Harry Schachter

15.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
229 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Harry Schachter is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Harry Schachter has authored 229 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 183 papers in Molecular Biology, 106 papers in Organic Chemistry and 50 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Harry Schachter's work include Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (153 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (105 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (44 papers). Harry Schachter is often cited by papers focused on Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (153 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (105 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (44 papers). Harry Schachter collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Harry Schachter's co-authors include Mohan Sarkar, Inka Brockhausen, Saroja Narasimhan, Roger L. Hudgin, S Narasimhan, Paul A. Gleeson, Noam Harpaz, Edward J. McGuire, Saul Roseman and Inderjit Jabbal and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Harry Schachter

226 papers receiving 11.2k citations

Hit Papers

The UDP glycosyltransferase gene superfamily... 1970 2026 1988 2007 1997 1970 1986 250 500 750
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. The UDP glycosyltransferase gene superfamily: recommended nomenclature update based on evolutionary divergence
    1997 985 citations Harry Schachter et al. profile →
  2. Intracellular Localization of Liver Sugar Nucleotide Glycoprotein Glycosyltransferases in a Golgi-rich Fraction
    1970 539 citations Harry Schachter, L. Pinteric et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  3. Biosynthetic Controls That Determine the Branching and Microheterogeneity of Protein-Bound Oligosaccharides
    1986 435 citations Harry Schachter profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Harry Schachter Canada 59 9.8k 4.0k 2.8k 1.5k 1.3k 229 11.8k
Lorenzo A. Pinna Italy 74 15.9k 1.6× 1.3k 0.3× 1.4k 0.5× 951 0.6× 2.8k 2.2× 448 21.6k
E. J. Dodson United Kingdom 4 9.6k 1.0× 855 0.2× 1.0k 0.4× 914 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 5 13.3k
Frank Traganos United States 60 9.2k 0.9× 626 0.2× 1.6k 0.6× 345 0.2× 1.1k 0.9× 254 14.4k
Huib Ovaa Netherlands 68 11.7k 1.2× 1.9k 0.5× 2.7k 1.0× 283 0.2× 1.6k 1.3× 236 15.3k
Bradford W. Gibson United States 71 10.1k 1.0× 880 0.2× 1.3k 0.5× 256 0.2× 995 0.8× 224 16.1k
Yasutsugu Shimonishi Japan 46 5.8k 0.6× 747 0.2× 1.3k 0.5× 375 0.3× 995 0.8× 204 9.7k
Ulf R. Rapp Germany 85 18.9k 1.9× 657 0.2× 3.7k 1.3× 351 0.2× 3.0k 2.3× 325 24.8k
Jun O. Liu United States 64 8.9k 0.9× 1.3k 0.3× 1.5k 0.5× 373 0.3× 1.9k 1.5× 210 14.2k
Faustino Mollinedo Spain 55 5.8k 0.6× 979 0.2× 1.6k 0.6× 286 0.2× 1.5k 1.2× 207 9.6k
David M. Hockenbery United States 50 10.5k 1.1× 372 0.1× 3.2k 1.2× 468 0.3× 786 0.6× 124 16.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Harry Schachter

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Yan, Shi, Huijie Wang, Harry Schachter, et al.. (2018). Ablation of N-acetylglucosaminyltransferases in Caenorhabditis induces expression of unusual intersected and bisected N-glycans. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1862(10). 2191–2203. 12 indexed citations
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Schachter, Harry. (2013). Complex N-glycans: the story of the “yellow brick road”. Glycoconjugate Journal. 31(1). 1–5. 23 indexed citations
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Schachter, Harry. (2009). The functions of paucimannose N-glycans in Caenorhabditis elegans. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 21(119). 131–148. 2 indexed citations
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Schachter, Harry & Hudson H. Freeze. (2008). Glycosylation diseases: Quo vadis?. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1792(9). 925–930. 82 indexed citations
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Vajsar, Jiri & Harry Schachter. (2006). Walker-Warburg syndrome. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 1(1). 1082–29. 82 indexed citations
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Schachter, Harry, et al.. (2002). A functional post-translational proteomics approach to study the role of N-glycans in the development of Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochemical Society Transactions. 30(1). A1–A1. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Shihao, Andrew M. Spence, & Harry Schachter. (2001). Complex NGlycans - When, Why?. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 13(73). 447–462. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Shihao, Sihong Zhou, Mohan Sarkar, Andrew M. Spence, & Harry Schachter. (1999). Expression of Three Caenorhabditis elegans N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferase I Genes during Development. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(1). 288–297. 64 indexed citations
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Schachter, Harry, et al.. (1999). Carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome type II. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1455(2-3). 179–192. 37 indexed citations
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Paulsen, Hans, et al.. (1995). Bausteine von Oligosacchariden, CX. Synthese von potentiellen Inhibitoren für die N‐Acetylglucosaminyltransferase I. Liebigs Annalen. 1995(1). 67–76. 5 indexed citations
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Schachter, Harry & Finn Wold. (1993). ASMS news. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 4(1). 84–85. 1 indexed citations
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Schachter, Harry. (1992). Branching of N- and O-Glycans: Biosynthetic Controls and Functions.. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 4(17). 241–250. 6 indexed citations
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Strous, Ger J. & Harry Schachter. (1986). Golgi and Secreted Galactosyltransferas. PubMed. 21(2). 119–151. 87 indexed citations
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Allen, S D, Donald E. Tsai, & Harry Schachter. (1984). Control of glycoprotein synthesis. The in vitro synthesis by hen oviduct membrane preparations of hybrid asparagine-linked oligosaccharides containing 5 mannose residues.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 259(11). 6984–6990. 34 indexed citations
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Bar-Ness, Y., F. Cassara, Robert A. DiFazio, & Harry Schachter. (1982). Cross coupled PLL interference canceller with closed loop amplitude control. Global Communications Conference. 2. 691–695. 1 indexed citations
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Cassara, F. & Harry Schachter. (1979). Suppression of interchannel interference in FM receivers. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 80. 14324. 2 indexed citations
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Hunt, Richard C., et al.. (1978). Late spermatocytes from immature rat testis isolation, electron microscopy, lectin agglutinability and capacity for glycoprotein and sulfogalactoglycerolipid biosynthesis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 541(1). 59–75. 18 indexed citations

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