Steven E. Jacobsen

60.4k citations

217 papers · 43.0k indexed · 24 hit papers · h-index 102

Impact in

Plant Science top 0.01%
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Plant Virus Research Studies
Molecular Biology top 0.02%
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- RNA modifications and cancer
- Plant Reproductive Biology

Papers in

Plant Science 162
- Plant Molecular Biology Research 139
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism 62
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations 51
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis 26
Molecular Biology 148
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 51
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation 49
- RNA modifications and cancer 24
- Plant Gene Expression Analysis 22

Co-authors: Suhua Feng Julie A. Law Xiaofeng Cao Ian R. Henderson Lianna M. Johnson Matteo PellegriniXiaoyu ZhangDaniel Zilberman
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (34 papers)Nature Communications (16 papers)Science (14 papers)PLoS Genetics (13 papers)Cell (12 papers)
Partner nations: United States China United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Steven E. Jacobsen

213 papers receiving 42.4k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Viral delivery of an RNA-guided genome editor for transgene-free germline editing in Arabidopsis 2025 · 24 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.

2025 Nature Plants
2020 Science
2019 Nature Communications
2015 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
2013 Cell
2013 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
2010 Science
2010 Nature Reviews Genetics
2010 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2010 Nature
2010 Nature
2008 Nature
2007 PLoS Biology
2007 Science
2007 Nature
2006 Science
2005 Nature Reviews Genetics
2004 Science
2004 PLoS Biology
2003 Science
2002 Current Biology
2002 Cell
2002 Nature
2001 Science

