Thomas B. Hansen

22.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
54 papers, 16.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas B. Hansen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas B. Hansen has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 16.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 45 papers in Cancer Research and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Thomas B. Hansen's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (40 papers), Circular RNAs in diseases (36 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (25 papers). Thomas B. Hansen is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (40 papers), Circular RNAs in diseases (36 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (25 papers). Thomas B. Hansen collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Spain. Thomas B. Hansen's co-authors include Jørgen Kjems, Christian Kroun Damgaard, Jesper B. Bramsen, Bettina Hjelm Clausen, Bente Finsen, Trine I. Jensen, Lasse S. Kristensen, Karoline K. Ebbesen, Lotte Victoria Winther Stagsted and Morten T. Venø and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Thomas B. Hansen

53 papers receiving 16.0k citations

Hit Papers

Natural RNA circles function as efficient microRNA sponges 2011 2026 2016 2021 2013 2019 2017 2011 2013 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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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.

  1. Natural RNA circles function as efficient microRNA sponges
    2013 6.2k citations Thomas B. Hansen, Trine I. Jensen et al. profile →
  2. The biogenesis, biology and characterization of circular RNAs
    2019 3.3k citations Lasse S. Kristensen, Lotte Victoria Winther Stagsted et al. Nature Reviews Genetics profile →
  3. Circular RNAs in cancer: opportunities and challenges in the field
    2017 1.1k citations Lasse S. Kristensen, Thomas B. Hansen et al. profile →
  4. miRNA‐dependent gene silencing involving Ago2‐mediated cleavage of a circular antisense RNA
    2011 836 citations Thomas B. Hansen, Erik D. Wiklund et al. profile →
  5. Circular RNA and miR-7 in Cancer
    2013 801 citations Thomas B. Hansen, Jørgen Kjems et al. profile →
  6. Circular RNAs: Identification, biogenesis and function
    2015 432 citations Karoline K. Ebbesen, Jørgen Kjems et al. profile →
  7. The therapeutic potential of circular RNAs
    2025 32 citations Lasse S. Kristensen, Thomas B. Hansen et al. Nature Reviews Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas B. Hansen Denmark 33 15.5k 13.5k 534 423 391 54 16.2k
Jesper B. Bramsen Denmark 30 9.3k 0.6× 7.6k 0.6× 328 0.6× 414 1.0× 285 0.7× 49 10.2k
Sebastian Memczak Germany 8 11.1k 0.7× 9.5k 0.7× 316 0.6× 200 0.5× 222 0.6× 11 11.4k
Christian Kroun Damgaard Denmark 30 9.7k 0.6× 7.1k 0.5× 376 0.7× 204 0.5× 168 0.4× 44 10.2k
Marvin Jens Germany 13 10.4k 0.7× 8.5k 0.6× 325 0.6× 182 0.4× 195 0.5× 16 10.8k
Lasse S. Kristensen Denmark 33 7.1k 0.5× 5.5k 0.4× 358 0.7× 215 0.5× 404 1.0× 75 7.7k
Shenglin Huang China 51 9.5k 0.6× 8.2k 0.6× 759 1.4× 359 0.8× 314 0.8× 128 11.0k
William R. Jeck United States 20 6.9k 0.4× 5.6k 0.4× 262 0.5× 233 0.6× 209 0.5× 42 7.8k
Francesca Torti Italy 10 7.1k 0.5× 5.9k 0.4× 216 0.4× 135 0.3× 147 0.4× 11 7.4k
Trine I. Jensen Denmark 7 6.3k 0.4× 5.4k 0.4× 234 0.4× 161 0.4× 131 0.3× 9 6.6k
Jeremy E. Wilusz United States 37 8.5k 0.5× 6.1k 0.5× 313 0.6× 136 0.3× 91 0.2× 52 9.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ahmadov, Ulvi, Thomas B. Hansen, Zongliang Gao, et al.. (2023). Impact of U2AF1 mutations on circular RNA expression in myelodysplastic neoplasms. Leukemia. 37(5). 1113–1125. 7 indexed citations
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Okholm, Trine Line Hauge, Michael Knudsen, Søren Vang, et al.. (2023). Circular stable intronic RNAs possess distinct biological features and are deregulated in bladder cancer. NAR Cancer. 5(3). zcad041–zcad041. 5 indexed citations
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Ponce, Santiago, S. Cedrés, Charles Ricordel, et al.. (2023). ONCOS-102 plus pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma: a randomized phase 2 study investigating clinical outcomes and the tumor microenvironment. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 11(9). e007552–e007552. 16 indexed citations
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Scoyni, Flavia, Luca Giudice, Paula Korhonen, et al.. (2023). Alzheimer's disease‐induced phagocytic microglia express a specific profile of coding and non‐coding RNAs. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(2). 954–974. 10 indexed citations
