Steven E. Jacobsen

60.4k total citations · 24 hit papers
217 papers, 43.0k citations indexed

About

Steven E. Jacobsen is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven E. Jacobsen has authored 217 papers receiving a total of 43.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 162 papers in Plant Science, 148 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Steven E. Jacobsen's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (139 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (62 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (51 papers). Steven E. Jacobsen is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (139 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (62 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (51 papers). Steven E. Jacobsen collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Steven E. Jacobsen's co-authors include Suhua Feng, Julie A. Law, Xiaofeng Cao, Ian R. Henderson, Lianna M. Johnson, Matteo Pellegrini, Xiaoyu Zhang, Daniel Zilberman, Sriharsa Pradhan and Shawn Cokus and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Steven E. Jacobsen

213 papers receiving 42.4k citations

Hit Papers

Establishing, maintaining and modifying DNA methylation... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2010 2008 2004 2007 2002 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. Establishing, maintaining and modifying DNA methylation patterns in plants and animals
    2010 2.7k citations Steven E. Jacobsen et al. profile →
  2. Shotgun bisulphite sequencing of the Arabidopsis genome reveals DNA methylation patterning
    2008 1.6k citations Shawn Cokus, Suhua Feng et al. profile →
  3. Genetic and Functional Diversification of Small RNA Pathways in Plants
    2004 1.2k citations Daniel Zilberman, Steven E. Jacobsen et al. profile →
  4. UHRF1 Plays a Role in Maintaining DNA Methylation in Mammalian Cells
    2007 1.0k citations Magnolia Bostick, J. Kim et al. Science profile →
  5. Control of CpNpG DNA methylation by the KRYPTONITE histone H3 methyltransferase
    2002 964 citations James P. Jackson, Xiaofeng Cao et al. profile →
  6. Conservation and divergence of methylation patterning in plants and animals
    2010 914 citations Suhua Feng, Shawn Cokus et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  7. Epigenetic Reprogramming in Plant and Animal Development
    2010 850 citations Suhua Feng, Steven E. Jacobsen et al. Science profile →
  8. ARGONAUTE4 Control of Locus-Specific siRNA Accumulation and DNA and Histone Methylation
    2003 815 citations Daniel Zilberman, Xiaofeng Cao et al. Science profile →
  9. Methylation of tRNA Asp by the DNA Methyltransferase Homolog Dnmt2
    2006 800 citations Mary Goll, Finn Kirpekar et al. Science profile →
  10. Small Interfering RNA-Induced Transcriptional Gene Silencing in Human Cells
    2004 729 citations Kevin V. Morris, Wan Chan et al. Science profile →
  11. Requirement of CHROMOMETHYLASE3 for Maintenance of CpXpG Methylation
    2001 719 citations Xiaofeng Cao, James P. Jackson et al. Science profile →
  12. Gardening the genome: DNA methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana
    2005 701 citations Wan Chan, Steven E. Jacobsen et al. profile →
  13. DNA methylation pathways and their crosstalk with histone methylation
    2015 683 citations Steven E. Jacobsen et al. profile →
  14. Genome-wide erasure of DNA methylation in mouse primordial germ cells is affected by AID deficiency
    2010 663 citations Suhua Feng, Shawn Cokus et al. profile →
  15. Comprehensive Analysis of Silencing Mutants Reveals Complex Regulation of the Arabidopsis Methylome
    2013 646 citations Hume Stroud, Suhua Feng et al. Cell profile →
  16. Non-CG methylation patterns shape the epigenetic landscape in Arabidopsis
    2013 629 citations Hume Stroud, Suhua Feng et al. profile →
  17. Epigenetic inheritance in plants
    2007 617 citations Steven E. Jacobsen et al. profile →
