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Ran Blekhman

Concepts (269)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Gastrointestinal Microbiome
33
2025
556
7.550
Why?
Microbiota
19
2024
412
4.440
Why?
Bacteria
22
2025
501
2.570
Why?
Milk, Human
2
2024
46
1.780
Why?
Primates
8
2020
155
1.610
Why?
Feces
15
2025
349
1.540
Why?
Research Personnel
2
2025
75
1.540
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
11
2021
2007
1.400
Why?
Metagenomics
7
2022
96
1.310
Why?
Pan troglodytes
9
2021
204
1.290
Why?
Colorectal Neoplasms
5
2020
1041
1.190
Why?
Genomics
6
2022
807
1.170
Why?
Genetic Variation
10
2019
1392
1.110
Why?
Computational Biology
4
2019
568
1.090
Why?
Breast Feeding
2
2024
106
1.030
Why?
Transcriptome
5
2024
700
0.940
Why?
Science
1
2025
35
0.920
Why?
Metagenome
5
2025
109
0.890
Why?
Kynurenine
1
2024
23
0.890
Why?
Cytomegalovirus
1
2024
86
0.870
Why?
Cytomegalovirus Infections
1
2024
153
0.820
Why?
Hominidae
2
2021
99
0.810
Why?
Papio
6
2025
85
0.780
Why?
Selection, Genetic
4
2016
528
0.780
Why?
Bibliometrics
2
2020
43
0.780
Why?
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
3
2025
609
0.750
Why?
Metabolome
4
2024
61
0.730
Why?
Information Dissemination
2
2019
118
0.720
Why?
Gorilla gorilla
5
2025
46
0.720
Why?
Authorship
1
2020
23
0.670
Why?
Macaca mulatta
2
2014
468
0.650
Why?
Biology
1
2019
52
0.610
Why?
Cystic Fibrosis
1
2020
118
0.610
Why?
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
7
2025
259
0.580
Why?
Publishing
1
2019
91
0.580
Why?
Biological Evolution
5
2020
996
0.580
Why?
Genome, Human
4
2015
803
0.570
Why?
Animals
37
2025
28052
0.560
Why?
Animals, Wild
2
2022
47
0.560
Why?
Genome
1
2020
399
0.550
Why?
Humans
51
2025
92330
0.540
Why?
Social Media
1
2019
100
0.540
Why?
Species Specificity
8
2021
693
0.540
Why?
Software
4
2020
676
0.530
Why?
Evolution, Molecular
8
2019
866
0.530
Why?
Specimen Handling
1
2016
103
0.490
Why?
Diet
7
2022
448
0.490
Why?
Gene Expression Profiling
10
2021
1480
0.460
Why?
Metabolic Networks and Pathways
2
2014
95
0.440
Why?
Tumor Microenvironment
1
2018
521
0.440
Why?
Metabolomics
1
2014
95
0.430
Why?
Gene Regulatory Networks
2
2016
315
0.400
Why?
Europe
2
2025
328
0.400
Why?
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
2
2017
2449
0.380
Why?
Liver
2
2014
1228
0.370
Why?
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
2
2021
46
0.340
Why?
Regulatory Elements, Transcriptional
1
2008
46
0.290
Why?
Alternative Splicing
1
2009
214
0.290
Why?
Infant, Newborn
2
2024
2506
0.290
Why?
Gene Duplication
1
2009
129
0.290
Why?
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
1
2008
100
0.280
Why?
Gene Expression
3
2021
1315
0.280
Why?
Colon
2
2022
527
0.280
Why?
Infant
2
2024
3207
0.280
Why?
Genes
1
2008
307
0.280
Why?
Salivary Proteins and Peptides
2
2017
5
0.270
Why?
Mucins
2
2017
39
0.270
Why?
Genes, Bacterial
2
2016
199
0.260
Why?
Intestinal Mucosa
2
2022
815
0.250
Why?
Online Systems
2
2020
22
0.250
Why?
Databases, Factual
2
2019
955
0.250
Why?
Female
18
2025
47891
0.240
Why?
Ape Diseases
1
2025
10
0.240
Why?
Phylogeny
5
2021
1231
0.220
Why?
Lactation
1
2024
55
0.220
Why?
Lemur
1
2024
16
0.220
Why?
Pongo
2
2021
9
0.220
Why?
Gene Deletion
1
2005
354
0.220
Why?
Universities
1
2025
148
0.220
Why?
Tryptophan
1
2024
103
0.220
Why?
Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase
1
2024
60
0.210
Why?
Transcription, Genetic
1
2008
1164
0.210
Why?
Viral Load
1
2024
148
0.210
Why?
Environment
2
2025
229
0.210
Why?
Stress, Physiological
1
2025
245
0.200
Why?
Sequence Analysis, DNA
2
2025
876
0.200
Why?
Adult
7
2024
27535
0.200
Why?
Aging
2
2025
741
0.200
Why?
Male
16
2025
43924
0.200
Why?
Bacteriophages
2
2021
53
0.190
Why?
Pakistan
1
2022
15
0.190
Why?
Developed Countries
1
2022
25
0.190
Why?
