Samuel H. Sternberg

13.3k total citations · 14 hit papers
54 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Samuel H. Sternberg is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel H. Sternberg has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Samuel H. Sternberg's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (44 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (20 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (18 papers). Samuel H. Sternberg is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (44 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (20 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (18 papers). Samuel H. Sternberg collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Russia. Samuel H. Sternberg's co-authors include Jennifer A. Doudna, Blake Wiedenheft, Martin Jínek, Eric C. Greene, Sy Redding, Matias Kaplan, Sanne E. Klompe, Phuc Leo H. Vo, Yavuz S. Dagdas and Ahmet Yıldız and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Samuel H. Sternberg

50 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

RNA-guided genetic silenc... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2014 2014 2017 2014 400 800 1.2k
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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. RNA-guided genetic silencing systems in bacteria and archaea
    2012 1.4k citations Blake Wiedenheft, Samuel H. Sternberg et al. Nature profile →
  2. DNA interrogation by the CRISPR RNA-guided endonuclease Cas9
    2014 1.4k citations Samuel H. Sternberg, Sy Redding et al. Nature profile →
  3. Structures of Cas9 Endonucleases Reveal RNA-Mediated Conformational Activation
    2014 900 citations Martin Jínek, Fuguo Jiang et al. Science profile →
  4. Enhanced proofreading governs CRISPR–Cas9 targeting accuracy
    2017 872 citations Janice S. Chen, Yavuz S. Dagdas et al. Nature profile →
  5. Programmable RNA recognition and cleavage by CRISPR/Cas9
    2014 500 citations Samuel H. Sternberg, Matias Kaplan et al. Nature profile →
  6. Conformational control of DNA target cleavage by CRISPR–Cas9
    2015 472 citations Samuel H. Sternberg, Matias Kaplan et al. Nature profile →
  7. Transposon-encoded CRISPR–Cas systems direct RNA-guided DNA integration
    2019 413 citations Sanne E. Klompe, Phuc Leo H. Vo et al. Nature profile →
  8. A prudent path forward for genomic engineering and germline gene modification
    2015 400 citations Jennifer A. Doudna, Martin Jínek et al. Science profile →
  9. Expanding the Biologist’s Toolkit with CRISPR-Cas9
    2015 306 citations Samuel H. Sternberg, Jennifer A. Doudna profile →
  10. CRISPR RNA-guided integrases for high-efficiency, multiplexed bacterial genome engineering
    2020 237 citations Phuc Leo H. Vo, Carlotta Ronda et al. profile →
  11. Rational design of a split-Cas9 enzyme complex
    2015 221 citations Samuel H. Sternberg, David W. Taylor et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  12. A conformational checkpoint between DNA binding and cleavage by CRISPR-Cas9
    2017 215 citations Yavuz S. Dagdas, Janice S. Chen et al. Science Advances profile →
  13. Real-time observation of DNA recognition and rejection by the RNA-guided endonuclease Cas9
    2016 199 citations Samuel H. Sternberg, Jennifer A. Doudna et al. profile →
  14. Adaptation in CRISPR-Cas Systems
    2016 176 citations Samuel H. Sternberg, Emmanuelle Charpentier 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
Samuel H. Sternberg United States 32 8.8k 1.8k 969 929 764 54 9.3k
Ian M. Slaymaker United States 14 8.6k 1.0× 1.7k 0.9× 1.1k 1.2× 1.0k 1.1× 819 1.1× 21 9.0k
Hiroshi Nishimasu Japan 42 9.4k 1.1× 1.4k 0.8× 1.3k 1.3× 882 0.9× 564 0.7× 89 10.4k
Winston X. Yan United States 16 8.2k 0.9× 2.0k 1.1× 769 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 584 0.8× 31 8.6k
Patrick Essletzbichler Austria 9 7.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 1.0k 1.1× 789 0.8× 687 0.9× 11 8.4k
Bernd Zetsche United States 14 10.5k 1.2× 2.0k 1.1× 1.4k 1.4× 1.4k 1.5× 949 1.2× 17 10.9k
Virginijus Šikšnys Lithuania 37 7.7k 0.9× 2.1k 1.2× 763 0.8× 792 0.9× 735 1.0× 112 8.2k
Matthew H. Larson United States 14 8.2k 0.9× 2.0k 1.1× 658 0.7× 525 0.6× 399 0.5× 19 8.9k
Michael S. Packer United States 14 8.4k 1.0× 2.3k 1.3× 1.3k 1.3× 748 0.8× 532 0.7× 18 9.0k
Ines Fonfara Germany 9 11.8k 1.3× 2.5k 1.4× 2.0k 2.0× 1.1k 1.2× 1.1k 1.4× 9 12.8k
Julie E. Norville United States 8 8.2k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 911 0.9× 540 0.6× 483 0.6× 12 8.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wiegand, Tanner, et al.. (2026). Exapted CRISPR–Cas12f homologues drive RNA-guided transcription. Nature. 1 indexed citations
