Austin Smith

67.8k total citations · 26 hit papers
224 papers, 50.0k citations indexed

About

Austin Smith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Austin Smith has authored 224 papers receiving a total of 50.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 195 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 24 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Austin Smith's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (167 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (109 papers) and Renal and related cancers (48 papers). Austin Smith is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (167 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (109 papers) and Renal and related cancers (48 papers). Austin Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Austin Smith's co-authors include Jennifer Nichols, Ian Chambers, Qi‐Long Ying, Hitoshi Niwa, Jun‐ichi Miyazaki, José Silva, Hitoshi Niwa, Jason Wray, Morag Robertson and Ge Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Austin Smith

219 papers receiving 49.2k citations

Hit Papers

Quantitative expression of Oct-3/4 defines differentiatio... 1988 2026 2000 2013 2000 1998 2008 2003 2003 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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.

  1. Quantitative expression of Oct-3/4 defines differentiation, dedifferentiation or self-renewal of ES cells
    2000 2.8k citations Austin Smith et al. profile →
  2. Formation of Pluripotent Stem Cells in the Mammalian Embryo Depends on the POU Transcription Factor Oct4
    1998 2.6k citations Jennifer Nichols, Austin Smith et al. profile →
  3. The ground state of embryonic stem cell self-renewal
    2008 2.6k citations Jason Wray, Jennifer Nichols et al. profile →
  4. Functional Expression Cloning of Nanog, a Pluripotency Sustaining Factor in Embryonic Stem Cells
    2003 2.5k citations Jennifer Nichols, Austin Smith et al. profile →
  5. BMP Induction of Id Proteins Suppresses Differentiation and Sustains Embryonic Stem Cell Self-Renewal in Collaboration with STAT3
    2003 1.6k citations Jennifer Nichols, Austin Smith et al. profile →
  6. Inhibition of pluripotential embryonic stem cell differentiation by purified polypeptides
    1988 1.4k citations Austin Smith et al. profile →
  7. Naive and Primed Pluripotent States
    2009 1.3k citations Jennifer Nichols, Austin Smith profile →
  8. Self-renewal of pluripotent embryonic stem cells is mediated via activation of STAT3
    1998 1.2k citations Austin Smith et al. profile →
  9. Conversion of embryonic stem cells into neuroectodermal precursors in adherent monoculture
    2003 1.2k citations Austin Smith et al. profile →
  10. Changing potency by spontaneous fusion
    2002 1.2k citations Jennifer Nichols, Austin Smith et al. profile →
  11. Nanog safeguards pluripotency and mediates germline development
    2007 1.1k citations José Silva, Jennifer Nichols et al. profile →
  12. Altered immune responses in mice lacking inducible nitric oxide synthase
    1995 1.1k citations Austin Smith et al. profile →
  13. Embryo-Derived Stem Cells: Of Mice and Men
    2001 940 citations Austin Smith profile →
  14. Nanog Is the Gateway to the Pluripotent Ground State
