Hugo J. Bellen

47.6k total citations · 9 hit papers
298 papers, 29.5k citations indexed

About

Hugo J. Bellen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Hugo J. Bellen has authored 298 papers receiving a total of 29.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 234 papers in Molecular Biology, 112 papers in Cell Biology and 103 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Hugo J. Bellen's work include Cellular transport and secretion (77 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (63 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (45 papers). Hugo J. Bellen is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (77 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (63 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (45 papers). Hugo J. Bellen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Hugo J. Bellen's co-authors include Koen J. T. Venken, Karen L. Schulze, Patrik Verstreken, Yuchun He, Roger A. Hoskins, J. Troy Littleton, Huda Y. Zoghbi, Shinya Yamamoto, Clive Wilson and P. Robin Hiesinger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Hugo J. Bellen

296 papers receiving 29.2k citations

Hit Papers

Math1 : An Essential Gene for the Generation of Inner Ear... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1999 2004 2005 2015 2006 250 500 750
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. Math1 : An Essential Gene for the Generation of Inner Ear Hair Cells
    1999 878 citations Nessan Bermingham, Bassem A. Hassan et al. Science profile →
  2. The BDGP Gene Disruption Project
    2004 698 citations Hugo J. Bellen, Yuchun He et al. Genetics profile →
  3. Synaptic Mitochondria Are Critical for Mobilization of Reserve Pool Vesicles at Drosophila Neuromuscular Junctions
    2005 666 citations Patrik Verstreken, Cindy V. Ly et al. Neuron profile →
  4. Glial Lipid Droplets and ROS Induced by Mitochondrial Defects Promote Neurodegeneration
    2015 658 citations Ke Zhang, Héctor Sandoval et al. Cell profile →
  5. P[acman]: A BAC Transgenic Platform for Targeted Insertion of Large DNA Fragments in D. melanogaster
    2006 621 citations Koen J. T. Venken, Yuchun He et al. Science profile →
  6. P-element-mediated enhancer detection: a versatile method to study development in Drosophila.
    1989 583 citations Hugo J. Bellen, Cahir J. O’Kane et al. Genes & Development profile →
  7. Math1 is essential for genesis of cerebellar granule neurons
    1997 525 citations Nissim Ben‐Arie, Hugo J. Bellen et al. Nature profile →
  8. MiMIC: a highly versatile transposon insertion resource for engineering Drosophila melanogaster genes
    2011 472 citations Koen J. T. Venken, Karen L. Schulze et al. profile →
  9. The Glia-Neuron Lactate Shuttle and Elevated ROS Promote Lipid Synthesis in Neurons and Lipid Droplet Accumulation in Glia via APOE/D
    2017 384 citations Hugo J. Bellen 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
Hugo J. Bellen United States 96 19.7k 9.8k 9.5k 3.5k 2.4k 298 29.5k
Liqun Luo United States 101 15.6k 0.8× 19.1k 1.9× 6.1k 0.6× 4.3k 1.2× 1.9k 0.8× 242 36.3k
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba Japan 99 23.5k 1.2× 13.6k 1.4× 8.6k 0.9× 2.6k 0.7× 3.4k 1.4× 553 37.0k
Jeffrey Milbrandt United States 106 18.1k 0.9× 12.5k 1.3× 3.3k 0.3× 4.5k 1.3× 3.3k 1.4× 297 34.7k
Juergen A. Knoblich Austria 74 19.3k 1.0× 4.6k 0.5× 7.0k 0.7× 2.0k 0.6× 1.1k 0.4× 149 27.3k
Wieland Β. Huttner Germany 103 24.7k 1.3× 7.3k 0.7× 11.5k 1.2× 4.1k 1.1× 2.0k 0.8× 345 35.5k
Yuh Nung Jan United States 152 46.7k 2.4× 29.1k 3.0× 12.3k 1.3× 6.5k 1.8× 3.4k 1.4× 432 63.4k
Christopher A. Walsh United States 94 17.7k 0.9× 6.5k 0.7× 5.1k 0.5× 7.6k 2.1× 1.3k 0.5× 273 29.3k
Richard H. Scheller United States 91 19.6k 1.0× 8.0k 0.8× 16.9k 1.8× 1.7k 0.5× 3.6k 1.5× 206 28.3k
Pietro De Camilli United States 130 35.5k 1.8× 13.8k 1.4× 31.3k 3.3× 3.3k 0.9× 7.2k 2.9× 384 52.5k
Mark C. Fishman United States 89 17.1k 0.9× 5.4k 0.5× 6.4k 0.7× 2.2k 0.6× 6.1k 2.5× 189 29.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pan, Xueyang, Debdeep Dutta, Shenzhao Lu, & Hugo J. Bellen. (2023). Sphingolipids in neurodegenerative diseases. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 17. 1137893–1137893. 27 indexed citations
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Lin, Guang, et al.. (2022). Neuronal activity induces glucosylceramide that is secreted via exosomes for lysosomal degradation in glia. Science Advances. 8(28). eabn3326–eabn3326. 31 indexed citations
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Moulton, Matthew J., Scott Barish, Isha Ralhan, et al.. (2021). Neuronal ROS-induced glial lipid droplet formation is altered by loss of Alzheimer’s disease–associated genes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(52). 106 indexed citations
