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Arjun Raj publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arjun Raj sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 140 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Arjun Raj D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arjun Raj sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Arjun Raj is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with additional work in Medicine. Key subfields include Molecular Biology, Biophysics, Immunology, Oncology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research covers a range of main topics, notably:

  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Frequent publication venues where Arjun Raj's work appears include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 24 publications
  • Cell Systems with 6 publications
  • Endocrine Abstracts with 4 publications
  • eLife with 3 publications
  • Cancer Research with 3 publications

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Arjun Raj feature diverse topics in cellular biology and gene regulation. These include:

  • Memory Sequencing Reveals Heritable Single-Cell Gene Expression Programs Associated with Distinct Cellular Behaviors, 2020, Cell
  • Variability within rare cell states enables multiple paths toward drug resistance, 2021, Nature Biotechnology
  • Diverse clonal fates emerge upon drug treatment of homogeneous cancer cells, 2023, Nature
  • p53 mediates target gene association with nuclear speckles for amplified RNA expression, 2021, Molecular Cell
  • Gene Networks with Transcriptional Bursting Recapitulate Rare Transient Coordinated High Expression States in Cancer, 2020, Cell Systems

Arjun Raj frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Yogesh Goyal
  • Margaret C. Dunagin
  • Benjamin Emert
  • Ian Dardani
  • Connie Jiang

Their body of work reflects a focus on understanding gene expression dynamics at the single-cell level, mechanisms behind drug resistance in cancer cells, and the molecular bases of transcriptional bursting and nuclear architecture. The research integrates molecular biology techniques with computational analysis to elucidate complex cellular behaviors.

Best Publications

  • Many human large intergenic noncoding RNAs associate with chromatin-modifying complexes and affect gene expression

    Ahmad M. Khalil;Mitchell Guttman;Maite Huarte;Manuel Garber

  • Nature, Nurture, or Chance: Stochastic Gene Expression and Its Consequences

    Arjun Raj;Alexander van Oudenaarden

  • IMAGING INDIVIDUAL mRNA MOLECULES USING MULTIPLE SINGLY LABELED PROBES

    Arjun Raj;Sanjay Tyagi

  • Stochastic mRNA Synthesis in Mammalian Cells

    Arjun Raj;Charles S Peskin;Daniel Tranchina;Diana Y Vargas

  • Rare cell variability and drug-induced reprogramming as a mode of cancer drug resistance

    Sydney M. Shaffer;Margaret C. Dunagin;Stefan R. Torborg;Eduardo A. Torre

  • Control of somatic tissue differentiation by the long non-coding RNA TINCR

    Markus Kretz;Zurab Siprashvili;Ci Chu;Dan E. Webster

  • Noise in gene expression determines cell fate in Bacillus subtilis.

    Hédia Maamar;Arjun Raj;David Dubnau

  • Variability in gene expression underlies incomplete penetrance

    Arjun Raj;Arjun Raj;Scott A. Rifkin;Scott A. Rifkin;Erik Andersen;Erik Andersen;Alexander van Oudenaarden

  • Localization and abundance analysis of human lncRNAs at single-cell and single-molecule resolution.

    Moran N Cabili;Moran N Cabili;Margaret C Dunagin;Patrick D McClanahan;Andrew Biaesch

  • Variability in gene expression underlies incomplete penetrance

    Alexander van Oudenaarden;Scott A. Rifkin;Arjun Raj;Erik C. Andersen

  • Topological organization of multichromosomal regions by the long intergenic noncoding RNA Firre

    Ezgi Hacisuleyman;Loyal A Goff;Cole Trapnell;Adam Williams

  • SAVER: gene expression recovery for single-cell RNA sequencing.

    Mo Huang;Jingshu Wang;Eduardo Torre;Hannah Dueck

  • The Human Tumor Atlas Network: Charting Tumor Transitions Across Space and Time at Single-Cell Resolution

    Orit Rozenblatt-Rosen;Aviv Regev;Aviv Regev;Aviv Regev;Philipp Oberdoerffer;Tal Nawy

  • Single mammalian cells compensate for differences in cellular volume and DNA copy number through independent global transcriptional mechanisms

    Olivia Padovan-Merhar;Gautham P. Nair;Andrew G. Biaesch;Andreas Mayer

  • LincRNA-p21 Activates p21 In cis to Promote Polycomb Target Gene Expression and to Enforce the G1/S Checkpoint

    Nadya Dimitrova;Jesse R. Zamudio;Robyn M. Jong;Dylan Soukup

  • Nanoscale imaging of RNA with expansion microscopy

    Fei Chen;Asmamaw T Wassie;Allison J Cote;Anubhav Sinha

  • Single-Molecule Approaches to Stochastic Gene Expression

    Arjun Raj;Alexander van Oudenaarden

  • Enhancer Regulation of Transcriptional Bursting Parameters Revealed by Forced Chromatin Looping

    Caroline R. Bartman;Sarah C. Hsu;Sarah C. Hsu;Chris C.-S. Hsiung;Chris C.-S. Hsiung;Arjun Raj

  • Remodeling of the Collagen Matrix in Aging Skin Promotes Melanoma Metastasis and Affects Immune Cell Motility

    Amanpreet Kaur;Amanpreet Kaur;Amanpreet Kaur;Brett L. Ecker;Stephen M. Douglass;Curtis H. Kugel

  • LincRNA-p21 Activates p21 In cis to Promote Polycomb Target Gene Expression and to Enforce the G1/S Checkpoint

    Kavitha Sarma;Jeannie T. Lee;Nadya Dimitrova;Jesse Ray Zamudio

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerd A. Blobel
Gerd A. Blobel Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
John L. Rinn
John L. Rinn University of Colorado Boulder
Ross C. Hardison
Ross C. Hardison Pennsylvania State University
Sanjay Tyagi
Sanjay Tyagi Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Roberto Bonasio
Roberto Bonasio University of Pennsylvania
Alexander van Oudenaarden
Alexander van Oudenaarden University Medical Center Utrecht
Richard A. Flavell
Richard A. Flavell Yale University
Aviv Regev
Aviv Regev Genentech
Meenhard Herlyn
Meenhard Herlyn The Wistar Institute
Mingyao Li
Mingyao Li University of Pennsylvania

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