Abraham Saifer

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Abraham Saifer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Abraham Saifer has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Physiology and 16 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Abraham Saifer's work include Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (21 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (15 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (10 papers). Abraham Saifer is often cited by papers focused on Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (21 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (15 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (10 papers). Abraham Saifer collaborates with scholars based in United States and Israel. Abraham Saifer's co-authors include Shirley Gerstenfeld, Bruno W. Volk, Larry Schneck, Irwin Oreskes, Balázs Volk, Jorma Palo, Stanley M Aronson, Volk Bw, Joan Friedland and H. Frankel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Abraham Saifer

97 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

The photometric microdetermination of blood glucose with ... 1958 2026 1980 2003 1958 100 200 300 400
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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. The photometric microdetermination of blood glucose with glucose oxidase.
    1958 470 citations Abraham Saifer, Shirley Gerstenfeld PubMed profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Abraham Saifer United States 19 751 453 187 185 157 101 1.8k
DeWitt Stetten United States 25 741 1.0× 363 0.8× 289 1.5× 209 1.1× 278 1.8× 81 1.9k
Henry I. Nakada United States 18 811 1.1× 236 0.5× 181 1.0× 142 0.8× 115 0.7× 35 1.5k
Nelson D. Goldberg United States 20 1.1k 1.5× 336 0.7× 97 0.5× 188 1.0× 134 0.9× 38 2.0k
Victor A. Najjar United States 26 1.0k 1.4× 267 0.6× 98 0.5× 135 0.7× 154 1.0× 69 2.3k
F.N. LeBaron United States 11 767 1.0× 253 0.6× 99 0.5× 126 0.7× 193 1.2× 18 1.6k
K. A. Munday United Kingdom 27 1.2k 1.5× 351 0.8× 232 1.2× 198 1.1× 71 0.5× 150 2.5k
W Tampion United Kingdom 10 1.4k 1.9× 449 1.0× 147 0.8× 191 1.0× 46 0.3× 15 2.2k
Joel G. Hardman United States 24 1.4k 1.9× 528 1.2× 269 1.4× 188 1.0× 77 0.5× 36 2.6k
R.W. Gracy United States 24 983 1.3× 582 1.3× 156 0.8× 261 1.4× 111 0.7× 61 1.8k
William N. Fishbein United States 28 1.2k 1.6× 362 0.8× 80 0.4× 362 2.0× 194 1.2× 75 2.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Saifer, Abraham, et al.. (1977). Hexosaminidase A analysis of various biological fluids by pH inactivation for the identification of Tay-Sachs disease genotypes.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 18. 227–38. 1 indexed citations
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Saifer, Abraham, et al.. (1976). P-Hydroxybenzoic acid hydrazide procedure for serum glucose adapted to the Technicon "SMA 12/60," and compared with other glucose methods.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 22(2). 263–6. 6 indexed citations
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Saifer, Abraham, et al.. (1976). Urinary hexosaminidase analysis for the identification of Tay-Sachs genotypes. Clinica Chimica Acta. 67(3). 315–319. 5 indexed citations
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Palo, Jorma & Abraham Saifer. (1970). The amino acid composition of gray matter ganglioside-peptides of normal human and tay-sachs brains. Clinica Chimica Acta. 27(3). 481–490. 1 indexed citations
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Saifer, Abraham, et al.. (1969). IMMUNOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF ISOLATED HUMAN BRAIN GANGLIOSIDE COMPONENTS1. Journal of Neurochemistry. 16(3). 301–307. 19 indexed citations
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Palo, Jorma & Abraham Saifer. (1968). Free amino acids in tay-sachs and normal human brain gray matter. Clinica Chimica Acta. 22(3). 327–334. 5 indexed citations
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Schneck, Larry, Barbara J. Wallace, Abraham Saifer, & Bruno W. Volk. (1965). A clinical, biochemical and electron microscopic study of late infantile amaurotic family idiocy. The American Journal of Medicine. 39(2). 285–295. 18 indexed citations
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Bw, Volk, et al.. (1964). LATE INFANTILE AMAUROTIC IDIOCY. ULTRAMICROSCOPIC AND HISTOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON A CASE.. PubMed. 78. 483–500. 13 indexed citations
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Saifer, Abraham, et al.. (1962). Biochemical Identification of the Carrier State in Tay-Sachs'Disease.. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 111(3). 664–667. 15 indexed citations
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Saifer, Abraham & Shirley Gerstenfeld. (1962). Photometric determination of sialic acids in serum and cerebrospinal fluid with the thiobarbituric acid method. Clinica Chimica Acta. 7(4). 467–475. 63 indexed citations
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Saifer, Abraham, et al.. (1961). Interaction of Compound 48/80 and Stilbamidine with Strandin.. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 107(1). 35–40. 1 indexed citations
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Saifer, Abraham, et al.. (1961). Photometric Microdetermination of Serum Lipase with a Phenyl Laurate Substrate. Clinical Chemistry. 7(2). 178–184. 4 indexed citations
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Saifer, Abraham, et al.. (1960). Specific Activities of Acid-soluble Nucleotides in Hind-Leg Muscles of Mice with Dystrophia Muscularis. Nature. 188(4747). 323–324. 3 indexed citations
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Saifer, Abraham, et al.. (1959). The photometric determination of the sialic (N-acetylneuraminic) acid distribution in cerebrospinal fluid.. PubMed. 53(3). 474–83. 10 indexed citations
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Saifer, Abraham. (1959). Neuraminic (Sialic) Acid Studies of Biological Fluids in Amaurotic Family Idiocy and Related Disorders. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 97(5_PART_II). 745–745. 4 indexed citations
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Saifer, Abraham, et al.. (1958). Cerebrospinal Fluid Enzymes in Central Nervous System Lipidoses (with particular reference to Amaurotic Family Idiocy). Experimental Biology and Medicine. 97(2). 331–334. 16 indexed citations
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Saifer, Abraham, et al.. (1956). Serial Biochemistry of Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid in Amaurotic Family Idiocy (Tay-Sachs Disease).. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 91(3). 394–398. 11 indexed citations
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Oreskes, Irwin & Abraham Saifer. (1955). Qualitative Determination of Amino Acids in Protein Hydrolyzates by Circular Paper Chromatography. Analytical Chemistry. 27(5). 854–856. 15 indexed citations
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Volk, Bruno W., et al.. (1954). PROTEIN FRACTIONS IN SERUM AND CEREBROSPINAL FLUID IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 58(5). 602–612. 14 indexed citations
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Saifer, Abraham, Irwin Oreskes, & Bruno W. Volk. (1954). The serogram in pulmonary tuberculosis; electrophoretic serum protein fraction changes during isoniazid therapy; a preliminary report.. PubMed. 70(2). 334–43. 1 indexed citations

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