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Steven M. Block

Active 1982–2020

69
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24,603
Citations
67
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Citations

Citations per year for Steven M. Block1983: 1 citations1984: 4 citations1985: 3 citations1986: 2 citations1987: 5 citations1988: 10 citations1989: 9 citations1990: 17 citations1991: 13 citations1992: 17 citations1993: 18 citations1994: 32 citations1995: 41 citations1996: 53 citations1997: 87 citations1998: 75 citations1999: 112 citations2000: 143 citations2001: 116 citations2002: 129 citations2003: 174 citations2004: 191 citations2005: 219 citations2006: 281 citations2007: 271 citations2008: 358 citations2009: 223 citations2010: 222 citations2011: 240 citations2012: 224 citations2013: 227 citations2014: 221 citations2015: 197 citations2016: 201 citations2017: 162 citations2018: 132 citations2019: 439 citations2020: 324 citations2021: 322 citations2022: 201 citations2023: 140 citations2024: 255 citations2025: 77 citations2026: 11 citations

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 2,150 citing papers, 44% of this breakdownGermany: 422 citing papers, 8.6% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 365 citing papers, 7.5% of this breakdownChina: 249 citing papers, 5.1% of this breakdownJapan: 233 citing papers, 4.8% of this breakdownFrance: 207 citing papers, 4.2% of this breakdownCanada: 133 citing papers, 2.7% of this breakdownNetherlands: 122 citing papers, 2.5% of this breakdownSpain: 82 citing papers, 1.7% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 69 citing papers, 1.4% of this breakdownItaly: 69 citing papers, 1.4% of this breakdownAustralia: 66 citing papers, 1.3% of this breakdown
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Fields

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.5%
  • Physics and Astronomy18%
  • Medicine5.2%
  • Engineering4.9%
  • Neuroscience1.6%
  • Materials Science1.5%
  • Other5.3%

Topics

  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics6.9%
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms5.7%
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions4.4%
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications4.1%
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology3.3%
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry3%
  • Other72.6%

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  1. A pause sequence enriched at translation start sites drives transcription dynamics in vivo

    Authors: Matthew H. Larson, Rachel A. Mooney, Jason M. Peters, Tricia A. Windgassen, Dhananjaya Nayak, Carol A. Gross, Steven M. Block, William J. Greenleaf, Robert Landick, Jonathan S. Weissman - Science 2014 cited by 344

  2. Optical trapping

    Authors: Keir C. Neuman, Steven M. Block - Review of Scientific Instruments 2004 cited by 2,137

  3. Nanomechanical measurements of the sequence-dependent folding landscapes of single nucleic acid hairpins

    Authors: Michael T. Woodside, William M. Behnke‐Parks, Kevan Larizadeh, Kevin Travers, Daniel Herschlag, Steven M. Block - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2006 cited by 486

  4. Direct observation of base-pair stepping by RNA polymerase

    Authors: Elio A. Abbondanzieri, William J. Greenleaf, Joshua W. Shaevitz, Robert Landick, Steven M. Block - Nature 2005 cited by 873

  5. Direct observation of kinesin stepping by optical trapping interferometry

    Authors: Karel Svoboda, Christoph F. Schmidt, Bruce J. Schnapp, Steven M. Block - Nature 1993 cited by 1,925

  6. Single kinesin molecules studied with a molecular force clamp

    Authors: Koen Visscher, Mark J. Schnitzer, Steven M. Block - Nature 1999 cited by 1,048

  7. Force and Velocity Measured for Single Molecules of RNA Polymerase

    Authors: Michelle D. Wang, Mark J. Schnitzer, Hong Yin, Robert Landick, Jeff Gelles, Steven M. Block - Science 1998 cited by 921

  8. Kinesin hydrolyses one ATP per 8-nm step

    Authors: Mark J. Schnitzer, Steven M. Block - Nature 1997 cited by 792

  9. A DNA-based molecular probe for optically reporting cellular traction forces

    Authors: Brandon L. Blakely, Christoph E. Dumelin, Britta Trappmann, Lynn M. McGregor, Colin K. Choi, Peter C. Anthony, Van K Duesterberg, Brendon M. Baker, Steven M. Block, David R. Liu, Christopher S. Chen - Nature Methods 2014 cited by 217

  10. Force and velocity measured for single kinesin molecules

    Authors: Karel Svoboda, Steven M. Block - Cell 1994 cited by 922

  11. Force production by single kinesin motors

    Authors: Mark J. Schnitzer, Koen Visscher, Steven M. Block - Nature Cell Biology 2000 cited by 592

  12. Direct Observation of Cotranscriptional Folding in an Adenine Riboswitch

    Authors: Kirsten L. Frieda, Steven M. Block - Science 2012 cited by 205

  13. Kinesin Motor Mechanics: Binding, Stepping, Tracking, Gating, and Limping

    Authors: Steven M. Block - Biophysical Journal 2007 cited by 346

  14. Trigger loop dynamics mediate the balance between the transcriptional fidelity and speed of RNA polymerase II

    Authors: Matthew H. Larson, Jing Zhou, Craig D. Kaplan, Murali Palangat, Roger D. Kornberg, Robert Landick, Steven M. Block - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2012 cited by 147

  15. Bead movement by single kinesin molecules studied with optical tweezers

    Authors: Steven M. Block, Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, Bruce J. Schnapp - Nature 1990 cited by 1,050

  16. Transcription Against an Applied Force

    Authors: Hong Yin, Michelle D. Wang, Karel Svoboda, Robert Landick, Steven M. Block, Jeff Gelles - Science 1995 cited by 605

  17. Kinesin Moves by an Asymmetric Hand-Over-Hand Mechanism

    Authors: Charles L. Asbury, Adrian N. Fehr, Steven M. Block - Science 2003 cited by 527

  18. Direct Measurement of the Full, Sequence-Dependent Folding Landscape of a Nucleic Acid

    Authors: Michael T. Woodside, Peter C. Anthony, William M. Behnke‐Parks, Kevan Larizadeh, Daniel Herschlag, Steven M. Block - Science 2006 cited by 404

  19. Single-Molecule Studies of RNA Polymerase: Motoring Along

    Authors: Kristina M. Herbert, William J. Greenleaf, Steven M. Block - Annual Review of Biochemistry 2008 cited by 210

  20. Examining kinesin processivity within a general gating framework

    Authors: Johan O. L. Andreasson, Bojan Milic, Geng-Yuan Chen, Nicholas R. Guydosh, William O. Hancock, Steven M. Block - eLife 2015 cited by 209

  21. Applied Force Reveals Mechanistic and Energetic Details of Transcription Termination

    Authors: Matthew H. Larson, William J. Greenleaf, Robert Landick, Steven M. Block - Cell 2008 cited by 200

  22. Transcription factors TFIIF and TFIIS promote transcript elongation by RNA polymerase II by synergistic and independent mechanisms

    Authors: Volker Schweikhard, Cong A. Meng, Kenji Murakami, Craig D. Kaplan, Roger D. Kornberg, Steven M. Block - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2014 cited by 88

  23. KIF15 nanomechanics and kinesin inhibitors, with implications for cancer chemotherapeutics

    Authors: Bojan Milic, Anirban Chakraborty, Kyuho Han, Michael C. Bassik, Steven M. Block - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2018 cited by 79

  24. Comprehensive sequence-to-function mapping of cofactor-dependent RNA catalysis in the glmS ribozyme

    Authors: Johan O. L. Andreasson, Andrew Savinov, Steven M. Block, William J. Greenleaf - Nature Communications 2020 cited by 43