Ben E. Black

11.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
100 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Ben E. Black is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben E. Black has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Molecular Biology, 56 papers in Plant Science and 27 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Ben E. Black's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (56 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (51 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (26 papers). Ben E. Black is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (56 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (51 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (26 papers). Ben E. Black collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Ben E. Black's co-authors include Don W. Cleveland, Daniel R. Foltz, Lars E.T. Jansen, Bryce M. Paschal, Emily Bassett, Aaron O. Bailey, Nikolina Sekulić, John R. Yates, Tanya Panchenko and James M. Holaska and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ben E. Black

97 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The human CENP-A centromeric nucleosome-associated complex

2006 566 citations Daniel R. Foltz, Lars E.T. Jansen et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
Centromere-Specific Assembly of CENP-A Nucleosomes Is Mediated by HJURP

2009 510 citations Daniel R. Foltz, Lars E.T. Jansen et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ben E. Black United States	52	7.0k	3.8k	2.3k	1.0k	929	100	8.3k
Tarun M. Kapoor United States	59	9.0k 1.3×	1.3k 0.3×	7.8k 3.4×	625 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	136	12.1k
Anna Shevchenko Germany	45	8.3k 1.2×	934 0.2×	2.7k 1.2×	775 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	63	10.0k
Klaus Scheffzek Germany	43	5.2k 0.7×	582 0.2×	1.5k 0.6×	528 0.5×	991 1.1×	78	7.1k
Brian Schaffhausen United States	43	5.3k 0.8×	871 0.2×	1.0k 0.4×	1.5k 1.5×	3.1k 3.4×	107	7.9k
Ronald Berezney United States	49	6.9k 1.0×	662 0.2×	980 0.4×	996 1.0×	590 0.6×	120	8.0k
Stéfan Dimitrov France	47	6.2k 0.9×	1.0k 0.3×	703 0.3×	727 0.7×	566 0.6×	139	7.0k
Stephen P. Bell United States	56	14.3k 2.0×	1.4k 0.4×	2.2k 0.9×	2.8k 2.8×	1.4k 1.5×	110	16.0k
Michiel Vermeulen Netherlands	53	10.5k 1.5×	583 0.2×	916 0.4×	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	182	12.2k
Daniel E. Gottschling United States	48	11.1k 1.6×	1.9k 0.5×	719 0.3×	943 0.9×	375 0.4×	74	12.6k
Hongtao Yu United States	74	14.6k 2.1×	2.1k 0.5×	7.5k 3.3×	1.0k 1.0×	2.4k 2.6×	172	17.0k

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Billur, Ramya, et al.. (2025). A PARP2 active site helix melts to permit DNA damage-induced enzymatic activation. Molecular Cell. 85(5). 865–876.e4. 3 indexed citations

Chang, Yi‐Wei, et al.. (2025). Centromeric chromatin clearings demarcate the site of kinetochore formation. Cell. 188(5). 1280–1296.e19. 5 indexed citations

Dawicki-McKenna, Jennine M., et al.. (2025). Satellite DNA shapes dictate pericentromere packaging in female meiosis. Nature. 638(8051). 814–822. 8 indexed citations

Manske, Gabriel, Rajesh Ranjan, Lindsay Moritz, et al.. (2025). Maternal CENP-C restores centromere symmetry in mammalian zygotes to ensure proper chromosome segregation. Developmental Cell. 61(1). 146–163.e10. 1 indexed citations

Gibson, Daniel G., et al.. (2025). Rapid assembly of functional modules for generating human artificial chromosome constructs compatible with epigenetic centromere seeding. Chromosome Research. 33(1). 29–29. 1 indexed citations

Creekmore, Benjamin C., et al.. (2024). Ultrastructure of human brain tissue vitrified from autopsy revealed by cryo-ET with cryo-plasma FIB milling. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2660–2660. 12 indexed citations

Velagapudi, Uday Kiran, et al.. (2024). Novel modifications of PARP inhibitor veliparib increase PARP1 binding to DNA breaks. Biochemical Journal. 481(6). 437–460. 3 indexed citations

Gambogi, Craig W., Jennine M. Dawicki-McKenna, Mikhail Liskovykh, et al.. (2023). Centromere innovations within a mouse species. Science Advances. 9(46). eadi5764–eadi5764. 3 indexed citations

Dawicki-McKenna, Jennine M., et al.. (2023). The structural basis of the multi-step allosteric activation of Aurora B kinase. eLife. 12. 6 indexed citations

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Iwata‐Otsubo, Aiko, et al.. (2022). Epigenetic, genetic and maternal effects enable stable centromere inheritance. Nature Cell Biology. 24(5). 748–756. 13 indexed citations

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Langelier, Marie-France, Ramya Billur, Aleksandr Sverzhinsky, Ben E. Black, & John M. Pascal. (2021). HPF1 dynamically controls the PARP1/2 balance between initiating and elongating ADP-ribose modifications. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6675–6675. 54 indexed citations

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Allu, Praveen Kumar, Glennis A. Logsdon, Jennine M. Dawicki-McKenna, et al.. (2021). Gene replacement strategies validate the use of functional tags on centromeric chromatin and invalidate an essential role for CENP-AK124ub. Cell Reports. 37(5). 109924–109924. 3 indexed citations

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Zandarashvili, Levani, Marie-France Langelier, Uday Kiran Velagapudi, et al.. (2020). Structural basis for allosteric PARP-1 retention on DNA breaks. Science. 368(6486). 233 indexed citations

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Karch, Kelly R., Mariel Coradin, Levani Zandarashvili, et al.. (2018). Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange Coupled to Top- and Middle-Down Mass Spectrometry Reveals Histone Tail Dynamics before and after Nucleosome Assembly. Structure. 26(12). 1651–1663.e3. 34 indexed citations

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Sekulić, Nikolina & Ben E. Black. (2016). Preparation of Recombinant Centromeric Nucleosomes and Formation of Complexes with Nonhistone Centromere Proteins. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 573. 67–96. 9 indexed citations

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Bailey, Aaron O., Tanya Panchenko, Jeffrey Shabanowitz, et al.. (2015). Identification of the Post-translational Modifications Present in Centromeric Chromatin. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 15(3). 918–931. 42 indexed citations

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Keramisanou, Dimitra, et al.. (2014). CENP-A Arrays Are More Condensed than Canonical Arrays at Low Ionic Strength. Biophysical Journal. 106(4). 875–882. 13 indexed citations

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Panchenko, Tanya, Troy C. Sorensen, Christopher L. Woodcock, et al.. (2011). Replacement of histone H3 with CENP-A directs global nucleosome array condensation and loosening of nucleosome superhelical termini. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(40). 16588–16593. 83 indexed citations

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Kuich, P. Henning J. L., et al.. (2011). HJURP is a CENP-A chromatin assembly factor sufficient to form a functional de novo kinetochore. The Journal of Cell Biology. 194(2). 229–243. 258 indexed citations

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Foltz, Daniel R., Lars E.T. Jansen, Ben E. Black, et al.. (2006). The human CENP-A centromeric nucleosome-associated complex. Nature Cell Biology. 8(5). 458–469. 566 indexed citations breakdown →

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