Don S. Lin

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Don S. Lin is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Don S. Lin has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Surgery, 30 papers in Molecular Biology and 25 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Don S. Lin's work include Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (38 papers), Fatty Acid Research and Health (25 papers) and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (17 papers). Don S. Lin is often cited by papers focused on Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (38 papers), Fatty Acid Research and Health (25 papers) and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (17 papers). Don S. Lin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Israel. Don S. Lin's co-authors include William E. Connor, W E Connor, L Barstad, Martha Neuringer, Robert D. Steiner, Gregory J. Anderson, Leesa M. Linck, Martha Neuringer, Roy M. Pitkin and A K Bhattacharyya and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Don S. Lin

59 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Biochemical and functional effects of prenatal and postnatal omega 3 fatty acid deficiency on retina and brain in rhesus monkeys.

1986 742 citations W E Connor, Don S. Lin et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Don S. Lin United States	33	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	494	453	59	3.4k
C.H. van Os Netherlands	47	865 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	5.1k 4.0×	178 0.4×	552 1.2×	141	7.1k
Craig P. Smith United Kingdom	43	393 0.3×	712 0.6×	2.3k 1.8×	507 1.0×	611 1.3×	115	5.0k
Bertram Sacktor United States	49	563 0.4×	453 0.4×	4.0k 3.1×	815 1.6×	917 2.0×	182	6.8k
Sidney Goldfischer United States	43	522 0.4×	913 0.7×	3.2k 2.5×	541 1.1×	1.2k 2.6×	93	6.3k
Ji‐Bin Peng United States	33	380 0.3×	1.4k 1.1×	2.5k 2.0×	246 0.5×	345 0.8×	75	5.0k
Jürg Biber Switzerland	60	835 0.6×	3.7k 2.9×	5.8k 4.6×	848 1.7×	564 1.2×	220	11.3k
Raymond Négrel France	37	732 0.5×	810 0.6×	2.0k 1.6×	547 1.1×	3.3k 7.2×	92	6.3k
Daniel Markovich Australia	42	382 0.3×	805 0.6×	2.9k 2.3×	914 1.9×	357 0.8×	104	5.0k
Harold R. Behrman United States	42	280 0.2×	316 0.2×	918 0.7×	241 0.5×	342 0.8×	135	5.7k
John P. Coghlan Australia	37	411 0.3×	402 0.3×	1.9k 1.5×	154 0.3×	557 1.2×	239	5.4k

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Gu, Yang, Don S. Lin, Wen‐Hao Chen, et al.. (2025). De novo biosynthesis of cannabinoids and their analogs in Yarrowia lipolytica. PubMed. 7(2). 100021–100021. 1 indexed citations

Lin, Don S., Robert D. Steiner, Louise S. Merkens, Anuradha S. Pappu, & William E. Connor. (2009). The effects of sterol structure upon sterol esterification. Atherosclerosis. 208(1). 155–160. 23 indexed citations

Bhattacharyya, A K, Don S. Lin, & William E. Connor. (2006). Cholestanol metabolism in patients with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis: absorption, turnover, and tissue deposition. Journal of Lipid Research. 48(1). 185–192. 31 indexed citations

Connor, William E., et al.. (2006). Effects of diet and metamorphosis upon the sterol composition of the butterfly Morpho peleides. Journal of Lipid Research. 47(7). 1444–1448. 7 indexed citations

Lin, Don S., et al.. (2005). Intestinal Absorption of Cholesterol by Patients with Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome. Pediatric Research. 57(6). 765–770. 11 indexed citations

Anderson, Gregory J., Martha Neuringer, Don S. Lin, & William E. Connor. (2005). Can Prenatal N-3 Fatty Acid Deficiency Be Completely Reversed after Birth? Effects on Retinal and Brain Biochemistry and Visual Function in Rhesus Monkeys. Pediatric Research. 58(5). 865–872. 83 indexed citations

Lin, Don S., Martha Neuringer, & William E. Connor. (2004). Selective changes of docosahexaenoic acid-containing phospholipid molecular species in monkey testis during puberty. Journal of Lipid Research. 45(3). 529–535. 15 indexed citations

Merkens, Louise S., et al.. (2004). Effects of Dietary Cholesterol on Plasma Lipoproteins in Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome. Pediatric Research. 56(5). 726–732. 22 indexed citations

Lin, Don S. & William E. Connor. (2001). Fecal steroids of the coprolite of a Greenland Eskimo mummy, AD 1475: a clue to dietary sterol intake. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 74(1). 44–49. 15 indexed citations

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Linck, Leesa M., et al.. (2000). Cholesterol supplementation with egg yolk increases plasma cholesterol and decreases plasma 7-dehydrocholesterol in Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 93(5). 360–365. 52 indexed citations

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Steiner, Robert D., et al.. (2000). Sterol balance in the Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome: reduction in whole body cholesterol synthesis and normal bile acid production. Journal of Lipid Research. 41(9). 1437–1447. 52 indexed citations

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Wassif, Christopher A., Cheryl L. Maslen, Don S. Lin, et al.. (1998). Mutations in the Human Sterol Δ7-Reductase Gene at 11q12-13 Cause Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 63(1). 55–62. 316 indexed citations

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Lin, Don S., Gregory J. Anderson, & William E. Connor. (1991). High Levels of the (n-6) Fatty Acid 4,7,10,13,16-Docosapentaenoate in the Retinas of Rabbits are Reduced by Feeding Dietary Fish Oil from Birth to Adult Life. Journal of Nutrition. 121(12). 1924–1931. 14 indexed citations

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Lin, Don S., William E. Connor, & Gregory J. Anderson. (1991). The Incorporation of n-3 and n-6 Essential Fatty Acids into the Chick Embryo from Egg Yolks Having Vastly Different Fatty Acid Compositions. Pediatric Research. 29(6). 601–605. 53 indexed citations

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Lin, Don S., William E. Connor, Gregory J. Anderson, & Martha Neuringer. (1990). Effects of Dietary n‐3 Fatty Acids on the Phospholipid Molecular Species of Monkey Brain. Journal of Neurochemistry. 55(4). 1200–1207. 64 indexed citations

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Upson, Barbara, et al.. (1986). Absorption of cholesterol and β-sitosterol from cigarette smoke in Macaca mulatta. Atherosclerosis. 60(1). 15–21. 1 indexed citations

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Bhattacharyya, A K, William E. Connor, & Don S. Lin. (1983). The Origin of Plant Sterols in the Skin Surface Lipids in Humans: From Diet to Plasma to Skin. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 80(4). 294–296. 21 indexed citations

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Vahouny, George V., et al.. (1981). Lymphatic absorption of shellfish sterols and their effects on cholesterol absorption. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 34(4). 507–513. 36 indexed citations

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Lin, Don S. & W E Connor. (1980). The long term effects of dietary cholesterol upon the plasma lipids, lipoproteins, cholesterol absorption, and the sterol balance in man: the demonstration of feedback inhibition of cholesterol biosynthesis and increased bile acid excretion. Journal of Lipid Research. 21(8). 1042–1052. 119 indexed citations

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Illingworth, D. Roger, William E. Connor, Don S. Lin, & John H. DiLiberti. (1980). Lipid metabolism in abetalipoproteinemia: A study of cholesterol absorption and sterol balance in two patients. Gastroenterology. 78(1). 68–75. 23 indexed citations

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