Benjamin Leblanc

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
15 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Leblanc is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Leblanc has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Plant Science and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Leblanc's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (8 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (3 papers). Benjamin Leblanc is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (8 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (3 papers). Benjamin Leblanc collaborates with scholars based in France, Denmark and Spain. Benjamin Leblanc's co-authors include Giacomo Cavalli, Bernd Schuettengruber, Daniel Chourrout, Michel Vervoort, Frédéric Bantignies, Itys Comet, Ephraim Kenigsberg, Eitan Yaffe, Michael Hoichman and Tom Sexton and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Leblanc

15 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Three-Dimensional Folding and Functional Organization Principles of the Drosophila Genome

2012 1.4k citations Tom Sexton, Eitan Yaffe et al. Cell profile →
Genome Regulation by Polycomb and Trithorax Proteins

2007 1.1k citations Bernd Schuettengruber, Daniel Chourrout et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin Leblanc France	12	4.0k	930	584	439	243	15	4.4k
Dana J. Huebert United States	8	5.0k 1.2×	427 0.5×	833 1.4×	459 1.0×	221 0.9×	8	5.5k
Petra Klous Netherlands	17	3.6k 0.9×	968 1.0×	768 1.3×	299 0.7×	123 0.5×	22	4.0k
Anton Krumm United States	25	2.9k 0.7×	506 0.5×	535 0.9×	515 1.2×	282 1.2×	31	3.3k
Gabriel E. Zentner United States	30	2.9k 0.7×	439 0.5×	484 0.8×	215 0.5×	126 0.5×	55	3.5k
Janet F. Partridge United States	28	5.2k 1.3×	1.5k 1.6×	445 0.8×	585 1.3×	344 1.4×	43	5.6k
Stefan Schoenfelder United Kingdom	28	5.2k 1.3×	1.3k 1.4×	930 1.6×	522 1.2×	165 0.7×	45	5.7k
Sebastian Bender Germany	20	1.4k 0.4×	504 0.5×	368 0.6×	547 1.2×	347 1.4×	33	2.3k
Adam J. Dupuy United States	32	3.3k 0.8×	525 0.6×	1.2k 2.0×	677 1.5×	598 2.5×	68	4.0k
Valerio Orlando Italy	26	3.3k 0.8×	659 0.7×	507 0.9×	360 0.8×	200 0.8×	51	3.6k
Mikhail Spivakov United Kingdom	29	4.1k 1.0×	579 0.6×	700 1.2×	388 0.9×	286 1.2×	39	5.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Leblanc

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15 of 15 papers shown

Lin, Weiyin, Woo Young Chung, Seonghee Park, et al.. (2025). Multiple cAMP/PKA complexes at the STIM1 ER/PM junction specified by E-Syt1 and E-Syt2 reciprocally gates ANO1 (TMEM16A) via Ca2+. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3378–3378. 1 indexed citations

Grey, Corinne, Julie A. J. Clément, Jérôme Buard, et al.. (2017). In vivo binding of PRDM9 reveals interactions with noncanonical genomic sites. Genome Research. 27(4). 580–590. 52 indexed citations

Mohammad, Faizaan, Benjamin Leblanc, Deo Prakash Pandey, et al.. (2017). EZH2 is a potential therapeutic target for H3K27M-mutant pediatric gliomas. Nature Medicine. 23(4). 483–492. 350 indexed citations

Comet, Itys, Eva M. Riising, Benjamin Leblanc, & Kristian Helin. (2016). Maintaining cell identity: PRC2-mediated regulation of transcription and cancer. Nature reviews. Cancer. 16(12). 803–810. 324 indexed citations

Riising, Eva M., Itys Comet, Benjamin Leblanc, et al.. (2014). Gene Silencing Triggers Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 Recruitment to CpG Islands Genome Wide. Molecular Cell. 55(3). 347–360. 298 indexed citations

Sexton, Tom, Eitan Yaffe, Ephraim Kenigsberg, et al.. (2012). Three-Dimensional Folding and Functional Organization Principles of the Drosophila Genome. Cell. 148(3). 458–472. 1377 indexed citations breakdown →

Bantignies, Frédéric, Virginie Roure, Itys Comet, et al.. (2011). Polycomb-Dependent Regulatory Contacts between Distant Hox Loci in Drosophila. Cell. 144(2). 214–226. 322 indexed citations

Cheutin, Thierry, Frédéric Bantignies, Benjamin Leblanc, & Giacomo Cavalli. (2010). Chromatin Folding: From Linear Chromosomes to the 4D Nucleus. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 75(0). 461–473. 7 indexed citations

Schuettengruber, Bernd, Mythily Ganapathi, Benjamin Leblanc, et al.. (2009). Functional Anatomy of Polycomb and Trithorax Chromatin Landscapes in Drosophila Embryos. PLoS Biology. 7(1). e1000013–e1000013. 258 indexed citations

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Schuettengruber, Bernd, Daniel Chourrout, Michel Vervoort, Benjamin Leblanc, & Giacomo Cavalli. (2007). Genome Regulation by Polycomb and Trithorax Proteins. Cell. 128(4). 735–745. 1092 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rio, Maguy Del, Franck Molina, Caroline Mollévi, et al.. (2007). Gene Expression Signature in Advanced Colorectal Cancer Patients Select Drugs and Response for the Use of Leucovorin, Fluorouracil, and Irinotecan. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 25(7). 773–780. 158 indexed citations

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Leblanc, Benjamin, et al.. (2004). Data processing and exchange tools to facilitate chemical genetic screening processes. BioTechniques. 37(2). 223–225. 1 indexed citations

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Leblanc, Benjamin & H.G. Stunnenberg. (1995). 9-cis retinoic acid signaling: changing partners causes some excitement.. Genes & Development. 9(15). 1811–1816. 121 indexed citations

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Leblanc, Benjamin, et al.. (1993). Recognition of the Xenopus ribosomal core promoter by the transcription factor xUBF involves multiple HMG box domains and leads to an xUBF interdomain interaction.. The EMBO Journal. 12(2). 513–525. 50 indexed citations

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Leblanc, Benjamin, et al.. (1992). High resolution studies of the Xenopus laevis ribosomal gene promoter in vivo and in vitro.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267(16). 10961–10967. 12 indexed citations

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