Justin Blau

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Justin Blau is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Justin Blau has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 19 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 11 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Justin Blau's work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (25 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (17 papers) and Light effects on plants (9 papers). Justin Blau is often cited by papers focused on Circadian rhythm and melatonin (25 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (17 papers) and Light effects on plants (9 papers). Justin Blau collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates. Justin Blau's co-authors include Michael W. Young, Michael N. Nitabach, Todd C. Holmes, Lino Sáez, Michael W. Young, Esteban O. Mazzoni, Ben Collins, Jeffrey L. Price, Brian Kloss and Adrian Rothenfluh and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Neuron and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Justin Blau

29 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

The Drosophila Clock Gene double-time Encodes a Protein Closely Related to Human Casein Kinase Iε

1998 589 citations Lino Sáez, Justin Blau et al. Cell profile →
Cycling vrille Expression Is Required for a Functional Drosophila Clock

1999 358 citations Justin Blau, Michael W. Young Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Justin Blau United States	23	1.9k	1.7k	994	789	353	29	3.0k
M. Fernanda Ceriani Argentina	21	2.0k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	619 0.8×	247 0.7×	50	2.9k
Adrian Rothenfluh United States	21	2.1k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.5×	707 0.9×	235 0.7×	44	3.2k
Orie T. Shafer United States	27	2.0k 1.1×	2.4k 1.4×	783 0.8×	283 0.4×	486 1.4×	41	2.8k
Xiangzhong Zheng United States	21	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	625 0.6×	380 0.5×	301 0.9×	28	2.1k
François Rouyer France	31	2.0k 1.1×	2.0k 1.2×	1.4k 1.4×	973 1.2×	1.2k 3.3×	57	3.9k
Michael N. Nitabach United States	37	1.9k 1.0×	2.7k 1.6×	670 0.7×	823 1.0×	635 1.8×	57	4.0k
Lino Sáez United States	26	2.5k 1.3×	1.2k 0.7×	1.7k 1.7×	940 1.2×	236 0.7×	36	3.5k
Patrick Emery United States	25	3.3k 1.8×	2.7k 1.6×	2.1k 2.1×	519 0.7×	381 1.1×	54	4.3k
Jeffrey L. Price United States	21	2.4k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	1.6k 1.6×	504 0.6×	229 0.6×	45	3.2k
F. Rob Jackson United States	36	1.9k 1.0×	2.4k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.8×	1.0k 2.8×	77	4.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Justin Blau

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Fellowes, Andrew, Eli Pikarsky, Manuel R. Teixeira, et al.. (2023). 204P Performance assessment of a comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) NGS kit across multiple study laboratories. Annals of Oncology. 34. S263–S263. 1 indexed citations

Mazzoni, Esteban O., et al.. (2018). cAMPr: A single-wavelength fluorescent sensor for cyclic AMP. Science Signaling. 11(520). 50 indexed citations

Cavey, Matthieu, Ben Collins, Claire Bertet, & Justin Blau. (2016). Circadian rhythms in neuronal activity propagate through output circuits. Nature Neuroscience. 19(4). 587–595. 87 indexed citations

Blau, Justin, et al.. (2015). Circadian Rhythms in Rho1 Activity Regulate Neuronal Plasticity and Network Hierarchy. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

Sapsis, Themistoklis P., et al.. (2015). Circadian Rhythms in Rho1 Activity Regulate Neuronal Plasticity and Network Hierarchy. Cell. 162(4). 823–835. 67 indexed citations

Collins, Ben, Elizabeth A. Kane, David C. Reeves, Myles H. Akabas, & Justin Blau. (2012). Balance of Activity between LNvs and Glutamatergic Dorsal Clock Neurons Promotes Robust Circadian Rhythms in Drosophila. Neuron. 74(4). 706–718. 66 indexed citations

Mizrak, Doğukan, et al.. (2012). Electrical Activity Can Impose Time of Day on the Circadian Transcriptome of Pacemaker Neurons. Current Biology. 22(20). 1871–1880. 34 indexed citations

Keene, Alex C., Esteban O. Mazzoni, Meg A. Younger, et al.. (2011). Distinct Visual Pathways MediateDrosophilaLarval Light Avoidance and Circadian Clock Entrainment. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(17). 6527–6534. 67 indexed citations

Reeves, David C., et al.. (2010). Drosophila Pacemaker Neurons Require G Protein Signaling and GABAergic Inputs to Generate Twenty-Four Hour Behavioral Rhythms. Neuron. 68(5). 964–977. 37 indexed citations

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Collins, Ben, et al.. (2010). The Transcription Factor Mef2 Is Required for Normal Circadian Behavior in Drosophila. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(17). 5855–5865. 43 indexed citations

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Koh, Kyunghee, et al.. (2009). The COP9 Signalosome Is Required for Light-Dependent Timeless Degradation andDrosophilaClock Resetting. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(4). 1152–1162. 31 indexed citations

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Blau, Justin, et al.. (2007). What Is There Left to Learn about theDrosophilaClock?. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 72(1). 243–250. 7 indexed citations

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Collins, Ben & Justin Blau. (2007). Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day: circadian timekeeping in Drosophila. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 454(5). 857–867. 14 indexed citations

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Collins, Ben & Justin Blau. (2006). Keeping Time without a Clock. Neuron. 50(3). 348–350. 9 indexed citations

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Nitabach, Michael N., Todd C. Holmes, & Justin Blau. (2005). Membranes, Ions, and Clocks: Testing the Njus–Sulzman–Hastings Model of the Circadian Oscillator. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 393. 682–693. 29 indexed citations

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Sáez, Lino, et al.. (2005). The Double-Time Protein Kinase Regulates the Subcellular Localization of theDrosophilaClock Protein Period. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(22). 5430–5437. 120 indexed citations

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Mazzoni, Esteban O., Claude Desplan, & Justin Blau. (2005). Circadian Pacemaker Neurons Transmit and Modulate Visual Information to Control a Rapid Behavioral Response. Neuron. 45(2). 293–300. 121 indexed citations

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Nitabach, Michael N., et al.. (2004). Membrane electrical excitability is necessary for the free‐running larval Drosophila circadian clock. Journal of Neurobiology. 62(1). 1–13. 59 indexed citations

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Blau, Justin & Michael W. Young. (1999). Cycling vrille Expression Is Required for a Functional Drosophila Clock. Cell. 99(6). 661–671. 358 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yankulov, Krassimir, et al.. (1994). Transcriptional elongation by RNA polymerase II is stimulated by transactivators. Cell. 77(5). 749–759. 219 indexed citations

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