  18. Role of the Arabidopsis DRM Methyltransferases in De Novo DNA Methylation and Gene Silencing
    2002 601 citations Xiaofeng Cao, Steven E. Jacobsen profile →
  19. DEMETER, a DNA Glycosylase Domain Protein, Is Required for Endosperm Gene Imprinting and Seed Viability in Arabidopsis
    2002 598 citations Yeonhee Choi, Steven E. Jacobsen et al. Cell profile →
  20. Whole-Genome Analysis of Histone H3 Lysine 27 Trimethylation in Arabidopsis
    2007 588 citations Xiaoyu Zhang, Shawn Cokus et al. profile →
  21. Relationship between nucleosome positioning and DNA methylation
    2010 552 citations Ramakrishna K. Chodavarapu, Suhua Feng et al. profile →
  22. CRISPR-CasΦ from huge phages is a hypercompact genome editor
    2020 394 citations Patrick Pausch, Basem Al-Shayeb et al. Science profile →
  23. Site-specific manipulation of Arabidopsis loci using CRISPR-Cas9 SunTag systems
    2019 263 citations Wanlu Liu, Javier Gallego‐Bartolomé et al. Nature Communications profile →
  24. Viral delivery of an RNA-guided genome editor for transgene-free germline editing in Arabidopsis
    2025 24 citations Zhenhui Zhong, Jillian F. Banfield 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
Steven E. Jacobsen United States 102 29.3k 28.5k 4.6k 1.4k 735 217 43.0k
Joseph R. Ecker United States 135 42.6k 1.5× 43.3k 1.5× 7.7k 1.7× 1.9k 1.3× 1.4k 2.0× 272 67.3k
Robert A. Martienssen United States 75 18.7k 0.6× 18.7k 0.7× 2.8k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 216 0.3× 176 25.9k
James Hicks United States 63 24.1k 0.8× 9.1k 0.3× 4.9k 1.1× 4.0k 2.8× 387 0.5× 182 33.2k
Cédric Feschotte United States 53 10.9k 0.4× 10.1k 0.4× 2.6k 0.6× 820 0.6× 630 0.9× 104 15.3k
Jef D. Boeke United States 93 31.6k 1.1× 12.2k 0.4× 3.9k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 242 0.3× 375 37.6k
W. Richard McCombie United States 71 18.5k 0.6× 6.5k 0.2× 4.5k 1.0× 3.8k 2.7× 373 0.5× 164 25.6k
Harold Pimentel United States 11 16.4k 0.6× 6.4k 0.2× 3.3k 0.7× 4.1k 2.9× 913 1.2× 21 26.3k
Brian A. Williams United States 24 16.7k 0.6× 6.2k 0.2× 3.2k 0.7× 4.1k 2.9× 1.2k 1.6× 34 25.4k
Mihaela Pertea United States 24 12.0k 0.4× 6.6k 0.2× 3.0k 0.7× 2.5k 1.8× 980 1.3× 44 19.8k
Elizabeth S. Dennis Australia 98 16.4k 0.6× 24.5k 0.9× 3.0k 0.7× 312 0.2× 355 0.5× 348 29.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Shuya, Jason Gardiner, Yasaman Jami‐Alahmadi, et al.. (2023). ACD15, ACD21, and SLN regulate the accumulation and mobility of MBD6 to silence genes and transposable elements. Science Advances. 9(46). eadi9036–eadi9036. 11 indexed citations
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Al-Shayeb, Basem, Petr Skopintsev, Katarzyna M. Soczek, et al.. (2022). Diverse virus-encoded CRISPR-Cas systems include streamlined genome editors. Cell. 185(24). 4574–4586.e16. 93 indexed citations
3.
Ghoshal, Basudev, et al.. (2021). CRISPR-based targeting of DNA methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana by a bacterial CG-specific DNA methyltransferase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(23). 61 indexed citations
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Liu, Wanlu, Javier Gallego‐Bartolomé, Yuxing Zhou, et al.. (2021). Ectopic targeting of CG DNA methylation in Arabidopsis with the bacterial SssI methyltransferase. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3130–3130. 33 indexed citations
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Zhong, Zhenhui, Suhua Feng, Sascha H. Duttke, et al.. (2021). DNA methylation-linked chromatin accessibility affects genomic architecture in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(5). 72 indexed citations
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Pastor, William A., Wanlu Liu, Di Chen, et al.. (2018). TFAP2C regulates transcription in human naive pluripotency by opening enhancers. Nature Cell Biology. 20(5). 553–564. 115 indexed citations