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Nielsen, A., Albrecht Bindereif, Irene Bozzoni, et al.. (2022). Best practice standards for circular RNA research. Nature Methods. 19(10). 1208–1220. 124 indexed citations
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Josipović, Nataša, Karoline K. Ebbesen, Anne Zirkel, et al.. (2022). circRAB3IP modulates cell proliferation by reorganizing gene expression and mRNA processing in a paracrine manner. RNA. 28(11). 1481–1495. 1 indexed citations
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Stagsted, Lotte Victoria Winther, et al.. (2021). The RNA-binding protein SFPQ preserves long-intron splicing and regulates circRNA biogenesis in mammals. eLife. 10. 73 indexed citations
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Iparraguirre, Leire, Ainhoa Alberro, Thomas B. Hansen, et al.. (2021). Profiling of Plasma Extracellular Vesicle Transcriptome Reveals That circRNAs Are Prevalent and Differ between Multiple Sclerosis Patients and Healthy Controls. Biomedicines. 9(12). 1850–1850. 15 indexed citations
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Barbagallo, Davide, A Caponnetto, Cristina Barbagallo, et al.. (2021). The GAUGAA Motif Is Responsible for the Binding between circSMARCA5 and SRSF1 and Related Downstream Effects on Glioblastoma Multiforme Cell Migration and Angiogenic Potential. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(4). 1678–1678. 51 indexed citations
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Iparraguirre, Leire, Ainhoa Alberro, Iñaki Osorio-Querejeta, et al.. (2020). RNA-Seq profiling of leukocytes reveals a sex-dependent global circular RNA upregulation in multiple sclerosis and 6 candidate biomarkers. Human Molecular Genetics. 29(20). 3361–3372. 25 indexed citations
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Yoshimoto, Rei, Karim Rahimi, Thomas B. Hansen, Jørgen Kjems, & Akila Mayeda. (2020). Biosynthesis of Circular RNA ciRS-7/CDR1as Is Mediated by Mammalian-wide Interspersed Repeats. iScience. 23(7). 101345–101345. 33 indexed citations
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Hollensen, Anne Kruse, Marta Lloret-Llinares, Jacob Malte Jensen, et al.. (2020). circZNF827 nucleates a transcription inhibitory complex to balance neuronal differentiation. eLife. 9. 33 indexed citations
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Stagsted, Lotte Victoria Winther, et al.. (2019). Noncoding AUG circRNAs constitute an abundant and conserved subclass of circles. Life Science Alliance. 2(3). e201900398–e201900398. 57 indexed citations
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Kristensen, Lasse S., et al.. (2019). The biogenesis, biology and characterization of circular RNAs. Nature Reviews Genetics. 20(11). 675–691. 3324 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hansen, Thomas B.. (2018). Improved circRNA Identification by Combining Prediction Algorithms. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 6. 20–20. 132 indexed citations
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Daugaard, Iben & Thomas B. Hansen. (2017). Biogenesis and Function of Ago-Associated RNAs. Trends in Genetics. 33(3). 208–219. 103 indexed citations
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Hansen, Thomas B., Morten T. Venø, Christian Kroun Damgaard, & Jørgen Kjems. (2015). Comparison of circular RNA prediction tools. Nucleic Acids Research. 44(6). e58–e58. 310 indexed citations
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Hansen, Thomas B., Morten T. Venø, Jørgen Kjems, & Christian Kroun Damgaard. (2014). miRdentify: high stringency miRNA predictor identifies several novel animal miRNAs. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(16). e124–e124. 19 indexed citations
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Bramsen, Jesper B., Marie S. Ostenfeld, Erik D. Wiklund, et al.. (2011). The miR-143/-145 cluster regulates plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in bladder cancer. British Journal of Cancer. 106(2). 366–374. 100 indexed citations
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Hansen, Thomas B., Jesper B. Bramsen, & Jørgen Kjems. (2010). Re-Inspection of Small RNA Sequence Datasets Reveals Several Novel Human miRNA Genes. PLoS ONE. 5(6). e10961–e10961. 8 indexed citations

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