John E. P. Syka

8.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
51 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

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John E. P. Syka is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Molecular Biology and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, John E. P. Syka has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Spectroscopy, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in John E. P. Syka's work include Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (46 papers), Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (30 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (22 papers). John E. P. Syka is often cited by papers focused on Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (46 papers), Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (30 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (22 papers). John E. P. Syka collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. John E. P. Syka's co-authors include Joshua J. Coon, Jeffrey Shabanowitz, Donald F. Hunt, Melanie Schroeder, Jae C. Schwartz, George C. Stafford, Michael W. Senko, R. Graham Cooks, John F. J. Todd and Beatrix Ueberheide and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

John E. P. Syka

51 papers receiving 6.7k citations

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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.

Peptide and protein sequence analysis by electron transfer dissociation mass spectrometry

2004 1.9k citations John E. P. Syka, Joshua J. Coon et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
A two-dimensional quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer

2002 535 citations Jae C. Schwartz, John E. P. Syka et al. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry profile →
Recent improvements in and analytical applications of advanced ion trap technology

1984 406 citations George C. Stafford, John E. P. Syka et al. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes profile →
Instrumentation, applications, and energy deposition in quadrupole ion-trap tandem mass spectrometry

1987 406 citations R. Graham Cooks, John E. P. Syka et al. Analytical Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John E. P. Syka United States	30	5.9k	3.3k	684	523	515	51	7.0k
Michael W. Senko United States	35	4.8k 0.8×	2.6k 0.8×	778 1.1×	455 0.9×	556 1.1×	54	5.9k
Kevin Giles United Kingdom	39	5.1k 0.9×	2.8k 0.8×	662 1.0×	703 1.3×	588 1.1×	86	6.4k
Peter B. O’Connor United Kingdom	45	4.3k 0.7×	2.8k 0.9×	691 1.0×	420 0.8×	495 1.0×	177	6.6k
Robert Bateman United Kingdom	37	4.5k 0.8×	2.7k 0.8×	703 1.0×	636 1.2×	472 0.9×	71	5.9k
Craig M. Whitehouse United States	11	6.0k 1.0×	2.7k 0.8×	1.0k 1.5×	736 1.4×	1.4k 2.7×	15	7.5k
Lars Konermann Canada	48	5.4k 0.9×	4.3k 1.3×	681 1.0×	368 0.7×	998 1.9×	183	8.1k
Shenheng Guan United States	43	3.0k 0.5×	3.4k 1.0×	583 0.9×	408 0.8×	308 0.6×	107	6.8k
Shek Fu Wong United States	5	5.7k 1.0×	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 1.6×	684 1.3×	1.3k 2.4×	7	7.2k
Jae C. Schwartz United States	25	3.0k 0.5×	1.8k 0.5×	321 0.5×	285 0.5×	311 0.6×	48	3.7k
Marvin L. Vestal United States	37	3.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.4×	780 1.1×	737 1.4×	686 1.3×	94	5.1k

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Lutomski, Corinne A., Tarick J. El‐Baba, Di Wu, et al.. (2025). Defining proteoform-specific interactions for drug targeting in a native cell signalling environment. Nature Chemistry. 17(2). 204–214. 8 indexed citations

Coon, Joshua J., Jarrod A. Marto, John E. P. Syka, & Forest M. White. (2025). The Hunt Lab Weighs in on Mass Spectrometry–Based Analysis of Protein Posttranslational Modifications. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 24(4). 100943–100943. 1 indexed citations

Mullen, Christopher, Kristina Srzentić, Romain Huguet, et al.. (2024). Towards a universal method for middle-down analysis of antibodies via proton transfer charge reduction—Orbitrap mass spectrometry. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 416(28). 6463–6472. 5 indexed citations

Schachner, Luis F., Christopher Mullen, Wilson Phung, et al.. (2024). Exposing the molecular heterogeneity of glycosylated biotherapeutics. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3259–3259. 11 indexed citations

