2026 Torben Heick Jensen: 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	64	1722	1545	12	12	170	18271

Torben Heick Jensen 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 Torben Heick Jensen sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 170 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Torben Heick Jensen 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 Torben Heick Jensen sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Torben Heick Jensen is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and specializes in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research focuses on molecular biology, with significant work related to RNA research and splicing, RNA modifications and cancer, as well as RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms.

They have contributed extensively to several areas of RNA biology, including RNA regulation and disease, genomics and chromatin dynamics, and cancer-related molecular mechanisms and gene regulation.

Key recent publications include:

Integrator is a genome-wide attenuator of non-productive transcription (2020, Molecular Cell)
Chromatin modifier HUSH co-operates with RNA decay factor NEXT to restrict transposable element expression (2022, Molecular Cell)
A Two-Layered Targeting Mechanism Underlies Nuclear RNA Sorting by the Human Exosome (2020, Cell Reports)
circZNF827 nucleates a transcription inhibitory complex to balance neuronal differentiation (2020, eLife)
Global view on the metabolism of RNA poly(A) tails in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (2021, Nature Communications)

The most frequent co-authors collaborating with Torben Heick Jensen include:

Manfred Schmid
William Garland
Jérôme O. Rouvière
Guifen Wu
Søren Lykke-Andersen

Their work has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Molecular Cell
Nucleic Acids Research
Cell Reports
Nature Communications

Best Publications

An atlas of active enhancers across human cell types and tissues

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

2635
Citations
Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay: an intricate machinery that shapes transcriptomes.

Søren Lykke-Andersen;Torben Heick Jensen

916
Citations
RNA Exosome Depletion Reveals Transcription Upstream of Active Human Promoters

Pascal Preker;Jesper Nielsen;Susanne Kammler;Søren Lykke-Andersen

856
Citations
Quality control of mRNA 3′-end processing is linked to the nuclear exosome

Patricia Hilleren;Terri McCarthy;Michael Rosbash;Roy Parker

490
Citations
SMG6 promotes endonucleolytic cleavage of nonsense mRNA in human cells

Andrea B Eberle;Søren Lykke-Andersen;Oliver Mühlemann;Torben Heick Jensen

459
Citations
A nucleoporin is required for induction of Ca2+ spiking in legume nodule development and essential for rhizobial and fungal symbiosis.

Norihito Kanamori;Lene Heegaard Madsen;Simona Radutoiu;Mirela Frantescu

456
Citations
Interaction Profiling Identifies the Human Nuclear Exosome Targeting Complex

Michal Szymon Lubas;Marianne Spangsberg Christensen;Maiken Søndergaard Kristiansen;Michal Domanski

433
Citations
The exosome: a multipurpose RNA-decay machine.

Manfred Schmid;Torben Heick Jensen

343
Citations
Interactions between mRNA Export Commitment, 3′-End Quality Control, and Nuclear Degradation

Domenico Libri;Ken Dower;Jocelyne Boulay;Rune Thomsen

322
Citations
The Specificity of the CRM1-Rev Nuclear Export Signal Interaction Is Mediated by RanGTP*

Peter Askjaer;Torben Heick Jensen;Jakob Nilsson;Ludwig Englmeier

319
Citations
Polyadenylation site–induced decay of upstream transcripts enforces promoter directionality

Evgenia Ntini;Aino I Järvelin;Jette Bornholdt;Yun Chen

303
Citations
Dealing with Pervasive Transcription

Torben Heick Jensen;Alain Jacquier;Domenico Libri

294
Citations
The human core exosome interacts with differentially localized processive RNases: hDIS3 and hDIS3L

Rafal Tomecki;Rafal Tomecki;Maiken Søndergaard Kristiansen;Søren Lykke-Andersen;Aleksander Chlebowski

291
Citations
RNA decay machines: the exosome.

Aleksander Chlebowski;Michał Lubas;Michał Lubas;Michał Lubas;Torben Heick Jensen;Andrzej Dziembowski;Andrzej Dziembowski

282
Citations
A block to mRNA nuclear export in S. cerevisiae leads to hyperadenylation of transcripts that accumulate at the site of transcription.

Torben Heick Jensen;Kimberly Patricio;Terri McCarthy;Michael Rosbash

276
Citations
Identification of a Nuclear Exosome Decay Pathway for Processed Transcripts.

Nicola Meola;Michal Domanski;Evdoxia Karadoulama;Yun Chen

252
Citations
Crosstalk between mRNA 3′ End Processing and Transcription Initiation

Christophe K. Mapendano;Søren Lykke-Andersen;Jørgen Kjems;Edouard Bertrand

236
Citations
The human cap-binding complex is functionally connected to the nuclear RNA exosome

Peter Refsing Andersen;Michal Domanski;Michal Domanski;Maiken Søndergaard Kristiansen;Maiken Søndergaard Kristiansen;Helena Storvall

231
Citations
The Human Nuclear Exosome Targeting Complex Is Loaded onto Newly Synthesized RNA to Direct Early Ribonucleolysis

Michal Lubas;Michal Lubas;Michal Lubas;Peter Refsing Andersen;Aleks Schein;Andrzej Dziembowski;Andrzej Dziembowski

201
Citations
The DECD box Putative ATPase Sub2p Is an Early mRNA Export Factor

Torben Heick Jensen;Jocelyne Boulay;Michael Rosbash;Domenico Libri

199
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Albin Sandelin University of Copenhagen

Andrzej Dziembowski United Way

Michael Rosbash Brandeis University

Jørgen Kjems Aarhus University

Jens S. Andersen University of Southern Denmark

Edouard Bertrand Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Lars M. Steinmetz Stanford University

Michael P. Rout Rockefeller University

Claire Moore Tufts University

Brian T. Chait Rockefeller University

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