Benjamin J. Blencowe

37.9k total citations · 12 hit papers
157 papers, 23.9k citations indexed

About

Benjamin J. Blencowe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin J. Blencowe has authored 157 papers receiving a total of 23.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Cancer Research and 12 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Benjamin J. Blencowe's work include RNA Research and Splicing (131 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (81 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (81 papers). Benjamin J. Blencowe is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (131 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (81 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (81 papers). Benjamin J. Blencowe collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Benjamin J. Blencowe's co-authors include Qun Pan, Brendan J. Frey, Ofer Shai, Leo J. Lee, Manuel Irimia, Timothy R. Hughes, Quaid Morris, Jernej Ule, Xinchen Wang and Bushra Raj and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin J. Blencowe

155 papers receiving 23.7k citations

Hit Papers

Deep surveying of alterna... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2008 2010 2011 2006 2014 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. Deep surveying of alternative splicing complexity in the human transcriptome by high-throughput sequencing
    2008 2.8k citations Qun Pan, Ofer Shai et al. profile →
  2. The Nuclear-Retained Noncoding RNA MALAT1 Regulates Alternative Splicing by Modulating SR Splicing Factor Phosphorylation
    2010 1.7k citations Jonathan D. Ellis, Qun Pan et al. Molecular Cell profile →
  3. Transcriptomic analysis of autistic brain reveals convergent molecular pathology
    2011 1.3k citations Xinchen Wang, Benjamin J. Blencowe et al. profile →
  4. Alternative Splicing: New Insights from Global Analyses
    2006 866 citations Benjamin J. Blencowe profile →
  5. The human splicing code reveals new insights into the genetic determinants of disease
    2014 829 citations Hui Xiong, Leo J. Lee et al. Science profile →
  6. Regulation of Alternative Splicing by Histone Modifications
    2010 814 citations Reini F. Luco, Qun Pan et al. Science profile →
  7. The Evolutionary Landscape of Alternative Splicing in Vertebrate Species
    2012 710 citations Nuno L. Barbosa‐Morais, Manuel Irimia et al. Science profile →
  8. Deciphering the splicing code
    2010 644 citations John A. Calarco, Qun Pan et al. profile →
  9. Widespread intron retention in mammals functionally tunes transcriptomes
    2014 474 citations Ulrich Braunschweig, Nuno L. Barbosa‐Morais et al. profile →
  10. Alternative Splicing Regulatory Networks: Functions, Mechanisms, and Evolution
    2019 458 citations Benjamin J. Blencowe et al. Molecular Cell profile →
  11. Genome-wide changes in lncRNA, splicing, and regional gene expression patterns in autism
    2016 445 citations Manuel Irimia, Benjamin J. Blencowe et al. profile →
  12. A Highly Conserved Program of Neuronal Microexons Is Misregulated in Autistic Brains
    2014 443 citations Manuel Irimia, Robert J. Weatheritt et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamin J. Blencowe Canada 74 21.2k 5.1k 2.3k 995 972 157 23.9k
G Yeo United States 81 20.6k 1.0× 4.3k 0.8× 2.5k 1.1× 1.4k 1.5× 584 0.6× 239 25.2k
Ramin Shiekhattar United States 64 19.7k 0.9× 8.3k 1.6× 2.3k 1.0× 1.2k 1.2× 298 0.3× 129 22.9k
Rickard Sandberg Sweden 51 18.1k 0.9× 4.7k 0.9× 2.3k 1.0× 867 0.9× 452 0.5× 95 23.0k
Alexander Meissner United States 75 31.1k 1.5× 4.1k 0.8× 7.0k 3.0× 1.0k 1.0× 637 0.7× 174 36.0k
Huck‐Hui Ng Singapore 60 19.4k 0.9× 1.8k 0.4× 3.6k 1.5× 2.1k 2.1× 485 0.5× 113 21.7k
Michael Stadler Germany 63 11.1k 0.5× 2.0k 0.4× 2.1k 0.9× 810 0.8× 567 0.6× 236 16.5k
Robert B. Darnell United States 82 19.7k 0.9× 5.1k 1.0× 4.6k 2.0× 462 0.5× 1.4k 1.5× 173 26.1k
Kathrin Plath United States 60 19.1k 0.9× 2.3k 0.4× 3.9k 1.7× 1.0k 1.0× 197 0.2× 124 21.2k
Annemarie Poustka Germany 63 12.9k 0.6× 1.4k 0.3× 4.0k 1.7× 1.0k 1.0× 766 0.8× 230 18.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Choi, Jung‐Hyun, Niaz Mahmood, Shaghayegh Farhangmehr, et al.. (2025). No evidence that human GIGYF2 interacts with GRB10: implications for human disease. Life Science Alliance. 8(9). e202503334–e202503334.
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Hu, Die, Brigitte L. Thériault, Laurent Hoffer, et al.. (2025). CDC40 suppression induces CDCA5 splicing defects and anti-proliferative effects in lung cancer cells. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 315–315.
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Best, Andrew, Ulrich Braunschweig, Mingkun Wu, et al.. (2024). High-throughput sensitive screening of small molecule modulators of microexon alternative splicing using dual Nano and Firefly luciferase reporters. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6328–6328. 5 indexed citations
