Jean Apgar

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Jean Apgar is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Molecular Biology and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jean Apgar has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Jean Apgar's work include Trace Elements in Health (18 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (8 papers). Jean Apgar is often cited by papers focused on Trace Elements in Health (18 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (8 papers). Jean Apgar collaborates with scholars based in United States. Jean Apgar's co-authors include Robert W. Holley, Susan H. Merrill, George A. Everett, James T. Madison, Ada Zamir, John Robert Penswick, Bhupendra P. Doctor, Mario Marini, John T. Farrow and James A. Fitzgerald and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Jean Apgar

47 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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Structure of a Ribonucleic Acid

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jean Apgar United States	21	1.6k	487	185	143	134	47	2.4k
William D. McCubbin Canada	27	1.3k 0.8×	163 0.3×	65 0.4×	105 0.7×	157 1.2×	74	2.0k
P.N. Campbell United Kingdom	28	1.3k 0.8×	189 0.4×	54 0.3×	354 2.5×	113 0.8×	89	2.6k
Amy K. Wernimont Canada	21	816 0.5×	535 1.1×	178 1.0×	77 0.5×	253 1.9×	28	1.8k
Michael Kieß Germany	21	1.0k 0.7×	510 1.0×	459 2.5×	61 0.4×	152 1.1×	30	2.5k
J. Sygusch Canada	31	1.5k 0.9×	167 0.3×	61 0.3×	130 0.9×	322 2.4×	100	2.7k
John H. Laity United States	17	1.5k 1.0×	492 1.0×	50 0.3×	228 1.6×	357 2.7×	25	2.3k
Raffaele Petruzzelli Italy	29	1.5k 1.0×	213 0.4×	52 0.3×	119 0.8×	330 2.5×	88	2.8k
Franklin David Rumjanek Brazil	25	794 0.5×	276 0.6×	171 0.9×	120 0.8×	99 0.7×	93	2.0k
Robyn A. Lindner Australia	27	1.4k 0.9×	129 0.3×	57 0.3×	163 1.1×	55 0.4×	38	2.2k
Heini W. Dirr South Africa	31	3.1k 2.0×	165 0.3×	269 1.5×	148 1.0×	138 1.0×	112	3.5k

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Apgar, Jean, et al.. (1996). Serum carotenoid concentrations and their reproducibility in children in Belize. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 64(5). 726–730. 13 indexed citations

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Sowell, Anne L., Jean Apgar, Elaine W. Gunter, et al.. (1996). Comparison of methods of assessing vitamin A status in children.. Journal of the American College of Nutrition. 15(5). 439–449. 11 indexed citations

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Apgar, Jean, George A. Everett, & James A. Fitzgerald. (1993). Dietary zinc deprivation affects parturition and outcome of pregnancy in the ewe. Nutrition Research. 13(3). 319–330. 7 indexed citations

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Apgar, Jean, et al.. (1992). Sodium requirement of pregnant guinea pig. Nutrition Research. 12(8). 923–927. 2 indexed citations

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Apgar, Jean & George A. Everett. (1991). Low Zinc Intake Affects Maintenance of Pregnancy in Guinea Pigs. Journal of Nutrition. 121(2). 192–200. 21 indexed citations

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Apgar, Jean, et al.. (1991). Reduced Survival of Neonates due to Vitamin A Deficiency during Pregnancy in the Guinea Pig. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 197(1). 56–58. 6 indexed citations

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Apgar, Jean & George A. Everett. (1989). Changes in Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme during Pregnancy in the Guinea Pig. Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation. 27(4). 169–172. 3 indexed citations

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Apgar, Jean & James A. Fitzgerald. (1987). Measures of zinc status in ewes civen a low zinc diet throughout pregnancy. Nutrition Research. 7(12). 1281–1290. 9 indexed citations

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Everett, George A. & Jean Apgar. (1986). COMPARISON OF FOUR ENZYMES IN ZINC‐DEFICIENT RATS AS POSSIBLE INDICATORS OF MARGINAL ZINC STATUS. Acta Pharmacologica et Toxicologica. 59(s7). 163–165. 4 indexed citations

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Apgar, Jean. (1985). Zinc and Reproduction. Annual Review of Nutrition. 5(1). 43–68. 112 indexed citations

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Apgar, Jean. (1979). ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITY AND ZINC LEVEL IN PLASMA AS INDICATORS OF ZINC STATUS IN PREGNANT AND LACTATING SHEEP. 5 indexed citations

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Everett, George A. & Jean Apgar. (1979). Effect of Zinc Status on Salivary Zinc Concentrations in the Rat. Journal of Nutrition. 109(3). 406–411. 8 indexed citations

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Apgar, Jean. (1975). Effects of Some Nutritional Deficiencies on Parturition in Rats. Journal of Nutrition. 105(12). 1553–1561. 15 indexed citations

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Apgar, Jean, et al.. (1975). Effect of Restricted Feed Intake on the Sensitivity of the Bovine Corpus Luteum to LH In Vitro. Journal of Animal Science. 41(4). 1120–1123. 34 indexed citations

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Gombe, S., Jean Apgar, & W. Hansel. (1973). Effect of Zinc Deficiency and Restricted Food Intake on Plasma and Pituitary LH and Hypothalamic LRF in Female Rats. Biology of Reproduction. 9(4). 415–419. 10 indexed citations

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Apgar, Jean. (1973). Effect of Zinc Repletion Late in Gestation on Parturition in the Zinc-deficient Rat. Journal of Nutrition. 103(7). 973–981. 22 indexed citations

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Apgar, Jean, George A. Everett, & Robert W. Holley. (1965). ISOLATION OF LARGE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE FRAGMENTS FROM THE ALANINE RNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 53(3). 546–548. 11 indexed citations

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Holley, Robert W., Jean Apgar, George A. Everett, et al.. (1963). Chemistry of Amino Acid-Specific Ribonucleic Acids. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 28(0). 117–121. 39 indexed citations

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Holley, Robert W., Jean Apgar, Bhupendra P. Doctor, et al.. (1961). A Simplified Procedure for the Preparation of Tyrosine- and Valine-Acceptor Fractions of Yeast “Soluble Ribonucleic Acid”. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 236(1). 200–202. 272 indexed citations

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Apgar, Jean, et al.. (1959). Cooking Pork Electronically . Effect on Cooking Time, Losses, and Quality. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 35(12). 1260–1269. 19 indexed citations

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