Ben Rollo

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 675 citations indexed

About

Ben Rollo is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Rollo has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 675 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ben Rollo's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (8 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (4 papers). Ben Rollo is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (8 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (4 papers). Ben Rollo collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and China. Ben Rollo's co-authors include Donald F. Newgreen, Dongcheng Zhang, Nhi T. Tran, Bradyn J. Parker, Anjali Bhat, Brett J. Kagan, Karl Friston, Adeel Razi, Forough Habibollahi and Moein Khajehnejad and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Ben Rollo

24 papers receiving 654 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.

  1. In vitro neurons learn and exhibit sentience when embodied in a simulated game-world
    2022 181 citations Brett J. Kagan, Nhi T. Tran et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ben Rollo Australia 14 252 159 151 126 83 27 675
Wei Yao China 19 174 0.7× 122 0.8× 102 0.7× 137 1.1× 31 0.4× 69 969
Bruno Henrique Silva Araújo Brazil 19 322 1.3× 179 1.1× 87 0.6× 118 0.9× 151 1.8× 33 873
Qiang Yue China 17 180 0.7× 92 0.6× 70 0.5× 105 0.8× 32 0.4× 71 860
Roy M. Smeal United States 12 121 0.5× 387 2.4× 66 0.4× 176 1.4× 17 0.2× 13 740
Ian Fyfe United States 12 316 1.3× 137 0.9× 105 0.7× 30 0.2× 42 0.5× 149 827
Shirong Wang United States 15 506 2.0× 287 1.8× 103 0.7× 102 0.8× 33 0.4× 45 1.1k
M. Bücheler Germany 11 181 0.7× 153 1.0× 145 1.0× 127 1.0× 21 0.3× 29 792
Zhaomin Fan China 17 318 1.3× 108 0.7× 63 0.4× 154 1.2× 12 0.1× 103 1.0k
Omar H. Butt United States 17 290 1.2× 97 0.6× 41 0.3× 449 3.6× 31 0.4× 51 1.1k
Atsushi Miki Japan 19 289 1.1× 45 0.3× 139 0.9× 398 3.2× 19 0.2× 82 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ben Rollo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Rollo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Rollo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ben Rollo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ben Rollo 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 Ben Rollo. Ben Rollo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Meli, Massimiliano, Kristy Swiderski, Ben Rollo, et al.. (2025). Ngn2-Induced Differentiation of the NG108-15 Cell Line Enhances Motor Neuronal Differentiation and Neuromuscular Junction Formation. Biomolecules. 15(5). 637–637.
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Ang, Ching‐Seng, N. Davidson, Anita Quigley, et al.. (2024). Novel CDKL5 targets identified in human iPSC-derived neurons. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 81(1). 347–347. 1 indexed citations
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Rollo, Ben, Silvia Velasco, Jin‐Kuk Kim, et al.. (2024). TRAPPopathies: Severe Multisystem Disorders Caused by Variants in Genes of the Transport Protein Particle (TRAPP) Complexes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(24). 13329–13329. 2 indexed citations
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Rollo, Ben, Géza Berecki, Steven Petrou, et al.. (2023). Generation of a stably transfected mouse embryonic stem cell line for inducible differentiation to excitatory neurons. Experimental Cell Research. 435(1). 113902–113902. 3 indexed citations
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Hatch, Robert J., Géza Berecki, Nikola Jancovski, et al.. (2023). Carbogen-Induced Respiratory Acidosis Blocks Experimental Seizures by a Direct and Specific Inhibition of NaV1.2 Channels in the Axon Initial Segment of Pyramidal Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 43(10). 1658–1667.
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Rollo, Ben, Sean Byars, Géza Berecki, et al.. (2023). Distinctivein vitrophenotypes in iPSC-derived neurons from patients with gain- and loss-of-functionSCN2Adevelopmental and epileptic encephalopathy. Journal of Neuroscience. 44(8). JN–RM. 6 indexed citations
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Zhao, Chunfang, Ben Rollo, Wen He, et al.. (2023). An integrated in vitro human iPSCs-derived neuron and in vivo animal approach for preclinical screening of anti-seizure compounds. Journal of Advanced Research. 64. 249–262. 13 indexed citations
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Rollo, Ben, et al.. (2022). Targeting the AAVS1 Site by CRISPR/Cas9 with an Inducible Transgene Cassette for the Neuronal Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Methods in molecular biology. 2495. 99–114. 4 indexed citations
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Zamani, Akram, Adam K. Walker, Ben Rollo, et al.. (2022). Impaired glymphatic function in the early stages of disease in a TDP-43 mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Translational Neurodegeneration. 11(1). 17–17. 40 indexed citations
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Kagan, Brett J., Nhi T. Tran, Forough Habibollahi, et al.. (2022). In vitro neurons learn and exhibit sentience when embodied in a simulated game-world. Neuron. 110(23). 3952–3969.e8. 181 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zamani, Akram, Adam K. Walker, Ben Rollo, et al.. (2022). Early and progressive dysfunction revealed by in vivo neurite imaging in the rNLS8 TDP-43 mouse model of ALS. NeuroImage Clinical. 34. 103016–103016. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhibin, Ben Rollo, Ana Antonic‐Baker, et al.. (2020). New era of personalised epilepsy management. BMJ. 371. m3658–m3658. 24 indexed citations
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Reid, Christopher A., Ben Rollo, Steven Petrou, & Samuel F. Berkovic. (2018). Can mutation‐mediated effects occurring early in development cause long‐term seizure susceptibility in genetic generalized epilepsies?. Epilepsia. 59(5). 915–922. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Dongcheng, Ben Rollo, Nándor Nagy, Lincon A. Stamp, & Donald F. Newgreen. (2018). The enteric neural crest progressively loses capacity to form enteric nervous system. Developmental Biology. 446(1). 34–42. 6 indexed citations
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Gazina, Elena V., Anna Michalska, Joseph Chen, et al.. (2017). Method of derivation and differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells generating synchronous neuronal networks. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 293. 53–58. 9 indexed citations
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Rollo, Ben, Dongcheng Zhang, Lincon A. Stamp, et al.. (2015). Enteric Neural Cells From Hirschsprung Disease Patients Form Ganglia in Autologous Aneuronal Colon. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2(1). 92–109. 37 indexed citations
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Rollo, Ben, et al.. (2013). Non-linear elasticity of core/shell spun PGS/PLLA fibres and their effect on cell proliferation. Biomaterials. 34(27). 6306–6317. 47 indexed citations
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Sümer, Hüseyin, Karen L. Jones, Junping Liu, et al.. (2009). Transcriptional Changes in Somatic Cells Recovered From Embryonic Stem–Somatic Heterokaryons. Stem Cells and Development. 18(9). 1361–1368. 15 indexed citations

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