O Platt

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

O Platt is a scholar working on Physiology, Genetics and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, O Platt has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Physiology, 12 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in O Platt's work include Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (14 papers), Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (12 papers) and Iron Metabolism and Disorders (6 papers). O Platt is often cited by papers focused on Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (14 papers), Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (12 papers) and Iron Metabolism and Disorders (6 papers). O Platt collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Tunisia. O Platt's co-authors include Carlo Brugnara, David G. Nathan, G Dover, Barbara A. Miller, G. Peter Beardsley, Stuart H. Orkin, Samuel E. Lux, Seth L. Alper, C. C. Armsby and Nader Rifai and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

O Platt

20 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Hydroxyurea enhances fetal hemoglobin production in sickl... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 100 200 300 400
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. Hydroxyurea enhances fetal hemoglobin production in sickle cell anemia.
    1984 428 citations O Platt, Stuart H. Orkin et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
O Platt United States 18 1.3k 994 607 360 274 21 1.7k
Rahima Zennadi United States 16 470 0.4× 412 0.4× 364 0.6× 264 0.7× 68 0.2× 44 968
John Torrance South Africa 8 218 0.2× 228 0.2× 249 0.4× 178 0.5× 133 0.5× 14 932
Jacqueline Madden United Kingdom 14 257 0.2× 263 0.3× 438 0.7× 261 0.7× 35 0.1× 21 1.1k
Yelena Ginzburg United States 22 1.6k 1.3× 1.7k 1.7× 524 0.9× 388 1.1× 93 0.3× 84 2.4k
Lorena Duca Italy 19 750 0.6× 761 0.8× 163 0.3× 212 0.6× 151 0.6× 50 1.2k
Saı̈d Lyoumi France 21 150 0.1× 223 0.2× 132 0.2× 676 1.9× 176 0.6× 30 1.2k
Therese L. Murphy Australia 13 551 0.4× 942 0.9× 90 0.1× 190 0.5× 26 0.1× 21 1.4k
Hiroshi Ideguchi Japan 16 114 0.1× 181 0.2× 348 0.6× 303 0.8× 150 0.5× 58 767
Hugh Young Rienhoff United States 17 313 0.2× 369 0.4× 109 0.2× 388 1.1× 58 0.2× 42 1.0k
Amel Haj Khelil Tunisia 17 191 0.2× 187 0.2× 114 0.2× 242 0.7× 63 0.2× 56 799

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Fields of papers citing papers by O Platt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of O Platt

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of O Platt. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of O Platt based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with O Platt. O Platt is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Siciliano, Angela, Giorgio Malpeli, O Platt, et al.. (2010). Abnormal modulation of cell protective systems in response to ischemic/reperfusion injury is important in the development of mouse sickle cell hepatopathy. Haematologica. 96(1). 24–32. 23 indexed citations
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Kinney, T R, Lynn A. Sleeper, Robert A. Zimmerman, et al.. (1999). Silent Cerebral Infarcts in Sickle Cell Anemia: A Risk Factor Analysis. PEDIATRICS. 103(3). 640–645. 230 indexed citations
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Franceschi, Lucia De, D. Bachir, Frédéric Galactéros, et al.. (1997). Oral magnesium supplements reduce erythrocyte dehydration in patients with sickle cell disease.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 100(7). 1847–1852. 136 indexed citations
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Brugnara, Carlo, Benjamin Gee, C. C. Armsby, et al.. (1996). Therapy with oral clotrimazole induces inhibition of the Gardos channel and reduction of erythrocyte dehydration in patients with sickle cell disease.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 97(5). 1227–1234. 199 indexed citations
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Brugnara, Carlo, C. C. Armsby, Masayuki Sakamoto, et al.. (1995). Oral administration of clotrimazole and blockade of human erythrocyte Ca(++)-activated K+ channel: the imidazole ring is not required for inhibitory activity.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 273(1). 266–272. 76 indexed citations
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Platt, O, et al.. (1995). Sickle reticulocytes adhere to VCAM-1. Blood. 85(1). 268–274. 153 indexed citations
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Rifai, Nader, Masayuki Sakamoto, Terry Law, et al.. (1995). HPLC measurement, blood distribution, and pharmacokinetics of oral clotrimazole, potentially useful antisickling agent. Clinical Chemistry. 41(3). 387–391. 38 indexed citations
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Brugnara, Carlo, et al.. (1994). Reticulocyte hemoglobin content (CHr): early indicator of iron deficiency and response to therapy [letter]. Blood. 83(10). 3100–3101. 100 indexed citations
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Platt, O, et al.. (1993). A highly conserved region of human erythrocyte ankyrin contains the capacity to bind spectrin.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 268(32). 24421–24426. 28 indexed citations
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Rosenblum, Norman D., O Platt, Miriam S. Wetzel, & Robert Rosenthal. (1992). Effect of context on the rating of students by faculty and housestaff in a clinical clerkship. Academic Medicine. 67(7). 485–485. 1 indexed citations
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Platt, O. (1989). Pathology of Membrane Proteins in Sickle Erythrocytesa. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 565(1). 83–85. 5 indexed citations
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Platt, O, et al.. (1988). Membrane protein lesions in erythrocytes with Heinz bodies.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 82(3). 1051–1058. 26 indexed citations
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Miller, BA, et al.. (1987). Influence of hydroxyurea on fetal hemoglobin production in vitro. Blood. 70(6). 1824–1829. 19 indexed citations
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Joiner, Clinton H., O Platt, & Samuel E. Lux. (1986). Cation depletion by the sodium pump in red cells with pathologic cation leaks. Sickle cells and xerocytes.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 78(6). 1487–1496. 48 indexed citations
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Patel, Vikram, Aaron Ciechanover, O Platt, & Harvey F. Lodish. (1985). Loss of adhesion of erythrocyte precursors to fibronectin during erythroid differentiation.. PubMed. 184. 355–68. 2 indexed citations
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Platt, O, et al.. (1985). Molecular defect in the sickle erythrocyte skeleton. Abnormal spectrin binding to sickle inside-our vesicles.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 75(1). 266–271. 46 indexed citations
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Patel, Vikram, Aaron Ciechanover, O Platt, & Harvey F. Lodish. (1985). Mammalian reticulocytes lose adhesion to fibronectin during maturation to erythrocytes.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 82(2). 440–444. 90 indexed citations
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Platt, O, Stuart H. Orkin, G Dover, et al.. (1984). Hydroxyurea enhances fetal hemoglobin production in sickle cell anemia.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 74(2). 652–656. 428 indexed citations breakdown →
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Platt, O. (1982). Exercise-induced hemolysis in sickle cell anemia: shear sensitivity and erythrocyte dehydration. Blood. 59(5). 1055–1060. 18 indexed citations
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Platt, O, Samuel E. Lux, & D G Nathan. (1981). Exercise-induced hemolysis in xerocytosis. Erythrocyte dehydration and shear sensitivity.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 68(3). 631–638. 29 indexed citations

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