René L. Warren

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

René L. Warren is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, René L. Warren has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in René L. Warren's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (43 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (25 papers) and Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (9 papers). René L. Warren is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (43 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (25 papers) and Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (9 papers). René L. Warren collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Italy. René L. Warren's co-authors include İnanç Birol, Justin Chu, Lauren Coombe, Benjamin P. Vandervalk, Chen Yang, Shaun D. Jackman, Sarah Yeo, Hamid Mohamadi, S. Austin Hammond and Steven J.M. Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Bioinformatics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

René L. Warren

60 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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. ABySS 2.0: resource-efficient assembly of large genomes using a Bloom filter
    2017 455 citations Shaun D. Jackman, Benjamin P. Vandervalk et al. Genome Research profile →
  2. AMPlify: attentive deep learning model for discovery of novel antimicrobial peptides effective against WHO priority pathogens
    2022 126 citations Chenkai Li, S. Austin Hammond et al. profile →

Peers

René L. Warren
Alexander Rosenberg Johansen Denmark
Aleksandr Morgulis United States
Helena Rasche Germany
Sonja J. Prohaska Germany
Aaron M. Berlin United States
Paolo Di Tommaso Spain
Mahmut Uludağ Saudi Arabia
Wubin Qian China
Robert Vaser Croatia
Travis J. Wheeler United States
Alexander Rosenberg Johansen Denmark
René L. Warren
Citations per year, relative to René L. Warren René L. Warren (= 1×) peers Alexander Rosenberg Johansen

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Fields of papers citing papers by René L. Warren

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of René L. Warren

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of René L. Warren. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of René L. Warren 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 René L. Warren. René L. Warren is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Coombe, Lauren, et al.. (2025). mtGrasp: Streamlined reference‐grade mitochondrial genome assembly and standardization to enhance metazoan mitogenome resources. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 16(4). 668–677. 3 indexed citations
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Yanai, Anat, Chenkai Li, Lauren Coombe, et al.. (2025). Antimicrobial peptides with high bioactivity against MDR isolates: Addressing public health concerns. Microbial Pathogenesis. 207. 107893–107893.
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Warren, René L., Lauren Coombe, Christopher J. Lowe, et al.. (2025). Monitoring marine pollution effects through targeted environmental DNA (eDNA) testing in the Pacific northwest. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 216. 118036–118036.
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Li, Chenkai, Anat Yanai, Lauren Coombe, et al.. (2025). Mining the UniProtKB /Swiss‐Prot database for antimicrobial peptides. Protein Science. 34(4). e70083–e70083. 1 indexed citations
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Birol, İnanç, et al.. (2025). ntSynt: multi-genome synteny detection using minimizer graph mappings. BMC Biology. 23(1). 367–367.
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Warren, René L., et al.. (2024). ntRoot: computational inference of human ancestry at scale from genomic data. Bioinformatics Advances. 5(1). vbaf287–vbaf287. 1 indexed citations
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Coombe, Lauren, et al.. (2023). ntLink: A Toolkit for De Novo Genome Assembly Scaffolding and Mapping Using Long Reads. Current Protocols. 3(4). e733–e733. 14 indexed citations
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Coombe, Lauren, Kristina Gagalova, René L. Warren, et al.. (2023). Assembly and annotation of the black spruce genome provide insights on spruce phylogeny and evolution of stress response. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 14(1). 4 indexed citations
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Coombe, Lauren, et al.. (2020). ntJoin: Fast and lightweight assembly-guided scaffolding using minimizer graphs. Bioinformatics. 36(12). 3885–3887. 24 indexed citations
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Jackman, Shaun D., Lauren Coombe, René L. Warren, et al.. (2020). Complete Mitochondrial Genome of a Gymnosperm, Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis), Indicates a Complex Physical Structure. Genome Biology and Evolution. 12(7). 1174–1179. 68 indexed citations
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Hafezqorani, Saber, et al.. (2020). Trans-NanoSim characterizes and simulates nanopore RNA-sequencing data. GigaScience. 9(6). 18 indexed citations
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Warren, René L., Lauren Coombe, Hamid Mohamadi, et al.. (2019). ntEdit: scalable genome sequence polishing. Bioinformatics. 35(21). 4430–4432. 55 indexed citations
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Yeo, Sarah, Lauren Coombe, René L. Warren, Justin Chu, & İnanç Birol. (2017). ARCS: scaffolding genome drafts with linked reads. Bioinformatics. 34(5). 725–731. 109 indexed citations
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Yang, Chen, Justin Chu, René L. Warren, & İnanç Birol. (2017). NanoSim: nanopore sequence read simulator based on statistical characterization. GigaScience. 6(4). 1–6. 136 indexed citations
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Jackman, Shaun D., Benjamin P. Vandervalk, Hamid Mohamadi, et al.. (2017). ABySS 2.0: resource-efficient assembly of large genomes using a Bloom filter. Genome Research. 27(5). 768–777. 455 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chu, Justin, Hamid Mohamadi, René L. Warren, Chen Yang, & İnanç Birol. (2016). Innovations and challenges in detecting long read overlaps: an evaluation of the state-of-the-art. Bioinformatics. 33(8). 1261–1270. 23 indexed citations
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Warren, René L., Chen Yang, Benjamin P. Vandervalk, et al.. (2015). LINKS: Scalable, alignment-free scaffolding of draft genomes with long reads. GigaScience. 4(1). 35–35. 137 indexed citations
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Warren, René L., et al.. (2015). Sealer: a scalable gap-closing application for finishing draft genomes. BMC Bioinformatics. 16(1). 230–230. 90 indexed citations
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Mullick, Alaka, Yan Xu, René L. Warren, et al.. (2006). The cumate gene-switch: a system for regulated expression in mammalian cells.. BMC Biotechnology. 6(1). 43–43. 151 indexed citations

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