Katherine A. Donovan

7.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
86 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Katherine A. Donovan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Katherine A. Donovan has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Oncology and 14 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Katherine A. Donovan's work include Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (62 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (44 papers) and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (16 papers). Katherine A. Donovan is often cited by papers focused on Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (62 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (44 papers) and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (16 papers). Katherine A. Donovan collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Australia. Katherine A. Donovan's co-authors include Eric S. Fischer, Nathanael S. Gray, Radosław P. Nowak, Tinghu Zhang, Eric S. Wang, Jingting Yuan, Nicholas A. Eleuteri, Benjamin L. Ebert, Baishan Jiang and Jian An and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Katherine A. Donovan

81 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Plasticity in binding confers selectivity in ligand-induced protein degradation

2018 427 citations Radosław P. Nowak, Zhixiang He et al. Nature Chemical Biology profile →
Thalidomide promotes degradation of SALL4, a transcription factor implicated in Duane Radial Ray syndrome

2018 312 citations Katherine A. Donovan, Radosław P. Nowak et al. eLife profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Katherine A. Donovan United States	30	3.3k	1.4k	835	222	164	86	3.7k
Dennis L. Buckley United States	22	5.8k 1.7×	1.7k 1.3×	1.4k 1.6×	272 1.2×	150 0.9×	35	6.2k
Joshiawa Paulk United States	14	3.4k 1.0×	998 0.7×	845 1.0×	138 0.6×	85 0.5×	18	3.6k
Kanak Raina United States	14	2.8k 0.9×	996 0.7×	828 1.0×	166 0.7×	88 0.5×	23	3.0k
Péter Sandy United States	17	3.0k 0.9×	994 0.7×	629 0.8×	54 0.2×	203 1.2×	27	3.5k
Sha Jin United States	13	1.6k 0.5×	620 0.5×	296 0.4×	155 0.7×	118 0.7×	30	2.2k
Matthew R. Janes United States	15	2.2k 0.7×	594 0.4×	243 0.3×	163 0.7×	251 1.5×	26	2.7k
Yosef Landesman United States	33	2.5k 0.8×	935 0.7×	640 0.8×	47 0.2×	340 2.1×	171	3.2k
Nicholas Kwiatkowski United States	31	3.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	393 0.5×	273 1.2×	599 3.7×	48	3.9k
Taavi K. Neklesa United States	18	2.0k 0.6×	784 0.6×	380 0.5×	141 0.6×	221 1.3×	25	2.2k
J I Johnson United States	7	1.3k 0.4×	853 0.6×	359 0.4×	108 0.5×	154 0.9×	7	2.0k

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Zhuang, Zhe, Woong Sub Byun, Zuzanna Kozicka, et al.. (2025). Development of FBXO22 Degraders and the Recruitment Ligand 2-Pyridinecarboxyaldehyde (2-PCA). Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(49). 45132–45144.

Baek, Kheewoong, Shourya S. Roy Burman, Jonathan W. Bushman, et al.. (2025). Unveiling the hidden interactome of CRBN molecular glues. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6831–6831. 11 indexed citations

Byun, Woong Sub, Zhe Zhuang, Cyrus Y. Jin, et al.. (2025). Discovery of BRD9 Molecular Glue Degraders That Spare Cardiomyocytes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(39). 35481–35492. 1 indexed citations

Mercer, Jaron A. M., Shourya S. Roy Burman, Vedagopuram Sreekanth, et al.. (2024). Continuous evolution of compact protein degradation tags regulated by selective molecular glues. Science. 383(6688). eadk4422–eadk4422. 35 indexed citations

Hulsman, Marc, Katherine A. Donovan, Eric S. Fischer, et al.. (2024). SMAC mimetics induce human macrophages to phagocytose live cancer cells. PubMed. 5(1). ltaf026–ltaf026.

Erickson, Emily C., Inchul You, Aurélien Dugourd, et al.. (2024). Multiomic profiling of breast cancer cells uncovers stress MAPK-associated sensitivity to AKT degradation. Science Signaling. 17(825). eadf2670–eadf2670. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Han‐Yuan, Zhengnian Li, Zhixiang He, et al.. (2024). Broad-spectrum activity against mosquito-borne flaviviruses achieved by a targeted protein degradation mechanism. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5179–5179. 11 indexed citations

Huang, Hai‐Tsang, Ryan J. Lumpkin, Xu Zhao, et al.. (2024). Ubiquitin-specific proximity labeling for the identification of E3 ligase substrates. Nature Chemical Biology. 20(9). 1227–1236. 26 indexed citations

Liu, Han‐Yuan, Zhixiang He, Inchul You, et al.. (2024). Discovery of Potent Degraders of the Dengue Virus Envelope Protein. Advanced Science. 11(40). e2405829–e2405829. 4 indexed citations

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Teng, Mingxing, Jie Jiang, Eric S. Wang, et al.. (2023). Targeting the Dark Lipid Kinase PIP4K2C with a Potent and Selective Binder and Degrader. Angewandte Chemie. 135(18).

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Nguyen, Tuan M., Vedagopuram Sreekanth, Arghya Deb, et al.. (2023). Proteolysis-targeting chimeras with reduced off-targets. Nature Chemistry. 16(2). 218–228. 67 indexed citations

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Nowak, Radosław P., Hu Liu, Scott B. Ficarro, et al.. (2023). Development of a covalent cereblon-based PROTAC employing a fluorosulfate warhead. RSC Chemical Biology. 4(11). 906–912. 21 indexed citations

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Doctor, Zainab M., Annan Yang, Mingfeng Hao, et al.. (2023). Development and Characterization of Selective FAK Inhibitors and PROTACs with In Vivo Activity. ChemBioChem. 24(19). e202300141–e202300141. 8 indexed citations

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Kozicka, Zuzanna, Dakota J. Suchyta, Georg Kempf, et al.. (2023). Design principles for cyclin K molecular glue degraders. Nature Chemical Biology. 20(1). 93–102. 54 indexed citations

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Douglas, Katie M., Maree Inder, Marie Crowe, et al.. (2022). Randomised controlled trial of Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy and group-based Cognitive Remediation versus Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy alone for mood disorders: study protocol. BMC Psychiatry. 22(1). 115–115.

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Zhang, Wubing, Shourya S. Roy Burman, Jiaye Chen, et al.. (2022). Machine Learning Modeling of Protein-Intrinsic Features Predicts Tractability of Targeted Protein Degradation. Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics. 20(5). 882–898. 26 indexed citations

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Teng, Mingxing, Wenchao Lu, Katherine A. Donovan, et al.. (2021). Development of PDE6D and CK1α Degraders through Chemical Derivatization of FPFT-2216. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 65(1). 747–756. 34 indexed citations

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Ryu, SeongShick, Benjamin Fram, Jie Jiang, et al.. (2021). Synthesis and structure-activity relationships of targeted protein degraders for the understudied kinase NEK9. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. 100008–100008. 2 indexed citations

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Bushman, Jonathan W., Katherine A. Donovan, Nathan J. Schauer, et al.. (2020). Proteomics-Based Identification of DUB Substrates Using Selective Inhibitors. Cell chemical biology. 28(1). 78–87.e3. 26 indexed citations

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Silva, M. Catarina, Fleur M. Ferguson, Quan-Ying Cai, et al.. (2019). Targeted degradation of aberrant tau in frontotemporal dementia patient-derived neuronal cell models. eLife. 8. 203 indexed citations

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