Manfred Spraul

13.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
172 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Manfred Spraul is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Manfred Spraul has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Molecular Biology, 63 papers in Spectroscopy and 34 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Manfred Spraul's work include Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (90 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (36 papers) and NMR spectroscopy and applications (34 papers). Manfred Spraul is often cited by papers focused on Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (90 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (36 papers) and NMR spectroscopy and applications (34 papers). Manfred Spraul collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Manfred Spraul's co-authors include Jeremy K. Nicholson, John C. Lindon, Eberhard Humpfer, P.J.D. Foxall, R. Duncan Farrant, Elaine Holmes, Hartmut Schäfer, Markus Godejohann, Ana M. Gil and Birk Schütz and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Manfred Spraul

171 papers receiving 9.5k citations

Hit Papers

750 MHz 1H and 1H-13C NMR Spectroscopy of Human Blood Plasma 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 2014 250 500 750
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.

  1. 750 MHz 1H and 1H-13C NMR Spectroscopy of Human Blood Plasma
    1995 893 citations Jeremy K. Nicholson, P.J.D. Foxall et al. Analytical Chemistry profile →
  2. Precision High-Throughput Proton NMR Spectroscopy of Human Urine, Serum, and Plasma for Large-Scale Metabolic Phenotyping
    2014 357 citations Hartmut Schäfer, Eberhard Humpfer et al. Analytical Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Manfred Spraul Germany 55 5.9k 2.5k 1.4k 1.3k 1.2k 172 9.8k
John van Duynhoven Netherlands 48 3.3k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 611 0.5× 671 0.5× 403 0.3× 191 7.9k
Timothy M. D. Ebbels United Kingdom 46 7.1k 1.2× 1.6k 0.6× 744 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 327 0.3× 138 9.1k
Mark R. Viant United Kingdom 63 6.7k 1.1× 2.3k 0.9× 475 0.4× 1.1k 0.9× 371 0.3× 217 12.0k
Olivier Cloarec United Kingdom 33 5.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.4× 750 0.6× 761 0.6× 198 0.2× 50 7.6k
Henrik Antti Sweden 42 5.1k 0.9× 1.3k 0.5× 1.5k 1.1× 1.0k 0.8× 123 0.1× 96 8.3k
Hector C. Keun United Kingdom 48 6.3k 1.1× 1.2k 0.5× 465 0.3× 789 0.6× 275 0.2× 152 8.6k
G. A. Nagana Gowda United States 43 4.8k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 235 0.2× 743 0.6× 361 0.3× 149 7.3k
Julian L. Griffin United Kingdom 74 12.7k 2.1× 2.8k 1.1× 379 0.3× 1.2k 0.9× 235 0.2× 349 20.7k
Steen Honoré Hansen Denmark 54 2.3k 0.4× 2.4k 1.0× 1.7k 1.3× 1.9k 1.5× 90 0.1× 336 10.4k
William E. Hull Germany 45 2.8k 0.5× 861 0.3× 336 0.2× 265 0.2× 237 0.2× 209 8.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Manfred Spraul

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manfred Spraul

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All Works

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Lodge, Samantha, Nathan G. Lawler, Nicola Gray, et al.. (2023). Integrative Plasma Metabolic and Lipidomic Modelling of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Relation to Clinical Severity and Early Mortality Prediction. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(14). 11614–11614. 13 indexed citations
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Debik, Julia, Hartmut Schäfer, Trygve Andreassen, et al.. (2022). Lipoprotein and metabolite associations to breast cancer risk in the HUNT2 study. British Journal of Cancer. 127(8). 1515–1524. 13 indexed citations
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Masuda, Reika, Samantha Lodge, Philipp Nitschke, et al.. (2021). Integrative Modeling of Plasma Metabolic and Lipoprotein Biomarkers of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Spanish and Australian COVID-19 Patient Cohorts. Journal of Proteome Research. 20(8). 4139–4152. 34 indexed citations
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Cannet, Claire, Andrea Pilotto, Júlio César Rocha, et al.. (2020). Lower plasma cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and LDL-lipoprotein subclasses in adult phenylketonuria (PKU) patients compared to healthy controls: results of NMR metabolomics investigation. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 15(1). 61–61. 17 indexed citations
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Lachenmeier, Dirk W., et al.. (2019). NMR‐based differentiation of conventionally from organically produced chicken eggs in Germany. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry. 57(9). 579–588. 25 indexed citations
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Embade, Nieves, Claire Cannet, Tammo Diercks, et al.. (2019). NMR-based newborn urine screening for optimized detection of inherited errors of metabolism. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 13067–13067. 29 indexed citations
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Spraul, Manfred, et al.. (2009). Mixture analysis by NMR as applied to fruit juice quality control. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry. 47(S1). S130–7. 108 indexed citations
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Duarte, Iola F., Cristina Legido‐Quigley, David A. Parker, et al.. (2008). Identification of metabolites in human hepatic bile using 800 MHz 1H NMR spectroscopy, HPLC-NMR/MS and UPLC-MS. Molecular BioSystems. 5(2). 180–190. 41 indexed citations
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Spraul, Manfred, Péter Dvortsák, Flemming H. Larsen, et al.. (2008). Starch phosphorylation—Maltosidic restrains upon 3′‐ and 6′‐phosphorylation investigated by chemical synthesis, molecular dynamics and NMR spectroscopy. Biopolymers. 91(3). 179–193. 37 indexed citations
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Diehl, Bernd, Eberhard Humpfer, H. Schäfer, et al.. (2008). Quality assessment of unfractionated heparin using 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 48(1). 13–19. 79 indexed citations
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Larsen, Flemming H., Mohammed Saddik Motawia, Andreas Blennow, et al.. (2008). Structure and hydration of the amylopectin trisaccharide building blocks—Synthesis, NMR, and molecular dynamics. Biopolymers. 89(12). 1179–1193. 27 indexed citations
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Zurek, Gabriela, Markus Godejohann, H. Schäfer, et al.. (2007). P119-M Combined Analysis of Urine Samples using NMR and LC/MS. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques JBT. 18(1). 42–42. 1 indexed citations
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Hiller, Wolf, Harald Pasch, Tibor Macko, et al.. (2006). On-line coupling of high temperature GPC and 1H NMR for the analysis of polymers. Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 183(2). 290–302. 46 indexed citations
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Seger, Christoph, Markus Godejohann, Manfred Spraul, Hermann Stuppner, & Franz Hadaček. (2006). Reaction product analysis by high-performance liquid chromatography-solid-phase extraction-nuclear magnetic resonance. Journal of Chromatography A. 1136(1). 82–88. 23 indexed citations
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Moolenaar, Sytske H., Udo F. H. Engelke, Manfred Spraul, et al.. (2001). β‐Ureidopropionase deficiency: A novel inborn error of metabolism discovered using NMR spectroscopy on urine. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 46(5). 1014–1017. 43 indexed citations
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Foxall, P.J.D., Manfred Spraul, R. Duncan Farrant, et al.. (1993). 750 MHz 1H-NMR spectroscopy of human blood plasma. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 11(4-5). 267–276. 58 indexed citations
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Spraul, Manfred, Martin Hofmann, Péter Dvortsák, Jeremy K. Nicholson, & Ian D. Wilson. (1993). High-performance liquid chromatography coupled to high-field proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy: application to the urinary metabolites of ibuprofen. Analytical Chemistry. 65(4). 327–330. 94 indexed citations

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