Christopher E. Mason

55.8k total citations · 11 hit papers
293 papers, 21.0k citations indexed

About

Christopher E. Mason is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher E. Mason has authored 293 papers receiving a total of 21.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 167 papers in Molecular Biology, 56 papers in Physiology and 48 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Christopher E. Mason's work include Spaceflight effects on biology (44 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (41 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (38 papers). Christopher E. Mason is often cited by papers focused on Spaceflight effects on biology (44 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (41 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (38 papers). Christopher E. Mason collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Christopher E. Mason's co-authors include Samie R. Jaffrey, Yogesh Saletore, Paul Zumbo, Olivier Elemento, Kate D. Meyer, Shrikant Mane, Yoav Gilad, Ari Melnick, John C. Marioni and Matthew Stephens and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Christopher E. Mason

273 papers receiving 20.7k citations

Hit Papers

Comprehensive Analysis of mRNA Methylation Reveals Enrich... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2012 2008 2012 2015 2017 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Comprehensive Analysis of mRNA Methylation Reveals Enrichment in 3′ UTRs and near Stop Codons
    2012 3.2k citations Kate D. Meyer, Yogesh Saletore et al. Cell profile →
  2. RNA-seq: An assessment of technical reproducibility and comparison with gene expression arrays
    2008 2.1k citations Christopher E. Mason et al. profile →
  3. methylKit: a comprehensive R package for the analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation profiles
    2012 1.4k citations Altuna Akalin, Matthías Kormáksson et al. Genome biology profile →
  4. Single-nucleotide-resolution mapping of m6A and m6Am throughout the transcriptome
    2015 1.2k citations Cem Meydan, Christopher E. Mason et al. profile →
  5. The N6-methyladenosine (m6A)-forming enzyme METTL3 controls myeloid differentiation of normal hematopoietic and leukemia cells
    2017 932 citations Yogesh Saletore, Matthew MacKay et al. profile →
  6. Recurrent somatic TET2 mutations in normal elderly individuals with clonal hematopoiesis
    2012 577 citations María E. Figueroa, Nicholas D. Socci et al. profile →
  7. Comprehensive evaluation of differential gene expression analysis methods for RNA-seq data
    2013 491 citations Franck Rapaport, Raya Khanin et al. Genome biology profile →
  8. N6 -Methyladenosine in Flaviviridae Viral RNA Genomes Regulates Infection
    2016 372 citations Nandan S. Gokhale, Alexa B. R. McIntyre et al. profile →
  9. Dynamics of the human and viral m6A RNA methylomes during HIV-1 infection of T cells
    2016 368 citations Yogesh Saletore, Christopher E. Mason et al. profile →
  10. Accurate detection of m6A RNA modifications in native RNA sequences
    2019 345 citations Christopher E. Mason et al. Nature Communications profile →
  11. The spatial landscape of lung pathology during COVID-19 progression
    2021 212 citations Cem Meydan, Jiwoon Park 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
Christopher E. Mason United States 60 15.6k 5.5k 2.0k 1.5k 1.4k 293 21.0k
Gideon Rechavi Israel 80 18.6k 1.2× 6.0k 1.1× 2.0k 1.0× 3.7k 2.5× 709 0.5× 405 27.0k
Carl T. Wittwer United States 58 15.0k 1.0× 2.4k 0.4× 3.2k 1.6× 1.5k 1.0× 3.0k 2.2× 212 28.6k
Vladimı́r Beneš Germany 65 18.9k 1.2× 4.6k 0.9× 4.1k 2.0× 1.6k 1.1× 3.2k 2.3× 268 30.7k
Jim F. Huggett United Kingdom 39 11.2k 0.7× 2.4k 0.4× 1.9k 1.0× 837 0.6× 2.2k 1.6× 108 20.9k
Tarjei S. Mikkelsen United States 44 26.3k 1.7× 6.1k 1.1× 5.4k 2.7× 1.9k 1.3× 1.8k 1.3× 65 31.8k
Xi Wang China 51 8.6k 0.6× 3.7k 0.7× 970 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 1.6k 1.2× 417 14.7k
Tao Liu China 43 15.4k 1.0× 2.5k 0.5× 2.5k 1.2× 1.3k 0.9× 3.0k 2.2× 221 20.0k
Anne De Paepe Belgium 37 10.7k 0.7× 2.6k 0.5× 2.8k 1.4× 1.5k 1.0× 2.5k 1.8× 82 20.4k
Stephen A. Bustin United Kingdom 47 18.3k 1.2× 3.3k 0.6× 3.4k 1.7× 2.0k 1.3× 2.9k 2.2× 153 32.1k
Feng Chen China 64 9.7k 0.6× 2.2k 0.4× 1.8k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 730 19.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Xin, Li Tai Fang, Zhong Chen, et al.. (2025). A benchmarking study of copy number variation inference methods using single-cell RNA-sequencing data. Precision Clinical Medicine. 8(2). pbaf011–pbaf011. 1 indexed citations
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Winer, Daniel A., Huixun Du, JangKeun Kim, et al.. (2025). Astroimmunology: the effects of spaceflight and its associated stressors on the immune system. Nature reviews. Immunology. 26(3). 189–212.