    2009 785 citations José Silva, Jennifer Nichols et al. profile →
  15. Glioma Stem Cell Lines Expanded in Adherent Culture Have Tumor-Specific Phenotypes and Are Suitable for Chemical and Genetic Screens
    2009 756 citations Steven M. Pollard, Austin Smith et al. profile →
  16. Niche-Independent Symmetrical Self-Renewal of a Mammalian Tissue Stem Cell
    2005 701 citations Luciano Conti, Steven M. Pollard et al. profile →
  17. Resetting Transcription Factor Control Circuitry toward Ground-State Pluripotency in Human
    2014 696 citations Ge Guo, Jennifer Nichols et al. profile →
  18. Promotion of Reprogramming to Ground State Pluripotency by Signal Inhibition
    2008 628 citations José Silva, Jennifer Nichols et al. profile →
  19. The Transcriptional and Epigenomic Foundations of Ground State Pluripotency
    2012 628 citations Hendrik Marks, Tüzer Kalkan et al. profile →
  20. FGF stimulation of the Erk1/2 signalling cascade triggers transition of pluripotent embryonic stem cells from self-renewal to lineage commitment
    2007 606 citations Jason Wray, Austin Smith et al. Development profile →
  21. Klf4 reverts developmentally programmed restriction of ground state pluripotency
    2009 584 citations Ge Guo, Jian Yang et al. Development profile →
  22. Capture of Authentic Embryonic Stem Cells from Rat Blastocysts
    2008 576 citations Jian Yang, José Silva et al. profile →
  23. Defective Thymocyte Maturation in p44 MAP Kinase (Erk 1) Knockout Mice
    1999 544 citations Austin Smith et al. profile →
  24. Inactivation of the survival motor neuron gene, a candidate gene for human spinal muscular atrophy, leads to massive cell death in early mouse embryos
    1997 521 citations Austin Smith et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  25. The ability of inner-cell-mass cells to self-renew as embryonic stem cells is acquired following epiblast specification
    2014 332 citations Thorsten Boroviak, Paul Bertone et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
  26. Human naive epiblast cells possess unrestricted lineage potential
    2021 222 citations Ge Guo, Giuliano Giuseppe Stirparo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Austin Smith United Kingdom 101 42.4k 6.0k 5.6k 5.4k 4.0k 224 50.0k
Kazutoshi Takahashi Japan 52 41.2k 1.0× 4.8k 0.8× 9.1k 1.6× 6.9k 1.3× 4.7k 1.2× 127 49.7k
András Nagy Canada 90 30.1k 0.7× 7.2k 1.2× 4.1k 0.7× 2.0k 0.4× 2.1k 0.5× 396 42.2k
Janet Rossant Canada 130 49.6k 1.2× 11.9k 2.0× 5.4k 1.0× 2.2k 0.4× 2.0k 0.5× 397 61.8k
Shinya Yamanaka Japan 99 61.9k 1.5× 7.6k 1.3× 13.7k 2.5× 10.5k 1.9× 7.0k 1.8× 278 75.4k
Hans R. Schöler Germany 87 27.5k 0.6× 5.9k 1.0× 3.7k 0.7× 2.5k 0.5× 1.8k 0.5× 330 32.6k
Kohei Miyazono Japan 123 41.5k 1.0× 4.3k 0.7× 4.0k 0.7× 3.2k 0.6× 3.0k 0.7× 463 57.4k
Christer Betsholtz Sweden 100 28.8k 0.7× 3.3k 0.6× 5.8k 1.0× 1.9k 0.3× 3.7k 0.9× 327 52.3k
Konrad Hochedlinger United States 71 24.3k 0.6× 3.9k 0.6× 3.4k 0.6× 2.6k 0.5× 1.5k 0.4× 128 27.6k
Douglas A. Melton United States 109 40.1k 0.9× 13.2k 2.2× 17.8k 3.2× 2.9k 0.5× 1.7k 0.4× 211 54.6k
Joseph Itskovitz‐Eldor Israel 60 23.1k 0.5× 2.4k 0.4× 9.1k 1.6× 6.6k 1.2× 3.5k 0.9× 178 30.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Austin Smith

