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Ran Elkon 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 Ran Elkon sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 93 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ran Elkon 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 Ran Elkon sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

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

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

  • EXPANDER – an integrative program suite for microarray data analysis

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

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

    Ran Elkon;Chaim Linhart;Roded Sharan;Ron Shamir

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

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

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

    Ariel Bensimon;Alexander Schmidt;Yael Ziv;Ran Elkon

  • 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

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

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

  • Expander: from expression microarrays to networks and functions

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

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

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

  • Matrin 3 binds and stabilizes mRNA

    Maayan Salton;Ran Elkon;Tatiana Borodina;Aleksey Davydov

  • E2F mediates enhanced alternative polyadenylation in proliferation

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

  • RFX transcription factors are essential for hearing in mice

    Ran Elkon;Beatrice Milon;Laura Morrison;Manan Shah

  • Alternative cleavage and polyadenylation during colorectal cancer development

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Reuven Agami
Reuven Agami Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Ron Shamir
Ron Shamir Tel Aviv University
Yosef Shiloh
Yosef Shiloh Tel Aviv University
Igor Ulitsky
Igor Ulitsky Weizmann Institute of Science
Roded Sharan
Roded Sharan Tel Aviv University
Gideon Rechavi
Gideon Rechavi Sheba Medical Center
Karen B. Avraham
Karen B. Avraham Tel Aviv University
Elzo de Wit
Elzo de Wit Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Matthew W. Kelley
Matthew W. Kelley National Institutes of Health
Amos Tanay
Amos Tanay Weizmann Institute of Science

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