Ben Emery

10.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
53 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Ben Emery is a scholar working on Developmental Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Emery has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Developmental Neuroscience, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ben Emery's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (33 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (12 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (10 papers). Ben Emery is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (33 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (12 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (10 papers). Ben Emery collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. Ben Emery's co-authors include Ben A. Barres, Lynette C. Foo, Jennifer Zamanian, Karen S. Christopherson, Jane L. Lubischer, Paul A. Krieg, Wesley J. Thompson, Yi Xing, Amit Kaushal and Sergey A. Krupenko and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ben Emery

50 papers receiving 7.9k citations

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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.

A Transcriptome Database for Astrocytes, Neurons, and Oligodendrocytes: A New Resource for Understanding Brain Development and Function

2008 2.4k citations Ben Emery, Amit Kaushal et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Motor skill learning requires active central myelination

2014 818 citations Ian A. McKenzie, David Ohayon et al. profile →
Regulation of Oligodendrocyte Differentiation and Myelination

2010 508 citations Ben Emery profile →
Rapid production of new oligodendrocytes is required in the earliest stages of motor-skill learning

2016 349 citations Lin Xiao, David Ohayon et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ben Emery United States	32	3.7k	3.7k	2.2k	2.2k	1.4k	53	8.0k
Sandra Goebbels Germany	41	3.0k 0.8×	4.5k 1.2×	1.6k 0.7×	2.8k 1.3×	1.0k 0.7×	65	8.4k
Jonah R. Chan United States	49	4.0k 1.1×	2.9k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	3.2k 1.4×	701 0.5×	86	8.2k
Hirohide Takebayashi Japan	38	3.1k 0.8×	3.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	939 0.7×	115	6.3k
Stephen P.J. Fancy United States	31	3.3k 0.9×	2.3k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	871 0.6×	40	5.7k
Jacqueline Trotter Germany	48	2.5k 0.7×	3.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	2.4k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	85	7.1k
Q. Richard Lu United States	46	3.7k 1.0×	5.4k 1.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.8k 0.8×	2.0k 1.4×	145	9.0k
Lynette C. Foo United States	16	1.9k 0.5×	3.0k 0.8×	3.2k 1.4×	2.3k 1.0×	784 0.6×	26	7.0k
Arthur M. Butt United Kingdom	49	2.7k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	2.7k 1.2×	3.0k 1.4×	519 0.4×	148	7.3k
Leda Dimou Germany	35	2.5k 0.7×	2.0k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	687 0.5×	50	5.1k
Gonçalo Castelo‐Branco Sweden	35	1.5k 0.4×	4.4k 1.2×	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	912 0.7×	52	6.8k

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Muñoz, Antonio de Arriba, Ryan A. Doan, Adam M. Coombs, et al.. (2025). TMEM63A, associated with hypomyelinating leukodystrophies, is an evolutionarily conserved regulator of myelination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(30). e2507354122–e2507354122.

Emery, Ben, et al.. (2025). Astrocyte gap junctions and Kir channels contribute to K+ buffering and regulate neuronal excitability. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 19. 1571218–1571218.

Bahena-López, Jessica Paola, Alina Smorodchenko, Xiao‐Tong Su, et al.. (2025). Distinct cell types along thick ascending limb express pathways for monovalent and divalent cation transport. JCI Insight. 10(13).

Duncan, Greg J., Christian Cordano, Ahmed Abdelhak, et al.. (2024). Remyelination protects neurons from DLK-mediated neurodegeneration. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9148–9148. 14 indexed citations

Cullen, Carlie L., Kimberley A. Pitman, Viola Oorschot, et al.. (2021). Periaxonal and nodal plasticities modulate action potential conduction in the adult mouse brain. Cell Reports. 34(3). 108641–108641. 57 indexed citations

Duncan, Greg J., Tyrell Simkins, & Ben Emery. (2021). Neuron-Oligodendrocyte Interactions in the Structure and Integrity of Axons. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 653101–653101. 78 indexed citations

Ferrara, Skylar J., Priya Chaudhary, Gail Marracci, et al.. (2021). TREM2 is thyroid hormone regulated making the TREM2 pathway druggable with ligands for thyroid hormone receptor. Cell chemical biology. 29(2). 239–248.e4. 26 indexed citations

Wang, Wenxian, Hyeyoung Cho, Sung Min Yoon, et al.. (2020). PRC2 Acts as a Critical Timer That Drives Oligodendrocyte Fate over Astrocyte Identity by Repressing the Notch Pathway. Cell Reports. 32(11). 108147–108147. 26 indexed citations

Mitew, Stanislaw, Ilan Gobius, Laura R. Fenlon, et al.. (2018). Pharmacogenetic stimulation of neuronal activity increases myelination in an axon-specific manner. Nature Communications. 9(1). 238 indexed citations

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Duncan, Greg J., Jason R. Plemel, Peggy Assinck, et al.. (2017). Myelin regulatory factor drives remyelination in multiple sclerosis. Acta Neuropathologica. 134(3). 403–422. 88 indexed citations

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Xiao, Lin, David Ohayon, Ian A. McKenzie, et al.. (2016). Rapid production of new oligodendrocytes is required in the earliest stages of motor-skill learning. Nature Neuroscience. 19(9). 1210–1217. 349 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thiem, Stefan, Tanja Kuhlmann, Raimund Wagener, et al.. (2014). Axonally derived matrilin-2 induces proinflammatory responses that exacerbate autoimmune neuroinflammation. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 124(11). 5042–5056. 31 indexed citations

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Bujalka, Helena, Matthias Koenning, Stacey Jackson, et al.. (2013). MYRF Is a Membrane-Associated Transcription Factor That Autoproteolytically Cleaves to Directly Activate Myelin Genes. PLoS Biology. 11(8). e1001625–e1001625. 191 indexed citations

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Gresle, Melissa, Qizhu Wu, Gary F. Egan, et al.. (2012). Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Protects Axons in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis via an Oligodendrocyte-Independent Mechanism. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e47379–e47379. 23 indexed citations

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Koenning, Matthias, Stacey Jackson, Curtis M. Hay, et al.. (2012). Myelin Gene Regulatory Factor Is Required for Maintenance of Myelin and Mature Oligodendrocyte Identity in the Adult CNS. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(36). 12528–12542. 162 indexed citations

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Dugas, Jason C., Trinna Cuellar, Brandon Ason, et al.. (2010). Dicer1 and miR-219 Are Required for Normal Oligodendrocyte Differentiation and Myelination. Neuron. 65(5). 597–611. 453 indexed citations

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Emery, Ben, Dritan Agalliu, Trent A. Watkins, et al.. (2009). Myelin Gene Regulatory Factor Is a Critical Transcriptional Regulator Required for CNS Myelination. Cell. 138(1). 172–185. 397 indexed citations

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Watkins, Trent A., Ben Emery, Sara B. Mulinyawe, & Ben A. Barres. (2008). Distinct Stages of Myelination Regulated by γ-Secretase and Astrocytes in a Rapidly Myelinating CNS Coculture System. Neuron. 60(4). 555–569. 256 indexed citations

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Emery, Ben, Amit Kaushal, Lynette C. Foo, et al.. (2008). A Transcriptome Database for Astrocytes, Neurons, and Oligodendrocytes: A New Resource for Understanding Brain Development and Function. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(1). 264–278. 2382 indexed citations breakdown →

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Anderson, Richard B., et al.. (2001). Localization of the netrin guidance receptor, DCC, in the developing peripheral and enteric nervous systems. Mechanisms of Development. 103(1-2). 173–175. 23 indexed citations

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