Stephan Sauer

6.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
18 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Stephan Sauer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephan Sauer has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Immunology and 2 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Stephan Sauer's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (7 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (5 papers). Stephan Sauer is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (7 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (5 papers). Stephan Sauer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Austria. Stephan Sauer's co-authors include Amanda G. Fisher, Matthias Merkenschlager, Mikhail Spivakov, Véronique Azuara, Helle F. Jørgensen, Thomas Jenuwein, Antoine H.F.M. Peters, Gary Warnes, Marion Leleu and Bradley S. Cobb and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Stephan Sauer

17 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Loss of the Suv39h Histone Methyltransferases Impairs Mammalian Heterochromatin and Genome Stability

2001 1.4k citations Antoine H.F.M. Peters, Dónal O’Carroll et al. Cell profile →
Chromatin signatures of pluripotent cell lines

2006 1.0k citations Véronique Azuara, Stephan Sauer et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
T cell receptor signaling controls Foxp3 expression via PI3K, Akt, and mTOR

2008 699 citations Stephan Sauer, Ludovica Bruno et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Cohesins Functionally Associate with CTCF on Mammalian Chromosome Arms

2008 699 citations Suzana Hadjur, Mikhail Spivakov et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephan Sauer United Kingdom	14	3.8k	832	656	544	271	18	4.7k
Mikhail Spivakov United Kingdom	29	4.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	700 1.1×	579 1.1×	286 1.1×	39	5.1k
Dmitri Loukinov United States	28	3.1k 0.8×	515 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	284 0.5×	281 1.0×	44	3.6k
Dana J. Huebert United States	8	5.0k 1.3×	313 0.4×	833 1.3×	427 0.8×	221 0.8×	8	5.5k
Saı̈d Sif United States	36	5.4k 1.4×	563 0.7×	549 0.8×	164 0.3×	542 2.0×	58	6.0k
Michael H. Kagey United States	15	5.1k 1.3×	505 0.6×	549 0.8×	457 0.8×	591 2.2×	34	5.8k
N. C. Tolga Emre United States	10	3.1k 0.8×	374 0.4×	273 0.4×	364 0.7×	347 1.3×	13	3.6k
Karen Brown United Kingdom	16	2.0k 0.5×	703 0.8×	372 0.6×	310 0.6×	236 0.9×	22	2.6k
Yoichiro Shibata United States	24	2.4k 0.6×	417 0.5×	276 0.4×	321 0.6×	208 0.8×	36	3.0k
Dominique Leprince France	32	3.2k 0.8×	879 1.1×	552 0.8×	175 0.3×	781 2.9×	81	4.3k
Marek Bartkuhn Germany	28	2.5k 0.7×	244 0.3×	515 0.8×	551 1.0×	234 0.9×	65	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephan Sauer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephan Sauer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephan Sauer

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18 of 18 papers shown

Irastorza-Azcárate, Ibai, Alexander Kukalev, Rieke Kempfer, et al.. (2025). Extensive folding variability between homologous chromosomes in mammalian cells. Molecular Systems Biology. 21(7). 735–775.

Bruno, Ludovica, Vijendra Ramlall, Romain A. Studer, et al.. (2019). Selective deployment of transcription factor paralogs with submaximal strength facilitates gene regulation in the immune system. Nature Immunology. 20(10). 1372–1380. 15 indexed citations

Sauer, Stephan, Sandra Burkett, Mark Lewandoski, & Amar J. S. Klar. (2013). A CO-FISH assay to assess sister chromatid segregation patterns in mitosis of mouse embryonic stem cells. Chromosome Research. 21(3). 311–328. 8 indexed citations

Sauer, Stephan & Amar J. S. Klar. (2012). Left-right symmetry breaking in mice by left-right dynein may occur via a biased chromatid segregation mechanism, without directly involving the Nodal gene. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 166–166. 24 indexed citations

Pereira, Carlos‐Filipe, Francesco M. Piccolo, Tomomi Tsubouchi, et al.. (2010). ESCs Require PRC2 to Direct the Successful Reprogramming of Differentiated Cells toward Pluripotency. Cell stem cell. 6(6). 547–556. 130 indexed citations

Bruno, Ludovica, Luca Mazzarella, Maarten Hoogenkamp, et al.. (2009). Runx proteins regulate Foxp3 expression. The Journal of Cell Biology. 187(3). i3–i3. 3 indexed citations

Bruno, Ludovica, Luca Mazzarella, Maarten Hoogenkamp, et al.. (2009). Runx proteins regulate Foxp3 expression. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 206(11). 2329–2337. 82 indexed citations

Hadjur, Suzana, Mikhail Spivakov, Marion Leleu, et al.. (2008). Cohesins Functionally Associate with CTCF on Mammalian Chromosome Arms. Cell. 132(3). 422–433. 699 indexed citations breakdown →

Sauer, Stephan, Ludovica Bruno, Arnulf Hertweck, et al.. (2008). T cell receptor signaling controls Foxp3 expression via PI3K, Akt, and mTOR. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(22). 7797–7802. 699 indexed citations breakdown →

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Azuara, Véronique, Stephan Sauer, Mikhail Spivakov, et al.. (2006). Chromatin signatures of pluripotent cell lines. Nature Cell Biology. 8(5). 532–538. 1029 indexed citations breakdown →

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Williams, Ruth, Véronique Azuara, Stephan Sauer, et al.. (2005). Neural induction promotes large-scale chromatin reorganisation of theMash1locus. Journal of Cell Science. 119(1). 132–140. 236 indexed citations

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Terranova, Rémi, Stephan Sauer, Matthias Merkenschlager, & Amanda G. Fisher. (2005). The reorganisation of constitutive heterochromatin in differentiating muscle requires HDAC activity. Experimental Cell Research. 310(2). 344–356. 69 indexed citations

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Sauer, Stephan, Nathalie Billon, William D. Richardson, et al.. (2004). A dynamic switch in the replication timing of key regulator genes in embryonic stem cells upon neural induction.. PubMed. 3(12). 1645–50. 87 indexed citations

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Baxter, Jonathan, Stephan Sauer, Antoine H.F.M. Peters, et al.. (2004). Histone hypomethylation is an indicator of epigenetic plasticity in quiescent lymphocytes. The EMBO Journal. 23(22). 4462–4472. 93 indexed citations

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Sauer, Stephan, Nathalie Billon, William D. Richardson, et al.. (2004). A Dynamic Switch in the Replication Timing of Key Regulator Genes in Embryonic Stem Cells upon Neural Induction. Cell Cycle. 3(12). 1619–1624. 75 indexed citations

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Peters, Antoine H.F.M., Dónal O’Carroll, Harry Scherthan, et al.. (2001). Loss of the Suv39h Histone Methyltransferases Impairs Mammalian Heterochromatin and Genome Stability. Cell. 107(3). 323–337. 1356 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sauer, Stephan, Antoine H.F.M. Peters, Andrea Wolf, et al.. (2001). Over-expression of the SUV39H1 histone methyltransferase induces altered proliferation and differentiation in transgenic mice. Mechanisms of Development. 107(1-2). 141–153. 52 indexed citations

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Sauer, Stephan, et al.. (1997). Selective Photocyclization of Amino Acids in Dipeptides. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 51(1-2). 23–23. 3 indexed citations

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