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RNA Research and Splicing

Last updated June 1, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Rong Fan
Yale Cancer Center
99
2
Rajiv C. McCoy
Johns Hopkins University
99
3
Luqing Zhao
Central South University
91
4
Hou‐Ling Wang
Beijing Forestry University
64
5
Zhixiang Zuo
Sun Yat-sen University
64
6
Junjie Sun
Nantong University
64
7
Pilib Ó Broin
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway
64
8
Qiang Zhang
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
63
9
Laura J. Tafe
Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center
62
10
Pengfei Liu
Baylor Genetics
61

Rising Stars Papers

1
Integration of Imaging-based and Sequencing-based Spatial Omics Mapping on the Same Tissue Section via DBiTplus
Research Square|2024
4 cit.
2
Yale University Co_Profile Spatial-ATAC andRNA Sequencing via Deterministic Barcoding in Fresh Frozen Human Lymph Node Tissue v1
Unknown Journal|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Yu Zhao
BGI Group (China)
99
2
Xuran Niu
Peking University
87
3
Yong Shen
Peking University
86
4
Andrew Green
Unknown
75
5
Taylor Maurer
Stanford University
68
6
Zhuobin Lin
Sun Yat-sen University
64
7
Steven J. Dupas
University of Toronto
64
8
Si-Nan Zhai
Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health
64
9
Di Wu
University of Pennsylvania
63
10
Xing-Ming Chen
Kunming Medical University
63

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Sodium-glucose exchanger 2 inhibitor canagliflozin promotes mitochondrial metabolism and alleviates salt-induced cardiac hypertrophy via preserving SIRT3 expression
Journal of Advanced Research|2024
26 cit.
2
Self-splicing RNA circularization facilitated by intact group I and II introns
Nature Communications|2025
14 cit.

All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
William R. Sellers
Novartis (United States)
99
2
Pier Paolo Pandolfi
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
94
3
Chang Liu
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
91
4
J. Keith Joung
Center for Cancer Research
89
5
Christopher D. Town
J. Craig Venter Institute
79
6
Doreen Ware
Cornell University
77
7
Xiangming Ding
Novogene Bioinformatics Institute
77
8
Chunjiang He
Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention
76
9
João Pedro de Magalhães
University of Liverpool
75
10
Stephen B. Montgomery
Stanford University
72

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
RNA Sequencing and Analysis
Cold Spring Harbor Protocols|2015
925 cit.
2
Pten Dose Dictates Cancer Progression in the Prostate
PLoS Biology|2003
667 cit.
3
Unveiling the complexity of the maize transcriptome by single-molecule long-read sequencing
Nature Communications|2016
647 cit.
4
The PTEN–PI3K Axis in Cancer
Biomolecules|2019
292 cit.
5
A metabolic prosurvival role for PML in breast cancer
Journal of Clinical Investigation|2012
271 cit.
6
Intragenic antagonistic roles of protein and circRNA in tumorigenesis
Cell Research|2019
169 cit.
7
Signaling between Transforming Growth Factor β (TGF-β) and Transcription Factor SNAI2 Represses Expression of MicroRNA miR-203 to Promote Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Tumor Metastasis
Journal of Biological Chemistry|2013
163 cit.
8
Intraspecific and heteroplasmic variations, gene losses and inversions in the chloroplast genome of Astragalus membranaceus
Scientific Reports|2016
146 cit.
9
Identification of S664 TSC2 Phosphorylation as a Marker for Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase–Mediated mTOR Activation in Tuberous Sclerosis and Human Cancer
Cancer Research|2007
141 cit.
10
Mzf1 controls cell proliferation and tumorigenesis
Genes & Development|2001
130 cit.

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