Lester Baker

7.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
80 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Lester Baker is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Genetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Lester Baker has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 16 papers in Genetics and 14 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Lester Baker's work include Hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients (22 papers), Diabetes Management and Research (16 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (12 papers). Lester Baker is often cited by papers focused on Hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients (22 papers), Diabetes Management and Research (16 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (12 papers). Lester Baker collaborates with scholars based in United States and Israel. Lester Baker's co-authors include Salvador Minuchin, Bernice L. Rosman, Charles A. Stanley, Allen S. Goldman, James L. Mills, Ronald Liebman, Robert Kaye, William C. Yakovac, Klaus Hummeler and Michael E. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Genetics and American Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Lester Baker

77 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Psychosomatic Families

1978 1.1k citations Salvador Minuchin, Bernice L. Rosman et al. Harvard University Press eBooks profile →
Psychosomatic Families: Anorexia Nervosa in Context

1978 829 citations Salvador Minuchin, Bernice L. Rosman et al. profile →
Malformations in Infants of Diabetic Mothers Occur Before the Seventh Gestational Week: Implications for Treatment

1979 314 citations Lester Baker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lester Baker United States	33	1.9k	1.2k	658	598	516	80	5.0k
Brian Neville United Kingdom	38	599 0.3×	436 0.4×	243 0.4×	544 0.9×	203 0.4×	102	4.1k
David H. Barlow United Kingdom	51	467 0.3×	610 0.5×	603 0.9×	632 1.1×	109 0.2×	171	7.8k
Bernard L. Harlow United States	54	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	720 1.1×	335 0.6×	407 0.8×	173	9.5k
M A Preece United Kingdom	21	327 0.2×	676 0.6×	383 0.6×	599 1.0×	844 1.6×	40	4.5k
David E. Sandberg United States	35	525 0.3×	1.0k 0.9×	267 0.4×	2.2k 3.7×	319 0.6×	137	4.6k
C G D Brook United Kingdom	44	161 0.1×	3.0k 2.6×	428 0.7×	1.9k 3.2×	485 0.9×	181	6.0k
Robin J. Bell Australia	44	632 0.3×	2.7k 2.3×	848 1.3×	560 0.9×	334 0.6×	271	8.0k
Inger Johanne Bakken Norway	39	683 0.4×	107 0.1×	316 0.5×	467 0.8×	294 0.6×	137	4.6k
Stephen M. Rosenthal United States	37	1.0k 0.5×	1.3k 1.2×	454 0.7×	1.6k 2.6×	209 0.4×	105	5.5k
John J. Miller United States	32	910 0.5×	114 0.1×	252 0.4×	254 0.4×	267 0.5×	117	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Lester Baker

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lester Baker

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20 of 20 papers shown

Katz, Lorraine E. Levitt, Robert J. Ferry, Charles A. Stanley, et al.. (1999). Suppression of Insulin Oversecretion by Subcutaneous Recombinant Human Insulin-Like Growth Factor I in Children with Congenital Hyperinsulinism Due to Defective β-Cell Sulfonylurea Receptor¹. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 84(9). 3117–3124. 9 indexed citations

Thornton, Paul, Marta Satin‐Smith, Kevan C. Herold, et al.. (1998). Familial hyperinsulinism with apparent autosomal dominant inheritance: Clinical and genetic differences from the autosomal recessive variant. The Journal of Pediatrics. 132(1). 9–14. 61 indexed citations

Minuchin, Salvador, et al.. (1995). Psychosomatische Krankheiten in der Familie. Klett-Cotta eBooks. 7 indexed citations

El‐Maghrabi, M. Raafat, Alex J. Lange, Wei Jiang, et al.. (1995). Human Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphatase Gene (FBP1): Exon-Intron Organization, Localization to Chromosome Bands 9q22.2-q22.3, and Mutation Screening in Subjects with Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphatase Deficiency. Genomics. 27(3). 520–525. 60 indexed citations

