Tim Rand

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
10 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Tim Rand is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Rand has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Immunology and 2 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Tim Rand's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (6 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (6 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (5 papers). Tim Rand is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (6 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (6 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (5 papers). Tim Rand collaborates with scholars based in United States and Japan. Tim Rand's co-authors include Xiaodong Wang, Fenghe Du, Sean Petersen, Qinghua Liu, Savitha Kalidas, Dean P. Smith, Hyun-Eui Kim, Krzysztof Ginalski, Nick V. Grishin and Shinya Yamanaka and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Tim Rand

9 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Argonaute2 Cleaves the Anti-Guide Strand of siRNA during RISC Activation

2005 566 citations Tim Rand, Sean Petersen et al. Cell profile →
R2D2, a Bridge Between the Initiation and Effector Steps of the Drosophila RNAi Pathway

2003 538 citations Qinghua Liu, Tim Rand et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tim Rand United States	9	1.4k	539	264	164	91	10	1.7k
Xuecheng Ye United States	14	1.5k 1.0×	675 1.3×	215 0.8×	143 0.9×	57 0.6×	21	1.8k
Akira Ishizuka Japan	8	1.4k 1.0×	647 1.2×	326 1.2×	145 0.9×	312 3.4×	9	1.7k
Carolyn G. Marsden United States	10	2.0k 1.4×	1.1k 2.0×	301 1.1×	138 0.8×	150 1.6×	13	2.3k
Julia Höck Germany	6	1.2k 0.8×	662 1.2×	177 0.7×	128 0.8×	64 0.7×	6	1.4k
Ross C. Wilson United States	13	1.3k 0.9×	327 0.6×	164 0.6×	104 0.6×	229 2.5×	21	1.5k
Irina Mohorianu United Kingdom	20	807 0.6×	269 0.5×	605 2.3×	129 0.8×	119 1.3×	59	1.4k
André Furger United Kingdom	24	2.3k 1.6×	221 0.4×	183 0.7×	168 1.0×	139 1.5×	31	2.7k
Constance Ciaudo Switzerland	22	1.6k 1.1×	539 1.0×	577 2.2×	170 1.0×	380 4.2×	41	2.1k
Madathia Sarkissian United States	9	1.4k 1.0×	205 0.4×	396 1.5×	85 0.5×	160 1.8×	10	1.7k
David Langenberger Germany	16	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 2.1×	199 0.8×	90 0.5×	114 1.3×	21	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Tim Rand

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tim Rand

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Tim Rand. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Tim Rand. The network helps show where Tim Rand may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Rand

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

All Works

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Erbe, Rossin, Michelle M. Stein, Tim Rand, & Justin Guinney. (2024). Abstract 2281: A tumor-intrinsic signature involving immunosuppression via MIF-CD74 signaling is associated with overall survival in ICT-treated lung adenocarcinoma. Cancer Research. 84(6_Supplement). 2281–2281.

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Lau, Denise, Sonal Khare, Michelle M. Stein, et al.. (2022). Integration of tumor extrinsic and intrinsic features associates with immunotherapy response in non-small cell lung cancer. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4053–4053. 21 indexed citations

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Rand, Tim, Koji Tanabe, Masaki Nomura, et al.. (2018). MYC Releases Early Reprogrammed Human Cells from Proliferation Pause via Retinoblastoma Protein Inhibition. Cell Reports. 23(2). 361–375. 18 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Kazutoshi, Takuya Yamamoto, Mio Iwasaki, et al.. (2016). Nat1 promotes translation of specific proteins that induce differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(2). 340–345. 61 indexed citations

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Mandegar, Mohammad A., et al.. (2016). Efficient CRISPR/Cas9‐Based Genome Engineering in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Current Protocols in Human Genetics. 88(1). 21.4.1–21.4.23. 15 indexed citations

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Rand, Tim, et al.. (2015). Practical Integration‐Free Episomal Methods for Generating Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Current Protocols in Human Genetics. 87(1). 21.2.1–21.2.21. 18 indexed citations

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Worringer, Kathleen A., Tim Rand, Yohei Hayashi, et al.. (2013). The let-7/LIN-41 Pathway Regulates Reprogramming to Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells by Controlling Expression of Prodifferentiation Genes. Cell stem cell. 14(1). 40–52. 179 indexed citations

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Rand, Tim, Sean Petersen, Fenghe Du, & Xiaodong Wang. (2005). Argonaute2 Cleaves the Anti-Guide Strand of siRNA during RISC Activation. Cell. 123(4). 621–629. 566 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rand, Tim, Krzysztof Ginalski, Nick V. Grishin, & Xiaodong Wang. (2004). Biochemical identification of Argonaute 2 as the sole protein required for RNA-induced silencing complex activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(40). 14385–14389. 243 indexed citations

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Liu, Qinghua, Tim Rand, Savitha Kalidas, et al.. (2003). R2D2, a Bridge Between the Initiation and Effector Steps of the Drosophila RNAi Pathway. Science. 301(5641). 1921–1925. 538 indexed citations breakdown →

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