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Benjamin Wolozin

Benjamin Wolozin

Boston University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
38330
World Ranking
3793
National Ranking
1877

Benjamin Wolozin publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Benjamin Wolozin sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 249 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Benjamin Wolozin D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Benjamin Wolozin sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 81 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Benjamin Wolozin is a researcher affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their work spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, focusing on molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative diseases and RNA biology.

The main fields of study for Wolozin include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these broad fields, Wolozin's research covers several subfields, notably:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Physiology
  • Neurology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cell Biology

Their research topics specifically encompass:

  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • S100 Proteins and Annexins
  • Circular RNAs in diseases

Wolozin has published multiple papers, including recent influential articles such as:

  • Interaction of tau with HNRNPA2B1 and N6-methyladenosine RNA mediates the progression of tauopathy (2021, Molecular Cell)
  • TIA1 potentiates tau phase separation and promotes generation of toxic oligomeric tau (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Actionable Cytopathogenic Host Responses of Human Alveolar Type 2 Cells to SARS-CoV-2 (2020, Molecular Cell)
  • BraInMap Elucidates the Macromolecular Connectivity Landscape of Mammalian Brain (2020, Cell Systems)
  • The pathophysiology of neurodegenerative disease: Disturbing the balance between phase separation and irreversible aggregation (2020, Progress in molecular biology and translational science)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wolozin include:

  • Andrew Emili
  • Lulu Jiang
  • Peter E.A. Ash
  • Sambhavi Puri
  • Junming Hu

Their work has been published predominantly in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Molecular Cell
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience

In recognition of their contributions, Benjamin Wolozin was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • The spectrum of disease in chronic traumatic encephalopathy

    Ann C. McKee;Thor D. Stein;Thor D. Stein;Christopher J. Nowinski;Robert A. Stern

  • Decreased prevalence of Alzheimer disease associated with 3-hydroxy-3-methyglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors.

    Benjamin Wolozin;Wendy Kellman;Paul Ruosseau;Gastone G. Celesia

  • Protein Phase Separation: A New Phase in Cell Biology.

    Steven Boeynaems;Steven Boeynaems;Simon Alberti;Nicolas L. Fawzi;Tanja Mittag

  • Depletion of microglia and inhibition of exosome synthesis halt tau propagation

    Hirohide Asai;Seiko Ikezu;Satoshi Tsunoda;Maria Medalla

  • Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in blast-exposed military veterans and a blast neurotrauma mouse model.

    Lee E. Goldstein;Andrew M. Fisher;Chad A. Tagge;Xiao-Lei Zhang

  • CHIP and Hsp70 regulate tau ubiquitination, degradation and aggregation

    Leonard Petrucelli;Dennis Dickson;Kathryn Kehoe;Julie Taylor

  • Organization of the human serotonin transporter gene.

    K P Lesch;U Balling;J Gross;K Strauss

  • Parkin protects against the toxicity associated with mutant alpha-synuclein: proteasome dysfunction selectively affects catecholaminergic neurons.

    Leonard Petrucelli;Casey O'Farrell;Paul J. Lockhart;Melisa Baptista

  • α-Synuclein Shares Physical and Functional Homology with 14-3-3 Proteins

    Natalie Ostrerova;Leonard Petrucelli;Matthew Farrer;Nitinkumar Mehta

  • Tar DNA Binding Protein-43 (TDP-43) Associates with Stress Granules: Analysis of Cultured Cells and Pathological Brain Tissue

    Liqun Liu-Yesucevitz;Aylin Bilgutay;Yong Jie Zhang;Tara Vanderwyde

  • A neuronal antigen in the brains of Alzheimer patients

    B L Wolozin;A Pruchnicki;D W Dickson;P Davies

  • Primary structure of the human platelet serotonin uptake site: identity with the brain serotonin transporter.

    Klaus-Peter Lesch;Benjamin L. Wolozin;Dennis L. Murphy;Peter Riederer

  • Midlife serum cholesterol and increased risk of Alzheimer's and vascular dementia three decades later.

    Alina Solomon;Miia Kivipelto;Miia Kivipelto;Benjamin Wolozin;Jufen Zhou

  • The A53T α-Synuclein Mutation Increases Iron-Dependent Aggregation and Toxicity

    Natalie Ostrerova-Golts;Leonard Petrucelli;John Hardy;John M. Lee

  • Aggregated and monomeric α-synuclein bind to the S6′ proteasomal protein and inhibit proteasomal function

    Heather Snyder;Kwame Mensah;Catherine Theisler;Jack M. Lee

  • Participation of Presenilin 2 in Apoptosis: Enhanced Basal Activity Conferred by an Alzheimer Mutation

    Benjamin Wolozin;Katsunori Iwasaki;Pasquale Vito;J. Kelly Ganjei

  • Stress granules and neurodegeneration

    Benjamin Wolozin;Pavel Ivanov

  • Presenilin 1 associates with glycogen synthase kinase-3β and its substrate tau

    Akihiko Takashima;Miyuki Murayama;Ohoshi Murayama;Toshiyuki Kohno

  • Use of angiotensin receptor blockers and risk of dementia in a predominantly male population: prospective cohort analysis

    Nien-Chen Li;Austin Lee;Austin Lee;Rachel A Whitmer;Miia Kivipelto

  • Simvastatin is associated with a reduced incidence of dementia and Parkinson's disease

    Benjamin Wolozin;Stanley W. Wang;Stanley W. Wang;Nien Chen Li;Nien Chen Li;Austin Lee;Austin Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Leonard Petrucelli
Leonard Petrucelli Mayo Clinic
Tsuneya Ikezu
Tsuneya Ikezu Boston University
Miia Kivipelto
Miia Kivipelto University of Eastern Finland
Dennis L. Murphy
Dennis L. Murphy National Institutes of Health
Andrew Emili
Andrew Emili Boston University
Ingemar Kåreholt
Ingemar Kåreholt Karolinska Institute
Lewis E. Kazis
Lewis E. Kazis Boston University
Peter Davies
Peter Davies University of Queensland
Hu Li
Hu Li Mayo Clinic
Jaakko Tuomilehto
Jaakko Tuomilehto University of Helsinki

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