Benoît Ballester

12.9k citations

32 papers · 5.5k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 21

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 1%
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA modifications and cancer
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Cancer Research top 2%
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research

Papers in ⓘ

Molecular Biology 30
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 18
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 6
- Gene expression and cancer classification 6
- RNA Research and Splicing 5
- Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics 4
- RNA modifications and cancer 4
- Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks 4
Cancer Research 4
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research 3

Co-authors: Jeanne Chèneby (7 shared papers)Marius Gheorghe (5 shared papers)Anthony Mathelier (5 shared papers)Damian Smedley (2 shared papers)Arek Kasprzyk (2 shared papers)Syed Haider (2 shared papers)Aziz Khan (4 shared papers)Oriol Fornés (4 shared papers)
Journals: Nucleic Acids Research (10 papers)Nature Communications (3 papers)Cell (2 papers)BMC Genomics (2 papers)Genome Research (2 papers)
Partner nations: France United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

Benoît Ballester

32 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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ReMap 2022: a database of Human, Mouse, Drosophila and Arabidopsis regulatory regions from an integrative analysis of DNA-binding sequencing experiments 2021 · 202 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2021 Nucleic Acids Research
2019 Nucleic Acids Research
2017 Nucleic Acids Research
2012 Cell
2010 Science
2009 BMC Genomics

