W. Steven Ward

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

W. Steven Ward is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Reproductive Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Steven Ward has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 33 papers in Reproductive Medicine and 30 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in W. Steven Ward's work include Sperm and Testicular Function (33 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (30 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (18 papers). W. Steven Ward is often cited by papers focused on Sperm and Testicular Function (33 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (30 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (18 papers). W. Steven Ward collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Japan. W. Steven Ward's co-authors include Donald S. Coffey, Jeffrey A. Shaman, Yasuhiro Yamauchi, Kenneth B. Cummings, Monika A. Ward, Monika A. Szczygiel, Ryuzo Yanagimachi, Jonathan I. Epstein, Brent F.G. Treiger and Charles M. Ewing and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

W. Steven Ward

74 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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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.

DNA Packaging and Organization in Mammalian Spermatozoa: Comparison with Somatic Cell

1991 518 citations W. Steven Ward et al. Biology of Reproduction profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Steven Ward United States	32	1.8k	1.7k	1.6k	1.1k	373	76	3.7k
Donna O. Bunch United States	23	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	490 1.3×	36	3.6k
Nihar R. Nayak United States	32	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	548 0.4×	494 0.5×	109 0.3×	79	3.8k
Ohtsura Niwa Japan	35	510 0.3×	2.5k 1.5×	586 0.4×	1.2k 1.1×	230 0.6×	106	4.2k
Gilles Frenette Canada	32	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	814 0.5×	384 0.4×	375 1.0×	74	3.3k
Takeshi Kurita United States	40	1.7k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	729 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	661 1.8×	67	4.8k
Ibrahim M. Adham Germany	39	1.4k 0.8×	1.9k 1.1×	2.2k 1.4×	1.1k 1.1×	50 0.1×	95	4.6k
Elissa W.P. Wong United States	26	1.2k 0.7×	931 0.6×	614 0.4×	297 0.3×	107 0.3×	38	2.3k
Katrin van der Ven Germany	30	1.2k 0.7×	522 0.3×	1.3k 0.8×	513 0.5×	72 0.2×	71	2.8k
Philip C.N. Chiu Hong Kong	34	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	310 0.3×	81 0.2×	102	3.3k
Charles Coutton France	27	1.4k 0.8×	990 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	117 0.3×	74	2.5k

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Du, Yuheng, Alexandra Gurary, Annette Lum‐Jones, et al.. (2025). Multiomics analysis of umbilical cord hematopoietic stem cells from a multiethnic cohort of Hawaii reveals the intergenerational effect of maternal prepregnancy obesity and risks for cancers. GigaScience. 14. 1 indexed citations

Nguyen, Hieu, et al.. (2024). Oocyte-specific EXOC5 expression is required for mouse oogenesis and folliculogenesis. Molecular Human Reproduction. 30(8).

Ribas‐Maynou, Jordi, et al.. (2022). Functional Aspects of Sperm Chromatin Organization. Results and problems in cell differentiation. 70. 295–311. 16 indexed citations

Ribas‐Maynou, Jordi, et al.. (2022). Sperm degradation after vasectomy follows a sperm chromatin fragmentation-dependent mechanism causing DNA breaks in the toroid linker regions. Molecular Human Reproduction. 28(9). 7 indexed citations

James, Nicholas G., et al.. (2017). Higher Order Oligomerization of the Licensing ORC4 Protein Is Required for Polar Body Extrusion in Murine Meiosis. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 118(9). 2941–2949. 4 indexed citations

Nguyen, Hieu, et al.. (2015). ORC proteins in the mammalian zygote. Cell and Tissue Research. 363(1). 195–200. 9 indexed citations

Kasperson, K.M., et al.. (2015). Luminal fluid of epididymis and vas deferens contributes to sperm chromatin fragmentation. Human Reproduction. 30(12). dev245–dev245. 22 indexed citations

Ribas‐Maynou, Jordi, et al.. (2013). Double-stranded DNA breaks hidden in the neutral Comet assay suggest a role of the sperm nuclear matrix in DNA integrity maintenance. Molecular Human Reproduction. 20(4). 330–340. 36 indexed citations

Presting, Gernot G., et al.. (2007). Most human Alu and Murine B1 repeats are unique. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 102(1). 110–121. 24 indexed citations

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Yamauchi, Yasuhiro, et al.. (2007). Paternal Pronuclear DNA Degradation Is Functionally Linked to DNA Replication in Mouse Oocytes1. Biology of Reproduction. 77(3). 407–415. 38 indexed citations

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Mohar, Isaac, Monika A. Szczygiel, Ryuzo Yanagimachi, & W. Steven Ward. (2002). Sperm nuclear halos can transform into normal chromosomes after injection into oocytes. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 62(3). 416–420. 28 indexed citations

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Ankem, Murali K., E J Mayer, W. Steven Ward, Kenneth B. Cummings, & Joseph G. Barone. (2002). Novel assay for determining DNA organization in human spermatozoa: implications for male factor infertility. Urology. 59(4). 575–578. 16 indexed citations

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Ward, W. Steven, et al.. (2000). DNA loop domain organization: The three-dimensional genomic code. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 79(S35). 23–26. 26 indexed citations

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Barone, Joseph G., et al.. (2000). DNA organization in patients with a history of cryptorchidism. Urology. 56(6). 1068–1070. 6 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Siobhán & W. Steven Ward. (1999). Functional aspects of mammalian sperm chromatin. Human Fertility. 2(1). 56–60. 17 indexed citations

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Ward, W. Steven, et al.. (1996). Localization of Three Genes in the Hook-Shaped Hamster Sperm Nucleus by Fluorescent in Situ Hybridization1. Biology of Reproduction. 54(6). 1271–1278. 9 indexed citations

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Ward, W. Steven, et al.. (1995). Structure of the rRNA Genes in the Hamster Sperm Nucleus. Journal of Andrology. 16(6). 517–522. 9 indexed citations

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Cummings, Kenneth B., et al.. (1994). DNA Organization in Human Spermatozoa. Journal of Andrology. 15(2). 139–144. 61 indexed citations

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Ward, W. Steven. (1994). The structure of the sleeping genome: Implications of sperm DNA organization for somatic cells. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 55(1). 77–82. 56 indexed citations

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Ward, W. Steven. (1993). Deoxyribonucleic Acid Loop Domain Tertiary Structure in Mammalian Spermatozoa1. Biology of Reproduction. 48(6). 1193–1201. 92 indexed citations

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