Johnathan R. Whetstine

13.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
51 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Johnathan R. Whetstine is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Johnathan R. Whetstine has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Cancer Research and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Johnathan R. Whetstine's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (33 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (13 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (13 papers). Johnathan R. Whetstine is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (33 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (13 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (13 papers). Johnathan R. Whetstine collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Johnathan R. Whetstine's co-authors include Yang Shi, Yujiang Geno Shi, Fei Lan, Joshua C. Black, Capucine Van Rechem, Philip A. Cole, Peter Mulligan, Robert A. Casero, Maite Huarte and Zhongzhou Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Johnathan R. Whetstine

50 papers receiving 9.8k citations

Hit Papers

Histone Demethylation Mediated by the Nuclear Amine Oxida... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2004 2012 2006 2003 2007 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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.

  1. Histone Demethylation Mediated by the Nuclear Amine Oxidase Homolog LSD1
    2004 3.2k citations Yujiang Geno Shi, Yujiang Geno Shi et al. Cell profile →
  2. Histone Lysine Methylation Dynamics: Establishment, Regulation, and Biological Impact
    2012 946 citations Joshua C. Black, Capucine Van Rechem et al. Molecular Cell profile →
  3. Reversal of Histone Lysine Trimethylation by the JMJD2 Family of Histone Demethylases
    2006 806 citations Johnathan R. Whetstine, Fei Lan et al. Cell profile →
  4. Coordinated histone modifications mediated by a CtBP co-repressor complex
    2003 647 citations Yujiang Geno Shi, Johnathan R. Whetstine et al. Nature profile →
  5. A histone H3 lysine 27 demethylase regulates animal posterior development
    2007 621 citations Fei Lan, Peter Bayliss et al. Nature profile →
  6. Dynamic Regulation of Histone Lysine Methylation by Demethylases
    2007 533 citations Yang Shi, Johnathan R. Whetstine Molecular Cell profile →
  7. The X-Linked Mental Retardation Gene SMCX/JARID1C Defines a Family of Histone H3 Lysine 4 Demethylases
    2007 529 citations Shigeki Iwase, Fei Lan et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Johnathan R. Whetstine United States 34 8.7k 1.3k 1.1k 805 542 51 9.9k
Yujiang Geno Shi United States 43 11.1k 1.3× 1.8k 1.4× 1.9k 1.7× 966 1.2× 486 0.9× 73 12.4k
Yun Huang United States 45 6.4k 0.7× 950 0.7× 816 0.7× 540 0.7× 302 0.6× 152 8.4k
Eric Lieberman Greer United States 28 6.4k 0.7× 586 0.5× 955 0.8× 448 0.6× 342 0.6× 43 8.7k
Or Gozani United States 57 9.6k 1.1× 798 0.6× 839 0.7× 1.2k 1.4× 522 1.0× 108 11.7k
Arne Klungland Norway 52 11.1k 1.3× 925 0.7× 3.1k 2.8× 1.5k 1.8× 489 0.9× 140 12.5k
Holger Heyn Spain 43 4.9k 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 704 0.9× 208 0.4× 80 6.2k
Diego Pasini Italy 42 9.3k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 1.3k 1.1× 1.1k 1.3× 467 0.9× 68 10.4k
Teruhisa Tsuzuki Japan 37 4.3k 0.5× 664 0.5× 977 0.9× 732 0.9× 255 0.5× 95 5.4k
B Griffiths United Kingdom 29 4.5k 0.5× 3.1k 2.4× 1.2k 1.1× 757 0.9× 460 0.8× 113 7.3k
Paul A. Cloos Denmark 29 4.9k 0.6× 854 0.7× 570 0.5× 609 0.8× 182 0.3× 46 6.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Santoro, J., et al.. (2025). Connecting the dots: Epigenetic regulation of extrachromosomal and inherited DNA amplifications. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(6). 108454–108454. 1 indexed citations
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Nakatani, Tsunetoshi, Jiangwei Lin, Fei Ji, et al.. (2022). DNA replication fork speed underlies cell fate changes and promotes reprogramming. Nature Genetics. 54(3). 318–327. 54 indexed citations
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Whetstine, Johnathan R. & Capucine Van Rechem. (2022). A cell-sorting-based protocol for cell cycle small-scale ChIP sequencing. STAR Protocols. 3(2). 101243–101243. 5 indexed citations
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Clarke, Thomas L., Ran Tang, Damayanti Chakraborty, et al.. (2019). Histone Lysine Methylation Dynamics Control EGFR DNA Copy-Number Amplification. Cancer Discovery. 10(2). 306–325. 39 indexed citations
