Standout Papers

Lipid composition of the normal human brain: gray matter, white matter, and myelin 1965 2026 1985 2005 607
  1. Lipid composition of the normal human brain: gray matter, white matter, and myelin (1965)
    John S. O’Brien, Elizabeth L Sampson Journal of Lipid Research
  2. Tay-Sachs Disease: Generalized Absence of a Beta-D- N -Acetylhexosaminidase Component (1969)
    Shintaro Okada, John S. O’Brien Science
  3. Fatty acid and fatty aldehyde composition of the major brain lipids in normal human gray matter, white matter, and myelin (1965)
    John S. O’Brien, Elizabeth L Sampson Journal of Lipid Research

Immediate Impact

16 by Nobel laureates 26 from Science/Nature 58 standout
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Works of John S. O’Brien being referenced

Lysosomal Proteolysis of Prosaposin, the Precursor of Saposins (Sphingolipid Activator Proteins): Its Mechanism and Inhibition by Ganglioside
1997
Quantification and fatty acid and fatty aldehyde composition of ethanolamine, choline, and serine glycerophosphatides in human cerebral grey and white matter
1964

Author Peers

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
John S. O’Brien 5410 4429 1640 163 9.6k
Elizabeth F. Neufeld 5716 6777 3183 161 12.4k
Glyn Dawson 5337 2430 1134 249 8.1k
Wilhelm Stoffel 5750 1845 1485 184 8.9k
Yoshio Hirabayashi 6875 1870 1669 424 11.0k
Koji Takio 13302 4070 3087 195 20.5k
Brian M. Martin 5543 1949 1694 204 9.7k
Roscoe O. Brady 8444 5513 2670 257 16.8k
Robert W. Ledeen 6881 1967 1803 167 9.0k
Edmond H. Fischer 11644 1214 3505 193 16.7k
Roscoe O. Brady 6144 10859 4109 245 16.2k

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