Craig J. Thomas

28.6k citations

250 papers · 15.2k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 61

Impact in

Biological Psychiatry top 0.1%
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
Pharmacology top 0.2%
- Treatment of Major Depression

Papers in

Biological Psychiatry 13
- Tryptophan and brain disorders 13
Toxicology 7

Co-authors: Jian‐kang Jiang Patrick J. Morris Matthew G. Vander Heiden Carlos A. Zarate Ruin Moaddel Todd D. Gould Panos Zanos James Inglese
Journals: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (14 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (13 papers)Blood (12 papers)Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters (12 papers)Journal of the American Chemical Society (8 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

Craig J. Thomas

243 papers receiving 14.9k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

Increased demand for NAD+ relative to ATP drives aerobic glycolysis 2020 · 351 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 Molecular Cell
2018 Pharmacological Reviews
2017 Nature
2016 Nature
2015 Cell Metabolism
2011 The Journal of Immunology
2011 Science

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1	Targeting of IRAK4 and GSPT1 enhances therapeutic efficacy in AML via c-Myc destabilization Leukemia ·Eric Vick, Aishlin Hassan, Kwangmin Choi, Joshua Bennett, Tomoya Muto, Courtnee Clough, Ashley E. Culver‐Cochran, Kathleen Hueneman, Lyndsey Bolanos, Mark Wunderlich, Xiaohu Zhang, Crystal McKnight, Michele Ceribelli, David O. Holland, Carleen Maitland, Kenneth D. Greis, Craig J. Thomas, Daniel T. Starczynowski	2025	2
2	Castrate-resistant prostate cancer response to taxane is determined by an HNF1-dependent apoptosis resistance circuit Cell Reports Medicine ·Ilya S. Senatorov, Joel M. Bowman, Keith H. Jansson, Aian Neil Alilin, Brian J. Capaldo, Ross Lake, Morgan Riba, Yasmine C. Abbey, Crystal McKnight, Xiaohu Zhang, Sonam Raj, Michael L. Beshiri, Paul Shinn, Holly M. Nguyen, Craig J. Thomas, Eva Corey, Kathleen Kelly	2024	2
3	Schlafen 11 (SLFN11) Kills Cancer Cells Undergoing Unscheduled Re-replication Molecular Cancer Therapeutics ·Junko Murai, Michele Ceribelli, Haiqing Fu, Christophe E. Redon, Ukhyun Jo, Yasuhisa Murai, Mirit I. Aladjem, Craig J. Thomas, Yves Pommier	2023	5
4	CellMinerCDB: NCATS Is a Web-Based Portal Integrating Public Cancer Cell Line Databases for Pharmacogenomic Explorations Cancer Research ·William C. Reinhold, Kelli M. Wilson, Fathi Elloumi, Katie R. Bradwell, Michele Ceribelli, Sudhir Varma, Yanghsin Wang, Damien Duveau, Nikhil Menon, Jane B. Trepel, Xiaohu Zhang, Carleen Klumpp‐Thomas, Samuel Micheal, Paul Shinn, Augustin Luna, Craig J. Thomas, Yves Pommier	2023	12
5	Comparative metabolomic analysis in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid of humans and in plasma and brain of mice following antidepressant-dose ketamine administration Translational Psychiatry ·Ruin Moaddel, Panos Zanos, Cristan Farmer, Bashkim Kadriu, Patrick J. Morris, Jacqueline Lovett, Elia E. Acevedo-Diaz, Grace W. Cavanaugh, Peixiong Yuan, Mani Yavi, Craig J. Thomas, Lawrence T. Park, Luigi Ferrucci, Todd D. Gould, Carlos A. Zarate	2022	20
6	O-GlcNAc regulates gene expression by controlling detained intron splicing Nucleic Acids Research ·Zhi-Wei Tan, George Fei, João A. Paulo, Stanislav Bellaousov, Sara E. Martin, Damien Duveau, Craig J. Thomas, Steven P. Gygi, Paul L. Boutz, Suzanne Walker	2020	76
7	EWS-FLI1–regulated Serine Synthesis and Exogenous Serine are Necessary for Ewing Sarcoma Cellular Proliferation and Tumor Growth Molecular Cancer Therapeutics ·Sameer H. Issaq, Arnulfo Mendoza, Ria Kidner, Tracy I. Rosales, Damien Duveau, Christine M. Heske, Jason M. Rohde, Matthew B. Boxer, Craig J. Thomas, Ralph J. DeBerardinis, Lee J. Helman	2020	25
8	Targeting the PI3K/mTOR Pathway Augments CHK1 Inhibitor–Induced Replication Stress and Antitumor Activity in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer Cancer Research ·Tzu‐Ting Huang, Ethan Brill, Jayakumar R. Nair, Xiaohu Zhang, Kelli M. Wilson, Lu Chen, Craig J. Thomas, Jungmin Lee	2020	23
9	Inhibition of O-GlcNAc Transferase Renders Prostate Cancer Cells Dependent on CDK9 Molecular Cancer Research ·Harri M. Itkonen, Ninu Poulose, Rebecca E. Steele, Sara E. Martin, Zebulon G. Levine, Damien Duveau, Ryan Carelli, Reema Singh, Alfonso Urbanucci, Massimo Loda, Craig J. Thomas, Ian G. Mills, Suzanne Walker	2020	41
10	Target Deconvolution of a Multikinase Inhibitor with Antimetastatic Properties Identifies TAOK3 as a Key Contributor to a Cancer Stem Cell–Like Phenotype Molecular Cancer Therapeutics ·Yansong Bian, Yaroslav Teper, Lesley A. Mathews Griner, Taylor Aiken, Vivek Shukla, Rajarshi Guha, Paul Shinn, Hong-Wu Xin, Holger Pflicke, Astin S. Powers, Dandan Li, Jian‐kang Jiang, Paresma Patel, Steven A. Rogers, Jeffrey Aubé, Marc Ferrer, Craig J. Thomas, Udo Rudloff	2019	19
