Max W. Shen

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
18 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Max W. Shen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Max W. Shen has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 2 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Max W. Shen's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (4 papers). Max W. Shen is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (4 papers). Max W. Shen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Max W. Shen's co-authors include David R. Liu, Mandana Arbab, Pavel A. Pevzner, Dmitry Antipov, Mikhail Raiko, Nolan T. Hartwick, Alla Lapidus, Christopher A. Cassa, Żaneta Matuszek and Jonathan Y. Hsu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Max W. Shen

18 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

plasmidSPAdes: assembling plasmids from whole genome sequencing data

2016 397 citations Dmitry Antipov, Nolan T. Hartwick et al. Bioinformatics profile →
Predictable and precise template-free CRISPR editing of pathogenic variants

2018 380 citations Max W. Shen, Mandana Arbab et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Max W. Shen United States	12	1.6k	368	245	189	180	18	1.9k
Gregory W. Goldberg United States	9	1.4k 0.9×	343 0.9×	90 0.4×	113 0.6×	391 2.2×	10	1.6k
Christopher A. Vakulskas United States	26	2.7k 1.7×	1.4k 3.7×	335 1.4×	209 1.1×	348 1.9×	38	3.2k
Zaid Ahmed Pirzada Pakistan	8	1.9k 1.2×	425 1.2×	185 0.8×	31 0.2×	185 1.0×	11	2.1k
Manuela Villion Canada	13	2.1k 1.3×	485 1.3×	230 0.9×	47 0.2×	659 3.7×	19	2.4k
April Pawluk Canada	10	1.4k 0.9×	279 0.8×	182 0.7×	70 0.4×	601 3.3×	14	1.6k
Raymond H.J. Staals Netherlands	27	3.0k 1.9×	663 1.8×	375 1.5×	88 0.5×	873 4.8×	44	3.4k
Elena Soria Spain	10	1.6k 1.0×	376 1.0×	214 0.9×	14 0.1×	272 1.5×	23	1.9k
Frank Hille Germany	3	897 0.6×	167 0.5×	110 0.4×	22 0.1×	183 1.0×	9	1.0k
Poulami Samai United States	12	1.9k 1.2×	501 1.4×	128 0.5×	14 0.1×	245 1.4×	12	2.0k
Casey A. Gifford United States	15	1.7k 1.1×	477 1.3×	179 0.7×	373 2.0×	142 0.8×	21	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Max W. Shen

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All Works

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18 of 18 papers shown

Shen, Max W., Zhongheng Zhang, Chao Liu, et al.. (2024). Evaluating Prognostic Bias of Critical Illness Severity Scores Based on Age, Sex, and Primary Language in the United States: A Retrospective Multicenter Study. Critical Care Explorations. 6(1). e1033–e1033. 2 indexed citations

Arbab, Mandana, Żaneta Matuszek, Gregory A. Newby, et al.. (2023). Base editing rescue of spinal muscular atrophy in cells and in mice. Science. 380(6642). eadg6518–eadg6518. 74 indexed citations

Chiu, Leonard, Ronald Chow, Nicholas Chiu, et al.. (2022). Meta-Analysis of Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasonography Versus Chest Radiography in Adults With Symptoms of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. The American Journal of Cardiology. 174. 89–95. 33 indexed citations

Zanetti, Larissa C., Max W. Shen, Lin Lin, et al.. (2022). Peptide fusion improves prime editing efficiency. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3512–3512. 43 indexed citations

Chen, Jonathan C., Max W. Shen, Michael Wornow, et al.. (2022). Generating experimentally unrelated target molecule-binding highly functionalized nucleic-acid polymers using machine learning. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4541–4541. 15 indexed citations

Koblan, Luke W., Mandana Arbab, Max W. Shen, et al.. (2021). Efficient C•G-to-G•C base editors developed using CRISPRi screens, target-library analysis, and machine learning. Nature Biotechnology. 39(11). 1414–1425. 155 indexed citations

Shen, Max W., Kevin T. Zhao, & David Liu. (2021). Reconstruction of evolving gene variants and fitness from short sequencing reads. Nature Chemical Biology. 17(11). 1188–1198. 6 indexed citations

Hsu, Jonathan Y., Julian Grünewald, Andrew V. Anzalone, et al.. (2021). PrimeDesign software for rapid and simplified design of prime editing guide RNAs. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1034–1034. 130 indexed citations

Shen, Max W., et al.. (2021). Machine learning based CRISPR gRNA design for therapeutic exon skipping. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(1). e1008605–e1008605. 7 indexed citations

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Culbertson, Sannie J., Benjamin Holmes, Max W. Shen, et al.. (2021). Small molecule inhibition of ATM kinase increases CRISPR-Cas9 1-bp insertion frequency. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5111–5111. 13 indexed citations

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Lin, Lin, Benjamin Holmes, Max W. Shen, et al.. (2020). Comprehensive Mapping of Key Regulatory Networks that Drive Oncogene Expression. Cell Reports. 33(8). 108426–108426. 11 indexed citations

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Miller, Shannon M., Tina Wang, Peyton B. Randolph, et al.. (2020). Continuous evolution of SpCas9 variants compatible with non-G PAMs. Nature Biotechnology. 38(4). 471–481. 257 indexed citations

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Arbab, Mandana, Max W. Shen, Beverly Mok, et al.. (2020). Determinants of Base Editing Outcomes from Target Library Analysis and Machine Learning. Cell. 182(2). 463–480.e30. 185 indexed citations

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Shen, Max W., Mandana Arbab, Jonathan Y. Hsu, et al.. (2018). Predictable and precise template-free CRISPR editing of pathogenic variants. Nature. 563(7733). 646–651. 380 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bossi, Flavia, Jue Fan, Max W. Shen, et al.. (2017). Systematic discovery of novel eukaryotic transcriptional regulators using sequence homology independent prediction. BMC Genomics. 18(1). 480–480. 7 indexed citations

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Lin, Yu, Jeffrey Yuan, Mikhail Kolmogorov, et al.. (2016). Assembly of long error-prone reads using de Bruijn graphs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(52). E8396–E8405. 209 indexed citations

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Antipov, Dmitry, Nolan T. Hartwick, Max W. Shen, et al.. (2016). plasmidSPAdes: assembling plasmids from whole genome sequencing data. Bioinformatics. 32(22). 3380–3387. 397 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lin, Yu, et al.. (2016). Assembly of Long Error-Prone Reads Using de Bruijn Graphs. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). 265. 1 indexed citations

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