Aaron Cheng

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Aaron Cheng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron Cheng has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cell Biology and 2 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Aaron Cheng's work include Cellular transport and secretion (4 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (2 papers). Aaron Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (4 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (2 papers). Aaron Cheng collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Poland. Aaron Cheng's co-authors include Martin Jínek, Steven Lin, Enbo Ma, Jennifer A. Doudna, Alexandra East, David G. Drubin, Sherif R. Zaki, Boyd L. Yount, Kanta Subbarao and Christopher D. Paddock and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Cell Biology, Nature Cell Biology and Journal of Virology.

In The Last Decade

Aaron Cheng

11 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

RNA-programmed genome editing in human cells

2013 1.6k citations Martin Jínek, Alexandra East et al. eLife profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aaron Cheng United States	8	2.0k	409	393	392	196	12	2.6k
Jeremy M. Rock United States	18	2.3k 1.1×	546 1.3×	739 1.9×	215 0.5×	90 0.5×	29	2.7k
Atze T. Das Netherlands	30	2.8k 1.4×	765 1.9×	627 1.6×	64 0.2×	143 0.7×	113	3.8k
Marie La Russa United States	10	2.7k 1.4×	216 0.5×	440 1.1×	34 0.1×	210 1.1×	14	3.0k
Gavin J. Knott United States	21	3.5k 1.7×	140 0.3×	504 1.3×	38 0.1×	327 1.7×	36	3.9k
Andreas S. Puschnik United States	18	1.2k 0.6×	573 1.4×	565 1.4×	80 0.2×	28 0.1×	27	2.1k
Matthias C. Truttmann United States	17	1.3k 0.7×	71 0.2×	305 0.8×	125 0.3×	89 0.5×	30	1.6k
Nicholas R. Pannunzio United States	14	2.0k 1.0×	105 0.3×	350 0.9×	89 0.2×	29 0.1×	26	2.5k
Amy S.Y. Lee United States	14	1.7k 0.8×	396 1.0×	183 0.5×	75 0.2×	28 0.1×	19	2.4k
Karim Majzoub France	13	1.1k 0.5×	270 0.7×	89 0.2×	167 0.4×	20 0.1×	21	1.6k
Vikram Pattanayak United States	16	4.2k 2.1×	111 0.3×	985 2.5×	30 0.1×	535 2.7×	24	4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Aaron Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Aaron Cheng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aaron Cheng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Aaron Cheng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Aaron Cheng based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Aaron Cheng. Aaron Cheng is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

1.

Cheng, Aaron, et al.. (2025). Cutaneous IgA vasculitis triggered by acetaminophen. JAAD Case Reports. 67. 194–196.

2.

Wisdom, Katrina M., et al.. (2024). A microphysiological assay for studying T-cell chemotaxis, trafficking and tumor killing. Biofabrication. 17(1). 15004–15004. 2 indexed citations

3.

Cheng, Aaron, et al.. (2021). Asian Americans Experience Microassaults During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Digital Scholarship - UNLV (University of Nevada Reno). 1(1). 6 indexed citations

4.

Joberty, Gérard, et al.. (2020). A Tandem Guide RNA-Based Strategy for Efficient CRISPR Gene Editing of Cell Populations with Low Heterogeneity of Edited Alleles. The CRISPR Journal. 3(2). 123–134. 10 indexed citations

5.

Evans, John P., Antonia J. Lewis, Laurie Gordon, et al.. (2019). Cellular Target Engagement Approaches to Monitor Epigenetic Reader Domain Interactions. SLAS DISCOVERY. 25(2). 163–175. 6 indexed citations

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Dambournet, Daphné, Kem A. Sochacki, Aaron Cheng, et al.. (2018). Genome-edited human stem cells expressing fluorescently labeled endocytic markers allow quantitative analysis of clathrin-mediated endocytosis during differentiation. The Journal of Cell Biology. 217(9). 3301–3311. 45 indexed citations

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Grassart, Alexandre, Aaron Cheng, Sun Hae Hong, et al.. (2014). Actin and dynamin2 dynamics and interplay during clathrin-mediated endocytosis. The Journal of Cell Biology. 205(5). 721–735. 170 indexed citations

8.

Jínek, Martin, Alexandra East, Aaron Cheng, et al.. (2013). RNA-programmed genome editing in human cells. eLife. 2. e00471–e00471. 1618 indexed citations breakdown →

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Doyon, Jeffrey B., Bryan Zeitler, Jackie Cheng, et al.. (2011). Rapid and efficient clathrin-mediated endocytosis revealed in genome-edited mammalian cells. Nature Cell Biology. 13(3). 331–337. 186 indexed citations

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Toret, Christopher P., et al.. (2009). Early-Arriving Syp1p and Ede1p Function in Endocytic Site Placement and Formation in Budding Yeast. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 20(22). 4640–4651. 107 indexed citations

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Freundt, Eric C., Li Yu, Cynthia S. Goldsmith, et al.. (2009). The Open Reading Frame 3a Protein of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Associated Coronavirus Promotes Membrane Rearrangement and Cell Death. Journal of Virology. 84(2). 1097–1109. 103 indexed citations

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Roberts, Anjeanette, Damon Deming, Christopher D. Paddock, et al.. (2007). A Mouse-Adapted SARS-Coronavirus Causes Disease and Mortality in BALB/c Mice. PLoS Pathogens. 3(1). e5–e5. 335 indexed citations

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