Sean Thomas

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Sean Thomas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean Thomas has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Plant Science and 3 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Sean Thomas's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (10 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (5 papers). Sean Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (10 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (5 papers). Sean Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Sean Thomas's co-authors include J Stamatoyannopoulos, Richard Sandstrom, Robert E. Thurman, Mark D. Biggin, Alisha K. Holloway, Peter J. Sabo, Theresa K. Canfield, Michael B. Eisen, Audra Johnson and Eric Haugen and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Molecular Cell.

In The Last Decade

Sean Thomas

22 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

BEDOPS: high-performance genomic feature operations

2012 635 citations Shane Neph, Michael S. Kuehn et al. Bioinformatics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sean Thomas United States	19	2.4k	497	391	309	160	23	2.8k
Hideyuki Tanabe Japan	24	1.8k 0.8×	507 1.0×	481 1.2×	322 1.0×	241 1.5×	63	2.4k
Esther T. Chan United States	16	3.3k 1.4×	594 1.2×	275 0.7×	492 1.6×	124 0.8×	22	3.8k
Pär G. Engström Sweden	18	1.9k 0.8×	412 0.8×	303 0.8×	552 1.8×	144 0.9×	25	2.4k
Sandro J. de Souza Brazil	29	2.2k 0.9×	358 0.7×	275 0.7×	374 1.2×	224 1.4×	118	2.9k
Klemens J. Hertel United States	34	4.1k 1.7×	244 0.5×	211 0.5×	360 1.2×	199 1.2×	71	4.5k
Ann S. Zweig United States	12	1.8k 0.8×	428 0.9×	247 0.6×	399 1.3×	126 0.8×	16	2.3k
Claus M. Azzalin Switzerland	29	3.3k 1.4×	295 0.6×	816 2.1×	323 1.0×	103 0.6×	51	4.0k
Brian J. Raney United States	19	1.9k 0.8×	830 1.7×	504 1.3×	343 1.1×	106 0.7×	24	2.6k
Eva K. Brinkman Netherlands	8	2.1k 0.9×	423 0.9×	279 0.7×	119 0.4×	262 1.6×	11	2.4k
Ian R. Adams United Kingdom	29	3.2k 1.3×	809 1.6×	517 1.3×	173 0.6×	297 1.9×	55	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Sean Thomas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sean Thomas

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sean Thomas

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Thomas, Sean, et al.. (2025). Metagenomics: An Advanced Approach for Endophyte Study and Prospecting. Asian Journal of Biological and Life Sciences. 13(3). 599–607.

Moquin, Stephanie, Sean Thomas, Sean Whalen, et al.. (2017). The Epstein-Barr Virus Episome Maneuvers between Nuclear Chromatin Compartments during Reactivation. Journal of Virology. 92(3). 46 indexed citations

Conrad, Ryan J., Parinaz Fozouni, Sean Thomas, et al.. (2017). The Short Isoform of BRD4 Promotes HIV-1 Latency by Engaging Repressive SWI/SNF Chromatin-Remodeling Complexes. Molecular Cell. 67(6). 1001–1012.e6. 97 indexed citations

Faden, Daniel L., Sean Thomas, Paul G. Cantalupo, et al.. (2017). Multi-modality analysis supports APOBEC as a major source of mutations in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Oral Oncology. 74. 8–14. 40 indexed citations

Thomas, Reuben, Sean Thomas, Alisha K. Holloway, & Katherine S. Pollard. (2016). Features that define the best ChIP-seq peak calling algorithms. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 18(3). bbw035–bbw035. 74 indexed citations

Luna‐Zurita, Luis, Christian U. Stirnimann, Sebastian Glatt, et al.. (2016). Complex Interdependence Regulates Heterotypic Transcription Factor Distribution and Coordinates Cardiogenesis. Cell. 164(5). 999–1014. 139 indexed citations

Thomas, Sean, et al.. (2016). Assay for Transposase-Accessible Chromatin with High-Throughput Sequencing (ATAC-Seq) Protocol for Zebrafish Embryos. Methods in molecular biology. 1507. 59–66. 11 indexed citations

Peddada, Sailaja, Nilanjana Chatterjee, Tara Friedrich, et al.. (2016). SOX2 O-GlcNAcylation alters its protein-protein interactions and genomic occupancy to modulate gene expression in pluripotent cells. eLife. 5. e10647–e10647. 62 indexed citations

Alexander, J M, Swetansu K. Hota, Daniel He, et al.. (2015). Brg1 modulates enhancer activation in mesoderm lineage commitment. Development. 142(8). 1418–30. 78 indexed citations

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Thomas, Sean, Jason G. Underwood, Elizabeth Tseng, & Alisha K. Holloway. (2014). Long-Read Sequencing of Chicken Transcripts and Identification of New Transcript Isoforms. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e94650–e94650. 46 indexed citations

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Delgado-Olguı́n, Paul, Lan Dang, Daniel He, et al.. (2014). Ezh2-mediated repression of a transcriptional pathway upstream of Mmp9 maintains integrity of the developing vasculature. Development. 141(23). 4610–4617. 50 indexed citations

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O’Keefe, David D., Sean Thomas, Bruce A. Edgar, & Laura Buttitta. (2014). Temporal regulation of Dpp signaling output in the Drosophila wing. Developmental Dynamics. 243(6). 818–832. 4 indexed citations

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Williams, Alexander, Sean Thomas, Stacia K. Wyman, & Alisha K. Holloway. (2014). RNA‐seq Data: Challenges in and Recommendations for Experimental Design and Analysis. Current Protocols in Human Genetics. 83(1). 11.13.1–20. 66 indexed citations

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Schröder, Sebastian, Eva Herker, Daniel He, et al.. (2013). Acetylation of RNA Polymerase II Regulates Growth-Factor-Induced Gene Transcription in Mammalian Cells. Molecular Cell. 52(3). 314–324. 89 indexed citations

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O’Keefe, David D., et al.. (2012). Combinatorial control of temporal gene expression in the Drosophila wing by enhancers and core promoters. BMC Genomics. 13(1). 498–498. 13 indexed citations

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Paige, Sharon L., Sean Thomas, Cristi L. Stoick-Cooper, et al.. (2012). A Temporal Chromatin Signature in Human Embryonic Stem Cells Identifies Regulators of Cardiac Development. Cell. 151(1). 221–232. 253 indexed citations

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Neph, Shane, Michael S. Kuehn, Alex Reynolds, et al.. (2012). BEDOPS: high-performance genomic feature operations. Bioinformatics. 28(14). 1919–1920. 635 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thomas, Sean, et al.. (2011). The role of chromatin accessibility in directing the widespread, overlapping patterns of Drosophila transcription factor binding. Genome biology. 12(4). R34–R34. 161 indexed citations

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Kaplan, Tommy, Peter J. Sabo, Sean Thomas, et al.. (2011). Quantitative Models of the Mechanisms That Control Genome-Wide Patterns of Transcription Factor Binding during Early Drosophila Development. PLoS Genetics. 7(2). e1001290–e1001290. 121 indexed citations

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Thomas, Sean, Peter J. Sabo, Richard Sandstrom, et al.. (2011). Dynamic reprogramming of chromatin accessibility during Drosophilaembryo development. Genome biology. 12(5). R43–R43. 135 indexed citations

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