Daniel M. Brown

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 974 citations indexed

About

Daniel M. Brown is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel M. Brown has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 974 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 1 paper in Organic Chemistry and 1 paper in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Daniel M. Brown's work include Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (6 papers), Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (2 papers) and Phytochemical compounds biological activities (2 papers). Daniel M. Brown is often cited by papers focused on Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (6 papers), Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (2 papers) and Phytochemical compounds biological activities (2 papers). Daniel M. Brown collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Zimbabwe. Daniel M. Brown's co-authors include Monroe E. Wall, A. Douglas Kinghorn, John M. Pezzuto, Geoffrey A. Cordell, Norman R. Farnsworth, Harry H. S. Fong, Emily Pisha, Mansukh C. Wani, Tapas K. Das Gupta and Ik‐Soo Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.

In The Last Decade

Daniel M. Brown

8 papers receiving 909 citations

Hit Papers

Discovery of betulinic acid as a selective inhibitor of h... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 200 400 600
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. Discovery of betulinic acid as a selective inhibitor of human melanoma that functions by induction of apoptosis
    1995 734 citations Emily Pisha, Heebyung Chai et al. Nature Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniel M. Brown United States 6 803 196 127 102 78 9 974
Norman R. Farnsworth United States 10 794 1.0× 293 1.5× 132 1.0× 102 1.0× 104 1.3× 10 1.1k
Kyong Up Baik South Korea 10 553 0.7× 226 1.2× 159 1.3× 44 0.4× 121 1.6× 14 882
Melanie N. Laszczyk Germany 10 1.1k 1.3× 287 1.5× 120 0.9× 101 1.0× 65 0.8× 14 1.4k
Hang Sub Kim South Korea 12 470 0.6× 151 0.8× 112 0.9× 50 0.5× 123 1.6× 18 716
О. Б. Флехтер Russia 16 782 1.0× 177 0.9× 122 1.0× 82 0.8× 73 0.9× 69 934
M. Fátima Simões Portugal 20 592 0.7× 334 1.7× 87 0.7× 35 0.3× 55 0.7× 38 1000
Francisco Rivas Spain 20 689 0.9× 129 0.7× 135 1.1× 58 0.6× 112 1.4× 55 944
Samuel X. Qiu China 16 553 0.7× 352 1.8× 61 0.5× 175 1.7× 85 1.1× 28 1.2k
Sakae Yamanouchi Japan 14 492 0.6× 261 1.3× 87 0.7× 41 0.4× 70 0.9× 24 775
Gerald A. Wächter United States 15 405 0.5× 158 0.8× 74 0.6× 53 0.5× 87 1.1× 24 841

Countries citing papers authored by Daniel M. Brown

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Fields of papers citing papers by Daniel M. Brown

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Daniel M. Brown. 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 Daniel M. Brown. The network helps show where Daniel M. Brown may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel M. Brown

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

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Hughes, Cris E., et al.. (2025). The selection of reference substances for improving chemical persistence assessment in higher tier OECD 309 simulation tests. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 308. 119499–119499.
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Wall, Monroe E., Mansukh C. Wani, Daniel M. Brown, et al.. (1996). Effect of tannins on screening of plant extracts for enzyme inhibitory activity and techniques for their removal. Phytomedicine. 3(3). 281–285. 121 indexed citations
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Fullas, Fekadu, Daniel M. Brown, Mansukh C. Wani, et al.. (1995). Gummiferol, a Cytotoxic Polyacetylene from the Leaves of Adenia gummifera. Journal of Natural Products. 58(10). 1625–1628. 23 indexed citations
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Chaudhuri, Swapan K., Fekadu Fullas, Daniel M. Brown, et al.. (1995). Isolation and Structure Identification of an Active DNA Strand-Scission Agent, (+)-3,4-di-hydroxy-8,9-Methylenedioxypterocarpan. Journal of Natural Products. 58(12). 1966–1969. 45 indexed citations
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Pisha, Emily, Heebyung Chai, Ik‐Soo Lee, et al.. (1995). Discovery of betulinic acid as a selective inhibitor of human melanoma that functions by induction of apoptosis. Nature Medicine. 1(10). 1046–1051. 734 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chaudhuri, Swapan K., Fekadu Fullas, Daniel M. Brown, et al.. (1995). Isolation and Structural Elucidation of Pentacyclic Triterpenoids from Maprounea africana. Journal of Natural Products. 58(1). 1–9. 20 indexed citations
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Wall, Monroe E., Fekadu Fullas, Daniel M. Brown, et al.. (1994). Plant Antitumor Agents. 31.1 The Calycopterones, a New Class of Biflavonoids with Novel Cytotoxicity in a Diverse Panel of Human Tumor Cell Lines. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 37(10). 1465–1470. 24 indexed citations
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Cordell, Geoffrey A., N.R. Farnsworth, Chris Beecher, et al.. (1994). ChemInform Abstract: Novel Strategies for the Discovery of Plant‐Derived Anticancer Agents. ChemInform. 25(20). 2 indexed citations

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