John E. Franz

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 996 citations indexed

About

John E. Franz is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, John E. Franz has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 996 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Organic Chemistry, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in John E. Franz's work include Biochemical and Molecular Research (5 papers), Synthesis and Reactions of Organic Compounds (5 papers) and Synthesis and Reactivity of Sulfur-Containing Compounds (4 papers). John E. Franz is often cited by papers focused on Biochemical and Molecular Research (5 papers), Synthesis and Reactions of Organic Compounds (5 papers) and Synthesis and Reactivity of Sulfur-Containing Compounds (4 papers). John E. Franz collaborates with scholars based in United States. John E. Franz's co-authors include Michael K. Mao, James A. Sikorski, Robert K. Howe, Eugene W. Logusch, Daniel M. Walker, John F. McDonald, Gregory C. Leo, Bin Li, Joseph J. Villafranca and Jeffrey B. Schineller and has published in prestigious journals such as Biochemistry, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

John E. Franz

25 papers receiving 914 citations

Hit Papers

Glyphosate: A Unique Global Herbicide 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 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. Glyphosate: A Unique Global Herbicide
    1997 545 citations John E. Franz, Michael K. Mao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John E. Franz United States 13 419 346 329 300 53 25 996
Michael K. Mao United States 9 392 0.9× 227 0.7× 314 1.0× 215 0.7× 52 1.0× 15 805
Ko Wakabayashi Japan 15 342 0.8× 164 0.5× 239 0.7× 313 1.0× 11 0.2× 85 745
Kenneth E. Pallett United Kingdom 16 632 1.5× 48 0.1× 290 0.9× 377 1.3× 31 0.6× 40 921
Mary Jane Incorvia Mattina United States 16 213 0.5× 308 0.9× 268 0.8× 104 0.3× 15 0.3× 33 1.2k
E. M. Meijer Netherlands 21 112 0.3× 170 0.5× 54 0.2× 516 1.7× 15 0.3× 36 878
Stuart M. Ridley United Kingdom 17 318 0.8× 86 0.2× 113 0.3× 384 1.3× 15 0.3× 27 664
Donald L. Keister United States 23 778 1.9× 46 0.1× 60 0.2× 801 2.7× 37 0.7× 48 1.5k
Priya Arora India 17 523 1.2× 153 0.4× 59 0.2× 205 0.7× 71 1.3× 30 1.1k
Bjarne Jochimsen Denmark 15 373 0.9× 29 0.1× 192 0.6× 432 1.4× 28 0.5× 25 932
Masaaki HORIGUCHI Japan 13 78 0.2× 284 0.8× 46 0.1× 195 0.7× 7 0.1× 39 719

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John E. Franz

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Logusch, Eugene W., Daniel M. Walker, John F. McDonald, & John E. Franz. (1991). Inhibition of Plant Glutamine Synthetases by Substituted Phosphinothricins. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 95(4). 1057–1062. 46 indexed citations
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Logusch, Eugene W., et al.. (1991). Facile synthesis of 4-N-phosphonomethyl-2,4-diamino-butyrates as inhibitors of glutamine synthetase. Tetrahedron Letters. 32(24). 2711–2714. 4 indexed citations
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Mao, Michael K. & John E. Franz. (1991). A Facile General Synthesis of ThiocarboxylateS-Esters of Glyphosate and Its Derivatives. Synthesis. 1991(11). 920–922. 22 indexed citations
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Logusch, Eugene W., Daniel M. Walker, John F. McDonald, et al.. (1990). Inhibition of Escherichia coli glutamine synthetase by .alpha.- and .gamma.-substituted phosphinothricins. Biochemistry. 29(2). 366–372. 41 indexed citations
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Walker, Daniel M., John F. McDonald, John E. Franz, & Eugene W. Logusch. (1990). Design and synthesis of γ-oxygenated phosphinothricins as inhibitors of glutamine synthetase. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 659–666. 12 indexed citations
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Logusch, Eugene W., Daniel M. Walker, John F. McDonald, & John E. Franz. (1989). Substrate variability as a factor in enzyme inhibitor design: inhibition of ovine brain glutamine synthetase by .alpha.- and .gamma.-substituted phosphinothricins. Biochemistry. 28(7). 3043–3051. 34 indexed citations
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Logusch, Eugene W., Daniel M. Walker, John F. McDonald, Gregory C. Leo, & John E. Franz. (1988). Synthesis of .alpha.- and .gamma.-alkyl-substituted phosphinothricins: potent new inhibitors of glutamine synthetase. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 53(17). 4069–4074. 77 indexed citations
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Franz, John E., et al.. (1981). Preparation of Trifluoromethylsulfonylpyrroles via Mesoionic Intermediates. Synthetic Communications. 11(4). 267–271. 13 indexed citations
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Franz, John E., et al.. (1980). A New Furan Synthesis. Evidence for the Intermediacy of the Elusive Anhydro-5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxolium Hydroxide System. Synthetic Communications. 10(9). 707–710. 6 indexed citations
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Franz, John E., et al.. (1979). Periselective addition of mesoionic compounds to tetracyanoethylene. Preparation of [(dicyanovinyl)hydrazono]malononitriles. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 44(14). 2395–2400. 9 indexed citations
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Howe, Robert K., et al.. (1978). Cycloaddition reactions of nitrile sulfides with acetylenic esters. Synthesis of isothiazolecarboxylates. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 43(19). 3736–3742. 42 indexed citations
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Howe, Robert K., et al.. (1978). Synthesis of 3‐aryl‐4‐isothiazolecarboxylates. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 15(6). 1001–1003. 10 indexed citations
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Howe, Robert K. & John E. Franz. (1978). Cycloaddition reactions of nitrile sulfides with olefins. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 43(19). 3742–3745. 14 indexed citations
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Howe, Robert K., et al.. (1977). Nitrile sulfides. Synthesis of 5-aryl-1,2,4-thiadiazole-3-carboxylates. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 42(10). 1813–1814. 19 indexed citations
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Franz, John E., et al.. (1976). Periselective addition of nitrile sulfides, nitrile oxides and diphenyldiazomethane to tetracyanoethylene. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 41(4). 620–626. 25 indexed citations
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Franz, John E., et al.. (1976). Thermolysis of 1,3,2,4-dioxathiazole 2-oxides. Nitrile oxide intermediates. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 41(7). 1296–1297. 9 indexed citations
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Howe, Robert K. & John E. Franz. (1974). Nitrile sulfides. Synthesis of 1,2,4-thiadiazoles. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 39(7). 962–964. 36 indexed citations
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Howe, Robert K. & John E. Franz. (1973). Nitrile sulphides. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 524b–524b. 7 indexed citations
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Pelletier, S. W. & John E. Franz. (1952). THE SYNTHESIS AND REDUCTION OF BIS(DIMETHYLAMINO-METHYL)ACETIC ACID AND α-DIMETHYLAMINOMETHYL-ACRYLIC ACID. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 17(6). 855–859. 4 indexed citations

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