Stephen C. West

31.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
241 papers, 25.4k citations indexed

About

Stephen C. West is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen C. West has authored 241 papers receiving a total of 25.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 226 papers in Molecular Biology, 77 papers in Genetics and 26 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Stephen C. West's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (203 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (66 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (60 papers). Stephen C. West is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (203 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (66 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (60 papers). Stephen C. West collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Stephen C. West's co-authors include Peter Baumann, Fiona E. Benson, Andrzej Stasiak, Andrew J. Deans, Paul Howard-Flanders, Jean‐Yves Masson, Yilun Liu, Michael J. McIlwraith, Alicja Z. Stasiak and Adelina A. Davies and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Stephen C. West

239 papers receiving 24.7k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Molecular views of recombination proteins and their control

2003 779 citations Stephen C. West profile →
DNA interstrand crosslink repair and cancer

2011 758 citations Stephen C. West et al. profile →
Human Rad51 Protein Promotes ATP-Dependent Homologous Pairing and Strand Transfer Reactions In Vitro

1996 573 citations Stephen C. West et al. Cell profile →
Role of BRCA2 in Control of the RAD51 Recombination and DNA Repair Protein

2001 568 citations Jean‐Yves Masson, Michael J. McIlwraith et al. profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen C. West

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Stephen C. West's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Stephen C. West with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Stephen C. West more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen C. West

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Stephen C. West. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Stephen C. West. The network helps show where Stephen C. West may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen C. West

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stephen C. West. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stephen C. West based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Stephen C. West. Stephen C. West is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	From serendipity to strategy: molecular glue degraders in cancer therapeutics 2025 ·Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ·(unknown), Ilirjana Bajrami, Stephen C. West	0
2	Cryo–electron microscopic visualization of RAD51 filament assembly and end-capping by XRCC3-RAD51C-RAD51D-XRCC2 2025 ·Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Chih‐Chao Liang, Simon J. Boulton, Stephen C. West	1
3	ANKLE1 processes chromatin bridges by cleaving mechanically stressed DNA 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jie Long, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yuanliang Zhai, Stephen C. West, Artem K. Efremov, Ying Wai Chan	0
4	Integrated genome and transcriptome analyses reveal the mechanism of genome instability in ataxia with oculomotor apraxia 2 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Radhakrishnan Kanagaraj, Richard Mitter, Theodoros Kantidakis, Matthew Edwards, Anaid Benitez, Probir Chakravarty, Beiyuan Fu, Olivier J. Bécherel, Fengtang Yang, Martin F. Lavin, Amnon Koren, Aengus Stewart, Stephen C. West	21
5	Targeting the nucleotide salvage factor DNPH1 sensitizes BRCA -deficient cells to PARP inhibitors 2021 ·Science ·Kasper Fugger, Ilirjana Bajrami, Mariana Silva dos Santos, (unknown), Simone Kunzelmann, Geoff Kelly, Graeme Hewitt, Harshil Patel, Robert Goldstone, Thomas Carell, Simon J. Boulton, James I. MacRae, Ian A. Taylor, Stephen C. West	91
6	Regulatory Control of the Resolution of DNA Recombination Intermediates during Meiosis and Mitosis 2011 ·Cell ·Joao Matos, Miguel G. Blanco, Sarah Maslen, Mark Skehel, Stephen C. West	236
7	RTEL-1 Enforces Meiotic Crossover Interference and Homeostasis 2010 ·Science ·Jillian L. Youds, David G. Mets, Michael J. McIlwraith, Julie S. Martin, Jordan D. Ward, Nigel J. O’Neil, Ann M. Rose, Stephen C. West, Barbara J Meyer, Simon J. Boulton	137
8	The breast cancer tumor suppressor BRCA2 promotes the specific targeting of RAD51 to single-stranded DNA 2010 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Tina Thorslund, Michael J. McIlwraith, Sarah A. Compton, Sergey Lekomtsev, Mark Petronczki, Jack D. Griffith, Stephen C. West	202
9	Poly(ADP-ribose)–Dependent Regulation of DNA Repair by the Chromatin Remodeling Enzyme ALC1 2009 ·Science ·(unknown), Zuzana Hořejšı́, Nicola Wiechens, Sophie E. Polo, Elisa Garcia-Wilson, Ivan Ahel, Helen R. Flynn, Mark Skehel, Stephen C. West, Stephen P. Jackson, Tom Owen‐Hughes, Simon J. Boulton	467
10	TRF2 promotes, remodels and protects telomeric Holliday junctions 2009 ·The EMBO Journal ·Anaïs Poulet, Rémi Buisson, Cendrine Faivre-Moskalenko, (unknown), Simon Amiard, Fabien Montel, Santiago Cuesta‐López, Olivier Bornet, Françoise Guerlesquin, Thomas Godet, Julien Moukhtar, Françoise Argoul, Anne‐Cécile Déclais, David M.J. Lilley, Stephen C.Y. Ip, Stephen C. West, Éric Gilson, Marie‐Josèphe Giraud‐Panis	93
11	RTEL1 Maintains Genomic Stability by Suppressing Homologous Recombination 2008 ·Cell ·Louise J. Barber, Jillian L. Youds, Jordan D. Ward, Michael J. McIlwraith, Nigel J. O’Neil, Mark I.R. Petalcorin, Julie S. Martin, Spencer J. Collis, Sharon B. Cantor, (unknown), Heidi A. Tissenbaum, Stephen C. West, Ann M. Rose, Simon J. Boulton	298
12	Poly(ADP-ribose)-binding zinc finger motifs in DNA repair/checkpoint proteins 2008 ·Nature ·Ivan Ahel, Dragana Ahel, Takahiro Matsusaka, (unknown), Jonathon Pines, Simon J. Boulton, Stephen C. West	356
13	Stabilization of RAD51 nucleoprotein filaments by the C-terminal region of BRCA2 2007 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Fumiko Esashi, Vitold E. Galkin, Xiong Yu, Edward H. Egelman, Stephen C. West	208
14	RAD51C Is Required for Holliday Junction Processing in Mammalian Cells 2004 ·Science ·Yilun Liu, Jean‐Yves Masson, (unknown), Paul O’Regan, Stephen C. West	240
15	Structure of the single-strand annealing domain of human RAD52 protein 2002 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Martin R. Singleton, Lois M. Wentzell, Yilun Liu, Stephen C. West, Dale B. Wigley	193
16	RuvAB-mediated branch migration does not involve extensive DNA opening within the RuvB hexamer 2000 ·Current Biology ·(unknown), Isao Kuraoka, (unknown), William R. Kobertz, Richard D. Wood, Stephen C. West	17
17	The human Rad52 protein exists as a heptameric ring 2000 ·Current Biology ·Alicja Z. Stasiak, Éric Larquet, Andrzej Stasiak, Shirley A. Müller, Andreas Engel, Eric Van Dyck, Stephen C. West, Edward H. Egelman	172
18	DNA Helicases: New Breeds of Translocating Motors and Molecular Pumps 1996 ·Cell ·Stephen C. West	119
19	Formation, translocation and resolution of Holliday junctions during homologous genetic recombination 1995 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Stephen C. West	11
20	5 The Nucleases of Genetic Recombination 1993 ·Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·Stephen C. West	3

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact