Heather Alcorn
Impact in
- Cancer Research top 1%
- MicroRNA in disease regulation
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
- Molecular Biology top 5%
- Circular RNAs in diseases
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
- RNA Research and Splicing
- Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- RNA modifications and cancer
Papers in
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- Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation 7
- Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies 4
- Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics 2
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation 2
- Genetics 3
- Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases 2
- Co-authors
- Kathryn V. Anderson (8 shared papers)Stephen J. Elledge (1 shared paper)Gregory J. Hannon (1 shared paper)Mamie Z. Li (1 shared paper)Michelle A. Carmell (1 shared paper)Sang Yong Kim (1 shared paper)Elizabeth P. Murchison (1 shared paper)Alea A. Mills (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (3 papers)eLife (2 papers)Nature Genetics (1 paper)Current Biology (1 paper)PLoS Genetics (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- United StatesNetherlandsCanada
In The Last Decade
Heather Alcorn
11 papers receiving 1.9k citations
Heather Alcorn's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 92
- Cancer Research 1.1k
- Molecular Biology 1.6k
- Developmental Neuroscience 74
- Aging 19
- Genetics 260
Countries citing papers authored by Heather Alcorn
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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather Alcorn
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Heather Alcorn, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dicer is essential for mouse development Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 1508 |
| 2 | 2002 | 137 | |
| 3 | 2005 | 113 | |
| 4 | 2007 | 79 | |
| 5 | 2011 | 47 | |
| 6 | 2015 | 32 | |
| 7 | 1 NUTRIENT COMPOSITION OF WHOLE VERTEBRATE PREY (EXCLUDING FISH) FED IN ZOOS | 2002 | 28 |
| 8 | 2017 | 25 | |
| 9 | 2024 | 2 | |
| 10 | 2022 | 1 | |
| 11 | 2008 | 1 | |
| 12 | 2025 | 0 |
About Heather Alcorn
Heather Alcorn is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cell Biology, Cancer Research and Condensed Matter Physics, having authored 12 papers that have together received 2.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (7 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (4 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (2 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (2 papers), Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (2 papers), Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (2 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (2 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Cancer Research (1.1k citations), Molecular Biology (1.6k citations), Developmental Neuroscience (74 citations), Aging (19 citations) and Genetics (260 citations). Heather Alcorn has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Kathryn V. Anderson, Stephen J. Elledge, Gregory J. Hannon, Mamie Z. Li, Michelle A. Carmell, Sang Yong Kim, Elizabeth P. Murchison, Alea A. Mills, Emily Bernstein and Danwei Huangfu. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, eLife, Nature Genetics, Current Biology and PLoS Genetics.
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