Lutomski, Corinne A., Tarick J. El‐Baba, Idlir Liko, et al.. (2023). Infrared Multiphoton Dissociation Enables Top‐Down Characterization of Membrane Protein Complexes and G Protein‐Coupled Receptors. Angewandte Chemie. 135(36). e202305694–e202305694. 4 indexed citations

Lutomski, Corinne A., Tarick J. El‐Baba, Idlir Liko, et al.. (2023). Infrared Multiphoton Dissociation Enables Top‐Down Characterization of Membrane Protein Complexes and G Protein‐Coupled Receptors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(36). e202305694–e202305694. 23 indexed citations

Lee, Kenneth W., Trenton M. Peters-Clarke, Graeme C. McAlister, et al.. (2022). Infrared Photoactivation Boosts Reporter Ion Yield in Isobaric Tagging. Analytical Chemistry. 94(7). 3328–3334. 4 indexed citations

Neil, Jason R., Arvind Verma, Scott Kronewitter, et al.. (2021). Rapid MRSA detection via tandem mass spectrometry of the intact 80 kDa PBP2a resistance protein. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 18309–18309. 13 indexed citations

Mullen, Christopher, et al.. (2021). Sequential Ion–Ion Reactions for Enhanced Gas-Phase Sequencing of Large Intact Proteins in a Tribrid Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 32(9). 2334–2345. 33 indexed citations

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Gault, Joseph, Idlir Liko, Michael Landreh, et al.. (2020). Combining native and ‘omics’ mass spectrometry to identify endogenous ligands bound to membrane proteins. Nature Methods. 17(5). 505–508. 131 indexed citations

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Orabi, Esam A., John E. P. Syka, Dina L. Bai, et al.. (2019). Ion-Ion Proton Transfer and Parallel Ion Parking for the Analysis of Mixtures of Intact Proteins on a Modified Orbitrap Mass Analyzer. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 30(10). 2163–2173. 34 indexed citations

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Remes, Philip M., et al.. (2014). Insight into the resonance ejection process during mass analysis through simulations for improved linear quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer performance. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 370. 44–57. 22 indexed citations

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McAlister, Graeme C., Jason D. Russell, Neil G. Rumachik, et al.. (2012). Analysis of the Acidic Proteome with Negative Electron-Transfer Dissociation Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry. 84(6). 2875–2882. 51 indexed citations

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Ledvina, Aaron R., Nicole A. Beauchene, Graeme C. McAlister, et al.. (2010). Activated-Ion Electron Transfer Dissociation Improves the Ability of Electron Transfer Dissociation to Identify Peptides in a Complex Mixture. Analytical Chemistry. 82(24). 10068–10074. 62 indexed citations

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Ledvina, Aaron R., Graeme C. McAlister, Myles W. Gardner, et al.. (2009). Infrared Photoactivation Reduces Peptide Folding and Hydrogen‐Atom Migration following ETD Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(45). 8526–8528. 88 indexed citations

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Chi, An, Curtis Huttenhower, Lewis Y. Geer, et al.. (2007). Analysis of phosphorylation sites on proteins from Saccharomyces cerevisiae by electron transfer dissociation (ETD) mass spectrometry. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(7). 2193–2198. 460 indexed citations

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Mikesh, Leann M., Beatrix Ueberheide, An Chi, et al.. (2006). The utility of ETD mass spectrometry in proteomic analysis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1764(12). 1811–1822. 419 indexed citations

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Hemberger, P. H., N. S. Nogar, Jon D. Williams, R. Graham Cooks, & John E. P. Syka. (1992). Laser photodissociation probe for ion tomography studies in a quadrupole ion-trap mass spectrometer. Chemical Physics Letters. 191(5). 405–410. 50 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Jae C., John E. P. Syka, & Ian Jardine. (1991). High resolution on a quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 2(3). 198–204. 130 indexed citations

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Mabud, Md.A., et al.. (1985). Applications of linked scan procedures in investigating polyatomic ion/surface interactions. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes. 67(3). 295–303. 23 indexed citations

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