John H. Menkes

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
125 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

John H. Menkes is a scholar working on Clinical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, John H. Menkes has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Clinical Biochemistry, 39 papers in Molecular Biology and 26 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in John H. Menkes's work include Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (46 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (14 papers) and Fatty Acid Research and Health (12 papers). John H. Menkes is often cited by papers focused on Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (46 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (14 papers) and Fatty Acid Research and Health (12 papers). John H. Menkes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. John H. Menkes's co-authors include Joo Ho Sung, David R. Weakley, Milton Alter, Gerd Klaus Steigleder, John M. Craig, Peter L. Hurst, Ernesto E. Aeberhard, Ephraïm Yavin, Michel Philippart and Lucille Corbo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

John H. Menkes

118 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

A SEX-LINKED RECESSIVE DISORDER WITH RETARDATION OF GROWT... 1962 2026 1983 2004 1962 200 400 600
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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. A SEX-LINKED RECESSIVE DISORDER WITH RETARDATION OF GROWTH, PECULIAR HAIR, AND FOCAL CEREBRAL AND CEREBELLAR DEGENERATION
    1962 629 citations John H. Menkes, Milton Alter et al. PEDIATRICS profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John H. Menkes United States 34 1.6k 960 916 615 502 125 3.9k
Joseph Dancis United States 46 2.2k 1.4× 1.2k 1.3× 404 0.4× 613 1.0× 1.3k 2.5× 206 6.5k
David K. Rassin United States 36 539 0.3× 491 0.5× 1.2k 1.4× 809 1.3× 1.3k 2.6× 142 4.1k
Pinar T. Ozand Saudi Arabia 34 2.2k 1.4× 1.9k 2.0× 201 0.2× 923 1.5× 733 1.5× 163 4.4k
Harry A. Waisman United States 28 764 0.5× 853 0.9× 241 0.3× 443 0.7× 342 0.7× 109 2.4k
P. Kay Lund United Kingdom 31 1.7k 1.1× 768 0.8× 356 0.4× 1.0k 1.7× 205 0.4× 59 4.5k
Dennis R. Hoffman United States 45 2.0k 1.3× 407 0.4× 3.9k 4.3× 834 1.4× 1.4k 2.7× 100 6.9k
Sídney M. Gospe United States 30 896 0.6× 969 1.0× 282 0.3× 239 0.4× 676 1.3× 96 2.8k
Owen M. Rennert United States 36 2.7k 1.7× 151 0.2× 447 0.5× 629 1.0× 281 0.6× 223 5.2k
Louis J. Elsas United States 41 3.6k 2.3× 3.0k 3.1× 249 0.3× 842 1.4× 1.2k 2.3× 161 6.7k
Robert A. Fishman United States 33 1.1k 0.7× 212 0.2× 222 0.2× 581 0.9× 347 0.7× 92 4.6k

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All Works

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Bonhoeffer, Jan, John H. Menkes, Michael Gold, et al.. (2003). Generalized convulsive seizure as an adverse event following immunization: case definition and guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation. Vaccine. 22(5-6). 557–562. 69 indexed citations
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Menkes, John H.. (1999). Menkes disease and Wilson disease: two sides of the same copper coin Part 1: Menkes disease. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology. 3(4). 147–158. 45 indexed citations
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Menkes, John H. & John Curran. (1994). Clinical and MR correlates in children with extrapyramidal cerebral palsy.. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 15(3). 451–7. 53 indexed citations
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Menkes, John H., et al.. (1993). Unusual Dyskinesia Complicating Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 35(7). 631–636. 28 indexed citations
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Menkes, John H. & Marcel Kinsbourne. (1990). Workshop on Neurologic Complications of Pertussis and Pertussis Vaccination. Neuropediatrics. 21(4). 171–176. 23 indexed citations
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Fenichel, Gerald M., David A. Lane, John R. Livengood, et al.. (1989). Adverse events following immunization: Assessing probability of causation. Pediatric Neurology. 5(5). 287–290. 12 indexed citations
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Menkes, John H.. (1988). Huntington disease: Finding the gene and after. Pediatric Neurology. 4(2). 73–78. 10 indexed citations
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Menkes, John H.. (1987). Genetic disorders of mitochondrial function. The Journal of Pediatrics. 110(2). 255–259. 5 indexed citations
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Davidson, Mayer B., Stuart A. Green, & John H. Menkes. (1974). Normal glucose, insulin, and growth hormone responses to oral glucose in Huntington's disease. Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine. 84(6). 807–812. 11 indexed citations
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Menkes, John H.. (1974). Textbook of child neurology. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 181 indexed citations
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Menkes, John H., John M. Andrews, & Pasquale A. Cancilla. (1971). The cerebroretinal degenerations. The Journal of Pediatrics. 79(2). 183–196. 9 indexed citations
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Andrews, John M. & John H. Menkes. (1970). Ultrastructure of experimentally produced globoid cells in the rat. Experimental Neurology. 29(3). 483–493. 24 indexed citations
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Menkes, John H. & Ernesto E. Aeberhard. (1969). Maternal phenylketonuria. The Journal of Pediatrics. 74(6). 924–931. 25 indexed citations
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Menkes, John H.. (1968). Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis. Archives of Neurology. 19(1). 47–47. 133 indexed citations
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Menkes, John H., et al.. (1966). Effect of elevated blood tyrosine on subsequent intellectual development of premature infants. The Journal of Pediatrics. 69(4). 583–588. 21 indexed citations
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Menkes, John H.. (1966). Idiopathic hyperglycinemia: Isolation and identification of three previously undescribed urinary ketones. The Journal of Pediatrics. 69(3). 413–421. 37 indexed citations
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Katz, Harvey P. & John H. Menkes. (1964). Phenylketonuria occurring in an american negro. The Journal of Pediatrics. 65(1). 71–74. 7 indexed citations
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Menkes, John H., Milton Alter, Gerd Klaus Steigleder, David R. Weakley, & Joo Ho Sung. (1962). A SEX-LINKED RECESSIVE DISORDER WITH RETARDATION OF GROWTH, PECULIAR HAIR, AND FOCAL CEREBRAL AND CEREBELLAR DEGENERATION. PEDIATRICS. 29(5). 764–779. 629 indexed citations breakdown →
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Menkes, John H. & George A. Jervis. (1961). DEVELOPMENTAL RETARDATION ASSOCIATED WITH AN ABNORMALITY IN TYROSINE METABOLISM. PEDIATRICS. 28(3). 399–409. 23 indexed citations

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