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Piero Carninci

Piero Carninci

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Genetics
Japan
2026
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
UK
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
127
Citations
112692
World Ranking
280
National Ranking
6

Molecular Biology

D-Index
127
Citations
112692
World Ranking
199
National Ranking
16

Piero Carninci publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Piero Carninci sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 521 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Piero Carninci D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 127 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Japan Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Japan Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Piero Carninci is affiliated with RIKEN in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a specialization in Molecular Biology as evidenced by their publication record. Their research spans notable subfields including Cancer Research, Genetics, Plant Science, and Immunology.

The scientist's work encompasses a variety of topics such as RNA Research and Splicing, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, RNA modifications and cancer, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

Frequent publication venues for their scientific papers include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Genome Research
  • Nature

They have collaborated closely with a group of frequent co-authors, among whom are Chung-Chau Hon, Jay W. Shin, Hazuki Takahashi, Takeya Kasukawa, and Michiel de Hoon.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Piero Carninci include the following:

  • "Long non-coding RNAs: definitions, functions, challenges and recommendations," 2023, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • "Gut microbial carbohydrate metabolism contributes to insulin resistance," 2023, Nature
  • "RADICL-seq identifies general and cell type-specific principles of genome-wide RNA-chromatin interactions," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Systematic assessment of long-read RNA-seq methods for transcript identification and quantification," 2024, Nature Methods
  • "The status of the human gene catalogue," 2023, Nature

Best Publications

  • Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genome.

    Robert H. Waterston;Kerstin Lindblad-Toh;Ewan Birney;Jane Rogers

  • 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

  • The GENCODE v7 catalog of human long noncoding RNAs: analysis of their gene structure, evolution, and expression.

    Thomas Derrien;Rory Johnson;Giovanni Bussotti;Andrea Tanzer

  • The Transcriptional Landscape of the Mammalian Genome

    P. Carninci;T. Kasukawa;S. Katayama;J. Gough

  • Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences.

    Robert L Strausberg;Elise A Feingold;Lynette H Grouse;Jeffery G Derge

  • An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome

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

  • An atlas of active enhancers across human cell types and tissues

    Robin Andersson;Claudia Gebhard;Irene Miguel-Escalada;Ilka Hoof

  • Monitoring the expression profiles of 7000 Arabidopsis genes under drought, cold and high-salinity stresses using a full-length cDNA microarray.

    Motoaki Seki;Mari Narusaka;Junko Ishida;Tokihiko Nanjo

  • Analysis of the mouse transcriptome based on functional annotation of 60,770 full-length cDNAs

    Y. Okazaki;M. Furuno;T. Kasukawa;J. Adachi

  • A promoter-level mammalian expression atlas

    Alistair R.R. Forrest;Hideya Kawaji;Michael Rehli;J. Kenneth Baillie

  • Antisense Transcription in the Mammalian Transcriptome

    S. Katayama;Y. Tomaru;T. Kasukawa;K. Waki

  • Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

    George M. Weinstock;Gene E. Robinson;Richard A. Gibbs;Kim C. Worley

  • Genome-wide analysis of mammalian promoter architecture and evolution

    Piero Carninci;Albin Sandelin;Boris Lenhard;Boris Lenhard;Shintaro Katayama

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

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

  • The Human Cell Atlas

    Aviv Regev;Aviv Regev;Aviv Regev;Sarah A Teichmann;Sarah A Teichmann;Sarah A Teichmann;Eric S Lander;Eric S Lander;Eric S Lander;Ido Amit

  • Monitoring the Expression Pattern of 1300 Arabidopsis Genes under Drought and Cold Stresses by Using a Full-Length cDNA Microarray

    Motoaki Seki;Mari Narusaka;Hiroshi Abe;Mie Kasuga

  • Direct generation of functional dopaminergic neurons from mouse and human fibroblasts

    Massimiliano Caiazzo;Maria Teresa Dell’Anno;Elena Dvoretskova;Dejan Lazarevic;Dejan Lazarevic

  • Comprehensive Analysis of NAC Family Genes in Oryza sativa and Arabidopsis thaliana

    Hisako Ooka;Kouji Satoh;Koji Doi;Toshifumi Nagata

  • Empirical analysis of transcriptional activity in the Arabidopsis genome.

    Kayoko Yamada;Jun Lim;Joseph M. Dale;Huaming Chen;Huaming Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Alistair R. R. Forrest
Alistair R. R. Forrest Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
Timo Lassmann
Timo Lassmann Telethon Kids Institute
Stefano Gustincich
Stefano Gustincich Italian Institute of Technology
David A. Hume
David A. Hume University of Queensland
Carsten O. Daub
Carsten O. Daub Karolinska Institute

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