2026 Matthew E. Ritchie: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	56	2170	1953	52	49	225	57349

Overview

Matthew E. Ritchie is affiliated with the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Australia. Their work is situated primarily within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Cancer Research, Genetics, and Oncology.

Their research covers several main topics such as Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Gene expression and cancer classification, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, RNA modifications and cancer, Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research.

They have published extensively in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Genome biology, NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, Nature Methods, and Blood.

Among recent papers co-authored by or involving Matthew E. Ritchie are:

"Opportunities and challenges in long-read sequencing data analysis" (2020, Genome biology)
"Comprehensive characterization of single-cell full-length isoforms in human and mouse with long-read sequencing" (2021, Genome biology)
"Systematic assessment of long-read RNA-seq methods for transcript identification and quantification" (2024, Nature Methods)
"Systematic comparison of sequencing-based spatial transcriptomic methods" (2024, Nature Methods)
"Benchmarking long-read RNA-sequencing analysis tools using in silico mixtures" (2023, Nature Methods)

Frequent collaborators in research include Quentin Gouil, Shian Su, Luyi Tian, Charity W. Law, and Peter F. Hickey, reflecting ongoing partnerships in related fields and topics.

Best Publications

limma powers differential expression analyses for RNA-sequencing and microarray studies

Matthew E. Ritchie;Belinda Phipson;Di Wu;Yifang Hu

31652
Citations
A comparison of background correction methods for two-colour microarrays

Matthew E. Ritchie;Jeremy Silver;Alicia Oshlack;Melissa Holmes

1131
Citations
Apoptotic Caspases Suppress mtDNA-Induced STING-Mediated Type I IFN Production

Michael J. White;Michael J. White;Kate McArthur;Kate McArthur;Donald Metcalf;Donald Metcalf;Rachael M. Lane

964
Citations
beadarray: R classes and methods for Illumina bead-based data.

Mark J. Dunning;Mike L. Smith;Matthew E. Ritchie;Simon Tavaré

563
Citations
Why weight? Modelling sample and observational level variability improves power in RNA-seq analyses

Ruijie Liu;Aliaksei Z. Holik;Shian Su;Natasha Jansz

512
Citations
Targeting BCL-2 with the BH3 Mimetic ABT-199 in Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer

François Vaillant;Delphine Merino;Delphine Merino;Lily Lee;Lily Lee;Kelsey Breslin

300
Citations
A re-annotation pipeline for Illumina BeadArrays: improving the interpretation of gene expression data

Nuno L. Barbosa-Morais;Mark J. Dunning;Shamith A. Samarajiwa;Jeremy F. J. Darot

295
Citations
The neuropeptide VIP confers anticipatory mucosal immunity by regulating ILC3 activity.

Cyril Seillet;Cyril Seillet;Kylie Luong;Kylie Luong;Julie Tellier;Julie Tellier;Nicolas Jacquelot;Nicolas Jacquelot

180
Citations
Combining multiple tools outperforms individual methods in gene set enrichment analyses.

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176
Citations
Glimma: interactive graphics for gene expression analysis

Shian Su;Charity W. Law;Charity W. Law;Casey Ah-Cann;Casey Ah-Cann;Marie Liesse Asselin-Labat;Marie Liesse Asselin-Labat

157
Citations
Opposing roles of polycomb repressive complexes in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells

Ian J Majewski;Matthew E Ritchie;Belinda Phipson;Jason Corbin

157
Citations
Global changes in the mammary epigenome are induced by hormonal cues and coordinated by Ezh2.

Bhupinder Pal;Toula Bouras;Toula Bouras;Wei Shi;Wei Shi;François Vaillant;François Vaillant

154
Citations
Integrative analysis of RUNX1 downstream pathways and target genes

Joëlle Michaud;Joëlle Michaud;Joëlle Michaud;Ken M Simpson;Robert Escher;Robert Escher;Karine Buchet-Poyau

146
Citations
Deciphering the Innate Lymphoid Cell Transcriptional Program

Cyril Seillet;Cyril Seillet;Lisa A. Mielke;Lisa A. Mielke;Daniela B. Amann-Zalcenstein;Daniela B. Amann-Zalcenstein;Shian Su;Shian Su

143
Citations
Using the R Package crlmm for Genotyping and Copy Number Estimation.

Robert B. Scharpf;Rafael A. Irizarry;Matthew E. Ritchie;Benilton Carvalho

140
Citations
Statistical issues in the analysis of Illumina data

Mark J Dunning;Nuno L Barbosa-Morais;Andy G Lynch;Simon Tavaré

135
Citations
High-resolution transcription atlas of the mitotic cell cycle in budding yeast

Marina V Granovskaia;Lars J Jensen;Lars J Jensen;Matthew E Ritchie;Matthew E Ritchie;Joern Toedling

134
Citations
Identification of quiescent and spatially restricted mammary stem cells that are hormone responsive

Nai Yang Fu;Anne C. Rios;Anne C. Rios;Bhupinder Pal;Bhupinder Pal;Charity W. Law;Charity W. Law

129
Citations
Comprehensive characterization of single-cell full-length isoforms in human and mouse with long-read sequencing.

Luyi Tian;Luyi Tian;Jafar S. Jabbari;Rachel Thijssen;Rachel Thijssen;Quentin Gouil;Quentin Gouil

128
Citations
RNA-seq analysis is easy as 1-2-3 with limma, Glimma and edgeR [version 2; referees: 3 approved]

Charity W. Law;Monther Alhamdoosh;Shian Su;Gordon K. Smyth

19
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon K. Smyth Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Douglas J. Hilton Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Benjamin T. Kile University of Adelaide

Geoffrey J. Lindeman Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Jane E. Visvader Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

François Vaillant Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Gabrielle T. Belz University of Queensland

Stephen L. Nutt Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Tracy A. Willson Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Simon Tavaré Columbia University

External Links

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