John T. Rotruck

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

John T. Rotruck is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, John T. Rotruck has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Rheumatology, 4 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 3 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in John T. Rotruck's work include Selenium in Biological Systems (4 papers), Folate and B Vitamins Research (4 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (3 papers). John T. Rotruck is often cited by papers focused on Selenium in Biological Systems (4 papers), Folate and B Vitamins Research (4 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (3 papers). John T. Rotruck collaborates with scholars based in United States. John T. Rotruck's co-authors include W. G. Hoekstra, A. L. Pope, Howard E. Ganther, Dean G. Hafeman and Anne Swanson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry and Journal of Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

John T. Rotruck

9 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Selenium: Biochemical Role as a Component of Glutathione Peroxidase

1973 6.5k citations John T. Rotruck, A. L. Pope et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John T. Rotruck United States	9	2.7k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	872	9	6.9k
Anne Swanson United States	8	2.6k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	955 1.1×	11	7.1k
Dean G. Hafeman United States	21	3.2k 1.2×	2.0k 1.5×	1.5k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	32	9.5k
Wolfgang A. Günzler Germany	18	2.0k 0.7×	2.1k 1.6×	1.0k 0.8×	940 0.8×	459 0.5×	30	7.7k
J Sedlák Slovakia	7	1.0k 0.4×	1.8k 1.3×	905 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	16	7.2k
Barbara M. Kelly United States	6	910 0.3×	1.3k 1.0×	649 0.5×	997 0.9×	904 1.0×	8	6.4k
Morimitsu Nishikimi Japan	36	1.7k 0.6×	2.9k 2.2×	592 0.5×	1.4k 1.2×	574 0.7×	138	7.7k
W. G. Hoekstra United States	41	5.7k 2.1×	2.3k 1.7×	2.8k 2.3×	1.9k 1.7×	1.1k 1.3×	163	13.4k
Mitsuru Uchiyama Japan	21	772 0.3×	1.4k 1.0×	783 0.6×	766 0.7×	752 0.9×	118	6.1k
Olga Duron United States	6	876 0.3×	1.3k 1.0×	627 0.5×	947 0.8×	866 1.0×	8	6.3k
John A. Buege United States	7	1.8k 0.7×	2.8k 2.1×	1.5k 1.2×	2.0k 1.8×	1.4k 1.6×	7	12.5k

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Rotruck, John T., A. L. Pope, Howard E. Ganther, et al.. (2009). Selenium: Biochemical Role As A Component Of Glutathione Peroxidasec. Nutrition Reviews. 38(8). 280–283. 32 indexed citations

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Rotruck, John T., et al.. (1983). Tissue Nonprotein Sulfhydryl Content and Weight Gain of Rats as Affected by Dietary Methionine Level. Journal of Nutrition. 113(1). 98–104. 15 indexed citations

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Rotruck, John T., et al.. (1979). A comparative study in rats of iron bioavailability from cooked beef and soybean protein. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 27(1). 27–33. 24 indexed citations

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Rotruck, John T., et al.. (1977). Effects of Excess Dietary L-Methionine and N-Acetyl-L-Methionine on Growing Rats. Journal of Nutrition. 107(3). 357–362. 18 indexed citations

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Rotruck, John T., et al.. (1975). Comparative Metabolism of L-Methionine and N-Acetylated Derivatives of Methionine. Journal of Nutrition. 105(3). 331–337. 23 indexed citations

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Rotruck, John T., et al.. (1975). Acetylmethionine as a Source of Methionine for the Rat. Journal of Nutrition. 105(3). 326–330. 29 indexed citations

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Rotruck, John T., A. L. Pope, Howard E. Ganther, et al.. (1973). Selenium: Biochemical Role as a Component of Glutathione Peroxidase. Science. 179(4073). 588–590. 6549 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rotruck, John T., A. L. Pope, Howard E. Ganther, & W. G. Hoekstra. (1972). Prevention of Oxidative Damage to Rat Erythrocytes by Dietary Selenium. Journal of Nutrition. 102(5). 689–696. 134 indexed citations

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Rotruck, John T., W. G. Hoekstra, & A. L. Pope. (1971). Glucose-dependent Protection by Dietary Selenium against Haemolysis of Rat Erythrocytes in vitro. Nature New Biology. 231(24). 223–224. 38 indexed citations

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