Randal Halfmann

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Randal Halfmann is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Randal Halfmann has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Neurology and 6 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Randal Halfmann's work include Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (17 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (10 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (7 papers). Randal Halfmann is often cited by papers focused on Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (17 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (10 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (7 papers). Randal Halfmann collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Randal Halfmann's co-authors include Susan Lindquist, Simon Alberti, Oliver D. King, Alex K. Lancaster, Xin Cai, Qiu‐Xing Jiang, Siqi Liu, Hui Xu, Jueqi Chen and Zhijian J. Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Randal Halfmann

35 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

A Systematic Survey Identifies Prions and Illuminates Sequence Features of Prionogenic Proteins

2009 785 citations Simon Alberti, Randal Halfmann et al. Cell profile →
Prion-like Polymerization Underlies Signal Transduction in Antiviral Immune Defense and Inflammasome Activation

2014 464 citations Xin Cai, Jueqi Chen et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Randal Halfmann United States	20	2.8k	516	457	350	288	38	3.1k
David W. Colby United States	21	2.2k 0.8×	636 1.2×	672 1.5×	141 0.4×	132 0.5×	23	2.6k
Jens Tyedmers Germany	18	1.7k 0.6×	183 0.4×	235 0.5×	114 0.3×	694 2.4×	28	2.2k
Marı́a Gasset Spain	30	3.7k 1.3×	1.3k 2.6×	614 1.3×	457 1.3×	194 0.7×	76	4.4k
Sabine Gilch Canada	27	2.3k 0.8×	837 1.6×	369 0.8×	75 0.2×	172 0.6×	75	2.7k
Jennifer N. Rauch United States	24	1.7k 0.6×	249 0.5×	710 1.6×	133 0.4×	479 1.7×	31	2.5k
Eric Ka‐Wai Hui United States	34	1.1k 0.4×	247 0.5×	513 1.1×	339 1.0×	226 0.8×	66	2.5k
James Hope United Kingdom	29	1.7k 0.6×	656 1.3×	273 0.6×	74 0.2×	149 0.5×	53	2.3k
M. Inmaculada Barrasa United States	27	2.5k 0.9×	170 0.3×	243 0.5×	323 0.9×	130 0.5×	45	3.7k
P. R. Carnegie Australia	31	1.6k 0.6×	148 0.3×	371 0.8×	437 1.2×	233 0.8×	109	2.8k
Anthony R. Clarke United Kingdom	20	1.8k 0.6×	551 1.1×	172 0.4×	136 0.4×	77 0.3×	26	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Randal Halfmann

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Randal Halfmann

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Campbell, Samuel, et al.. (2025). Functional constraints of wtf killer meiotic drivers. PLoS Genetics. 21(2). e1011534–e1011534. 2 indexed citations

Kobe, Boštjan, Jeffrey D. Nanson, Antje Blumenthal, et al.. (2025). Signalling by co-operative higher-order assembly formation: linking evidence at molecular and cellular levels. Biochemical Journal. 482(5). 275–294. 3 indexed citations

Singh, Amar, Petras J. Kundrotas, Randal Halfmann, et al.. (2025). Highly Optimized Simulation of Atomic Resolution Cell-Like Protein Environment. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 129(12). 3183–3190.

Zhang, Jiahui, Alex Von Schulze, Jay R. Unruh, et al.. (2023). Pathologic polyglutamine aggregation begins with a self-poisoning polymer crystal. eLife. 12. 10 indexed citations

Gama, Alejandro Rodríguez, et al.. (2023). DAmFRET measures saturating concentrations and toxicities of protein phase transitions in vivo. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 34(6). br7–br7. 2 indexed citations

Quadir, Farhan, Raj S. Roy, Randal Halfmann, & Jianlin Cheng. (2021). DNCON2_Inter: predicting interchain contacts for homodimeric and homomultimeric protein complexes using multiple sequence alignments of monomers and deep learning. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 12295–12295. 18 indexed citations

Nuckolls, Nicole L., Jeffrey J. Lange, Kexi Yi, et al.. (2020). The wtf4 meiotic driver utilizes controlled protein aggregation to generate selective cell death. eLife. 9. 23 indexed citations

Holliday, Michael, Axel Witt, Alejandro Rodríguez Gama, et al.. (2019). Structures of autoinhibited and polymerized forms of CARD9 reveal mechanisms of CARD9 and CARD11 activation. Nature Communications. 10(1). 26 indexed citations

Gama, Alejandro Rodríguez, et al.. (2019). Detecting and Characterizing Protein Self-Assembly In Vivo by Flow Cytometry. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 8 indexed citations

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Halfmann, Randal. (2016). A glass menagerie of low complexity sequences. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 38. 18–25. 28 indexed citations

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Cai, Xin, Jueqi Chen, Hui Xu, et al.. (2014). Prion-like Polymerization Underlies Signal Transduction in Antiviral Immune Defense and Inflammasome Activation. Cell. 156(6). 1207–1222. 464 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lancaster, Alex K., et al.. (2013). Heritable Remodeling of Yeast Multicellularity by an Environmentally Responsive Prion. Cell. 153(1). 153–165. 135 indexed citations

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Halfmann, Randal, Daniel F. Jarosz, Sandra K. Jones, et al.. (2012). Prions are a common mechanism for phenotypic inheritance in wild yeasts. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Gelin, Xiaoming Wang, Hong‐Jeng Yu, et al.. (2012). Small-molecule activation of the TRAIL receptor DR5 in human cancer cells. Nature Chemical Biology. 9(2). 84–89. 106 indexed citations

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Halfmann, Randal, Daniel F. Jarosz, Sandra K. Jones, et al.. (2012). Prions are a common mechanism for phenotypic inheritance in wild yeasts. Nature. 482(7385). 363–368. 317 indexed citations

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Halfmann, Randal, Simon Alberti, Rajaraman Krishnan, et al.. (2011). Opposing Effects of Glutamine and Asparagine Govern Prion Formation by Intrinsically Disordered Proteins. Molecular Cell. 43(1). 72–84. 150 indexed citations

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Alberti, Simon, Randal Halfmann, & Susan Lindquist. (2010). Biochemical, Cell Biological, and Genetic Assays to Analyze Amyloid and Prion Aggregation in Yeast. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 470. 709–734. 63 indexed citations

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Halfmann, Randal, Simon Alberti, & Susan Lindquist. (2010). Prions, protein homeostasis, and phenotypic diversity. Trends in Cell Biology. 20(3). 125–133. 131 indexed citations

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Alberti, Simon, et al.. (2009). A Systematic Survey Identifies Prions and Illuminates Sequence Features of Prionogenic Proteins. Cell. 137(1). 146–158. 785 indexed citations breakdown →

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Halfmann, Randal & Susan Lindquist. (2008). Screening for Amyloid Aggregation by Semi-Denaturing Detergent-Agarose Gel Electrophoresis. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 145 indexed citations

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