Gang Ren

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Gang Ren is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gang Ren has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Gang Ren's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (6 papers). Gang Ren is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (6 papers). Gang Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Gang Ren's co-authors include Keji Zhao, Kairong Cui, Denes Hnisz, Richard A. Young, Jill M. Dowen, Tong Ihn Lee, Brian J. Abraham, Abraham S. Weintraub, Zi Peng Fan and Jurian Schuijers and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Gang Ren

43 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Control of Cell Identity Genes Occurs in Insulated Neighb... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 200 400 600
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. Control of Cell Identity Genes Occurs in Insulated Neighborhoods in Mammalian Chromosomes
    2014 639 citations Gang Ren, Keji Zhao 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
Gang Ren China 20 1.6k 301 267 246 220 44 2.1k
Argyris Papantonis Germany 27 2.2k 1.3× 345 1.1× 299 1.1× 165 0.7× 519 2.4× 83 2.5k
Wenfei Jin China 24 1.4k 0.9× 170 0.6× 631 2.4× 315 1.3× 316 1.4× 55 2.1k
Pär G. Engström Sweden 18 1.9k 1.2× 303 1.0× 412 1.5× 132 0.5× 552 2.5× 25 2.4k
Mark Stapleton United States 15 1.7k 1.0× 223 0.7× 310 1.2× 160 0.7× 109 0.5× 20 2.0k
Hannah K. Long United Kingdom 12 2.3k 1.4× 238 0.8× 397 1.5× 118 0.5× 219 1.0× 18 2.5k
Sarah Bowman United States 15 1.4k 0.9× 257 0.9× 212 0.8× 121 0.5× 275 1.3× 18 1.7k
Peter H.L. Krijger Netherlands 23 2.6k 1.6× 702 2.3× 363 1.4× 277 1.1× 259 1.2× 35 2.9k
Eric F. Joyce United States 26 1.9k 1.2× 689 2.3× 342 1.3× 104 0.4× 90 0.4× 52 2.2k
Terri D. Bryson United States 8 1.7k 1.0× 502 1.7× 237 0.9× 179 0.7× 180 0.8× 9 2.1k
Adam Woolfe United Kingdom 11 1.8k 1.1× 443 1.5× 457 1.7× 93 0.4× 215 1.0× 12 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Gang Ren

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gang Ren

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gang Ren

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gang Ren. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gang Ren based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Gang Ren. Gang Ren is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Ran, Mengxi Zhao, Xinyue Zhang, et al.. (2025). Fine mapping genetic variants affecting birth weight in sheep: a GWAS of 3007 individuals using low-coverage whole genome sequencing. Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology. 16(1). 115–115. 1 indexed citations
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Ren, Gang, Wai Lim Ku, Guangzhe Ge, et al.. (2024). Acute depletion of BRG1 reveals its primary function as an activator of transcription. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4561–4561. 8 indexed citations
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Cui, Kairong, Zuojia Chen, Yaqiang Cao, et al.. (2023). Restraint of IFN-γ expression through a distal silencer CNS–28 for tissue homeostasis. Immunity. 56(5). 944–958.e6. 15 indexed citations
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Zhang, Meng, Bibiana Onoa, Jianfang Liu, et al.. (2022). Molecular organization of the early stages of nucleosome phase separation visualized by cryo-electron tomography. Molecular Cell. 82(16). 3000–3014.e9. 29 indexed citations
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Ren, Gang, Binbin Lai, Christelle Harly, et al.. (2022). Transcription factors TCF-1 and GATA3 are key factors for the epigenetic priming of early innate lymphoid progenitors toward distinct cell fates. Immunity. 55(8). 1402–1413.e4. 14 indexed citations
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Cao, Yaqiang, Shuai Liu, Gang Ren, Qingsong Tang, & Keji Zhao. (2021). cLoops2: a full-stack comprehensive analytical tool for chromatin interactions. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(1). 57–71. 22 indexed citations
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Zhen, Tao, Yaqiang Cao, Gang Ren, et al.. (2020). RUNX1 and CBFβ-SMMHC transactivate target genes together in abnormal myeloid progenitors for leukemia development. Blood. 136(21). 2373–2385. 22 indexed citations
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Ren, Gang, et al.. (2019). Progress of Determinate Growth Genes and Gene Editing Breeding. Redai zuowu xuebao. 40(10). 2016. 2 indexed citations
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Harly, Christelle, Devin Kenney, Gang Ren, et al.. (2019). The transcription factor TCF-1 enforces commitment to the innate lymphoid cell lineage. Nature Immunology. 20(9). 1150–1160. 82 indexed citations
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Ren, Gang & Keji Zhao. (2019). CTCF and cellular heterogeneity. Cell & Bioscience. 9(1). 83–83. 13 indexed citations
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Ren, Gang, Wenfei Jin, Kairong Cui, et al.. (2017). CTCF-Mediated Enhancer-Promoter Interaction Is a Critical Regulator of Cell-to-Cell Variation of Gene Expression. Molecular Cell. 67(6). 1049–1058.e6. 178 indexed citations
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Jin, Wenfei, Qingsong Tang, Mimi Wan, et al.. (2015). Genome-wide detection of DNase I hypersensitive sites in single cells and FFPE tissue samples. Nature. 528(7580). 142–146. 252 indexed citations
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Ren, Gang, et al.. (2011). Five novel SNPs of the bovine LHX4 gene and their association with growth traits in native Chinese cattle breeds.. Animal Science Papers and Reports. 29(1). 19–28. 2 indexed citations
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Ren, Gang, Junxia Liu, Fei Li, et al.. (2011). A novel missense mutation of bovine lipase maturation factor 1 (LMF1) gene and its association with growth traits. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 10(39). 7562–7566. 2 indexed citations
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Han, Ruili, Xianyong Lan, Gang Ren, et al.. (2010). A novel single-nucleotide polymorphism of thevisfatin gene and its associations with performance traits in the chicken. Journal of Applied Genetics. 51(1). 59–65. 23 indexed citations
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Li, Feng, et al.. (2009). Novel SNPs of the bovine NUCB2 gene and their association with growth traits in three native Chinese cattle breeds. Molecular Biology Reports. 37(1). 541–546. 23 indexed citations
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Ren, Gang, Falak Helwani, Suzie Verma, et al.. (2009). Cortactin Is a Functional Target of E-cadherin-activated Src Family Kinases in MCF7 Epithelial Monolayers. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(28). 18913–18922. 40 indexed citations
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Elzen, Nicole den, et al.. (2009). Cadherin Adhesion Receptors Orient the Mitotic Spindle during Symmetric Cell Division in Mammalian Epithelia. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 20(16). 3740–3750. 104 indexed citations
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Ren, Gang & Qun Zhang. (2007). MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF THE GENUS ODONTOBUTIS BASED UPON PARTIAL SEQUENCES OF MITOCHONDRIAL 12S rRNA GENES. Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica. 31(4). 473–478. 10 indexed citations

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