Ran Elkon publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Ran Elkon between 2002 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Ran Elkon published across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025, averaging 10.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 106 publications in 2023. 54 of the 257 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

25 50 75 100

2002 2025

257 publications in total across all disciplines

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Ran Elkon: publications per year, 2002 to 2025
Year	Publications
2002	2
2003	1
2004	2
2005	6
2006	3
2007	3
2008	2
2009	0
2010	6
2011	6
2012	4
2013	3
2014	1
2015	2
2016	5
2017	7
2018	11
2019	7
2020	6
2021	11
2022	9
2023	106
2024	35
2025	19
Total	257

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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.

No. of scientists

50 100 150

47–56 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.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
47–56	7
57–66	17
67–76	65
77–86	90
87–96	125	93
97–106	131
107–116	162
117–126	177
127–136	158
137–146	158
147–156	146
157–166	159
167–176	131
177–186	110
187–196	112
197–206	100
207–216	89
217–226	98
227–236	74
237–246	72
247–256	63
257–266	53
267–276	54
277–286	49
287–296	52
297–306	43
307–316	46
317–326	41
327–336	42
337–346	31
347–356	28
357–366	29
367–376	26
377–386	24
387–396	24
397–406	14
407–416	13
417–426	20
427–436	12
437–446	20
447–456	11
457–466	10
467–476	14
477–486	14
487–496	10
497–506	13
507–516	13
517–526	2
527–536	4
537–546	6
547–556	8
557–563	6
564+	100

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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.

No. of scientists

25 50 75 100 125

40–41 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.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
40–41	36
42–43	101
44–45	115
46–47	121
48–49	118	49
50–51	130
52–53	106
54–55	116
56–57	113
58–59	129
60–61	120
62–63	105
64–65	131
66–67	95
68–69	97
70–71	106
72–73	83
74–75	89
76–77	77
78–79	70
80–81	73
82–83	60
84–85	48
86–87	45
88–89	50
90–91	31
92–93	51
94–95	43
96–97	38
98–99	39
100–101	41
102–103	29
104–105	33
106–107	35
108–109	20
110–111	38
112–113	19
114–115	28
116–117	13
118–119	23
120–121	16
122–123	15
124–125	11
126–127	21
128–129	7
130–131	13
132–133	14
134–135	17
136–137	9
138–139	8
140–141	16
142–143	7
144	7
145+	100

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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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