B N Ames

13.0k total citations · 8 hit papers
37 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

B N Ames is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Molecular Biology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, B N Ames has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Cancer Research, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in B N Ames's work include Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (14 papers), Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects (5 papers) and Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (4 papers). B N Ames is often cited by papers focused on Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (14 papers), Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects (5 papers) and Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (4 papers). B N Ames collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Canada. B N Ames's co-authors include Joyce McCann, Edna N. Yamasaki, Mark K. Shigenaga, E Choi, Tory M. Hagen, L S Gold, Qian Chen, Balz Frei, J. Kobori and Neil E. Spingarn and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Environmental Health Perspectives.

In The Last Decade

B N Ames

35 papers receiving 9.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Detection of carcinogens as mutagens in the Salmonella/microsome test: assay of 300 chemicals.

1975 2.7k citations Joyce McCann, B N Ames et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Oxidative damage and mitochondrial decay in aging.

1994 1.7k citations Mark K. Shigenaga, B N Ames et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Detection of carcinogens as mutagens: bacterial tester strains with R factor plasmids.

1975 851 citations Joyce McCann, B N Ames et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Detection of carcinogens as mutagens in the Salmonella/microsome test: assay of 300 chemicals: discussion.

1976 655 citations Joyce McCann, B N Ames Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Urinary 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine as a biological marker of in vivo oxidative DNA damage.

1989 631 citations Mark K. Shigenaga, Carlos J. Gimeno et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Senescence-like growth arrest induced by hydrogen peroxide in human diploid fibroblast F65 cells.

1994 530 citations B N Ames et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Ubiquinol-10 is an effective lipid-soluble antioxidant at physiological concentrations.

1990 507 citations Balz Frei, B N Ames et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Concentration of mutagens from urine by absorption with the nonpolar resin XAD-2: cigarette smokers have mutagenic urine.

1977 389 citations B N Ames et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
B N Ames United States	23	4.9k	4.1k	1.7k	1.4k	1.1k	37	10.5k
Gary M. Williams United States	55	4.0k 0.8×	4.8k 1.2×	2.2k 1.2×	1.9k 1.3×	450 0.4×	287	10.8k
Tsutomu Shimada Japan	75	6.7k 1.4×	3.6k 0.9×	2.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	317	20.2k
Thomas J. Slaga United States	61	6.8k 1.4×	3.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	909 0.6×	560 0.5×	514	13.8k
James E. Klaunig United States	52	4.9k 1.0×	2.3k 0.6×	2.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	692 0.6×	252	13.1k
Hiroshi Kasai Japan	68	11.6k 2.4×	5.5k 1.3×	1.9k 1.1×	973 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	310	18.7k
Keiji Wakabayashi Japan	58	4.6k 0.9×	4.5k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	1.0k 0.7×	444 0.4×	363	11.9k
Minako Nagao Japan	63	7.4k 1.5×	6.2k 1.5×	2.0k 1.1×	1.8k 1.3×	429 0.4×	359	14.4k
Shoji Fukushima Japan	53	5.0k 1.0×	3.3k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	313 0.3×	499	12.5k
Hansruedi Glatt Germany	60	4.7k 1.0×	3.4k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	262 0.2×	315	10.8k
Fred F. Kadlubar United States	74	9.1k 1.8×	6.8k 1.7×	2.2k 1.3×	861 0.6×	643 0.6×	292	17.4k

Countries citing papers authored by B N Ames

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of B N Ames's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by B N Ames with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites B N Ames more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by B N Ames

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by B N Ames. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by B N Ames. The network helps show where B N Ames may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of B N Ames

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of B N Ames. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of B N Ames based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with B N Ames. B N Ames is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Lal, Ashutosh & B N Ames. (2010). Association of chromosome damage detected as micronuclei with hematological diseases and micronutrient status. Mutagenesis. 26(1). 57–62. 21 indexed citations

