Paul W. Sternberg

63.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
579 papers, 33.1k citations indexed

About

Paul W. Sternberg is a scholar working on Aging, Molecular Biology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul W. Sternberg has authored 579 papers receiving a total of 33.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 296 papers in Aging, 195 papers in Molecular Biology and 137 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Paul W. Sternberg's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (296 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (137 papers) and Retinal Diseases and Treatments (52 papers). Paul W. Sternberg is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (296 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (137 papers) and Retinal Diseases and Treatments (52 papers). Paul W. Sternberg collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Paul W. Sternberg's co-authors include H. Robert Horvitz, Dean P. Jones, Min Han, Jiyang Cai, Thomas M. Aaberg, Maureen M. Barr, Raffi V. Aroian, Russell J. Hill, Frank C. Schroeder and Hans‐Michael Müller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Paul W. Sternberg

563 papers receiving 32.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Oxidative damage and protection of the RPE

2000 540 citations Paul W. Sternberg et al. profile →
The lin-12 locus specifies cell fates in caenorhabditis elegans

1983 498 citations Paul W. Sternberg et al. profile →
Pattern formation during vulval development in C. elegans

1986 340 citations Paul W. Sternberg et al. profile →
A genetic pathway for the specification of the vulval cell lineages of Caenorhabditis elegans

1987 289 citations Paul W. Sternberg et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul W. Sternberg United States	97	13.9k	12.6k	5.7k	5.3k	3.1k	579	33.1k
David M. Sabatini United States	129	71.6k 5.2×	3.4k 0.3×	1.7k 0.3×	521 0.1×	2.5k 0.8×	257	101.0k
Ronald A. DePinho United States	149	56.0k 4.0×	4.7k 0.4×	1.1k 0.2×	497 0.1×	1.9k 0.6×	417	86.1k
Linda Partridge United Kingdom	115	20.7k 1.5×	17.2k 1.4×	5.0k 0.9×	198 0.0×	2.0k 0.6×	575	63.5k
Douglas C. Wallace United States	115	39.2k 2.8×	2.2k 0.2×	584 0.1×	1.1k 0.2×	787 0.3×	381	54.1k
Roderick T. Bronson United States	139	46.0k 3.3×	1.2k 0.1×	682 0.1×	1.0k 0.2×	1.0k 0.3×	544	77.8k
John R. Yates United States	161	78.4k 5.7×	2.6k 0.2×	869 0.2×	430 0.1×	7.6k 2.4×	995	108.9k
Mark H. Ellisman United States	108	25.9k 1.9×	624 0.0×	1.7k 0.3×	979 0.2×	1.2k 0.4×	518	47.7k
Steven P. Gygi United States	166	88.4k 6.4×	2.8k 0.2×	1.3k 0.2×	351 0.1×	5.1k 1.6×	695	121.5k
Frederick W. Alt United States	153	41.6k 3.0×	1.8k 0.1×	1.3k 0.2×	201 0.0×	2.3k 0.7×	486	73.8k
Robert W. Williams United States	78	11.6k 0.8×	746 0.1×	576 0.1×	1.2k 0.2×	1.4k 0.5×	564	24.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul W. Sternberg

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Schwartz, Hillel T. & Paul W. Sternberg. (2025). A sequencing-based screening method identifies regulators of EGFR signaling from nonviable mutants in Caenorhabditis elegans. Science Signaling. 18(875). eadp9377–eadp9377. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Tingtao, Daniel Zhengyu Huang, Zongyi Li, et al.. (2024). AI-aided geometric design of anti-infection catheters. Science Advances. 10(1). eadj1741–eadj1741. 20 indexed citations

Bult, Carol J. & Paul W. Sternberg. (2023). The alliance of genome resources: transforming comparative genomics. Mammalian Genome. 34(4). 531–544. 25 indexed citations

Sternberg, Paul W., et al.. (2023). Differential processing of a chemosensory cue across life stages sharing the same valence state in Caenorhabditis elegans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(19). e2218023120–e2218023120. 6 indexed citations

Gharib, Shahla, Han Wang, Jasmin S. Revanna, et al.. (2023). A cGAL-UAS bipartite expression toolkit for Caenorhabditis elegans sensory neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(51). e2221680120–e2221680120. 3 indexed citations

Beltrame, Eduardo da Veiga, Valerio Arnaboldi, & Paul W. Sternberg. (2022). WormBase single-cell tools. Bioinformatics Advances. 2(1). vbac018–vbac018. 7 indexed citations

Schwartz, Hillel T., et al.. (2021). The entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema hermaphroditum is a self-fertilizing hermaphrodite and a genetically tractable system for the study of parasitic and mutualistic symbiosis. Genetics. 220(1). 13 indexed citations

Middelkoop, Teije C., et al.. (2021). CYK-1/Formin activation in cortical RhoA signaling centers promotes organismal left–right symmetry breaking. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(20). 18 indexed citations

Wang, Han, et al.. (2020). Caenorhabditis elegans AF4/FMR2 Family Homolog affl-2 Regulates Heat-Shock-Induced Gene Expression. Genetics. 215(4). 1039–1054. 2 indexed citations

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Angeles-Albores, David, et al.. (2018). Reconstructing a metazoan genetic pathway with transcriptome-wide epistasis measurements. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(13). E2930–E2939. 17 indexed citations

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Angeles-Albores, David, et al.. (2017). The Caenorhabditis elegans Female-Like State: Decoupling the Transcriptomic Effects of Aging and Sperm Status. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 7(9). 2969–2977. 18 indexed citations

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Sternberg, Paul W., et al.. (2016). Enhancer Sharing Promotes Neighborhoods of Transcriptional Regulation Across Eukaryotes. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 6(12). 4167–4174. 33 indexed citations

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Schwarz, Erich M., Mihoko Kato, & Paul W. Sternberg. (2012). Functional transcriptomics of a migrating cell in Caenorhabditis elegans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(40). 16246–16251. 35 indexed citations

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Srinivasan, Jagan, Bennett W. Fox, Rabia U. Malik, et al.. (2009). A shortcut to identifying small molecule signals that regulate behavior and development in Caenorhabditis elegans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(19). 7708–7713. 186 indexed citations

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Baugh, L. Ryan, John DeModena, & Paul W. Sternberg. (2009). RNA Pol II Accumulates at Promoters of Growth Genes During Developmental Arrest. Science. 324(5923). 92–94. 136 indexed citations

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Cui, Xiquan, Xin Heng, Weiwei Zhong, et al.. (2008). Lensless high-resolution on-chip optofluidic microscopes for Caenorhabditis elegans and cell imaging. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(31). 10670–10675. 217 indexed citations

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Green, Jennifer L., Takao Inoue, & Paul W. Sternberg. (2007). The C. elegans ROR receptor tyrosine kinase, CAM-1,non-autonomously inhibits the Wnt pathway. Development. 134(22). 4053–4062. 67 indexed citations

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Inoue, Takao, et al.. (2007). Genetic Analysis of Dauer Formation in Caenorhabditis briggsae. Genetics. 177(2). 809–818. 31 indexed citations

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Cai, Jiyang, et al.. (2006). Zinc Activates the ARE–Dependent Antioxidant Response in the RPE. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 47(13). 1376–1376.

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Zhong, Weiwei & Paul W. Sternberg. (2006). Genome-Wide Prediction of C. elegans Genetic Interactions. Science. 311(5766). 1481–1484. 216 indexed citations

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