May D. Lee

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

May D. Lee is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, May D. Lee has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Organic Chemistry and 4 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in May D. Lee's work include Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (4 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (4 papers) and Synthesis and Biological Evaluation (4 papers). May D. Lee is often cited by papers focused on Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (4 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (4 papers) and Synthesis and Biological Evaluation (4 papers). May D. Lee collaborates with scholars based in United States. May D. Lee's co-authors include Donald B. Borders, George A. Ellestad, Conway C. Chang, Marshall M. Siegel, G. O. MORTON, T. S. DUNNE, William J. McGahren, Donald N. Halbert, Brigitte Ganter and Ronald D. Snyder and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Accounts of Chemical Research and Molecular Systems Biology.

In The Last Decade

May D. Lee

9 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Calichemicins, a novel family of antitumor antibiotics. 2... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Calichemicins, a novel family of antitumor antibiotics. 2. Chemistry and structure of calichemicin .gamma.1I
    1987 422 citations May D. Lee, T. S. DUNNE et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
May D. Lee United States 9 870 572 248 138 88 9 1.3k
Kristopher M. Depew United States 11 695 0.8× 600 1.0× 168 0.7× 62 0.4× 42 0.5× 16 1.1k
Suvit Thaisrivongs United States 31 1.4k 1.6× 999 1.7× 238 1.0× 145 1.1× 26 0.3× 55 2.6k
Zhu‐Jun Yao China 25 1.3k 1.5× 634 1.1× 193 0.8× 139 1.0× 77 0.9× 96 1.8k
Nicola Mongelli Italy 26 822 0.9× 1.2k 2.1× 223 0.9× 255 1.8× 54 0.6× 81 2.1k
Lawrence R. McGee United States 19 742 0.9× 613 1.1× 124 0.5× 110 0.8× 31 0.4× 28 1.3k
Adriana Chilin Italy 23 1.0k 1.2× 668 1.2× 246 1.0× 147 1.1× 153 1.7× 100 1.6k
Mark Zak United States 23 949 1.1× 842 1.5× 536 2.2× 237 1.7× 43 0.5× 35 1.7k
Randall W. Hungate United States 22 748 0.9× 643 1.1× 109 0.4× 141 1.0× 36 0.4× 51 1.4k
John Proudfoot United States 21 607 0.7× 507 0.9× 148 0.6× 187 1.4× 28 0.3× 54 1.5k
Martyn Frederickson United Kingdom 20 832 1.0× 1.0k 1.8× 166 0.7× 102 0.7× 48 0.5× 39 1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of May D. Lee

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All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Natsoulis, Georges, Cecelia I. Pearson, Jeremy Gollub, et al.. (2008). The liver pharmacological and xenobiotic gene response repertoire. Molecular Systems Biology. 4(1). 175–175. 60 indexed citations
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Ganter, Brigitte, Ronald D. Snyder, Donald N. Halbert, & May D. Lee. (2006). Toxicogenomics in Drug Discovery and Development: Mechanistic Analysis of Compound/Class-Dependent Effects Using the Drugmatrix®Database. Pharmacogenomics. 7(7). 1025–1044. 90 indexed citations
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Boojamra, Constantine G., Rémy C. Lemoine, Julie C. Lee, et al.. (2001). Stereochemical Elucidation and Total Synthesis of Dihydropacidamycin D, a Semisynthetic Pacidamycin. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 123(5). 870–874. 43 indexed citations
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Lee, May D., T. S. DUNNE, Conway C. Chang, et al.. (1992). Calicheamicins, a novel family of antitumor antibiotics. 4. Structure elucidation of calicheamicins .beta.1Br, .gamma.1Br, .alpha.2I, .alpha.3I, .beta.1I, .gamma.1I, and .delta.1I. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 114(3). 985–997. 105 indexed citations
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Lee, May D., George A. Ellestad, & Donald B. Borders. (1991). Calicheamicins: discovery, structure, chemistry, and interaction with DNA. Accounts of Chemical Research. 24(8). 235–243. 171 indexed citations
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Lee, May D., et al.. (1987). New antitumor antibiotic, LL-D05139.BETA.. Fermentation. isolation, structure determination and biological activities.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 40(12). 1657–1663. 14 indexed citations
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Lee, May D., T. S. DUNNE, Marshall M. Siegel, et al.. (1987). Calichemicins, a novel family of antitumor antibiotics. 1. Chemistry and partial structure of calichemicin .gamma.1I. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 109(11). 3464–3466. 316 indexed citations
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Lee, May D., T. S. DUNNE, Conway C. Chang, et al.. (1987). Calichemicins, a novel family of antitumor antibiotics. 2. Chemistry and structure of calichemicin .gamma.1I. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 109(11). 3466–3468. 422 indexed citations breakdown →

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