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tekle, Yonas I., et al.. (2025). A New Paramoeba Isolate From Florida Exhibits a Microtubule‐Bound Endosymbiont Closely Associated With the Host Nucleus. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 72(3). e70011–e70011.
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Smith, Austin. (2024). Propagating pluripotency – The conundrum of self‐renewal. BioEssays. 46(12). e2400108–e2400108. 9 indexed citations
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Gai, Ke, Mengliu Yang, Wei Chen, et al.. (2024). Development of Neural Cells and Spontaneous Neural Activities in Engineered Brain‐Like Constructs for Transplantation. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 14(1). e2401419–e2401419. 3 indexed citations
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Wong, Chee-Wai, Ilona Dunkel, Philipp Voigt, et al.. (2023). Epigenetic dynamics during capacitation of naïve human pluripotent stem cells. Science Advances. 9(39). eadg1936–eadg1936. 9 indexed citations
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Smith, Austin, et al.. (2023). Impact of a Dedicated Orthopaedic Trauma Room on Elective Arthroplasty Case Volume. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 37(10). e394–e399. 1 indexed citations
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Dattani, Anish, Tao Huang, Corin Liddle, Austin Smith, & Ge Guo. (2022). Suppression of YAP safeguards human naïve pluripotency. Development. 149(24). 10 indexed citations
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Kinoshita, Masaki, Meng Amy Li, M. Barber, et al.. (2021). Disabling de novo DNA methylation in embryonic stem cells allows an illegitimate fate trajectory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(38). 13 indexed citations
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Stirparo, Giuliano Giuseppe, Thorsten Boroviak, Ge Guo, et al.. (2018). Integrated analysis of single-cell embryo data yields a unified transcriptome signature for the human preimplantation epiblast. Development. 145(3). 142 indexed citations
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Boroviak, Thorsten, Giuliano Giuseppe Stirparo, Sabine Dietmann, et al.. (2018). Single cell transcriptome analysis of human, marmoset and mouse embryos reveals common and divergent features of preimplantation development. Development. 145(21). 142 indexed citations
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Li, Meng Amy, et al.. (2018). A common molecular logic determines embryonic stem cell self‐renewal and reprogramming. The EMBO Journal. 38(1). 27 indexed citations
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Kalkan, Tüzer, Nelly Olova, Mila Roode, et al.. (2017). Tracking the embryonic stem cell transition from ground state pluripotency. Development. 144(7). 1221–1234. 196 indexed citations
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Carbognin, Elena, Riccardo Massimiliano Betto, María Eugenia Soriano, Austin Smith, & Graziano Martello. (2016). Stat3 promotes mitochondrial transcription and oxidative respiration during maintenance and induction of naive pluripotency. The EMBO Journal. 35(6). 618–634. 140 indexed citations
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Morrison, Gillian, Roberta Scognamiglio, Andreas Trumpp, & Austin Smith. (2015). Convergence of cMyc and β‐catenin on Tcf7l1 enables endoderm specification. The EMBO Journal. 35(3). 356–368. 26 indexed citations
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Kalkan, Tüzer, et al.. (2014). Otx2 and Oct4 Drive Early Enhancer Activation during Embryonic Stem Cell Transition from Naive Pluripotency. Cell Reports. 7(6). 1968–1981. 100 indexed citations
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Costa, Yael, et al.. (2012). JAK/STAT3 signalling is sufficient and dominant over antagonistic cues for the establishment of naive pluripotency. Nature Communications. 3(1). 817–817. 88 indexed citations
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Brilli, Elisa, Erika Reitano, Luciano Conti, et al.. (2012). Neural Stem Cells Engrafted in the Adult Brain Fuse with Endogenous Neurons. Stem Cells and Development. 22(4). 538–547. 23 indexed citations
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Wray, Jason, Tüzer Kalkan, Sandra Gómez‐López, et al.. (2011). Inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase-3 alleviates Tcf3 repression of the pluripotency network and increases embryonic stem cell resistance to differentiation. Nature Cell Biology. 13(7). 838–845. 400 indexed citations
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Guo, Ge, Jian Yang, Jennifer Nichols, et al.. (2009). Klf4 reverts developmentally programmed restriction of ground state pluripotency. Development. 136(7). 1063–1069. 584 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nichols, Jennifer, José Silva, Mila Roode, & Austin Smith. (2009). Suppression of Erk signalling promotes ground state pluripotency in the mouse embryo. Development. 136(19). 3215–3222. 488 indexed citations
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Pollard, Steven M., Richard W. R. Wallbank, Simon R. Tomlinson, Lars Grotewold, & Austin Smith. (2008). Fibroblast growth factor induces a neural stem cell phenotype in foetal forebrain progenitors and during embryonic stem cell differentiation. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 38(3). 393–403. 45 indexed citations

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