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Mason, Christopher E., et al.. (2024). Telomeres and aging: on and off the planet!. Biogerontology. 25(2). 313–327. 9 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Michael A., Jeffrey A. Jones, & Christopher E. Mason. (2023). Optimizing human performance in extreme environments through precision medicine: From spaceflight to high-performance operations on Earth. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. e27–e27. 5 indexed citations
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Mason, Christopher E.. (2023). To Mars and Beyond: Engineering Life as a Moral Duty. 2(2). 103–105. 1 indexed citations
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Narayanan, S, Joseph W. Guarnieri, Victoria Zaksas, et al.. (2023). A comprehensive SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 review, Part 2: host extracellular to systemic effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection. European Journal of Human Genetics. 32(1). 10–20. 23 indexed citations
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Park, Jiwoon, Yuanyuan Zhao, Fan Zhang, et al.. (2022). IL-6/STAT3 axis dictates the PNPLA3-mediated susceptibility to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Journal of Hepatology. 78(1). 45–56. 84 indexed citations
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Aguiar‐Pulido, Vanessa, Alexander Martinez‐Fundichely, Eran Elhaik, et al.. (2021). Systems biology analysis of human genomes points to key pathways conferring spina bifida risk. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(51). 10 indexed citations
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Foox, Jonathan, Daniela Bezdan, Priyanka Vijay, et al.. (2021). Epigenetic Forensics for Suspect Identification and Age Prediction. PubMed. 1(3). 83–86. 4 indexed citations
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Price, Alexander M., Katharina E. Hayer, Alexa B. R. McIntyre, et al.. (2020). Direct RNA sequencing reveals m6A modifications on adenovirus RNA are necessary for efficient splicing. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6016–6016. 145 indexed citations
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Mencia-Trinchant, Nuria, Matthew MacKay, Christopher R. Chin, et al.. (2020). Clonal Hematopoiesis Before, During, and After Human Spaceflight. Cell Reports. 33(10). 108458–108458. 36 indexed citations
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Li, Sheng, Jiahui Wang, Cem Meydan, et al.. (2020). Somatic Mutations Drive Specific, but Reversible, Epigenetic Heterogeneity States in AML. Cancer Discovery. 10(12). 1934–1949. 24 indexed citations
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Tan, Lei, Lauretta A. Lacko, Ting Zhou, et al.. (2019). Pre- and peri-implantation Zika virus infection impairs fetal development by targeting trophectoderm cells. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4155–4155. 28 indexed citations
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Shih, Alan H., Cem Meydan, Kaitlyn Shank, et al.. (2017). Combination Targeted Therapy to Disrupt Aberrant Oncogenic Signaling and Reverse Epigenetic Dysfunction in IDH2 - and TET2 -Mutant Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Cancer Discovery. 7(5). 494–505. 71 indexed citations
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Chiron, David, Maurizio Di Liberto, Peter Martin, et al.. (2014). Cell-Cycle Reprogramming for PI3K Inhibition Overrides a Relapse-Specific C481S BTK Mutation Revealed by Longitudinal Functional Genomics in Mantle Cell Lymphoma. Cancer Discovery. 4(9). 1022–1035. 204 indexed citations
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Rapaport, Franck, Raya Khanin, Yupu Liang, et al.. (2013). Comprehensive evaluation of differential gene expression analysis methods for RNA-seq data. Genome biology. 14(9). R95–R95. 491 indexed citations breakdown →
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Meyer, Kate D., Yogesh Saletore, Paul Zumbo, et al.. (2012). Comprehensive Analysis of mRNA Methylation Reveals Enrichment in 3′ UTRs and near Stop Codons. Cell. 149(7). 1635–1646. 3158 indexed citations breakdown →
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Akalin, Altuna, Matthías Kormáksson, Sheng Li, et al.. (2012). methylKit: a comprehensive R package for the analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation profiles. Genome biology. 13(10). R87–R87. 1381 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pipes, Lenore, Sheng Li, Robert E. Palermo, et al.. (2012). The non-human primate reference transcriptome resource (NHPRTR) for comparative functional genomics. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(D1). D906–D914. 52 indexed citations
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Štolc, Viktor, Christopher E. Mason, G. Halász, et al.. (2004). A Gene Expression Map for the Euchromatic Genome of Drosophila melanogaster. Science. 306(5696). 655–660. 243 indexed citations

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