Sam Griffiths‐Jones

53.7k citations

78 papers · 30.4k indexed · 13 hit papers · h-index 39

Impact in

Cancer Research top 0.01%
- MicroRNA in disease regulation
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
Molecular Biology top 0.05%
- Circular RNAs in diseases
- RNA modifications and cancer
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Papers in

Cancer Research 35
- MicroRNA in disease regulation 29
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research 22
Molecular Biology 67
- RNA modifications and cancer 32
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 27
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 18
- RNA Research and Splicing 13
- Protein Structure and Dynamics 9
- Chemical Synthesis and Analysis 6

Co-authors: Ana Kozomara Harpreet K. Saini Anton J. Enright Stijn van Dongen Antony Rodríguez Jennifer Ashurst Allan Bradley Sean R. Eddy
Journals: Nucleic Acids Research (13 papers)Genome Biology and Evolution (5 papers)PLoS ONE (5 papers)Bioinformatics (4 papers)Scientific Reports (3 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Sam Griffiths‐Jones

76 papers receiving 29.9k citations

Hit Papers

13 papers align trajectories log scale

Rfam 14: expanded coverage of metagenomic, viral and microRNA families 2020 · 584 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.

2020 Nucleic Acids Research
2018 Nucleic Acids Research
2013 Nucleic Acids Research
2010 Nucleic Acids Research
2008 Nucleic Acids Research
2007 Nucleic Acids Research
2006 Humana Press eBooks
2005 Nucleic Acids Research
2004 Genome Research
2004 Nucleic Acids Research
2003 Nucleic Acids Research
2003 RNA
2003 Nucleic Acids Research

