Caroline Benn

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Caroline Benn is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Caroline Benn has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 5 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Caroline Benn's work include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (15 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (9 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (6 papers). Caroline Benn is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (15 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (9 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (6 papers). Caroline Benn collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Caroline Benn's co-authors include Gillian P. Bates, J. Jang‐Ho, Clyde Chitty, Ghazaleh Sadri‐Vakili, George J. Yohrling, Richard Storer, Derek P. DiRocco, Vivek Dua, Peter T. Loudon and Ciara Vangjeli and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Genetics and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Caroline Benn

37 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Physiology of Hyperuricemia and Urate-Lowering Treatments 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200
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. Physiology of Hyperuricemia and Urate-Lowering Treatments
    2018 222 citations Caroline Benn, Richard Storer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Caroline Benn United Kingdom 21 1.2k 958 265 206 183 37 1.9k
Fiona J. McDonald New Zealand 28 1.9k 1.5× 295 0.3× 24 0.1× 294 1.4× 62 0.3× 59 2.7k
Dawei Li China 23 767 0.6× 267 0.3× 68 0.3× 235 1.1× 43 0.2× 76 1.9k
Jisook Moon South Korea 23 876 0.7× 522 0.5× 171 0.6× 287 1.4× 5 0.0× 52 1.8k
Angela Brennan United Kingdom 26 1.3k 1.1× 1.6k 1.7× 375 1.4× 138 0.7× 5 0.0× 37 3.3k
Randolph M. Johnson United States 21 977 0.8× 328 0.3× 55 0.2× 502 2.4× 93 0.5× 39 2.4k
Tomoko Wakabayashi Japan 17 363 0.3× 194 0.2× 107 0.4× 48 0.2× 9 0.0× 42 1.0k
Moyra Smith United States 26 1.2k 1.0× 211 0.2× 130 0.5× 698 3.4× 17 0.1× 60 2.9k
Ying Dai China 20 538 0.4× 191 0.2× 104 0.4× 117 0.6× 6 0.0× 66 1.4k
Ian Wood United Kingdom 33 2.5k 2.0× 873 0.9× 60 0.2× 462 2.2× 12 0.1× 103 3.6k
Martin Reddington Germany 26 917 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 93 0.4× 87 0.4× 9 0.0× 64 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Caroline Benn

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Fields of papers citing papers by Caroline Benn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Caroline Benn

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Smith, Edward J., Christian Landles, Georgina F Osborne, et al.. (2024). A CAG repeat threshold for therapeutics targeting somatic instability in Huntington's disease. Brain. 147(5). 1784–1798. 21 indexed citations
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Benn, Caroline, Karl R. Gibson, & David S. Reynolds. (2020). Drugging DNA Damage Repair Pathways for Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion Diseases. Journal of Huntington s Disease. 10(1). 203–220. 19 indexed citations
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Schwartzentruber, Jeremy, Stefanie Foskolou, Helena Kilpinen, et al.. (2017). Molecular and functional variation in iPSC-derived sensory neurons. Nature Genetics. 50(1). 54–61. 142 indexed citations
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Piotrowski, Mary, Rubben Torella, John Janiszewski, et al.. (2017). Discovery of Compounds that Positively Modulate the High Affinity Choline Transporter. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 10. 40–40. 15 indexed citations
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Sidders, Ben S., et al.. (2015). A FOXM1 Dependent Mesenchymal-Epithelial Transition in Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cells. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0130379–e0130379. 13 indexed citations
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Mielcarek, Michał, Caroline Benn, Sophie Franklin, et al.. (2011). SAHA Decreases HDAC 2 and 4 Levels In Vivo and Improves Molecular Phenotypes in the R6/2 Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease. PLoS ONE. 6(11). e27746–e27746. 128 indexed citations
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Benn, Caroline, Rachel Butler, Hilary Moffitt, et al.. (2009). Genetic Knock-Down of HDAC7 Does Not Ameliorate Disease Pathogenesis in the R6/2 Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease. PLoS ONE. 4(6). e5747–e5747. 57 indexed citations
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Bett, John S., Caroline Benn, Kwon‐Yul Ryu, Ron R. Kopito, & Gillian P. Bates. (2008). The polyubiquitin Ubc gene modulates histone H2A monoubiquitylation in the R6/2 mouse model of Huntington's disease. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 13(8b). 2645–2657. 15 indexed citations
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Benn, Caroline, Helen Fox, & Gillian P. Bates. (2008). Optimisation of region-specific reference gene selection and relative gene expression analysis methods for pre-clinical trials of Huntington's disease. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 3(1). 17–17. 48 indexed citations
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Broekman, Marike L. D., et al.. (2008). Mechanisms of distribution of mouse β-galactosidase in the adult GM1-gangliosidosis brain. Gene Therapy. 16(2). 303–308. 28 indexed citations
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Sadri‐Vakili, Ghazaleh, Caroline Benn, Ryan Overland, et al.. (2007). Histones associated with downregulated genes are hypo-acetylated in Huntington's disease models. Human Molecular Genetics. 16(11). 1293–1306. 170 indexed citations
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Benn, Caroline, Elizabeth Slow, Laurie Farrell, et al.. (2007). Glutamate receptor abnormalities in the YAC128 transgenic mouse model of Huntington’s disease. Neuroscience. 147(2). 354–372. 44 indexed citations
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Chen‐Plotkin, Alice, Ghazaleh Sadri‐Vakili, George J. Yohrling, et al.. (2006). Decreased association of the transcription factor Sp1 with genes downregulated in Huntington's disease. Neurobiology of Disease. 22(2). 233–241. 90 indexed citations
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Qiu, Zhihua, Bhupinder Singh, Raman Chopra, et al.. (2006). Sp1 Is Up-regulated in Cellular and Transgenic Models of Huntington Disease, and Its Reduction Is Neuroprotective. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(24). 16672–16680. 100 indexed citations
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Benn, Caroline, Christian Landles, Li He, et al.. (2005). Contribution of nuclear and extranuclear polyQ to neurological phenotypes in mouse models of Huntington's disease. Human Molecular Genetics. 14(20). 3065–3078. 99 indexed citations
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Benn, Caroline, Laurie Farrell, & J. Jang‐Ho. (2004). Neurotransmitter Receptor Analysis in Transgenic Mouse Models. Humana Press eBooks. 277. 231–260. 12 indexed citations
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Benn, Caroline, et al.. (1997). Rethinking education and democracy: a socialist alternative for the twenty first century. 13 indexed citations
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Benn, Caroline & Clyde Chitty. (1996). Thirty years on : is comprehensive education alive and well or struggling to survive?. David Fulton Publishers eBooks. 78 indexed citations
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Benn, Caroline, et al.. (1986). Challenging the MSC on jobs, training, and education. Pluto Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Benn, Caroline. (1980). A New 11-Plus for the Old Divided System.. 22(2). 36–42. 1 indexed citations

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