Haifan Lin

18.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
132 papers, 14.3k citations indexed

About

Haifan Lin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Haifan Lin has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 14.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Molecular Biology, 60 papers in Plant Science and 24 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Haifan Lin's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (56 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (42 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (22 papers). Haifan Lin is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (56 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (42 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (22 papers). Haifan Lin collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Haifan Lin's co-authors include Allan C. Spradling, Wei Deng, Daniel N. Cox, Vamsi K. Gangaraju, Hang Yin, Anna Chao, Ergin Beyret, Travis Thomson, Zhong Wang and Toshiaki Watanabe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Haifan Lin

128 papers receiving 14.0k citations

Hit Papers

A novel class of evolutionarily conserved genes defined b... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1998 2002 2006 2004 1997 250 500 750
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. A novel class of evolutionarily conserved genes defined by piwi are essential for stem cell self-renewal
    1998 793 citations Haifan Lin et al. profile →
  2. miwi, a Murine Homolog of piwi, Encodes a Cytoplasmic Protein Essential for Spermatogenesis
    2002 700 citations Wei Deng, Haifan Lin profile →
  3. A novel class of small RNAs in mouse spermatogenic cells
    2006 694 citations Ergin Beyret, Haifan Lin et al. profile →
  4. Mili, a mammalian member ofpiwifamily gene, is essential for spermatogenesis
    2004 621 citations Wei Deng, Haifan Lin et al. profile →
  5. A novel group of pumilio mutations affects the asymmetric division of germline stem cells in the Drosophila ovary
    1997 581 citations Haifan Lin et al. profile →
  6. MicroRNAs: key regulators of stem cells
    2009 576 citations Vamsi K. Gangaraju, Haifan Lin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Haifan Lin United States 58 11.9k 5.8k 2.6k 2.5k 863 132 14.3k
Dónal O’Carroll United Kingdom 43 13.4k 1.1× 2.3k 0.4× 2.0k 0.8× 3.9k 1.6× 831 1.0× 68 15.9k
Mikiko C. Siomi Japan 52 14.3k 1.2× 6.0k 1.0× 2.5k 1.0× 4.5k 1.8× 395 0.5× 110 16.3k
Haruhiko Siomi Japan 56 12.4k 1.0× 5.0k 0.9× 2.4k 0.9× 3.0k 1.2× 337 0.4× 126 14.6k
Kathrin Plath United States 60 19.1k 1.6× 1.0k 0.2× 3.9k 1.5× 2.3k 0.9× 643 0.7× 124 21.2k
Julius Brennecke Austria 37 12.4k 1.0× 5.9k 1.0× 1.2k 0.5× 5.2k 2.1× 302 0.3× 60 14.4k
Joanna Wysocka United States 51 16.6k 1.4× 2.0k 0.3× 2.4k 0.9× 2.7k 1.1× 360 0.4× 112 19.5k
John C. Schimenti United States 57 7.5k 0.6× 1.3k 0.2× 2.6k 1.0× 1.0k 0.4× 1.3k 1.6× 199 10.0k
Eric C. Lai United States 71 17.2k 1.4× 3.4k 0.6× 1.6k 0.6× 10.0k 4.0× 407 0.5× 198 21.3k
Ruth Lehmann United States 76 14.4k 1.2× 2.5k 0.4× 3.9k 1.5× 659 0.3× 979 1.1× 156 17.6k
Alexei A. Aravin United States 45 14.9k 1.3× 7.8k 1.4× 2.0k 0.8× 5.3k 2.1× 400 0.5× 83 17.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Parikh, Rasesh Y., Dhananjaya Nayak, Haifan Lin, & Vamsi K. Gangaraju. (2025). Drosophila Modulo is essential for transposon silencing and developmental robustness. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(3). 108210–108210.
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Boddu, Prajwal, Abhishek Gupta, Rahul Roy, et al.. (2023). Impaired Early Spliceosome Complex Assembly Underlies Gene Body Elongation Transcription Defect in SF3B1K700E. Blood. 142(Supplement 1). 714–714. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Zhenzhen, et al.. (2020). PIWIL1 promotes gastric cancer via a piRNA-independent mechanism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(36). 22390–22401. 63 indexed citations
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Siebert, Stefan, et al.. (2020). PIWI–piRNA pathway-mediated transposable element repression in Hydra somatic stem cells. RNA. 26(5). 550–563. 22 indexed citations
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Parikh, Rasesh Y., Haifan Lin, & Vamsi K. Gangaraju. (2018). A critical role for nucleoporin 358 (Nup358) in transposon silencing and piRNA biogenesis in Drosophila. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(24). 9140–9147. 13 indexed citations
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Jacobs, Daniel, Qin Qin, Michael C. Lerro, et al.. (2016). PIWI-Interacting RNAs in Gliomagenesis: Evidence from Post-GWAS and Functional Analyses. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 25(7). 1073–1080. 32 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Toshiaki, Ee-chun Cheng, Mei Zhong, & Haifan Lin. (2014). Retrotransposons and pseudogenes regulate mRNAs and lncRNAs via the piRNA pathway in the germline. Genome Research. 25(3). 368–380. 191 indexed citations
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Saxe, Jonathan P., Mengjie Chen, Hongyu Zhao, & Haifan Lin. (2013). Tdrkh is essential for spermatogenesis and participates in primary piRNA biogenesis in the germline. The EMBO Journal. 32(13). 1869–1885. 146 indexed citations
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Cheng, Ee-chun, et al.. (2013). Piwi Genes Are Dispensable for Normal Hematopoiesis in Mice. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e71950–e71950. 28 indexed citations
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Mani, Sneha, et al.. (2013). PIWI proteins are essential for early Drosophila embryogenesis. Developmental Biology. 385(2). 340–349. 39 indexed citations
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Beyret, Ergin & Haifan Lin. (2011). Pinpointing the expression of piRNAs and function of the PIWI protein subfamily during spermatogenesis in the mouse. Developmental Biology. 355(2). 215–226. 51 indexed citations
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Yin, Hang, Sarah Sweeney, Debasish Raha, M Snyder, & Haifan Lin. (2011). A High-Resolution Whole-Genome Map of Key Chromatin Modifications in the Adult Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS Genetics. 7(12). e1002380–e1002380. 46 indexed citations
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Wu, Jia Qian, Lukas Habegger, Parinya Noisa, et al.. (2010). Dynamic transcriptomes during neural differentiation of human embryonic stem cells revealed by short, long, and paired-end sequencing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(11). 5254–5259. 150 indexed citations
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Gangaraju, Vamsi K., et al.. (2010). Drosophila Piwi functions in Hsp90-mediated suppression of phenotypic variation. Nature Genetics. 43(2). 153–158. 112 indexed citations
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Chen, Li, Quansheng Zhou, Rulong Shen, et al.. (2010). Identification of Piwil2-Like (PL2L) Proteins that Promote Tumorigenesis. PLoS ONE. 5(10). e13406–e13406. 68 indexed citations
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Wang, Jianquan, Jonathan P. Saxe, Takashi Tanaka, Shinichiro Chuma, & Haifan Lin. (2009). Mili Interacts with Tudor Domain-Containing Protein 1 in Regulating Spermatogenesis. Current Biology. 19(8). 640–644. 143 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhong & Haifan Lin. (2004). Nanos Maintains Germline Stem Cell Self-Renewal by Preventing Differentiation. Science. 303(5666). 2016–2019. 199 indexed citations
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Lin, Haifan, et al.. (1989). Cloning and analysis of fs(1) Ya, a maternal effect gene required for the initiation of Drosophila embryogenesis. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 215(2). 257–265. 6 indexed citations

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