Louis Dorfman

808 total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 543 citations indexed

About

Louis Dorfman is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Louis Dorfman has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 543 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Organic Chemistry, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Louis Dorfman's work include Synthesis and Reactions of Organic Compounds (5 papers), Estrogen and related hormone effects (3 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (2 papers). Louis Dorfman is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and Reactions of Organic Compounds (5 papers), Estrogen and related hormone effects (3 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (2 papers). Louis Dorfman collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Israel and United States. Louis Dorfman's co-authors include Murray E. Jarvik, George deStevens, Ellen M. Donoghue, Charles F. Huebner, Michael M. Robison, William E. Rosen, Ernest Wenkert, L. H. Werner, Sam Brody and W. L. Bencze and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Louis Dorfman

17 papers receiving 453 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Ultraviolet Absorption of Steroids.

1953 267 citations Louis Dorfman Chemical Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Louis Dorfman Switzerland	10	255	215	61	57	39	17	543
H. Heußer Germany	15	186 0.7×	337 1.6×	43 0.7×	47 0.8×	92 2.4×	46	535
G. H. Phillipps Germany	11	179 0.7×	208 1.0×	54 0.9×	20 0.4×	59 1.5×	32	588
Dwight S. Fullerton United States	15	239 0.9×	420 2.0×	43 0.7×	61 1.1×	46 1.2×	38	781
G. Forrest Woods United States	10	197 0.8×	225 1.0×	33 0.5×	29 0.5×	58 1.5×	40	527
S. Rakhit Canada	12	132 0.5×	194 0.9×	29 0.5×	68 1.2×	40 1.0×	32	437
G. D. Laubach United States	13	149 0.6×	164 0.8×	22 0.4×	38 0.7×	58 1.5×	30	452
Th. Posternak France	16	302 1.2×	395 1.8×	67 1.1×	73 1.3×	23 0.6×	54	944
Robert Bruce Moffett United States	16	342 1.3×	287 1.3×	38 0.6×	66 1.2×	29 0.7×	56	705
F. Herling United States	8	130 0.5×	172 0.8×	73 1.2×	17 0.3×	37 0.9×	8	356
H. B. MacPhillamy Switzerland	13	195 0.8×	145 0.7×	45 0.7×	38 0.7×	14 0.4×	19	387

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17 of 17 papers shown

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Huebner, Charles F., et al.. (1970). Azodiformate adduct of indene and the stereochemistry of some 1,2-disubstituted indans. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 35(4). 1149–1154. 14 indexed citations

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Dorfman, Louis & Murray E. Jarvik. (1970). Comparative stimulant and diuretic actions of caffeine and theobromine in man. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 11(6). 869–872. 48 indexed citations

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Huebner, Charles F., et al.. (1967). Diels-Alder reactions of indene. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 32(4). 1126–1130. 10 indexed citations

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Robison, Michael M., et al.. (1966). The Stereochemistry and Synthesis of the Lobinaline Ring System. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 31(10). 3220–3223. 1 indexed citations

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Huebner, Charles F., et al.. (1966). Unusual adducts of methyl acetylenedicarboxylate and olefins. Tetrahedron Letters. 7(11). 1185–1191. 11 indexed citations

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Bencze, W. L., et al.. (1966). Derivatives of 3,4-Diphenylchromanes as Estrogens and Implantation Inhibitors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 9(4). 516–520. 7 indexed citations

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Robison, Michael M., et al.. (1966). The Preparation and Characterization of Some Triarylcyclohexanes Related to Lobinaline. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 31(10). 3213–3220. 3 indexed citations

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Bencze, W. L., et al.. (1965). Synthetic estrogens and implantation inhibitors. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 21(5). 261–261. 6 indexed citations

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Rosen, William E., et al.. (1964). cis Addition of Performic Acid to Indene and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra of 1,2-Disubstituted Indanes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 29(7). 1723–1729. 29 indexed citations

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deStevens, George, et al.. (1964). Investigations in Heterocycles. XVI.¹ A New Synthesis of 1,2-Disubstituted 4-Thiopyrimidines via Enamines. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 29(5). 1115–1119. 23 indexed citations

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Huebner, Charles F., et al.. (1963). Reactions of Acetylenic Esters with Enamines. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 28(11). 3134–3140. 65 indexed citations

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deStevens, George, et al.. (1963). Investigations in Heterocycles. XIII. Structure-Activity Relationships of Heterocyclic Compounds with Potent Analgetic Effects. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 6(4). 357–361. 4 indexed citations

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Dorfman, Louis, et al.. (1963). Separation of Some Alkaloids, Steroids, and Synthetic Compounds by Thin-Layer Chromatography.. Analytical Chemistry. 35(8). 950–952. 8 indexed citations

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Werner, L. H., et al.. (1960). Dihydrobenzothiadiazine 1,1-Dioxides and their Diuretic Properties. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 82(5). 1161–1166. 22 indexed citations

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deStevens, George, et al.. (1959). Investigations in Heterocycles. IX. Resonance Effects in Pyrazolin-5-ones and Related Compounds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 81(23). 6292–6295. 20 indexed citations

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deStevens, George, et al.. (1958). Investigations in Heterocycles. VI. 1,4-Thiazin-3-ones and Related Compounds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 80(19). 5198–5200. 5 indexed citations

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Dorfman, Louis. (1953). Ultraviolet Absorption of Steroids.. Chemical Reviews. 53(1). 47–144. 267 indexed citations breakdown →

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