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Xu, Mafei, Shih‐Chieh Lin, Hui-Ju Lee, et al.. (2020). Elevated COUP-TFII expression in dopaminergic neurons accelerates the progression of Parkinson’s disease through mitochondrial dysfunction. PLoS Genetics. 16(6). e1008868–e1008868. 16 indexed citations
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Wangler, Michael F., Shinya Yamamoto, & Hugo J. Bellen. (2015). Fruit Flies in Biomedical Research. Genetics. 199(3). 639–653. 124 indexed citations
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Zanet, Jennifer, Anne Pélissier-Monier, Hélène Chanut-Delalande, et al.. (2015). Pri sORF peptides induce selective proteasome-mediated protein processing. Science. 349(6254). 1356–1358. 71 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Shinya, Wu‐Lin Charng, Nadia A. Rana, et al.. (2012). A Mutation in EGF Repeat-8 of Notch Discriminates Between Serrate/Jagged and Delta Family Ligands. Science. 338(6111). 1229–1232. 75 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Shinya, Wu‐Lin Charng, & Hugo J. Bellen. (2010). Endocytosis and Intracellular Trafficking of Notch and Its Ligands. Current topics in developmental biology. 92. 165–200. 107 indexed citations
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Yao, Chi‐Kuang, Yong Lin, Cindy V. Ly, et al.. (2009). A Synaptic Vesicle-Associated Ca2+ Channel Promotes Endocytosis and Couples Exocytosis to Endocytosis. Cell. 138(5). 947–960. 116 indexed citations
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Koh, Tong‐Wey, Viktor I. Korolchuk, Yogesh P. Wairkar, et al.. (2007). Eps15 and Dap160 control synaptic vesicle membrane retrieval and synapse development. The Journal of Cell Biology. 178(2). 309–322. 103 indexed citations
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Seto, Elaine & Hugo J. Bellen. (2006). Internalization is required for proper Wingless signaling in Drosophila melanogaster. The Journal of Cell Biology. 173(1). 95–106. 125 indexed citations
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Venken, Koen J. T., Yuchun He, Roger A. Hoskins, & Hugo J. Bellen. (2006). P[acman]: A BAC Transgenic Platform for Targeted Insertion of Large DNA Fragments in D. melanogaster. Science. 314(5806). 1747–1751. 621 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kazanjian, Avedis, Deeann Wallis, Nicholas Au, et al.. (2004). Growth Factor Independence-1 Is Expressed in Primary Human Neuroendocrine Lung Carcinomas and Mediates the Differentiation of Murine Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cells. Cancer Research. 64(19). 6874–6882. 64 indexed citations
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Zhai, R. Grace, P. Robin Hiesinger, Tong‐Wey Koh, et al.. (2003). Mapping Drosophila mutations with molecularly defined P element insertions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(19). 10860–10865. 86 indexed citations
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Seto, Elaine & Hugo J. Bellen. (2003). The ins and outs of Wingless signaling. Trends in Cell Biology. 14(1). 45–53. 74 indexed citations
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Wallis, Deeann, Melanie Hamblen, Yi Zhou, et al.. (2002). The zinc finger transcription factor Gfi1 , implicated in lymphomagenesis, is required for inner ear hair cell differentiation and survival. Development. 130(1). 221–232. 210 indexed citations
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Bellen, Hugo J., Ole Kjærulff, & Patrik Verstreken. (2002). Synaptic vesicle retrieval: still time for a kiss: still time for a kiss. Nature Cell Biology. 245–248. 1 indexed citations
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Hassan, Bassem A., Nessan Bermingham, Yuchun He, et al.. (2000). atonal Regulates Neurite Arborization but Does Not Act as a Proneural Gene in the Drosophila Brain. Neuron. 25(3). 549–561. 139 indexed citations
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Adams, Richard R., Álvaro A. Tavares, Adi Salzberg, Hugo J. Bellen, & David M. Glover. (1998). pavarotti encodes a kinesin-like protein required to organize the central spindle and contractile ring for cytokinesis. Genes & Development. 12(10). 1483–1494. 298 indexed citations
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Ben‐Arie, Nissim, Hugo J. Bellen, Dawna L. Armstrong, et al.. (1997). Math1 is essential for genesis of cerebellar granule neurons. Nature. 390(6656). 169–172. 525 indexed citations breakdown →

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