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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Genetics 98 806 758 405 378 263 37680
Molecular Biology 98 571 510 312 276 263 37680

Stephen J. Tapscott publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Stephen J. Tapscott between 1977 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Stephen J. Tapscott published across 49 years, from 1977 to 2025, averaging 6.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 25 publications in 2023. 20 of the 335 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1977 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 25. Peak 25 publications in 2023. 1977: 1 publication 1978: 2 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 6 publications 1982: 2 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 2 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 5 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 7 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 3 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 7 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 12 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 17 publications 2013: 19 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 25 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 12 publications
1977 2025

335 publications in total across all disciplines

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Stephen J. Tapscott: publications per year, 1977 to 2025
Year Publications
1977 1
1978 2
1979 0
1980 0
1981 6
1982 2
1983 1
1984 2
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 1
1989 5
1990 2
1991 5
1992 7
1993 3
1994 1
1995 3
1996 6
1997 7
1998 6
1999 2
2000 7
2001 9
2002 7
2003 6
2004 6
2005 11
2006 8
2007 9
2008 7
2009 8
2010 12
2011 17
2012 17
2013 19
2014 10
2015 14
2016 10
2017 9
2018 10
2019 12
2020 9
2021 7
2022 4
2023 25
2024 8
2025 12
Total 335
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Stephen J. Tapscott publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen J. Tapscott sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 564+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 177. Most scientists, 177, have 117–126 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 257–266 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 564+

This scientist: 263 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 7
57–66 17
67–76 65
77–86 90
87–96 125
97–106 131
107–116 162
117–126 177
127–136 158
137–146 158
147–156 146
157–166 159
167–176 131
177–186 110
187–196 112
197–206 100
207–216 89
217–226 98
227–236 74
237–246 72
247–256 63
257–266 53 263
267–276 54
277–286 49
287–296 52
297–306 43
307–316 46
317–326 41
327–336 42
337–346 31
347–356 28
357–366 29
367–376 26
377–386 24
387–396 24
397–406 14
407–416 13
417–426 20
427–436 12
437–446 20
447–456 11
457–466 10
467–476 14
477–486 14
487–496 10
497–506 13
507–516 13
517–526 2
527–536 4
537–546 6
547–556 8
557–563 6
564+ 100
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Stephen J. Tapscott D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen J. Tapscott sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 145+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 131. Most scientists, 131, have 64–65 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 98–99 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40–41 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 36
42–43 101
44–45 115
46–47 121
48–49 118
50–51 130
52–53 106
54–55 116
56–57 113
58–59 129
60–61 120
62–63 105
64–65 131
66–67 95
68–69 97
70–71 106
72–73 83
74–75 89
76–77 77
78–79 70
80–81 73
82–83 60
84–85 48
86–87 45
88–89 50
90–91 31
92–93 51
94–95 43
96–97 38
98–99 39 98
100–101 41
102–103 29
104–105 33
106–107 35
108–109 20
110–111 38
112–113 19
114–115 28
116–117 13
118–119 23
120–121 16
122–123 15
124–125 11
126–127 21
128–129 7
130–131 13
132–133 14
134–135 17
136–137 9
138–139 8
140–141 16
142–143 7
144 7
145+ 100
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Overview

Stephen J. Tapscott is affiliated with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology and related subfields. Additional areas of study include Biomedical Engineering, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Genetics.

The main topics covered in their work involve Muscle Physiology and Disorders, RNA Research and Splicing, RNA modifications and cancer, Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies, Muscle activation and electromyography studies, and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering.

Frequent publication venues for Tapscott's work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Human Molecular Genetics
  • Scientific Reports
  • Neuromuscular Disorders
  • Nature Cell Biology

They have collaborated extensively with co-authors such as Silvère M. van der Maarel, Rabi Tawil, Seth D. Friedman, Jeffrey Statland, and Leo H. Wang.

Some of their recent papers illustrate a focus on muscular dystrophy, cancer biology, and molecular mechanisms involving RNA expression and oxidative stress. Selected publications include:

  • Longitudinal measures of RNA expression and disease activity in FSHD muscle biopsies (2020, Human Molecular Genetics)
  • Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: the road to targeted therapies (2023, Nature Reviews Neurology)
  • Unchecked oxidative stress in skeletal muscle prevents outgrowth of disseminated tumour cells (2022, Nature Cell Biology)
  • Longitudinal study of MRI and functional outcome measures in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (2021, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders)
  • Systemic delivery of a DUX4-targeting antisense oligonucleotide to treat facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (2021, Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids)

Best Publications

  • The myoD gene family: nodal point during specification of the muscle cell lineage

    Harold Weintraub;Robert Davis;Stephen Tapscott;Matthew Thayer

  • Activation of muscle-specific genes in pigment, nerve, fat, liver, and fibroblast cell lines by forced expression of MyoD.

