Steven West

2.5k total citations
31 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Steven West is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Structural Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven West has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Ecology and 1 paper in Structural Biology. Recurrent topics in Steven West's work include RNA Research and Splicing (25 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (22 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (13 papers). Steven West is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (25 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (22 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (13 papers). Steven West collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Steven West's co-authors include Nicholas Proudfoot, Natalia Gromak, Lee Davidson, Joshua D Eaton, Lisa Muniz, Laura Francis, Chris J. Norbury, Alastair Kerr, Christopher J. Norbury and Michael J. Dye and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Steven West

31 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steven West United Kingdom 20 1.7k 161 97 84 66 31 1.8k
Marcela Dávila López Sweden 15 924 0.6× 190 1.2× 97 1.0× 90 1.1× 80 1.2× 36 1.1k
Nova Fong United States 22 2.8k 1.7× 168 1.0× 138 1.4× 121 1.4× 77 1.2× 26 3.0k
Sylvain Egloff France 19 1.6k 1.0× 135 0.8× 91 0.9× 94 1.1× 130 2.0× 25 1.8k
Margarida Gama‐Carvalho Portugal 16 661 0.4× 155 1.0× 83 0.9× 88 1.0× 39 0.6× 46 859
Michael J. Dye United Kingdom 10 1.7k 1.0× 166 1.0× 103 1.1× 130 1.5× 28 0.4× 11 1.8k
Kathrin Leppek United States 9 1.2k 0.7× 182 1.1× 109 1.1× 54 0.6× 70 1.1× 11 1.4k
Emanuel Rosonina Canada 19 1.4k 0.9× 82 0.5× 95 1.0× 79 0.9× 121 1.8× 27 1.5k
José M. Santos-Pereira Spain 11 973 0.6× 84 0.5× 109 1.1× 153 1.8× 91 1.4× 16 1.1k
Tony M. Mertz United States 14 630 0.4× 217 1.3× 115 1.2× 52 0.6× 118 1.8× 19 726
Christopher B. Burge United States 4 1.3k 0.8× 108 0.7× 141 1.5× 107 1.3× 124 1.9× 5 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Steven West

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steven West

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven West

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Steven West. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Steven 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 Steven West. Steven West is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Eaton, Joshua D, et al.. (2025). Sequential verification of transcription by Integrator and Restrictor. Molecular Cell. 85(21). 3982–3998.e6. 1 indexed citations
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Bokhobza, Alexandre, Andrew Stannard, Steven West, et al.. (2024). Reduced Non‐Specific Binding of Super‐Resolution DNA‐PAINT Markers by Shielded DNA‐PAINT Labeling Protocols. Small. 20(51). e2405032–e2405032. 1 indexed citations
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West, Steven, et al.. (2024). ZC3H4/Restrictor Exerts a Stranglehold on Pervasive Transcription. Journal of Molecular Biology. 437(1). 168707–168707. 2 indexed citations
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Rodríguez‐Molina, Juan B., Steven West, & Lori A. Passmore. (2023). Knowing when to stop: Transcription termination on protein-coding genes by eukaryotic RNAPII. Molecular Cell. 83(3). 404–415. 50 indexed citations
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Maguire, Finlay, Guy Leonard, Joshua D Eaton, et al.. (2021). Emergent RNA–RNA interactions can promote stability in a facultative phototrophic endosymbiosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(38). 9 indexed citations
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Davidson, Lee, Laura Francis, Joshua D Eaton, & Steven West. (2020). Integrator-Dependent and Allosteric/Intrinsic Mechanisms Ensure Efficient Termination of snRNA Transcription. Cell Reports. 33(4). 108319–108319. 23 indexed citations
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Davidson, Lee, Laura Francis, Ross A. Cordiner, et al.. (2019). Rapid Depletion of DIS3, EXOSC10, or XRN2 Reveals the Immediate Impact of Exoribonucleolysis on Nuclear RNA Metabolism and Transcriptional Control. Cell Reports. 26(10). 2779–2791.e5. 61 indexed citations
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Eaton, Joshua D, Laura Francis, Lee Davidson, & Steven West. (2019). A unified allosteric/torpedo mechanism for transcriptional termination on human protein-coding genes. Genes & Development. 34(1-2). 132–145. 89 indexed citations
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Eaton, Joshua D, Lee Davidson, David L.V. Bauer, et al.. (2018). Xrn2 accelerates termination by RNA polymerase II, which is underpinned by CPSF73 activity. Genes & Development. 32(2). 127–139. 93 indexed citations
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Muniz, Lisa, Lee Davidson, & Steven West. (2015). Poly(A) Polymerase and the Nuclear Poly(A) Binding Protein, PABPN1, Coordinate the Splicing and Degradation of a Subset of Human Pre-mRNAs. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 35(13). 2218–2230. 38 indexed citations
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West, Steven, et al.. (2014). Inhibition of U4 snRNA in Human Cells Causes the Stable Retention of Polyadenylated Pre-mRNA in the Nucleus. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e96174–e96174. 13 indexed citations
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Davidson, Lee, Lisa Muniz, & Steven West. (2014). 3′ end formation of pre-mRNA and phosphorylation of Ser2 on the RNA polymerase II CTD are reciprocally coupled in human cells. Genes & Development. 28(4). 342–356. 130 indexed citations
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Davidson, Lee & Steven West. (2013). Splicing-coupled 3′ end formation requires a terminal splice acceptor site, but not intron excision. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(14). 7101–7114. 26 indexed citations
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West, Steven, et al.. (2010). The human cytoplasmic RNA terminal U-transferase ZCCHC11 targets histone mRNAs for degradation. RNA. 17(1). 39–44. 84 indexed citations
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West, Steven & Nicholas Proudfoot. (2009). Transcriptional Termination Enhances Protein Expression in Human Cells. Molecular Cell. 33(3). 354–364. 64 indexed citations
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West, Steven, Nicholas Proudfoot, & Michael J. Dye. (2008). Molecular Dissection of Mammalian RNA Polymerase II Transcriptional Termination. Molecular Cell. 29(5). 600–610. 60 indexed citations
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West, Steven, Kenneth S. Zaret, & Nicholas Proudfoot. (2006). Transcriptional termination sequences in the mouse serum albumin gene. RNA. 12(4). 655–665. 18 indexed citations
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Dye, Michael J., Natalia Gromak, Dirk Haussecker, Steven West, & Nicholas Proudfoot. (2006). Turnover and Function of Noncoding RNA Polymerase II Transcripts. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 71(0). 275–284. 3 indexed citations
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Teixeira, Alexandre, Abdessamad Tahiri‐Alaoui, Steven West, et al.. (2004). Autocatalytic RNA cleavage in the human β-globin pre-mRNA promotes transcription termination. Nature. 432(7016). 526–530. 81 indexed citations
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West, Steven, Natalia Gromak, & Nicholas Proudfoot. (2004). Human 5′ → 3′ exonuclease Xrn2 promotes transcription termination at co-transcriptional cleavage sites. Nature. 432(7016). 522–525. 373 indexed citations

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