Benjamin D. Simons

30.9k total citations · 12 hit papers
241 papers, 20.4k citations indexed

About

Benjamin D. Simons is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin D. Simons has authored 241 papers receiving a total of 20.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Molecular Biology, 73 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 42 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Benjamin D. Simons's work include Cancer Cells and Metastasis (40 papers), Quantum chaos and dynamical systems (35 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (34 papers). Benjamin D. Simons is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Cells and Metastasis (40 papers), Quantum chaos and dynamical systems (35 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (34 papers). Benjamin D. Simons collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Benjamin D. Simons's co-authors include Allon M. Klein, Alexander Altland, Hans Clevers, Cédric Blanpain, Philip H. Jones, B. L. Altshuler, Douglas J. Winton, Jacco van Rheenen, David P. Doupé and Hugo J.G. Snippert and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin D. Simons

233 papers receiving 20.1k citations

Hit Papers

Intestinal Crypt Homeostasis Results from Neutral Competi... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2010 2010 2013 2007 2012 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Intestinal Crypt Homeostasis Results from Neutral Competition between Symmetrically Dividing Lgr5 Stem Cells
    2010 1.4k citations Johan H. van Es, Jacco van Rheenen et al. profile →
  2. Condensed Matter Field Theory
    2010 909 citations Benjamin D. Simons et al. profile →
  3. Distinct fibroblast lineages determine dermal architecture in skin development and repair
    2013 894 citations Benjamin D. Simons et al. Nature profile →
  4. A single type of progenitor cell maintains normal epidermis
    2007 649 citations Benjamin D. Simons et al. Nature profile →
  5. Defining the mode of tumour growth by clonal analysis
    2012 547 citations Benjamin D. Simons, Cédric Blanpain et al. Nature profile →
  6. A single-cell molecular map of mouse gastrulation and early organogenesis
    2019 546 citations Tom W. Hiscock, Wolf Reik et al. Nature profile →
  7. Long-term, hormone-responsive organoid cultures of human endometrium in a chemically defined medium
    2017 520 citations Benjamin D. Simons et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
  8. Distinct contribution of stem and progenitor cells to epidermal maintenance
    2012 427 citations Benjamin D. Simons, Cédric Blanpain et al. Nature profile →
  9. Defining stem cell dynamics and migration during wound healing in mouse skin epidermis
    2017 286 citations Steffen Rulands, Benjamin D. Simons et al. profile →
  10. Transformation of spin information into large electrical signals using carbon nanotubes
    2007 272 citations Benjamin D. Simons, P. B. Littlewood et al. Nature profile →
  11. Integration of spatial and single-cell transcriptomic data elucidates mouse organogenesis
    2021 169 citations Benjamin D. Simons, Berthold Göttgens et al. profile →
  12. Cancers make their own luck: theories of cancer origins
    2023 117 citations Benjamin D. Simons et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamin D. Simons United Kingdom 74 8.7k 3.9k 3.8k 2.8k 2.0k 241 20.4k
Herbert Levine United States 84 7.5k 0.9× 4.2k 1.1× 1.6k 0.4× 3.6k 1.3× 2.4k 1.2× 461 24.0k
Eytan Domany Israel 68 8.2k 0.9× 1.9k 0.5× 1.8k 0.5× 773 0.3× 2.2k 1.1× 275 17.0k
Denis Wirtz United States 80 8.8k 1.0× 2.3k 0.6× 2.3k 0.6× 9.5k 3.4× 1.6k 0.8× 258 22.5k
Stephen R. Quake United States 115 18.7k 2.2× 2.8k 0.7× 1.9k 0.5× 1.0k 0.4× 4.6k 2.3× 354 50.5k
Akira Shimizu Japan 74 5.6k 0.6× 1.5k 0.4× 1.8k 0.5× 749 0.3× 679 0.3× 887 21.9k
Ronald D. Vale United States 97 23.0k 2.7× 2.5k 0.6× 1.2k 0.3× 18.6k 6.7× 444 0.2× 216 35.3k
Sherwin J. Singer United States 80 14.3k 1.6× 1.1k 0.3× 3.5k 0.9× 6.3k 2.3× 487 0.2× 246 25.4k
Ernst H. K. Stelzer Germany 72 8.0k 0.9× 1.5k 0.4× 3.6k 0.9× 4.7k 1.7× 355 0.2× 288 22.3k
Petra Schwille Germany 85 20.9k 2.4× 495 0.1× 3.2k 0.8× 3.5k 1.3× 1.8k 0.9× 391 28.7k
Michael P. Sheetz United States 113 20.8k 2.4× 2.2k 0.6× 6.7k 1.8× 26.7k 9.6× 678 0.3× 367 45.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Simons, Benjamin D. & Omer Karin. (2025). Cell cycle criticality as a mechanism for robust cell population control. Molecular Systems Biology. 22(2). 241–258.
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Aztekin, Can, Tom W. Hiscock, J. B. Gurdon, et al.. (2021). Secreted inhibitors drive the loss of regeneration competence in Xenopus limbs. Development. 148(11). 18 indexed citations