    H Weintraub;S J Tapscott;R L Davis;M J Thayer

  • MyoD1: A Nuclear Phosphoprotein Requiring a Myc Homology Region to Convert Fibroblasts to Myoblasts

    Stephen J. Tapscott;Robert L. Davis;Mathew J. Thayer;Pei Feng Cheng

  • The circuitry of a master switch: Myod and the regulation of skeletal muscle gene transcription.

    Stephen J. Tapscott

  • MyoD and the transcriptional control of myogenesis

    Charlotte A. Berkes;Stephen J. Tapscott

  • Decreased expression of striatal signaling genes in a mouse model of Huntington’s disease

    Ruth Luthi-Carter;Andrew Strand;Nikki L. Peters;Steven M. Solano

  • A Unifying Genetic Model for Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy

    Richard J. L. F. Lemmers;Patrick J. van der Vliet;Rinse Klooster;Sabrina Sacconi

  • Digenic inheritance of an SMCHD1 mutation and an FSHD-permissive D4Z4 allele causes facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 2

    Richard J.L.F. Lemmers;Rabi Tawil;Lisa M. Petek;Judit Balog

  • Conserved roles of mouse DUX and human DUX4 in activating cleavage-stage genes and MERVL/HERVL retrotransposons

    Peter G. Hendrickson;Jessie A. Doráis;Edward J. Grow;Jennifer L. Whiddon

  • Positive autoregulation of the myogenic determination gene MyoD1.

    Mathew J. Thayer;Stephen J. Tapscott;Stephen J. Tapscott;Robert L. Davis;Robert L. Davis;Woodring E. Wright

  • Generation of neurons by transient expression of neural bHLH proteins in mammalian cells

    Mohamed H. Farah;James M. Olson;Holly B. Sucic;Richard I. Hume

  • Functional antagonism between c-Jun and MyoD proteins: A direct physical association

    Eyal Bengal;Lynn Ransone;Raphael Scharfmann;V.J. Dwarki

  • Genome-wide MyoD Binding in Skeletal Muscle Cells: A Potential for Broad Cellular Reprogramming

    Yi Cao;Zizhen Yao;Deepayan Sarkar;Michael Lawrence

  • Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy: Incomplete Suppression of a Retrotransposed Gene

    Lauren Snider;Linda N. Geng;Richard J. L. F. Lemmers;Michael Kyba

  • Loss of cell polarity causes severe brain dysplasia in Lgl1 knockout mice

    Olga Klezovitch;Tania E. Fernandez;Stephen J. Tapscott;Valeri Vasioukhin

  • DUX4 Activates Germline Genes, Retroelements, and Immune Mediators: Implications for Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy

    Linda N. Geng;Zizhen Yao;Lauren Snider;Abraham P. Fong

  • Promoter-Specific Regulation of MyoD Binding and Signal Transduction Cooperate to Pattern Gene Expression

    Donald A. Bergstrom;Bennett H. Penn;Andrew Strand;Robert L.S. Perry

  • Muscle-specific transcriptional activation by MyoD.

    H Weintraub;V J Dwarki;I Verma;R Davis

  • Dysregulation of gene expression in the R6/2 model of polyglutamine disease: parallel changes in muscle and brain

    Ruth Luthi-Carter;Sarah A. Hanson;Andrew D. Strand;Donald A. Bergstrom

  • MyoD inhibits Fstl1 and Utrn expression by inducing transcription of miR-206.

    Miriam I. Rosenberg;Sara A. Georges;Amy Asawachaicharn;Erwin Analau

Frequent Co-Authors

Rabi Tawil
Rabi Tawil University of Rochester Medical Center
Silvère M. van der Maarel
Silvère M. van der Maarel Leiden University Medical Center
Zizhen Yao
Zizhen Yao Allen Institute for Brain Science
Rainer Storb
Rainer Storb Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
James M. Olson
James M. Olson Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Harold Weintraub
Harold Weintraub Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Jeffrey S. Chamberlain
Jeffrey S. Chamberlain University of Washington
Meng-Chao Yao
Meng-Chao Yao Academia Sinica
Andrew B. Lassar
Andrew B. Lassar Harvard University
F. Jeffrey Dilworth
F. Jeffrey Dilworth University of Wisconsin–Madison

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