Thomas A. Kirkland

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Thomas A. Kirkland is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas A. Kirkland has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Organic Chemistry and 11 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas A. Kirkland's work include bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research (19 papers), Biosensors and Analytical Detection (7 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (6 papers). Thomas A. Kirkland is often cited by papers focused on bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research (19 papers), Biosensors and Analytical Detection (7 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (6 papers). Thomas A. Kirkland collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Switzerland. Thomas A. Kirkland's co-authors include Robert H. Grubbs, Keith V. Wood, Thomas Machleidt, Kris Zimmerman, Marie K. Schwinn, Mary P. Hall, Paul Otto, Lance P. Encell, Monika G. Wood and Braeden L. Butler and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Thomas A. Kirkland

43 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

NanoLuc Complementation Reporter Optimized for Accurate Measurement of Protein Interactions in Cells

2015 904 citations Andrew S. Dixon, Marie K. Schwinn et al. ACS Chemical Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas A. Kirkland United States	22	2.0k	637	410	371	239	43	2.7k
Matthew B. Robers United States	25	2.6k 1.3×	307 0.5×	357 0.9×	364 1.0×	599 2.5×	57	3.2k
Kris Zimmerman United States	12	2.7k 1.4×	564 0.9×	314 0.8×	384 1.0×	327 1.4×	15	3.6k
Chad Zimprich United States	15	1.9k 1.0×	547 0.9×	209 0.5×	209 0.6×	329 1.4×	22	2.6k
Jacqui Méndez United States	10	2.4k 1.2×	584 0.9×	200 0.5×	181 0.5×	254 1.1×	14	3.0k
Rachel Friedman Ohana United States	10	1.8k 0.9×	551 0.9×	198 0.5×	172 0.5×	210 0.9×	21	2.4k
Poncho Meisenheimer United States	16	1.4k 0.7×	167 0.3×	391 1.0×	306 0.8×	133 0.6×	25	1.8k
Yao‐Wen Wu Germany	32	1.8k 0.9×	633 1.0×	115 0.3×	241 0.6×	209 0.9×	98	2.7k
Mark G. McDougall United States	13	1.9k 0.9×	538 0.8×	214 0.5×	158 0.4×	277 1.2×	22	2.4k
Nils Johnsson Germany	30	3.2k 1.6×	364 0.6×	183 0.4×	176 0.5×	231 1.0×	68	3.8k
Timothy H. Tran United States	18	2.2k 1.1×	145 0.2×	157 0.4×	208 0.6×	259 1.1×	34	3.0k

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Hao, Chenzhou, Chao Gao, Michiel Hageman, et al.. (2025). Pharmacodynamics of Akt drugs revealed by a kinase-modulated bioluminescent indicator. Nature Chemical Biology. 21(8). 1194–1204. 1 indexed citations

Su, Yichi, Joel R. Walker, Mary P. Hall, et al.. (2023). An optimized bioluminescent substrate for non-invasive imaging in the brain. Nature Chemical Biology. 19(6). 731–739. 38 indexed citations

Wu, Yan, Joel R. Walker, Michael Westberg, et al.. (2023). Kinase-Modulated Bioluminescent Indicators Enable Noninvasive Imaging of Drug Activity in the Brain. ACS Central Science. 9(4). 719–732. 17 indexed citations

Wang, Hui, Mary P. Hall, Robin Hurst, et al.. (2022). Simple, Rapid Chemical Labeling and Screening of Antibodies with Luminescent Peptides. ACS Chemical Biology. 17(8). 2179–2187. 3 indexed citations

Levin, Sergiy, Robin Hurst, Mary P. Hall, et al.. (2021). An Integrated Approach toward NanoBRET Tracers for Analysis of GPCR Ligand Engagement. Molecules. 26(10). 2857–2857. 6 indexed citations

Ohana, Rachel Friedman, Sergiy Levin, Robin Hurst, et al.. (2021). Streamlined Target Deconvolution Approach Utilizing a Single Photoreactive Chloroalkane Capture Tag. ACS Chemical Biology. 16(2). 404–413. 3 indexed citations

