Benjamin W. Pruitt

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
9 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Benjamin W. Pruitt is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Periodontics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin W. Pruitt has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Periodontics and 2 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Benjamin W. Pruitt's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (6 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (4 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (3 papers). Benjamin W. Pruitt is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (6 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (4 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (3 papers). Benjamin W. Pruitt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Benjamin W. Pruitt's co-authors include George M. Church, Alejandro Chavez, Marcelle Tuttle, James J. Collins, Dmitry Ter‐Ovanesyan, Benjamin E. Housden, Norbert Perrimon, Suhani Vora, Samira Kiani and Ron Weiss and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Methods and Journal of Bacteriology.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin W. Pruitt

9 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Highly efficient Cas9-mediated transcriptional programming 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2016 250 500 750 1000
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. Highly efficient Cas9-mediated transcriptional programming
    2015 1.2k citations Alejandro Chavez, Jonathan Scheiman et al. Nature Methods profile →
  2. Comparison of Cas9 activators in multiple species
    2016 381 citations Alejandro Chavez, Marcelle Tuttle et al. Nature Methods profile →

Peers

Benjamin W. Pruitt
Marcelle Tuttle United States
D. Dewran Koçak United States
Heon Seok Kim South Korea
Suhani Vora United States
Samantha J Linder United States
Yongsub Kim South Korea
Christopher D. Guzman United States
Michael C. Bassik United States
Benjamin L. Oakes United States
Siyuan Tan United States
Marcelle Tuttle United States
Benjamin W. Pruitt
Citations per year, relative to Benjamin W. Pruitt Benjamin W. Pruitt (= 1×) peers Marcelle Tuttle

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Fields of papers citing papers by Benjamin W. Pruitt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin W. Pruitt

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

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Chavez, Alejandro, Benjamin W. Pruitt, Marcelle Tuttle, et al.. (2018). Precise Cas9 targeting enables genomic mutation prevention. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(14). 3669–3673. 26 indexed citations
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Chavez, Alejandro, Marcelle Tuttle, Benjamin W. Pruitt, et al.. (2016). Comparison of Cas9 activators in multiple species. Nature Methods. 13(7). 563–567. 381 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gaedke, K., Xiaohong Chen, Brian M. Turczyk, et al.. (2016). Forward Error Correction for DNA Data Storage. Procedia Computer Science. 80. 1011–1022. 202 indexed citations
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Chavez, Alejandro, Marcelle Tuttle, Raj Chari, et al.. (2015). Cas9 gRNA engineering for genome editing, activation and repression. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Kiani, Samira, Alejandro Chavez, Marcelle Tuttle, et al.. (2015). Cas9 gRNA engineering for genome editing, activation and repression. Nature Methods. 12(11). 1051–1054. 249 indexed citations
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Chavez, Alejandro, Jonathan Scheiman, Suhani Vora, et al.. (2015). Highly efficient Cas9-mediated transcriptional programming. Nature Methods. 12(4). 326–328. 1183 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schudel, Benjamin, Brooke Harmon, Vinay V. Abhyankar, et al.. (2013). Microfluidic platforms for RNA interference screening of virus–host interactions. Lab on a Chip. 13(5). 811–811. 12 indexed citations
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Haswell, Jeffrey R., et al.. (2012). Characterization of the Functional Domains of the SloR Metalloregulatory Protein in Streptococcus mutans. Journal of Bacteriology. 195(1). 126–134. 15 indexed citations

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