Philipp Kapranov

35.6k citations

94 papers · 11.2k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 39

Impact in

Cancer Research top 0.2%
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- RNA modifications and cancer
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Papers in

Cancer Research 23
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research 22
Molecular Biology 79
- RNA Research and Splicing 35
- RNA modifications and cancer 31
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 23
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 23
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 9
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 8
- DNA Repair Mechanisms 8

Co-authors: T Gingeras Georges St. Laurent Claes Wahlestedt Jörg Drenkow Stefan Bekiranov Aarron Willingham Simon Cawley Jill Cheng
Journals: Frontiers in Genetics (6 papers)Genome Research (6 papers)Nature Communications (4 papers)BMC Biology (4 papers)PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States China Russia

In The Last Decade

Philipp Kapranov

94 papers receiving 10.9k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

The Landscape of long noncoding RNA classification 2015 · 916 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2015 Trends in Genetics
2011 Nature
2007 Nature Reviews Genetics
2006 The Journal of Experimental Medicine
2005 Science
2004 Cell
2002 Science

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1	The human genome encodes a multitude of novel miRNAs Nucleic Acids Research ·Fan Gao, Fang Wang, Yue Chen, Bolin Deng, Fujian Yang, Huifen Cao, Junjie Chen, Huiling Chen, Fei Qi, Philipp Kapranov	2025	1
2	Deciphering the Foundations of Mitochondrial Mutational Spectra: Replication-Driven and Damage-Induced Signatures Across Chordate Classes Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Dmitrii Iliushchenko, Bogdan Efimenko, Alina G. Mikhailova, Victor Shamanskiy, Murat Saparbaev, Bakhyt Matkarimov, Ilya Mazunin, Alexandr Voronka, Dmitry A. Knorre, Wolfram S. Kunz, Philipp Kapranov, Stepan Denisov, Jacques Fellay, Konstantin Khrapko, Konstantin Gunbin, Konstantin Popadin	2025	2
3	Common occurrence of hotspots of single strand DNA breaks at transcriptional start sites BMC Genomics ·Huifen Cao, Yufei Zhang, Tianrong Song, Lu Xia, Ye Cai, Philipp Kapranov	2024	1
4	Evidence for Existence of Multiple Functional Human Small RNAs Derived from Transcripts of Protein-Coding Genes International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Fan Gao, Fang Wang, Huifen Cao, Yue Chen, Yong Diao, Philipp Kapranov	2023	2
5	Evidence for widespread existence of functional novel and non-canonical human transcripts BMC Biology ·Dongyang Xu, Lu Tang, Junjun Zhou, Fang Wang, Huifen Cao, Yu Huang, Philipp Kapranov	2023	2
6	Genome-Wide Profiling of Endogenous Single-Stranded DNA Using the SSiNGLe-P1 Method International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Dongyang Xu, Yu Huang, Lingcong Luo, Lu Tang, Meng Lu, Huifen Cao, Fang Wang, Yong Diao, L. N. Lyubchenko, Philipp Kapranov	2023	3
7	Lessons from discovery of true ADAR RNA editing sites in a human cell line BMC Biology ·Fang Wang, Huifen Cao, Xia Qiu, Ziheng Liu, Ming Wang, Fan Gao, Dongyang Xu, Bolin Deng, Yong Diao, Philipp Kapranov	2023	6
8	Emerging Technologies for Genome-Wide Profiling of DNA Breakage Frontiers in Genetics ·Matthew J. Rybin, Melina Ramic, Natalie Ricciardi, Philipp Kapranov, Claes Wahlestedt, Zane Zeier	2021	11
9	A CRISPR/Cas13-based approach demonstrates biological relevance of vlinc class of long non-coding RNAs in anticancer drug response Scientific Reports ·Dongyang Xu, Ye Cai, Lu Tang, Xueer Han, Fan Gao, Huifen Cao, Fei Qi, Philipp Kapranov	2020	55
