P. Roy Vagelos

11.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
127 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

P. Roy Vagelos is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, P. Roy Vagelos has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Cell Biology and 26 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in P. Roy Vagelos's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (26 papers), Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (23 papers) and Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (18 papers). P. Roy Vagelos is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (26 papers), Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (23 papers) and Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (18 papers). P. Roy Vagelos collaborates with scholars based in United States, Malaysia and France. P. Roy Vagelos's co-authors include Alfred W. Alberts, Joseph J. Volpe, Donald Martin, John E. Cronan, Peter Goldman, Richard D. Mavis, John Elovson, Philip W. Majerus, Robert M. Bell and David F. Silbert and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

P. Roy Vagelos

127 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

Inhibition of fatty acid synthesis by the antibiotic ceru... 1973 2026 1990 2008 1973 50 100 150 200
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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. Inhibition of fatty acid synthesis by the antibiotic cerulenin
    1973 214 citations P. Roy Vagelos et al. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
P. Roy Vagelos United States 56 6.0k 1.8k 1.4k 1.0k 922 127 8.4k
Fritz Lipmann United States 61 8.2k 1.4× 1.0k 0.6× 996 0.7× 688 0.7× 599 0.6× 172 11.0k
E. Racker United States 60 9.0k 1.5× 1.4k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 1.3k 1.4× 168 12.1k
Gordon M. Tomkins United States 72 8.3k 1.4× 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.3× 600 0.7× 162 13.8k
Salih J. Wakil United States 64 9.4k 1.6× 2.6k 1.4× 1.8k 1.3× 2.5k 2.5× 1.3k 1.4× 177 13.9k
B.L. Horecker United States 61 6.2k 1.0× 2.5k 1.4× 1.7k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 802 0.9× 233 10.8k
Esmond E. Snell United States 53 6.3k 1.0× 3.1k 1.7× 1.0k 0.7× 657 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 242 10.0k
Paul A. Srere United States 57 6.8k 1.1× 1.5k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 1.4k 1.4× 1.7k 1.8× 192 9.8k
George Rouser United States 38 5.4k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 801 0.6× 1.5k 1.5× 875 0.9× 74 9.5k
Robert L. Lester United States 60 8.5k 1.4× 2.2k 1.2× 2.6k 1.9× 1.3k 1.2× 426 0.5× 110 11.1k
P Andrews United Kingdom 17 4.6k 0.8× 717 0.4× 737 0.5× 475 0.5× 318 0.3× 30 7.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P. Roy Vagelos

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vagelos, P. Roy. (2007). Innovation and industry-academia interactions: where conflicts arise and measures to avoid them.. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 74(Suppl_2). S12–S12. 8 indexed citations
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Vagelos, P. Roy & Louis Galambos. (2006). The moral corporation - Merck experiences. 3 indexed citations
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Sutton, Mike, Ray Fall, Aníbal M. Nervi, et al.. (1977). Amino acid sequence of Escherichia coli biotin carboxyl carrier protein (9100).. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 252(11). 3934–3940. 51 indexed citations
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Schroeder, Friedhelm, et al.. (1976). Isolation and characterization of subcellular membranes with altered phospholipid composition from cultured fibroblasts.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 251(16). 5015–5026. 156 indexed citations
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Alberts, Alfred W., Arnold W. Strauss, Sally W. Hennessy, & P. Roy Vagelos. (1975). Regulation of synthesis of hepatic fatty acid synthetase: binding of fatty acid synthetase antibodies to polysomes.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 72(10). 3956–3960. 41 indexed citations
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Volpe, Joseph J. & P. Roy Vagelos. (1974). Regulation of Mammalian Fatty-Acid Synthetase. The Roles of Carbohydrate and Insulin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 71(3). 889–893. 64 indexed citations
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Gläser, Michael, Karen A. Ferguson, & P. Roy Vagelos. (1974). Manipulation of the Phospholipid Composition of Tissue Culture Cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 71(10). 4072–4076. 84 indexed citations
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Fall, Ray & P. Roy Vagelos. (1973). Acetyl Coenzyme A Carboxylase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 248(6). 2078–2088. 43 indexed citations
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Hancock, William S., Garland R. Marshall, & P. Roy Vagelos. (1973). Acyl Carrier Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 248(7). 2424–2434. 16 indexed citations
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Volpe, Joseph J. & P. Roy Vagelos. (1973). Fatty acid synthetase of mammalian brain, liver and adipose tissue regulation by prosthetic group turnover. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism. 326(3). 293–304. 25 indexed citations
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Cronan, John E. & P. Roy Vagelos. (1972). Metabolism and function of the membrane phospholipids of Escherichia coli. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Biomembranes. 265(1). 25–60. 302 indexed citations
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Elovson, John & P. Roy Vagelos. (1970). Structure of the major species of chlorosulfolipid from Ochromonas danica. 2,2,11,13,15,16-Hexachloro-N-docosane 1,14-disulfate. Biochemistry. 9(16). 3110–3126. 56 indexed citations
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Vagelos, P. Roy & Allan R. Larrabee. (1967). Acyl Carrier Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 242(8). 1776–1781. 59 indexed citations
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Silbert, David F. & P. Roy Vagelos. (1967). Fatty acid mutant of E. coli lacking a beta-hydroxydecanoyl thioester dehydrase.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 58(4). 1579–1586. 137 indexed citations
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Ullmann, A, P. Roy Vagelos, & Jacques Monod. (1964). The effect of 5′adenylic acid upon the association between bromthymol blue and muscle phosphorylase b. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 17(1). 86–92. 40 indexed citations
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Goldman, Peter, Alfred W. Alberts, & P. Roy Vagelos. (1963). The Condensation Reaction of Fatty Acid Biosynthesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 238(4). 1255–1261. 83 indexed citations
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Vagelos, P. Roy, Alfred W. Alberts, & Donald Martin. (1962). Activation of acetyl-CoA carboxylase and associated alteration of sedimentation characteristics of the enzyme. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 8(1-2). 4–8. 38 indexed citations
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Martin, Donald, Marjorie G. Horning, & P. Roy Vagelos. (1961). Fatty Acid Synthesis in Adipose Tissue. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 236(3). 663–668. 216 indexed citations
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Horning, Marjorie G., Donald Martin, Arthur Karmen, & P. Roy Vagelos. (1961). Fatty Acid Synthesis in Adipose Tissue. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 236(3). 669–672. 119 indexed citations
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Horning, M. G., Donald Martin, Arthur Karmen, & P. Roy Vagelos. (1960). Synthesis of branched-chain and odd-numbered fatty acids from malonyl-CoA. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 3(1). 101–106. 33 indexed citations

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