Derek A. Pratt

18.6k total citations · 8 hit papers
162 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Derek A. Pratt is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek A. Pratt has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Organic Chemistry, 49 papers in Molecular Biology and 24 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Derek A. Pratt's work include Free Radicals and Antioxidants (82 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (29 papers) and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (23 papers). Derek A. Pratt is often cited by papers focused on Free Radicals and Antioxidants (82 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (29 papers) and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (23 papers). Derek A. Pratt collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Italy. Derek A. Pratt's co-authors include Marcus Conrad, Ron Shah, K. U. Ingold, Ned A. Porter, Luca Valgimigli, Gino A. DiLabio, Markus Grießer, Omkar Zilka, José Pedro Friedmann Angeli and Mikhail S. Shchepinov and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Derek A. Pratt

159 papers receiving 11.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The chemical basis of ferroptosis

2019 748 citations Marcus Conrad, Derek A. Pratt Nature Chemical Biology profile →
On the Mechanism of Cytoprotection by Ferrostatin-1 and Liproxstatin-1 and the Role of Lipid Peroxidation in Ferroptotic Cell Death

2017 747 citations Omkar Zilka, Ron Shah et al. profile →
Resolving the Role of Lipoxygenases in the Initiation and Execution of Ferroptosis

2018 589 citations Ron Shah, Derek A. Pratt et al. profile →
Metabolic determinants of cancer cell sensitivity to canonical ferroptosis inducers

2020 538 citations Omkar Zilka, Derek A. Pratt et al. Nature Chemical Biology profile →
Ferroptosis Inhibition: Mechanisms and Opportunities

2017 447 citations José Pedro Friedmann Angeli, Ron Shah et al. profile →
Advances in Radical-Trapping Antioxidant Chemistry in the 21st Century: A Kinetics and Mechanisms Perspective

2014 420 citations Derek A. Pratt et al. profile →
Ferroptosis: A flexible constellation of related biochemical mechanisms

2023 120 citations Derek A. Pratt et al. profile →
Recommendations for robust and reproducible research on ferroptosis

2025 21 citations Bettina Proneth, Derek A. Pratt et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Derek A. Pratt	5.1k	4.1k	2.9k	2.1k	1.1k	162	11.3k
Peter Wardman	2.9k 0.6×	4.5k 1.1×	921 0.3×	1.3k 0.6×	372 0.4×	216	13.1k
Ned A. Porter	7.2k 1.4×	6.1k 1.5×	658 0.2×	682 0.3×	2.9k 2.8×	331	16.9k
Joy Joseph	1.2k 0.2×	6.7k 1.6×	789 0.3×	1.7k 0.8×	490 0.5×	147	14.9k
Thomas E. Eling	1.4k 0.3×	5.7k 1.4×	661 0.2×	1.7k 0.8×	361 0.3×	294	15.0k
Christopher S. Foote	7.6k 1.5×	3.2k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	251 0.1×	969 0.9×	221	14.8k
K. Indira Priyadarsini	2.8k 0.5×	3.7k 0.9×	394 0.1×	218 0.1×	1.3k 1.2×	231	12.5k
Q. Ping Dou	2.9k 0.6×	9.3k 2.3×	924 0.3×	1.6k 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	280	17.8k
Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu	6.9k 1.3×	4.1k 1.0×	161 0.1×	515 0.2×	373 0.4×	334	12.1k
Ines Batinić‐Haberle	1.3k 0.3×	6.4k 1.6×	2.0k 0.7×	2.6k 1.2×	220 0.2×	249	15.1k
Hai‐Liang Zhu	9.2k 1.8×	4.8k 1.2×	493 0.2×	359 0.2×	204 0.2×	722	17.9k

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Poon, Jia‐Fei, et al.. (2025). Intramolecular Hydrogen Atom Transfer Enables Hydroperoxyl Radical Formation during the Peroxidation of Unsaturated Lipids. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(45). 41897–41912.

