Saul Kit

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
199 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Saul Kit is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Saul Kit has authored 199 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Molecular Biology, 68 papers in Epidemiology and 61 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Saul Kit's work include Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (59 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (59 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (27 papers). Saul Kit is often cited by papers focused on Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (59 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (59 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (27 papers). Saul Kit collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovakia and Israel. Saul Kit's co-authors include D. R. Dubbs, L Piekarski, T. C. Hsü, Malon Kit, Wai‐Choi Leung, David Trkula, Hamida Qavi, T Kurimura, George N. Jorgensen and Ramón A. Torres and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Saul Kit

198 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

Deletion of thymidine kinase activity from L cells resist... 1963 2026 1984 2005 1963 100 200 300 400 500
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. Deletion of thymidine kinase activity from L cells resistant to bromodeoxyuridine
    1963 554 citations Saul Kit, D. R. Dubbs et al. Experimental Cell Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Saul Kit United States 41 3.0k 2.2k 1.9k 1.4k 787 199 6.2k
William C. Summers United States 40 2.7k 0.9× 1.6k 0.7× 1.6k 0.9× 778 0.6× 550 0.7× 116 5.2k
D. R. Dubbs United States 32 1.9k 0.6× 1.0k 0.5× 1.3k 0.7× 920 0.7× 459 0.6× 85 3.4k
Joe Sambrook United States 48 5.8k 1.9× 1.4k 0.6× 3.3k 1.8× 1.7k 1.2× 1.1k 1.4× 66 9.3k
Bryan E. Roberts United States 34 3.1k 1.0× 744 0.3× 1.6k 0.8× 630 0.5× 626 0.8× 75 5.5k
Saul J. Silverstein United States 47 5.9k 1.9× 4.6k 2.1× 3.6k 1.9× 1.4k 1.0× 1.9k 2.4× 124 11.2k
W. C. Russell Tanzania 30 4.5k 1.5× 845 0.4× 4.1k 2.2× 1.3k 0.9× 551 0.7× 54 6.7k
Amos Panet Israel 42 2.9k 1.0× 1.4k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 664 0.5× 1.3k 1.7× 175 5.7k
Richard W. Moyer United States 37 2.5k 0.8× 1.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 528 0.4× 1.1k 1.4× 128 5.5k
Beverly E. Griffin United Kingdom 46 2.1k 0.7× 882 0.4× 967 0.5× 3.6k 2.6× 487 0.6× 128 5.9k
Robert P. Ricciardi United States 35 2.3k 0.7× 697 0.3× 1.6k 0.9× 885 0.6× 789 1.0× 102 4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Saul Kit

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Fields of papers citing papers by Saul Kit

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Saul Kit

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Saul Kit. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Saul Kit 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 Saul Kit. Saul Kit 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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Kit, Saul, et al.. (2020). GROWTH FEATURES OF PATIENT-DERIVED SUBCUTANEOUS AND ORTHOTOPIC XENOGRAFTS OF HUMAN CARDIOESOPHAGEAL CANCER IN IMMUNODEFICIENT MICE. Современные проблемы науки и образования (Modern Problems of Science and Education). 3–3.
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Galeota, J. A., Eduardo Furtado Flores, Saul Kit, Malon Kit, & Fernando A. Osorio. (1997). A quantitative study of the efficacy of a deletion mutant bovine herpesvirus-1 differential vaccine in reducing the establishment of latency by wildtype virus. Vaccine. 15(2). 123–128. 14 indexed citations
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Kit, Saul, Haruki Otsuka, & Malon Kit. (1992). Blocking ELISA for distinguishing infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus (IBRV)-infected animals from those vaccinated with a gene-deleted marker vaccine. Journal of Virological Methods. 40(1). 45–56. 6 indexed citations
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Kit, Malon & Saul Kit. (1991). Sensitive glycoprotein gIII blocking ELISA to distinguish between pseudorabies (Aujeszky's disease) -infected and vaccinated pigs. Veterinary Microbiology. 28(2). 141–155. 13 indexed citations
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Kit, Saul. (1990). Genetically engineered vaccines for control of Aujeszky's disease (pseudorabies). Vaccine. 8(5). 420–424. 26 indexed citations
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Crandell, Robert A., Hiroshi Ichimura, & Saul Kit. (1988). Isolation and comparative restriction endonuclease dna fingerprinting of equine herpesvirus-1 from cattle. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 49(11). 1807–1813. 14 indexed citations
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Kit, Saul, et al.. (1980). Integration site(s) of herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase gene and regional assignment of the gene for aminoacylase-1 in human chromosomes. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 26(2-4). 93–103. 12 indexed citations
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Otsuka, Hidenori, D. R. Dubbs, & Saul Kit. (1979). Variant Lines of Mouse Kidney Cells Transformed by an SV40tsA Mutant with Growth Properties of Wild-Type Transformed Cells at Nonpermissive Temperature. Journal of General Virology. 42(2). 373–386. 12 indexed citations
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Kit, Saul, et al.. (1979). Sites of integration of herpes simplex virus type‐2 thymidine kinase gene in human chromosomes. International Journal of Cancer. 23(6). 846–853. 5 indexed citations
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Kit, Saul & Wai‐Choi Leung. (1974). Submitochondrial localization and characteristics of thymidine kinase molecular forms in parental and kinase-deficient hela cells. Biochemical Genetics. 11(3). 231–247. 32 indexed citations
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Dubbs, D. R. & Saul Kit. (1968). Isolation of Defective Lysogens from Simian Virus 40-transformed Mouse Kidney Cultures. Journal of Virology. 2(11). 1272–1282. 43 indexed citations
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Kit, Saul, et al.. (1965). DEOXYTHYMIDYLATE SYNTHETASE AND DEOXYTHYMIDINE KINASE ACTIVITIES OF VIRUS-INFECTED ANIMAL CELLS.. PubMed. 25. 737–44. 33 indexed citations
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Kit, Saul & D. R. Dubbs. (1965). Properties of deoxythymidine kinase partially purified from noninfected and virus-infected mouse fibroblast cells. Virology. 26(1). 16–27. 87 indexed citations
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Dubbs, D. R. & Saul Kit. (1964). Mutant strains of herpes simplex deficient in thymidine kinase-inducing activity. Virology. 22(4). 493–502. 224 indexed citations
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Kit, Saul, et al.. (1960). Quantitative relationship between deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) content and metabolism of diploid and tetraploid tumor strains.. PubMed. 16. 985–94. 1 indexed citations
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Kit, Saul, et al.. (1959). Biochemical studies on the Chinese hamster (22 chromosomes) and the Syrian hamster (44 chromosomes). Experimental Cell Research. 16(2). 411–417. 8 indexed citations
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Kit, Saul. (1956). The role of the hexose monophosphate shunt in tumors and lymphatic tissues.. PubMed. 16(1). 70–6. 39 indexed citations

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