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1	ACD15, ACD21, and SLN regulate the accumulation and mobility of MBD6 to silence genes and transposable elements Science Advances ·夏生辰巳, Natalia Szczecińska, Shuya Wang, Jason Gardiner, T.Michael Davis, Yasaman Jami‐Alahmadi, Jihui Sha, San-Lian S. Barbour, 泰裕中矢, G.S. Stuart, Muhammad Ihza Sofyansah, Donald W. Schmanski, James A. Wohlschlegel, Steven E. Jacobsen	2023	11
2	Diverse virus-encoded CRISPR-Cas systems include streamlined genome editors Cell ·Basem Al-Shayeb, Petr Skopintsev, Katarzyna M. Soczek, Elizabeth C. Stahl, Zheng Li, Yuxiao Zhang, Dylan C. J. Smock, Aiswarya M. Heman, Patrick Pausch, Brady F. Cress, Aimeé Melchum, Brian J. Staskawicz, David F. Savage, Steven E. Jacobsen, Jillian F. Banfield, Jennifer A. Doudna	2022	93
3	CRISPR-based targeting of DNA methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana by a bacterial CG-specific DNA methyltransferase Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Basudev Ghoshal, Colette L. Picard, Ye.Ye. Afanasieva, Suhua Feng, Steven E. Jacobsen	2021	61
4	Ectopic targeting of CG DNA methylation in Arabidopsis with the bacterial SssI methyltransferase Nature Communications ·Wanlu Liu, Javier Gallego‐Bartolomé, Yuxing Zhou, Zhenhui Zhong, Ming Wang, Somsakul Pop Wongpalee, Jason Gardiner, Suhua Feng, 修一郎山本, Steven E. Jacobsen	2021	33
5	DNA methylation-linked chromatin accessibility affects genomic architecture in Arabidopsis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Zhenhui Zhong, Suhua Feng, Sascha H. Duttke, Magdalena E. Potok, Maria Teresa Mandalari, Javier Gallego‐Bartolomé, Wanlu Liu, Steven E. Jacobsen	2021	72
6	TFAP2C regulates transcription in human naive pluripotency by opening enhancers Nature Cell Biology ·William A. Pastor, Wanlu Liu, Di Chen, Edna Rita Bernardo Cossa, Rachel Kim, Timothy J. Hunt, 久美子有江, Xiaodong Liu, José M. Polo, Steven E. Jacobsen, Amander T. Clark	2018	115
7	On the origin and evolutionary consequences of gene body DNA methylation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Adam J. Bewick, Lexiang Ji, Chad E. Niederhuth, Eva‐Maria Willing, Brigitte T. Hofmeister, Xiuling Shi, Li Wang, Zefu Lu, Nicholas Rohr, Benjamin Hartwig, Christiane Kiefer, Roger B. Deal, Jeremy Schmutz, Jane Grimwood, Hume Stroud, Steven E. Jacobsen, Korbinian Schneeberger, Xiaoyu Zhang, Robert J. Schmitz	2016	215
8	Dissecting the dynamic changes of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in T-cell development and differentiation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ageliki Tsagaratou, Tarmo Äijö, Chan‐Wang Jerry Lio, Xiaojing Yue, Yun Huang, Steven E. Jacobsen, Harri Lähdesmäki, Anjana Rao	2014	138
9	RNA interference knockdown of DNA methyl-transferase 3 affects gene alternative splicing in the honey bee Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Hongmei Li‐Byarlay, Yang Li, Hume Stroud, Suhua Feng, Thomas C. Newman, Megan M. Kaneda, Kirk K. Hou, Kim C. Worley, Christine G. Elsik, Samuel A. Wickline, Steven E. Jacobsen, Jian Ma, Gene E. Robinson	2013	182
10	Transcriptome and methylome interactions in rice hybrids Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ramakrishna K. Chodavarapu, Suhua Feng, Bo Ding, Stacey A. Simon, David López, Yulin Jia, Guo‐Liang Wang, Blake C. Meyers, Steven E. Jacobsen, Matteo Pellegrini	2012	165
11	MORC Family ATPases Required for Heterochromatin Condensation and Gene Silencing Science ·Guillaume Moissiard, Shawn Cokus, Xiaobo Ma, Suhua Feng, Allison C. Billi, Hume Stroud, Dylan Husmann, Ye Zhan, Bryan R. Lajoie, Rachel Patton McCord, Christopher J. Hale, Wei Feng, Scott D. Michaels, Alison R. Frand, Matteo Pellegrini, Job Dekker, John K. Kim, Steven E. Jacobsen	2012	259
12	Features of the Arabidopsis recombination landscape resulting from the combined loss of sequence variation and DNA methylation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Maria Colomé‐Tatché, Sandra Cortijo, René Wardenaar, Michael Kuo, Nur Ayunie, Alexis Sarazin, Mathilde Etcheverry, Antoine Martin, Suhua Feng, Evelyne Duvernois‐Berthet, Karine Labadie, Patrick Wincker, Steven E. Jacobsen, Ritsert C. Jansen, Lian-xin CHEN, Frank Johannes	2012	106
13	6-Thioguanine Reactivates Epigenetically Silenced Genes in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cells by Facilitating Proteasome-mediated Degradation of DNMT1 Cancer Research ·Bi‐Feng Yuan, Jing Zhang, Hongxia Wang, Lei Xiong, Qian Cai, Tina Wang, Steven E. Jacobsen, Sriharsa Pradhan, Yinsheng Wang	2011	36
14	A metastable DWARF1 epigenetic mutant affecting plant stature in rice Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kotaro Miura, Masakazu Agetsuma, Hidemi Kitano, Atsushi Yoshimura, Makoto Matsuoka, Steven E. Jacobsen, Motoyuki Ashikari	2009	145
15	UHRF1 Plays a Role in Maintaining DNA Methylation in Mammalian Cells Science ·Magnolia Bostick, J. Kim, Pierre‐Olivier Estève, Amander T. Clark, Sriharsa Pradhan, Steven E. Jacobsen Hit paper breakdown →	2007	1020
16	Methylation of tRNA ^Asp by the DNA Methyltransferase Homolog Dnmt2 Science ·Mary Goll, Finn Kirpekar, Keith A. Maggert, Jeffrey A. Yoder, Chih-Lin Hsieh, Xiaoyu Zhang, Kent G. Golic, Steven E. Jacobsen, Timothy H. Bestor Hit paper breakdown →	2006	800
17	Small Interfering RNA-Induced Transcriptional Gene Silencing in Human Cells Science ·Kevin V. Morris, Wan Chan, Steven E. Jacobsen, David J. Looney Hit paper breakdown →	2004	729
18	One-Way Control of FWA Imprinting in Arabidopsis Endosperm by DNA Methylation Science ·Tetsu Kinoshita, Asuka Miura, Yeonhee Choi, Yuki Kinoshita, Xiaofeng Cao, Steven E. Jacobsen, Robert L. Fischer, Tetsuji Kakutani	2003	439
19	ARGONAUTE4 Control of Locus-Specific siRNA Accumulation and DNA and Histone Methylation Science ·Daniel Zilberman, Xiaofeng Cao, Steven E. Jacobsen Hit paper breakdown →	2003	815
20	C ^m C(A/T)GG DNA methylation in mature B cell lymphoma gene silencing Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Cindy S. Malone, Maurine D. Miner, Zhuang Y. Boh, James P. Jackson, Steven E. Jacobsen, Randolph Wall, Michael A. Teitell	2001	76

About Steven E. Jacobsen

Steven E. Jacobsen is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Aging, Genetics and Insect Science, having authored 217 papers that have together received 43.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (139 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (62 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (51 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (51 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (49 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (26 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (24 papers) and Plant Gene Expression Analysis (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (28.5k citations), Molecular Biology (29.3k citations), Genetics (4.6k citations), Aging (253 citations) and Endocrinology (562 citations). Steven E. Jacobsen has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications, Science, PLoS Genetics and Cell.

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