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Vining, Kyle H., et al.. (2024). Matrix stiffness-dependent regulation of immunomodulatory genes in human MSCs is associated with the lncRNA CYTOR. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(32). e2404146121–e2404146121. 4 indexed citations
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Cui, Haissi, Jolene K. Diedrich, Douglas C. Wu, et al.. (2023). Arg-tRNA synthetase links inflammatory metabolism to RNA splicing and nuclear trafficking via SRRM2. Nature Cell Biology. 25(4). 592–603. 13 indexed citations
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Sinitcyn, Pavel, Alicia Richards, Robert J. Weatheritt, et al.. (2023). Global detection of human variants and isoforms by deep proteome sequencing. Nature Biotechnology. 41(12). 1776–1786. 92 indexed citations
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Ip, Joanna Y., Masamitsu Sone, Qun Pan, et al.. (2016). Gomafu lncRNA knockout mice exhibit mild hyperactivity with enhanced responsiveness to the psychostimulant methamphetamine. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 27204–27204. 48 indexed citations
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Rodor, Julie, Qun Pan, Benjamin J. Blencowe, Eduardo Eyras, & Javier F. Cáceres. (2016). The RNA-binding profile of Acinus, a peripheral component of the exon junction complex, reveals its role in splicing regulation. RNA. 22(9). 1411–1426. 34 indexed citations
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Gueroussov, Serge, Thomas Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis, Manuel Irimia, et al.. (2015). An alternative splicing event amplifies evolutionary differences between vertebrates. Science. 349(6250). 868–873. 108 indexed citations
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Barbosa‐Morais, Nuno L., Manuel Irimia, Qun Pan, et al.. (2012). The Evolutionary Landscape of Alternative Splicing in Vertebrate Species. Science. 338(6114). 1587–1593. 710 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ellis, Jonathan D., Miriam Barrios‐Rodiles, Recep Çolak, et al.. (2012). Tissue-Specific Alternative Splicing Remodels Protein-Protein Interaction Networks. Molecular Cell. 46(6). 884–892. 299 indexed citations
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Labbé, Roselyne, Manuel Irimia, Ko W. Currie, et al.. (2012). A Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals Conserved Features of Stem Cell Pluripotency in Planarians and Mammals. Stem Cells. 30(8). 1734–1745. 152 indexed citations
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McIlwain, David R., Qun Pan, Patrick T. Reilly, et al.. (2010). Smg1 is required for embryogenesis and regulates diverse genes via alternative splicing coupled to nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(27). 12186–12191. 154 indexed citations
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Luco, Reini F., Qun Pan, Kaoru Tominaga, et al.. (2010). Regulation of Alternative Splicing by Histone Modifications. Science. 327(5968). 996–1000. 814 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rosonina, Emanuel, Joanna Y. Ip, John A. Calarco, et al.. (2005). Role for PSF in Mediating Transcriptional Activator-Dependent Stimulation of Pre-mRNA Processing In Vivo. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 25(15). 6734–6746. 102 indexed citations
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Custódio, Noélia, et al.. (2004). In vivo recruitment of exon junction complex proteins to transcription sites in mammalian cell nuclei. RNA. 10(4). 622–633. 73 indexed citations
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Shai, Ofer, Brendan J. Frey, Quaid Morris, et al.. (2004). Probabilistic Inference of Alternative Splicing Events in Microarray Data. Neural Information Processing Systems. 17. 1241–1248. 2 indexed citations
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McCracken, Susan, Mark H. L. Lambermon, & Benjamin J. Blencowe. (2002). SRm160 Splicing Coactivator Promotes Transcript 3′-End Cleavage. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 22(1). 148–160. 84 indexed citations
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Blencowe, Benjamin J., Göran Baurén, Adam G. Eldridge, et al.. (2000). The SRm160/300 splicing coactivator subunits. RNA. 6(1). 111–120. 89 indexed citations
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Blencowe, Benjamin J. & Christos Ouzounis. (1999). The PWI motif: a new protein domain in splicing factors. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 24(5). 179–180. 23 indexed citations

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