Karin Leontein

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Karin Leontein is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karin Leontein has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Organic Chemistry, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in Karin Leontein's work include Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (10 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (9 papers) and Escherichia coli research studies (3 papers). Karin Leontein is often cited by papers focused on Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (10 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (9 papers) and Escherichia coli research studies (3 papers). Karin Leontein collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and France. Karin Leontein's co-authors include Jörgen Lōnngren, Bengt Lindberg, Göran Widmalm, Ulf Lindquist, Stefan B. Svenson, Anne Dell, Per‐Erik Jansson, Marianne Nilsson, Thomas Norberg and Mats Andersson and has published in prestigious journals such as European Journal of Biochemistry, Carbohydrate Research and Canadian Journal of Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Karin Leontein

13 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Assignment of absolute configuration of sugars by g.l.c. of their acetylated glycosides formed from chiral alcohols

1978 775 citations Karin Leontein, Bengt Lindberg et al. Carbohydrate Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karin Leontein Sweden	12	558	544	304	197	155	13	1.1k
Haralambos Parolis South Africa	20	303 0.5×	428 0.8×	336 1.1×	162 0.8×	307 2.0×	83	1.3k
Nina A. Kocharova Russia	22	837 1.5×	999 1.8×	403 1.3×	386 2.0×	213 1.4×	121	1.9k
Andrei V. Perepelov Russia	15	414 0.7×	458 0.8×	140 0.5×	357 1.8×	175 1.1×	96	1000
A. M. Staub France	12	192 0.3×	399 0.7×	115 0.4×	216 1.1×	181 1.2×	22	1.0k
Kenneth Duncan United Kingdom	22	321 0.6×	1.1k 2.0×	255 0.8×	85 0.4×	80 0.5×	29	1.8k
Evelina L. Zdorovenko Russia	16	299 0.5×	435 0.8×	512 1.7×	93 0.5×	103 0.7×	103	1.1k
Nikolay P. Arbatsky Russia	23	538 1.0×	617 1.1×	331 1.1×	453 2.3×	101 0.7×	88	1.4k
Anna N. Kondakova Russia	19	314 0.6×	443 0.8×	191 0.6×	251 1.3×	116 0.7×	76	1.0k
Yu. A. Knirel Russia	16	259 0.5×	376 0.7×	152 0.5×	123 0.6×	55 0.4×	61	748
Joanna Radziejewska‐Lebrecht Poland	20	270 0.5×	455 0.8×	102 0.3×	277 1.4×	125 0.8×	45	997

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Widmalm, Göran & Karin Leontein. (1993). Structural studies of Escherichia coli O127 O-antigen polysaccharide. Carbohydrate Research. 247. 255–262. 21 indexed citations

Weintraub, Andrej, Karin Leontein, Göran Widmalm, et al.. (1993). Structural studies of the O‐antigenic polysaccharide of an enteroaggregative Escherichia coli strain. European Journal of Biochemistry. 213(2). 859–864. 11 indexed citations

Granström, Marta, et al.. (1990). Bordetella pertussis lipopolysaccharide as antigen in ELISA for serological diagnosis of whooping cough. Serodiagnosis and Immunotherapy in Infectious Disease. 4(2). 151–158. 6 indexed citations

Andersson, Mats, et al.. (1989). Structural studies of the O-antigenic polysaccharide of Escherichia coli O86, which possesses blood-group B activity. Carbohydrate Research. 185(2). 211–223. 50 indexed citations

Lindberg, Bengt, Karin Leontein, Ulf Lindquist, et al.. (1988). Structural studies of the O-antigen polysaccharide of Salmonella thompson, serogroup C1 (6,7). Carbohydrate Research. 174. 313–322. 39 indexed citations

Jansson, Per‐Erik, Bengt Lindberg, Göran Widmalm, & Karin Leontein. (1987). Structural studies of the Escherichia coli O78 O-antigen polysaccharide. Carbohydrate Research. 165(1). 87–92. 17 indexed citations

Jansson, Per‐Erik, Jörgen Lōnngren, Göran Widmalm, et al.. (1985). Structural studies of the O-antigen polysaccharides of Klebsiella O5 and Escherichia coli O8. Carbohydrate Research. 145(1). 59–66. 79 indexed citations

Leontein, Karin, Marianne Nilsson, & Thomas Norberg. (1985). Synthesis of the methyl and 1-octyl glycosides of the P-antigen tetrasaccharide (globotetraose). Carbohydrate Research. 144(2). 231–240. 33 indexed citations

Leontein, Karin, Bengt Lindberg, Jörgen Lōnngren, & Dennis J. Carlo. (1983). Structural studies of the capsular polysaccharide from Streptococcus pneumoniae type 12A. Carbohydrate Research. 114(2). 257–266. 16 indexed citations

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Hultberg, Hans, et al.. (1982). Synthesis of 2-acetamido-2-deoxyhexuronic acids with the d-gluco, d-manno, and d-galacto configurations. Carbohydrate Research. 103(1). 176–180. 16 indexed citations

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Leontein, Karin, et al.. (1982). Formation of 1,5-Dideoxy-1,5-iminohexitols on Borohydride Reduction of 2-Amino-2-deoxyhexofuranurono-6,3-lactones.. Acta chemica Scandinavica/Acta chemica Scandinavica. B, Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. A, Physical and inorganic chemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series B. Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series A, Physical and inorganic chemistry. 36b. 515–518. 26 indexed citations

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Leontein, Karin, Bengt Lindberg, & Jörgen Lōnngren. (1981). Structural studies of the capsular polysaccharide from Streptococcus pneumoniae Type 12F. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 59(14). 2081–2085. 28 indexed citations

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Leontein, Karin, Bengt Lindberg, & Jörgen Lōnngren. (1978). Assignment of absolute configuration of sugars by g.l.c. of their acetylated glycosides formed from chiral alcohols. Carbohydrate Research. 62(2). 359–362. 775 indexed citations breakdown →

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