2026 Stephen C. West: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	122	245	224	17	16	277	41574

Research.com Recognitions

2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2000 - Member of Academia Europaea
1995 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Stephen C. West is affiliated with The Francis Crick Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Molecular Biology. Other significant subfields include Oncology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Cell Biology, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work covers multiple key topics, notably:

DNA Repair Mechanisms
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
PARP inhibition in cancer therapy
Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Stephen C. West has coauthored frequently with the following researchers:

Simon J. Boulton
Kasper Fugger
Radhakrishnan Kanagaraj
Graeme Hewitt
Luke A. Greenhough

The primary venues where their work has been published include:

Nature
Molecular Cell
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Science
Cell Reports

Recent notable publications include:

"Repeat expansions confer WRN dependence in microsatellite-unstable cancers," 2020, Nature
"Defective ALC1 nucleosome remodeling confers PARPi sensitization and synthetic lethality with HRD," 2020, Molecular Cell
"Targeting the nucleotide salvage factor DNPH1 sensitizes BRCA-deficient cells to PARP inhibitors," 2021, Science
"POLQ seals post-replicative ssDNA gaps to maintain genome stability in BRCA-deficient cancer cells," 2022, Molecular Cell
"Structure and function of the RAD51B-RAD51C-RAD51D-XRCC2 tumour suppressor," 2023, Nature

Throughout their career, Stephen C. West has received several distinctions, including:

Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom in 1995
Member of Academia Europaea in 2000
Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2016

Best Publications

Molecular views of recombination proteins and their control

Stephen C. West

1206
Citations
DNA interstrand crosslink repair and cancer.

Andrew J. Deans;Stephen C. West

1161
Citations
Human Rad51 Protein Promotes ATP-Dependent Homologous Pairing and Strand Transfer Reactions In Vitro

Peter Baumann;Fiona E Benson;Stephen C West

910
Citations
Role of BRCA2 in control of the RAD51 recombination and DNA repair protein.

Adelina A Davies;Jean-Yves Masson;Michael J McIlwraith;Alicja Z Stasiak

892
Citations
ROLE OF THE HUMAN RAD51 PROTEIN IN HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION AND DOUBLE-STRANDED-BREAK REPAIR

Peter Baumann;Stephen C West

729
Citations
Poly(ADP-ribose)-dependent regulation of DNA repair by the chromatin remodeling enzyme ALC1.

Dragana Ahel;Zuzana Hořejší;Nicola Wiechens;Sophie E. Polo

649
Citations
XPG endonuclease makes the 3' incision in human DNA nucleotide excision repair.

Anne O'Donovan;Adelina A. Davies;Jonathan G. Moggs;Stephen C. West

611
Citations
The Bloom's syndrome gene product promotes branch migration of Holliday junctions

Julia K. Karow;Angelos Constantinou;Ji-Liang Li;Stephen C. West

603
Citations
Purification and characterization of the human Rad51 protein, an analogue of E. coli RecA.

F E Benson;A Stasiak;S C West

602
Citations
CDK-dependent phosphorylation of BRCA2 as a regulatory mechanism for recombinational repair

Fumiko Esashi;Nicole Christ;Julian Gannon;Yilun Liu

569
Citations
Processing of recombination intermediates by the RuvABC proteins.

Stephen C. West

542
Citations
Identification of Holliday junction resolvases from humans and yeast

Stephen C. Y. Ip;Ulrich Rass;Miguel G. Blanco;Helen R. Flynn

535
Citations
Synergistic actions of Rad51 and Rad52 in recombination and DNA repair.

Fiona E. Benson;Peter Baumann;Stephen C. West

528
Citations
Werner's syndrome protein (WRN) migrates Holliday junctions and co-localizes with RPA upon replication arrest.

Angelos Constantinou;Madalena Tarsounas;Julia K Karow;Robert M Brosh

483
Citations
Poly(ADP-ribose)-binding zinc finger motifs in DNA repair/checkpoint proteins

Ivan Ahel;Dragana Ahel;Takahiro Matsusaka;Allison J. Clark

480
Citations
Enzymes and Molecular Mechanisms of Genetic Recombination

Stephen C. West

473
Citations
Role of RecA protein spiral filaments in genetic recombination.

Paul Howard-Flanders;Stephen C. West;Andrzej Stasiak

453
Citations
The neurodegenerative disease protein aprataxin resolves abortive DNA ligation intermediates

Ivan Ahel;Ulrich Rass;Sherif F. El-Khamisy;Sherif F. El-Khamisy;Sachin Katyal

444
Citations
RTEL1 maintains genomic stability by suppressing homologous recombination.

Louise J. Barber;Jillian L. Youds;Jillian L. Youds;Jordan D. Ward;Michael J. McIlwraith

440
Citations
Identification and purification of two distinct complexes containing the five RAD51 paralogs.

Jean-Yves Masson;Madalena C. Tarsounas;Alicja Z. Stasiak;Andrzej Stasiak

439
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrzej Stasiak University of Lausanne

Paul Howard-Flanders Yale University

Edward H. Egelman University of Virginia

Ivan Ahel University of Oxford

Simon J. Boulton The Francis Crick Institute

Xiong Yu University of Virginia

Robert G. Lloyd University of Nottingham

Neil Q. McDonald The Francis Crick Institute

Maria Jasin Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Ian D. Hickson University of Copenhagen

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