Benxia Hu

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 532 citations indexed

About

Benxia Hu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Benxia Hu has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 532 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Epidemiology and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Benxia Hu's work include Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (4 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (4 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (3 papers). Benxia Hu is often cited by papers focused on Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (4 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (4 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (3 papers). Benxia Hu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Benxia Hu's co-authors include Hyejung Won, Schahram Akbarian, Dong‐Dong Wu, Nancy Y. A. Sey, Prashanth Rajarajan, Kristen Brennand, Jessica C. McAfee, Won Mah, Jumin Zhou and Guijun Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Neuroscience and Molecular Cell.

In The Last Decade

Benxia Hu

14 papers receiving 531 citations

Hit Papers

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NextDenovo: an efficient error correction and accurate assembly tool for noisy long reads

2024 154 citations Jiang Hu, Zhuo Wang et al. Genome biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benxia Hu United States	10	310	147	87	68	50	15	532
Manjinder S. Cheema Canada	14	413 1.3×	122 0.8×	117 1.3×	24 0.4×	33 0.7×	25	605
Catherine E. Welsh United States	7	379 1.2×	469 3.2×	101 1.2×	54 0.8×	37 0.7×	11	862
Yuxun Zhou China	14	347 1.1×	165 1.1×	49 0.6×	38 0.6×	68 1.4×	59	618
David L. Aylor United States	17	334 1.1×	383 2.6×	158 1.8×	53 0.8×	54 1.1×	28	912
Rania Nakad Germany	7	290 0.9×	83 0.6×	77 0.9×	26 0.4×	31 0.6×	9	588
Rick Tearle Australia	14	379 1.2×	330 2.2×	100 1.1×	38 0.6×	68 1.4×	38	775
Michel Bellis France	12	508 1.6×	62 0.4×	117 1.3×	80 1.2×	15 0.3×	22	717
Colin R. Lickwar United States	13	759 2.4×	118 0.8×	99 1.1×	25 0.4×	39 0.8×	17	1.0k
Trung Huynh United States	10	274 0.9×	95 0.6×	58 0.7×	236 3.5×	28 0.6×	16	582
Guoli Zhou China	11	203 0.7×	112 0.8×	67 0.8×	30 0.4×	28 0.6×	32	596

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benxia Hu

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15 of 15 papers shown

Hu, Benxia, Yuqiang Shi, Feng Xiong, et al.. (2025). Rewired m6A of promoter antisense RNAs in Alzheimer’s disease regulates neuronal genes in 3D nucleome. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5251–5251.

Hu, Jiang, Zhuo Wang, Zongyi Sun, et al.. (2024). NextDenovo: an efficient error correction and accurate assembly tool for noisy long reads. Genome biology. 25(1). 107–107. 154 indexed citations breakdown →

Hu, Benxia, Xiao-Lin Zhuang, Long Zhou, et al.. (2024). Deciphering the Role of Rapidly Evolving Conserved Elements in Primate Brain Development and Exploring Their Potential Involvement in Alzheimer's Disease. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(1). 2 indexed citations

Zhuang, Xiao-Lin, Jinjin Zhang, Yong Shao, et al.. (2023). Integrative Omics Reveals Rapidly Evolving Regulatory Sequences Driving Primate Brain Evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 40(8). 5 indexed citations

Sey, Nancy Y. A., Benxia Hu, Bryan C. Quach, et al.. (2022). Chromatin architecture in addiction circuitry identifies risk genes and potential biological mechanisms underlying cigarette smoking and alcohol use traits. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(7). 3085–3094. 15 indexed citations

Hu, Benxia, Behnam Javidfar, Jacinta Murray, et al.. (2022). HIV integration in the human brain is linked to microglial activation and 3D genome remodeling. Molecular Cell. 82(24). 4647–4663.e8. 21 indexed citations

Lang, Fengchao, Xin Li, Olga Vladimirova, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: CTCF interacts with the lytic HSV-1 genome to promote viral transcription. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 5039–5039. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Bingshan, Weihong Wang, Haopeng Wang, et al.. (2020). Single-Cell Sequencing of Glioblastoma Reveals Central Nervous System Susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2. Frontiers in Oncology. 10. 566599–566599. 10 indexed citations

Sey, Nancy Y. A., Benxia Hu, Won Mah, et al.. (2020). A computational tool (H-MAGMA) for improved prediction of brain-disorder risk genes by incorporating brain chromatin interaction profiles. Nature Neuroscience. 23(4). 583–593. 155 indexed citations

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Crowley, Cheynna, Yuchen Yang, Yunjiang Qiu, et al.. (2020). FIREcaller: Detecting frequently interacting regions from Hi-C data. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 19. 355–362. 14 indexed citations

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Hu, Benxia & Hyejung Won. (2020). Chromatin architecture provides a roadmap to improve our understanding of psychiatric disorders. Neuropsychopharmacology. 46(1). 234–235. 1 indexed citations

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Hu, Benxia, Yongxia Huo, Liping Yang, et al.. (2017). ZIKV infection effects changes in gene splicing, isoform composition and lncRNA expression in human neural progenitor cells. Virology Journal. 14(1). 217–217. 52 indexed citations

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Lang, Fengchao, Xin Li, Olga Vladimirova, et al.. (2017). CTCF interacts with the lytic HSV-1 genome to promote viral transcription. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 36 indexed citations

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Hu, Benxia, Yongxia Huo, Guijun Chen, et al.. (2016). Functional prediction of differentially expressed lncRNAs in HSV-1 infected human foreskin fibroblasts. Virology Journal. 13(1). 137–137. 14 indexed citations

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Hu, Benxia, Xin Li, Yongxia Huo, et al.. (2016). Cellular responses to HSV-1 infection are linked to specific types of alterations in the host transcriptome. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 28075–28075. 52 indexed citations

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