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Philipp Kapranov

Philipp Kapranov

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
56
Citations
48360
World Ranking
3442
National Ranking
85

Philipp Kapranov 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 Philipp Kapranov sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 139 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.

Philipp Kapranov 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 Philipp Kapranov sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Philipp Kapranov is affiliated with Huaqiao University in China and specializes in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Genetics, Endocrinology, and Hematology.

Their research topics mainly focus on:

  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology

Kapranov's recent publications cover diverse aspects of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and related molecular biology topics. Selected papers include:

  • Long non-coding RNAs: definitions, functions, challenges and recommendations (2023) published in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Reverse-genetics studies of lncRNAs-what we have learnt and paths forward (2020) published in Genome Biology
  • A CRISPR/Cas13-based approach demonstrates biological relevance of vlinc class of long non-coding RNAs in anticancer drug response (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • Hovlinc is a recently evolved class of ribozyme found in human lncRNA (2021) published in Nature Chemical Biology
  • Very long intergenic non-coding (vlinc) RNAs directly regulate multiple genes in cis and trans (2021) published in BMC Biology

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, notably:

  • Huifen Cao
  • Dongyang Xu
  • Fan Gao
  • Lu Tang
  • Ye Cai

Kapranov's work is regularly published in specific scientific venues, including:

  • BMC Biology
  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • Genome Biology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project

    Ewan Birney;John A. Stamatoyannopoulos;Anindya Dutta;Roderic Guigó

  • Landscape of transcription in human cells

    Sarah Djebali;Carrie A. Davis;Angelika Merkel;Alex Dobin

  • CD127 expression inversely correlates with FoxP3 and suppressive function of human CD4+ T reg cells

    Weihong Liu;Amy L Putnam;Zhou Xu-yu;Gregory L. Szot

  • The ENCODE (ENCyclopedia of DNA elements) Project

    E. A. Feingold;P. J. Good;M. S. Guyer;S. Kamholz

  • RNA Maps Reveal New RNA Classes and a Possible Function for Pervasive Transcription

    Philipp Kapranov;Jill Cheng;Sujit Dike;David A. Nix

  • An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome

    Ian Dunham;Anshul Kundaje;Shelley F. Aldred;Patrick J. Collins

  • The developmental transcriptome of Drosophila melanogaster

    Brenton R. Graveley;Angela N. Brooks;Joseph W. Carlson;Michael O. Duff

  • A User's Guide to the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE)

    Richard M. Myers;John Stamatoyannopoulos;Michael Snyder;Ian Dunham

  • Transcriptional maps of 10 human chromosomes at 5-nucleotide resolution

    Jill Cheng;Philipp Kapranov;Jorg Drenkow;Sujit Dike

  • Unbiased mapping of transcription factor binding sites along human chromosomes 21 and 22 points to widespread regulation of noncoding RNAs.

    Simon Cawley;Stefan Bekiranov;Huck H Ng;Huck H Ng;Huck H Ng;Philipp Kapranov

  • Identification of Functional Elements and Regulatory Circuits by Drosophila modENCODE

    Sushmita Roy;Jason Ernst;Peter V. Kharchenko;Pouya Kheradpour

  • The Landscape of long noncoding RNA classification

    Georges St. Laurent;Claes Wahlestedt;Philipp Kapranov

  • Large-scale transcriptional activity in chromosomes 21 and 22.

    Philipp Kapranov;Simon E. Cawley;Jorg Drenkow;Stefan Bekiranov

  • Genome-wide mapping of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in embryonic stem cells

    William A. Pastor;Utz J. Pape;Utz J. Pape;Yun Huang;Hope R. Henderson;Hope R. Henderson

  • Genome-wide transcription and the implications for genomic organization.

    Philipp Kapranov;Aarron T. Willingham;Thomas R. Gingeras

  • Novel RNAs identified from an in-depth analysis of the transcriptome of human chromosomes 21 and 22.

    Dione Kampa;Jill Cheng;Philipp Kapranov;Mark Yamanaka

  • Post-transcriptional processing generates a diversity of 5'-modified long and short RNAs.

    Katalin Fejes-Toth;Vihra Sotirova;Ravi Sachidanandam;Gordon Assaf

  • Comprehensive Polyadenylation Site Maps in Yeast and Human Reveal Pervasive Alternative Polyadenylation

    Fatih Ozsolak;Philipp Kapranov;Sylvain Foissac;Sang Woo Kim

  • Examples of the complex architecture of the human transcriptome revealed by RACE and high-density tiling arrays

    Philipp Kapranov;Jorg Drenkow;Jill Cheng;Jeffrey Long

  • A myelopoiesis-associated regulatory intergenic noncoding RNA transcript within the human HOXA cluster

    Xueqing Zhang;Zheng Lian;Carolyn Padden;Mark B. Gerstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas R. Gingeras
Thomas R. Gingeras Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Timothy J. Triche
Timothy J. Triche Van Andel Institute
Alexandre Reymond
Alexandre Reymond University of Lausanne
Stylianos E. Antonarakis
Stylianos E. Antonarakis University of Geneva
Mark Gerstein
Mark Gerstein Yale University
Kevin Struhl
Kevin Struhl Harvard University
Patrice M. Milos
Patrice M. Milos Helicos Biosciences (United States)
Roderic Guigó
Roderic Guigó Pompeu Fabra University
Jonathan D. Buckley
Jonathan D. Buckley University of South Australia
Michael Snyder
Michael Snyder Stanford University

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