C. H. Best

9.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

C. H. Best is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, C. H. Best has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 19 papers in Surgery and 16 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in C. H. Best's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (12 papers), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (10 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (10 papers). C. H. Best is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (12 papers), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (10 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (10 papers). C. H. Best collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Czechia. C. H. Best's co-authors include Fredrick Banting, A. A. Fletcher, Walter R. Campbell, J. B. Collip, James Salter, Jessie H. Ridout, Christophe Lucas, I. W. F. Davidson, W. Stanley Hartroft and Jean M. Patterson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

C. H. Best

75 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Pancreatic Extracts in The Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus

1956 249 citations Fredrick Banting, C. H. Best et al. Diabetes profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. H. Best Canada	22	584	504	387	354	240	80	1.8k
M. Hartog United Kingdom	27	1.1k 1.9×	458 0.9×	321 0.8×	599 1.7×	310 1.3×	114	2.6k
John N. Loeb United States	24	511 0.9×	267 0.5×	304 0.8×	825 2.3×	185 0.8×	42	2.0k
R. Richterich Switzerland	25	248 0.4×	230 0.5×	384 1.0×	877 2.5×	236 1.0×	144	2.4k
C. R. Morgan United States	17	1.3k 2.2×	1.0k 2.1×	782 2.0×	813 2.3×	476 2.0×	38	3.0k
Tomohiko Taminato Japan	25	641 1.1×	757 1.5×	376 1.0×	636 1.8×	196 0.8×	109	2.1k
P. G. Burhol Norway	25	447 0.8×	1.2k 2.5×	227 0.6×	366 1.0×	181 0.8×	157	2.3k
Sumer Pek United States	23	949 1.6×	886 1.8×	410 1.1×	496 1.4×	395 1.6×	60	1.9k
Samuel Cataland United States	24	1.1k 1.8×	724 1.4×	341 0.9×	377 1.1×	174 0.7×	67	2.0k
Eugene D. Jacobson United States	28	153 0.3×	1.2k 2.3×	499 1.3×	486 1.4×	156 0.7×	121	2.8k
Koichi Kawai Japan	25	1.0k 1.8×	669 1.3×	357 0.9×	720 2.0×	258 1.1×	113	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by C. H. Best

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. H. Best

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

All Works

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Banting, Fredrick & C. H. Best. (2009). The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine: Vol. VII St. Louis, February, 1922 No. 5. Nutrition Reviews. 45(4). 55–57. 6 indexed citations

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Best, C. H., Jessie H. Ridout, & Christophe Lucas. (1969). Alleviation of dietary cirrhosis with betaine and other lipotropic agents. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 47(1). 73–79. 10 indexed citations

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Best, C. H.. (1963). Selected Papers of Charles H. Best. University of Toronto Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Best, C. H.. (1962). Some thoughts on the etiology of human diabetes.. PubMed. 87. 731–4. 4 indexed citations

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Hetenyi, G, et al.. (1961). Rates of Production, Utilization, Accumulation and Apparent Distribution Space of Glucose: Effects of Insulin in Dogs Using a Validated Tracer Method. Diabetes. 10(4). 304–311. 25 indexed citations

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Logothetopoulos, John, et al.. (1960). Glucagon and Metaglucagon Diabetes in Rabbits. Diabetes. 9(4). 278–285. 7 indexed citations

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Best, C. H.. (1960). FORTY YEARS OF INTEREST IN INSULIN. British Medical Bulletin. 16(3). 179–182. 2 indexed citations

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Davidson, I. W. F., James Salter, & C. H. Best. (1960). The Effect of Glucagon on the Metabolic Rate of Rats. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 8(5). 540–546. 58 indexed citations

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Wilgram, George F., Colin C. Lucas, & C. H. Best. (1958). KWASHIORKOR TYPE OF FATTY LIVER IN PRIMATES. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 108(3). 361–370. 16 indexed citations

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Ezrin, C., James Salter, M. A. Ogryzlo, & C. H. Best. (1958). The clinical and metabolic effects of glucagon.. PubMed. 78(2). 96–8. 12 indexed citations

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Best, C. H., Christophe Lucas, Jean M. Patterson, & Jessie H. Ridout. (1958). EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT DIETARY FATS AND OF CHOLINE ON HEPATIC AND SERUM LIPIDS OF RATS. Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and Physiology. 36(1). 613–623. 8 indexed citations

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Salter, James, Roland Meyer, & C. H. Best. (1958). Effect of Insulin and Glucagon on Tumour Growth. BMJ. 2(5087). 5–7. 8 indexed citations

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Salter, James, I. W. F. Davidson, & C. H. Best. (1957). THE EFFECTS OF INSULIN AND SOMATOTROPHIN ON THE GROWTH OF HYPOPHYSECTOMIZED RATS. Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and Physiology. 35(1). 913–922. 3 indexed citations

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Best, C. H.. (1956). The Croonian Lecture The lipotropic agents in the protection of the liver, kidney, heart and other organs of experimental animals. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 145(919). 151–169. 15 indexed citations

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Best, C. H., Christophe Lucas, & Jessie H. Ridout. (1956). VITAMINS AND THE PROTECTION OF THE LIVER. British Medical Bulletin. 12(1). 9–13. 13 indexed citations

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Lawrence, Robert, James Salter, & C. H. Best. (1954). Effect of Insulin on Nitrogen Retention in the Hypophysectomized Rat. BMJ. 2(4885). 437–439. 24 indexed citations

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Wilgram, George F., W. Stanley Hartroft, & C. H. Best. (1954). Dietary Choline and the Maintenance of the Cardiovascular System in Rats. PubMed. 2(4878). 1–5. 43 indexed citations

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Wrenshall, Gerald A., W. Stanley Hartroft, & C. H. Best. (1954). Insulin Extractable from the Pancreas and Islet Cell Histology: Comparative Studies in Spontaneous Diabetes in Dogs and Human Subjects. Diabetes. 3(6). 444–452. 26 indexed citations

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Best, C. H., et al.. (1953). Insulin as a Growth Hormone. BMJ. 2(4832). 353–356. 102 indexed citations

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Best, C. H., Jessie H. Ridout, Jean M. Patterson, & Christophe Lucas. (1951). A statistical evaluation of the lipotropic action of inositol. Biochemical Journal. 48(4). 448–452. 17 indexed citations

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