Leni S. Jacob

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
8 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Leni S. Jacob is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Leni S. Jacob has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Leni S. Jacob's work include Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (4 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers) and Cleft Lip and Palate Research (2 papers). Leni S. Jacob is often cited by papers focused on Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (4 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers) and Cleft Lip and Palate Research (2 papers). Leni S. Jacob collaborates with scholars based in United States and Italy. Leni S. Jacob's co-authors include Eleni Anastasiadou, Frank J. Slack, Joan Massagué, Ruzeen Patwa, Alejandro López‐Soto, Ke Xu, Manuel Valiente, Xin Jin, Qing Chen and Hardik Shah and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Leni S. Jacob

8 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Non-coding RNA networks in cancer 2016 2026 2019 2022 2017 2016 400 800 1.2k
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. Non-coding RNA networks in cancer
    2017 1.4k citations Eleni Anastasiadou, Leni S. Jacob et al. Nature reviews. Cancer profile →
  2. Carcinoma–astrocyte gap junctions promote brain metastasis by cGAMP transfer
    2016 710 citations Qing Chen, Adrienne Boire et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Leni S. Jacob
Keith M. Giles Australia
Kerstin Menck Germany
Micol Eleonora Fiori Italy
Catherine Labbaye Italy
Maider Zabala United States
Tyler E. Miller United States
Christian P. Pallasch Germany
Dan Liao China
Ying Lin China
Vukoslav Komnenovic Austria
Keith M. Giles Australia
Leni S. Jacob
Citations per year, relative to Leni S. Jacob Leni S. Jacob (= 1×) peers Keith M. Giles

Countries citing papers authored by Leni S. Jacob

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Fields of papers citing papers by Leni S. Jacob

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leni S. Jacob

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Leni S. Jacob. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Leni S. Jacob based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Leni S. Jacob. Leni S. Jacob is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Anastasiadou, Eleni, Leni S. Jacob, & Frank J. Slack. (2017). Non-coding RNA networks in cancer. Nature reviews. Cancer. 18(1). 5–18. 1436 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Qing, Adrienne Boire, Xin Jin, et al.. (2016). Carcinoma–astrocyte gap junctions promote brain metastasis by cGAMP transfer. Nature. 533(7604). 493–498. 710 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jacob, Leni S., Sakari Vanharanta, Anna C. Obenauf, et al.. (2015). Metastatic Competence Can Emerge with Selection of Preexisting Oncogenic Alleles without a Need of New Mutations. Cancer Research. 75(18). 3713–3719. 42 indexed citations
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Dodge, Michael, Jesung Moon, Rubina Tuladhar, et al.. (2012). Diverse Chemical Scaffolds Support Direct Inhibition of the Membrane-bound O-Acyltransferase Porcupine. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(27). 23246–23254. 65 indexed citations
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Jacob, Leni S., Xiaofeng Wu, Michael Dodge, et al.. (2011). Genome-Wide RNAi Screen Reveals Disease-Associated Genes That Are Common to Hedgehog and Wnt Signaling. Science Signaling. 4(157). ra4–ra4. 72 indexed citations
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Jacob, Leni S. & Lawrence Lum. (2007). Hedgehog Signaling Pathway. Science s STKE. 2007(407). cm6–cm6. 22 indexed citations
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Jacob, Leni S. & Lawrence Lum. (2007). Deconstructing the Hedgehog Pathway in Development and Disease. Science. 318(5847). 66–68. 52 indexed citations
8.
Jacob, Leni S. & Lawrence Lum. (2007). Hedgehog Signaling Pathway in Drosophila. Science s STKE. 2007(407). cm7–cm7. 12 indexed citations

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