William E. Allen

6.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
51 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

William E. Allen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, William E. Allen has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 10 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in William E. Allen's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (9 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (7 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers). William E. Allen is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (9 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (7 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers). William E. Allen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. William E. Allen's co-authors include Karl Deisseroth, Liqun Luo, Charu Ramakrishnan, Sam Vesuna, Michael Z. Chen, Kathryn E. Evans, Xiao Wang, Emily Sylwestrak, Garry P. Nolan and Jia Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

William E. Allen

50 papers receiving 3.7k citations

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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.

Three-dimensional intact-tissue sequencing of single-cell transcriptional states

2018 941 citations Xiao Wang, William E. Allen et al. Science profile →
Temporal evolution of cortical ensembles promoting remote memory retrieval

2019 336 citations Laura A. DeNardo, Cindy D. Liu et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Molecular and spatial signatures of mouse brain aging at single-cell resolution

2022 190 citations William E. Allen, Zuri A. Sullivan et al. Cell profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	High-resolution spatial mapping of cell state and lineage dynamics in vivo with PEtracer 2025 ·Science ·Luke W. Koblan, Kathryn E. Yost, Pu Zheng, William Colgan, Matthew G. Jones, Dian Yang, (unknown), (unknown), Alexandra Schnell, Dawei Sun, Can Ergen, Reuben A. Saunders, Xiaowei Zhuang, William E. Allen, Nir Yosef, Jonathan S. Weissman	3
2	Perturb-Multimodal: A platform for pooled genetic screens with imaging and sequencing in intact mammalian tissue 2025 ·Cell ·Reuben A. Saunders, William E. Allen, Xingjie Pan, Jaspreet Sandhu, Jiaqi Lu, (unknown), (unknown), Zuri A. Sullivan, Catherine Dulac, Jonathan S. Weissman, Xiaowei Zhuang	12
3	A transcription factor atlas of directed differentiation 2023 ·Cell ·Julia Joung, Sai Ma, Tristan Tay, (unknown), Paul C. Kirchgatterer, Vanessa K. Verdine, Baolin Guo, Mario A. Arias-García, William E. Allen, Ankita Singh, Olena Kuksenko, Omar O. Abudayyeh, Jonathan S. Gootenberg, Zhanyan Fu, Rhiannon K. Macrae, Jason D. Buenrostro, Aviv Regev, Feng Zhang	96
4	Unraveling attributes of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and uptake in the U.S.: a large nationwide study 2023 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Derek Shyr, (unknown), (unknown), Jessica R. Cataldi, William E. Allen, (unknown), (unknown), Feng Zhang, Regan H. Marsh, Mark A. Travassos, Xihong Lin	13
5	Cell-type-specific population dynamics of diverse reward computations 2022 ·Cell ·Emily Sylwestrak, YoungJu Jo, Sam Vesuna, Xiao Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Doo Kyung Kim, Lief E. Fenno, Charu Ramakrishnan, William E. Allen, Ritchie Chen, Krishna V. Shenoy, David Sussillo, Karl Deisseroth	33
6	Cerebellar nuclei evolved by repeatedly duplicating a conserved cell-type set 2020 ·Science ·Justus M. Kebschull, Ethan B. Richman, (unknown), Drew Friedmann, Eddy Albarran, Sai Saroja Kolluru, Robert C. Jones, William E. Allen, Ying Wang, Seung Woo Cho, Huaijun Zhou, Jun Ding, Howard Y. Chang, Karl Deisseroth, Stephen R. Quake, Liqun Luo	129
