Rolf Luft

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
120 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Rolf Luft is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Rolf Luft has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 35 papers in Molecular Biology and 30 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Rolf Luft's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (20 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (19 papers) and Diabetes Management and Research (17 papers). Rolf Luft is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (20 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (19 papers) and Diabetes Management and Research (17 papers). Rolf Luft collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Canada. Rolf Luft's co-authors include Erol Cerasi, Suad Efendić, Denis Ikkos, Herbert Olivecrona, Lars Ernster, Genaro M. A. Palmieri, Björn A. Afzelius, Tomas Hökfelt, John Wahren and Philip Felig and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Rolf Luft

117 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

A CASE OF SEVERE HYPERMETABOLISM OF NONTHYROID ORIGIN WITH A DEFECT IN THE MAINTENANCE OF MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATORY CONTROL: A CORRELATED CLINICAL, BIOCHEMICAL, AND MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY

1962 631 citations Rolf Luft, Denis Ikkos et al. profile →
CELLULAR LOCALIZATION OF SOMATOSTATIN IN ENDOCRINE-LIKE CELLS AND NEURONS OF THE RAT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCES TO THE A1-CELLS OF THE PANCREATIC ISLETS AND TO THE HYPOTHALAMUS

1975 381 citations Suad Efendić, Rolf Luft et al. European Journal of Endocrinology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rolf Luft Sweden	33	1.8k	1.8k	1.4k	1.0k	735	120	4.8k
Gerald R. Faloona United States	29	2.1k 1.1×	917 0.5×	1.6k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	465 0.6×	42	4.1k
N. Altszuler United States	28	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	876 0.6×	1.6k 1.6×	335 0.5×	99	4.0k
Kamejiro Yamashita Japan	36	1.4k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	920 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	448 0.6×	190	5.1k
Anna M. Eisentraut United States	22	2.0k 1.1×	853 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	804 0.8×	469 0.6×	29	3.5k
Peter H. Forsham United States	44	4.5k 2.5×	1.6k 0.9×	2.4k 1.7×	1.4k 1.4×	1.0k 1.4×	178	7.4k
Anthony S. Pagliara United States	30	1.3k 0.7×	891 0.5×	791 0.5×	940 0.9×	424 0.6×	51	2.9k
G. Pozza Italy	41	2.7k 1.5×	1.4k 0.8×	2.8k 2.0×	1.8k 1.7×	1.8k 2.4×	301	7.5k
Lillian Recant United States	29	1000 0.5×	897 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	530 0.5×	444 0.6×	124	2.9k
R. S. Sherwin United States	36	2.6k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	725 1.0×	84	4.9k
C. R. Morgan United States	17	1.3k 0.7×	813 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	782 0.8×	476 0.6×	38	3.0k

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Larsson, Nils‐Göran & Rolf Luft. (1999). Revolution in mitochondrial medicine. FEBS Letters. 455(3). 199–202. 60 indexed citations

Luft, Rolf. (1995). The development of mitochondrial medicine. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1271(1). 1–6. 51 indexed citations

Ernster, Lars, Rolf Luft, & Sten Orrenius. (1995). Preface. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1271(1). ix–x. 1 indexed citations

Efendić, Suad, Valdemar Grill, Rolf Luft, & Alexandre Wajngot. (1988). Low Insulin Response: A Marker Of Prediabetes. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 246. 167–174. 17 indexed citations

Efendić, Suad, et al.. (1980). Selective effect of some somatostatin analogs on glucagon as opposed to insulin release in rats in vivo. Metabolism. 29(8). 728–731. 11 indexed citations

Efendić, Suad, et al.. (1976). Potentiation of Glucose-induced Insulin Release by Glucose in the Isolated Pancreas of Fed and Fasted Rats. Diabetes. 25(10). 949–954. 31 indexed citations

Hall, Kerstin & Rolf Luft. (1974). Growth Hormone and Somatomedin. PubMed. 7(0). 1–36. 24 indexed citations

Efendić, Suad, Erol Cerasi, & Rolf Luft. (1974). Quantitative Study on the Potentiating Effect of Arginine on Glucose-induced Insulin Response in Healthy, Prediabetic, and Diabetic Subjects. Diabetes. 23(3). 161–171. 30 indexed citations

Luft, Rolf, et al.. (1968). OBESITY AS AN ADDITIONAL FACTOR IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF DIABETES. European Journal of Endocrinology. 59(2). 344–352. 29 indexed citations

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Cerasi, Erol & Rolf Luft. (1967). INSULIN RESPONSE TO GLUCOSE INFUSION IN DIABETIC AND NON-DIABETIC MONOZYGOTIC TWIN PAIRS. GENETIC CONTROL OF INSULIN RESPONSE?. European Journal of Endocrinology. 55(2). 330–345. 113 indexed citations

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Pk, Jensen, Rune Hedman, Rolf Luft, Lars Ernster, & Jon Munch‐Petersen. (1963). Steroid Effects on Antimycin Inhibited NADH and Succinate Oxidation.. Acta chemica Scandinavica/Acta chemica Scandinavica. B, Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. A, Physical and inorganic chemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series B. Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series A, Physical and inorganic chemistry. 17. 878–878. 2 indexed citations

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Hedman, Rune, et al.. (1962). Oxidation of external DPNH by mitochondria from human and rat skeletal muscle. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 8(4). 314–320. 16 indexed citations

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Hökfelt, B., et al.. (1959). THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF HYPOPHYSECTOMY AND SECTION OF THE PITUITARY STALK ON THE URINARY STEROID EXCRETION IN MAN. European Journal of Endocrinology. 30(1). 29–36. 3 indexed citations

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Luft, Rolf & Herbert Olivecrona. (1957). Hypophysectomy in the treatment of malignant tumors. Cancer. 10(4). 789–794. 38 indexed citations

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Luft, Rolf, et al.. (1957). TREATMENT OF CUSHING'S DISEASE BY PITUITARY SURGERY. REPORT OF TWO CASES. European Journal of Endocrinology. 24(1). 1–7. 12 indexed citations

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Ljunggren, H, Denis Ikkos, & Rolf Luft. (1957). STUDIES ON BODY COMPOSITION. European Journal of Endocrinology. 25(2). 199–208. 4 indexed citations

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Luft, Rolf & Herbert Olivecrona. (1955). Hypophysectomy in man.Experiences in metastatic cancer of the breast. Cancer. 8(2). 261–270. 57 indexed citations

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Ljunggren, H, Rolf Luft, & Björn Sjögren. (1953). The electrocardiogram and potassium metabolism during administration of acth, cortisone, and desoxycorticosterone acetate. American Heart Journal. 45(2). 216–226. 7 indexed citations

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Luft, Rolf & Björn Sjögren. (1951). METABOLIC STUDIES WITH CORTISONE. European Journal of Endocrinology. 7(1). 211–239. 7 indexed citations

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Luft, Rolf, et al.. (1951). THE EFFECT OF ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC HORMONE (ACTH) ON EXPERIMENTAL TUBERCULOSIS IN MICE PRELIMINARY REPORT. European Journal of Endocrinology. 6(3). 215–220. 9 indexed citations

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