Le Cong
Impact in
- Molecular Biology top 0.1%
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
- Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Genetics top 1%
- Virus-based gene therapy research
- Animal Genetics and Reproduction
Papers in
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- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 30
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 2
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- T-cell and B-cell Immunology 2
- Co-authors
- Feng Zhang (16 shared papers)F. Ann Ran (5 shared papers)Xuebing Wu (3 shared papers)Patrick D. Hsu (4 shared papers)Naomi Habib (1 shared paper)Shuailiang Lin (1 shared paper)Robert P. J. Barretto (1 shared paper)Luciano A. Marraffini (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Nature (4 papers)Cell (4 papers)Science (3 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (2 papers)Neuron (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesChinaJapan
In The Last Decade
Le Cong
48 papers receiving 21.6k citations
Le Cong's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 168
- Molecular Biology 15.8k
- Genetics 1.9k
- Oncology 1.2k
- Immunology 880
- Cancer Research 570
Countries citing papers authored by Le Cong
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Fields of papers citing papers by Le Cong
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Le Cong, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 54 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Multiplex Genome Engineering Using CRISPR/Cas Systems Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 12484 |
| 2 | In vivo genome editing using Staphylococcus aureus Cas9 Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 2229 |
| 3 | MAGeCK enables robust identification of essential genes from genome-scale CRISPR/Cas9 knockout screens Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 1834 |
| 4 | In vivo gene editing in dystrophic mouse muscle and muscle stem cells Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 883 |
| 5 | Optical control of mammalian endogenous transcription and epigenetic states Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 683 |
| 6 | Efficient construction of sequence-specific TAL effectors for modulating mammalian transcription Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 653 |
| 7 | 2012 | 547 | |
| 8 | 2015 | 367 | |
| 9 | 2016 | 347 | |
| 10 | 2014 | 338 | |
| 11 | 2012 | 288 | |
| 12 | 2021 | 220 | |
| 13 | 2012 | 201 | |
| 14 | 2019 | 142 | |
| 15 | 2016 | 96 | |
| 16 | 2024 | 76 | |
| 17 | CRISPR-GPT for agentic automation of gene-editing experiments Hit paper breakdown → | 2025 | 76 |
| 18 | 2017 | 74 | |
| 19 | 2019 | 70 | |
| 20 | 2022 | 67 |
About Le Cong
Le Cong is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Oncology and Infectious Diseases, having authored 54 papers that have together received 22.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (30 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (4 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (3 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (3 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (3 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (2 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (2 papers) and Advanced Bandit Algorithms Research (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (15.8k citations), Genetics (1.9k citations), Oncology (1.2k citations), Immunology (880 citations) and Cancer Research (570 citations). Le Cong has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Feng Zhang, F. Ann Ran, Xuebing Wu, Patrick D. Hsu, Naomi Habib, Shuailiang Lin, Robert P. J. Barretto, Luciano A. Marraffini, Wenyan Jiang and George McDonald Church. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Cell, Science, Nucleic Acids Research and Neuron.
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