2026 Malcolm Whitman: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	48	18203	16710	7438	6641	100	15364

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

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Biology and Biochemistry

18203

16710

7438

6641

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15364

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index

Citations

15364

World Ranking

18203

National Ranking

7438

Overview

Malcolm Whitman is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States, specializing in research at the intersection of medicine and biochemistry. Their work predominantly focuses on molecular biology, with additional involvement in hematology, immunology, genetics, and oncology.

Their research investigates several main topics including:

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Platelet disorders and treatments
Blood properties and coagulation
Interferon and immune responses
Immune cell function and interaction
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment

Among the recent publications authored or co-authored by Whitman, notable papers include:

"Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase inhibition activates a pathway that branches from the canonical amino acid response in mammalian cells," published in 2020 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Elucidating the path to Plasmodium prolyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitors that overcome halofuginone resistance," published in 2022 in Nature Communications
"The secreted tyrosine kinase VLK is essential for normal platelet activation and thrombus formation," published in 2021 in Blood
"Loss of Vlk in Prx1+ Cells Delays the Initial Steps of Endochondral Bone Formation and Fracture Repair in the Limb," published in 2020 in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
"GCN1 couples GCN2 to ribosomal state to initiate amino acid response pathway signaling," published in 2025 in Science

Whitman frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

Leila Revollo
Andreia Ionescu
Tracy Keller
Glenn Merrill-Skoloff
Karen De Ceunynck

Their research is published in various scientific venues, with repeated contributions to:

Blood
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Nature Communications
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
Science

Best Publications

Type I phosphatidylinositol kinase makes a novel inositol phospholipid, phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate.

M Whitman;C P Downes;M Keeler;T Keller

1339
Citations
Association of phosphatidylinositol kinase activity with polyoma middle-T competent for transformation.

Malcolm Whitman;David R. Kaplan;Brian Schaffhausen;Lewis Cantley

969
Citations
A transcriptional partner for MAD proteins in TGF-beta signalling.

Xin Chen;Melissa J. Rubock;Malcolm Whitman

916
Citations
Common elements in growth factor stimulation and oncogenic transformation: 85 kd phosphoprotein and phosphatidylinositol kinase activity

David R. Kaplan;Malcolm Whitman;Brian Schaffhausen;David C. Pallas

783
Citations
Smad4 and FAST-1 in the assembly of activin-responsive factor.

Xin Chen;Ellen Weisberg;Valerie Fridmacher;Minoru Watanabe

742
Citations
Activins are expressed early in Xenopus embryogenesis and can induce axial mesoderm and anterior structures.

G. Thomsen;T. Woolf;M. Whitman;S. Sokol

697
Citations
Smads and early developmental signaling by the TGFbeta superfamily.

Malcolm Whitman

689
Citations
Evidence that the Rous sarcoma virus transforming gene product phosphorylates phosphatidylinositol and diacylglycerol

Yoshikazu Sugimoto;Malcolm Whitman;Lewis C. Cantley;R. L. Erikson

629
Citations
Halofuginone Inhibits TH17 Cell Differentiation by Activating the Amino Acid Starvation Response

Mark S. Sundrud;Sergei B. Koralov;Markus Feuerer;Dinis Pedro Calado

481
Citations
Nodal Signals to Smads through Cripto-Dependent and Cripto-Independent Mechanisms

Chang Yeol Yeo;Malcolm Whitman

462
Citations
Halofuginone and other febrifugine derivatives inhibit prolyl-tRNA synthetase

Tracy L. Keller;Davide Zocco;Mark S. Sundrud;Margaret Hendrick

401
Citations
Evidence for two distinct phosphatidylinositol kinases in fibroblasts. Implications for cellular regulation.

M Whitman;D Kaplan;T Roberts;L Cantley

359
Citations
Mesoderm induction by activin requires FGF-mediated intracellular signals

C. Labonne;M. Whitman

338
Citations
Activin type IIA and IIB receptors mediate Gdf11 signaling in axial vertebral patterning

S. Paul Oh;Chang Yeol Yeo;Youngjae Lee;Heindrich Schrewe

307
Citations
Endogenous patterns of TGFbeta superfamily signaling during early Xenopus development.

S. Faure;M.A. Lee;T. Keller;P. ten Dijke

306
Citations
Nodal Signaling in Early Vertebrate Embryos: Themes and Variations

Malcolm Whitman

306
Citations
Left–Right Asymmetric Expression of lefty2 and nodal Is Induced by a Signaling Pathway that Includes the Transcription Factor FAST2

Yukio Saijoh;Hitoshi Adachi;Rui Sakuma;Chang Yeol Yeo

283
Citations
Phosphatidylinositol metabolism and polyoma-mediated transformation.

David R. Kaplan;Malcolm Whitman;Brian Schaffhausen;Leda Raptis

275
Citations
Two-step regulation of left-right asymmetric expression of Pitx2: initiation by nodal signaling and maintenance by Nkx2.

Hidetaka Shiratori;Rui Sakuma;Minoru Watanabe;Hiromi Hashiguchi

272
Citations
Involvement of p21ras in Xenopus mesoderm induction.

Malcolm Whitman;D. A. Melton

253
Citations