Rene Sit

10.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
20 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Rene Sit is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Transplantation. According to data from OpenAlex, Rene Sit has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Immunology and 4 papers in Transplantation. Recurrent topics in Rene Sit's work include Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (4 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (3 papers) and Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (3 papers). Rene Sit is often cited by papers focused on Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (4 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (3 papers) and Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (3 papers). Rene Sit collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Rene Sit's co-authors include Stephen R. Quake, Norma Neff, Matthias Meier, Stephen Chang, Gerald J. Berry, Yasuo Mori, Ross J. Metzger, Astrid Gillich, Lolita Penland and Rahul Sinha and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Rene Sit

19 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

A molecular cell atlas of the human lung from single-cell RNA sequencing

2020 840 citations Kyle J. Travaglini, Ahmad N. Nabhan et al. Nature profile →
Molecular characterization of selectively vulnerable neurons in Alzheimer’s disease

2021 271 citations Kun Leng, Emmy Li et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Early prediction of preeclampsia in pregnancy with cell-free RNA

2022 137 citations Mira N. Moufarrej, Sevahn K. Vorperian et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rene Sit United States	13	916	451	387	209	201	20	2.0k
Qiang Shao China	22	881 1.0×	255 0.6×	246 0.6×	186 0.9×	309 1.5×	78	1.9k
Gwendalyn D. King United States	34	1.2k 1.3×	588 1.3×	197 0.5×	283 1.4×	145 0.7×	57	2.9k
Gualtiero I. Colombo Italy	27	970 1.1×	449 1.0×	187 0.5×	158 0.8×	316 1.6×	105	2.5k
Frédéric Brau France	20	678 0.7×	759 1.7×	159 0.4×	163 0.8×	86 0.4×	40	2.1k
Saket Choudhary United States	12	1.1k 1.2×	443 1.0×	161 0.4×	93 0.4×	227 1.1×	20	1.9k
Colin McKerlie Canada	32	1.4k 1.5×	469 1.0×	999 2.6×	201 1.0×	172 0.9×	72	3.2k
Christian Mueller United States	36	2.2k 2.4×	336 0.7×	353 0.9×	326 1.6×	321 1.6×	94	3.8k
Wencke Walter Germany	16	1.0k 1.1×	394 0.9×	305 0.8×	101 0.5×	405 2.0×	85	2.1k
Yuanyuan Ma China	30	1.2k 1.3×	247 0.5×	370 1.0×	91 0.4×	779 3.9×	109	2.3k
Kevin S. Smith United States	27	1.8k 2.0×	415 0.9×	278 0.7×	153 0.7×	225 1.1×	61	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Rene Sit

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rene Sit

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Paladini, Maria Serena, Kristof Törkenczy, Elma S. Frias, et al.. (2025). Fate mapping of peripherally-derived macrophages after traumatic brain injury in mice reveals a long-lasting population with a distinct transcriptomic signature. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8898–8898.

Wagner, Viktoria, Fabian Kern, Oliver Hãhn, et al.. (2023). Characterizing expression changes in noncoding RNAs during aging and heterochronic parabiosis across mouse tissues. Nature Biotechnology. 42(1). 109–118. 35 indexed citations

Moufarrej, Mira N., Sevahn K. Vorperian, Ronald J. Wong, et al.. (2022). Early prediction of preeclampsia in pregnancy with cell-free RNA. Nature. 602(7898). 689–694. 137 indexed citations breakdown →

Ramesh, Akshaya, Emily S. Bailey, Vida Ahyong, et al.. (2021). Metagenomic characterization of swine slurry in a North American swine farm operation. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 16994–16994. 19 indexed citations

Leng, Kun, Emmy Li, Rana Eser, et al.. (2021). Molecular characterization of selectively vulnerable neurons in Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Neuroscience. 24(2). 276–287. 271 indexed citations breakdown →

Teyssier, Noam, Anna Chen, Elias Duarte, et al.. (2021). Optimization of whole-genome sequencing of Plasmodium falciparum from low-density dried blood spot samples. Malaria Journal. 20(1). 116–116. 19 indexed citations

Baran‐Gale, Jeanette, Michael D. Morgan, Stefano Maio, et al.. (2020). Ageing compromises mouse thymus function and remodels epithelial cell differentiation. eLife. 9. 120 indexed citations

He, Mu, Bing Wu, Wenlei Ye, et al.. (2020). Chloride channels regulate differentiation and barrier functions of the mammalian airway. eLife. 9. 20 indexed citations

Travaglini, Kyle J., Ahmad N. Nabhan, Lolita Penland, et al.. (2020). A molecular cell atlas of the human lung from single-cell RNA sequencing. Nature. 587(7835). 619–625. 840 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hao, Samantha, Mazin Abdelghany, Amy Lyden, et al.. (2020). Genomic Profiling of Evolving Daptomycin Resistance in a Patient with Recurrent Staphylococcus argenteus Sepsis. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 64(10). 9 indexed citations

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Ramachandran, Prashanth, Fiona V Cresswell, Charles Langelier, et al.. (2019). Illuminating Tuberculosis Meningitis with Metagenomics and FLASH Enrichment (S45.005). Neurology. 92(15_supplement). 1 indexed citations

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Beausang, John F., Hongye Fan, Rene Sit, et al.. (2017). B cell repertoires in HLA-sensitized kidney transplant candidates undergoing desensitization therapy. Journal of Translational Medicine. 15(1). 9–9. 12 indexed citations

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Stypmann, J., Johan Vanhaecke, Andreas Zuckermann, et al.. (2015). Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Decreases Following Effective Treatment of Acute Cellular Rejection in Heart Transplant: Recipients: The CARGO II Multicenter Trial. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 34(4). S115–S115. 1 indexed citations

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Crespo‐Leiro, María G., Andreas Zuckermann, J. Stypmann, et al.. (2015). Increased Plasma Levels of Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Correlate With Rejection in Heart Transplant Recipients: The CARGO II Multicenter Trial. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 34(4). S31–S32. 4 indexed citations

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Mohaçsi, Paul, María G. Crespo‐Leiro, Andreas Zuckermann, et al.. (2015). Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Is Stable in Non-Rejecting Heart Transplant Recipients in the CARGO II Multicenter Trial. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 34(4). S131–S131. 1 indexed citations

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Vollmers, Christopher, Rene Sit, Joshua A. Weinstein, Cornelia L. Dekker, & Stephen R. Quake. (2013). Genetic measurement of memory B-cell recall using antibody repertoire sequencing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(33). 13463–13468. 171 indexed citations

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Martin, Lance, Matthias Meier, Shawn M. Lyons, et al.. (2012). Systematic reconstruction of RNA functional motifs with high-throughput microfluidics. Nature Methods. 9(12). 1192–1194. 56 indexed citations

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Meier, Matthias, Rene Sit, Wenying Pan, & Stephen R. Quake. (2012). High-Performance Binary Protein Interaction Screening in a Microfluidic Format. Analytical Chemistry. 84(21). 9572–9578. 18 indexed citations

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Meier, Matthias, Rene Sit, & Stephen R. Quake. (2012). Proteome-wide protein interaction measurements of bacterial proteins of unknown function. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(2). 477–482. 38 indexed citations

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Großmann, Guido, Woei‐Jiun Guo, David W. Ehrhardt, et al.. (2011). The RootChip: An Integrated Microfluidic Chip for Plant Science . The Plant Cell. 23(12). 4234–4240. 192 indexed citations

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