Mortimer Levitz

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
152 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Mortimer Levitz is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Obstetrics and Gynecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mortimer Levitz has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Genetics, 39 papers in Molecular Biology and 31 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Recurrent topics in Mortimer Levitz's work include Estrogen and related hormone effects (41 papers), Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (22 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (21 papers). Mortimer Levitz is often cited by papers focused on Estrogen and related hormone effects (41 papers), Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (22 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (21 papers). Mortimer Levitz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Italy. Mortimer Levitz's co-authors include Joseph Dancis, Joseph Katz, Roy E. Shore, Anne Zeleniuch‐Jacquotte, Paolo Toniolo, Joel Hutzler, Valerie Jansen, R. G. Westall, Uma Raju and Gray H. Twombly and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Mortimer Levitz

149 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

A Prospective Study of Endogenous Estrogens and Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women

1995 507 citations Paolo Toniolo, Mortimer Levitz et al. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mortimer Levitz United States	37	1.3k	1.1k	695	677	643	152	4.2k
R. Hähnel Australia	29	1.1k 0.8×	879 0.8×	582 0.8×	148 0.2×	265 0.4×	132	2.6k
Erlio Gurpide United States	43	2.7k 2.1×	1.3k 1.2×	355 0.5×	318 0.5×	854 1.3×	164	5.9k
R. Vihko Finland	46	2.3k 1.8×	1.5k 1.5×	529 0.8×	313 0.5×	419 0.7×	165	5.8k
Jan‐Olof Jeppsson Sweden	33	482 0.4×	1.7k 1.6×	411 0.6×	244 0.4×	93 0.1×	74	5.0k
Michael J. Bennett United States	44	631 0.5×	4.1k 3.9×	214 0.3×	925 1.4×	429 0.7×	185	7.5k
Takayoshi Toyota Japan	40	758 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	683 1.0×	162 0.2×	68 0.1×	249	6.4k
Jörge R. Pasqualini France	35	3.4k 2.7×	1.7k 1.6×	838 1.2×	282 0.4×	322 0.5×	208	5.4k
G S Tint United States	32	749 0.6×	2.6k 2.5×	936 1.3×	240 0.4×	114 0.2×	100	5.4k
Lauri Kangas Finland	31	1.1k 0.9×	919 0.9×	657 0.9×	222 0.3×	134 0.2×	162	3.3k
Frank Chytil United States	47	1.3k 1.1×	4.3k 4.0×	307 0.4×	594 0.9×	105 0.2×	139	6.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mortimer Levitz

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Chen, Yu, Anne Zeleniuch‐Jacquotte, Alan A. Arslan, et al.. (2011). Endogenous hormones and coronary heart disease in postmenopausal women. Atherosclerosis. 216(2). 414–419. 41 indexed citations

Reh, Andrea, Linda Rolnitzky, Mortimer Levitz, et al.. (2010). Effect of autoimmune thyroid disease in older euthyroid infertile woman during the first 35 days of an IVF cycle. Fertility and Sterility. 95(3). 1178–1181. 11 indexed citations

Levitz, Mortimer, Gene B. Hubbard, S. L. Jenkins, et al.. (2007). The IGF Axis in Baboon Pregnancy: Placental and Systemic Responses to Feeding 70% Global Ad Libitum Diet. Placenta. 28(11-12). 1200–1210. 40 indexed citations

Roman, Ashley S., et al.. (2005). “Blind” Vaginal Fetal Fibronectin as a Predictor of Spontaneous Preterm Delivery. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 105(2). 285–289. 30 indexed citations

Lukanova, Annekatrin, Eva Lundin, Andrea Micheli, et al.. (2003). Circulating levels of sex steroid hormones and risk of endometrial cancer in postmenopausal women. International Journal of Cancer. 108(3). 425–432. 169 indexed citations

Nachtigall, Lila E., et al.. (2000). Serum Estradiol-Binding Profiles in Postmenopausal Women Undergoing Three Common Estrogen Replacement Therapies. Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society. 7(4). 243–250. 48 indexed citations

Bulletti, Carlo, Dominique de Ziegler, Seth Guller, & Mortimer Levitz. (1997). The uterus : endometrium and myometrium. New York Academy of Sciences eBooks. 3 indexed citations

Raju, Uma, Joseph Katz, & Mortimer Levitz. (1997). Effect of bile acids and estradiol on thymidine incorporation into DNA in MCF-7 and MCF-10A breast cell lines. Steroids. 62(10). 643–646. 6 indexed citations

Levitz, Mortimer, et al.. (1995). Lack of effect of cocaine on lysine and alanine uptake in human placental villi or transfer in perfused human placenta. Reproduction Fertility and Development. 7(6). 1495–1497. 4 indexed citations

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Toniolo, Paolo, Mortimer Levitz, Anne Zeleniuch‐Jacquotte, et al.. (1995). A Prospective Study of Endogenous Estrogens and Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 87(3). 190–197. 507 indexed citations breakdown →

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Levitz, Mortimer. (1994). An overview of four plus decades of research in estrogens: A personal history. Steroids. 59(8). 456–462.

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Levitz, Mortimer, et al.. (1993). Transfer of cocaine by the perfused human placenta: The effect of binding to serum proteins. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 169(6). 1418–1423. 33 indexed citations

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Levitz, Mortimer, Uma Raju, Joseph Katz, et al.. (1992). Esterase activity in human breast cyst fluid: associations with steroid sulfates and cations. Steroids. 57(10). 485–487. 5 indexed citations

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Katz, Joseph, Mortimer Levitz, Susan Kadner, & Thomas H. Finlay. (1991). Estradiol esters can replace 17β-estradiol in the stimulation of DNA and esterase synthesis by MCF-7 cells: A possible role for the estrogen-sensitive MCF-7 cell esterase. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 38(1). 17–26. 23 indexed citations

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Raju, Uma, H. Leon Bradlow, & Mortimer Levitz. (1990). Estriol‐3‐Sulfate in Human Breast Cyst Fluid^a. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 586(1). 83–87. 8 indexed citations

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Raju, Uma, et al.. (1989). The concentration of 16x-hydroxy androgens in serum and cyst fluid of women with gross cystic disease of the breast. Steroids. 54(1). 101–112. 6 indexed citations

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Dancis, Joseph, et al.. (1988). Placental transport of riboflavin: Differential rates of uptake at the maternal and fetal surfaces of the perfused human placenta. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 158(1). 204–210. 22 indexed citations

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Dancis, Joseph, David M. Wilson, Iffath A. Hoskins, & Mortimer Levitz. (1988). Placental transfer of thiamine in the human subject: In vitro perfusion studies and maternal-cord plasma concentrations. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 159(6). 1435–1439. 17 indexed citations

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Raju, Uma, Mortimer Levitz, Glenn R. Jacobowitz, et al.. (1987). Quantification of the sulfates of 16α-hydroxy androgens that are possible precursors of estriol-3-sulfate in human breast cyst fluid. Steroids. 50(4-6). 559–574. 4 indexed citations

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Katz, Joseph, et al.. (1972). Effect of Proteases on In vitro RNA Synthesis by Rat Uteri in Different Hormonal States1. Endocrinology. 90(5). 1147–1153. 10 indexed citations

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