2026 Stephen N. Jones: 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	63	1777	1599	890	787	124	22030

Overview

Stephen N. Jones is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with contributions also in Medicine.

Their work covers several specialized subfields, including Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cancer Research, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Hematology. The main topics explored in their publications encompass:

Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes
Lipid metabolism and disorders
Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms
Protist diversity and phylogeny
Microtubule and mitosis dynamics

Stephen N. Jones has published research in several venues, including:

UNC Libraries
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Environmental Research Letters

Some of their recent papers are:

Mdm2 phosphorylation by Akt regulates the p53 response to oxidative stress to promote cell proliferation and tumorigenesis, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Human Genome-Wide Association and Mouse Knockout Approaches Identify Platelet Supervillin as an Inhibitor of Thrombus Formation Under Shear Stress, 2020, UNC Libraries
Conditional Aurora A deficiency differentially affects early mouse embryo patterning, 2020, UNC Libraries
Identifying parameters impacting WASH STEM education across the globe, 2024, Environmental Research Letters

The scientist has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

Loretah Chibaya
Baktiar Karim
Hong Zhang
Leonard C. Edelstein
Elizabeth J. Luna

Best Publications

Regulation of p53 stability by Mdm2

Michael H. G. Kubbutat;Stephen N. Jones;Karen H. Vousden

5043
Citations
Requirement of JNK for Stress- Induced Activation of the Cytochrome c-Mediated Death Pathway

Cathy Tournier;Patricia M. Hess;Derek D. Yang;Jie Xu

2203
Citations
p53 mutant mice that display early ageing-associated phenotypes

Stuart D. Tyner;Sundaresan Venkatachalam;Jene Choi;Stephen Jones

1743
Citations
Rescue of embryonic lethality in Mdm2-deficient mice by absence of p53

Stephen N. Jones;Amy E. Roe;Lawrence A. Donehower;Allan Bradley

1660
Citations
Retention of wild-type p53 in tumors from p53 heterozygous mice: reduction of p53 dosage can promote cancer formation.

Sundaresan Venkatachalam;Yu‐Ping Shi;Stephen N. Jones;Hannes Vogel

575
Citations
MKK7 is an essential component of the JNK signal transduction pathway activated by proinflammatory cytokines

Cathy Tournier;Chen Dong;Tod K. Turner;Stephen N. Jones

475
Citations
JNK targets p53 ubiquitination and degradation in nonstressed cells

Serge Y. Fuchs;Victor Adler;Thomas Buschmann;Zhimin Yin

475
Citations
Overexpression of Mdm2 in mice reveals a p53-independent role for Mdm2 in tumorigenesis

Stephen N. Jones;Amy R. Hancock;Hannes Vogel;Lawrence A. Donehower

420
Citations
Wnt5a inhibits B cell proliferation and functions as a tumor suppressor in hematopoietic tissue.

Huiling Liang;Qin Chen;Andrew H. Coles;Stephen J. Anderson

413
Citations
Disruption of Ini1 Leads to Peri-Implantation Lethality and Tumorigenesis in Mice

Cynthia J. Guidi;Arthur T. Sands;Brian P. Zambrowicz;Tod K. Turner

411
Citations
Epithelial cancer in Fanconi anemia complementation group D2 (Fancd2) knockout mice

Scott Houghtaling;Cynthia Timmers;Meenakshi Noll;Milton J. Finegold

330
Citations
The Wip1 Phosphatase acts as a gatekeeper in the p53-Mdm2 autoregulatory loop.

Xiongbin Lu;Ou Ma;Thuy Ai Nguyen;Stephen N. Jones

325
Citations
Subnuclear targeting of Runx/Cbfa/AML factors is essential for tissue-specific differentiation during embryonic development.

Je Yong Choi;Je Yong Choi;Jitesh Pratap;Amjad Javed;S. Kaleem Zaidi

324
Citations
Requirement of the JIP1 scaffold protein for stress-induced JNK activation

Alan J. Whitmarsh;Chia-Yi Kuan;Norman J. Kennedy;Nyaya Kelkar

313
Citations
Transcriptional autoregulation of the bone related CBFA1/RUNX2 gene.

Hicham Drissi;Quyen Luc;A. Rauf Shakoori;Susana Chuva De Sousa Lopes

309
Citations
Osteoblast differentiation and skeletal development are regulated by Mdm2–p53 signaling

Christopher J. Lengner;Heather Anne Steinman;James Gagnon;Thomas W. Smith

300
Citations
Loss of miRNA biogenesis induces p19Arf-p53 signaling and senescence in primary cells

Rajini R. Mudhasani;Zhiqing Zhu;Gyorgy Hutvagner;Christine M. Eischen

223
Citations
Phosphorylation of Serine 18 Regulates Distinct p53 Functions in Mice

Hayla Karen Sluss;Heather L. Armata;Judith Gallant;Stephen N. Jones

222
Citations
Suppression of Ras-stimulated transformation by the JNK signal transduction pathway

Norman J. Kennedy;Hayla Karen Sluss;Stephen N. Jones;Dafna Bar-Sagi

190
Citations
Maternal Rnf12/RLIM is required for imprinted X-chromosome inactivation in mice

JongDae Shin;Michael Bossenz;Michael Bossenz;Young Chung;Hong Ma

189
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary S. Stein University of Vermont

Jane B. Lian University of Vermont

Janet L. Stein University of Vermont

Anthony N. Imbalzano University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Lawrence A. Donehower Baylor College of Medicine

Andre J. Van Wijnen University of Connecticut Health Center

Allan Bradley University of Cambridge

Xiongbin Lu Indiana University

Markus Grompe Oregon Health & Science University

C. Thomas Caskey Baylor College of Medicine

External Links

Personal website of Stephen N. Jones

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