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Han, Jing, Lynnette Marcar, Joshua C. Black, et al.. (2017). Radiation Resistance in KRAS-Mutated Lung Cancer Is Enabled by Stem-like Properties Mediated by an Osteopontin–EGFR Pathway. Cancer Research. 77(8). 2018–2028. 77 indexed citations
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Rechem, Capucine Van, Joshua C. Black, Myriam Boukhali, et al.. (2015). Lysine Demethylase KDM4A Associates with Translation Machinery and Regulates Protein Synthesis. Cancer Discovery. 5(3). 255–263. 51 indexed citations
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Rechem, Capucine Van, Joshua C. Black, Patricia Greninger, et al.. (2015). A Coding Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism in Lysine Demethylase KDM4A Associates with Increased Sensitivity to mTOR Inhibitors. Cancer Discovery. 5(3). 245–254. 22 indexed citations
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Black, Joshua C., Capucine Van Rechem, & Johnathan R. Whetstine. (2012). Histone Lysine Methylation Dynamics: Establishment, Regulation, and Biological Impact. Molecular Cell. 48(4). 491–507. 946 indexed citations breakdown →
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Black, Joshua C. & Johnathan R. Whetstine. (2012). Tipping the lysine methylation balance in disease. Biopolymers. 99(2). 127–135. 33 indexed citations
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Rechem, Capucine Van, Joshua C. Black, Tarek Abbas, et al.. (2011). The SKP1-Cul1-F-box and Leucine-rich Repeat Protein 4 (SCF-FbxL4) Ubiquitin Ligase Regulates Lysine Demethylase 4A (KDM4A)/Jumonji Domain-containing 2A (JMJD2A) Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(35). 30462–30470. 55 indexed citations
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Black, Joshua C. & Johnathan R. Whetstine. (2011). Chromatin landscape. Epigenetics. 6(1). 9–15. 82 indexed citations
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Chen, Shuzhen, Johnathan R. Whetstine, Salil Ghosh, et al.. (2009). The conserved NAD(H)-dependent corepressor CTBP-1 regulates Caenorhabditis elegans life span. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(5). 1496–1501. 54 indexed citations
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Shi, Yang & Johnathan R. Whetstine. (2007). Dynamic Regulation of Histone Lysine Methylation by Demethylases. Molecular Cell. 25(1). 1–14. 533 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lan, Fei, Peter Bayliss, John L. Rinn, et al.. (2007). A histone H3 lysine 27 demethylase regulates animal posterior development. Nature. 449(7163). 689–694. 621 indexed citations breakdown →
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Whetstine, Johnathan R., Julián Cerón, Brendon Ladd, et al.. (2005). Regulation of Tissue-Specific and Extracellular Matrix-Related Genes by a Class I Histone Deacetylase. Molecular Cell. 18(4). 483–490. 69 indexed citations
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Shi, Yujiang Geno, Yujiang Geno Shi, Fei Lan, et al.. (2004). Histone Demethylation Mediated by the Nuclear Amine Oxidase Homolog LSD1. Cell. 119(7). 941–953. 3186 indexed citations breakdown →
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Whetstine, Johnathan R., Robin M. Flatley, & Larry H. Matherly. (2002). The human reduced folate carrier gene is ubiquitously and differentially expressed in normal human tissues: identification of seven non-coding exons and characterization of a novel promoter. Biochemical Journal. 367(3). 629–640. 115 indexed citations
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Whetstine, Johnathan R., et al.. (2002). The Human Reduced Folate Carrier Gene Is Regulated by the AP2 and Sp1 Transcription Factor Families and a Functional 61-Base Pair Polymorphism. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(46). 43873–43880. 49 indexed citations
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Whetstine, Johnathan R. & Larry H. Matherly. (2001). The Basal Promoters for the Human Reduced Folate Carrier Gene Are Regulated by a GC-box and a cAMP-response Element/AP-1-like Element. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(9). 6350–6358. 40 indexed citations
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Whetstine, Johnathan R., et al.. (2001). Repression of Human Reduced Folate Carrier Gene Expression by Wild Type p53. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(12). 8713–8719. 23 indexed citations

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