Leah Boyer

5.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
16 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Leah Boyer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Leah Boyer has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Leah Boyer's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (6 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (2 papers). Leah Boyer is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (6 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (2 papers). Leah Boyer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Leah Boyer's co-authors include Fred H. Gage, Beate Winner, Eliezer Masliah, Christian T. Carson, Christopher K. Glass, Kaoru Saijo, Michael G. Rosenfeld, Jérôme Mertens, Stefan Aigner and Roberto Jappelli and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Leah Boyer

16 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

In vivo demonstration that α-synuclein oligomers are toxic 2009 2026 2014 2020 2011 2009 2016 250 500 750 1000
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. In vivo demonstration that α-synuclein oligomers are toxic
    2011 1.2k citations Beate Winner, Roberto Jappelli et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. A Nurr1/CoREST Pathway in Microglia and Astrocytes Protects Dopaminergic Neurons from Inflammation-Induced Death
    2009 758 citations Kaoru Saijo, Beate Winner et al. Cell profile →
  3. Metabolic reprogramming during neuronal differentiation from aerobic glycolysis to neuronal oxidative phosphorylation
    2016 458 citations Xinde Zheng, Leah Boyer et al. eLife profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leah Boyer United States 15 1.9k 1.2k 1.1k 908 559 16 3.7k
Natalia Ninkina United Kingdom 38 1.8k 0.9× 1.4k 1.2× 2.1k 1.9× 988 1.1× 426 0.8× 103 4.3k
Mariana Pehar United States 33 1.5k 0.8× 569 0.5× 1.1k 1.0× 822 0.9× 633 1.1× 50 3.4k
Penelope J. Hallett United States 36 2.1k 1.1× 1.9k 1.6× 1.7k 1.5× 1.1k 1.2× 454 0.8× 63 4.2k
Sabina Tahirović Germany 27 1.5k 0.8× 698 0.6× 722 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 912 1.6× 49 3.4k
Makoto Urushitani Japan 36 1.8k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 2.4k 2.1× 971 1.1× 928 1.7× 114 4.9k
Sashi Kesavapany United States 29 1.6k 0.8× 803 0.7× 996 0.9× 999 1.1× 380 0.7× 38 3.1k
Marcel P. van der Brug United States 17 2.1k 1.1× 573 0.5× 945 0.8× 747 0.8× 957 1.7× 22 3.7k
Christopher William United States 18 1.5k 0.8× 992 0.8× 425 0.4× 1.6k 1.7× 684 1.2× 42 3.6k
Wim Mandemakers Netherlands 23 2.1k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 781 0.7× 639 0.7× 383 0.7× 37 3.7k
Patrice D. Smith Canada 20 1.8k 1.0× 2.1k 1.7× 960 0.9× 427 0.5× 577 1.0× 33 3.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Leah Boyer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leah Boyer

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

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Zheng, Xinde, Leah Boyer, Mingji Jin, et al.. (2016). Metabolic reprogramming during neuronal differentiation from aerobic glycolysis to neuronal oxidative phosphorylation. eLife. 5. 458 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zheng, Xinde, Leah Boyer, Mingji Jin, et al.. (2016). Alleviation of neuronal energy deficiency by mTOR inhibition as a treatment for mitochondria-related neurodegeneration. eLife. 5. 105 indexed citations
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Bardy, Cédric, Mark van den Hurk, Tameji Eames, et al.. (2015). Neuronal medium that supports basic synaptic functions and activity of human neurons in vitro. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(20). E2725–34. 268 indexed citations
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Vı́lchez, David, Leah Boyer, Margaret Lutz, et al.. (2013). FOXO4 is necessary for neural differentiation of human embryonic stem cells. Aging Cell. 12(3). 518–522. 40 indexed citations
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Havlicek, Steven, Zacharias Kohl, Hemant Kumar Mishra, et al.. (2013). Gene dosage-dependent rescue of HSP neurite defects in SPG4 patients' neurons. Human Molecular Genetics. 23(10). 2527–2541. 98 indexed citations
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Winner, Beate, Martin Regensburger, Sebastian R. Schreglmann, et al.. (2012). Role of α-Synuclein in Adult Neurogenesis and Neuronal Maturation in the Dentate Gyrus. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(47). 16906–16916. 104 indexed citations
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Vı́lchez, David, Leah Boyer, Ianessa Morantte, et al.. (2012). Increased proteasome activity in human embryonic stem cells is regulated by PSMD11. Nature. 489(7415). 304–308. 316 indexed citations
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Boyer, Leah, et al.. (2012). Dopaminergic Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Cells. Current Protocols in Stem Cell Biology. 22(1). Unit1H.6–Unit1H.6. 31 indexed citations
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Marchetto, Maria C., Kristen Brennand, Leah Boyer, & Fred H. Gage. (2011). Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and neurological disease modeling: progress and promises. Human Molecular Genetics. 20(R2). R109–R115. 138 indexed citations
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Winner, Beate, Roberto Jappelli, Samir K. Maji, et al.. (2011). In vivo demonstration that α-synuclein oligomers are toxic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(10). 4194–4199. 1194 indexed citations breakdown →
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Saijo, Kaoru, Beate Winner, Christian T. Carson, et al.. (2009). A Nurr1/CoREST Pathway in Microglia and Astrocytes Protects Dopaminergic Neurons from Inflammation-Induced Death. Cell. 137(1). 47–59. 758 indexed citations breakdown →
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Boyer, Leah, Frédéric Moisan, Laurent Martinon, et al.. (2009). Carbon Black and Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Internalization in Two Human Respiratory Cell Lines.. A5242–A5242. 1 indexed citations
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Ficarro, Scott B., Yi Zhang, Yu Lu, et al.. (2009). Improved Electrospray Ionization Efficiency Compensates for Diminished Chromatographic Resolution and Enables Proteomics Analysis of Tyrosine Signaling in Embryonic Stem Cells. Analytical Chemistry. 81(9). 3440–3447. 90 indexed citations
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Chan, Elayne M., F Yates, Leah Boyer, Thorsten M. Schlaeger, & George Q. Daley. (2008). Enhanced Plating Efficiency of Trypsin-Adapted Human Embryonic Stem Cells is Reversible and Independent of Trisomy 12/17. Cloning and Stem Cells. 10(1). 107–118. 22 indexed citations
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Lerou, Paul H., Akiko Yabuuchi, Hongguang Huo, et al.. (2008). Derivation and maintenance of human embryonic stem cells from poor-quality in vitro fertilization embryos. Nature Protocols. 3(5). 923–933. 42 indexed citations
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Bazin, Renée, A. Darveau, Alex Pelletier, et al.. (1992). Increased avidity of mutant IgM antibodies caused by the absence of COOH-terminal glycosylation of the mu H chain. The Journal of Immunology. 149(12). 3889–3893. 18 indexed citations

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