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Bewick, Adam J., Lexiang Ji, Chad E. Niederhuth, et al.. (2016). On the origin and evolutionary consequences of gene body DNA methylation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(32). 9111–9116. 215 indexed citations
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Tsagaratou, Ageliki, Tarmo Äijö, Chan‐Wang Jerry Lio, et al.. (2014). Dissecting the dynamic changes of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in T-cell development and differentiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(32). E3306–15. 138 indexed citations
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Li‐Byarlay, Hongmei, Yang Li, Hume Stroud, et al.. (2013). RNA interference knockdown of DNA methyl-transferase 3 affects gene alternative splicing in the honey bee. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(31). 12750–12755. 182 indexed citations
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Chodavarapu, Ramakrishna K., Suhua Feng, Bo Ding, et al.. (2012). Transcriptome and methylome interactions in rice hybrids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(30). 12040–12045. 165 indexed citations
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Moissiard, Guillaume, Shawn Cokus, Suhua Feng, et al.. (2012). MORC Family ATPases Required for Heterochromatin Condensation and Gene Silencing. Science. 336(6087). 1448–1451. 259 indexed citations
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Colomé‐Tatché, Maria, Sandra Cortijo, René Wardenaar, et al.. (2012). Features of the Arabidopsis recombination landscape resulting from the combined loss of sequence variation and DNA methylation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(40). 16240–16245. 106 indexed citations
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Yuan, Bi‐Feng, Jing Zhang, Hongxia Wang, et al.. (2011). 6-Thioguanine Reactivates Epigenetically Silenced Genes in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cells by Facilitating Proteasome-mediated Degradation of DNMT1. Cancer Research. 71(5). 1904–1911. 36 indexed citations
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Miura, Kotaro, Masakazu Agetsuma, Hidemi Kitano, et al.. (2009). A metastable DWARF1 epigenetic mutant affecting plant stature in rice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(27). 11218–11223. 145 indexed citations
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Bostick, Magnolia, J. Kim, Pierre‐Olivier Estève, et al.. (2007). UHRF1 Plays a Role in Maintaining DNA Methylation in Mammalian Cells. Science. 317(5845). 1760–1764. 1020 indexed citations breakdown →
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Goll, Mary, Finn Kirpekar, Keith A. Maggert, et al.. (2006). Methylation of tRNA Asp by the DNA Methyltransferase Homolog Dnmt2. Science. 311(5759). 395–398. 800 indexed citations breakdown →
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Morris, Kevin V., Wan Chan, Steven E. Jacobsen, & David J. Looney. (2004). Small Interfering RNA-Induced Transcriptional Gene Silencing in Human Cells. Science. 305(5688). 1289–1292. 729 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kinoshita, Tetsu, Asuka Miura, Yeonhee Choi, et al.. (2003). One-Way Control of FWA Imprinting in Arabidopsis Endosperm by DNA Methylation. Science. 303(5657). 521–523. 439 indexed citations
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Zilberman, Daniel, Xiaofeng Cao, & Steven E. Jacobsen. (2003). ARGONAUTE4 Control of Locus-Specific siRNA Accumulation and DNA and Histone Methylation. Science. 299(5607). 716–719. 815 indexed citations breakdown →
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Malone, Cindy S., Maurine D. Miner, James P. Jackson, et al.. (2001). C m C(A/T)GG DNA methylation in mature B cell lymphoma gene silencing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(18). 10404–10409. 76 indexed citations

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