2026 Marcel E. Dinger: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	73	2005	1908	71	69	200	33798

Overview

Marcel E. Dinger is a researcher affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their primary field of study is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a portfolio of 136 publications in this area. Subfields include Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Genetics, Neurology, and Immunology.

The scientist's work encompasses several main research topics, notably:

Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
Circular RNAs in diseases
Genomics and Rare Diseases
RNA modifications and cancer
MicroRNA in disease regulation
RNA Research and Splicing
Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities

Marcel E. Dinger often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard, Mark J. Cowley, Mohammad Taheri, André E. Minoche, and Tony Roscioli. The number of joint publications with these colleagues ranges from 7 to 16.

Research papers authored or co-authored by Marcel E. Dinger have appeared across several venues. Among the most frequent publication platforms are:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
Cancer Research
The American Journal of Human Genetics
Genome biology

Key papers associated with this researcher include:

"Long non-coding RNAs: definitions, functions, challenges and recommendations," 2023, in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
"Whole exome and genome sequencing in mendelian disorders: a diagnostic and health economic analysis," 2022, in European Journal of Human Genetics
"Diagnostic Yield of Whole Genome Sequencing After Nondiagnostic Exome Sequencing or Gene Panel in Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies," 2021, in Neurology
"The Medical Genome Reference Bank contains whole genome and phenotype data of 2570 healthy elderly," 2020, in Nature Communications
"ClinSV: clinical grade structural and copy number variant detection from whole genome sequencing data," 2021, in Genome Medicine

Best Publications

Long non-coding RNAs: insights into functions

Tim R. Mercer;Marcel E. Dinger;John S. Mattick

6140
Citations
Endogenous microRNA sponges: evidence and controversy.

Daniel W. Thomson;Marcel E. Dinger;Marcel E. Dinger

1829
Citations
Specific expression of long noncoding RNAs in the mouse brain

Tim R. Mercer;Marcel E. Dinger;Susan M. Sunkin;Mark F. Mehler

1331
Citations
Non‐coding RNAs: regulators of disease

Ryan J Taft;Ken C Pang;Timothy R Mercer;Marcel Dinger

1245
Citations
Long noncoding RNAs in mouse embryonic stem cell pluripotency and differentiation

Marcel E. Dinger;Paulo P. Amaral;Tim R. Mercer;Ken C. Pang;Ken C. Pang

895
Citations
The Human Mitochondrial Transcriptome

Tim R. Mercer;Shane Neph;Marcel E. Dinger;Joanna Crawford

847
Citations
Long noncoding RNAs and the genetics of cancer

S W Cheetham;F Gruhl;J S Mattick;M E Dinger;M E Dinger

821
Citations
The eukaryotic genome as an RNA machine

Paulo P. Amaral;Marcel E. Dinger;Tim R. Mercer;John S. Mattick

780
Citations
MEN ε/β nuclear-retained non-coding RNAs are up-regulated upon muscle differentiation and are essential components of paraspeckles

Hongjae Sunwoo;Marcel E. Dinger;Jeremy E. Wilusz;Paulo P. Amaral

689
Citations
Differentiating protein-coding and noncoding RNA: Challenges and ambiguities

Marcel E. Dinger;Ken C. Pang;Tim R. Mercer;John S. Mattick

650
Citations
Genome-wide analysis of long noncoding RNA stability

Michael B. Clark;Rebecca L. Johnston;Mario Inostroza-Ponta;Archa H. Fox

647
Citations
lncRNAdb: a reference database for long noncoding RNAs

Paulo P. Amaral;Michael B. Clark;Dennis K. Gascoigne;Marcel E. Dinger

633
Citations
The melanoma-upregulated long noncoding RNA SPRY4-IT1 modulates apoptosis and invasion.

Divya Khaitan;Marcel E. Dinger;Joseph Mazar;Joanna Crawford

560
Citations
lncRNAdb v2.0: expanding the reference database for functional long noncoding RNAs

Xiu Cheng Quek;Daniel W. Thomson;Jesper L.V. Maag;Jesper L.V. Maag;Nenad Bartonicek

555
Citations
Targeted RNA sequencing reveals the deep complexity of the human transcriptome

Tim R Mercer;Daniel J Gerhardt;Marcel E Dinger;Joanna Crawford

544
Citations
The reality of pervasive transcription

Michael B. Clark;Paulo P. Amaral;Felix J. Schlesinger;Marcel E. Dinger

513
Citations
I-motif DNA structures are formed in the nuclei of human cells

Mahdi Zeraati;Mahdi Zeraati;David B. Langley;Peter Schofield;Aaron L. Moye

495
Citations
Long noncoding RNAs in neuronal-glial fate specification and oligodendrocyte lineage maturation

Tim R Mercer;Irfan A Qureshi;Solen Gokhan;Marcel E Dinger

461
Citations
RNA regulation of epigenetic processes

John S. Mattick;Paulo P. Amaral;Marcel E. Dinger;Tim R. Mercer

437
Citations
Long noncoding RNAs in cancer: mechanisms of action and technological advancements

Nenad Bartonicek;Jesper L. V. Maag;Jesper L. V. Maag;Marcel E. Dinger;Marcel E. Dinger

422
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John S. Mattick University of New South Wales

Mark J. Cowley Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Tim R. Mercer Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Tony Roscioli University of New South Wales

Ryan J. Taft Illumina (United States)

Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

David W. P. Thomas University of Nottingham

Colleen C. Nelson Queensland University of Technology

Lars K. Nielsen University of Queensland

Andrew C. Perkins Monash University

External Links

Personal website of Marcel E. Dinger

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