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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1	miRScore: A rapid and precise microRNA validation tool PLoS Computational Biology ·Jessica Janeth Aragadbay Ola, Sam Griffiths‐Jones, Blake C. Meyers, Saima Shahid, Michael J. Axtell	2025	0
2	LitSumm: large language models for literature summarization of noncoding RNAs Database ·Andrew Green, Carlos Eduardo Ribas, Nancy Ontiveros‐Palacios, Sam Griffiths‐Jones, Anton I. Petrov, Alex Bateman, Blake Sweeney	2025	1
3	High-throughput microRNA sequencing in the developing branchial arches suggests miR-92b-3p regulation of a cardiovascular gene network Frontiers in Genetics ·Takariadinda Diana Etika, Dimitris Paleothodoros, Nicoletta Bobola, Sam Griffiths‐Jones	2025	1
4	Rfam 15: RNA families database in 2025 Nucleic Acids Research ·Nancy Ontiveros‐Palacios, Emma J. Cooke, Eric P. Nawrocki, 明彦土田, Manja Marz, Elena Rivas, Sam Griffiths‐Jones, Anton I. Petrov, Alex Bateman, Blake Sweeney	2024	30
5	Single-cell visualization of mir-9a and Senseless co-expression during Drosophila melanogaster embryonic and larval peripheral nervous system development G3 Genes Genomes Genetics ·Don Klosterman, Sam Griffiths‐Jones, Matthew Ronshaugen	2020	4
6	Rfam 14: expanded coverage of metagenomic, viral and microRNA families Nucleic Acids Research ·Ioanna Kalvari, Eric P. Nawrocki, Nancy Ontiveros‐Palacios, Joanna Argasinska, Kevin Lamkiewicz, Manja Marz, Sam Griffiths‐Jones, Claire Toffano‐Nioche, Daniel Gautheret, Zasha Weinberg, Elena Rivas, Sean R. Eddy, ROBERT FINN, Alex Bateman, Anton I. Petrov Hit paper breakdown →	2020	584
7	The Transcription Factor-microRNA Regulatory Network during hESC-chondrogenesis Scientific Reports ·Yousif Mk, Steven Paul Woods, Aixin Cheng, Ping Wang, Sam Griffiths‐Jones, Matthew Ronshaugen, Susan J. Kimber	2020	10
8	Large-scale profiling of noncoding RNA function in yeast PLoS Genetics ·Steven J. Parker, Marcin G. Fraczek, Jian Wu, Cristiane Carla Johann, Абдужалол Абдулхакович Кадиров, MH Cohen, Jin Cheng, C Mengarelli, Jürgen Cain Külbel, Caicedo Quiroz, Sam Griffiths‐Jones, Daniela Delneri, Raymond T. O’Keefe	2018	28
9	Novel Intronic RNA Structures Contribute to Maintenance of Phenotype in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Genetics ·Katarzyna B. Hooks, Samina Naseeb, Steven J. Parker, Sam Griffiths‐Jones, Daniela Delneri	2016	24
10	tRNA anticodon shifts in eukaryotic genomes RNA ·Alessandra C.S. Godoy, Sam Griffiths‐Jones	2014	23
11	Conserved Temporal Patterns of MicroRNA Expression in Drosophila Support a Developmental Hourglass Model Genome Biology and Evolution ·Maria Ninova, Matthew Ronshaugen, Sam Griffiths‐Jones	2014	16
12	Target Repression Induced by Endogenous microRNAs: Large Differences, Small Effects PLoS ONE ·Ana Kozomara, Maria Elena Farugia, Maria Ninova, Sam Griffiths‐Jones, Matthew Ronshaugen	2014	26
13	Natural Antisense Transcripts and Long Non-Coding RNA in Neurospora crassa PLoS ONE ·Fernando Miguel de Matos Gonçalves, Christian Heintzen, Sam Griffiths‐Jones, Susan K. Crosthwaite	2014	38
14	Sex-Biased Expression of MicroRNAs in Schistosoma mansoni PLoS neglected tropical diseases ·Antonio De Marco, Ana Kozomara, Jerome H. L. Hui, Aidan M. Emery, David Rollinson, Sam Griffiths‐Jones, Matthew Ronshaugen	2013	58
15	Reducing ligation bias of small RNAs in libraries for next generation sequencing PubMed ·Karim Sorefan, Helio Pais, Adam E. Hall, Ana Kozomara, Sam Griffiths‐Jones, Vincent Moulton, Tamás Dalmay	2012	146
16	Mitochondrial Pseudogenes in the Nuclear Genomes of Drosophila PLoS ONE ·Alessandra C.S. Godoy, Sam Griffiths‐Jones	2012	27
17	MicroRNA evolution by arm switching EMBO Reports ·Sam Griffiths‐Jones, Jerome H. L. Hui, Antonio De Marco, Matthew Ronshaugen	2011	169
18	Rfam: updates to the RNA families database Nucleic Acids Research ·Paul P. Gardner, Jennifer Daub, John Tate, Eric P. Nawrocki, Diana L. Kolbe, Stinus Lindgreen, Adam C. Wilkinson, ROBERT FINN, Sam Griffiths‐Jones, Sean R. Eddy, Alex Bateman Hit paper breakdown →	2008	733
19	Genome-wide discovery and verification of novel structured RNAs inPlasmodium falciparum Genome Research ·Tobias Mourier, Céline Carret, Sue Kyes, Zóe Christodoulou, Paul P. Gardner, Daniel Jeffares, Robert Pinches, Bart Barrell, Matthew Berriman, Sam Griffiths‐Jones, Alasdair Ivens, Chris Newbold, Arnab Pain	2007	68
20	miRBase: microRNA sequences, targets and gene nomenclature Nucleic Acids Research ·Sam Griffiths‐Jones Hit paper breakdown →	2005	3767

About Sam Griffiths‐Jones

Sam Griffiths‐Jones is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Molecular Biology, Developmental Biology, Endocrinology and Immunology and Allergy, having authored 78 papers that have together received 30.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA modifications and cancer (32 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (29 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (27 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (22 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (18 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (13 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (9 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cancer Research (16.9k citations), Molecular Biology (23.2k citations), Aging (264 citations), Plant Science (5.3k citations) and Endocrinology (416 citations). Sam Griffiths‐Jones has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Ana Kozomara, Harpreet K. Saini, Anton J. Enright, Stijn van Dongen, Antony Rodríguez, Jennifer Ashurst, Allan Bradley, Sean R. Eddy, Mark S. Searle and Alex Bateman. Their work appears in journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Genome Biology and Evolution, PLoS ONE, Bioinformatics and Scientific Reports.

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