Janet Lichtenstein

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Janet Lichtenstein is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Janet Lichtenstein has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 1 paper in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Janet Lichtenstein's work include Biochemical and Molecular Research (3 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (3 papers) and Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (3 papers). Janet Lichtenstein is often cited by papers focused on Biochemical and Molecular Research (3 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (3 papers) and Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (3 papers). Janet Lichtenstein collaborates with scholars based in United States. Janet Lichtenstein's co-authors include Seymour S. Cohen, Hazel D. Barner, Joel G. Flaks, Marilyn R. Loeb and Maurice Green and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Janet Lichtenstein

9 papers receiving 907 citations

Hit Papers

THE MODE OF ACTION OF 5-FLUOROURACIL AND ITS DERIVATIVES 1958 2026 1980 2003 1958 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. THE MODE OF ACTION OF 5-FLUOROURACIL AND ITS DERIVATIVES
    1958 534 citations Seymour S. Cohen, Joel G. Flaks et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Janet Lichtenstein United States 9 794 154 152 100 78 9 1.1k
Ranajit Roychoudhury United States 17 962 1.2× 206 1.3× 158 1.0× 90 0.9× 57 0.7× 28 1.2k
Herbert Weinfeld United States 18 658 0.8× 115 0.7× 84 0.6× 41 0.4× 74 0.9× 42 855
Joseph Yourno United States 18 668 0.8× 159 1.0× 79 0.5× 75 0.8× 71 0.9× 36 993
H.M. Keir United Kingdom 23 919 1.2× 255 1.7× 110 0.7× 163 1.6× 170 2.2× 59 1.5k
K.K. Reddi United States 18 668 0.8× 73 0.5× 132 0.9× 90 0.9× 68 0.9× 52 1.3k
Agnete Munch‐Petersen Denmark 24 1.4k 1.8× 338 2.2× 143 0.9× 75 0.8× 117 1.5× 35 1.8k
LeRoy L. Bertsch United States 12 1.2k 1.6× 492 3.2× 257 1.7× 103 1.0× 62 0.8× 14 1.4k
Bruce H. Sells Canada 19 1.2k 1.5× 242 1.6× 91 0.6× 132 1.3× 28 0.4× 63 1.6k
Kiyoshi Miwa Japan 25 902 1.1× 295 1.9× 86 0.6× 134 1.3× 81 1.0× 84 1.8k
Max J. Herzberg Israel 18 853 1.1× 190 1.2× 118 0.8× 115 1.1× 34 0.4× 48 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Janet Lichtenstein

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Janet Lichtenstein

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Janet Lichtenstein. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Janet Lichtenstein 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 Janet Lichtenstein. Janet Lichtenstein 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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Cohen, Seymour S., Hazel D. Barner, & Janet Lichtenstein. (1961). The Conversion of a Phage-induced Ribonucleic Acid to Deoxyribonucleotides in Vitro. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 236(5). 1448–1457. 37 indexed citations
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Lichtenstein, Janet & Seymour S. Cohen. (1960). Nucleotides Derived from Enzymatic Digests of Nucleic Acids of T2, T4, and T6 Bacteriophages. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 235(4). 1134–1141. 36 indexed citations
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Cohen, Seymour S. & Janet Lichtenstein. (1960). The Isolation of Deoxyribonucleic Acid from Bacterial Extracts by Precipitation with Streptomycin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 235(11). PC55–PC56. 28 indexed citations
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Cohen, Seymour S. & Janet Lichtenstein. (1960). Polyamines and Ribosome Structure. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 235(7). 2112–2116. 193 indexed citations
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Lichtenstein, Janet, Hazel D. Barner, & Seymour S. Cohen. (1960). The Metabolism of Exogenously Supplied Nucleotides by Escherichia coli. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 235(2). 457–465. 97 indexed citations
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Flaks, Joel G., Janet Lichtenstein, & Seymour S. Cohen. (1959). Virus-induced Acquisition of Metabolic Function. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 234(6). 1507–1511. 84 indexed citations
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Cohen, Seymour S., Joel G. Flaks, Hazel D. Barner, Marilyn R. Loeb, & Janet Lichtenstein. (1958). THE MODE OF ACTION OF 5-FLUOROURACIL AND ITS DERIVATIVES. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 44(10). 1004–1012. 534 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cohen, Seymour S., et al.. (1957). Studies on the biosynthesis of bacterial and viral pyrimidines. IV. Utilization of pyrimidine bases and nucleosides by bacterial mutants.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 228(2). 611–9. 24 indexed citations
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Cohen, Seymour S., Janet Lichtenstein, Hazel D. Barner, & Maurice Green. (1957). STUDIES ON THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF BACTERIAL AND VIRAL PYRIMIDINES. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 228(2). 611–619. 19 indexed citations

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