Benjamin Emert

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Emert is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Emert has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Biophysics and 2 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Emert's work include Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (5 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (5 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers). Benjamin Emert is often cited by papers focused on Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (5 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (5 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers). Benjamin Emert collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Benjamin Emert's co-authors include Arjun Raj, Eduardo A. Torre, Sydney M. Shaffer, Abhyudai Singh, Margaret C. Dunagin, Meenhard Herlyn, Min Xiao, Stefan Torborg, Patricia Brafford and Ioannis N. Anastopoulos and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Emert

19 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Rare cell variability and drug-induced reprogramming as a... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 250 500 750
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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. Rare cell variability and drug-induced reprogramming as a mode of cancer drug resistance
    2017 756 citations Sydney M. Shaffer, Margaret C. Dunagin et al. Nature 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 Emert United States 14 1.3k 293 290 155 154 19 1.6k
Sarah E. Pierce United States 13 1.7k 1.3× 277 0.9× 286 1.0× 176 1.1× 84 0.5× 20 2.1k
Erwin M. Schoof Denmark 23 1.2k 1.0× 182 0.6× 157 0.5× 136 0.9× 45 0.3× 63 1.7k
Tobias Schmidt Germany 14 1.5k 1.2× 167 0.6× 187 0.6× 143 0.9× 41 0.3× 18 2.0k
Ragunath Singaravelu Canada 21 668 0.5× 425 1.5× 68 0.2× 212 1.4× 165 1.1× 33 1.2k
Milana Frenkel‐Morgenstern Israel 22 1.2k 1.0× 303 1.0× 165 0.6× 95 0.6× 97 0.6× 55 1.8k
Tong Ying Shun United States 21 686 0.5× 106 0.4× 223 0.8× 102 0.7× 99 0.6× 35 1.4k
David P. Nusinow United States 11 1.9k 1.5× 237 0.8× 305 1.1× 214 1.4× 30 0.2× 12 2.6k
Emma Shanks United Kingdom 17 778 0.6× 142 0.5× 125 0.4× 78 0.5× 72 0.5× 23 1.3k
Jana Zecha Germany 13 1.1k 0.8× 152 0.5× 163 0.6× 126 0.8× 24 0.2× 16 1.5k
Anand K. Ganesan United States 24 746 0.6× 94 0.3× 211 0.7× 254 1.6× 80 0.5× 50 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Benjamin Emert

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Emert

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Levine, Matthew E., et al.. (2025). Contextual computation by competitive protein dimerization networks. Cell. 188(7). 1984–2002.e17. 4 indexed citations
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Bhat, Prashant, Amy Chow, Benjamin Emert, et al.. (2024). Genome organization around nuclear speckles drives mRNA splicing efficiency. Nature. 629(8014). 1165–1173. 51 indexed citations
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Jain, Naveen, Yogesh Goyal, Margaret C. Dunagin, et al.. (2024). Retrospective identification of cell-intrinsic factors that mark pluripotency potential in rare somatic cells. Cell Systems. 15(2). 109–133.e10. 13 indexed citations
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Harmange, Guillaume, Benjamin Emert, Laura C. Kim, et al.. (2023). Disrupting cellular memory to overcome drug resistance. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7130–7130. 26 indexed citations
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Dardani, Ian, Benjamin Emert, Yogesh Goyal, et al.. (2022). ClampFISH 2.0 enables rapid, scalable amplified RNA detection in situ. Nature Methods. 19(11). 1403–1410. 23 indexed citations
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Jiang, Connie, Yogesh Goyal, Naveen Jain, et al.. (2022). Cell type determination for cardiac differentiation occurs soon after seeding of human-induced pluripotent stem cells. Genome biology. 23(1). 90–90. 11 indexed citations
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Emert, Benjamin, Jonathan I. Lake, Courtney E. Comar, et al.. (2022). Subcellular Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Human Tissue Reveals Distinct Localization in Alveolar Type 2 Pneumocytes and Alveolar Macrophages. mBio. 13(1). e0375121–e0375121. 14 indexed citations
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Torre, Eduardo A., Eri Arai, Connie Jiang, et al.. (2021). Genetic screening for single-cell variability modulators driving therapy resistance. Nature Genetics. 53(1). 76–85. 36 indexed citations
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Emert, Benjamin, Christopher Coté, Eduardo A. Torre, et al.. (2021). Variability within rare cell states enables multiple paths toward drug resistance. Nature Biotechnology. 39(7). 865–876. 81 indexed citations
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Shaffer, Sydney M., Benjamin Emert, Christopher Coté, et al.. (2020). Memory Sequencing Reveals Heritable Single-Cell Gene Expression Programs Associated with Distinct Cellular Behaviors. Cell. 182(4). 947–959.e17. 124 indexed citations
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Sanford, Eric M., Benjamin Emert, Abhyudai Singh, et al.. (2020). Gene Networks with Transcriptional Bursting Recapitulate Rare Transient Coordinated High Expression States in Cancer. Cell Systems. 10(4). 363–378.e12. 45 indexed citations
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Sanford, Eric M., Benjamin Emert, Allison Coté, & Arjun Raj. (2020). Gene regulation gravitates toward either addition or multiplication when combining the effects of two signals. eLife. 9. 18 indexed citations
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Rouhanifard, Sara H., Ian A. Mellis, Margaret C. Dunagin, et al.. (2019). Correction: Amendments: Author Correction: ClampFISH detects individual nucleic acid molecules using click chemistry–based amplification. Nature Biotechnology. 37(1). 102–102. 16 indexed citations
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Rouhanifard, Sara H., Ian A. Mellis, Margaret C. Dunagin, et al.. (2018). ClampFISH detects individual nucleic acid molecules using click chemistry–based amplification. Nature Biotechnology. 37(1). 84–89. 106 indexed citations
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Shaffer, Sydney M., Margaret C. Dunagin, Stefan Torborg, et al.. (2017). Rare cell variability and drug-induced reprogramming as a mode of cancer drug resistance. Nature. 546(7658). 431–435. 756 indexed citations breakdown →
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Org, Elin, Brian W. Parks, Jong Wha J. Joo, et al.. (2015). Genetic and environmental control of host-gut microbiota interactions. Genome Research. 25(10). 1558–1569. 245 indexed citations
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Lusis, Aldons J., Benjamin Emert, Jong Wha J. Joo, et al.. (2015). Microbiome/Metabolic Syndrome/Diabetes and CVD. The FASEB Journal. 29(S1). 1 indexed citations
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Emert, Benjamin, et al.. (2014). HDL inhibits the effects of oxidized phospholipids on endothelial cell gene expression via multiple mechanisms. Journal of Lipid Research. 55(8). 1678–1692. 7 indexed citations
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Springstead, James R., Sangderk Lee, Rongsong Li, et al.. (2013). An Epoxyisoprostane Is a Major Regulator of Endothelial Cell Function. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 56(21). 8521–8532. 14 indexed citations

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