Martin Hirst

47.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
136 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

Martin Hirst is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Hirst has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Cancer Research and 17 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Martin Hirst's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (34 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (21 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (21 papers). Martin Hirst is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (34 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (21 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (21 papers). Martin Hirst collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Martin Hirst's co-authors include Marco A. Marra, Yongjun Zhao, Steven J.M. Jones, Thomas Zeng, Ryan D. Morin, Allen Delaney, Misha Bilenky, Helen McDonald, Olena Morozova and Florian Kuchenbauer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Martin Hirst

131 papers receiving 11.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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 NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Mapping Consortium

2010 1.2k citations Marco A. Marra, Martin Hirst et al. profile →
Genome-wide profiles of STAT1 DNA association using chromatin immunoprecipitation and massively parallel sequencing

2007 1.0k citations Martin Hirst, Misha Bilenky et al. profile →
Application of massively parallel sequencing to microRNA profiling and discovery in human embryonic stem cells

2008 874 citations Ryan D. Morin, Florian Kuchenbauer et al. Genome Research profile →
Vitamin C induces Tet-dependent DNA demethylation and a blastocyst-like state in ES cells

2013 655 citations Martin Hirst et al. profile →
Identification of miR-145 and miR-146a as mediators of the 5q– syndrome phenotype

2009 507 citations Daniel T. Starczynowski, Florian Kuchenbauer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Martin Hirst Canada	50	9.0k	3.0k	1.7k	1.2k	931	136	12.0k
Wilfred F. J. van IJcken Netherlands	61	8.0k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	1.4k 1.5×	265	12.8k
John D. McPherson United States	52	6.7k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	2.2k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	854 0.9×	145	11.4k
Jian‐Bing Fan United States	46	6.0k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	892 0.7×	577 0.6×	133	8.7k
Yutaka Suzuki Japan	53	7.7k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	324	11.4k
Sean M. Grimmond Australia	58	8.1k 0.9×	3.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	453 0.4×	796 0.9×	178	11.0k
Norma Neff United States	48	9.1k 1.0×	1.9k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	651 0.5×	1.6k 1.8×	92	13.4k
Sherman M. Weissman United States	68	11.1k 1.2×	2.3k 0.8×	2.7k 1.6×	1.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.7×	224	15.5k
Gary P. Schroth United States	52	13.4k 1.5×	3.5k 1.2×	2.2k 1.3×	1.9k 1.6×	776 0.8×	101	16.7k
Michael R. Green United States	68	15.3k 1.7×	1.3k 0.5×	2.4k 1.4×	991 0.8×	1.8k 2.0×	177	19.2k
Martha L. Bulyk United States	51	10.2k 1.1×	1.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	114	12.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Martin Hirst

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martin Hirst

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xu, Yan, Lei Tian, Weijie Huang, et al.. (2025). Distribution of haploid chromosomes into separate nuclei in two pathogenic fungi. Science. 388(6748). 784–788. 6 indexed citations

Caballero-Campo, Pedro, Alexandra Amaral, Chibo Hong, et al.. (2025). Integrative Molecular and Functional Analysis of Human Sperm Subpopulations to Identify New Biomarkers of Fertilization Potential. Archives of Medical Research. 56(5). 103210–103210. 1 indexed citations

Garant, Jean‐Michel, Kieran O’Neill, Pawan Pandoh, et al.. (2022). Genome-wide detection of imprinted differentially methylated regions using nanopore sequencing. eLife. 11. 26 indexed citations

Xiang, Ping, Edith Schneider, Wei Wei, et al.. (2022). Elucidating the importance and regulation of key enhancers for human MEIS1 expression. Leukemia. 36(8). 1980–1989. 6 indexed citations

Rajan, Vinothkumar, Sergey V. Prykhozhij, Michelle Moksa, et al.. (2021). Stress hematopoiesis induces a proliferative advantage in TET2 deficiency. Leukemia. 36(3). 809–820. 2 indexed citations

Yip, William, Michael R. Hughes, Yicong Li, et al.. (2021). Butyrate Shapes Immune Cell Fate and Function in Allergic Asthma. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 628453–628453. 120 indexed citations

Pellacani, Davide, Naoto Nakamichi, Colin A. Hammond, et al.. (2020). MYC-induced human acute myeloid leukemia requires a continuing IL-3/GM-CSF costimulus. Blood. 136(24). 2764–2773. 18 indexed citations

Carles, Annaïck, Genny Trigo‐Gonzalez, Qi Cao, et al.. (2020). The Pathognomonic FOXL2 C134W Mutation Alters DNA-Binding Specificity. Cancer Research. 80(17). 3480–3491. 19 indexed citations

Węgrzyn, Joanna, Kieran O’Neill, David J. H. F. Knapp, et al.. (2020). Altered microRNA expression links IL6 and TNF-induced inflammaging with myeloid malignancy in humans and mice. Blood. 135(25). 2235–2251. 41 indexed citations

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Souza, Camila P. E. de, Mirela Andronescu, Tehmina Masud, et al.. (2020). Epiclomal: Probabilistic clustering of sparse single-cell DNA methylation data. PLoS Computational Biology. 16(9). e1008270–e1008270. 15 indexed citations

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Jenkins, Catherine E., Samuel Gusscott, Rachel Wong, et al.. (2018). RUNX1 promotes cell growth in human T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia by transcriptional regulation of key target genes. Experimental Hematology. 64. 84–96. 4 indexed citations

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Lussier, Alexandre A., et al.. (2018). Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Profiling Developmental DNA Methylation Patterns in Central and Peripheral Tissues. Frontiers in Genetics. 9. 610–610. 24 indexed citations

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Lorzadeh, Alireza, et al.. (2017). Generation of Native Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Sequencing Libraries for Nucleosome Density Analysis. Journal of Visualized Experiments.

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Lorzadeh, Alireza, et al.. (2017). Generation of Native Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Sequencing Libraries for Nucleosome Density Analysis. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 4 indexed citations

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Cheung, Alice M.S., Long Nguyen, Annaïck Carles, et al.. (2013). Analysis of the clonal growth and differentiation dynamics of primitive barcoded human cord blood cells in NSG mice. Blood. 122(18). 3129–3137. 77 indexed citations

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Starczynowski, Daniel T., Ryan D. Morin, Andrew McPherson, et al.. (2010). Genome-wide identification of human microRNAs located in leukemia-associated genomic alterations. Blood. 117(2). 595–607. 94 indexed citations

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Hillier, LaDeana, V Reinke, Philip Green, et al.. (2009). Massively parallel sequencing of the polyadenylated transcriptome of C. elegans. Genome Research. 19(4). 657–666. 148 indexed citations

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Shivaswamy, Sushma, Akshay Bhinge, Yongjun Zhao, et al.. (2008). Dynamic Remodeling of Individual Nucleosomes Across a Eukaryotic Genome in Response to Transcriptional Perturbation. PLoS Biology. 6(3). e65–e65. 305 indexed citations

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Hirst, Martin, et al.. (1999). Purification of RBF-2, a Transcription Factor with Specificity for the Most Conserved <i>cis</i>-Element of Naturally Occurring HIV-1 LTRs. Journal of Biomedical Science. 6(5). 320–332. 1 indexed citations

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Yokota, Hiroki, Deborah A. Nickerson, Barbara J. Trask, et al.. (1998). Mapping a Protein-Binding Site on Straightened DNA by Atomic Force Microscopy. Analytical Biochemistry. 264(2). 158–164. 23 indexed citations

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