Robert M. Stephens

25.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
151 papers, 19.1k citations indexed

About

Robert M. Stephens is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert M. Stephens has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 19.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Cancer Research and 30 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Robert M. Stephens's work include Gene expression and cancer classification (20 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (18 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (16 papers). Robert M. Stephens is often cited by papers focused on Gene expression and cancer classification (20 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (18 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (16 papers). Robert M. Stephens collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Canada. Robert M. Stephens's co-authors include Thomas D. Schneider, Ming Yi, David R. Kaplan, Richard A. Lempicki, Brad T. Sherman, Da Wei Huang, Michael Baseler, H. Clifford Lane, Carlo M. Croce and George A. Calin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Robert M. Stephens

151 papers receiving 18.8k 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.

Sequence logos: a new way to display consensus sequences

1990 2.6k citations Robert M. Stephens et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
Unique microRNA molecular profiles in lung cancer diagnosis and prognosis

2006 2.5k citations Natasha J. Caplen, Ming Yi et al. profile →
DAVID Bioinformatics Resources: expanded annotation database and novel algorithms to better extract biology from large gene lists

2007 1.7k citations Da Wei Huang, Brad T. Sherman et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
DAVID-WS: a stateful web service to facilitate gene/protein list analysis

2012 792 citations Brad T. Sherman, Da Wei Huang et al. profile →
Genomic Profiling of MicroRNA and Messenger RNA Reveals Deregulated MicroRNA Expression in Prostate Cancer

2008 591 citations Stefan Ambs, Robyn L. Prueitt et al. Cancer Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert M. Stephens United States	64	13.3k	5.9k	2.1k	1.9k	1.8k	151	19.1k
Gideon Rechavi Israel	80	18.6k 1.4×	6.0k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	929 0.5×	2.8k 1.6×	405	27.0k
Michael Boutros Germany	67	14.1k 1.1×	2.4k 0.4×	1.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	2.6k 1.5×	219	19.0k
Samuel Aparício Canada	63	11.1k 0.8×	3.7k 0.6×	3.4k 1.6×	937 0.5×	887 0.5×	168	17.2k
David J. Galas United States	58	13.9k 1.0×	5.7k 1.0×	4.1k 1.9×	601 0.3×	2.5k 1.4×	144	20.7k
Akhilesh Pandey United States	89	20.8k 1.6×	3.6k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	2.8k 1.6×	502	31.6k
John C. Marioni United Kingdom	73	18.2k 1.4×	4.6k 0.8×	3.0k 1.4×	462 0.2×	3.0k 1.7×	146	23.4k
Yang Shi United States	94	30.9k 2.3×	7.1k 1.2×	4.8k 2.3×	878 0.5×	2.9k 1.6×	205	36.6k
Alfred Nordheim Germany	74	13.2k 1.0×	1.7k 0.3×	1.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	204	17.7k
Stefan Wyder Switzerland	18	15.6k 1.2×	4.2k 0.7×	2.3k 1.1×	629 0.3×	2.8k 1.6×	26	25.5k
Matthias Selbach Germany	51	12.9k 1.0×	3.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	620 0.3×	2.6k 1.5×	125	18.1k

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Nelson, Andrew C., Thomas J. Turbyville, Srisathiyanarayanan Dharmaiah, et al.. (2020). RAS internal tandem duplication disrupts GTPase-activating protein (GAP) binding to activate oncogenic signaling. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(28). 9335–9348. 10 indexed citations

Tang, Wei, Tiffany A. Wallace, Ming Yi, et al.. (2020). Abstract B051: IFNL4-deltaG allele is associated with an interferon signature in tumors and survival of African-American men with prostate cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 29(6_Supplement_1). B051–B051. 2 indexed citations

Tang, Wei, Tiffany A. Wallace, Ming Yi, et al.. (2018). IFNL4 -ΔG Allele Is Associated with an Interferon Signature in Tumors and Survival of African-American Men with Prostate Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 24(21). 5471–5481. 38 indexed citations

McElfish, Pearl A., Christopher R. Long, Robert M. Stephens, et al.. (2018). Assessing Community Health Priorities and Perceptions about Health Research: A Foundation for a Community-Engaged Research Program. Journal of higher education outreach & engagement. 22(1). 107–128. 7 indexed citations