Asia
1
2022
102
0.190
Why?
Gastrointestinal Tract
3
2019
192
0.190
Why?
Manihot
1
2021
1
0.190
Why?
Motor Neuron Disease
1
2021
19
0.190
Why?
India
1
2022
128
0.180
Why?
DNA Copy Number Variations
3
2017
184
0.180
Why?
Canada
1
2022
205
0.180
Why?
Bacterial Physiological Phenomena
2
2019
42
0.180
Why?
Geography
1
2022
234
0.180
Why?
Bangladesh
1
2022
332
0.180
Why?
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
1
2021
77
0.170
Why?
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
2
2016
2396
0.170
Why?
Viruses
1
2021
75
0.170
Why?
Ecosystem
1
2024
371
0.170
Why?
Disease Susceptibility
1
2021
208
0.170
Why?
Internationality
1
2020
71
0.170
Why?
Datasets as Topic
1
2020
81
0.170
Why?
Purines
1
2020
97
0.170
Why?
Lipocalin-2
1
2020
37
0.170
Why?
Dual Oxidases
1
2020
14
0.170
Why?
Urban Population
1
2021
228
0.160
Why?
Host-Pathogen Interactions
2
2021
239
0.160
Why?
Papio cynocephalus
1
2019
3
0.160
Why?
Papio anubis
1
2019
7
0.160
Why?
Archives
1
2019
2
0.160
Why?
Prevotella
1
2019
3
0.160
Why?
Saliva
2
2017
126
0.150
Why?
Biomedical Research
2
2020
405
0.150
Why?
Soil
1
2019
50
0.150
Why?
Information Storage and Retrieval
1
2019
123
0.150
Why?
Population Dynamics
1
2019
142
0.150
Why?
Feeding Behavior
1
2021
335
0.150
Why?
DNA Mismatch Repair
1
2018
58
0.150
Why?
Biodiversity
2
2021
225
0.150
Why?
Cardiovascular Diseases
1
2025
741
0.140
Why?
Intestines
1
2021
426
0.140
Why?
Signal Transduction
3
2018
3509
0.140
Why?
Epithelial Cells
1
2021
702
0.140
Why?
Swine
1
2019
607
0.140
Why?
Intermediate Filament Proteins
1
2016
35
0.130
Why?
Social Behavior
2
2021
303
0.130
Why?
Freeze Drying
1
2016
16
0.130
Why?
Linear Models
1
2017
427
0.130
Why?
Calcium-Binding Proteins
1
2016
119
0.130
Why?
Entamoeba
1
2015
2
0.130
Why?
Dermatitis, Atopic
1
2016
62
0.120
Why?
DNA, Intergenic
1
2015
28
0.120
Why?
Cooking
1
2014
57
0.110
Why?
Colonic Neoplasms
1
2018
581
0.110
Why?
Social Environment
1
2015
187
0.110
Why?
Transcription Factors
3
2018
1689
0.110
Why?
Databases, Genetic
2
2021
274
0.110
Why?
United States
3
2022
7347
0.100
Why?
Exons
2
2017
453
0.100
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
1
2018
1310
0.100
Why?
Mutation
2
2018
4212
0.100
Why?
Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
3
2008
696
0.090
Why?
Membrane Proteins
1
2018
1241
0.090
Why?
Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
2
2011
139
0.090
Why?
Biomarkers, Tumor
1
2020
1576
0.090
Why?
Binding Sites
2
2016
1131
0.090
Why?
Genome-Wide Association Study
1
2017
1724
0.080
Why?
RNA, Messenger
2
2019
2038
0.080
Why?
Firmicutes
2
2021
15
0.080
Why?
Bacteroidetes
2
2021
39
0.080
Why?
Histones
1
2011
351
0.070
Why?
Occipital Lobe
1
2008
24
0.070
Why?
Likelihood Functions
1
2009
252
0.070
Why?
Receptors, Odorant
1
2008
37
0.070
Why?
Databases, Nucleic Acid
1
2008
41
0.070
Why?
Callithrix
1
2008
14
0.070
Why?
Macaca fascicularis
1
2008
110
0.070
Why?
Protein Processing, Post-Translational
1
2011
403
0.070
Why?
Cell Physiological Phenomena
1
2008
25
0.070
Why?
Database Management Systems
1
2008
41
0.070
Why?
Conserved Sequence
1
2008
211
0.070
Why?
Middle Aged
4
2021
27042
0.070
Why?
Mice
4
2020
12136
0.070
Why?
Longitudinal Studies
2
2021
1117
0.070
Why?
Immunity, Innate
1
2010
441
0.070
Why?
Forkhead Transcription Factors
1
2008
177
0.070
Why?
Glycosylation
2
2017
133
0.070
Why?
Epigenesis, Genetic
1
2011
538
0.060
Why?
Sex Factors
1
2009
1094
0.060
Why?
Sex Characteristics
1
2008
331
0.060
Why?
Epigenomics
2
2020
105
0.060
Why?
Haplotypes
2
2017
639
0.060
Why?
Oxidative Stress
1
2008
464
0.060
Why?
Polymorphism, Genetic
1
2008
827
0.060
Why?
