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Thomas A. White

Thomas A. White

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
21182
World Ranking
7674
National Ranking
3498

Thomas A. White publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas A. White sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 210 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Thomas A. White D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas A. White sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Thomas A. White is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States. Their scientific work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a combined total of 70 publications. Within these broad categories, Thomas A. White has specialized in subfields such as Physiology, Molecular Biology, Aging, Immunology, and Rheumatology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to health and disease research.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence; Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms; Nutrition and Health in Aging; Adipose Tissue and Metabolism; Muscle Physiology and Disorders; Immune cells in cancer; and GDF15 and Related Biomarkers. These topics indicate a focus on the biological mechanisms of aging and related physiological changes.

Thomas A. White has contributed to multiple scientific publications. Some of the recent papers include:

  • "The senescence-associated secretome as an indicator of age and medical risk," 2020, JCI Insight
  • "Characterization of cellular senescence in aging skeletal muscle," 2022, Nature Aging
  • "Exercise reduces circulating biomarkers of cellular senescence in humans," 2021, Aging Cell
  • "Rejuvenation of the aged brain immune cell landscape in mice through p16-positive senescent cell clearance," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "p21 induces a senescence program and skeletal muscle dysfunction," 2022, Molecular Metabolism

Their work has been published frequently in several scientific venues, with a focus on journals related to aging and cellular biology. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Aging Cell
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • JCI Insight
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaboration has played a significant role in Thomas A. White's research output. Frequent co-authors with multiple joint publications include Nathan K. LeBrasseur, Elizabeth J. Atkinson, Xu Zhang, Zaira Aversa, and Amanda A. Heeren. These collaborations suggest interdisciplinary work involving various experts in related fields.

Best Publications

  • Femtosecond X-ray protein nanocrystallography

    Henry N. Chapman;Petra Fromme;Anton Barty;Thomas A White

  • Cellular senescence mediates fibrotic pulmonary disease

    Marissa J. Schafer;Thomas A. White;Koji Iijima;Andrew J. Haak

  • JAK inhibition alleviates the cellular senescence-associated secretory phenotype and frailty in old age

    Ming Xu;Tamara Tchkonia;Husheng Ding;Mikolaj Ogrodnik;Mikolaj Ogrodnik

  • Lipidic cubic phase injector facilitates membrane protein serial femtosecond crystallography

    Uwe Weierstall;Daniel James;Chong Wang;Thomas A. White

  • Targeting senescent cells alleviates obesity‐induced metabolic dysfunction

    Allyson K. Palmer;Ming Xu;Ming Xu;Yi Zhu;Tamar Pirtskhalava

  • Serial femtosecond crystallography of G protein-coupled receptors.

    Wei Liu;Daniel Wacker;Cornelius Gati;Gye Won Han

  • Targeting senescent cells enhances adipogenesis and metabolic function in old age

    Ming Xu;Allyson K Palmer;Husheng Ding;Megan M Weivoda

  • Identification of Phosphorylation Codes for Arrestin Recruitment by G Protein-Coupled Receptors

    X. Edward Zhou;X. Edward Zhou;Yuanzheng He;Parker W. de Waal;Xiang Gao

  • Structure of the Angiotensin Receptor Revealed by Serial Femtosecond Crystallography

    Haitao Zhang;Hamiyet Unal;Cornelius Gati;Gye Won Han

  • Regulation of intracellular levels of NAD: a novel role for CD38.

    Pinar Aksoy;Thomas A. White;Michael Thompson;Eduardo N. Chini

  • Increased anterior cingulate and caudate activity in bipolar mania.

    Hilary P Blumberg;Emily Stern;Diana Martinez;Sally Ricketts

  • Rostral and orbital prefrontal cortex dysfunction in the manic state of bipolar disorder.

    Hilary P. Blumberg;Emily Stern;Sally Ricketts;Diana Martinez

  • X-ray screening identifies active site and allosteric inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease.

    Sebastian Günther;Patrick Y. A. Reinke;Yaiza Fernández-García;Julia Lieske

  • Flavonoid Apigenin Is an Inhibitor of the NAD+ase CD38: Implications for Cellular NAD+ Metabolism, Protein Acetylation, and Treatment of Metabolic Syndrome

    Carlos Escande;Veronica Nin;Nathan L. Price;Verena Capellini

  • Recent developments in CrystFEL.

    Thomas A. White;Valerio Mariani;Wolfgang Brehm;Oleksandr Yefanov

  • SPECT [I-123]iomazenil measurement of the benzodiazepine receptor in panic disorder.

    J.Douglas Bremner;Robert B Innis;Thomas White;Masahiro Fujita

  • The senescence-associated secretome as an indicator of age and medical risk.

    Marissa J. Schafer;Xu Zhang;Amanika Kumar;Elizabeth J. Atkinson

  • Lipidic cubic phase serial millisecond crystallography using synchrotron radiation.

    Przemyslaw Nogly;Daniel James;Dingjie Wang;Thomas A White

  • Exercise prevents diet-induced cellular senescence in adipose tissue

    Marissa J. Schafer;Thomas A. White;Glenda Evans;Jason M. Tonne

  • Retinal isomerization in bacteriorhodopsin captured by a femtosecond X-ray laser

    P. Nogly;T. Weinert;D. James;S. Carbajo

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry N. Chapman
Henry N. Chapman Universität Hamburg
Christian Betzel
Christian Betzel Universität Hamburg
Dušan Turk
Dušan Turk Jožef Stefan Institute
Rolf Hilgenfeld
Rolf Hilgenfeld University of Lübeck
Matthias Rarey
Matthias Rarey Universität Hamburg
Anton Barty
Anton Barty Universität Hamburg
Petra Fromme
Petra Fromme Arizona State University
Marc Messerschmidt
Marc Messerschmidt SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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