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.
In vivo genome editing using Staphylococcus aureus Cas9
20152.0k citationsF. Ann Ran, Le Cong et al.Natureprofile →
Rationally engineered Cas9 nucleases with improved specificity
20151.8k citationsIan M. Slaymaker, Linyi Gao et al.Scienceprofile →
In vivo genome editing improves muscle function in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
2015848 citationsChristopher E. Nelson, Chady H. Hakim et al.Scienceprofile →
In vivo gene editing in dystrophic mouse muscle and muscle stem cells
2015788 citationsMohammadsharif Tabebordbar, Kexian Zhu et al.Scienceprofile →
Diversity and evolution of class 2 CRISPR–Cas systems
2017761 citationsSergey Shmakov, Aaron A. Smargon et al.Nature Reviews Microbiologyprofile →
Functionally diverse type V CRISPR-Cas systems
2018373 citationsWinston X. Yan, Lauren E. Alfonse et al.Scienceprofile →
Cas13d Is a Compact RNA-Targeting Type VI CRISPR Effector Positively Modulated by a WYL-Domain-Containing Accessory Protein
2018350 citationsWinston X. Yan, Shaorong Chong et al.Molecular Cellprofile →
Peers — A (Enhanced Table)
Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late)
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Countries citing papers authored by Winston X. Yan
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This map shows the geographic impact of Winston X. Yan's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Winston X. Yan with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Winston X. Yan more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Winston X. Yan. 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 Winston X. Yan. The network helps show where Winston X. Yan may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Winston X. Yan
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Winston X. Yan.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Winston X. Yan 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 Winston X. Yan. Winston X. Yan is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
Yan, Winston X., Lauren E. Alfonse, Jason Carte, et al.. (2018). Functionally diverse type V CRISPR-Cas systems. Science. 363(6422). 88–91.373 indexed citations breakdown →
9.
Yan, Winston X., Shaorong Chong, Huaibin Zhang, et al.. (2018). Cas13d Is a Compact RNA-Targeting Type VI CRISPR Effector Positively Modulated by a WYL-Domain-Containing Accessory Protein. Molecular Cell. 70(2). 327–339.e5.350 indexed citations breakdown →
10.
Gao, Linyi, David Cox, Winston X. Yan, et al.. (2017). Engineered Cpf1 variants with altered PAM specificities. PMC.1 indexed citations
11.
Mirzazadeh, Reza, Silvano Garnerone, Martin Schneider, et al.. (2017). BLISS is a versatile and quantitative method for genome-wide profiling of DNA double-strand breaks. Nature.86 indexed citations
Shmakov, Sergey, Aaron A. Smargon, David Scott, et al.. (2017). Diversity and evolution of class 2 CRISPR–Cas systems. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 15(3). 169–182.761 indexed citations breakdown →
Tabebordbar, Mohammadsharif, Jie Cheng, Wei Leong Chew, et al.. (2016). In vivo gene editing in dystrophic mouse muscle and muscle stem cells. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).2 indexed citations
17.
Tabebordbar, Mohammadsharif, Kexian Zhu, Jason Cheng, et al.. (2015). In vivo gene editing in dystrophic mouse muscle and muscle stem cells. Science. 351(6271). 407–411.788 indexed citations breakdown →
18.
Nelson, Christopher E., Chady H. Hakim, David G. Ousterout, et al.. (2015). In vivo genome editing improves muscle function in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Science. 351(6271). 403–407.848 indexed citations breakdown →
19.
Slaymaker, Ian M., Linyi Gao, Bernd Zetsche, et al.. (2015). Rationally engineered Cas9 nucleases with improved specificity. Science. 351(6268). 84–88.1786 indexed citations breakdown →
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