Joan Slack

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 812 citations indexed

About

Joan Slack is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Joan Slack has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 812 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Surgery, 7 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 5 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Joan Slack's work include Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (5 papers), Lipid metabolism and disorders (5 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (4 papers). Joan Slack is often cited by papers focused on Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (5 papers), Lipid metabolism and disorders (5 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (4 papers). Joan Slack collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and India. Joan Slack's co-authors include Diana L. Patterson, G.L. Mills, N. B. Myant, John Seymour, Lawson McDonald, R J Sheppard, E H Grant, David Yi‐Yung Hsia, Justin T. LaBrooy and Brian F. G. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Joan Slack

19 papers receiving 718 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.

RISKS OF ISCHÆMIC HEART-DISEASE IN FAMILIAL HYPERLIPOPROTEINÆMIC STATES

1969 466 citations Joan Slack The Lancet profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joan Slack United Kingdom	11	539	331	218	195	89	19	812
C.D. Furberg United States	8	338 0.6×	356 1.1×	231 1.1×	108 0.6×	53 0.6×	17	690
K. Winkler Germany	16	318 0.6×	187 0.6×	89 0.4×	95 0.5×	216 2.4×	44	683
M. Ciccarese Italy	10	266 0.5×	250 0.8×	115 0.5×	57 0.3×	106 1.2×	16	589
Y Nishizawa Japan	13	153 0.3×	147 0.4×	113 0.5×	70 0.4×	117 1.3×	32	596
J. L. Beaumont France	15	181 0.3×	128 0.4×	101 0.5×	78 0.4×	91 1.0×	66	606
Douglas Logan United States	9	626 1.2×	252 0.8×	324 1.5×	72 0.4×	131 1.5×	15	992
Ovidio Muñiz-Grijalvo Spain	19	966 1.8×	405 1.2×	326 1.5×	344 1.8×	119 1.3×	53	1.3k
S. Di Giacomo Italy	17	450 0.8×	199 0.6×	222 1.0×	95 0.5×	47 0.5×	42	680
Bert D. Dikkeschei Netherlands	14	289 0.5×	164 0.5×	246 1.1×	46 0.2×	87 1.0×	23	650
Joost Besseling Netherlands	13	1.1k 2.1×	497 1.5×	259 1.2×	382 2.0×	91 1.0×	26	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joan Slack

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19 of 19 papers shown

Slack, Joan, et al.. (1990). Influences on nurses' management of pain in children.. PubMed. 15(3). 158–62. 7 indexed citations

Cheshire, John K., et al.. (1981). Effects of delipidated serum and lipoprotein-deficient serum on sterol biosynthesis and efflux in cultured skin fibroblasts—a comparison of the behaviour of cells from a control with those from a heterozygote and homozygote for familial hypercholesterolaemia. Clinica Chimica Acta. 113(2). 183–191. 5 indexed citations

Slack, Joan, K.K. Namboodiri, & Robert C. Elston. (1979). Correspondence. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 3(1). 109–111. 3 indexed citations

Grant, E H, et al.. (1977). DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF NORMAL AND ABNORMAL LIPOPROTEINS IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 303(1). 142–155. 18 indexed citations

Munro‐Faure, A. D., et al.. (1976). DIURETIC-INDUCED HYPERTEIGLYCERIDÆMIA. The Lancet. 307(7967). 1019–1019. 6 indexed citations

Slack, Joan. (1974). Genetic Differences in Liability to Atherosclerotic Heart Disease. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 8(2). 115–126. 12 indexed citations

Johnson, Brian F. G., et al.. (1974). The Relation of Antihypertensive Treatment to Plasma Lipids and other Vascular Risk Factors in Hypertensives. Clinical Science. 47(2). 9P–10P. 19 indexed citations

Borrie, Peter & Joan Slack. (1974). A clinical syndrome characteristic of primary Type IV-V hyperlipoproteinaemia. British Journal of Dermatology. 90(3). 245–253. 5 indexed citations

Myant, N. B. & Joan Slack. (1973). Type II hyperlipoproteinaemia. Clinics in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2(1). 81–109. 23 indexed citations

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Myant, N. B., et al.. (1973). Turnover of Cholesteryl Esters in Plasma Low-Density and High-Density Lipoproteins in Familial Hyperbetalipoproteinaemia. Clinical Science. 45(4). 551–560. 17 indexed citations

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Patterson, Diana L. & Joan Slack. (1972). LIPID ABNORMALITIES IN MALE AND FEMALE SURVIVORS OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND THEIR FIRST-DEGREE RELATIVES. The Lancet. 299(7747). 393–399. 99 indexed citations

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Grant, E H, R J Sheppard, G.L. Mills, & Joan Slack. (1972). A DIELECTRIC INVESTIGATION OF THE WATER OF HYDRATION OF LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS IN FAMILIAL HYPERBETALIPOPROTEINÆMIA. The Lancet. 299(7761). 1159–1161. 16 indexed citations

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Slack, Joan & G.L. Mills. (1970). Anomalous low density lipoproteins in familial hyperbetallpoproteinaemia. Clinica Chimica Acta. 29(1). 15–25. 55 indexed citations

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Slack, Joan. (1969). RISKS OF ISCHÆMIC HEART-DISEASE IN FAMILIAL HYPERLIPOPROTEINÆMIC STATES. The Lancet. 294(7635). 1380–1382. 466 indexed citations breakdown →

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Slack, Joan, et al.. (1964). LIPOPROTEIN-LIPASE LEVELS AND PLATELET STICKINESS IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHÆMIC HEART-DISEASE AND IN CONTROLS, DISTINGUISHING THOSE WITH AN AFFECTED FIRST-DEGREE RELATIVE. The Lancet. 284(7368). 1033–1038. 31 indexed citations

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Traisman, Howard S., G Becker, & Joan Slack. (1962). Lipid clearance in juvenile diabetes mellitus and in glycogen storage disease.. PubMed. 36. 18–24. 1 indexed citations

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Slack, Joan, et al.. (1962). Lipoprotein lipase in cystic fibrosis of the pancreas.. PubMed. 59. 302–8. 10 indexed citations

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Slack, Joan, Kenneth W. Simpson, & David Yi‐Yung Hsia. (1960). Hereditary Metabolic Disorders Involving the Nervous System. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 7(3). 627–663. 4 indexed citations

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Hugh‐Jones, K., et al.. (1960). Clinical Course of Hyperbilirubinemia in Premature Infants. New England Journal of Medicine. 263(24). 1223–1229. 15 indexed citations

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