Sam Behjati

42.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
62 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Sam Behjati is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam Behjati has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Cancer Research and 16 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Sam Behjati's work include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (16 papers), Renal and related cancers (9 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (7 papers). Sam Behjati is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (16 papers), Renal and related cancers (9 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (7 papers). Sam Behjati collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Sam Behjati's co-authors include Matthew D. Young, Patrick Tarpey, Michael R. Stratton, Henk Hilkmann, John B.A.G. Haanen, Dris El Atmioui, Ton N. Schumacher, Marit M. van Buuren, Arno Velds and Markus H. Frank and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Sam Behjati

57 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Tumor Exome Analysis Reveals Neoantigen-Specific T-Cell Reactivity in an Ipilimumab-Responsive Melanoma

2013 624 citations Sam Behjati et al. profile →
SoupX removes ambient RNA contamination from droplet-based single-cell RNA sequencing data

2020 612 citations Matthew D. Young, Sam Behjati GigaScience profile →
High-throughput epitope discovery reveals frequent recognition of neo-antigens by CD4+ T cells in human melanoma

2014 527 citations Sam Behjati et al. Nature Medicine profile →
What is next generation sequencing?

2013 480 citations Sam Behjati, Patrick Tarpey profile →
Intra-tumour diversification in colorectal cancer at the single-cell level

2018 376 citations Nobuo Sasaki, Matthew D. Young et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sam Behjati United Kingdom	24	2.1k	1.7k	1.3k	825	528	62	4.4k
Daniel D. De Carvalho Canada	30	4.4k 2.1×	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	505 1.0×	60	6.1k
Annegien Broeks Netherlands	29	1.4k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	598 0.5×	742 0.9×	478 0.9×	85	3.9k
Timothy A. Graubert United States	37	3.2k 1.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	987 1.2×	294 0.6×	112	5.9k
D. Robert Sutherland Canada	41	2.5k 1.2×	1.5k 0.9×	2.3k 1.7×	453 0.5×	578 1.1×	97	7.3k
Ivan Maillard United States	48	3.7k 1.8×	1.5k 0.9×	2.7k 2.1×	731 0.9×	649 1.2×	152	8.1k
Joost van den Oord Belgium	28	2.9k 1.4×	1.4k 0.8×	1.6k 1.2×	957 1.2×	499 0.9×	79	5.5k
Gunnar Kvalheim Norway	43	1.7k 0.8×	2.9k 1.7×	1.8k 1.4×	890 1.1×	571 1.1×	173	5.5k
Debra G. B. Leonard United States	36	2.0k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	891 0.7×	540 0.7×	212 0.4×	85	4.7k
Curt I. Civin United States	49	4.9k 2.4×	2.0k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	453 0.9×	202	9.3k
Rudolf S.N. Fehrmann Netherlands	33	2.1k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	670 0.5×	921 1.1×	609 1.2×	85	4.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam Behjati

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Anandapadamanaban, Madhanagopal, Kevin W. Loudon, Olga Perišić, et al.. (2024). Multifocal, multiphenotypic tumours arising from an MTOR mutation acquired in early embryogenesis. Oncogene. 43(44). 3268–3276. 3 indexed citations

Wegert, Jenny, Silke Appenzeller, Sabrina Bausenwein, et al.. (2024). Wilms tumor primary cultures capture phenotypic heterogeneity and facilitate preclinical screening. Translational Oncology. 52. 102263–102263. 1 indexed citations

Lawrence, John E., Kenny Roberts, Elizabeth Tuck, et al.. (2024). HOX gene expression in the developing human spine. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10023–10023. 5 indexed citations

Oliver, Thomas R. W. & Sam Behjati. (2024). Developmental Dysregulation of Childhood Cancer. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 14(11). a041580–a041580.

Lawrence, John E., Ana Luiza Arruda, Lorraine Southam, et al.. (2024). Primary cartilage transcriptional signatures reflect cell-type-specific molecular pathways underpinning osteoarthritis. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 111(12). 2735–2755. 2 indexed citations

Anderson, Nathaniel D., Ignacio Criado, Eleonora Khabirova, et al.. (2023). Transcriptional signatures associated with persisting CD19 CAR-T cells in children with leukemia. Nature Medicine. 29(7). 1700–1709. 39 indexed citations

Wegert, Jenny, Taryn D. Treger, Barbara Ziegler, et al.. (2023). TRIM28 inactivation in epithelial nephroblastoma is frequent and often associated with predisposing TRIM28 germline variants. The Journal of Pathology. 262(1). 10–21. 3 indexed citations

Valle, Ignacio del, Matthew D. Young, Olumide Ogunbiyi, et al.. (2023). An integrated single-cell analysis of human adrenal cortex development. JCI Insight. 8(14). 10 indexed citations

Stewart, Benjamin J., Martin Fergie, Matthew D. Young, et al.. (2023). Spatial and molecular profiling of the mononuclear phagocyte network in Classic Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood. 141(19). 2343–2358. 25 indexed citations

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Ciriello, Giovanni, Luca Magnani, Sarah J. Aitken, et al.. (2023). Cancer Evolution: A Multifaceted Affair. Cancer Discovery. 14(1). 36–48. 42 indexed citations

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Abele, Michael, Viera Bajčiová, Sam Behjati, et al.. (2022). Primary lung carcinoma in children and adolescents: An analysis of the European Cooperative Study Group on Paediatric Rare Tumours (EXPeRT). European Journal of Cancer. 175. 19–30. 11 indexed citations

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Tadross, John A., Matthew W. Fittall, Debbie Hughes, et al.. (2022). Recurrent FOSL1 rearrangements in desmoplastic fibroblastoma. The Journal of Pathology. 259(2). 119–124. 4 indexed citations

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Khabirova, Eleonora, Laura Jardine, Tim Coorens, et al.. (2022). Single-cell transcriptomics reveals a distinct developmental state of KMT2A-rearranged infant B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Nature Medicine. 28(4). 743–751. 39 indexed citations

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Coorens, Tim, Thomas R. W. Oliver, Rashesh Sanghvi, et al.. (2021). Inherent Mosaicism and Extensive Mutation of Human Placentas. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 76(6). 341–343. 1 indexed citations

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Kratz, Christian P., Marjolijn C.J. Jongmans, Hélène Cavé, et al.. (2021). Predisposition to cancer in children and adolescents. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. 5(2). 142–154. 63 indexed citations

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Coorens, Tim, Thomas R. W. Oliver, Rashesh Sanghvi, et al.. (2021). Inherent mosaicism and extensive mutation of human placentas. Nature. 592(7852). 80–85. 120 indexed citations

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Spreafico, Filippo, Conrad V. Fernandez, Jesper Brok, et al.. (2021). Wilms tumour. Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 7(1). 75–75. 110 indexed citations

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Young, Matthew D. & Sam Behjati. (2020). SoupX removes ambient RNA contamination from droplet-based single-cell RNA sequencing data. GigaScience. 9(12). 612 indexed citations breakdown →

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Drost, Jarno, Ruben van Boxtel, Francis Blokzijl, et al.. (2017). Use of CRISPR-modified human stem cell organoids to study the origin of mutational signatures in cancer. Science. 358(6360). 234–238. 312 indexed citations

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Apps, John, et al.. (2013). The immune environment of paediatric solid malignancies: evidence from an immunohistochemical study of clinical cases. Fetal and Pediatric Pathology. 32(4). 298–307. 17 indexed citations

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