Stewart Shuman

25.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
483 papers, 21.3k citations indexed

About

Stewart Shuman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stewart Shuman has authored 483 papers receiving a total of 21.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 413 papers in Molecular Biology, 108 papers in Ecology and 95 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Stewart Shuman's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (190 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (124 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (123 papers). Stewart Shuman is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (190 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (124 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (123 papers). Stewart Shuman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Stewart Shuman's co-authors include Beate Schwer, C. Kiong Ho, Michael S. Glickman, Christopher D. Lima, Bernard Moss, Christian H. Gross, JoAnn Sekiguchi, Stéphane Hausmann, Yi Pei and Li‐Kai Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Stewart Shuman

476 papers receiving 21.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Identification of microRNAs of the herpesvirus family

2005 896 citations Stewart Shuman et al. profile →
Structure-Function Analysis of STING Activation by c[G(2′,5′)pA(3′,5′)p] and Targeting by Antiviral DMXAA

2013 457 citations Stewart Shuman, Liang Deng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stewart Shuman United States	73	16.9k	3.2k	3.0k	2.3k	2.2k	483	21.3k
Jacob V. Maizel United States	54	9.7k 0.6×	3.6k 1.1×	1.7k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	171	15.4k
Martin Rosenberg United States	63	11.0k 0.7×	5.0k 1.6×	2.3k 0.8×	725 0.3×	759 0.3×	181	15.2k
James M. Berger United States	64	12.1k 0.7×	2.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	740 0.3×	701 0.3×	164	15.2k
Allan M. Maxam United States	20	18.3k 1.1×	6.2k 2.0×	3.0k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	2.9k 1.3×	25	24.1k
Stephen H. Leppla United States	77	14.9k 0.9×	6.6k 2.1×	2.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	519 0.2×	301	18.3k
Eckard Wimmer United States	86	13.4k 0.8×	3.7k 1.2×	2.0k 0.6×	3.3k 1.4×	4.2k 1.9×	310	26.6k
Aaron J. Shatkin United States	68	11.0k 0.7×	3.1k 1.0×	2.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	197	15.4k
Howard M. Temin United States	78	9.5k 0.6×	6.2k 2.0×	908 0.3×	3.3k 1.4×	2.8k 1.3×	215	18.2k
I Lehman United States	73	13.0k 0.8×	4.9k 1.6×	2.2k 0.7×	2.7k 1.2×	1.1k 0.5×	190	16.4k
Christopher P. Hill United States	61	10.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.3×	979 0.3×	1.7k 0.7×	464 0.2×	138	13.3k

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Sánchez, Ana M., Aye Kyaw, Sara Violante, et al.. (2025). Fission yeast metabolome dynamics during phosphate starvation and replenishment. mBio. 16(4). e0024125–e0024125.

Ghosh, Shreya, et al.. (2024). Identification, characterization, and structure of a tRNA splicing enzyme RNA 5′-OH kinase from the pathogenic fungi Mucorales. RNA. 30(12). 1674–1685.

Garg, Angad, Ana M. Sánchez, Beate Schwer, & Stewart Shuman. (2024). Factors governing the transcriptome changes and chronological lifespan of fission yeast during phosphate starvation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(3). 105718–105718. 6 indexed citations

Fay, Allison, et al.. (2023). Mycobacterial helicase Lhr abets resistance to DNA crosslinking agents mitomycin C and cisplatin. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(1). 218–235. 3 indexed citations

Dupuy, Pierre, Shreya Ghosh, Allison Fay, et al.. (2023). Roles for mycobacterial DinB2 in frameshift and substitution mutagenesis. eLife. 12. 3 indexed citations

Dupuy, Pierre, et al.. (2022). Distinctive roles of translesion polymerases DinB1 and DnaE2 in diversification of the mycobacterial genome through substitution and frameshift mutagenesis. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4493–4493. 12 indexed citations

Banerjee, Ankan, et al.. (2021). NMR solution structures of Runella slithyformis RNA 2′-phosphotransferase Tpt1 provide insights into NAD+ binding and specificity. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(17). 9607–9624. 5 indexed citations

Jia, Ning, et al.. (2019). Structures and single-molecule analysis of bacterial motor nuclease AdnAB illuminate the mechanism of DNA double-strand break resection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(49). 24507–24516. 18 indexed citations

Sánchez, Ana M., Angad Garg, Stewart Shuman, & Beate Schwer. (2019). Inositol pyrophosphates impact phosphate homeostasis via modulation of RNA 3′ processing and transcription termination. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(16). 8452–8469. 40 indexed citations

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Cho, Jang-Eun, Shar-yin N. Huang, Peter Burgers, et al.. (2016). Parallel analysis of ribonucleotide-dependent deletions produced by yeast Top1in vitroandin vivo. Nucleic Acids Research. 44(16). 7714–7721. 11 indexed citations

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Chang, Jonathan, Beate Schwer, & Stewart Shuman. (2012). Structure–function analysis and genetic interactions of the yeast branchpoint binding protein Msl5. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(10). 4539–4552. 20 indexed citations

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Jain, Ruchi & Stewart Shuman. (2011). Active site mapping and substrate specificity of bacterial Hen1, a manganese-dependent 3′ terminal RNA ribose 2′O-methyltransferase. RNA. 17(3). 429–438. 18 indexed citations

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Schneider, Susanne A., Yi Pei, Stewart Shuman, & Beate Schwer. (2010). Separable Functions of the Fission Yeast Spt5 Carboxyl-Terminal Domain (CTD) in Capping Enzyme Binding and Transcription Elongation Overlap with Those of the RNA Polymerase II CTD. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 30(10). 2353–2364. 52 indexed citations

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Keppetipola, Niroshika, Ruchi Jain, & Stewart Shuman. (2007). Novel Triphosphate Phosphohydrolase Activity of Clostridium thermocellum TTM, a Member of the Triphosphate Tunnel Metalloenzyme Superfamily. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(16). 11941–11949. 25 indexed citations

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Keppetipola, Niroshika & Stewart Shuman. (2006). Distinct Enzymic Functional Groups Are Required for the Phosphomonoesterase and Phosphodiesterase Activities of Clostridium thermocellum Polynucleotide Kinase/Phosphatase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(28). 19251–19259. 30 indexed citations

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Hausmann, Stéphane & Stewart Shuman. (2004). Specificity and Mechanism of RNA Cap Guanine-N2 Methyltransferase (Tgs1). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(6). 4021–4024. 36 indexed citations

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Pei, Yi, Beate Schwer, & Stewart Shuman. (2003). Interactions between Fission Yeast Cdk9, Its Cyclin Partner Pch1, and mRNA Capping Enzyme Pct1 Suggest an Elongation Checkpoint for mRNA Quality Control. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(9). 7180–7188. 62 indexed citations

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Krogh, Berit Olsen & Stewart Shuman. (2002). A poxvirus-like type IB topoisomerase family in bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(4). 1853–1858. 71 indexed citations

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Deng, Liang & Stewart Shuman. (1996). An ATPase Component of the Transcription Elongation Complex Is Required for Factor-dependent Transcription Termination by Vaccinia RNA Polymerase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(46). 29386–29392. 21 indexed citations

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Shuman, Stewart. (1995). Capping Enzyme in Eukaryotic mRNA Synthesis. Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology. 50. 101–129. 124 indexed citations

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