N L Benowitz

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

N L Benowitz is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, N L Benowitz has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Physiology, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in N L Benowitz's work include Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (9 papers), Smoking Behavior and Cessation (9 papers) and Synthesis and Biological Evaluation (3 papers). N L Benowitz is often cited by papers focused on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (9 papers), Smoking Behavior and Cessation (9 papers) and Synthesis and Biological Evaluation (3 papers). N L Benowitz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. N L Benowitz's co-authors include Janet Audrain‐McGovern, Peyton Jacob, Peyton Jacob, Shoshana Zevin, Christopher R. Brown, Alexander T. Shulgin, Charles Denaro, Keith K. H. Chan, Jui-Chien Hsieh and Dennis J. Faix and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

N L Benowitz

18 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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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.

Cigarette Smoking, Nicotine, and Body Weight

2011 409 citations Janet Audrain‐McGovern, N L Benowitz Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
N L Benowitz United States	15	1.2k	904	403	243	173	18	2.1k
Dorothy Hatsukami United States	26	1.3k 1.1×	545 0.6×	418 1.0×	195 0.8×	110 0.6×	52	2.3k
Reginald V. Fant United States	24	892 0.7×	590 0.7×	411 1.0×	203 0.8×	103 0.6×	44	1.8k
David P.L. Sachs United States	22	1.9k 1.6×	961 1.1×	640 1.6×	214 0.9×	147 0.8×	60	2.9k
Bridgette E. Garrett United States	23	1.1k 0.9×	371 0.4×	374 0.9×	313 1.3×	148 0.9×	32	2.2k
David Gonzales United States	17	2.0k 1.6×	900 1.0×	509 1.3×	263 1.1×	144 0.8×	25	2.7k
Linda Hyder Ferry United States	17	808 0.7×	399 0.4×	252 0.6×	201 0.8×	64 0.4×	21	1.5k
Flavia Franconi Italy	34	649 0.5×	655 0.7×	736 1.8×	166 0.7×	150 0.9×	113	3.3k
Anna Hansson Sweden	11	1.7k 1.4×	1.3k 1.5×	400 1.0×	106 0.4×	91 0.5×	18	2.9k
N BENOWITZ United States	13	837 0.7×	531 0.6×	244 0.6×	107 0.4×	110 0.6×	15	2.1k
Eric C. Westman United States	21	826 0.7×	611 0.7×	216 0.5×	199 0.8×	107 0.6×	37	1.4k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Benowitz, N L, Hongbo Yang, Peyton Jacob, & Gideon St. Helen. (2025). Nicotine Dosimetry in Evaluating Electronic Cigarettes Compared to Cigarette Smoking: Implications for Tobacco Regulatory Science. Chemical Research in Toxicology. 38(4). 686–694. 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Andy Z. X., Qian Zhou, Lisa Sanderson Cox, et al.. (2014). Association of CHRNA5-A3-B4 SNP rs2036527 With Smoking Cessation Therapy Response in African-American Smokers. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 96(2). 256–265. 34 indexed citations

Audrain‐McGovern, Janet & N L Benowitz. (2011). Cigarette Smoking, Nicotine, and Body Weight. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 90(1). 164–168. 409 indexed citations breakdown →

Benowitz, N L, Shoshana Zevin, & Peyton Jacob. (1998). Suppression of Nicotine Intake During Ad Libitum Cigarette Smoking by High-Dose Transdermal Nicotine. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 287(3). 958–962. 91 indexed citations

Benowitz, N L & Peyton Jacob. (1997). Individual Differences in Nicotine Kinetics and Metabolism in Humans. PsycEXTRA Dataset. 173. 48–64. 39 indexed citations

Benowitz, N L. (1997). Systemic Absorption and Effects of Nicotine From Smokeless Tobacco. Advances in Dental Research. 11(3). 336–341. 62 indexed citations

Benowitz, N L. (1996). Pharmacology of Nicotine: Addiction and Therapeutics. The Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology. 36(1). 597–613. 466 indexed citations

Hellerstein, M K, N L Benowitz, Richard A. Neese, et al.. (1994). Effects of cigarette smoking and its cessation on lipid metabolism and energy expenditure in heavy smokers.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 93(1). 265–272. 125 indexed citations

Benowitz, N L, et al.. (1994). Establishing a Nicotine Threshold for Addiction -- The Implications for Tobacco Regulation. New England Journal of Medicine. 331(2). 123–125. 364 indexed citations

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Benowitz, N L & Peyton Jacob. (1993). Nicotine and cotinine elimination pharmacokinetics in smokers and nonsmokers. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 53(3). 316–323. 194 indexed citations

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Jacob, Peyton, Alexander T. Shulgin, Lisa Yu, & N L Benowitz. (1992). Determination of the nicotine metabolite trans-3′-hydroxycotinine in urine of smokers using gas chromatography with nitrogen-selective detection or selected ion monitoring. Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications. 583(2). 145–154. 36 indexed citations

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Benowitz, N L, Keith K. H. Chan, Charles Denaro, & Peyton Jacob. (1991). Stable isotope method for studying transdermal drug absorption: The nicotine patch. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 50(3). 286–293. 70 indexed citations

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Benowitz, N L & Peyton Jacob. (1990). Intravenous nicotine replacement suppresses nicotine intake from cigarette smoking.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 254(3). 1000–1005. 73 indexed citations

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Jacob, Peyton, Alexander T. Shulgin, & N L Benowitz. (1990). Synthesis of (3'R,5'S)-trans-3'-hydroxycotinine, a major metabolite of nicotine. Metabolic formation of 3'-hydroxycotinine in humans is highly stereoselective. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 33(7). 1888–1891. 14 indexed citations

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Benowitz, N L. (1990). Clinical Pharmacology of Inhaled Drugs of Abuse: Implications in Understanding Nicotine Dependence. PsycEXTRA Dataset. 99. 12–29. 56 indexed citations

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Jacob, Peyton, et al.. (1990). Cocaine smokers excrete a pyrolysis product, anhydroecgonine methyl ester. Journal of Toxicology Clinical Toxicology. 28(1). 121–125. 23 indexed citations

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Brown, Christopher R. & N L Benowitz. (1989). Caffeine and cigarette smoking: behavioral, cardiovascular, and metabolic interactions. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 34(3). 565–570. 50 indexed citations

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Shulgin, Alexander T., Peyton Jacob, N L Benowitz, & David T. W. Lau. (1987). Identification and quantitative analysis of cotinine-N-oxide in human urine. Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications. 423. 365–372. 9 indexed citations

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