Robert E. Canfield

8.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
86 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Robert E. Canfield is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Reproductive Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert E. Canfield has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 15 papers in Reproductive Medicine. Recurrent topics in Robert E. Canfield's work include Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones (14 papers), Blood properties and coagulation (13 papers) and Bone health and treatments (10 papers). Robert E. Canfield is often cited by papers focused on Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones (14 papers), Blood properties and coagulation (13 papers) and Bone health and treatments (10 papers). Robert E. Canfield collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hungary and Canada. Robert E. Canfield's co-authors include BRUCE C. NISULA, John P. Schlatterer, Eileen Armstrong, Allen J. Wilcox, Clarice R. Weinberg, John F. O’Connor, Donna D. Baird, Francis J. Morgan, Steven Birken and Joyce W. Lustbader and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Robert E. Canfield

86 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

Incidence of Early Loss of Pregnancy 1963 2026 1984 2005 1988 1963 500 1000 1.5k
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. Incidence of Early Loss of Pregnancy
    1988 1.7k citations Allen J. Wilcox, Clarice R. Weinberg et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  2. The Amino Acid Sequence of Egg White Lysozyme
    1963 629 citations Robert E. Canfield profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert E. Canfield United States 36 2.2k 1.5k 1.4k 1.1k 1.0k 86 6.6k
Yukio Nakamura Japan 52 4.8k 2.2× 938 0.6× 704 0.5× 733 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 482 11.1k
Yutaka Morita Japan 40 1.7k 0.8× 802 0.5× 716 0.5× 205 0.2× 1.3k 1.2× 188 5.9k
W. Pagé Faulk United States 46 1.6k 0.7× 955 0.6× 179 0.1× 688 0.6× 2.7k 2.6× 205 7.3k
László Kovács Hungary 47 3.7k 1.7× 743 0.5× 317 0.2× 569 0.5× 772 0.7× 305 8.2k
R. Eliasson Sweden 42 2.2k 1.0× 1.5k 1.0× 2.5k 1.8× 391 0.4× 179 0.2× 146 6.6k
Richard A. Anderson United States 70 8.6k 4.0× 2.3k 1.5× 1.8k 1.3× 512 0.5× 1.3k 1.2× 290 15.8k
Edward J. McGuire United States 63 1.7k 0.8× 710 0.5× 403 0.3× 969 0.9× 237 0.2× 337 13.1k
J. B. Brown Australia 39 412 0.2× 1.4k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 918 0.9× 329 0.3× 130 5.1k
Kim Pettersson Finland 58 3.4k 1.6× 742 0.5× 1.3k 0.9× 299 0.3× 522 0.5× 291 10.9k
Mika Ito Japan 36 1.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 793 0.6× 332 0.3× 2.2k 2.1× 140 4.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert E. Canfield

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert E. Canfield

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Bin, et al.. (2022). Structural and mechanistic basis for redox sensing by the cyanobacterial transcription regulator RexT. Communications Biology. 5(1). 275–275. 6 indexed citations
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McChesney, Ruth, Allen J. Wilcox, John F. O’Connor, et al.. (2005). Intact HCG, free HCG β subunit and HCG β core fragment: longitudinal patterns in urine during early pregnancy. Human Reproduction. 20(4). 928–935. 44 indexed citations
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O’Connor, John F., Steven Birken, Joyce W. Lustbader, et al.. (1994). Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Immunochemistry of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin: Impact on Clinical Measurements*. Endocrine Reviews. 15(5). 650–683. 64 indexed citations
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Wu, Hao, et al.. (1994). Structure of human chorionic gonadotropin at 2.6 å resolution from MAD analysis of the selenomethionyl protein. Structure. 2(6). 545–558. 398 indexed citations
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Taylor, Clinton A., James W. Overstreet, Steven J. Samuels, et al.. (1992). Prospective assessment of early fetal loss using an immunoenzymometric screening assay for detection of urinary human chorionic gonadotropin. Fertility and Sterility. 57(6). 1220–1224. 15 indexed citations
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Krichevsky, Alexander, et al.. (1991). Development and Characterization of a New, Highly Specific Antibody to the Human Chorionic Gonadotropin-β Fragment*. Endocrinology. 128(3). 1255–1264. 24 indexed citations
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Siris, Ethel S. & Robert E. Canfield. (1991). Paget's disease of bone. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2(6). 207–212. 7 indexed citations
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Lustbader, Joyce W., Steven Birken, M A Kolks, et al.. (1989). Crystallization and characterization of human chorionic gonadotropin in chemically deglycosylated and enzymically desialylated states. Biochemistry. 28(24). 9239–9243. 41 indexed citations
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Morse, Jane H., Joyce W. Lustbader, John W. Harrington, & Robert E. Canfield. (1988). Heterogeneity of Proteins in Commercial Preparations of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) Demonstrated by Western Blotting. American Journal Of Reproductive Immunology. 17(4). 134–140. 17 indexed citations
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Birken, Steven, Sania Amr, BRUCE C. NISULA, et al.. (1988). Characterization of Antisera Distinguishing Carbohydrate Structures in the β-Carboxyl-Terminal Region of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin*. Endocrinology. 122(5). 2054–2063. 20 indexed citations
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Canfield, Robert E., et al.. (1988). Measuring human chorionic gonadotropin for detection of early pregnancy loss. Reproductive Toxicology. 2(3-4). 199–203. 8 indexed citations
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Wilcox, Allen J., Clarice R. Weinberg, John F. O’Connor, et al.. (1988). Incidence of Early Loss of Pregnancy. New England Journal of Medicine. 319(4). 189–194. 1716 indexed citations breakdown →
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BIRKEN, STEVEN, M A Kolks, Laurence A. Cole, et al.. (1988). Structure of the Human Chorionic Gonadotropin β-Subunit Fragment from Pregnancy Urine*. Endocrinology. 123(1). 572–583. 115 indexed citations
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Wilcox, Allen J., Clarice R. Weinberg, Eileen Armstrong, & Robert E. Canfield. (1987). Urinary human chorionic gonadotropin among intrauterine device users: detection with a highly specific and sensitive assay. Fertility and Sterility. 47(2). 265–269. 29 indexed citations
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Butler, Vincent P., Hymie L. Nossel, & Robert E. Canfield. (1982). [8] Immunoassay of human fibrinopeptides. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 84. 102–118. 2 indexed citations
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Sobel, Joan H., James A. Koehn, Robert Friedman, & Robert E. Canfield. (1982). Alpha chain crosslinking of human fibrin: Purification and radioimmunoassay development for two Aα chain regions involved in crosslinking. Thrombosis Research. 26(6). 411–424. 13 indexed citations
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Canfield, Robert E.. (1973). The Physician as a Teacher of Patients.. Academic Medicine. 4 indexed citations

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