McCawley, Lisa J., Helen M. Korchak, Joann Cutilli, et al.. (1993). Interferon-γ Corrects the Respiratory Burst Defect In Vitro in Monocyte-Derived Macrophages from Glycogen Storage Disease Type 1b Patients. Pediatric Research. 34(3). 265–269. 8 indexed citations

Thornton, Paul, Anne E. Sumner, Eduardo D. Ruchelli, et al.. (1991). Familial and sporadic hyperinsulinism: Histopathologic findings and segregation analysis support a single autosomal recessive disorder. The Journal of Pediatrics. 119(5). 721–724. 43 indexed citations

Baker, Lester, et al.. (1989). Hyperfiltration and renal disease in glycogen storage disease, type I. Kidney International. 35(6). 1345–1350. 56 indexed citations

Monos, Dimitri, et al.. (1988). Analysis of DR and DQ gene products of the DR4 haplotype in patients with IDDM: Possible involvement of more than one locus. Human Immunology. 23(4). 289–299. 14 indexed citations

Sutton, M. R., Leslie J. Klaff, Kenneth Lyen, et al.. (1988). Insulin autoantibodies at diagnosis of insulin-dependent diabetes: Effect on the antibody response to insulin treatment. Metabolism. 37(11). 1005–1007. 8 indexed citations

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Monos, Dimitri, Richard S. Spielman, Susan F. Radka, et al.. (1987). HLA-DQw3.2 allele of the DR4 haplotype is associated with insulin-dependent diabetes; correlation between DQ ? restriction fragments and DQ ? chain variation. Immunogenetics. 26(4-5). 299–303. 28 indexed citations

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Finegold, David N., Charles A. Stanley, & Lester Baker. (1980). Glycemic response to glucagon during fasting hypoglycemia: An aid in the diagnosis of hyperinsulinism. The Journal of Pediatrics. 96(2). 257–259. 105 indexed citations

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Minuchin, Salvador, Bernice L. Rosman, & Lester Baker. (1978). Psychosomatic Families. Harvard University Press eBooks. 1097 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stanley, Charles A. & Lester Baker. (1974). Accidental poisoning with 50 per cent glucose solution: The danger of large stock bottles. The Journal of Pediatrics. 84(2). 270–271. 2 indexed citations

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Baker, Lester, et al.. (1972). Beta cell adenoma in a child with hypoglycemia controlled with diazoxide. The Journal of Pediatrics. 80(5). 783–787. 25 indexed citations

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Williams, C. N., Robert Kaye, Lester Baker, Robert Hurwitz, & John Senior. (1972). Progressive familial cholestatic cirrhosis and bile acid metabolism. The Journal of Pediatrics. 81(3). 493–500. 67 indexed citations

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Yakovac, William C., Lester Baker, & Klaus Hummeler. (1971). Beta cell nesidioblastosis in idiopathic hypoglycemia of infancy. The Journal of Pediatrics. 79(2). 226–231. 112 indexed citations

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Baker, Lester, et al.. (1969). Beta adrenergic blockade and juvenile diabetes: Acute studies and long-term therapeutic trial. The Journal of Pediatrics. 75(1). 19–29. 66 indexed citations

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Baker, Lester. (1968). New Allele in the Transferrin System of Pigs, Tf^EAmes, an Apparent Mutation¹. Vox Sanguinis. 14(6). 446–451. 5 indexed citations

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Baker, Lester, Robert Kaye, Allen W. Root, & Amit Prasad. (1967). Diazoxide treatment of idiopathichypoglycemia of infancy. The Journal of Pediatrics. 71(4). 494–505. 42 indexed citations

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Baker, Lester, William J. Mellman, Thomas A. Tedesco, & Stanton Segal. (1966). Galactosemia: Symptomatic and asymptomatic homozygotes in one Negro sibship. The Journal of Pediatrics. 68(4). 551–558. 42 indexed citations

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