Ruth E. Benesch

7.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
71 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Ruth E. Benesch is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Genetics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth E. Benesch has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Cell Biology, 31 papers in Genetics and 27 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Ruth E. Benesch's work include Hemoglobin structure and function (49 papers), Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (31 papers) and Neonatal Health and Biochemistry (27 papers). Ruth E. Benesch is often cited by papers focused on Hemoglobin structure and function (49 papers), Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (31 papers) and Neonatal Health and Biochemistry (27 papers). Ruth E. Benesch collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Ruth E. Benesch's co-authors include Reinhold Benesch, Suzanna Yung, Henry A. Lardy, Suzanna Kwong, Rohinton Edalji, Robert Renthal, Nobuji Maeda, R Benesch, Itiro Tyuma and Michael F. Herman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Ruth E. Benesch

71 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

The effect of organic phosphates from the human erythrocy... 1955 2026 1978 2002 1967 1955 1973 1969 1955 250 500 750
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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. The effect of organic phosphates from the human erythrocyte on the allosteric properties of hemoglobin
    1967 895 citations Reinhold Benesch, Ruth E. Benesch Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications profile →
  2. THE SULFHYDRYL GROUPS OF CRYSTALLINE PROTEINS
    1955 421 citations Ruth E. Benesch, Reinhold Benesch et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  3. Equations for the spectrophotometric analysis of hemoglobin mixtures
    1973 405 citations Ruth E. Benesch, Reinhold Benesch et al. Analytical Biochemistry profile →
  4. Intracellular Organic Phosphates as Regulators of Oxygen Release by Haemoglobin
    1969 373 citations Reinhold Benesch, Ruth E. Benesch Nature profile →
  5. The Acid Strength of the -SH Group in Cysteine and Related Compounds
    1955 365 citations Ruth E. Benesch, Reinhold Benesch Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  6. Oxygenation of hemoglobin in the presence of 2,3-diphosphoglycerate. Effect of temperature, pH, ionic strength, and hemoglobin concentration
    1969 346 citations Ruth E. Benesch, Reinhold Benesch et al. Biochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ruth E. Benesch United States 38 3.6k 2.1k 1.9k 1.5k 1.5k 71 6.2k
Reinhold Benesch United States 38 3.3k 0.9× 2.0k 1.0× 1.8k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 67 5.9k
Celia Bonaventura United States 38 2.9k 0.8× 2.4k 1.1× 2.0k 1.0× 654 0.4× 451 0.3× 138 6.1k
Toshio Asakura United States 41 1.8k 0.5× 1.7k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 851 0.6× 1.7k 1.1× 198 5.0k
Quentin Gibson United States 62 8.6k 2.4× 7.1k 3.4× 3.4k 1.8× 2.9k 1.9× 1.1k 0.8× 234 12.5k
Eraldo Antonini Italy 59 9.6k 2.7× 7.4k 3.5× 3.5k 1.9× 3.0k 1.9× 1.9k 1.3× 309 14.1k
Jonathan B. Wittenberg United States 47 3.8k 1.1× 3.4k 1.6× 1.3k 0.7× 966 0.6× 315 0.2× 111 6.5k
A. Rossi‐Fanelli Italy 29 2.0k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 813 0.4× 706 0.5× 571 0.4× 63 3.5k
Helen M. Ranney United States 32 1.4k 0.4× 1.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 737 0.5× 1.3k 0.9× 83 3.7k
Guido Guidotti United States 48 1.5k 0.4× 4.5k 2.2× 1.5k 0.8× 745 0.5× 453 0.3× 166 8.4k
James M. Manning United States 37 1.5k 0.4× 2.1k 1.0× 882 0.5× 552 0.4× 899 0.6× 166 4.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shorr, Robert, Suzanna Kwong, Carl W. Gilbert, & Ruth E. Benesch. (1999). Changes in the Functional Properties of Bovine Hemoglobin Induced by Covalent Modification with Polyethylene Glycol. Artificial Cells Blood Substitutes and Biotechnology. 27(3). 185–202. 12 indexed citations
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Benesch, Ruth E. & Suzanna Kwong. (1995). Coupled Reactions in Hemoglobin.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(23). 13785–13786. 34 indexed citations
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Benesch, Ruth E.. (1994). [16] Bis(pyridoxal) polyphosphates as specific intramolecular cross-linking agents for hemoglobin. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 231. 267–274. 6 indexed citations
