Benjamin L. Oakes

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Benjamin L. Oakes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin L. Oakes has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Benjamin L. Oakes's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers) and Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (5 papers). Benjamin L. Oakes is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers) and Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (5 papers). Benjamin L. Oakes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Benjamin L. Oakes's co-authors include Jennifer A. Doudna, Alexandra East-Seletsky, Mitchell R. O’Connell, Samuel H. Sternberg, Matias Kaplan, David F. Savage, Christof Fellmann, Brett T. Staahl, Marcus B. Noyes and Dana C. Nadler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin L. Oakes

19 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Programmable RNA recognition and cleavage by CRISPR/Cas9 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2019 100 200 300 400 500
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. Programmable RNA recognition and cleavage by CRISPR/Cas9
    2014 500 citations Mitchell R. O’Connell, Benjamin L. Oakes et al. Nature profile →
  2. CasX enzymes comprise a distinct family of RNA-guided genome editors
    2019 316 citations Junjie Liu, N. S. Orlova 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 L. Oakes United States 15 1.7k 313 197 163 94 19 1.8k
Alexandra East Singapore 4 1.7k 1.0× 385 1.2× 166 0.8× 190 1.2× 111 1.2× 4 1.8k
Russell T. Walton United States 7 1.5k 0.9× 298 1.0× 218 1.1× 161 1.0× 161 1.7× 8 1.5k
Matias Kaplan United States 6 1.9k 1.1× 298 1.0× 186 0.9× 214 1.3× 171 1.8× 7 2.0k
Andrew P. May United States 17 1.5k 0.9× 347 1.1× 109 0.6× 78 0.5× 80 0.9× 23 1.7k
Jiyeon Kweon South Korea 17 2.0k 1.2× 500 1.6× 314 1.6× 262 1.6× 112 1.2× 27 2.2k
Eunji Kim South Korea 11 1.7k 1.0× 424 1.4× 214 1.1× 220 1.3× 105 1.1× 28 1.9k
Satomi Banno Japan 7 1.1k 0.6× 331 1.1× 188 1.0× 92 0.6× 97 1.0× 8 1.2k
Jennifer Oki United States 5 1.2k 0.7× 191 0.6× 123 0.6× 81 0.5× 55 0.6× 5 1.5k
Xavier Rios United States 9 2.5k 1.5× 380 1.2× 270 1.4× 94 0.6× 160 1.7× 14 2.7k
Kevin T. Zhao United States 15 2.5k 1.5× 726 2.3× 419 2.1× 225 1.4× 160 1.7× 25 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Benjamin L. Oakes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin L. Oakes

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Benjamin L. Oakes. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Benjamin L. Oakes 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 L. Oakes. Benjamin L. Oakes 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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Khera, Amit V., Sekar Kathiresan, Erik S.G. Stroes, et al.. (2023). New Approaches for Targeting PCSK9: Small-Interfering Ribonucleic Acid and Genome Editing. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 43(7). 1081–1092. 17 indexed citations
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Higgins, Sean, Christof Fellmann, Thomas G. Laughlin, et al.. (2021). Comprehensive deletion landscape of CRISPR-Cas9 identifies minimal RNA-guided DNA-binding modules. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5664–5664. 40 indexed citations
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Lucas, James E., Kyle E. Watters, Christof Fellmann, et al.. (2019). Controlling CRISPR-Cas9 with ligand-activated and ligand-deactivated sgRNAs. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2127–2127. 147 indexed citations
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Huang, Tony P., Kevin T. Zhao, Shannon M. Miller, et al.. (2019). Circularly permuted and PAM-modified Cas9 variants broaden the targeting scope of base editors. Nature Biotechnology. 37(6). 626–631. 184 indexed citations
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Liu, Junjie, N. S. Orlova, Benjamin L. Oakes, et al.. (2019). CasX enzymes comprise a distinct family of RNA-guided genome editors. Nature. 566(7743). 218–223. 316 indexed citations breakdown →
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Oakes, Benjamin L., Christof Fellmann, Dana C. Nadler, et al.. (2019). CRISPR-Cas9 Circular Permutants as Programmable Scaffolds for Genome Modification. Cell. 176(1-2). 254–267.e16. 77 indexed citations
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Oakes, Benjamin L., et al.. (2019). A yeast optogenetic toolkit (yOTK) for gene expression control in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 117(3). 886–893. 32 indexed citations
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Welle, Richard, et al.. (2017). A CubeSat-Based Optical Communication Network for Low Earth Orbit. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 4 indexed citations
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Oakes, Benjamin L., Dana C. Nadler, Avi I. Flamholz, et al.. (2016). Profiling of engineering hotspots identifies an allosteric CRISPR-Cas9 switch. Nature Biotechnology. 34(6). 646–651. 160 indexed citations
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Oakes, Benjamin L., Danny F. Xia, Irina Ankoudinova, et al.. (2016). Multi-reporter selection for the design of active and more specific zinc-finger nucleases for genome editing. Nature Communications. 7(1). 10194–10194. 12 indexed citations
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Persikov, Anton V., et al.. (2015). A systematic survey of the Cys2His2 zinc finger DNA-binding landscape. Nucleic Acids Research. 43(3). 1965–1984. 74 indexed citations
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Oakes, Benjamin L., Dana C. Nadler, & David F. Savage. (2014). Protein Engineering of Cas9 for Enhanced Function. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 546. 491–511. 18 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Mitchell R., Benjamin L. Oakes, Samuel H. Sternberg, et al.. (2014). Programmable RNA recognition and cleavage by CRISPR/Cas9. Nature. 516(7530). 263–266. 500 indexed citations breakdown →
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Oakes, Benjamin L., et al.. (2014). Real-time optogenetic control of intracellular protein concentration in microbial cell cultures. Integrative Biology. 6(3). 366–366. 59 indexed citations
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McIsaac, R. Scott, Benjamin L. Oakes, David Botstein, & Marcus B. Noyes. (2013). Rapid Synthesis and Screening of Chemically Activated Transcription Factors with GFP-based Reporters. Journal of Visualized Experiments. e51153–e51153. 7 indexed citations
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McIsaac, R. Scott, Benjamin L. Oakes, David Botstein, & Marcus B. Noyes. (2013). Rapid Synthesis and Screening of Chemically Activated Transcription Factors with GFP-based Reporters. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 4 indexed citations
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Persikov, Anton V., et al.. (2013). Deep sequencing of large library selections allows computational discovery of diverse sets of zinc fingers that bind common targets. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(3). 1497–1508. 27 indexed citations
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Rossi‐George, Alba, Changjiang Guo, Benjamin L. Oakes, & Andrew J. Gow. (2012). Copper modulates the phenotypic response of activated BV2 microglia through the release of nitric oxide. Nitric Oxide. 27(4). 201–209. 27 indexed citations
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McIsaac, R. Scott, et al.. (2012). Synthetic gene expression perturbation systems with rapid, tunable, single-gene specificity in yeast. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(4). e57–e57. 114 indexed citations

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