Jack B. Wolfe

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 921 citations indexed

About

Jack B. Wolfe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Jack B. Wolfe has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 921 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 4 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Jack B. Wolfe's work include Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (6 papers), Enzyme function and inhibition (3 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (2 papers). Jack B. Wolfe is often cited by papers focused on Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (6 papers), Enzyme function and inhibition (3 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (2 papers). Jack B. Wolfe collaborates with scholars based in United States. Jack B. Wolfe's co-authors include Henry I. Nakada, Barbara Britton, Arne Wick, Douglas R. Drury, Sydney C. Rittenberg, Daniel Ivler, Richard Y. Morita, Rafael J. Martinez and Lawrence I. Hochstein and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Analytical Biochemistry and Journal of Bacteriology.

In The Last Decade

Jack B. Wolfe

16 papers receiving 850 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.

LOCALIZATION OF THE PRIMARY METABOLIC BLOCK PRODUCED BY 2-DEOXYGLUCOSE

1957 681 citations Arne Wick, Douglas R. Drury et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jack B. Wolfe United States	11	497	195	151	123	113	16	921
Barbara Britton United States	5	411 0.8×	193 1.0×	136 0.9×	122 1.0×	116 1.0×	6	800
Hubert Clauser France	17	496 1.0×	165 0.8×	148 1.0×	34 0.3×	76 0.7×	50	879
Richard J. Milholland United States	23	611 1.2×	201 1.0×	325 2.2×	133 1.1×	43 0.4×	43	1.4k
Paul Hagen Canada	17	355 0.7×	146 0.7×	73 0.5×	25 0.2×	108 1.0×	38	984
Paul H. Bell United States	15	366 0.7×	107 0.5×	119 0.8×	221 1.8×	29 0.3×	26	930
Gennaro Illiano Italy	18	710 1.4×	217 1.1×	125 0.8×	62 0.5×	154 1.4×	47	1.3k
G. Rebel France	24	723 1.5×	290 1.5×	98 0.6×	72 0.6×	77 0.7×	89	1.3k
H.W. Hofer Germany	17	466 0.9×	102 0.5×	74 0.5×	102 0.8×	144 1.3×	34	754
Hans Werner Hofer Germany	17	500 1.0×	125 0.6×	78 0.5×	133 1.1×	162 1.4×	39	748
D. K. Kasbekar United States	19	450 0.9×	122 0.6×	87 0.6×	23 0.2×	187 1.7×	32	869

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16 of 16 papers shown

Nakada, Henry I. & Jack B. Wolfe. (1961). Studies on the enzyme chondroitinase: Product structure and ion effects. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 94(2). 244–251. 17 indexed citations

Nakada, Henry I., et al.. (1960). A spectrophotometric method for the assay of bacterial mucopolysaccharases. Analytical Biochemistry. 1(2). 168–177. 10 indexed citations

Wolfe, Jack B., et al.. (1959). Studies on the phosphoglucosaminisomerase reaction of Escherichia coli. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 79. 330–337. 2 indexed citations

Wolfe, Jack B., et al.. (1959). DEGRADATION OF CHONDROITIN SULFATE BY PROTEUS VULGARIS. Journal of Bacteriology. 78(2). 217–224. 5 indexed citations

Martinez, Rafael J., Jack B. Wolfe, & Henry I. Nakada. (1959). Purification and Properties of the Enzyme Chondroitinase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 234(9). 2236–2239. 13 indexed citations

Nakada, Henry I., Jack B. Wolfe, Arne Wick, & Barbara Britton. (1957). DEGRADATION OF MALONIC ACID BY RAT TISSUES. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 226(1). 145–152. 73 indexed citations

Wick, Arne, et al.. (1957). LOCALIZATION OF THE PRIMARY METABOLIC BLOCK PRODUCED BY 2-DEOXYGLUCOSE. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 224(2). 963–969. 681 indexed citations breakdown →

Wolfe, Jack B., Barbara Britton, & Henry I. Nakada. (1957). Glucosamine degradation by Escherichia coli. III. Isolation and studies of “phosphoglucosaminisomerase”. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 66(2). 333–339. 15 indexed citations

Wolfe, Jack B. & Henry I. Nakada. (1956). Glucosamine degradation by Escherichia coli. II. The isomeric conversion of glucosamine 6-PO4 to fructose 6-PO4 and ammonia. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 64(2). 489–497. 25 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Jack B., Richard Y. Morita, & Henry I. Nakada. (1956). Glucosamine degradation by Escherichia coli. I. Observations with resting cells and dry-cell preparations. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 64(2). 480–488. 12 indexed citations

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Ivler, Daniel, Jack B. Wolfe, & Sydney C. Rittenberg. (1955). STUDIES ON THE AEROBIC OXIDATION OF FATTY ACIDS BY BACTERIA. Journal of Bacteriology. 70(1). 99–103. 7 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Jack B., Daniel Ivler, & Sydney C. Rittenberg. (1955). MALONATE OXIDATION BY DRY CELLS AND CELL-FREE EXTRACTS OF PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS. Journal of Bacteriology. 69(3). 240–243. 3 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Jack B.. (1955). Propionate oxidation by washed rabbit liver “particles”. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 57(2). 414–420. 3 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Jack B. & Sydney C. Rittenberg. (1954). MALONATE DECARBOXYLATION BY PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 209(2). 885–892. 21 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Jack B., Daniel Ivler, & Sydney C. Rittenberg. (1954). MALONATE DECARBOXYLATION BY PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 209(2). 867–873. 20 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Jack B., Daniel Ivler, & Sydney C. Rittenberg. (1954). MALONATE DECARBOXYLATION BY PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 209(2). 875–883. 14 indexed citations

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