Nayal, Onkar S., et al.. (2025). Inhibition of acrylic acid and acrylate autoxidation. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 23(19). 4675–4685. 1 indexed citations

Pratt, Derek A., et al.. (2024). Reactions of lipid hydroperoxides and how they may contribute to ferroptosis sensitivity. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 81. 102478–102478. 20 indexed citations

Pratt, Derek A., et al.. (2024). Non-Tertiary Alkyl Substituents Enhance High-Temperature Radical Trapping by Phenothiazine and Phenoxazine Antioxidants. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 89(9). 6126–6137. 3 indexed citations

Tonnus, Wulf, Francesca Maremonti, Mami Sato, et al.. (2024). Seratrodast inhibits ferroptosis by suppressing lipid peroxidation. Cell Death and Disease. 15(11). 853–853. 6 indexed citations

Yang, Cheng, et al.. (2024). Attenuating N ‐Oxyl Decomposition for Improved Hydrogen Atom Transfer Catalysts. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(21). e202315917–e202315917. 9 indexed citations

Wu, Zijun & Derek A. Pratt. (2023). Radical approaches to C–S bonds. Nature Reviews Chemistry. 7(8). 573–589. 69 indexed citations

Pratt, Derek A., et al.. (2023). General Approach to Identify, Assess, and Characterize Inhibitors of Lipid Peroxidation and Associated Cell Death. ACS Chemical Biology. 18(3). 561–571. 13 indexed citations

Wu, Zijun, Uladzimir Barayeu, Danny Schilling, Tobias P. Dick, & Derek A. Pratt. (2023). Emergence of (hydro)persulfides as suppressors of lipid peroxidation and ferroptotic cell death. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 76. 102353–102353. 18 indexed citations

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Wu, Zijun, Jia‐Fei Poon, Omkar Zilka, et al.. (2022). Intrinsic and Extrinsic Limitations to the Design and Optimization of Inhibitors of Lipid Peroxidation and Associated Cell Death. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(32). 14706–14721. 35 indexed citations

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Shah, Ron, Jia‐Fei Poon, Evan A. Haidasz, & Derek A. Pratt. (2021). Temperature-Dependent Effects of Alkyl Substitution on Diarylamine Antioxidant Reactivity. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 86(9). 6538–6550. 13 indexed citations

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Wu, Zijun & Derek A. Pratt. (2021). A Divergent Strategy for Site‐Selective Radical Disulfuration of Carboxylic Acids with Trisulfide‐1,1‐Dioxides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(28). 15598–15605. 68 indexed citations

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Zilka, Omkar, Jia‐Fei Poon, & Derek A. Pratt. (2021). Radical-Trapping Antioxidant Activity of Copper and Nickel Bis(Thiosemicarbazone) Complexes Underlies Their Potency as Inhibitors of Ferroptotic Cell Death. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(45). 19043–19057. 53 indexed citations

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Pratt, Derek A., et al.. (2021). Autoxidation vs. antioxidants – the fight for forever. Chemical Society Reviews. 50(13). 7343–7358. 94 indexed citations

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Wu, Zijun & Derek A. Pratt. (2021). A Divergent Strategy for Site‐Selective Radical Disulfuration of Carboxylic Acids with Trisulfide‐1,1‐Dioxides. Angewandte Chemie. 133(28). 15726–15733. 6 indexed citations

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Wu, Zijun & Derek A. Pratt. (2020). Radical Substitution Provides a Unique Route to Disulfides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(23). 10284–10290. 100 indexed citations

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Poon, Jia‐Fei, Omkar Zilka, & Derek A. Pratt. (2020). Potent Ferroptosis Inhibitors Can Catalyze the Cross-Dismutation of Phospholipid-Derived Peroxyl Radicals and Hydroperoxyl Radicals. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(33). 14331–14342. 48 indexed citations

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Conrad, Marcus & Derek A. Pratt. (2020). Publisher Correction: The chemical basis of ferroptosis. Nature Chemical Biology. 16(2). 223–224. 10 indexed citations

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Grießer, Markus, Jean‐Philippe R. Chauvin, & Derek A. Pratt. (2018). The hydrogen atom transfer reactivity of sulfinic acids. Chemical Science. 9(36). 7218–7229. 40 indexed citations

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Chauvin, Jean‐Philippe R., Markus Grießer, & Derek A. Pratt. (2017). Hydropersulfides: H-Atom Transfer Agents Par Excellence. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(18). 6484–6493. 84 indexed citations

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