2026 Philipp Kapranov: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	56	3442	3250	85	83	139	48360

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

6099
Citations
Landscape of transcription in human cells

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

5524
Citations
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

3515
Citations
The ENCODE (ENCyclopedia of DNA elements) Project

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

3299
Citations
RNA Maps Reveal New RNA Classes and a Possible Function for Pervasive Transcription

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

3052
Citations
An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome

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

2824
Citations
The developmental transcriptome of Drosophila melanogaster

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

1685
Citations
A User's Guide to the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE)

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

1560
Citations
Transcriptional maps of 10 human chromosomes at 5-nucleotide resolution

Jill Cheng;Philipp Kapranov;Jorg Drenkow;Sujit Dike

1543
Citations
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

1448
Citations
Identification of Functional Elements and Regulatory Circuits by Drosophila modENCODE

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

1266
Citations
The Landscape of long noncoding RNA classification

Georges St. Laurent;Claes Wahlestedt;Philipp Kapranov

1157
Citations
Large-scale transcriptional activity in chromosomes 21 and 22.

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

1053
Citations
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

935
Citations
Genome-wide transcription and the implications for genomic organization.

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

850
Citations
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

671
Citations
Post-transcriptional processing generates a diversity of 5'-modified long and short RNAs.

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

592
Citations
Comprehensive Polyadenylation Site Maps in Yeast and Human Reveal Pervasive Alternative Polyadenylation

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

472
Citations
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

462
Citations
A myelopoiesis-associated regulatory intergenic noncoding RNA transcript within the human HOXA cluster

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

402
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas R. Gingeras Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Timothy J. Triche Van Andel Institute

Alexandre Reymond University of Lausanne

Stylianos E. Antonarakis University of Geneva

Mark Gerstein Yale University

Kevin Struhl Harvard University

Patrice M. Milos Helicos Biosciences (United States)

Roderic Guigó Pompeu Fabra University

Jonathan D. Buckley University of South Australia

Michael Snyder Stanford University

External Links

Personal website of Philipp Kapranov

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