D. W. Woolley

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

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D. W. Woolley is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, D. W. Woolley has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Organic Chemistry and 10 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in D. W. Woolley's work include Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (6 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (6 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (6 papers). D. W. Woolley is often cited by papers focused on Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (6 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (6 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (6 papers). D. W. Woolley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Malaysia and Spain. D. W. Woolley's co-authors include E Shaw, R. B. Merrifield, Elliott Shaw, B. W. Gommi, John Morrow Stewart, Armin Braun, G. Schaffner, Spyridon G.A. Alivisatos, Ross B. Pringle and George L. Tritsch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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D. W. Woolley

104 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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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.

A BIOCHEMICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SUGGESTION ABOUT CERTAIN MENTAL DISORDERS

1954 426 citations D. W. Woolley, E Shaw Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. W. Woolley United States	27	1.0k	584	507	250	189	105	2.6k
N. Narasimhachari United States	24	504 0.5×	440 0.8×	207 0.4×	257 1.0×	181 1.0×	136	1.9k
Carl C. Pfeiffer United States	23	503 0.5×	498 0.9×	128 0.3×	125 0.5×	164 0.9×	85	1.8k
Bryan B. Molloy United States	26	921 0.9×	1.2k 2.0×	394 0.8×	129 0.5×	276 1.5×	62	2.3k
A. Horita United States	32	739 0.7×	1.3k 2.2×	242 0.5×	225 0.9×	475 2.5×	119	2.6k
Creed W. Abell United States	24	919 0.9×	722 1.2×	236 0.5×	61 0.2×	160 0.8×	79	2.2k
Peter G. Waser Switzerland	27	880 0.9×	1.0k 1.8×	261 0.5×	66 0.3×	281 1.5×	168	2.6k
Francis P. Miller United States	16	568 0.6×	932 1.6×	373 0.7×	89 0.4×	188 1.0×	23	1.9k
Merton Sandler United Kingdom	28	752 0.7×	580 1.0×	149 0.3×	159 0.6×	313 1.7×	57	2.4k
Louis Shuster United States	37	1.3k 1.3×	1.4k 2.4×	125 0.2×	285 1.1×	576 3.0×	95	3.9k
J. M. van Rossum Netherlands	20	986 1.0×	625 1.1×	148 0.3×	63 0.3×	504 2.7×	46	2.2k

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Woolley, D. W. & Tom Clements. (1997). Family medicine residentsʼ and community physiciansʼ concerns about patient truthfulness. Academic Medicine. 72(2). 155–7. 3 indexed citations

Stewart, John Morrow & D. W. Woolley. (1964). Antimetabolites of Mevalonic Acid. II. Inhibition of Ergosterol Synthesis in Yeast^*. Biochemistry. 3(12). 1998–2004. 3 indexed citations

Woolley, D. W., et al.. (1963). Alteration in Learning Ability Caused by Changes in Cerebral Serotonin and Catechol Amines. Science. 139(3555). 610–611. 47 indexed citations

Jones, Kenneth M. & D. W. Woolley. (1962). PEPTIDES REQUIRED FOR THE GROWTH OF LACTOBACILLUS BULGARICUS. Journal of Bacteriology. 83(4). 797–801. 7 indexed citations

Tritsch, George L. & D. W. Woolley. (1960). The Synthesis of L-Leucyl-L-valyl-L-cysteinylglycyl- L-glutamyl-L-arginine, an Insulin Fragment with Strepogenin Activity¹. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 82(11). 2787–2793. 18 indexed citations

Woolley, D. W.. (1959). Highly potent antimetabolites of serotonin with little serotonin-like action. Biochemical Pharmacology. 3(1). 51–59. 7 indexed citations

Tritsch, George L. & D. W. Woolley. (1958). The Isolation and Determination of Structure of Peptides with Strepogenin Activity. II. The Disulfide of Leucylvalylcysteinylglycylglutamylarginine from Insulin¹. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 80(6). 1490–1493. 9 indexed citations

Shaw, E & D. W. Woolley. (1957). Indole Carboxamidines and Aminomethylindoles as Antimetabolites of Serotonin. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 79(13). 3561–3564. 6 indexed citations

Woolley, D. W.. (1956). Arzneimittel und Antimetaboliten. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 228(1-2). 68–81. 2 indexed citations

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Woolley, D. W., et al.. (1956). METHYLSEROTONINS AS POTENT ANTIMETABOLITES OF SEROTONIN ACTIVE BOTH IN VITRO AND IN VIVO. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 116(2). 164–176. 24 indexed citations

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Merrifield, R. B. & D. W. Woolley. (1955). Isolation and determination of structure of a peptide with strepogenin activity. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 56(1). 265–266. 3 indexed citations

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Woolley, D. W.. (1955). PRODUCTION OF ABNORMAL (PSYCHOTIC?) BEHAVIOR IN MICE WITH LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE, AND ITS PARTIAL PREVENTION WITH CHOLINERGIC DRUGS AND SEROTONIN. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 41(6). 338–344. 39 indexed citations

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Woolley, D. W. & E Shaw. (1954). Some Neurophysiological Aspects of Serotonin. BMJ. 2(4880). 122–126. 135 indexed citations

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Shaw, E & D. W. Woolley. (1954). PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF SOME ANTIMETABOLITES OF SEROTONIN HAVING UNUSUALLY HIGH ACTIVITY ON ISOLATED TISSUES. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 111(1). 43–53. 23 indexed citations

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Woolley, D. W. & E Shaw. (1952). SOME ANTIMETABOLITES OF SEROTONIN AND THEIR POSSIBLE APPLICATION TO THE TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 74(11). 2948–2949. 19 indexed citations

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Woolley, D. W., Ross B. Pringle, & Armin Braun. (1952). ISOLATION OF THE PHYTOPATHOGENIC TOXIN OF PSEUDOMONAS TABACI, AN ANTAGONIST OF METHIONINE. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 197(1). 409–417. 64 indexed citations

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Woolley, D. W., et al.. (1952). RELATIONSHIP OF CHEMICAL STRUCTURE TO ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY AMONG ANALOGUES OF DIMETHYLDIAMINOBENZENE. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 194(2). 729–746. 15 indexed citations

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Shaw, Elliott & D. W. Woolley. (1952). IMIDAZO-1,2,3-TRIAZINES AS SUBSTRATES AND INHIBITORS FOR XANTHINE OXIDASE. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 194(2). 641–654. 38 indexed citations

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Woolley, D. W., et al.. (1951). SELECTIVE TOXICITY OF 1,2-DICHLORO-4,5-DIAMINOBENZENE: ITS RELATION TO REQUIREMENTS FOR RIBOFLAVIN AND VITAMIN B12. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 93(1). 13–24. 30 indexed citations

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Woolley, D. W.. (1951). AN ENZYMATIC STUDY OF THE MODE OF ACTION OF PYRITHIAMINE (NEOPYRITHIAMINE). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 191(1). 43–54. 32 indexed citations

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