Randy M. Whittal

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
83 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Randy M. Whittal is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Randy M. Whittal has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Spectroscopy and 15 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Randy M. Whittal's work include Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (20 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (14 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (12 papers). Randy M. Whittal is often cited by papers focused on Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (20 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (14 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (12 papers). Randy M. Whittal collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Saudi Arabia. Randy M. Whittal's co-authors include Himangshu S. Bose, Liang Li, Bernd O. Keller, Alex B. Young, Jie Sui, John C. Vederas, Walter L. Miller, Yuqin Dai, Phillip M. Fedorak and Mahuya Bose and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Randy M. Whittal

81 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Thuricin CD, a posttranslationally modified bacteriocin with a narrow spectrum of activity against Clostridium difficile

2010 406 citations Mary C. Rea, Clarissa S. Sit et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Naphthenic acids and other acid-extractables in water samples from Alberta: What is being measured?

2010 315 citations Randy M. Whittal et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Randy M. Whittal Canada	33	2.4k	1.0k	561	529	344	83	4.6k
Michael Linscheid Germany	38	1.7k 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	373 0.7×	666 1.3×	136 0.4×	179	4.5k
Young Hwan Kim South Korea	37	2.0k 0.8×	987 1.0×	224 0.4×	460 0.9×	56 0.2×	247	5.2k
Jonathan M. Curtis Canada	41	1.8k 0.7×	705 0.7×	624 1.1×	198 0.4×	154 0.4×	186	5.4k
Jackson O. Lay United States	38	2.3k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	568 1.0×	279 0.5×	128 0.4×	168	5.6k
Zhenyu Zhu China	42	3.3k 1.4×	435 0.4×	230 0.4×	452 0.9×	128 0.4×	263	6.3k
Jean‐Claude Tabet France	42	2.3k 1.0×	2.2k 2.1×	429 0.8×	407 0.8×	143 0.4×	245	5.4k
Toshiyuki Tanaka Japan	47	5.0k 2.1×	293 0.3×	623 1.1×	159 0.3×	187 0.5×	296	9.1k
Hartmut Schäfer Germany	28	1.7k 0.7×	461 0.4×	330 0.6×	311 0.6×	102 0.3×	58	2.8k
Stevan Horning United States	26	3.7k 1.6×	3.7k 3.6×	250 0.4×	339 0.6×	248 0.7×	39	6.2k
Ning Liu China	39	2.8k 1.2×	387 0.4×	331 0.6×	177 0.3×	101 0.3×	259	5.6k

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Bose, Himangshu S., Mahuya Bose, & Randy M. Whittal. (2025). Protocol for assessing mitochondrial cholesterol transport and protein molten globule state in steroidogenic and nonsteroidogenic systems. STAR Protocols. 6(3). 103971–103971.

Wang, Hui, Béla Reiz, Jing Zheng, et al.. (2025). Characterization of Spray-Dried Powders Using a Coated Alberta Idealized Nasal Inlet. Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery. 38(1). 1–12. 3 indexed citations

Barakat, Khaled, et al.. (2024). Comparing the oxidative functions of neutrophil myeloperoxidase and cytochrome P450 enzymes in drug metabolism. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 392. 110942–110942. 4 indexed citations

Bose, Himangshu S., Mahuya Bose, & Randy M. Whittal. (2023). Tom40 in cholesterol transport. iScience. 26(4). 106386–106386. 15 indexed citations

Xiong, Z., et al.. (2022). Purification and characterization of antifungal lipopeptide produced by Bacillus velezensis isolated from raw honey. PLoS ONE. 17(4). e0266470–e0266470. 27 indexed citations

Bose, Himangshu S., Randy M. Whittal, Brendan Marshall, et al.. (2021). A Novel Mitochondrial Complex of Aldosterone Synthase, Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein, and Tom22 Synthesizes Aldosterone in the Rat Heart. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 377(1). 108–120. 12 indexed citations

Babu, Dinesh, et al.. (2019). Myeloperoxidase-mediated oxidation of edaravone produces an apparent non-toxic free radical metabolite and modulates hydrogen peroxide-mediated cytotoxicity in HL-60 cells. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 143. 422–432. 8 indexed citations

Babu, Dinesh, et al.. (2019). Eosinophil peroxidase oxidizes isoniazid to form the active metabolite against M. tuberculosis, isoniazid-NAD+. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 305. 48–53. 8 indexed citations

Khan, Saifur R., et al.. (2016). Metabolism of isoniazid by neutrophil myeloperoxidase leads to isoniazid-NAD+ adduct formation: A comparison of the reactivity of isoniazid with its known human metabolites. Biochemical Pharmacology. 106. 46–55. 24 indexed citations

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Hug, Isabelle, Béla Reiz, Randy M. Whittal, et al.. (2011). Exploiting Bacterial Glycosylation Machineries for the Synthesis of a Lewis Antigen-containing Glycoprotein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(43). 37887–37894. 30 indexed citations

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Rea, Mary C., Clarissa S. Sit, Evelyn M. Clayton, et al.. (2010). Thuricin CD, a posttranslationally modified bacteriocin with a narrow spectrum of activity against Clostridium difficile. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(20). 9352–9357. 406 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bose, Mahuya, Randy M. Whittal, C. Gary Gairola, & Himangshu S. Bose. (2008). Molecular mechanism of reduction in pregnenolone synthesis by cigarette smoke. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 229(1). 56–64. 4 indexed citations

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Bose, Mahuya, Randy M. Whittal, C. Gary Gairola, & Himangshu S. Bose. (2007). Cigarette smoke decreases mitochondrial porin expression and steroidogenesis. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 227(2). 284–290. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Yijie, Osmar R. Zaı̈ane, Randy Goebel, et al.. (2004). Developing a database for proteomic analysis of extracytosolic plant proteins. 366–370. 2 indexed citations

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Martin, Nathaniel I., Haijing Hu, Matthew M. Moake, et al.. (2003). Isolation, Structural Characterization, and Properties of Mattacin (Polymyxin M), a Cyclic Peptide Antibiotic Produced byPaenibacillus kobensis M. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(15). 13124–13132. 91 indexed citations

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Fernández-Patrón, Carlos, Christine Zouki, Randy M. Whittal, et al.. (2002). Methods for analysis of matrix metalloproteinase regulation of neutrophil-endothelial cell adhesion. Biological Procedures Online. 4(1). 38–48. 11 indexed citations

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Whittal, Randy M., Haydn L. Ball, Fred E. Cohen, et al.. (2000). Copper binding to octarepeat peptides of the prion protein monitored by mass spectrometry. Protein Science. 9(2). 332–343. 206 indexed citations

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Dai, Yuqin, Randy M. Whittal, Craig A. Bridges, et al.. (1997). Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry for the analysis of monosulfated oligosaccharides. Carbohydrate Research. 304(1). 1–9. 33 indexed citations

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Dai, Yuqin, Randy M. Whittal, Liang Li, & Scot R. Weinberger. (1996). Accurate Mass Measurement of Oligonucleotides Using a Time-lag Focusing Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 10(14). 1792–1796. 14 indexed citations

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Whittal, Randy M. & Li Liang. (1995). High-Resolution Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization in a Linear Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer. Analytical Chemistry. 67(13). 1950–1954. 129 indexed citations

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