Ames, B N & L S Gold. (1997). The causes and prevention of cancer: gaining perspective.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 105(suppl 4). 865–873. 58 indexed citations

Motchnik, Paul A., Balz Frei, & B N Ames. (1994). [23] Measurement of antioxidants in human blood plasma. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 234. 269–279. 202 indexed citations

Olin, K. L., Mark K. Shigenaga, B N Ames, et al.. (1993). Maternal Dietary Zinc Influences DNA Strand Break and 8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine Levels in Infant Rhesus Monkey Liver. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 203(4). 461–466. 46 indexed citations

Me, Swendseid, et al.. (1991). Immunocompetence and oxidant defense during ascorbate depletion of healthy men. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 54(6). 1302S–1309S. 97 indexed citations

Ames, B N & L S Gold. (1991). Cancer prevention strategies greatly exaggerate risks. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 12(12). e0189383–e0189383. 6 indexed citations

Cross, C E, Paul A. Motchnik, Harparkash Kaur, Barry Halliwell, & B N Ames. (1991). Effects of ozone on human blood plasma. 13(1). 55–68. 1 indexed citations

Ames, B N & L S Gold. (1991). Mitogenesis, mutagenesis, and animal cancer tests.. PubMed. 369. 1–20. 15 indexed citations

Ames, B N. (1990). ChemInform Abstract: Chemicals, Cancers, Causalities, and Cautions. ChemInform. 21(9). 4 indexed citations

10.

Ames, B N, Margie Profet, & L S Gold. (1990). Dietary pesticides (99.99% all natural).. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 87(19). 7777–7781. 259 indexed citations

11.

Frei, Balz, et al.. (1990). Ubiquinol-10 is an effective lipid-soluble antioxidant at physiological concentrations.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 87(12). 4879–4883. 507 indexed citations breakdown →

12.

MacGregor, James T., Robert Schlegel, Carol M. Wehr, Peter Alperin, & B N Ames. (1990). Cytogenetic damage induced by folate deficiency in mice is enhanced by caffeine.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 87(24). 9962–9965. 69 indexed citations

13.

Park, Jung‐Won, K C Cundy, & B N Ames. (1989). Detection of DNA adducts by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. Carcinogenesis. 10(5). 827–832. 95 indexed citations

14.

Shigenaga, Mark K., Carlos J. Gimeno, & B N Ames. (1989). Urinary 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine as a biological marker of in vivo oxidative DNA damage.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 86(24). 9697–9701. 631 indexed citations breakdown →

15.

Ames, B N, et al.. (1983). The leader mRNA of the histidine attenuator region resembles tRNAHis: possible general regulatory implications.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 80(17). 5240–5242. 54 indexed citations

16.

Ames, B N, Joyce McCann, & C. H. Sawyer. (1978). The predictive value for animal carcinogenicity of mutagenicity in the Salmonella/microsome test. Mutation Research/Environmental Mutagenesis and Related Subjects. 53(2). 145–146.

17.

Löfroth, Göran & B N Ames. (1978). Mutagenicity of inorganic compounds in Salmonella typhimurium: arsenic, chromium and selenium. Mutation Research/Environmental Mutagenesis and Related Subjects. 53(1). 59–65. 84 indexed citations

18.

Blum, Arlene & B N Ames. (1977). Flame-retardant additives as possible cancer hazards. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 60(3). 492–492. 3 indexed citations

19.

Ames, B N & Joyce McCann. (1975). Carcinogens are mutagens: a simple test system. [Ames test]. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 62 Suppl. 184–8. 1 indexed citations

20.

McCann, Joyce, Vincent F. Simmon, Daniela Almeida Streitwieser, & B N Ames. (1975). Mutagenicity of chloroacetaldehyde, a possible metabolic product of 1,2-dichloroethane (ethylene dichloride), chloroethanol (ethylene chlorohydrin), vinyl chloride, and cyclophosphamide.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 72(8). 3190–3193. 147 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact