Stephen J. Tapscott

30.4k citations

234 papers · 23.1k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 84

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.05%
- Muscle Physiology and Disorders
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA modifications and cancer
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Aging top 0.5%

Papers in

Molecular Biology 213
- Muscle Physiology and Disorders 121
- RNA Research and Splicing 60
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 30
- RNA modifications and cancer 28
- Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways 25
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 17
Genetics 23

Co-authors: Andrew B. Lassar Robert L. Davis Harold Weintraub Charlotte Berkes Silvère M. van der Maarel Mathew J. Thayer Rabi Tawil Lauren Snider
Journals: Human Molecular Genetics (21 papers)Molecular and Cellular Biology (13 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (10 papers)Skeletal Muscle (9 papers)Developmental Biology (9 papers)
Partner nations: United States Netherlands South Africa

In The Last Decade

Stephen J. Tapscott

228 papers receiving 22.7k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

Conserved roles of mouse DUX and human DUX4 in activating cleavage-stage genes and MERVL/HERVL retrotransposons 2017 · 503 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2017 Nature Genetics
2010 Science
2005 Development
2005 Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology
1991 Science
1989 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1988 Science

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Stephen J. Tapscott, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	A discrete region of the D4Z4 is sufficient to initiate epigenetic silencing Human Molecular Genetics ·Ellen Paatela, Frédéric Amant, Danielle C. Hamm, Sean Bennett, Taranjit S. Gujral, Silvère M. van der Maarel, Stephen J. Tapscott	2025	0
2	DUX4 activates common and context-specific intergenic transcripts and isoforms Science Advances ·Dongxu Zheng, Anita van den Heuvel, Judit Balog, Iris M. Willemsen, Susan L. Kloet, Stephen J. Tapscott, Ahmed Mahfouz, Silvère M. van der Maarel	2025	0
3	Regional and bilateral MRI and gene signatures in facioscapulohumeral dystrophy: implications for clinical trial design and mechanisms of disease progression Human Molecular Genetics ·Chao-Jen Wong, Seth D. Friedman, Lauren Snider, Sean Bennett, Takako I. Jones, Peter L. Jones, Dennis Shaw, Silvia S. Blemker, Lara Riem, Olivia DuCharme, Richard J.L.F. Lemmers, Silvère M. van der Maarel, Leo H. Wang, Rabi Tawil, Jeffrey Statland, Stephen J. Tapscott	2024	10
4	SMCHD1 and LRIF1 converge at the FSHD-associated D4Z4 repeat and LRIF1 promoter yet display different modes of action Communications Biology ·Darina Šikrová, A. Testa, Iris M. Willemsen, Anita van den Heuvel, Stephen J. Tapscott, Lucia Daxinger, Judit Balog, Silvère M. van der Maarel	2023	3
5	Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: the road to targeted therapies Nature Reviews Neurology ·Mara S. Tihaya, Karlien Mul, Judit Balog, Jessica C. de Greef, Stephen J. Tapscott, Rabi Tawil, Jeffrey Statland, Silvère M. van der Maarel	2023	32
6	Chromosome 10q-linked FSHD identifies DUX4 as principal disease gene Journal of Medical Genetics ·Richard J.L.F. Lemmers, Patrick J. van der Vliet, Ana Blatnik, Judit Balog, Janez Zidar, Don Henderson, Rianne J.M. Goselink, Stephen J. Tapscott, Nicol C. Voermans, Rabi Tawil, George W. Padberg, Baziel G.M. van Engelen, Silvère M. van der Maarel	2021	19
7	DUX4-induced bidirectional HSATII satellite repeat transcripts form intranuclear double-stranded RNA foci in human cell models of FSHD Human Molecular Genetics ·Sean Shadle, Sean Bennett, Chao-Jen Wong, Nancy Karreman, Amy E. Campbell, Silvère M. van der Maarel, Brenda Bass, Stephen J. Tapscott	2019	27
8	Intronic SMCHD1 variants in FSHD: testing the potential for CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing Journal of Medical Genetics ·Remko Goossens, Marlinde L. van den Boogaard, Richard J.L.F. Lemmers, Judit Balog, Patrick J. van der Vliet, Iris M. Willemsen, Julie Schouten, Ignazio Maggio, Nienke van der Stoep, Rob C. Hoeben, Stephen J. Tapscott, Niels Geijsen, Manuel A.F.V. Gonçalves, Sabrina Sacconi, Rabi Tawil, Silvère M. van der Maarel	2019	28
