Benjamin J. Blencowe

37.9k citations

157 papers · 23.9k indexed · 12 hit papers · h-index 74

Co-authors: Qun Pan Brendan J. Frey Ofer Shai Leo J. Lee Manuel Irimia Timothy R. Hughes Quaid Morris Jernej Ule
Topics: RNA Research and Splicing (131 papers)RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (81 papers)RNA modifications and cancer (81 papers)
Cited by: Cancer Research Molecular Biology Aging
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: Canada United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Benjamin J. Blencowe

155 papers receiving 23.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

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 →
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 →
Transcriptomic analysis of autistic brain reveals convergent molecular pathology

2011 1.3k citations Xinchen Wang, Benjamin J. Blencowe et al. profile →
Alternative Splicing: New Insights from Global Analyses

2006 866 citations Benjamin J. Blencowe profile →
The human splicing code reveals new insights into the genetic determinants of disease

2014 829 citations Hui Xiong, Babak Alipanahi et al. Science profile →
Regulation of Alternative Splicing by Histone Modifications

2010 814 citations Reini F. Luco, Qun Pan et al. Science profile →
The Evolutionary Landscape of Alternative Splicing in Vertebrate Species

2012 710 citations Nuno L. Barbosa‐Morais, Manuel Irimia et al. Science profile →
Deciphering the splicing code

2010 644 citations Yoseph Barash, John A. Calarco et al. profile →
Widespread intron retention in mammals functionally tunes transcriptomes

2014 474 citations Ulrich Braunschweig, Nuno L. Barbosa‐Morais et al. profile →
Alternative Splicing Regulatory Networks: Functions, Mechanisms, and Evolution

2019 458 citations Benjamin J. Blencowe et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Genome-wide changes in lncRNA, splicing, and regional gene expression patterns in autism

2016 445 citations Manuel Irimia, Benjamin J. Blencowe et al. profile →
A Highly Conserved Program of Neuronal Microexons Is Misregulated in Autistic Brains

