Benjamin Freedman

9.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
102 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Freedman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Freedman has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 33 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 26 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Freedman's work include Renal and related cancers (36 papers), Ethics in medical practice (22 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (16 papers). Benjamin Freedman is often cited by papers focused on Renal and related cancers (36 papers), Ethics in medical practice (22 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (16 papers). Benjamin Freedman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Benjamin Freedman's co-authors include Joseph V. Bonventre, Albert Q. Lam, M. Todd Valerius, Ryuji Morizane, Charles Weijer, Seiji Kishi, Nelly M. Cruz, Hongxia Fu, Paul H. Lerou and Kathleen Cranley Glass and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Freedman

97 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

Equipoise and the Ethics of Clinical Research 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 2015 2015 2018 400 800 1.2k
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. Equipoise and the Ethics of Clinical Research
    1987 1.4k citations Benjamin Freedman profile →
  2. Nephron organoids derived from human pluripotent stem cells model kidney development and injury
    2015 646 citations Benjamin Freedman et al. profile →
  3. Modelling kidney disease with CRISPR-mutant kidney organoids derived from human pluripotent epiblast spheroids
    2015 567 citations Benjamin Freedman, Craig R. Brooks et al. profile →
  4. High-Throughput Screening Enhances Kidney Organoid Differentiation from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells and Enables Automated Multidimensional Phenotyping
    2018 329 citations Stefan Czerniecki, Nelly M. Cruz et al. Cell stem cell profile →

Peers

Benjamin Freedman
Jonathan Sussman United States
Joanne F. Aitken Australia
Rebecca Jackson United States
Kristen Wroblewski United States
Christobel Saunders Australia
Catey Bunce United Kingdom
Allison M. Deal United States
Richard T. Penson United States
Barbara A. Goff United States
Diane C. Bodurka United States
Jonathan Sussman United States
Benjamin Freedman
Citations per year, relative to Benjamin Freedman Benjamin Freedman (= 1×) peers Jonathan Sussman

Countries citing papers authored by Benjamin Freedman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Benjamin Freedman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Freedman

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Han, Qinghua, Kevin W. Bishop, Yuli Wang, et al.. (2025). Imaging 3D cell cultures with optical microscopy. Nature Methods. 22(6). 1167–1190. 4 indexed citations
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Juliar, Benjamin A., Ian B. Stanaway, Hongxia Fu, et al.. (2024). Interferon-γ induces combined pyroptotic angiopathy and APOL1 expression in human kidney disease. Cell Reports. 43(6). 114310–114310. 12 indexed citations
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Taguchi, Kensei, Bertha C. Elias, Benjamin Freedman, et al.. (2022). Cyclin G1 induces maladaptive proximal tubule cell dedifferentiation and renal fibrosis through CDK5 activation. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 132(23). 30 indexed citations
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Liu, Esther, Byung Ha Chung, Dan Yi, et al.. (2020). Profiling APOL1 Nephropathy Risk Variants in Genome-Edited Kidney Organoids with Single-Cell Transcriptomics. Kidney360. 1(3). 203–215. 25 indexed citations
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Kaverina, Natalya, Diana G. Eng, Benjamin Freedman, et al.. (2019). Dual lineage tracing shows that glomerular parietal epithelial cells can transdifferentiate toward the adult podocyte fate. Kidney International. 96(3). 597–611. 47 indexed citations
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Cruz, Nelly M. & Benjamin Freedman. (2019). Differentiation of human kidney organoids from pluripotent stem cells. Methods in cell biology. 153. 133–150. 13 indexed citations
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Nam, Sun Ah, Eunjeong Seo, Jin Won Kim, et al.. (2019). Graft immaturity and safety concerns in transplanted human kidney organoids. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 51(11). 1–13. 67 indexed citations
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Harder, Jennifer L., Rajasree Menon, Edgar A. Otto, et al.. (2019). Organoid single cell profiling identifies a transcriptional signature of glomerular disease. JCI Insight. 4(1). 57 indexed citations
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Czerniecki, Stefan, Nelly M. Cruz, Jennifer L. Harder, et al.. (2018). High-Throughput Screening Enhances Kidney Organoid Differentiation from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells and Enables Automated Multidimensional Phenotyping. Cell stem cell. 22(6). 929–940.e4. 329 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cruz, Nelly M. & Benjamin Freedman. (2018). CRISPR Gene Editing in the Kidney. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 71(6). 874–883. 50 indexed citations
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Jing, Peifeng, et al.. (2018). Optical tweezers system for live stem cell organization at the single-cell level. Biomedical Optics Express. 9(2). 771–771. 37 indexed citations
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Xiao, Botao, Benjamin Freedman, Kelly E. Miller, Rebecca Heald, & John F. Marko. (2012). Histone H1 compacts DNA under force and during chromatin assembly. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23(24). 4864–4871. 35 indexed citations
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Freedman, Benjamin, Kelly E. Miller, & Rebecca Heald. (2010). Xenopus Egg Extracts Increase Dynamics of Histone H1 on Sperm Chromatin. PLoS ONE. 5(9). e13111–e13111. 7 indexed citations
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Freedman, Benjamin & Rebecca Heald. (2010). Functional Comparison of H1 Histones in Xenopus Reveals Isoform-Specific Regulation by Cdk1 and RanGTP. Current Biology. 20(11). 1048–1052. 19 indexed citations
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Glass, Kathleen Cranley, Charles Weijer, Denis Cournoyer, et al.. (1999). Structuring the Review of Human Genetics Protocols. Likarska sprava. 100–4. 2 indexed citations
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Freedman, Benjamin. (1996). Respectful service and reverent obedience. The Hastings Center Report. 26(4). 1 indexed citations
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Freedman, Benjamin, et al.. (1993). Case notes and charting of bioethical case consultations. HEC Forum. 5(3). 176–195. 4 indexed citations
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Freedman, Benjamin. (1993). Offering truth. One ethical approach to the uninformed cancer patient. Archives of Internal Medicine. 153(5). 572–576. 86 indexed citations
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Freedman, Benjamin. (1990). The Titration of Death: A New Sin. The Journal of Clinical Ethics. 1(4). 275–277.
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Taylor, Patrick J., et al.. (1987). The fate of women requesting reversal of tubal sterilization. Fertility and Sterility. 47(5). 876–878. 1 indexed citations

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