9	TWIST1 Heterodimerization with E12 Requires Coordinated Protein Phosphorylation to Regulate Periostin Expression Cancers ·Svetlana A. Mikheeva, Nathan D. Camp, Lei Huang, Antrix Jain, Sung Yun Jung, Naze G. Avci, Mari Tokita, Alejandro Wolf‐Yadlin, Jing Zhang, Stephen J. Tapscott, Robert Rostomily, Andrei M. Mikheev	2019	6
10	MyoD Is a Tumor Suppressor Gene in Medulloblastoma Cancer Research ·Joyoti Dey, Adrian M. Dubuc, Kyle D. Pedro, Derek Thirstrup, Brig Mecham, Paul A. Northcott, Xiaochong Wu, David Shih, Stephen J. Tapscott, Michael LeBlanc, Michael D. Taylor, James M. Olson	2013	23
11	Generation of Isogenic D4Z4 Contracted and Noncontracted Immortal Muscle Cell Clones from a Mosaic Patient American Journal Of Pathology ·Yvonne D. Krom, Julie Dumonceaux, Kamel Mamchaoui, Bianca den Hamer, Virginie Mariot, Elisa Négroni, Linda N. Geng, Nicolas Martin, Rabi Tawil, Stephen J. Tapscott, Baziel G.M. van Engelen, Vincent Mouly, Gillian Butler‐Browne, Silvère M. van der Maarel	2012	66
12	Immunodetection of Human Double Homeobox 4 Hybridoma ·Linda N. Geng, Ashlee E. Tyler, Stephen J. Tapscott	2011	45
13	A Unifying Genetic Model for Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Science ·Richard J.L.F. Lemmers, Patrick J. van der Vliet, Rinse Klooster, Sabrina Sacconi, Pilar Camaño, Johannes G. Dauwerse, Lauren Snider, Kirsten R. Straasheijm, G J van Ommen, George W. Padberg, Daniel G. Miller, Stephen J. Tapscott, Rabi Tawil, Rune R. Frants, Silvère M. van der Maarel Hit paper breakdown →	2010	528
14	Differential genomic targeting of the transcription factor TAL1 in alternate haematopoietic lineages The EMBO Journal ·Carmen G. Palii, Carolina Perez‐Iratxeta, Zizhen Yao, Yi Cao, Fengtao Dai, Jerry Davison, Harold Atkins, David Allan, F. Jeffrey Dilworth, Robert Gentleman, Stephen J. Tapscott, Marjorie Brand	2010	108
15	The circuitry of a master switch: Myod and the regulation of skeletal muscle gene transcription Development ·Stephen J. Tapscott Hit paper breakdown →	2005	595
16	Widespread and nonrandom distribution of DNA palindromes in cancer cells provides a structural platform for subsequent gene amplification Nature Genetics ·Hisashi Tanaka, Donald A. Bergstrom, Meng-Chao Yao, Stephen J. Tapscott	2005	91
17	Regulation of neuroD2 expression in mouse brain Developmental Biology ·Chin‐Hsing Annie Lin, Jennifer Stoeck, Ali C. Ravanpay, François Guillemot, Stephen J. Tapscott, James M. Olson	2003	28
18	neuroD2 and neuroD3 : Distinct Expression Patterns and Transcriptional Activation Potentials within the neuroD Gene Family Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Mary McCormick, Rulla M. Tamimi, Lauren Snider, Atsushi Asakura, Donald A. Bergstrom, Stephen J. Tapscott	1996	144
19	Functional antagonism between c-Jun and MyoD proteins: A direct physical association Cell ·Eyal Bengal, Lynn J. Ransone, Raphaël Scharfmann, Varavani Dwarki, Stephen J. Tapscott, Harold Weintraub, Inder M. Verma	1992	382
20	MyoD: A Regulatory Gene of Skeletal Myogenesis Advances in experimental medicine and biology ·Stephen J. Tapscott, Robert L. Davis, Andrew B. Lassar, Harold Weintraub	1990	15

About Stephen J. Tapscott

Stephen J. Tapscott is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Developmental Neuroscience, having authored 234 papers that have together received 23.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (121 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (60 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (30 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (28 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (25 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (23 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (18 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (20.4k citations), Aging (372 citations), Genetics (2.0k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (2.7k citations) and Developmental Neuroscience (621 citations). Stephen J. Tapscott has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and South Africa. Frequent co-authors include Andrew B. Lassar, Robert L. Davis, Harold Weintraub, Charlotte Berkes, Silvère M. van der Maarel, Mathew J. Thayer, Rabi Tawil, Lauren Snider, H Weintraub and Donald A. Bergstrom. Their work appears in journals such as Human Molecular Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Skeletal Muscle and Developmental Biology.

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