R Benesch

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

R Benesch is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, R Benesch has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Cell Biology, 15 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 13 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in R Benesch's work include Hemoglobin structure and function (24 papers), Neonatal Health and Biochemistry (15 papers) and Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (13 papers). R Benesch is often cited by papers focused on Hemoglobin structure and function (24 papers), Neonatal Health and Biochemistry (15 papers) and Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (13 papers). R Benesch collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. R Benesch's co-authors include Cao Yu, Suzanna Kwong, Robert Renthal, Nobuji Maeda, Ruth E. Benesch, Rohinton Edalji, Yasunori Enoki, Paul C. Mangelsdorf, A. Seetharama Acharya and James M. Manning and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

R Benesch

28 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Reciprocal binding of oxygen and diphosphoglycerate by hu... 1968 2026 1987 2006 1968 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. Reciprocal binding of oxygen and diphosphoglycerate by human hemoglobin.
    1968 423 citations R Benesch, Cao Yu Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R Benesch United States 18 1.0k 500 494 433 432 29 1.4k
L. Rossi-Bernardi Italy 24 1.2k 1.2× 603 1.2× 450 0.9× 812 1.9× 295 0.7× 55 1.8k
J. Kister France 21 1.1k 1.1× 541 1.1× 393 0.8× 569 1.3× 849 2.0× 107 1.7k
Itiro Tyuma Japan 21 1.1k 1.1× 590 1.2× 386 0.8× 590 1.4× 221 0.5× 46 1.4k
Clara Fronticelli United States 26 2.0k 2.0× 741 1.5× 806 1.6× 1.2k 2.9× 598 1.4× 95 2.5k
M.J. McDonald United States 13 464 0.5× 260 0.5× 195 0.4× 299 0.7× 232 0.5× 26 834
Winston F. Moo-Penn United States 18 569 0.6× 244 0.5× 247 0.5× 326 0.8× 528 1.2× 59 956
L Tentori Italy 16 406 0.4× 232 0.5× 158 0.3× 287 0.7× 276 0.6× 77 843
D.R. Harkness United States 18 330 0.3× 280 0.6× 113 0.2× 365 0.8× 193 0.4× 38 1.1k
M.C. Garel France 16 303 0.3× 283 0.6× 128 0.3× 263 0.6× 390 0.9× 28 738
Rhoda Elison Hirsch United States 20 722 0.7× 397 0.8× 208 0.4× 966 2.2× 297 0.7× 75 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by R Benesch

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R Benesch

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of R Benesch. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of R Benesch 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 R Benesch. R Benesch 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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Benesch, R. (2015). The Molecular Origin of the Control Mechanisms in Haemoglobin. Proceedings of the International Society of Blood Transfusion. 29. 1049–1055.
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Benesch, R & Suzanna Kwong. (1994). Quantitative transformation of hemoglobin into stable tetramers. Hemoglobin. 18(3). 185–192. 1 indexed citations
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Benesch, R & Suzanna Kwong. (1990). The stability of the heme-globin linkage in some normal, mutant, and chemically modified hemoglobins.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 265(25). 14881–14885. 61 indexed citations
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Keipert, Peter E., et al.. (1989). Functional properties of a new crosslinked hemoglobin designed for use as a red cell substitute. Transfusion. 29(9). 768–773. 37 indexed citations
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Arnone, A., P.H. Rogers, R Benesch, & Suzanna Kwong. (1986). The interaction of folylpolyglutamates with deoxyhemoglobin. Identification of the binding site.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 261(13). 5853–5857. 12 indexed citations
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Benesch, R, Suzanna Kwong, & Charles M. Baugh. (1985). The binding of folyl- and antifolylpolyglutamates to hemoglobin.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 260(27). 14653–14658. 17 indexed citations
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Benesch, R, L Triner, Suzanna Kwong, & Mariagnes Verosky. (1984). Enhanced oxygen unloading by an interdimerically crosslinked hemoglobin in an isolated perfused rabbit heart.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 81(9). 2941–2943. 16 indexed citations
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Schnackerz, Klaus D., R Benesch, Suzanna Kwong, & Ernst Helmreich. (1983). Specific receptor sites for pyridoxal 5'-phosphate and pyridoxal 5'-deoxymethylenephosphonate at the alpha and beta NH2-terminal regions of hemoglobin.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 258(2). 872–875. 18 indexed citations
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Benesch, R, Suzanna Kwong, A. Seetharama Acharya, & James M. Manning. (1982). Labeling of hemoglobin with pyridoxal phosphate.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 257(3). 1320–1324. 64 indexed citations
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Benesch, R, Rohinton Edalji, & Suzanna Kwong. (1980). Solubilization of hemoglobin S by other hemoglobins.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 77(9). 5130–5134. 60 indexed citations
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Benesch, R, Rohinton Edalji, & T. Suzuki. (1977). 5'-deoxypyridoxal as a potential anti-sickling agent.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 74(4). 1721–1723. 19 indexed citations
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Edalji, Rohinton & R Benesch. (1976). Binding of inostiol hexaphosphate to deoxyhemoglobin.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 251(23). 7720–7721. 18 indexed citations
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Benesch, R & S. Ikeda. (1976). Reaction of haptoglobin with hemoglobin covalently cross-linked between the alpha beta dimers.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 251(2). 465–470. 24 indexed citations
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Benesch, R & Cao Yu. (1968). Reciprocal binding of oxygen and diphosphoglycerate by human hemoglobin.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 59(2). 526–532. 423 indexed citations breakdown →
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Benesch, R & Yasunori Enoki. (1968). The interaction of hemoglobin and its subunits with 2,3-diphosphoglycerate.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 61(3). 1102–1106. 82 indexed citations
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Benesch, R. (1968). Oxygenation and Ion Transport in Red Cells. Science. 160(3823). 83–83. 22 indexed citations
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Benesch, R, et al.. (1966). Subunit exchange and ligand binding. II. The mechanism of the allosteric effect in hemoglobin.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 56(4). 1268–1274. 25 indexed citations
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Benesch, R, et al.. (1965). Subunit exchange and ligand binding: a new hypothesis for the mechanism of oxygenation of hemoglobin.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 54(2). 535–542. 34 indexed citations
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Ranney, Helen M., et al.. (1963). Hybridization of deoxygenated human hemoglobin. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 74. 544–547. 11 indexed citations
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Benesch, R, et al.. (1962). THE INFLUENCE OF REVERSIBLE OXYGEN BINDING ON THE INTERACTION BETWEEN HEMOGLOBIN SUBMITS. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 48(12). 2071–2075. 43 indexed citations

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