeneous Disorder of the Notch Signaling Pathway

2006 489 citations Daniel M. Warthen, Pedro A. Sanchez‐Lara et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →
DNase I sensitivity QTLs are a major determinant of human expression variation

2012 429 citations Jacob F. Degner, Athma A. Pai et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Athma A. Pai United States	27	4.2k	1.8k	753	337	293	43	5.3k
Marcelo A. Nóbrega United States	35	4.7k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	616 0.8×	390 1.2×	262 0.9×	69	5.8k
Aaron M. Wenger United States	21	4.2k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	818 1.1×	217 0.6×	458 1.6×	33	5.7k
Sarah Ng United States	20	3.5k 0.8×	3.1k 1.8×	1.0k 1.4×	356 1.1×	251 0.9×	33	6.1k
Daniel J. Gaffney United Kingdom	35	5.3k 1.3×	1.8k 1.0×	803 1.1×	319 0.9×	620 2.1×	53	7.2k
Michael D. Wilson Canada	34	4.4k 1.1×	915 0.5×	841 1.1×	237 0.7×	345 1.2×	100	5.5k
Graham R. S. Ritchie United Kingdom	14	2.7k 0.6×	2.5k 1.4×	956 1.3×	231 0.7×	321 1.1×	19	5.1k
Gert Jan C. Veenstra Netherlands	32	4.7k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	364 0.5×	172 0.5×	240 0.8×	70	5.4k
Anja Thormann United Kingdom	5	2.3k 0.6×	2.1k 1.2×	865 1.1×	220 0.7×	326 1.1×	6	4.5k
Cory Y. McLean United States	15	3.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	703 0.9×	124 0.4×	391 1.3×	21	5.0k
Florian Guillou France	39	3.0k 0.7×	2.1k 1.2×	419 0.6×	400 1.2×	352 1.2×	116	5.8k

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Schooley, Allana, et al.. (2025). Interphase chromosome conformation is specified by distinct folding programmes inherited through mitotic chromosomes or the cytoplasm. Nature Cell Biology. 28(1). 82–97.

Kim, Gyeungyun, et al.. (2025). mRNA initiation and termination are spatially coordinated. Science. 390(6769). eado8279–eado8279. 2 indexed citations

Daniels, Rachel F., et al.. (2025). High-resolution profiling reveals coupled transcriptional and translational regulation of transgenes. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(11). 1 indexed citations

Ørning, Pontus, Roland Elling, Michelle A. Kelliher, et al.. (2025). Raver1 links Ripk1 RNA splicing to caspase-8-mediated pyroptotic cell death, inflammation, and pathogen resistance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(7). e2420802122–e2420802122. 2 indexed citations

Daniels, Rachel F., et al.. (2024). Challenges in identifying mRNA transcript starts and ends from long-read sequencing data. Genome Research. 34(11). 1719–1734. 6 indexed citations

Pai, Athma A., et al.. (2023). Genome-wide kinetic profiling of pre-mRNA 3′ end cleavage. RNA. 30(3). 256–270.

Wang, Feng, Minggang Fang, Jacquelyn Sousa, et al.. (2022). G-rich motifs within phosphorothioate-based antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) drive activation of FXN expression through indirect effects. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(22). 12657–12673. 4 indexed citations

Fiszbein, Ana, et al.. (2022). Widespread occurrence of hybrid internal-terminal exons in human transcriptomes. Science Advances. 8(3). eabk1752–eabk1752. 10 indexed citations

Ibraheim, Raed, Phillip W.L. Tai, Aamir Mir, et al.. (2021). Self-inactivating, all-in-one AAV vectors for precision Cas9 genome editing via homology-directed repair in vivo. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6267–6267. 80 indexed citations

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Pai, Athma A., Telmo Henriques, Kayla McCue, et al.. (2017). The kinetics of pre-mRNA splicing in the Drosophila genome and the influence of gene architecture. eLife. 6. 52 indexed citations

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Richards, Allison L., Donovan Watza, Adnan Alazizi, et al.. (2017). Environmental perturbations lead to extensive directional shifts in RNA processing. PLoS Genetics. 13(10). e1006995–e1006995. 27 indexed citations

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Chen, Yun, Athma A. Pai, Michał Lubas, et al.. (2016). Principles for RNA metabolism and alternative transcription initiation within closely spaced promoters. Nature Genetics. 48(9). 984–994. 64 indexed citations

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Pai, Athma A., Golshid Baharian, Jessica F. Brinkworth, et al.. (2016). Widespread Shortening of 3’ Untranslated Regions and Increased Exon Inclusion Are Evolutionarily Conserved Features of Innate Immune Responses to Infection. PLoS Genetics. 12(9). e1006338–e1006338. 71 indexed citations

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Degner, Jacob F., Athma A. Pai, Roger Piqué-Regi, et al.. (2012). DNase I sensitivity QTLs are a major determinant of human expression variation. Nature. 482(7385). 390–394. 429 indexed citations breakdown →

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Piqué-Regi, Roger, Jacob F. Degner, Athma A. Pai, et al.. (2010). Accurate inference of transcription factor binding from DNA sequence and chromatin accessibility data. Genome Research. 21(3). 447–455. 377 indexed citations

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Pickrell, Joseph K., John C. Marioni, Athma A. Pai, et al.. (2010). Understanding mechanisms underlying human gene expression variation with RNA sequencing. Nature. 464(7289). 768–772. 908 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pickrell, Joseph K., Athma A. Pai, Yoav Gilad, & Jonathan K. Pritchard. (2010). Noisy Splicing Drives mRNA Isoform Diversity in Human Cells. PLoS Genetics. 6(12). e1001236–e1001236. 212 indexed citations

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Stefflova, Klara, Matthew C. Dulik, Athma A. Pai, et al.. (2009). Evaluation of Group Genetic Ancestry of Populations from Philadelphia and Dakar in the Context of Sex-Biased Admixture in the Americas. PLoS ONE. 4(11). e7842–e7842. 33 indexed citations

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Gökçümen, Ömer, Matthew C. Dulik, Athma A. Pai, et al.. (2008). Genetic variation in the enigmatic Altaian Kazakhs of South‐Central Russia: Insights into Turkic population history. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 136(3). 278–293. 36 indexed citations

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Warthen, Daniel M., Pedro A. Sanchez‐Lara, Athma A. Pai, et al.. (2006). NOTCH2 Mutations Cause Alagille Syndrome, a Heterogeneous Disorder of the Notch Signaling Pathway. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 79(1). 169–173. 489 indexed citations breakdown →

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