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1	JASPAR 2020: update of the open-access database of transcription factor binding profiles Nucleic Acids Research ·Oriol Fornés, Jaime A. Castro-Mondragón, Aziz Khan, Robin van der Lee, Xi Zhang, Phillip A. Richmond, Bhavi P. Modi, Solenne Correard, Marius Gheorghe, Damir Baranas̆ić, Walter Santana-Garcia, Ge Tan, Jeanne Chèneby, Benoît Ballester, François Parcy, Albin Sandelin, Boris Lenhard, Wyeth W. Wasserman, Anthony Mathelier Hit paper breakdown →	2019	1255
2	JASPAR 2018: update of the open-access database of transcription factor binding profiles and its web framework Nucleic Acids Research ·Aziz Khan, Oriol Fornés, Arnaud Stigliani, Marius Gheorghe, Jaime A. Castro-Mondragón, Robin van der Lee, Adrien Bessy, Jeanne Chèneby, Shubhada R. Kulkarni, Ge Tan, Damir Baranas̆ić, David J. Arenillas, Albin Sandelin, Klaas Vandepoele, Boris Lenhard, Benoît Ballester, Wyeth W. Wasserman, François Parcy, Anthony Mathelier Hit paper breakdown →	2017	1071
3	BioMart – biological queries made easy BMC Genomics ·Damian Smedley, Syed Haider, Benoît Ballester, Richard Holland, Darin London, Guðmundur Á. Þórisson, Arek Kasprzyk Hit paper breakdown →	2009	639
4	Five-Vertebrate ChIP-seq Reveals the Evolutionary Dynamics of Transcription Factor Binding Science ·Dominic Schmidt, Michael D. Wilson, Benoît Ballester, Petra Schwalie, Gordon D. Brown, Aileen Marshall, Claudia Kutter, Stephen Watt, Celia Pilar Martinez‐Jimenez, Sarah Mackay, Iannis Talianidis, Paul Flicek, Duncan T. Odom Hit paper breakdown →	2010	535
5	Waves of Retrotransposon Expansion Remodel Genome Organization and CTCF Binding in Multiple Mammalian Lineages Cell ·Dominic Schmidt, Petra Schwalie, Michael D. Wilson, Benoît Ballester, Ângela Gonçalves, Claudia Kutter, Gordon D. Brown, Aileen Marshall, Paul Flicek, Duncan T. Odom Hit paper breakdown →	2012	422
6	BioMart Central Portal—unified access to biological data Nucleic Acids Research ·Syed Haider, Benoît Ballester, Damian Smedley, Junjun Zhang, Peter Rice, Arek Kasprzyk	2009	272
7	ReMap 2022: a database of Human, Mouse, Drosophila and Arabidopsis regulatory regions from an integrative analysis of DNA-binding sequencing experiments Nucleic Acids Research ·Fayrouz Hammal, Pierre de Langen, Aurélie Bergon, Fabrice Lopez, Benoît Ballester Hit paper breakdown →	2021	202
8	The chromatin environment shapes DNA replication origin organization and defines origin classes Genome Research ·Christelle Cayrou, Benoît Ballester, Isabelle Peiffer, Romain Fenouil, Philippe Coulombe, Jean‐Christophe Andrau, Jacques van Helden, Marcel Méchali	2015	130
9	ReMap 2018: an updated atlas of regulatory regions from an integrative analysis of DNA-binding ChIP-seq experiments Nucleic Acids Research ·Jeanne Chèneby, Marius Gheorghe, Marie Artufel, Anthony Mathelier, Benoît Ballester	2017	126
10	Involvement of G-quadruplex regions in mammalian replication origin activity Nature Communications ·Paulina Prorok, Marie Artufel, Antoine Aze, Philippe Coulombe, Isabelle Peiffer, Laurent Lacroix, Aurore Guédin, Jean‐Louis Mergny, Julia Damaschke, Aloys Schepers, Christelle Cayrou, Marie‐Paule Teulade‐Fichou, Benoît Ballester, Marcel Méchali	2019	124
11	High-throughput and quantitative assessment of enhancer activity in mammals by CapStarr-seq Nature Communications ·Laurent Vanhille, Aurélien Griffon, Muhammad Ahmad Maqbool, Joaquin Zacarías-Cabeza, Lan T.M. Dao, Nicolas Fernandez, Benoît Ballester, Jean‐Christophe Andrau, Salvatore Spicuglia	2015	107
12	Gene expression profiling identifies molecular subgroups among nodal peripheral T-cell lymphomas Oncogene ·Benoît Ballester, Olivier Ramuz, Christian Gisselbrecht, Gaëlle E. Doucet, L. Loi, Béatrice Loriod, François Bertucci, Réda Bouabdallah, Élisabeth Devilard, Nadine Carbuccia, Julien Mozziconacci, Daniel Birnbaum, Pierre Brousset, F Berger, Gilles Salles, Josette Brière, Rémi Houlgatte, Philippe Gaulard, Luc Xerri	2005	96
13	ReMap 2020: a database of regulatory regions from an integrative analysis of Human and Arabidopsis DNA-binding sequencing experiments Nucleic Acids Research ·Jeanne Chèneby, Zacharie Ménétrier, Martin Mestdagh, Thomas Rosnet, Allyssa Douida, Wassim Rhalloussi, Aurélie Bergon, Fabrice Lopez, Benoît Ballester	2019	83
14	Integrative analysis of public ChIP-seq experiments reveals a complex multi-cell regulatory landscape Nucleic Acids Research ·Aurélien Griffon, Quentin Barbier, Jordi Dalino, Jacques van Helden, Salvatore Spicuglia, Benoît Ballester	2014	77
15	A map of direct TF–DNA interactions in the human genome Nucleic Acids Research ·Marius Gheorghe, Geir Kjetil Sandve, Aziz Khan, Jeanne Chèneby, Benoît Ballester, Anthony Mathelier	2018	57
16	A predictable conserved DNA base composition signature defines human core DNA replication origins Nature Communications ·İldem Akerman, Bahar Kasaai, Alina Bazarova, Pau Biak Sang, Isabelle Peiffer, Marie Artufel, Romain Derelle, Gabrielle Smith, Marta Rodríguez‐Martínez, Manuela Romano, Sandrina Kinet, Peter Tiňo, Charles Theillet, Naomi Taylor, Benoît Ballester, Marcel Méchali	2020	54
17	Insights gained from a comprehensive all-against-all transcription factor binding motif benchmarking study Genome biology ·Giovanna Ambrosini, Ilya E. Vorontsov, Dmitry Penzar, Romain Groux, Oriol Fornés, Daria D. Nikolaeva, Benoît Ballester, Jan Grau, Ivo Große, Vsevolod J. Makeev, Ivan V. Kulakovskiy, Philipp Bücher	2020	34
18	Gene profiling reveals specific oncogenic mechanisms and signaling pathways in oncocytic and papillary thyroid carcinoma Oncogene ·Olivier R. Baris, Delphine Mirebeau‐Prunier, Frédérique Savagner, Patrice Rodien, Benoît Ballester, Béatrice Loriod, Samuel Granjeaud, Serge Guyétant, Brigitte Franc, Rémi Houlgatte, Pascal Reynier, Yves Malthièry	2005	33
19	Strand selective generation of endo-siRNAs from the Na/phosphate transporter gene Slc34a1 in murine tissues Nucleic Acids Research ·Mark Carlile, Daniel Swan, Kelly A. Jackson, Keziah Preston-Fayers, Benoît Ballester, Paul Flicek, Andreas Werner	2009	32
20	The Sgp3 Locus on Mouse Chromosome 13 Regulates Nephritogenic gp70 Autoantigen Expression and Predisposes to Autoimmunity The Journal of Immunology ·Catherine Laporte, Benoît Ballester, Charles Mary, Shozo Izui, Luc Reininger	2003	25

About Benoît Ballester

Benoît Ballester is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Plant Science, Dermatology and Genetics, having authored 32 papers that have together received 5.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (18 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers), Gene expression and cancer classification (6 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (5 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (4 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers), Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (4 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (4.3k citations), Cancer Research (763 citations), Genetics (900 citations), Aging (50 citations) and Immunology (494 citations). Benoît Ballester has collaborated with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Jeanne Chèneby, Marius Gheorghe, Anthony Mathelier, Damian Smedley, Arek Kasprzyk, Syed Haider, Aziz Khan, Oriol Fornés, Albin Sandelin and François Parcy. Their work appears in journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications, Cell, BMC Genomics and Genome Research.

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