Michael Whitney

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Michael Whitney is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Whitney has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Cancer Research and 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michael Whitney's work include Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (9 papers), Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms (6 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (6 papers). Michael Whitney is often cited by papers focused on Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (9 papers), Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms (6 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (6 papers). Michael Whitney collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Michael Whitney's co-authors include Roger Y. Tsien, Gregor Zlokarnik, Wenhong Li, Juan Llopis, Jessica L. Crisp, Quyen T. Nguyen, Beth Friedman, Neal S. Burres, Paul A. Negulescu and Klaus Roemer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Whitney

51 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Cell-permeant caged InsP3 ester shows that Ca2+ spike frequency can optimize gene expression

1998 741 citations Wenhong Li, Juan Llopis et al. Nature profile →
Quantitation of Transcription and Clonal Selection of Single Living Cells with β-Lactamase as Reporter

1998 589 citations Gregor Zlokarnik, Michael Whitney et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Whitney United States	26	1.7k	499	488	264	262	53	3.4k
Sheng Ding United States	35	3.4k 2.0×	488 1.0×	401 0.8×	292 1.1×	597 2.3×	73	4.5k
Alexey V. Terskikh United States	34	3.5k 2.0×	315 0.6×	530 1.1×	422 1.6×	340 1.3×	66	5.4k
Ying Liu China	35	2.7k 1.6×	635 1.3×	338 0.7×	133 0.5×	332 1.3×	171	4.0k
Frank Edenhofer Germany	32	3.8k 2.2×	419 0.8×	507 1.0×	238 0.9×	388 1.5×	96	5.0k
Stevens K. Rehen Brazil	34	2.6k 1.5×	437 0.9×	723 1.5×	541 2.0×	195 0.7×	119	4.7k
Arthur Huang Japan	26	2.2k 1.3×	453 0.9×	782 1.6×	242 0.9×	193 0.7×	39	5.9k
Cameron J. Nowell Australia	32	1.4k 0.8×	249 0.5×	345 0.7×	204 0.8×	165 0.6×	123	3.3k
Elaine L. Bearer United States	33	1.3k 0.8×	318 0.6×	412 0.8×	786 3.0×	112 0.4×	104	3.6k
Tianyi Zhang China	29	1.7k 1.0×	274 0.5×	707 1.4×	182 0.7×	179 0.7×	153	3.2k
Kazuki Tainaka Japan	25	1.7k 1.0×	604 1.2×	345 0.7×	232 0.9×	110 0.4×	61	3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Whitney

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Whitney

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Lev‐Ram, Varda, Thomas J. Deerinck, Eric A. Bushong, et al.. (2024). Do Perineuronal Nets Stabilize the Engram of a Synaptic Circuit?. Cells. 13(19). 1627–1627. 7 indexed citations

Sekar, Thillai V., et al.. (2023). Simultaneous selection of nanobodies for accessible epitopes on immune cells in the tumor microenvironment. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7473–7473. 2 indexed citations

Whitney, Michael. (2020). Teaching Accessible Design: Integrating Accessibility Principles and Practices into an Introductory Web Design Course.. Information Systems Education Journal. 18(1). 4–13. 10 indexed citations

Hingorani, Dina V., Jessica L. Crisp, Elamprakash N. Savariar, et al.. (2018). Impact of MMP-2 and MMP-9 enzyme activity on wound healing, tumor growth and RACPP cleavage. PLoS ONE. 13(9). e0198464–e0198464. 40 indexed citations

Hingorani, Dina V., et al.. (2017). Early detection of squamous cell carcinoma in carcinogen induced oral cancer rodent model by ratiometric activatable cell penetrating peptides. Oral Oncology. 71. 156–162. 12 indexed citations

Hauff, Samantha J., Ryan K. Orosco, Andrew M. Gross, et al.. (2015). Combined TP53 mutation/3p loss correlates with decreased radiosensitivity and increased matrix-metalloproteinase activity in head and neck carcinoma. Oral Oncology. 51(5). 470–475. 15 indexed citations

Hussain, Timon, Michael Whitney, Beth Friedman, et al.. (2015). Fluorescently Labeled Peptide Increases Identification of Degenerated Facial Nerve Branches during Surgery and Improves Functional Outcome. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0119600–e0119600. 31 indexed citations

Crisp, Jessica L., et al.. (2014). Dual Targeting of Integrin αvβ3 and Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 for Optical Imaging of Tumors and Chemotherapeutic Delivery. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 13(6). 1514–1525. 79 indexed citations

Levin, Rachel A., Csilla N. Felsen, Jin Yang, et al.. (2014). An Optimized Triple Modality Reporter for Quantitative In Vivo Tumor Imaging and Therapy Evaluation. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e97415–e97415. 16 indexed citations

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Whitney, Michael, Elamprakash N. Savariar, Beth Friedman, et al.. (2012). Ratiometric Activatable Cell‐Penetrating Peptides Provide Rapid In Vivo Readout of Thrombin Activation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(1). 325–330. 93 indexed citations

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Chen, Bo, Beth Friedman, Michael Whitney, et al.. (2012). Thrombin Activity Associated with Neuronal Damage during Acute Focal Ischemia. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(22). 7622–7631. 97 indexed citations

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Wu, Amy P., Michael Whitney, Jessica L. Crisp, et al.. (2011). Improved facial nerve identification with novel fluorescently labeled probe. The Laryngoscope. 121(4). 805–810. 36 indexed citations

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Whitney, Michael, Jessica L. Crisp, Linda Nguyen, et al.. (2011). Fluorescent peptides highlight peripheral nerves during surgery in mice. Nature Biotechnology. 29(4). 352–356. 176 indexed citations

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Jarecki, Jill, Daniel D. Coovert, Michael Whitney, et al.. (2005). Diverse small-molecule modulators of SMN expression found by high-throughput compound screening: early leads towards a therapeutic for spinal muscular atrophy. Human Molecular Genetics. 14(14). 2003–2018. 119 indexed citations

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Zeh, Karin, et al.. (2003). Gain-of-Function Somatic Cell Lines for Drug Discovery Applications Generated by Homologous Recombination. Assay and Drug Development Technologies. 1(6). 755–765. 6 indexed citations

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Stack, Jeffrey H., Michael Whitney, Steven Rodems, & Brian A. Pollok. (2000). A ubiquitin-based tagging system for controlled modulation of protein stability. Nature Biotechnology. 18(12). 1298–1302. 77 indexed citations

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Li, Wenhong, Juan Llopis, Michael Whitney, Gregor Zlokarnik, & Roger Y. Tsien. (1998). Cell-permeant caged InsP3 ester shows that Ca2+ spike frequency can optimize gene expression. Nature. 392(6679). 936–941. 741 indexed citations breakdown →

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Juang, Shin‐Hun, et al.. (1996). Tyrosine phosphorylation at the membrane-microfilament interface: a p185neu-associated signal transduction particle containing Src, Abl and phosphorylated p58, a membrane- and microfilament-associated retroviral gag-like protein.. PubMed. 12(5). 1033–42. 20 indexed citations

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Whitney, Michael, Petra Jakobs, Michael M. Kaback, Robb E. Moses, & Markus Grompe. (1994). The Ashkenazi Jewish Fanconi anemia mutation: Incidence among patients and carrier frequency in the at-risk population. Human Mutation. 3(4). 339–341. 36 indexed citations

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Poulter, L W, et al.. (1988). Short Report. Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology. 17(3). 213–217. 1 indexed citations

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