Benjamin J. Matthews

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

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Benjamin J. Matthews is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin J. Matthews has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Benjamin J. Matthews's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (19 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (11 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (7 papers). Benjamin J. Matthews is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (19 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (11 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (7 papers). Benjamin J. Matthews collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Benjamin J. Matthews's co-authors include Leslie B. Vosshall, Wesley B. Grueber, Kathryn E. Kistler, Scott A. Ritchie, Conor J. McMeniman, Román A. Corfas, Daisuke Hattori, S Lawrence Zipursky, James C. Clemens and John J. Flanagan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin J. Matthews

30 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Multimodal Integration of Carbon Dioxide and Other Sensory Cues Drives Mosquito Attraction to Humans

2014 332 citations Conor J. McMeniman, Román A. Corfas et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin J. Matthews United States	16	1.0k	710	683	524	425	32	2.1k
Dean A. Baker United Kingdom	13	548 0.5×	1.0k 1.5×	579 0.8×	359 0.7×	329 0.8×	14	2.0k
Rafael Cantera Sweden	28	1.2k 1.2×	889 1.3×	563 0.8×	366 0.7×	318 0.7×	63	2.4k
Maki N. Inoue Japan	20	335 0.3×	436 0.6×	538 0.8×	396 0.8×	351 0.8×	87	1.7k
Carlos Ribeiro Portugal	29	1.6k 1.5×	1.2k 1.7×	1.2k 1.7×	865 1.7×	141 0.3×	49	3.8k
Ilona C Grunwald Kadow Germany	21	1.6k 1.6×	395 0.6×	635 0.9×	656 1.3×	47 0.1×	40	2.2k
Élio Sucena Portugal	17	311 0.3×	401 0.6×	513 0.8×	447 0.9×	110 0.3×	39	1.4k
Adam Claridge‐Chang Singapore	18	1.3k 1.2×	363 0.5×	280 0.4×	535 1.0×	57 0.1×	36	1.9k
Joe W. Crim United States	30	1.6k 1.6×	687 1.0×	851 1.2×	680 1.3×	193 0.5×	66	2.6k
Bruce R. Southey United States	29	569 0.5×	715 1.0×	347 0.5×	1.1k 2.1×	48 0.1×	104	2.7k
John Ewer United States	28	2.0k 1.9×	664 0.9×	349 0.5×	804 1.5×	50 0.1×	55	2.7k

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Dowle, Eddy, et al.. (2025). Dehydration does not drive host behavioural manipulation by hairworms. PLoS ONE. 20(9). e0332641–e0332641.

Morita, Takeshi, Olivia V. Goldman, Trevor R. Sorrells, et al.. (2025). Cross-modal sensory compensation increases mosquito attraction to humans. Science Advances. 11(1). eadn5758–eadn5758. 7 indexed citations

Matthews, Benjamin J., et al.. (2024). Turning up the heat: infrared sensing during mosquito host-seeking. Trends in Parasitology. 40(11). 954–955. 1 indexed citations

Saber, Saber H., Benjamin J. Matthews, Rachel S. Gormal, et al.. (2024). The DDHD2-STXBP1 interaction mediates long-term memory via generation of saturated free fatty acids. The EMBO Journal. 43(4). 533–567. 15 indexed citations

Matthews, Benjamin J., et al.. (2023). Evaluating Egg-Laying Preference of IndividualAedes aegyptiMosquitoes. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2024(7). pdb.prot108341–pdb.prot108341. 1 indexed citations

Matthews, Benjamin J., et al.. (2023). Design and Validation of Guide RNAs for CRISPR–Cas9 Genome Editing in Mosquitoes. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2024(9). pdb.top107688–pdb.top107688. 1 indexed citations

Matthews, Benjamin J., et al.. (2023). Automated Egg-Counting Approaches forAedes aegyptiOviposition Experiments. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2024(7). pdb.prot108342–pdb.prot108342. 1 indexed citations

Matthews, Benjamin J., et al.. (2023). Validating Single-Guide RNA forAedes aegyptiGene Editing. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2024(9). pdb.prot108340–pdb.prot108340. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Zhilei, Alexis L. Kriete, Meg A. Younger, et al.. (2022). Mosquito brains encode unique features of human odour to drive host seeking. Nature. 605(7911). 706–712. 71 indexed citations

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Matthews, Benjamin J., et al.. (2022). Molecular evidence of intertidal habitats selecting for repeated ice-binding protein evolution in invertebrates. Journal of Experimental Biology. 225(Suppl_1). 9 indexed citations

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Matthews, Benjamin J., et al.. (2022). Host Manipulation, Gene Editing, and Non-Traditional Model Organisms: A New Frontier for Behavioral Research?. Frontiers in Insect Science. 2. 938644–938644. 2 indexed citations

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Matthews, Benjamin J., et al.. (2021). Seeing smell: the structural underpinnings of insect olfaction. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 47(4). 284–286. 2 indexed citations

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Matthews, Benjamin J. & Leslie B. Vosshall. (2020). How to turn an organism into a model organism in 10 ‘easy’ steps. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223(Suppl_1). 79 indexed citations

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Peach, Daniel A.H. & Benjamin J. Matthews. (2020). Modeling the Putative Ancient Distribution of Aedes togoi (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Insect Science. 20(3). 5 indexed citations

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Aguiar, Eric Roberto Guimarães Rocha, João Paulo P. de Almeida, Liliane Santana Oliveira, et al.. (2020). A single unidirectional piRNA cluster similar to the flamenco locus is the major source of EVE-derived transcription and small RNAs in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. RNA. 26(5). 581–594. 23 indexed citations

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Matthews, Benjamin J., Meg A. Younger, & Leslie B. Vosshall. (2019). The ion channel ppk301 controls freshwater egg-laying in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. eLife. 8. 70 indexed citations

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Trible, Waring, Leonora Olivos-Cisneros, Sean K. McKenzie, et al.. (2017). orco Mutagenesis Causes Loss of Antennal Lobe Glomeruli and Impaired Social Behavior in Ants. Cell. 170(4). 727–735.e10. 188 indexed citations

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McMeniman, Conor J., Román A. Corfas, Benjamin J. Matthews, Scott A. Ritchie, & Leslie B. Vosshall. (2014). Multimodal Integration of Carbon Dioxide and Other Sensory Cues Drives Mosquito Attraction to Humans. Cell. 156(5). 1060–1071. 332 indexed citations breakdown →

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Matthews, Benjamin J. & Wesley B. Grueber. (2011). Dscam1-Mediated Self-Avoidance Counters Netrin-Dependent Targeting of Dendrites in Drosophila. Current Biology. 21(17). 1480–1487. 22 indexed citations

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Watson, Karli, Benjamin J. Matthews, & John M. Allman. (2006). Brain Activation during Sight Gags and Language-Dependent Humor. Cerebral Cortex. 17(2). 314–324. 113 indexed citations

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