Su, Yichi, Joel R. Walker, Yun‐Hee Park, et al.. (2020). Novel NanoLuc substrates enable bright two-population bioluminescence imaging in animals. Nature Methods. 17(8). 852–860. 128 indexed citations

Zambito, Giorgia, Steve J. Cramer, Rob C. Hoeben, et al.. (2020). NanoBiT System and Hydrofurimazine for Optimized Detection of Viral Infection in Mice—A Novel in Vivo Imaging Platform. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(16). 5863–5863. 38 indexed citations

Levin, Sergiy, Kris Zimmerman, Thomas Machleidt, et al.. (2020). The luminescent HiBiT peptide enables selective quantitation of G protein–coupled receptor ligand engagement and internalization in living cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(15). 5124–5135. 41 indexed citations

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Shi, Ce, Mary P. Hall, Paul Otto, et al.. (2020). 5,5-Dialkylluciferins are thermal stable substrates for bioluminescence-based detection systems. PLoS ONE. 15(12). e0243747–e0243747. 1 indexed citations

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Zambito, Giorgia, Yanto Ridwan, Mary P. Hall, et al.. (2020). Evaluating Brightness and Spectral Properties of Click Beetle and Firefly Luciferases Using Luciferin Analogues: Identification of Preferred Pairings of Luciferase and Substrate for In Vivo Bioluminescence Imaging. Molecular Imaging and Biology. 22(6). 1523–1531. 21 indexed citations

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Ohana, Rachel Friedman, Robin Hurst, Sergiy Levin, et al.. (2019). Utilizing a Simple Method for Stoichiometric Protein Labeling to Quantify Antibody Blockade. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 7046–7046. 9 indexed citations

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Robers, Matthew B., Melanie L. Dart, Carolyn C. Woodroofe, et al.. (2015). Target engagement and drug residence time can be observed in living cells with BRET. Nature Communications. 6(1). 10091–10091. 196 indexed citations

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Dixon, Andrew S., Marie K. Schwinn, Mary P. Hall, et al.. (2015). NanoLuc Complementation Reporter Optimized for Accurate Measurement of Protein Interactions in Cells. ACS Chemical Biology. 11(2). 400–408. 904 indexed citations breakdown →

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Machleidt, Thomas, Carolyn C. Woodroofe, Marie K. Schwinn, et al.. (2015). NanoBRET—A Novel BRET Platform for the Analysis of Protein–Protein Interactions. ACS Chemical Biology. 10(8). 1797–1804. 321 indexed citations

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Ohana, Rachel Friedman, Thomas A. Kirkland, Carolyn C. Woodroofe, et al.. (2015). Deciphering the Cellular Targets of Bioactive Compounds Using a Chloroalkane Capture Tag. ACS Chemical Biology. 10(10). 2316–2324. 33 indexed citations

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Leippe, Donna, Duy Nguyen, Min Zhou, et al.. (2011). A Bioluminescent Assay for the Sensitive Detection of Proteases. BioTechniques. 51(2). 105–110. 15 indexed citations

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Bauman, John G., Thomas A. Kirkland, Monica J. Kochanny, et al.. (2008). Discovery of novel and potent aryl diamines as leukotriene A4 hydrolase inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 18(14). 3895–3898. 11 indexed citations

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Connell, Brian T., Thomas A. Kirkland, & Robert H. Grubbs. (2005). Conversion of Acid Chlorides to Substituted Acetylenes with Tungsten Alkylidynes. Organometallics. 24(19). 4684–4686. 9 indexed citations

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Zajchowski, Deborah A., Sandra L. Biroc, Jens Hoffmann, et al.. (2005). Anti‐tumor efficacy of the nucleoside analog 1‐(2‐deoxy‐2‐fluoro‐4‐thio‐β‐D‐arabinofuranosyl) cytosine (4′‐thio‐FAC) in human pancreatic and ovarian tumor xenograft models. International Journal of Cancer. 114(6). 1002–1009. 7 indexed citations

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