11	Structure-Based Evolution of Low Nanomolar O-GlcNAc Transferase Inhibitors Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Sara E. Martin, Zhi-Wei Tan, Harri M. Itkonen, Damien Duveau, João A. Paulo, John Janetzko, Paul L. Boutz, Lisa Törk, Frederick A. Moss, Craig J. Thomas, Steven P. Gygi, Michael B. Lazarus, Suzanne Walker	2018	122
12	Matrix Screen Identifies Synergistic Combination of PARP Inhibitors and Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) Inhibitors in Ewing Sarcoma Clinical Cancer Research ·Christine M. Heske, Mindy I. Davis, Joshua T. Baumgart, Kelli M. Wilson, Michael V. Gormally, Lu Chen, Xiaohu Zhang, Michele Ceribelli, Damien Duveau, Rajarshi Guha, Marc Ferrer, Fernanda I. Arnaldez, Jiuping Ji, Huong-Lan Tran, Yiping Zhang, Arnulfo Mendoza, Lee J. Helman, Craig J. Thomas	2017	50
13	Anticancer Effects of Mesothelin-Targeted Immunotoxin Therapy Are Regulated by Tyrosine Kinase DDR1 Cancer Research ·Fatima Ali-Rahmani, David J. FitzGerald, Scott E. Martin, Paresma Patel, Marco Prunotto, Pinar Ormanoglu, Craig J. Thomas, Ira Pastan	2016	15
14	ATF4 Gene Network Mediates Cellular Response to the Anticancer PAD Inhibitor YW3-56 in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells Molecular Cancer Therapeutics ·Shu Wang, Xiangyun Amy Chen, Jing Hu, Jian-kang Jiang, Yunfei Li, Ka Yim Chan-Salis, Ying Gu, Gong Chen, Craig J. Thomas, B. Franklin Pugh, Yanming Wang	2015	55
15	Structure-Guided Design of a High-Affinity Platelet Integrin α _IIb β ₃ Receptor Antagonist That Disrupts Mg ²⁺ Binding to the MIDAS Science Translational Medicine ·Jieqing Zhu, Won Suk Choi, Joshua G. McCoy, Ana Negri, Jianghai Zhu, Sarasija Naini, Jihong Li, Min Shen, Wenwei Huang, Daniel W. Bougie, Mark Rasmussen, Richard H. Aster, Craig J. Thomas, Marta Filizola, Timothy A. Springer, Barry S. Coller	2012	73
16	Molecular basis for the high-affinity binding and stabilization of firefly luciferase by PTC124 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Douglas S. Auld, Scott Lovell, Natasha Thorne, Wendy Lea, David J. Maloney, Min Shen, Ganesha Rai, K.P. Battaile, Craig J. Thomas, Anton Simeonov, Robert P. Hanzlik, James Inglese	2010	148
17	Small-molecule agonists for the thyrotropin receptor stimulate thyroid function in human thyrocytes and mice Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Susanne Neumann, Wenwei Huang, Steve Titus, Gerd Krause, Gunnar Kleinau, Anna Teresa Alberobello, Wei Zheng, Noel Southall, James Inglese, Christopher P. Austin, Francesco S. Celi, Oksana Gavrilova, Craig J. Thomas, Bruce M. Raaka, Marvin C. Gershengorn	2009	94
18	A Low-Molecular-Weight Antagonist for the Human Thyrotropin Receptor with Therapeutic Potential for Hyperthyroidism Endocrinology ·Susanne Neumann, Gunnar Kleinau, Stefano Costanzi, Susanna Moore, Jian‐kang Jiang, Bruce M. Raaka, Craig J. Thomas, Gerd Krause, Marvin C. Gershengorn	2008	80
19	Selective targeting of ITK blocks multiple steps of HIV replication Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Julie A. Readinger, Gillian M. Schiralli Lester, Jian-kang Jiang, Craig J. Thomas, Avery August, Andrew J. Henderson, Pamela L. Schwartzberg	2008	57
20	Observations of fish mortality associated with ice blasting on the lower Rideau River, Ottawa, Ontario The Canadian Field-Naturalist ·Paul R. H. Schaap, Craig J. Thomas, Bruce A. Reid	1998	3

About Craig J. Thomas

Craig J. Thomas is a scholar working on Biological Psychiatry, Toxicology, Hematology, Molecular Biology and Cancer Research, having authored 250 papers that have together received 15.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (18 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (18 papers), Treatment of Major Depression (16 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (14 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (13 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (12 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (12 papers) and Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biological Psychiatry (1.5k citations), Pharmacology (2.2k citations), Cancer Research (1.9k citations), Molecular Biology (7.0k citations) and Immunology (2.1k citations). Craig J. Thomas has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Jian‐kang Jiang, Patrick J. Morris, Matthew G. Vander Heiden, Carlos A. Zarate, Ruin Moaddel, Todd D. Gould, Panos Zanos, James Inglese, Douglas S. Auld and Min Shen. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Blood, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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