2026 Ran Elkon: 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	49	2625	2375	26	22	93	9749

Overview

Ran Elkon is affiliated with Tel Aviv University in Israel and focuses their research primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly output includes 71 publications in this broad discipline, with significant contributions in Molecular Biology, Sensory Systems, Cancer Research, Genetics, and Immunology.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, including:

Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
RNA Research and Splicing
Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
RNA modifications and cancer

Ran Elkon has authored multiple papers, with notable recent publications including:

"A cell-type-specific atlas of the inner ear transcriptional response to acoustic trauma," 2021, Cell Reports
"DOMINO: a network-based active module identification algorithm with reduced rate of false calls," 2021, Molecular Systems Biology
"Transcription Dynamics Regulate Poly(A) Tails and Expression of the RNA Degradation Machinery to Balance mRNA Levels," 2020, Molecular Cell
"Gene architecture directs splicing outcome in separate nuclear spatial regions," 2022, Molecular Cell
"Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies 48 risk variants and highlights the role of the stria vascularis in hearing loss," 2022, The American Journal of Human Genetics

Their frequent publication venues include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Molecular Cell
Bioinformatics
The American Journal of Human Genetics
Development

Ran Elkon collaborates regularly with several co-authors, notably:

Ronna Hertzano
Ron Shamir
Béatrice Milon
Eldad D. Shulman
Zohar Manber

Best Publications

Alternative cleavage and polyadenylation: extent, regulation and function

Ran Elkon;Alejandro P. Ugalde;Reuven Agami

816
Citations
eRNAs are required for p53-dependent enhancer activity and gene transcription

Carlos A. Melo;Carlos A. Melo;Jarno Drost;Patrick J. Wijchers;Harmen van de Werken

565
Citations
A Pumilio-induced RNA structure switch in p27-3′ UTR controls miR-221 and miR-222 accessibility

Martijn Kedde;Marieke van Kouwenhove;Wilbert Zwart;Joachim A F Oude Vrielink

474
Citations
Functional genetic screens for enhancer elements in the human genome using CRISPR-Cas9

Gozde Korkmaz;Rui Lopes;Alejandro P Ugalde;Ekaterina Nevedomskaya

444
Citations
Transcription Impacts the Efficiency of mRNA Translation via Co-transcriptional N6-adenosine Methylation

Boris Slobodin;Ruiqi Han;Vittorio Calderone;Joachim A.F. Oude Vrielink

408
Citations
EXPANDER – an integrative program suite for microarray data analysis

Ron Shamir;Adi Maron-Katz;Amos Tanay;Chaim Linhart

401
Citations
Genome-Wide In Silico Identification of Transcriptional Regulators Controlling the Cell Cycle in Human Cells

Ran Elkon;Chaim Linhart;Roded Sharan;Ron Shamir

400
Citations
The poly(A)-binding protein nuclear 1 suppresses alternative cleavage and polyadenylation sites

Mathias Jenal;Ran Elkon;Fabricio Loayza-Puch;Gijs van Haaften

382
Citations
ATM-Dependent and -Independent Dynamics of the Nuclear Phosphoproteome After DNA Damage

Ariel Bensimon;Alexander Schmidt;Yael Ziv;Ran Elkon

342
Citations
Transcription profiling of inner ears from Pou4f3ddl/ddl identifies Gfi1 as a target of the Pou4f3 deafness gene

Ronna Hertzano;Ronna Hertzano;Mireille Montcouquiol;Sharon Rashi-Elkeles;Rani Elkon

256
Citations
BRD7 is a candidate tumour suppressor gene required for p53 function.

Jarno Drost;Fiamma Mantovani;Fiamma Mantovani;Francesca Tocco;Francesca Tocco;Ran Elkon

235
Citations
Expander: from expression microarrays to networks and functions

Igor Ulitsky;Igor Ulitsky;Adi Maron-Katz;Seagull Shavit;Dorit Sagir

227
Citations
Apolipoprotein E4 enhances brain inflammation by modulation of the NF-κB signaling cascade

Gal Ophir;Ninette Amariglio;Jasmine Jacob-Hirsch;Ran Elkon

186
Citations
Matrin 3 binds and stabilizes mRNA

Maayan Salton;Ran Elkon;Tatiana Borodina;Aleksey Davydov

177
Citations
E2F mediates enhanced alternative polyadenylation in proliferation

Ran Elkon;Jarno Drost;Gijs van Haaften;Mathias Jenal

177
Citations
RFX transcription factors are essential for hearing in mice

Ran Elkon;Beatrice Milon;Laura Morrison;Manan Shah

164
Citations
Alternative cleavage and polyadenylation during colorectal cancer development

Adam Remy Morris;Arnold Bos;Begona Diosdado;Koos Rooijers

157
Citations
Major role for mRNA stability in shaping the kinetics of gene induction

Ran Elkon;Eitan Zlotorynski;Karen I Zeller;Reuven Agami

143
Citations
p53 induces transcriptional and translational programs to suppress cell proliferation and growth.

Fabricio Loayza-Puch;Jarno Drost;Koos Rooijers;Rui Lopes

142
Citations
Parallel induction of ATM-dependent pro- and antiapoptotic signals in response to ionizing radiation in murine lymphoid tissue

S Rashi-Elkeles;R Elkon;N Weizman;C Linhart

105
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Reuven Agami Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital

Ron Shamir Tel Aviv University

Yosef Shiloh Tel Aviv University

Igor Ulitsky Weizmann Institute of Science

Roded Sharan Tel Aviv University

Gideon Rechavi Sheba Medical Center

Karen B. Avraham Tel Aviv University

Elzo de Wit Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital

Matthew W. Kelley National Institutes of Health

Amos Tanay Weizmann Institute of Science

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