7	Differential encoding in prefrontal cortex projection neuron classes across cognitive tasks 2020 ·Cell ·Jan H. Lui, Nghia D. Nguyen, Sophie M. Grutzner, Spyros Darmanis, Diogo Peixoto, Mark J. Wagner, William E. Allen, Justus M. Kebschull, Ethan B. Richman, Jing Ren, William T. Newsome, Stephen R. Quake, Liqun Luo	63
8	Thirst regulates motivated behavior through modulation of brainwide neural population dynamics 2019 ·Science ·William E. Allen, Michael Z. Chen, Nandini Pichamoorthy, (unknown), Marius Pachitariu, Liqun Luo, Karl Deisseroth	220
9	Temporal evolution of cortical ensembles promoting remote memory retrieval breakdown → 2019 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Laura A. DeNardo, Cindy D. Liu, William E. Allen, Eliza L. Adams, Drew Friedmann, (unknown), Casey J. Guenthner, Marc Tessier‐Lavigne, Liqun Luo	336
10	Three-dimensional intact-tissue sequencing of single-cell transcriptional states breakdown → 2018 ·Science ·Xiao Wang, William E. Allen, Matthew A. Wright, Emily Sylwestrak, Nikolay Samusik, Sam Vesuna, Kathryn E. Evans, Cindy Liu, Charu Ramakrishnan, Jia Liu, Garry P. Nolan, Felice-Alessio Bava, Karl Deisseroth	941
11	Dynamic salience processing in paraventricular thalamus gates associative learning 2018 ·Science ·Yingjie Zhu, Gregory Nachtrab, (unknown), William E. Allen, Liqun Luo, Xiaoke Chen	119
12	Structural mechanisms of selectivity and gating in anion channelrhodopsins 2018 ·Nature ·Hideaki Kato, Yoon Seok Kim, Joseph M. Paggi, Kathryn E. Evans, William E. Allen, Claire E. Richardson, Keiichi Inoue, Shota Ito, Charu Ramakrishnan, Lief E. Fenno, Keitaro Yamashita, Daniel Hilger, Soo Yeun Lee, A. Berndt, Kang Shen, Hideki Kandori, Ron O. Dror, Brian K. Kobilka, Karl Deisseroth	60
13	Thirst-associated preoptic neurons encode an aversive motivational drive 2017 ·Science ·William E. Allen, Laura A. DeNardo, Michael Z. Chen, Cindy D. Liu, Kyle M. Loh, Lief E. Fenno, Charu Ramakrishnan, Karl Deisseroth, Liqun Luo	244
14	Ancestral Circuits for the Coordinated Modulation of Brain State 2017 ·Cell ·Matthew Lovett-Barron, Aaron S. Andalman, William E. Allen, Sam Vesuna, Isaac Kauvar, (unknown), Karl Deisseroth	112
15	Global Representations of Goal-Directed Behavior in Distinct Cell Types of Mouse Neocortex 2017 ·Neuron ·William E. Allen, Isaac Kauvar, Michael Z. Chen, Ethan B. Richman, Samuel Yang, Ken Y. Chan, Viviana Gradinaru, Benjamin E. Deverman, Liqun Luo, Karl Deisseroth	237
16	An Epigenetic Trap Stabilizes Singular Olfactory Receptor Expression 2013 ·Cell ·David Lyons, William E. Allen, (unknown), (unknown), Gilad Barnea, Stavros Lomvardas	126
17	An Epigenetic Signature for Monoallelic Olfactory Receptor Expression 2011 ·Cell ·Angeliki Magklara, Angela Yen, Bradley M. Colquitt, E. Josephine Clowney, William E. Allen, Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou, (unknown), Pouya Kheradpour, George Mountoufaris, (unknown), Gilad Barnea, Manolis Kellis, Stavros Lomvardas	221
18	Embryonic avian endothelial cells, a new source of cells for in vitro angiogenesis research 1994 ·Journal of Anatomy ·William E. Allen, David J. Wilson	1
19	Ultrasonographic and histological appearance of the canine ovary 1989 ·Veterinary Record ·Gary England, William E. Allen	9
20	Computerized tomography in pulmonary sarcoidosis 1977 ·PubMed ·Charles E. Putman, Stephen L. G. Rothman, Michael R. Littner, William E. Allen, E. Neil Schachter, Theresa C. McLoud, Marshall E. Bein, J. Bernard L. Gee	5

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