Archer, C. Ruth, Robert M. Stephens, Manmohan D. Sharma, & David J. Hosken. (2017). The Drosophila simulans Y chromosome interacts with the autosomes to influence male fitness. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 30(10). 1821–1825. 6 indexed citations

Banko, Paul C., Steven C. Hess, Paul G. Scowcroft, et al.. (2014). Evaluating the Long-Term Management of Introduced Ungulates to Protect the Palila, an Endangered Bird, and Its Critical Habitat in Subalpine Forest of Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 46(4). 871–889. 22 indexed citations

Marotta, Michael, Xiongfong Chen, Ayako Inoshita, et al.. (2012). A common copy-number breakpoint of ERBB2 amplification in breast cancer colocalizes with a complex block of segmental duplications. Breast Cancer Research. 14(6). R150–R150. 21 indexed citations

Gabriely, Galina, Ming Yi, Ravi S. Narayan, et al.. (2011). Human Glioma Growth Is Controlled by MicroRNA-10b. Cancer Research. 71(10). 3563–3572. 245 indexed citations

Saydam, Okay, Ozlem Senol, Thomas Würdinger, et al.. (2010). miRNA-7 Attenuation in Schwannoma Tumors Stimulates Growth by Upregulating Three Oncogenic Signaling Pathways. Cancer Research. 71(3). 852–861. 129 indexed citations

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Lebeda, Frank J., Regina Z. Cer, Uma Mudunuri, et al.. (2010). The Zinc-Dependent Protease Activity of the Botulinum Neurotoxins. Toxins. 2(5). 978–997. 19 indexed citations

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Huang, Da Wei, Brad T. Sherman, Xin Zheng, et al.. (2009). Extracting Biological Meaning from Large Gene Lists with DAVID. Current Protocols in Bioinformatics. 27(1). Unit 13.11–Unit 13.11. 353 indexed citations

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Ambs, Stefan, Robyn L. Prueitt, Ming Yi, et al.. (2008). Genomic Profiling of MicroRNA and Messenger RNA Reveals Deregulated MicroRNA Expression in Prostate Cancer. Cancer Research. 68(15). 6162–6170. 591 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wallace, Tiffany A., Robyn L. Prueitt, Ming Yi, et al.. (2008). Tumor Immunobiological Differences in Prostate Cancer between African-American and European-American Men. Cancer Research. 68(3). 927–936. 386 indexed citations

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Hüppi, Konrad, Natalia Volfovsky, Tamara L. Jones, et al.. (2008). The Identification of MicroRNAs in a Genomically Unstable Region of Human Chromosome 8q24. Molecular Cancer Research. 6(2). 212–221. 150 indexed citations

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Akagi, Keiko, Jingfeng Li, Robert M. Stephens, Natalia Volfovsky, & David E. Symer. (2008). Extensive variation between inbred mouse strains due to endogenous L1 retrotransposition. Genome Research. 18(6). 869–880. 69 indexed citations

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Wallace, Tiffany A., Robyn L. Prueitt, Ming Yi, Robert M. Stephens, & Stefan Ambs. (2007). Gene expression profiling reveals tumor immunobiological differences in prostate cancer between African-American and European-American men. 16. 1 indexed citations

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Stephens, Robert M., et al.. (2005). Secondary Lead Poisoning in Golden Eagle and Ferruginous Hawk Chicks consuming Shot Black-tailed Prairie Dogs, Thunder Basin National Grassland, Wyoming. Insecta mundi. 2 indexed citations

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Collins, Jack, Robert M. Stephens, Bert Gold, et al.. (2003). An exhaustive DNA micro-satellite map of the human genome using high performance computing. Genomics. 82(1). 10–19. 45 indexed citations

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Stephens, Robert M., Gunamani Sithanandam, Terry D. Copeland, et al.. (1992). 95-Kilodalton B-Raf Serine/Threonine Kinase: Identification of the Protein and Its Major Autophosphorylation Site. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 12(9). 3733–3742. 73 indexed citations

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Cohen, Maurice, Norman Davidson, Raymond V. Gilden, et al.. (1980). The baboon endogenous virus genome. II. Provirus sequence variations in baboon cell DNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 8(19). 4423–4440. 14 indexed citations

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