Katherine A. Pillman

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Katherine A. Pillman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Katherine A. Pillman has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Cancer Research and 2 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Katherine A. Pillman's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (18 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (12 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (12 papers). Katherine A. Pillman is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (18 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (12 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (12 papers). Katherine A. Pillman collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Malaysia. Katherine A. Pillman's co-authors include Gregory J. Goodall, John Toubia, Marika Salmanidis, Philip A. Gregory, Simon J. Conn, Vanessa M. Conn, Caroline A. Phillips, Andreas Schreiber, Suraya Roslan and Cameron P. Bracken and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Katherine A. Pillman

25 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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.

The RNA Binding Protein Quaking Regulates Formation of circRNAs

2015 1.7k citations Simon J. Conn, Katherine A. Pillman et al. Cell profile →
Nuclear export of circular RNA

2024 60 citations Andrew G. Bert, B. Kate Dredge et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Katherine A. Pillman Australia	15	2.2k	1.9k	86	67	58	27	2.4k
Jian‐Feng Xiang China	14	3.2k 1.4×	2.6k 1.4×	104 1.2×	102 1.5×	37 0.6×	29	3.4k
Mikaela Behm Sweden	10	3.2k 1.5×	2.2k 1.2×	53 0.6×	97 1.4×	94 1.6×	12	3.4k
Nagarjuna Reddy Pamudurti Israel	5	3.9k 1.8×	3.3k 1.8×	55 0.6×	90 1.3×	26 0.4×	6	3.9k
Chu‐Xiao Liu China	11	2.4k 1.1×	1.7k 0.9×	27 0.3×	162 2.4×	44 0.8×	17	2.5k
Marika Salmanidis Australia	10	1.9k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	14 0.2×	110 1.6×	68 1.2×	10	2.1k
Alessio Colantoni Italy	18	1.8k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	29 0.3×	78 1.2×	22 0.4×	40	2.0k
Chun‐Kan Chen United States	8	2.7k 1.2×	1.5k 0.8×	70 0.8×	107 1.6×	117 2.0×	11	2.9k
Lee-Hsueh Hung Germany	15	1.8k 0.8×	979 0.5×	34 0.4×	89 1.3×	35 0.6×	18	1.9k
Gaia Di Timoteo Italy	10	2.1k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	16 0.2×	48 0.7×	16 0.3×	13	2.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pillman, Katherine A., et al.. (2025). Half of annotated human microRNAs are expressed at levels of questionable biological significance. iScience. 28(9). 113445–113445.

Gregory, Philip A., Thomas Brabletz, Simone Brabletz, et al.. (2025). Strongly regulated transcription factors exert an outsized influence in microRNA-regulated networks. Cell Communication and Signaling. 24(1). 63–63.

Orang, Ayla, B. Kate Dredge, Andrew G. Bert, et al.. (2025). Chasing non-existent “microRNAs” in cancer. Oncogenesis. 14(1). 10–10. 3 indexed citations

Bert, Andrew G., B. Kate Dredge, Vincent J. Murphy, et al.. (2024). Nuclear export of circular RNA. Nature. 627(8002). 212–220. 60 indexed citations breakdown →

Leemaqz, Shalem, Tanja Jankovic‐Karasoulos, Dale McAninch, et al.. (2023). DraculR: A Web-Based Application for In Silico Haemolysis Detection in High-Throughput microRNA Sequencing Data. Genes. 14(2). 448–448. 1 indexed citations

Pillman, Katherine A., B. Kate Dredge, Dawei Liu, et al.. (2023). On the rules of engagement for microRNAs targeting protein coding regions. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(18). 9938–9951. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Dawei, B. Kate Dredge, Andrew G. Bert, et al.. (2023). ESRP1 controls biogenesis and function of a large abundant multiexon circRNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(3). 1387–1403. 16 indexed citations

Orang, Ayla, B. Kate Dredge, Sarah T. Boyle, et al.. (2023). Basonuclin-2 regulates extracellular matrix production and degradation. Life Science Alliance. 6(10). e202301984–e202301984. 3 indexed citations

Leemaqz, Shalem, Tanja Jankovic‐Karasoulos, Dale McAninch, et al.. (2022). Haemolysis Detection in MicroRNA-Seq from Clinical Plasma Samples. Genes. 13(7). 1288–1288. 13 indexed citations

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Pillman, Katherine A., Tanja Jankovic‐Karasoulos, Dale McAninch, et al.. (2021). Large-scale transcriptome-wide profiling of microRNAs in human placenta and maternal plasma at early to mid gestation. RNA Biology. 18(sup1). 507–520. 22 indexed citations

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Pillman, Katherine A., Andrew G. Bert, John Toubia, et al.. (2019). Extensive transcriptional responses are co-ordinated by microRNAs as revealed by Exon–Intron Split Analysis (EISA). Nucleic Acids Research. 47(16). 8606–8619. 7 indexed citations

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Pillman, Katherine A., Gregory J. Goodall, Cameron P. Bracken, & Michael P. Gantier. (2018). miRNA length variation during macrophage stimulation confounds the interpretation of results: implications for miRNA quantification by RT-qPCR. RNA. 25(2). 232–238. 15 indexed citations

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Cursons, Joseph, Katherine A. Pillman, Philip A. Gregory, et al.. (2018). Combinatorial Targeting by MicroRNAs Co-ordinates Post-transcriptional Control of EMT. Cell Systems. 7(1). 77–91.e7. 71 indexed citations

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Pillman, Katherine A., John Toubia, David Lawrence, et al.. (2017). Naturally existing isoforms of miR-222 have distinct functions. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(19). 11371–11385. 54 indexed citations

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Pillman, Katherine A., Katherine J. Siddle, Geneviève Pépin, et al.. (2017). miR-222 isoforms are differentially regulated by type-I interferon. RNA. 24(3). 332–341. 27 indexed citations

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Conn, Simon J., Katherine A. Pillman, John Toubia, et al.. (2015). The RNA Binding Protein Quaking Regulates Formation of circRNAs. Cell. 160(6). 1125–1134. 1671 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bracken, Cameron P., Josephine A. Wright, David Lawrence, et al.. (2014). Genome‐wide identification of miR‐200 targets reveals a regulatory network controlling cell invasion. The EMBO Journal. 33(18). 2040–2056. 115 indexed citations

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Attema, Joanne L., Andrew G. Bert, Natasha Kolesnikoff, et al.. (2013). Identification of an Enhancer That Increases miR-200b~200a~429 Gene Expression in Breast Cancer Cells. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e75517–e75517. 22 indexed citations

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Jeknić, Zoran, Katherine A. Pillman, Taniya Dhillon, et al.. (2013). Hv-CBF2A overexpression in barley accelerates COR gene transcript accumulation and acquisition of freezing tolerance during cold acclimation. Plant Molecular Biology. 84(1-2). 67–82. 44 indexed citations

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Eini, Omid, Nannan Yang, Katherine A. Pillman, et al.. (2013). Complex Regulation by Apetala2 Domain-Containing Transcription Factors Revealed through Analysis of the Stress-Responsive TdCor410b Promoter from Durum Wheat. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e58713–e58713. 27 indexed citations

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