Seymour Benzer

26.8k citations

119 papers · 20.8k indexed · 14 hit papers · h-index 73

Impact in

Aging top 0.02%
- Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.05%
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

Papers in

Aging 16
- Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms 16
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 61
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research 56

Co-authors: Ronald J. Konopka Yoshiki Hotta Kyung‐Tai Min Pankaj Kapahi Laurent Seroude Sewell P. Champe Donald F. Ready Thomas E. Hanson
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (42 papers)Cell (7 papers)Neuron (7 papers)Current Biology (7 papers)Nature (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States France United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Seymour Benzer

119 papers receiving 20.0k citations

Hit Papers

14 papers align trajectories log scale

Prandiology of Drosophila and the CAFE assay 2007 · 539 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2007 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2004 Current Biology
2004 Nature
2003 Cell
1998 Science
1997 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1982 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1976 Developmental Biology
1974 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1971 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1967 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1961 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1959 Journal of Molecular Biology
1955 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Peers

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Citations

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Seymour Benzer, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

Border = papers with Seymour Benzer Line = papers co-authored together Seymour Benzer links everyone, so they are left out of the graph.

All Works

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1	The Leucokinin Pathway and Its Neurons Regulate Meal Size in Drosophila Current Biology ·Bader Al-Anzi, Elena Armand, Paul Nagamei, Margaret Olszewski, Viveca Sapin, Christopher M. Waters, Kai Zinn, Robert J. Wyman, Seymour Benzer	2010	129
2	Water- and nutrient-dependent effects of dietary restriction on Drosophila lifespan Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·William W. Ja, Gil B. Carvalho, Brian M. Zid, Elizabeth M. Mak, Ted Brummel, Seymour Benzer	2009	87
3	The Drosophila G protein‐coupled receptor, Methuselah, exhibits a promiscuous response to peptides Protein Science ·William W. Ja, Gil B. Carvalho, Marisol Madrigal, Richard W. Roberts, Seymour Benzer	2009	32
4	Prandiology of Drosophila and the CAFE assay Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·William W. Ja, Gil B. Carvalho, Elizabeth M. Mak, Noelle N. de la Rosa, Annie Y. Fang, Jonathan C. Liong, Ted Brummel, Seymour Benzer Hit paper breakdown →	2007	539
5	Light Activation of an Innate Olfactory Avoidance Response in Drosophila Current Biology ·Greg S. B. Suh, Shlomo Ben-Tabou de Leon, Hiromu Tanimoto, André Fiala, Seymour Benzer, David J. Anderson	2007	105
6	Overexpression of a Drosophila Homolog of Apolipoprotein D Leads to Increased Stress Resistance and Extended Lifespan Current Biology ·David W. Walker, Julien Muffat, Colin Rundel, Seymour Benzer	2006	108
7	Response of Drosophila to Wasabi Is Mediated by painless, the Fly Homolog of Mammalian TRPA1/ANKTM1 Current Biology ·Bader Al-Anzi, W. Daniel Tracey, Seymour Benzer	2006	147
8	Drosophila lifespan enhancement by exogenous bacteria Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ted Brummel, Alisa Ching, Laurent Seroude, Anne F. Simon, Seymour Benzer	2004	238
9	Regulation of Lifespan in Drosophila by Modulation of Genes in the TOR Signaling Pathway Current Biology ·Pankaj Kapahi, Brian M. Zid, Tony Harper, Daniel Koslover, Viveca Sapin, Seymour Benzer Hit paper breakdown →	2004	1024
10	Steroid Control of Longevity in Drosophila melanogaster Science ·Anne F. Simon, Cindy Shih, Antha Mack, Seymour Benzer	2003	208
11	Divergentdecapentaplegic expression patterns in compound eye development and the evolution of insect metamorphosis Journal of Experimental Zoology ·Markus Friedrich, Seymour Benzer	2000	61
12	Dual functions of the Drosophila eyes absent gene in the eye and embryo Mechanisms of Development ·William M Leiserson, Seymour Benzer, Nancy M. Bonini	1998	22
13	Spongecake and eggroll: two hereditary diseases in Drosophila resemble patterns of human brain degeneration Current Biology ·Kyung‐Tai Min, Seymour Benzer	1997	58
14	Anomalous regulation of the Drosophila Na(+)-Ca2+ exchanger by Ca2+. The Journal of General Physiology ·Larry V. Hryshko, Satoshi Matsuoka, Debora A. Nicoll, James N. Weiss, Erich M. Schwarz, Seymour Benzer, Kenneth D. Philipson	1996	67
15	Migration of glia along photoreceptor axons in the developing drosophila eye Neuron ·Kwang‐Wook Choi, Seymour Benzer	1994	77
16	Rotation of photoreceptor clusters in the developing drosophila eye requires the nemo gene Cell ·Kwang‐Wook Choi, Seymour Benzer	1994	297
17	The eyes absent gene: Genetic control of cell survival and differentiation in the developing Drosophila eye Cell ·Nancy M. Bonini, William M. Leiserson, Seymour Benzer	1993	483
18	Transcript localization of four opsin genes in the three visual organs of Drosophila; RH2 is ocellus specific Nature ·John A. Pollock, Seymour Benzer	1988	129
19	The sevenless+ protein is expressed apically in cell membranes of developing Drosophila retina; it is not restricted to cell R7 Cell ·Utpal Banerjee, Patricia J. Renfranz, David R. Hinton, Bruce A. Rabin, Seymour Benzer	1987	113
20	Clock Mutants of Drosophila melanogaster Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ronald J. Konopka, Seymour Benzer Hit paper breakdown →	1971	1638

About Seymour Benzer

Seymour Benzer is a scholar working on Aging, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Insect Science and Molecular Biology, having authored 119 papers that have together received 20.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (56 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (16 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (11 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (11 papers), Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (10 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (10 papers) and Insect Utilization and Effects (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (3.4k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (8.8k citations), Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (2.7k citations), Insect Science (2.5k citations) and Molecular Biology (10.2k citations). Seymour Benzer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Ronald J. Konopka, Yoshiki Hotta, Kyung‐Tai Min, Pankaj Kapahi, Laurent Seroude, Sewell P. Champe, Donald F. Ready, Thomas E. Hanson, Parsa Kazemi‐Esfarjani and William G. Quinn. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Cell, Neuron, Current Biology and Nature.

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