Kami Ahmad

13.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
71 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Kami Ahmad is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kami Ahmad has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Plant Science and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Kami Ahmad's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (51 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (21 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (18 papers). Kami Ahmad is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (51 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (21 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (18 papers). Kami Ahmad collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Canada. Kami Ahmad's co-authors include Steven Henikoff, Harmit S. Malik, Jorja G. Henikoff, Hatice S Kaya-Okur, Steven J. Wu, Brian E. Schwartz, Christine A. Codomo, Terri D. Bryson, Gilbert G. Privé and Philip R. Gafken and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Kami Ahmad

70 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

CUT&Tag for efficient epigenomic profiling of small samples and single cells

2019 1.2k citations Hatice S Kaya-Okur, Steven J. Wu et al. Nature Communications profile →
The Centromere Paradox: Stable Inheritance with Rapidly Evolving DNA

2001 986 citations Steven Henikoff, Kami Ahmad et al. Science profile →
The Histone Variant H3.3 Marks Active Chromatin by Replication-Independent Nucleosome Assembly

2002 891 citations Kami Ahmad, Steven Henikoff Molecular Cell profile →
Efficient low-cost chromatin profiling with CUT&Tag

2020 235 citations Hatice S Kaya-Okur, Derek H. Janssens et al. Nature Protocols profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kami Ahmad United States	39	7.3k	2.6k	1.1k	536	500	71	8.4k
Ana Pombo United Kingdom	41	7.0k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	486 0.9×	589 1.2×	92	8.0k
Jason D. Lieb United States	56	10.6k 1.5×	2.0k 0.8×	1.9k 1.8×	316 0.6×	468 0.9×	112	12.0k
Renato Paro Germany	57	10.3k 1.4×	2.3k 0.9×	1.9k 1.7×	596 1.1×	651 1.3×	119	11.6k
Prim B. Singh United Kingdom	45	5.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	274 0.5×	424 0.8×	115	6.6k
Elzo de Wit Netherlands	46	8.6k 1.2×	2.3k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	311 0.6×	555 1.1×	80	9.6k
Stéfan Dimitrov France	47	6.2k 0.9×	1.0k 0.4×	727 0.7×	703 1.3×	380 0.8×	139	7.0k
Kent G. Golic United States	27	4.6k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	645 1.2×	327 0.7×	49	5.4k
Jesse R. Dixon United States	21	9.8k 1.3×	2.4k 0.9×	1.9k 1.7×	200 0.4×	649 1.3×	29	10.7k
Paul Lasko Canada	51	7.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.4×	1.9k 1.7×	584 1.1×	640 1.3×	125	8.8k
Friederike Dündar United States	10	5.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	854 0.8×	198 0.4×	773 1.5×	16	7.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kami Ahmad

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Khyzha, Nadiya, Kami Ahmad, & Steven Henikoff. (2025). Profiling transcriptome composition and dynamics within nuclear compartments using SLAM-RT&Tag. Molecular Cell. 85(7). 1366–1380.e4. 2 indexed citations

Henikoff, Steven, Ye Zheng, Ronald M. Paranal, et al.. (2025). RNA polymerase II at histone genes predicts outcome in human cancer. Science. 387(6735). 737–743. 10 indexed citations

Ahmad, Kami, et al.. (2025). Chromatin-bound U2AF2 splicing factor ensures exon inclusion. Molecular Cell. 85(10). 1982–1998.e4. 1 indexed citations

Janssens, Derek H., Charles G. Mullighan, Soheil Meshinchi, et al.. (2024). MLL oncoprotein levels influence leukemia lineage identities. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9341–9341. 5 indexed citations

Wooten, Matthew, et al.. (2023). Aclarubicin stimulates RNA polymerase II elongation at closely spaced divergent promoters. Science Advances. 9(24). eadg3257–eadg3257. 8 indexed citations

Anderson, James T., Steven Henikoff, & Kami Ahmad. (2023). Chromosome-specific maturation of the epigenome in the Drosophila male germline. eLife. 12.

Janssens, Derek H., Steven J. Wu, Christine A. Codomo, et al.. (2023). Scalable single-cell profiling of chromatin modifications with sciCUT&Tag. Nature Protocols. 19(1). 83–112. 11 indexed citations

Janssens, Derek H., et al.. (2022). CUT&Tag2for1: a modified method for simultaneous profiling of the accessible and silenced regulome in single cells. Genome biology. 23(1). 81–81. 37 indexed citations

Ahmad, Kami, et al.. (2021). Cooperative binding between distant transcription factors is a hallmark of active enhancers. Molecular Cell. 81(8). 1651–1665.e4. 46 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Kami & Steven Henikoff. (2021). The H3.3K27M oncohistone antagonizes reprogramming in Drosophila. PLoS Genetics. 17(7). e1009225–e1009225. 12 indexed citations

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Sarthy, Jay F., Michael P. Meers, Derek H. Janssens, et al.. (2020). Histone deposition pathways determine the chromatin landscapes of H3.1 and H3.3 K27M oncohistones. eLife. 9. 46 indexed citations

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Henikoff, Steven, Jorja G. Henikoff, Hatice S Kaya-Okur, & Kami Ahmad. (2020). Efficient chromatin accessibility mapping in situ by nucleosome-tethered tagmentation. eLife. 9. 83 indexed citations

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Kaya-Okur, Hatice S, Derek H. Janssens, Jorja G. Henikoff, Kami Ahmad, & Steven Henikoff. (2020). Efficient low-cost chromatin profiling with CUT&Tag. Nature Protocols. 15(10). 3264–3283. 235 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kaya-Okur, Hatice S, Steven J. Wu, Christine A. Codomo, et al.. (2019). CUT&Tag for efficient epigenomic profiling of small samples and single cells. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1930–1930. 1233 indexed citations breakdown →

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Janssens, Derek H., Steven J. Wu, Jay F. Sarthy, et al.. (2018). Automated in situ chromatin profiling efficiently resolves cell types and gene regulatory programs. Epigenetics & Chromatin. 11(1). 74–74. 45 indexed citations

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Ramachandran, Srinivas, Kami Ahmad, & Steven Henikoff. (2017). Transcription and Remodeling Produce Asymmetrically Unwrapped Nucleosomal Intermediates. Molecular Cell. 68(6). 1038–1053.e4. 96 indexed citations

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Nègre, Nicolas, Andrew Brown, Parantu K. Shah, et al.. (2010). A Comprehensive Map of Insulator Elements for the Drosophila Genome. PLoS Genetics. 6(1). e1000814–e1000814. 255 indexed citations

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Gafken, Philip R., et al.. (2004). Histone H3.3 is enriched in covalent modifications associated with active chromatin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(6). 1525–1530. 397 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Kami, et al.. (1999). A histone-H3-like protein in C. elegans. Nature. 401(6753). 547–548. 217 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Kami & Kent G. Golic. (1998). The Transmission of Fragmented Chromosomes in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics. 148(2). 775–792. 54 indexed citations

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