Susan Whitney

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Susan Whitney is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan Whitney has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 3 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Susan Whitney's work include Trace Elements in Health (4 papers), RNA regulation and disease (3 papers) and Biotin and Related Studies (3 papers). Susan Whitney is often cited by papers focused on Trace Elements in Health (4 papers), RNA regulation and disease (3 papers) and Biotin and Related Studies (3 papers). Susan Whitney collaborates with scholars based in United States and Puerto Rico. Susan Whitney's co-authors include Seymour Packman, Chris D. Vulpe, Jane Gitschier, Barbara Levinson, Soma Das, Anna Michel, Ernest Urban, Mark Fitch, Jessica Taylor and Mary L. Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, Experimental Biology and Medicine and Pediatric Research.

In The Last Decade

Susan Whitney

10 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Isolation of a candidate gene for Menkes disease and evid... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 250 500 750 1000
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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. Isolation of a candidate gene for Menkes disease and evidence that it encodes a copper–transporting ATPase
    1993 1.1k citations Chris D. Vulpe, Barbara Levinson et al. Nature Genetics profile →

Peers

Susan Whitney
Michelle L. Turski United States
Arnab Gupta India
Yang V. Li United States
Natalie Barnes United States
Erik Madsen United States
Michael DiDonato United States
Suree Narindrasorasak Canada
Ashima Bhattacharjee India
Pauline Chabosseau United Kingdom
I. B. Mahadevan Australia
Michelle L. Turski United States
Susan Whitney
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Countries citing papers authored by Susan Whitney

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Fields of papers citing papers by Susan Whitney

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Susan Whitney

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Susan Whitney. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Susan Whitney based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Susan Whitney. Susan Whitney is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Whitney, Susan, et al.. (1998). Life after death? Ethical questions raised after a request for postmortem sperm retrieval in the emergency department. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 24(6). 492–494. 1 indexed citations
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Das, Soma, Susan Whitney, Jessica Taylor, et al.. (1995). Prenatal diagnosis of Menkes disease by mutation analysis. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 18(3). 364–365. 5 indexed citations
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Das, Soma, Barbara Levinson, Chris D. Vulpe, et al.. (1995). Similar splicing mutations of the Menkes/mottled copper-transporting ATPase gene in occipital horn syndrome and the blotchy mouse.. PubMed. 56(3). 570–6. 100 indexed citations
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Das, Soma, Barbara Levinson, Susan Whitney, et al.. (1994). Diverse mutations in patients with Menkes disease often lead to exon skipping.. PubMed. 55(5). 883–9. 99 indexed citations
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Vulpe, Chris D., Barbara Levinson, Susan Whitney, Seymour Packman, & Jane Gitschier. (1993). Isolation of a candidate gene for Menkes disease and evidence that it encodes a copper–transporting ATPase. Nature Genetics. 3(1). 7–13. 1118 indexed citations breakdown →
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Packman, Seymour & Susan Whitney. (1989). Fatty acid transport in multiple carboxylase deficiency fibroblasts. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 13(5). 716–720. 2 indexed citations
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Packman, Seymour, Susan Whitney, Mark Fitch, & Sharon E. Fleming. (1988). Abnormal fatty acid composition of biotin‐responsive multiple carboxylase deficiency fibroblasts. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 12(1). 47–57. 3 indexed citations
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Packman, Seymour, et al.. (1987). DEFECTIVE INTRACELLULAR COPPER TRANSLOCATION IN MENKES KINKY HAIR SYNDROME. Pediatric Research. 21(4). 293A–293A. 3 indexed citations
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Whitney, Susan, et al.. (1984). Lipid metabolism in biotin‐responsive multiple carboxylase deficiency. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 8(4). 184–186. 5 indexed citations
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Urban, Ernest, et al.. (1983). Permeability of Polyethylene Glycol in Remnant Small Bowel after Massive Intestinal Resection. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 172(2). 207–213. 7 indexed citations

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