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Denoth‐Lippuner, Annina, Baptiste N. Jaeger, Tong Liang, et al.. (2021). Visualization of individual cell division history in complex tissues using iCOUNT. Cell stem cell. 28(11). 2020–2034.e12. 17 indexed citations
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Corominas‐Murtra, Bernat, Colinda L. G. J. Scheele, Saskia I. J. Ellenbroek, et al.. (2020). Stem cell lineage survival as a noisy competition for niche access. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(29). 16969–16975. 25 indexed citations
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Krieger, Teresa G., Carla Moran, W. Edward Visser, et al.. (2019). Mutations in thyroid hormone receptor α1 cause premature neurogenesis and progenitor cell depletion in human cortical development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(45). 22754–22763. 25 indexed citations
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Aztekin, Can, Tom W. Hiscock, John C. Marioni, et al.. (2019). Identification of a regeneration-organizing cell in the Xenopus tail. Science. 364(6441). 653–658. 95 indexed citations
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Li, Ziwen, Marco Meloni, Richard S. Taylor, et al.. (2019). Single-cell transcriptome analyses reveal novel targets modulating cardiac neovascularization by resident endothelial cells following myocardial infarction. European Heart Journal. 40(30). 2507–2520. 151 indexed citations
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Prior, Nicole, Christopher J. Hindley, Fabian Rost, et al.. (2019). Lgr5+ stem and progenitor cells reside at the apex of a heterogeneous embryonic hepatoblast pool. Development. 146(12). 50 indexed citations
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Azzarelli, Roberta, Steffen Rulands, Sonia Nestorowa, et al.. (2018). Neurogenin3 phosphorylation controls reprogramming efficiency of pancreatic ductal organoids into endocrine cells. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 15374–15374. 18 indexed citations
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Başak, Onur, Teresa G. Krieger, Mauro J. Muraro, et al.. (2018). Troy+ brain stem cells cycle through quiescence and regulate their number by sensing niche occupancy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(4). E610–E619. 121 indexed citations
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Rulands, Steffen, Heather Lee, Stephen J. Clark, et al.. (2018). Genome-Scale Oscillations in DNA Methylation during Exit from Pluripotency. Cell Systems. 7(1). 63–76.e12. 54 indexed citations
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Lilja, Anna M., Verónica Rodilla, Mathilde Huyghe, et al.. (2018). Clonal analysis of Notch1-expressing cells reveals the existence of unipotent stem cells that retain long-term plasticity in the embryonic mammary gland. Nature Cell Biology. 20(6). 677–687. 99 indexed citations
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Scheele, Colinda L. G. J., Édouard Hannezo, Mauro J. Muraro, et al.. (2017). Identity and dynamics of mammary stem cells during branching morphogenesis. Nature. 542(7641). 313–317. 146 indexed citations
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Otani, Tomoki, Maria C. Marchetto, Fred H. Gage, Benjamin D. Simons, & Frederick J. Livesey. (2016). 2D and 3D Stem Cell Models of Primate Cortical Development Identify Species-Specific Differences in Progenitor Behavior Contributing to Brain Size. Cell stem cell. 18(4). 467–480. 229 indexed citations
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Chappell, Joel, Jennifer Harman, Vagheesh M. Narasimhan, et al.. (2016). Extensive Proliferation of a Subset of Differentiated, yet Plastic, Medial Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Contributes to Neointimal Formation in Mouse Injury and Atherosclerosis Models. Circulation Research. 119(12). 1313–1323. 293 indexed citations
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Blanpain, Cédric & Benjamin D. Simons. (2013). Unravelling stem cell dynamics by lineage tracing. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 14(8). 489–502. 192 indexed citations
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Zhang, Gen, Félix Carbonell, José A. Correa, et al.. (2010). Reconstruction of rat retinal progenitor cell lineages in vitro reveals a surprising degree of stochasticity in cell fate decisions. Development. 138(2). 227–235. 117 indexed citations
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Green, A. G., et al.. (2009). Inhomogeneous magnetic phases: a LOFF-like phase in Sr$_3$Ru$_2$O$_7$. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Cśanyi, Gábor, P. B. Littlewood, Andriy H. Nevidomskyy, Christopher Pickard, & Benjamin D. Simons. (2005). Electronic Structure of the Superconducting Graphite Intercalates. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations

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