Bushra Raj

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
12 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Bushra Raj is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bushra Raj has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Cell Biology and 2 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Bushra Raj's work include RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (6 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (5 papers). Bushra Raj is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (6 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (5 papers). Bushra Raj collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Bushra Raj's co-authors include Benjamin J. Blencowe, Alexander F. Schier, James A. Gagnon, Dave O’Hanlon, Aaron McKenna, Shristi Pandey, Jay Shendure, Daniel E. Wagner, Allon M. Klein and Manuel Irimia and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Bushra Raj

12 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A Highly Conserved Program of Neuronal Microexons Is Misregulated in Autistic Brains

2014 443 citations Manuel Irimia, Robert J. Weatheritt et al. Cell profile →
Simultaneous single-cell profiling of lineages and cell types in the vertebrate brain

2018 408 citations Bushra Raj, Daniel E. Wagner et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

Peers

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Moritz Mall United States

James Briggs United States

Teresa Rayón United Kingdom

Hiromi Shimojo Japan

Daniel Gyllborg Sweden

Chika Yokota Japan

Christiane Haffner Germany

Mareike Albert Germany

Gilad D. Evrony United States

Pierre Mattar Canada

Moritz Mall United States

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148 ×0.5

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180 ×0.9

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149 ×1.1

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294 ×2.4

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Countries citing papers authored by Bushra Raj

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bushra Raj

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bushra Raj

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All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Raj, Bushra. (2025). Single-Cell Profiling of Lineages and Cell Types in the Vertebrate Brain. Methods in molecular biology. 2886. 299–310. 1 indexed citations

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Raj, Bushra, et al.. (2024). Barcoding Notch signaling in the developing brain. Development. 151(24). 1 indexed citations

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Raj, Bushra, Jeffrey A. Farrell, Jialin Liu, et al.. (2020). Emergence of Neuronal Diversity during Vertebrate Brain Development. Neuron. 108(6). 1058–1074.e6. 65 indexed citations

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Raj, Bushra, Daniel E. Wagner, Aaron McKenna, et al.. (2018). Simultaneous single-cell profiling of lineages and cell types in the vertebrate brain. Nature Biotechnology. 36(5). 442–450. 408 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis, Thomas, Mingkun Wu, Ulrich Braunschweig, et al.. (2018). Genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 Interrogation of Splicing Networks Reveals a Mechanism for Recognition of Autism-Misregulated Neuronal Microexons. Molecular Cell. 72(3). 510–524.e12. 85 indexed citations

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Raj, Bushra, James A. Gagnon, & Alexander F. Schier. (2018). Large-scale reconstruction of cell lineages using single-cell readout of transcriptomes and CRISPR–Cas9 barcodes by scGESTALT. Nature Protocols. 13(11). 2685–2713. 56 indexed citations

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Gueroussov, Serge, Thomas Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis, Manuel Irimia, et al.. (2015). An alternative splicing event amplifies evolutionary differences between vertebrates. Science. 349(6250). 868–873. 108 indexed citations

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Raj, Bushra & Benjamin J. Blencowe. (2015). Alternative Splicing in the Mammalian Nervous System: Recent Insights into Mechanisms and Functional Roles. Neuron. 87(1). 14–27. 319 indexed citations

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Raj, Bushra, Manuel Irimia, Ulrich Braunschweig, et al.. (2014). A Global Regulatory Mechanism for Activating an Exon Network Required for Neurogenesis. Molecular Cell. 56(1). 90–103. 96 indexed citations

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Irimia, Manuel, Robert J. Weatheritt, Jonathan D. Ellis, et al.. (2014). A Highly Conserved Program of Neuronal Microexons Is Misregulated in Autistic Brains. Cell. 159(7). 1511–1523. 443 indexed citations breakdown →

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Raj, Bushra, Dave O’Hanlon, John P. Vessey, et al.. (2011). Cross-Regulation between an Alternative Splicing Activator and a Transcription Repressor Controls Neurogenesis. Molecular Cell. 43(5). 843–850. 109 indexed citations

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Calarco, John A., Dave O’Hanlon, Mathieu Gabut, et al.. (2009). Regulation of Vertebrate Nervous System Alternative Splicing and Development by an SR-Related Protein. Cell. 138(5). 898–910. 172 indexed citations

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