Blake E. Smith

2.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
8 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Blake E. Smith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Hematology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Blake E. Smith has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Hematology and 2 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Blake E. Smith's work include Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (4 papers), Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (4 papers) and Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments (3 papers). Blake E. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (4 papers), Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (4 papers) and Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments (3 papers). Blake E. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and Sweden. Blake E. Smith's co-authors include Craig M. Crews, Saul Jaime‐Figueroa, Jing Wang, Brian D. Hamman, Daniel P. Bondeson, George M. Burslem, John Hines, Alexey Ishchenko, Alexandru D. Buhimschi and Stephen L. Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Methods and Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Blake E. Smith

7 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Lessons in PROTAC Design from Selective Degradation with a Promiscuous Warhead

2017 636 citations Daniel P. Bondeson, Blake E. Smith et al. Cell chemical biology profile →
The Advantages of Targeted Protein Degradation Over Inhibition: An RTK Case Study

2017 488 citations George M. Burslem, Blake E. Smith et al. Cell chemical biology profile →
Differential PROTAC substrate specificity dictated by orientation of recruited E3 ligase

2019 371 citations Blake E. Smith, Stephen L. Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Blake E. Smith United States	4	1.5k	684	423	53	51	8	1.6k
Morgan S. Gadd United Kingdom	11	1.7k 1.1×	686 1.0×	412 1.0×	66 1.2×	25 0.5×	14	1.8k
Slater N. Hurst United States	6	1.3k 0.9×	440 0.6×	672 1.6×	46 0.9×	157 3.1×	9	1.5k
Chad C. Bjorklund United States	17	1.4k 0.9×	609 0.9×	1.1k 2.6×	28 0.5×	137 2.7×	49	1.7k
Huahang Sun United States	2	1.0k 0.7×	335 0.5×	523 1.2×	35 0.7×	104 2.0×	2	1.1k
Dhanusha A. Nalawansha United States	10	892 0.6×	395 0.6×	134 0.3×	72 1.4×	29 0.6×	12	971
Derek Mendy United States	10	1.1k 0.8×	518 0.8×	771 1.8×	21 0.4×	129 2.5×	21	1.3k
Yan Ren China	12	841 0.6×	338 0.5×	588 1.4×	16 0.3×	114 2.2×	30	1.0k
Matthew A. Lawlor United States	11	1.0k 0.7×	268 0.4×	148 0.3×	26 0.5×	85 1.7×	21	1.2k
Emily Rychak Japan	6	969 0.7×	381 0.6×	669 1.6×	28 0.5×	85 1.7×	10	1.1k
Matthias Brand Germany	11	832 0.6×	379 0.6×	150 0.4×	48 0.9×	49 1.0×	29	977

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Blake E. Smith

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Perez, Caleb R., Avlant Nilsson, Hratch Baghdassarian, et al.. (2025). Library-based single-cell analysis of CAR signaling reveals drivers of in vivo persistence. Cell Systems. 16(5). 101260–101260.

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Smith, Blake E., et al.. (2024). A biomaterial platform for T cell-specific gene delivery. Acta Biomaterialia. 177. 157–164. 3 indexed citations

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Gaglione, Stephanie, Blake E. Smith, Ellen J. Kim, et al.. (2022). Antigen identification and high-throughput interaction mapping by reprogramming viral entry. Nature Methods. 19(4). 449–460. 49 indexed citations

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Bondeson, Daniel P., Blake E. Smith, & Alexandru D. Buhimschi. (2021). An In Vitro Pull-down Assay of the E3 Ligase:PROTAC:Substrate Ternary Complex to Identify Effective PROTACs. Methods in molecular biology. 2365. 135–150. 2 indexed citations

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Smith, Blake E., Stephen L. Wang, Saul Jaime‐Figueroa, et al.. (2019). Differential PROTAC substrate specificity dictated by orientation of recruited E3 ligase. Nature Communications. 10(1). 131–131. 371 indexed citations breakdown →

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Burslem, George M., Blake E. Smith, Saul Jaime‐Figueroa, et al.. (2017). The Advantages of Targeted Protein Degradation Over Inhibition: An RTK Case Study. Cell chemical biology. 25(1). 67–77.e3. 488 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bondeson, Daniel P., Blake E. Smith, George M. Burslem, et al.. (2017). Lessons in PROTAC Design from Selective Degradation with a Promiscuous Warhead. Cell chemical biology. 25(1). 78–87.e5. 636 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sangodkar, Jaya, Neil S. Dhawan, Caroline Farrington, et al.. (2012). Abstract 1885: Targeting the FOXO1/KLF6 transcriptional network to modulate response to anti-EGFR based therapy. Cancer Research. 72(8_Supplement). 1885–1885. 1 indexed citations

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