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Wiegand, Tanner, et al.. (2026). Structural basis of RNA-guided transcription by a dCas12f–σE–RNAP complex. Nature. 1 indexed citations
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Cury, Jean, et al.. (2025). Evolutionary origins of archaeal and eukaryotic RNA-guided RNA modification in bacterial IS110 transposons. Nature Microbiology. 10(1). 20–27. 5 indexed citations
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Akematsu, Takahiko, et al.. (2025). Relaxed DNA substrate specificity of transposases involved in programmed genome rearrangement. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(13).
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Gelsinger, Diego R., Carlotta Ronda, Madeline Edwards, et al.. (2025). Metagenomic editing of commensal bacteria in vivo using CRISPR-associated transposases. Science. 390(6774). eadx7604–eadx7604. 2 indexed citations
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Tang, Stephen, Rimantė Žedaveinytė, Javier Mancilla-Ramı́rez, et al.. (2025). Protein-primed homopolymer synthesis by an antiviral reverse transcriptase. Nature. 643(8074). 1352–1362.
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Haudiquet, Matthieu, Zhiying Zhang, Jacqueline Ramı́rez, et al.. (2025). Structural basis for Lamassu-based antiviral immunity and its evolution from DNA repair machinery. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(47). e2519643122–e2519643122.
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Žedaveinytė, Rimantė, et al.. (2024). Antagonistic conflict between transposon-encoded introns and guide RNAs. Science. 385(6705). eadm8189–eadm8189. 3 indexed citations
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Wiegand, Tanner, et al.. (2024). TnpB homologues exapted from transposons are RNA-guided transcription factors. Nature. 631(8020). 439–448. 8 indexed citations
10.
Marcink, Tara C., Stefan Niewiesk, Samuel H. Sternberg, et al.. (2024). Human parainfluenza virus 3 field strains undergo extracellular fusion protein cleavage to activate entry. mBio. 15(11). e0232724–e0232724. 1 indexed citations
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Tang, Stephen, Rimantė Žedaveinytė, Tanner Wiegand, et al.. (2024). De novo gene synthesis by an antiviral reverse transcriptase. Science. 386(6717). eadq0876–eadq0876. 18 indexed citations
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Klompe, Sanne E., et al.. (2023). Novel molecular requirements for CRISPR RNA-guided transposition. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(9). 4519–4535. 25 indexed citations
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Acree, Christopher, Muwen Kong, Tanner Wiegand, et al.. (2023). Mechanism of target site selection by type V-K CRISPR-associated transposases. Science. 382(6672). eadj8543–eadj8543. 17 indexed citations
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Vo, Phuc Leo H., Christopher Acree, Melissa Smith, & Samuel H. Sternberg. (2021). Unbiased profiling of CRISPR RNA-guided transposition products by long-read sequencing. Mobile DNA. 12(1). 35 indexed citations
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Chen, Janice S., Yavuz S. Dagdas, Benjamin P. Kleinstiver, et al.. (2018). Enhanced Proofreading Governs CRISPR-Cas9 Targeting Accuracy. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 194a–194a. 11 indexed citations
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Boyle, Evan A., Johan O. L. Andreasson, Lauren Chircus, et al.. (2017). High-throughput biochemical profiling reveals sequence determinants of dCas9 off-target binding and unbinding. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(21). 5461–5466. 143 indexed citations
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Dagdas, Yavuz S., Janice S. Chen, Samuel H. Sternberg, Jennifer A. Doudna, & Ahmet Yıldız. (2017). A conformational checkpoint between DNA binding and cleavage by CRISPR-Cas9. Science Advances. 3(8). eaao0027–eaao0027. 215 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jínek, Martin, Fuguo Jiang, David W. Taylor, et al.. (2014). Structures of Cas9 Endonucleases Reveal RNA-Mediated Conformational Activation. Science. 343(6176). 1247997–1247997. 900 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sternberg, Samuel H., Sy Redding, Martin Jínek, Eric C. Greene, & Jennifer A. Doudna. (2014). DNA Interrogation by the CRISPR RNA-Guided Endonuclease Cas9. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 695a–695a. 45 indexed citations
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Haurwitz, R.E., Samuel H. Sternberg, & Jennifer A. Doudna. (2012). Csy4 relies on an unusual catalytic dyad to position and cleave CRISPR RNA. The EMBO Journal. 31(12). 2824–2832. 80 indexed citations

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