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Benesch, Ruth E.. (1994). [31] The stability of the heme-globin linkage: Measurement of heme exchange. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 231. 496–502. 14 indexed citations
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Benesch, Ruth E. & Suzanna Kwong. (1991). Hemoglobin tetramers stabilized by a single intramolecular cross-link. Journal of Protein Chemistry. 10(5). 503–510. 21 indexed citations
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Benesch, Ruth E. & Suzanna Kwong. (1988). Bis-pyridoxal polyphosphates: A new class of specific intramolecular crosslinking agents for hemoglobin. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 156(1). 9–14. 33 indexed citations
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Benesch, Ruth E., Suzanna Kwong, & Reinhold Benesch. (1982). The effects of α chain mutations cis and trans to the β6 mutation on the polymerization of sickle cell haemoglobin. Nature. 299(5880). 231–234. 33 indexed citations
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Benesch, Reinhold & Ruth E. Benesch. (1981). [13] Preparation and properties of hemoglobin modified with derivatives of pyridoxal. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 76. 147–159. 52 indexed citations
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Benesch, Reinhold, Rohinton Edalji, & Ruth E. Benesch. (1979). Deuterated iodoacetanilide: A covalent protein label for neutron scattering studies. Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods. 1(2). 129–131. 3 indexed citations
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Benesch, Reinhold & Ruth E. Benesch. (1974). Homos and Heteros among the Hemos. Science. 185(4155). 905–908. 27 indexed citations
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Benesch, Reinhold, Ruth E. Benesch, & Suzanna Yung. (1973). The solubility of hemoglobin β4S, the mutant subunits of sickle cell hemoglobin. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 55(2). 261–265. 14 indexed citations
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Benesch, Ruth E., Reinhold Benesch, & Suzanna Yung. (1973). Equations for the spectrophotometric analysis of hemoglobin mixtures. Analytical Biochemistry. 55(1). 245–248. 405 indexed citations breakdown →
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Benesch, Reinhold & Ruth E. Benesch. (1967). The effect of organic phosphates from the human erythrocyte on the allosteric properties of hemoglobin. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 26(2). 162–167. 895 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tyuma, Itiro, Ruth E. Benesch, & Reinhold Benesch. (1966). The Preparation and Properties of the Isolated α and β Subunits of Hemoglobin A*. Biochemistry. 5(9). 2957–2962. 108 indexed citations
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Benesch, Reinhold, Quentin Gibson, & Ruth E. Benesch. (1964). Preliminary Communications Rates of Reaction of Hemoglobin H with Ligands. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 239(5). 937–45. 1 indexed citations
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Benesch, Reinhold & Ruth E. Benesch. (1962). Determination of —SH Groups in Proteins. Methods of biochemical analysis. 10. 43–70. 173 indexed citations
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Benesch, Ruth E. & Reinhold Benesch. (1958). The Mechanism of Disulfide Interchange in Acid Solution; Role of Sulfenium Ions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 80(7). 1666–1669. 53 indexed citations
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Benesch, Ruth E. & Reinhold Benesch. (1955). The Acid Strength of the -SH Group in Cysteine and Related Compounds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 77(22). 5877–5881. 365 indexed citations breakdown →
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Benesch, Reinhold & Ruth E. Benesch. (1952). Reactions of thiols with organic mercury compounds. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 38(1). 425–441. 40 indexed citations
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Benesch, Ruth E. & Reinhold Benesch. (1952). The Role of Adsorption in the Reduction of Organic Mercury Compounds at the Dropping Mercury Electrode. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 56(5). 648–653. 25 indexed citations

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