10	Diversification of Retinoblastoma Protein Function Associated with Cis and Trans Adaptations Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Rima Mouawad, Jaideep Prasad, Dominic Thorley, Pamela Himadewi, Dhruva Kadiyala, Nathan J. Wilson, Philipp Kapranov, David N. Arnosti	2019	6
11	Strategies to Annotate and Characterize Long Noncoding RNAs: Advantages and Pitfalls Trends in Genetics ·Huifen Cao, Claes Wahlestedt, Philipp Kapranov	2018	67
12	A vlincRNA participates in senescence maintenance by relieving H2AZ-mediated repression at the INK4 locus Nature Communications ·Sandra Lazorthes, Céline Vallot, Sébastien Briois, Marion Aguirrebengoa, Jean‐Yves Thuret, Georges St. Laurent, Claire Rougeulle, Philipp Kapranov, Carl Mann, Didier Trouche, Estelle Nicolas	2015	48
13	Dark matter RNA illuminates the puzzle of genome-wide association studies BMC Medicine ·Georges St. Laurent, Yuri V. Vyatkin, Philipp Kapranov	2014	28
14	Dark Matter RNA: Existence, Function, and Controversy Frontiers in Genetics ·Philipp Kapranov, Georges St. Laurent	2012	67
15	Genome-Wide Mapping Indicates That p73 and p63 Co-Occupy Target Sites and Have Similar DNA-Binding Profiles In Vivo PLoS ONE ·Annie Yang, Zhou Zhu, Arminja N. Kettenbach, Philipp Kapranov, Frank McKeon, T Gingeras, Kevin Struhl	2010	39
16	Whole-genome maps of USF1 and USF2 binding and histone H3 acetylation reveal new aspects of promoter structure and candidate genes for common human disorders Genome Research ·Álvaro Rada-Iglesias, Adam Ameur, Philipp Kapranov, Stefan Enroth, Jan Komorowski, T Gingeras, Claes Wadelius	2008	81
17	Biological function of unannotated transcription during the early development of Drosophila melanogaster Nature Genetics ·J. Robert Manak, Sujit Dike, Victor Sementchenko, Philipp Kapranov, Frédéric Biemar, Jeffrey C. Long, Jill Cheng, Ian Bell, Srinka Ghosh, Antonio Piccolboni, T Gingeras	2006	136
18	Transcriptional Maps of 10 Human Chromosomes at 5-Nucleotide Resolution Science ·Jill Cheng, Philipp Kapranov, Jörg Drenkow, Sujit Dike, Shane Brubaker, Sandeep Patel, Jeffrey C. Long, David L. Stern, Hari Tammana, Gregg Helt, Victor Sementchenko, Antonio Piccolboni, Stefan Bekiranov, Dione K. Bailey, Madhavan Ganesh, Srinka Ghosh, Ian Bell, Daniela S. Gerhard, T Gingeras Hit paper breakdown →	2005	881
19	Examples of the complex architecture of the human transcriptome revealed by RACE and high-density tiling arrays Genome Research ·Philipp Kapranov, Jörg Drenkow, Jill Cheng, Jeffrey C. Long, Gregg Helt, Sujit Dike, T Gingeras	2005	231
20	Beyond expression profiling: Next generation uses of high density oligonucleotide arrays Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics ·Philipp Kapranov	2003	28

About Philipp Kapranov

Philipp Kapranov is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Molecular Biology, Aging, Genetics and Plant Science, having authored 94 papers that have together received 11.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA Research and Splicing (35 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (31 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (23 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (23 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (22 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (8 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cancer Research (3.6k citations), Molecular Biology (8.0k citations), Immunology (2.1k citations), Genetics (1.2k citations) and Aging (65 citations). Philipp Kapranov has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Russia. Frequent co-authors include T Gingeras, Georges St. Laurent, Claes Wahlestedt, Jörg Drenkow, Stefan Bekiranov, Aarron Willingham, Simon Cawley, Jill Cheng, Gregg Helt and Jeffrey A. Bluestone. Their work appears in journals such as Frontiers in Genetics, Genome Research, Nature Communications, BMC Biology and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

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