Kevin V. Morris

11.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
131 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Kevin V. Morris is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin V. Morris has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Molecular Biology, 52 papers in Cancer Research and 22 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Kevin V. Morris's work include RNA modifications and cancer (47 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (44 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (43 papers). Kevin V. Morris is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (47 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (44 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (43 papers). Kevin V. Morris collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and South Africa. Kevin V. Morris's co-authors include John S. Mattick, Marc S. Weinberg, Peter G. Hawkins, John J. Rossi, Per Johnsson, David J. Looney, Dan Grandér, Wan Chan, Steven E. Jacobsen and Daniel H. Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kevin V. Morris

130 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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 rise of regulatory RNA

2014 979 citations Kevin V. Morris et al. profile →
Small Interfering RNA-Induced Transcriptional Gene Silencing in Human Cells

2004 729 citations Kevin V. Morris, Wan Chan et al. Science profile →
Evolutionary conservation of long non-coding RNAs; sequence, structure, function

2013 536 citations Kevin V. Morris et al. profile →
Extracellular vesicles: The next generation in gene therapy delivery

2023 114 citations Zach Troyer, Kevin V. Morris et al. Molecular Therapy profile →
Therapeutic potential of RNA-enriched extracellular vesicles: The next generation in RNA delivery via biogenic nanoparticles

2024 69 citations Kevin V. Morris et al. Molecular Therapy profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Kevin V. Morris	7.3k	4.1k	841	659	539	131	8.7k
Derek M. Dykxhoorn	7.6k 1.0×	2.3k 0.6×	1.4k 1.7×	1.2k 1.9×	1.1k 2.0×	103	9.9k
Carl D. Novina	5.5k 0.8×	1.8k 0.4×	858 1.0×	1.0k 1.6×	279 0.5×	65	7.2k
Sayda M. Elbashir	12.4k 1.7×	2.7k 0.7×	2.1k 2.5×	1.3k 2.0×	219 0.4×	26	14.2k
Ryan A. Flynn	12.9k 1.8×	5.0k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	803 1.2×	95 0.2×	69	14.3k
Markus Landthaler	19.1k 2.6×	11.8k 2.9×	605 0.7×	1.4k 2.1×	212 0.4×	103	21.2k
Abdullah Yalçın	11.6k 1.6×	5.4k 1.3×	1.6k 1.9×	1.1k 1.7×	138 0.3×	30	13.5k
Elisa Izaurralde	22.9k 3.1×	5.8k 1.4×	1.4k 1.6×	1.4k 2.2×	473 0.9×	163	25.6k
Jens Harborth	8.7k 1.2×	1.6k 0.4×	1.5k 1.8×	855 1.3×	141 0.3×	24	9.9k
Jack D. Keene	11.4k 1.6×	1.7k 0.4×	1.7k 2.0×	1.4k 2.1×	236 0.4×	148	14.4k
Minchen Chien	3.6k 0.5×	2.3k 0.6×	363 0.4×	529 0.8×	121 0.2×	17	5.3k

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Idris, Adi, Wenqing Gao, Aroon Supramaniam, et al.. (2025). Intranasal delivery of engineered anti-SARS-CoV-2 extracellular vesicles therapeutically represses lung infection and inflammation. Drug Delivery and Translational Research. 15(11). 4115–4125. 1 indexed citations

Doerflinger, Marcel, et al.. (2024). Current State of Therapeutics for HTLV-1. Viruses. 16(10). 1616–1616. 4 indexed citations

Idris, Adi, Aroon Supramaniam, Yaman Tayyar, et al.. (2024). An intranasally delivered ultra-conserved siRNA prophylactically represses SARS-CoV-2 infection in the lung and nasal cavity.. Antiviral Research. 222. 105815–105815. 11 indexed citations

Idris, Adi, Aroon Supramaniam, Roslyn M. Ray, et al.. (2024). Extracellular Vesicles Loaded with Long Antisense RNAs Repress Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection. Nucleic Acid Therapeutics. 34(3). 101–108. 3 indexed citations

Scott, Tristan, et al.. (2023). Targeted zinc-finger repressors to the oncogenic HBZ gene inhibit adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) proliferation. NAR Cancer. 5(1). zcac046–zcac046. 2 indexed citations

Urak, Ryan, Nicole Grepo, Lior Goldberg, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of the Elements of Short Hairpin RNAs in Developing shRNA-Containing CAR T Cells. Cancers. 15(10). 2848–2848. 2 indexed citations

Troyer, Zach, et al.. (2023). Extracellular vesicles: The next generation in gene therapy delivery. Molecular Therapy. 31(5). 1225–1230. 114 indexed citations breakdown →

Mäkinen, Petri I., Minna U. Kaikkonen, Marc S. Weinberg, et al.. (2022). Nuclear microRNA-466c regulates Vegfa expression in response to hypoxia. PLoS ONE. 17(3). e0265948–e0265948. 12 indexed citations

Youngson, Neil A., et al.. (2022). A role for a novel natural antisense-BDNF in the maintenance of nicotine-seeking. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 100010–100010. 2 indexed citations

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Ray, Roslyn M., et al.. (2021). Exosome-mediated stable epigenetic repression of HIV-1. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5541–5541. 61 indexed citations

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Scott, Tristan, et al.. (2020). Development of a Facile Approach for Generating Chemically Modified CRISPR/Cas9 RNA. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 19. 1176–1185. 6 indexed citations

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Baker‐Andresen, Danay, Vikram S. Ratnu, Kevin V. Morris, et al.. (2017). Persistent histone modifications at the BDNF and Cdk‐5 promoters following extinction of nicotine‐seeking in rats. Genes Brain & Behavior. 17(2). 98–106. 14 indexed citations

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Vadaie, Nadia & Kevin V. Morris. (2013). Long antisense non-coding RNAs and the epigenetic regulation of gene expression. BioMolecular Concepts. 4(4). 411–415. 39 indexed citations

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Morris, Kevin V.. (2012). Non-coding RNAs and epigenetic regulation of gene expression : drivers of natural selection. 19 indexed citations

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Morris, Kevin V.. (2009). RNA-Directed Transcriptional Gene Silencing and Activation in Human Cells. Oligonucleotides. 19(4). 299–305. 57 indexed citations

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Morris, Kevin V.. (2008). RNA and the regulation of gene expression : a hidden layer of complexity. 34 indexed citations

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Jiang, Han, Daniel H. Kim, & Kevin V. Morris. (2007). Promoter-associated RNA is required for RNA-directed transcriptional gene silencing in human cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(30). 12422–12427. 221 indexed citations

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Barichievy, Samantha, Sheena Saayman, Karin J. von Eije, et al.. (2007). The Inhibitory Efficacy of RNA POL III-Expressed Long Hairpin RNAs Targeted to Untranslated Regions of the HIV-1 5′ Long Terminal Repeat. Oligonucleotides. 17(4). 419–432. 22 indexed citations

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Weinberg, Marc S. & Kevin V. Morris. (2006). Are Viral-Encoded MicroRNAs Mediating Latent HIV-1 Infection?. DNA and Cell Biology. 25(4). 223–231. 33 indexed citations

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Morris, Kevin V., Wan Chan, Steven E. Jacobsen, & David J. Looney. (2004). Small Interfering RNA-Induced Transcriptional Gene Silencing in Human Cells. Science. 305(5688). 1289–1292. 729 indexed citations breakdown →

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