Carrier Proteins
1
2008
680
0.060
Why?
Symbiosis
1
2005
131
0.060
Why?
Genotype
2
2021
1865
0.060
Why?
Cerebral Cortex
1
2008
593
0.050
Why?
Animals, Zoo
1
2025
74
0.050
Why?
Phenotype
2
2021
2502
0.050
Why?
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
2021
6
0.050
Why?
Sequence Analysis, RNA
2
2016
248
0.050
Why?
Actinobacteria
1
2021
11
0.050
Why?
Virology
1
2021
13
0.050
Why?
Nitriles
1
2021
158
0.040
Why?
Hypoxanthine
1
2020
4
0.040
Why?
Child
2
2022
7307
0.040
Why?
Observational Studies as Topic
1
2020
52
0.040
Why?
Chromatography, Liquid
1
2020
101
0.040
Why?
Butyrates
1
2020
53
0.040
Why?
Cell Line
3
2011
2505
0.040
Why?
Bile Acids and Salts
1
2020
74
0.040
Why?
Tandem Mass Spectrometry
1
2020
105
0.040
Why?
Seasons
1
2021
241
0.040
Why?
Poly A
1
2019
23
0.040
Why?
Kenya
1
2019
7
0.040
Why?
Ceramides
1
2018
36
0.040
Why?
Genome, Viral
1
2019
78
0.040
Why?
Oxidative Phosphorylation
1
2018
63
0.040
Why?
Bacteroides
1
2018
35
0.040
Why?
Research Design
1
2022
600
0.040
Why?
Life Style
1
2019
176
0.040
Why?
Oncogenes
1
2018
99
0.040
Why?
Hybridization, Genetic
1
2019
106
0.040
Why?
Hydrogen Sulfide
1
2018
53
0.040
Why?
Ecology
1
2018
78
0.040
Why?
Oxygen
1
2022
763
0.030
Why?
Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
1
2018
502
0.030
Why?
Internet
1
2019
330
0.030
Why?
Case-Control Studies
1
2021
1901
0.030
Why?
Biopsy
1
2020
1194
0.030
Why?
Cell Cycle
1
2018
516
0.030
Why?
Diet, Paleolithic
1
2016
1
0.030
Why?
Central African Republic
1
2016
2
0.030
Why?
Chromosomes
1
2016
102
0.030
Why?
Molecular Typing
1
2016
17
0.030
Why?
Protein Domains
1
2016
143
0.030
Why?
Tanzania
1
2015
47
0.030
Why?
Diet, Western
1
2016
42
0.030
Why?
Animal Feed
1
2015
21
0.030
Why?
RNA, Bacterial
1
2016
111
0.030
Why?
Dietary Fiber
1
2015
44
0.030
Why?
Grooming
1
2015
17
0.030
Why?
Cross-Sectional Studies
1
2020
1774
0.030
Why?
Open Reading Frames
1
2015
120
0.030
Why?
Rural Population
1
2015
151
0.030
Why?
Twins, Dizygotic
1
2014
42
0.030
Why?
Twins, Monozygotic
1
2014
58
0.030
Why?
Gene Frequency
1
2016
696
0.030
Why?
Germ-Free Life
1
2014
79
0.030
Why?
Mammals
1
2016
247
0.030
Why?
Fishes
1
2015
141
0.030
Why?
DNA, Bacterial
1
2015
247
0.030
Why?
Alleles
1
2017
1142
0.030
Why?
Nuclear Proteins
1
2018
736
0.030
Why?
Genetic Loci
1
2015
255
0.030
Why?
Time Factors
1
2022
5429
0.030
Why?
Cell Line, Tumor
1
2018
2671
0.020
Why?
Prospective Studies
1
2020
4470
0.020
Why?
Transcription Initiation Site
1
2011
47
0.020
Why?
Body Mass Index
1
2014
799
0.020
Why?
Models, Genetic
1
2016
969
0.020
Why?
Toll-Like Receptors
1
2010
96
0.020
Why?
Asthma
1
2017
1003
0.020
Why?
Monocytes
1
2010
223
0.020
Why?
Lipopolysaccharides
1
2010
301
0.020
Why?
Olfactory Receptor Neurons
1
2008
16
0.020
Why?
Tissue Distribution
1
2008
295
0.020
Why?
Amino Acid Motifs
1
2008
119
0.020
Why?
Forkhead Box Protein O1
1
2008
28
0.020
Why?
Algorithms
1
2016
1960
0.020
Why?
Longevity
1
2008
58
0.020
Why?
Aged, 80 and over
1
2018
6921
0.020
Why?
Obesity
1
2014
1014
0.020
Why?
Genetic Complementation Test
1
2007
98
0.020
Why?
Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
1
2007
281
0.020
Why?
Genes, Reporter
1
2007
277
0.020
Why?
Young Adult
1
2018
6628
0.020
Why?
DNA Methylation
1
2011
677
0.020
Why?
Phosphoproteins
1
2007
266
0.020
Why?
Promoter Regions, Genetic
1
2007
972
0.010
Why?
Aged
1
2018
19951
0.010
Why?
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