Beth Friedman

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
7 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Beth Friedman is a scholar working on Developmental Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Beth Friedman has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Developmental Neuroscience, 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Beth Friedman's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (6 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (5 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (2 papers). Beth Friedman is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (6 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (5 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (2 papers). Beth Friedman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Japan. Beth Friedman's co-authors include Stanley J. Wiegand, George D. Yancopoulos, Leonardo Belluscio, Ralph Alderson, Peter C. Maisonpierre, Ronald M. Lindsay, Mark E. Furth, Peter S. DiStefano, Czeslaw Radziejewski and Patricia Boland and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Neuron and Neuroreport.

In The Last Decade

Beth Friedman

7 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

NT-3, BDNF, and NGF in the developing rat nervous system:... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 1992 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. NT-3, BDNF, and NGF in the developing rat nervous system: Parallel as well as reciprocal patterns of expression
    1990 1.1k citations Peter C. Maisonpierre, Leonardo Belluscio et al. Neuron profile →
  2. The neurotrophins BDNF, NT-3, and NGF display distinct patterns of retrograde axonal transport in peripheral and central neurons
    1992 627 citations Peter S. DiStefano, Beth Friedman et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Beth Friedman United States 7 1.8k 1.1k 792 196 150 7 2.4k
R. Vejsada Czechia 21 1.1k 0.6× 522 0.5× 671 0.8× 182 0.9× 201 1.3× 43 2.0k
S Varon United States 14 2.4k 1.3× 1.3k 1.1× 1.1k 1.4× 388 2.0× 171 1.1× 22 3.5k
Christine R. Matheson United States 13 1.8k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 684 0.9× 224 1.1× 194 1.3× 15 2.3k
Ralph Alderson United States 18 2.0k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 991 1.3× 202 1.0× 116 0.8× 35 3.0k
Peter S. DiStefano United States 9 1.7k 0.9× 805 0.7× 817 1.0× 304 1.6× 247 1.6× 9 2.3k
Karina F. Meiri United States 28 1.5k 0.8× 612 0.5× 1.3k 1.6× 254 1.3× 149 1.0× 52 2.6k
Stanley J. Wiegand United States 16 2.2k 1.2× 1.2k 1.1× 785 1.0× 349 1.8× 312 2.1× 18 2.8k
Patricia A. Lampe United States 14 1.5k 0.8× 764 0.7× 1.2k 1.5× 271 1.4× 209 1.4× 15 2.4k
Ronald M. Lindsay United States 12 1.7k 0.9× 854 0.8× 806 1.0× 335 1.7× 270 1.8× 13 2.3k
ME Schwab Switzerland 15 1.8k 1.0× 1.3k 1.1× 629 0.8× 104 0.5× 168 1.1× 19 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Beth Friedman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Beth Friedman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Beth Friedman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Beth Friedman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Beth Friedman 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 Beth Friedman. Beth Friedman is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

7 of 7 papers shown
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Plunkett, Robert J., Nancy Y. Ip, Hideo Asada, et al.. (1997). Trauma-induced striatal CNTF and BDNF mRNA in hemiparkinsonian rats. Neuroreport. 8(2). 507–511. 14 indexed citations
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DeChiara, Thomas M., R. Vejsada, William Poueymirou, et al.. (1995). Mice lacking the CNTF receptor, unlike mice lacking CNTF, exhibit profound motor neuron deficits at birth. Cell. 83(2). 313–322. 317 indexed citations
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Friedman, Beth, Steven S. Scherer, John S. Rudge, et al.. (1992). Regulation of ciliary neurotrophic factor expression in myelin-related Schwann cells in vivo. Neuron. 9(2). 295–305. 277 indexed citations
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Jhaveri, Sonal, Reha S. Erzurumlu, Beth Friedman, & Gerald E. Schneider. (1992). Oligodendrocytes and myelin formation along the optic tract of the developing hamster: An immunohistochemical study using the rip antibody. Glia. 6(2). 138–148. 47 indexed citations
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DiStefano, Peter S., Beth Friedman, Czeslaw Radziejewski, et al.. (1992). The neurotrophins BDNF, NT-3, and NGF display distinct patterns of retrograde axonal transport in peripheral and central neurons. Neuron. 8(5). 983–993. 627 indexed citations breakdown →
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Maisonpierre, Peter C., Leonardo Belluscio, Beth Friedman, et al.. (1990). NT-3, BDNF, and NGF in the developing rat nervous system: Parallel as well as reciprocal patterns of expression. Neuron. 5(4). 501–509. 1090 indexed citations breakdown →
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Friedman, Beth, et al.. (1955). The effect of arterenol and epinephrine on experimental arteriopathy.. PubMed. 102(1-2). 226–34. 20 indexed citations

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