2014 443 citations Manuel Irimia, Robert J. Weatheritt et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	CDC40 suppression induces CDCA5 splicing defects and anti-proliferative effects in lung cancer cells 2025 ·Scientific Reports ·Die Hu,Brigitte L. Thériault,(unknown),Laurent Hoffer,(unknown),Justin Lim,Benjamin J. Blencowe,Evelyne Lima‐Fernandes,Punit Saraon,(unknown),Rima Al‐awar	0
2	Matrix stiffness-dependent regulation of immunomodulatory genes in human MSCs is associated with the lncRNA CYTOR 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown),Kyle H. Vining,David Mooney,Benjamin J. Blencowe	4
3	High-throughput sensitive screening of small molecule modulators of microexon alternative splicing using dual Nano and Firefly luciferase reporters 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Andrew Best,Ulrich Braunschweig,Mingkun Wu,Shaghayegh Farhangmehr,Adrian Pasculescu,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Jenny Wang,Alessandro Datti,Jeffrey L. Wrana,Sabine P. Cordes,Rima Al‐awar,Hong Han,Benjamin J. Blencowe	5
4	Arg-tRNA synthetase links inflammatory metabolism to RNA splicing and nuclear trafficking via SRRM2 2023 ·Nature Cell Biology ·Haissi Cui,Jolene K. Diedrich,Douglas C. Wu,(unknown),Ryan M. Nottingham,James J. Moresco,John R. Yates,Benjamin J. Blencowe,Alan M. Lambowitz,Paul Schimmel	13
5	Global detection of human variants and isoforms by deep proteome sequencing 2023 ·Nature Biotechnology ·Pavel Sinitcyn,Alicia Richards,Robert J. Weatheritt,Dain R. Brademan,Harald Marx,Evgenia Shishkova,Jesse G. Meyer,Alexander S. Hebert,Michael S. Westphall,Benjamin J. Blencowe,Jürgen Cox,Joshua J. Coon	92
6	The RNA-binding profile of Acinus, a peripheral component of the exon junction complex, reveals its role in splicing regulation 2016 ·RNA ·Julie Rodor,Qun Pan,Benjamin J. Blencowe,Eduardo Eyras,Javier F. Cáceres	34
7	Gomafu lncRNA knockout mice exhibit mild hyperactivity with enhanced responsiveness to the psychostimulant methamphetamine 2016 ·Scientific Reports ·Joanna Y. Ip,Masamitsu Sone,(unknown),Qun Pan,Kiyoyuki Kitaichi,Kaori Yanaka,Takaya Abe,Keizo Takao,Tsuyoshi Miyakawa,Benjamin J. Blencowe,Shinichi Nakagawa	48
8	An alternative splicing event amplifies evolutionary differences between vertebrates 2015 ·Science ·Serge Gueroussov,Thomas Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis,Manuel Irimia,Bushra Raj,Zhen‐Yuan Lin,Anne‐Claude Gingras,Benjamin J. Blencowe	108
9	The human splicing code reveals new insights into the genetic determinants of diseasebreakdown → 2014 ·Science ·Hui Xiong,Babak Alipanahi,Leo J. Lee,(unknown),Daniele Merico,Ryan K. C. Yuen,Yimin Hua,Serge Gueroussov,Hamed S. Najafabadi,Timothy Hughes,Quaid Morris,Yoseph Barash,Adrian R. Krainer,Nebojša Jojić,Stephen W. Scherer,Benjamin J. Blencowe,Brendan J. Frey	829
10	The Evolutionary Landscape of Alternative Splicing in Vertebrate Speciesbreakdown → 2012 ·Science ·Nuno L. Barbosa‐Morais,Manuel Irimia,Qun Pan,Hui Xiong,Serge Gueroussov,Leo J. Lee,(unknown),Claudia Kutter,Stephen Watt,Recep Çolak,Tae‐Hyung Kim,(unknown),Michael D. Wilson,Philip M. Kim,Duncan T. Odom,Brendan J. Frey,Benjamin J. Blencowe	710
11	Tissue-Specific Alternative Splicing Remodels Protein-Protein Interaction Networks 2012 ·Molecular Cell ·Jonathan D. Ellis,Miriam Barrios‐Rodiles,Recep Çolak,Manuel Irimia,Tae‐Hyung Kim,John A. Calarco,Xinchen Wang,Qun Pan,Dave O’Hanlon,Philip M. Kim,Jeffrey L. Wrana,Benjamin J. Blencowe	299
12	Smg1 is required for embryogenesis and regulates diverse genes via alternative splicing coupled to nonsense-mediated mRNA decay 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·David R. McIlwain,Qun Pan,Patrick T. Reilly,Andrew Elia,Susan McCracken,Andrew Wakeham,Annick Itie-YouTen,Benjamin J. Blencowe,Tak W. Mak	154
13	Regulation of Alternative Splicing by Histone Modificationsbreakdown → 2010 ·Science ·Reini F. Luco,Qun Pan,Kaoru Tominaga,Benjamin J. Blencowe,Olivia M. Pereira‐Smith,Tom Misteli	814
14	Role for PSF in Mediating Transcriptional Activator-Dependent Stimulation of Pre-mRNA Processing In Vivo 2005 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Emanuel Rosonina,Joanna Y. Ip,John A. Calarco,Malina A. Bakowski,Andrew Emili,Susan McCracken,Philip W. Tucker,C. James Ingles,Benjamin J. Blencowe	102
15	Probabilistic Inference of Alternative Splicing Events in Microarray Data 2004 ·Neural Information Processing Systems ·Ofer Shai,Brendan J. Frey,Quaid Morris,Qun Pan,Christine Misquitta,Benjamin J. Blencowe	2
16	In vivo recruitment of exon junction complex proteins to transcription sites in mammalian cell nuclei 2004 ·RNA ·Noélia Custódio,Célia Carvalho,(unknown),Michael Antoniou,Benjamin J. Blencowe,Maria Carmo‐Fonseca	73
17	Probing microRNAs with microarrays: Tissue specificity and functional inference 2004 ·RNA ·Tomas Babak,Wen Zhang,Quaid Morris,Benjamin J. Blencowe,Timothy R. Hughes	303
18	SRm160 Splicing Coactivator Promotes Transcript 3′-End Cleavage 2002 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Susan McCracken,Mark H. L. Lambermon,Benjamin J. Blencowe	84
19	The SRm160/300 splicing coactivator subunits 2000 ·RNA ·Benjamin J. Blencowe,Göran Baurén,Adam G. Eldridge,Robbyn Issner,Jeffrey A. Nickerson,Emanuel Rosonina,Phillip A. Sharp	89
20	The PWI motif: a new protein domain in splicing factors 1999 ·Trends in Biochemical Sciences ·Benjamin J. Blencowe,Christos Ouzounis	23

About Benjamin J. Blencowe

Benjamin J. Blencowe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Aging and Cancer Research, having authored 157 papers that have together received 23.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA Research and Splicing (131 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (81 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (81 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cancer Research (5.1k citations), Molecular Biology (21.2k citations) and Aging (212 citations). Benjamin J. Blencowe has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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