Ben Langmead

129.4k citations
79 papers · 79.0k indexed · 9 hit papers · h-index 31
    • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 47
    • Gene expression and cancer classification 17
    • RNA modifications and cancer 15
    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 14
    • Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications 6
    • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation 6
  • Cancer Research top 0.05%
    • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research 7
  • Plant Science top 0.01%
  • Endocrinology top 0.1%
  • Aging top 0.2%
    • Algorithms and Data Compression 23

Ben Langmead

73 papers receiving 78.4k citations

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Ben Langmead
Comparison fields: 5 of 213
  • Molecular Biology 49.5k
  • Cancer Research 8.7k
  • Plant Science 18.4k
  • Endocrinology 2.1k
  • Aging 708
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All Works

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About Ben Langmead

Ben Langmead is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Artificial Intelligence and Cancer Research, having authored 79 papers that have together received 79.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (47 papers), Algorithms and Data Compression (23 papers), Gene expression and cancer classification (17 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (15 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (7 papers), Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications (6 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (49.5k citations), Cancer Research (8.7k citations) and Plant Science (18.4k citations). Ben Langmead has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Steven L. Salzberg, Daehwan Kim, Mihai Pop, Cole Trapnell, Jennifer Lu, Derrick E. Wood, Rafael A. Irizarry, Kasper D. Hansen, Jeffrey T. Leek and Héctor Corrada Bravo. Their work appears in journals such as Genome biology, Bioinformatics, iScience, Genome Research and Nature Communications.

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