Winston X. Yan

14.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
31 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Winston X. Yan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Business and International Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Winston X. Yan has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Business and International Management. Recurrent topics in Winston X. Yan's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (24 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (6 papers). Winston X. Yan is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (24 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (6 papers). Winston X. Yan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Sweden. Winston X. Yan's co-authors include Feng Zhang, David Scott, Bernd Zetsche, Linyi Gao, Kira S. Makarova, Eugene V. Koonin, F. Ann Ran, Ian M. Slaymaker, Le Cong and Jonathan S. Gootenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Winston X. Yan

29 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

In vivo genome editing using Staphylococcus aureus Cas9 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2015 2015 2015 2017 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Winston X. Yan United States 16 8.2k 2.0k 1.1k 769 622 31 8.6k
Benjamin P. Kleinstiver United States 28 8.4k 1.0× 1.9k 0.9× 1.0k 1.0× 1.0k 1.3× 663 1.1× 66 8.7k
Ian M. Slaymaker United States 14 8.6k 1.0× 1.7k 0.8× 1.0k 0.9× 1.1k 1.5× 565 0.9× 21 9.0k
Nathalie T. Nguyen United States 17 6.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 853 0.8× 703 0.9× 563 0.9× 27 6.8k
Holly A. Rees United States 17 7.1k 0.9× 1.9k 1.0× 679 0.6× 875 1.1× 399 0.6× 18 7.5k
Luhan Yang United States 6 7.3k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 556 0.5× 804 1.0× 567 0.9× 8 8.0k
Bernd Zetsche United States 14 10.5k 1.3× 2.0k 1.0× 1.4k 1.3× 1.4k 1.8× 809 1.3× 17 10.9k
Luke W. Koblan United States 15 7.5k 0.9× 2.3k 1.1× 626 0.6× 1.1k 1.4× 428 0.7× 19 8.0k
Gregory A. Newby United States 30 8.0k 1.0× 2.4k 1.2× 615 0.6× 1.1k 1.4× 414 0.7× 59 8.7k
Cyd Khayter United States 11 6.1k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 719 0.7× 771 1.0× 486 0.8× 11 6.5k
Matthew H. Larson United States 14 8.2k 1.0× 2.0k 1.0× 525 0.5× 658 0.9× 515 0.8× 19 8.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Winston X. Yan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Alfonse, Lauren E., H. Morinaga, Hisato Hirano, et al.. (2025). Structural basis for target DNA cleavage and guide RNA processing by CRISPR-Casλ2. Communications Biology. 8(1). 876–876. 1 indexed citations
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Belgrad, Jillian, Erin M. McConnell, Simon Léonard, et al.. (2025). The N=1 Collaborative: advancing customized nucleic acid therapies through collaboration and data sharing. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(8). 3 indexed citations
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Tordoff, Jesse, Lauren E. Alfonse, Kira S. Makarova, et al.. (2025). Initial Characterization of 12 New Subtypes and Variants of Type V CRISPR Systems. The CRISPR Journal. 8(2). 149–154. 3 indexed citations
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Gleeson, Joseph G., Laurence Mignon, Winston X. Yan, et al.. (2024). A framework for N-of-1 trials of individualized gene-targeted therapies for genetic diseases. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9802–9802. 7 indexed citations
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Aartsma‐Rus, Annemieke, Alejandro Garanto, Willeke van Roon‐Mom, et al.. (2022). Consensus Guidelines for the Design and In Vitro Preclinical Efficacy Testing N-of-1 Exon Skipping Antisense Oligonucleotides. Nucleic Acid Therapeutics. 33(1). 17–25. 35 indexed citations
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Wu, Wen Y., Prarthana Mohanraju, Chunyu Liao, et al.. (2022). The miniature CRISPR-Cas12m effector binds DNA to block transcription. Molecular Cell. 82(23). 4487–4502.e7. 62 indexed citations
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Faure, Guilhem, Sergey Shmakov, Winston X. Yan, et al.. (2019). CRISPR–Cas in mobile genetic elements: counter-defence and beyond. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 17(8). 513–525. 180 indexed citations
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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 →
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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 →
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Gao, Linyi, David Cox, Winston X. Yan, et al.. (2017). Engineered Cpf1 variants with altered PAM specificities. PMC. 1 indexed citations
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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
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Abadi, Shiran, Winston X. Yan, David Amar, & Itay Mayrose. (2017). A machine learning approach for predicting CRISPR-Cas9 cleavage efficiencies and patterns underlying its mechanism of action. PLoS Computational Biology. 13(10). e1005807–e1005807. 141 indexed citations
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Yan, Winston X., Reza Mirzazadeh, Silvano Garnerone, et al.. (2017). BLISS is a versatile and quantitative method for genome-wide profiling of DNA double-strand breaks. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15058–15058. 272 indexed citations
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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 →
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Nelson, Christopher E., Chady H. Hakim, David G. Ousterout, et al.. (2016). In vivo genome editing improves muscle function in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). 2 indexed citations
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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
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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 →
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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 →
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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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Nishimasu, Hiroshi, Le Cong, Winston X. Yan, et al.. (2015). Crystal Structure of Staphylococcus aureus Cas9. Cell. 162(5). 1113–1126. 335 indexed citations

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