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Single-Cell

Last updated May 19, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Suoqin Jin
Wuhan University
2.3k cit.
2
Minsheng Hao
Tsinghua University
1.2k cit.
3
Jiang Liu
Longyan University
1.1k cit.
4
Haiyang Chen
Soochow University
908 cit.
5
Benjamin Solomon
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
903 cit.
6
Chen Chen
Wuhan University of Technology
806 cit.
7
Chao Li
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
800 cit.
8
Hansruedi Mathys
University of Pittsburgh
756 cit.
9
Zachary Sethna
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
666 cit.
10
Lucas Rebuffet
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
642 cit.

Rising Stars Papers

1
CellChat for systematic analysis of cell–cell communication from single-cell transcriptomics
Nature Protocols|2024
909 cit.
2
Large-scale foundation model on single-cell transcriptomics
Nature Methods|2024
414 cit.
3
Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with bilayer interface passivation 
Nature|2024
370 cit.
4
Organic solar cells with 20.82% efficiency and high tolerance of active layer thickness through crystallization sequence manipulation
Nature Materials|2025
362 cit.
5
Lorlatinib Versus Crizotinib in Patients With Advanced <i>ALK</i> -Positive Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: 5-Year Outcomes From the Phase III CROWN Study
Journal of Clinical Oncology|2024
300 cit.
6
CZ CELLxGENE Discover: a single-cell data platform for scalable exploration, analysis and modeling of aggregated data
Nucleic Acids Research|2024
286 cit.
7
Database Resources of the National Genomics Data Center, China National Center for Bioinformation in 2025
Nucleic Acids Research|2024
285 cit.
8
Molecular interaction induced dual fibrils towards organic solar cells with certified efficiency over 20%
Nature Communications|2024
402 cit.
9
Non-fullerene acceptors with high crystallinity and photoluminescence quantum yield enable &gt;20% efficiency organic solar cells
Nature Materials|2025
319 cit.
10
Single-cell multiregion dissection of Alzheimer’s disease
Nature|2024
251 cit.

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Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Žiga Avsec
Google DeepMind (United Kingdom)
1.9k cit.
2
Edward H. Sargent
Northwestern University
1.8k cit.
3
Bo Wang
University Health Network
1.5k cit.
4
Peter D’Eustachio
New York University
1.3k cit.
5
Rui Xia
South China Agricultural University
1.1k cit.
6
Patrick T. Ellinor
Broad Institute
963 cit.
7
Andrea Ablasser
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
879 cit.
8
Mehrtash Babadi
Broad Institute
776 cit.
9
Fabian J. Theis
Helmholtz Zentrum München
731 cit.
10
Sten Linnarsson
Karolinska Institutet
723 cit.

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Dictionary learning for integrative, multimodal and scalable single-cell analysis
Nature Biotechnology|2023
4.5k cit.
2
Accurate proteome-wide missense variant effect prediction with AlphaMissense
Science|2023
1.9k cit.
3
Improved charge extraction in inverted perovskite solar cells with dual-site-binding ligands
Science|2024
1.2k cit.
4
scGPT: toward building a foundation model for single-cell multi-omics using generative AI
Nature Methods|2024
969 cit.
5
The Reactome Pathway Knowledgebase 2024
Nucleic Acids Research|2023
1.3k cit.
6
TBtools-II: A “one for all, all for one” bioinformatics platform for biological big-data mining
Molecular Plant|2023
3.3k cit.
7
A high-resolution transcriptomic and spatial atlas of cell types in the whole mouse brain
Nature|2023
997 cit.
8
Transfer learning enables predictions in network biology
Nature|2023
963 cit.
9
cGAS–STING drives ageing-related inflammation and neurodegeneration
Nature|2023
879 cit.
10
Unsupervised removal of systematic background noise from droplet-based single-cell experiments using CellBender
Nature Methods|2023
776 cit.

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All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Rahul Satija
New York University
97k cit.
2
Fredrik Pontén
Uppsala University
47.3k cit.
3
Feng Zhang
Unknown
46.9k cit.
4
Nicoletta Sacchi
National Institutes of Health
46.9k cit.
5
Craig C. Mello
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
45.7k cit.
6
Gene W. Tyson
The University of Queensland
37.7k cit.
7
W. Minor
Unknown
33.6k cit.
8
P. Andrew Futreal
Wellcome Sanger Institute
32k cit.
9
Soumya Raychaudhuri
Broad Institute
30.7k cit.
10
Michael R. Stratton
Wellcome Sanger Institute
30.3k cit.

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
Single-Step Method of RNA Isolation by Acid Guanidinium Thiocyanate–Phenol–Chloroform Extraction
Analytical Biochemistry|1987
63.3k cit.
2
Primer-Directed Enzymatic Amplification of DNA with a Thermostable DNA Polymerase
Science|1988
17.1k cit.
3
Comprehensive Integration of Single-Cell Data
Cell|2019
16.6k cit.
4
Tissue-based map of the human proteome
Science|2015
15.8k cit.
5
Integrated analysis of multimodal single-cell data
Cell|2021
15.7k cit.
6
Multiplex Genome Engineering Using CRISPR/Cas Systems
Science|2013
15.6k cit.
7
Single-step method of RNA isolation by acid guanidinium thiocyanate-phenol-chloroform extraction
Analytical Biochemistry|1987
46.9k cit.
8
Potent and specific genetic interference by double-stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans
Nature|1998
15.2k cit.
9
Integrating single-cell transcriptomic data across different conditions, technologies, and species
Nature Biotechnology|2018
14.5k cit.
10
CheckM: assessing the quality of microbial genomes recovered from isolates, single cells, and metagenomes
Genome Research|2015
12.6k cit.

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