Megan Allen

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Megan Allen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Megan Allen has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Oncology and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Megan Allen's work include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (4 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (3 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (3 papers). Megan Allen is often cited by papers focused on Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (4 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (3 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (3 papers). Megan Allen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Lebanon and Australia. Megan Allen's co-authors include Steven J. Siegel, Darren Goffin, Julie A. Blendy, Zhaolan Zhou, Katherine Conant, Dilek Colak, Gregory Putzel, Xin Li, Iliyan D. Iliev and Iris H. Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Megan Allen

16 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Mucosal fungi promote gut barrier function and social beh... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. Mucosal fungi promote gut barrier function and social behavior via Type 17 immunity
    2022 205 citations Irina Leonardi, Iris H. Gao et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Megan Allen United States 14 628 354 189 153 99 17 1.0k
Sundar Ganesan United States 19 730 1.2× 263 0.7× 109 0.6× 359 2.3× 86 0.9× 49 1.5k
Sandrine Passemard France 21 710 1.1× 396 1.1× 59 0.3× 168 1.1× 83 0.8× 42 1.4k
Roberto H. Herai Brazil 19 779 1.2× 218 0.6× 80 0.4× 132 0.9× 33 0.3× 52 1.3k
Cristina Agliardi Italy 22 374 0.6× 191 0.5× 201 1.1× 113 0.7× 141 1.4× 63 1.3k
Bruno Henrique Silva Araújo Brazil 19 322 0.5× 151 0.4× 118 0.6× 179 1.2× 40 0.4× 33 873
Aaron R. Jeffries United Kingdom 20 838 1.3× 564 1.6× 204 1.1× 108 0.7× 18 0.2× 48 1.3k
Ariya D. Lapan United States 6 569 0.9× 182 0.5× 96 0.5× 271 1.8× 167 1.7× 6 1.5k
Sen Wu China 21 975 1.6× 364 1.0× 56 0.3× 202 1.3× 43 0.4× 69 1.7k
Elaine Kenny Ireland 20 858 1.4× 456 1.3× 110 0.6× 94 0.6× 70 0.7× 37 1.5k
Matthew Murtha United States 11 713 1.1× 289 0.8× 100 0.5× 159 1.0× 19 0.2× 17 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Megan Allen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Megan Allen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Megan Allen. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Megan Allen. The network helps show where Megan Allen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Megan Allen

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Allen, Megan, et al.. (2025). Oculomotor Nerve Palsy in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: A Case Report and Literature Review. The Neurohospitalist. 3105286063–3105286063.
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Allen, Megan, Ben Huang, Michael Notaras, et al.. (2022). Astrocytes derived from ASD individuals alter behavior and destabilize neuronal activity through aberrant Ca2+ signaling. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(5). 2470–2484. 48 indexed citations
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Leonardi, Irina, Iris H. Gao, Woan-Yu Lin, et al.. (2022). Mucosal fungi promote gut barrier function and social behavior via Type 17 immunity. Cell. 185(5). 831–846.e14. 205 indexed citations breakdown →
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Notaras, Michael, Megan Allen, Francesco Longo, et al.. (2019). UPF2 leads to degradation of dendritically targeted mRNAs to regulate synaptic plasticity and cognitive function. Molecular Psychiatry. 25(12). 3360–3379. 29 indexed citations
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Bozzelli, P. Lorenzo, Adam Caccavano, Megan Allen, et al.. (2017). Disruption of perineuronal nets increases the frequency of sharp wave ripple events. Hippocampus. 28(1). 42–52. 43 indexed citations
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Li, Wenqi, Megan Allen, Yanfang Rui, et al.. (2016). p39 Is Responsible for Increasing Cdk5 Activity during Postnatal Neuron Differentiation and Governs Neuronal Network Formation and Epileptic Responses. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(44). 11283–11294. 29 indexed citations
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Allen, Megan, et al.. (2016). Protease induced plasticity: matrix metalloproteinase-1 promotes neurostructural changes through activation of protease activated receptor 1. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 35497–35497. 41 indexed citations
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Swenson, Paul D., et al.. (2016). Evaluation of a transcription mediated amplification assay for detection of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 mRNA in clinical specimens. Journal of Clinical Virology. 80. 62–67. 8 indexed citations
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Williams, Kathryn R., Lei Xing, Megan Allen, et al.. (2015). hnRNP-Q1 represses nascent axon growth in cortical neurons by inhibitingGap-43mRNA translation. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 27(3). 518–534. 44 indexed citations
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Conant, Katherine, Megan Allen, & Seung T. Lim. (2015). Activity dependent CAM cleavage and neurotransmission. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 9. 305–305. 26 indexed citations
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Valente, Marco, Megan Allen, Valeria Bortolotto, et al.. (2015). The MMP-1/PAR-1 Axis Enhances Proliferation and Neuronal Differentiation of Adult Hippocampal Neural Progenitor Cells. Neural Plasticity. 2015. 1–10. 25 indexed citations
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Allen, Megan, Clark W. Bird, Wei Feng, et al.. (2013). HuD Promotes BDNF Expression in Brain Neurons via Selective Stabilization of the BDNF Long 3′UTR mRNA. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e55718–e55718. 53 indexed citations
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Allen, Megan, Darren Goffin, Xinjian Zhu, et al.. (2012). Loss of CDKL5 disrupts kinome profile and event-related potentials leading to autistic-like phenotypes in mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(52). 21516–21521. 163 indexed citations
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Goffin, Darren, Megan Allen, Le Zhang, et al.. (2011). Rett syndrome mutation MeCP2 T158A disrupts DNA binding, protein stability and ERP responses. Nature Neuroscience. 15(2). 274–283. 172 indexed citations
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Hanlon, Linda, Jacqueline L. Avila, Renée M. Demarest, et al.. (2010). Notch1 Functions as a Tumor Suppressor in a Model of K-ras–Induced Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Cancer Research. 70(11). 4280–4286. 127 indexed citations
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Kirby, Tyler O., Megan Allen, Ronald D. Alvarez, Craig Hoesley, & Warner K. Huh. (2004). High-Risk Human Papillomavirus and Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia at Time of Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance Cytologic Results in a Population with Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease. 8(4). 298–303. 17 indexed citations
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Allen, Megan, et al.. (1996). Attitudes toward blindness and blind people: what do we believe?. PubMed. 7(3). 72–7. 6 indexed citations

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