Shirley Hansen

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
112 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Shirley Hansen is a scholar working on Clinical Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shirley Hansen has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Clinical Biochemistry, 38 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 37 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Shirley Hansen's work include Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (43 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (27 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (23 papers). Shirley Hansen is often cited by papers focused on Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (43 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (27 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (23 papers). Shirley Hansen collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Poland. Shirley Hansen's co-authors include Thomas L. Perry, David V. Godin, Lynne MacDougall, Janet Kennedy, Stephen J. Kish, Karen L. Jones, C. C. Mok, Sheila Diamond, K. Berry and Bluma Tischler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Shirley Hansen

112 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Huntington's Chorea

1973 644 citations Thomas L. Perry, Shirley Hansen et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Parkinson's disease: A disorder due to nigral glutathione deficiency?

1982 615 citations Thomas L. Perry, David V. Godin et al. Neuroscience Letters profile →

Peers

Shirley Hansen

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Thomas L. Perry Canada

A. Pletscher Switzerland

Bernd Hamprecht Germany

William J. Nicklas United States

Theodore L. Sourkes Canada

Morton Levitt United States

H. McIlwain United Kingdom

Jan Albrecht Poland

W. Davis Parker United States

J Axelrod United States

Thomas L. Perry Canada

Shirley Hansen

3.0k ×1.2

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2.7k ×1.3

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2.1k ×1.8

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1.3k ×1.2

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Citations per year, relative to Shirley Hansen Shirley Hansen (= 1×) peers Thomas L. Perry

Countries citing papers authored by Shirley Hansen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shirley Hansen

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shirley Hansen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shirley Hansen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shirley Hansen 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 Shirley Hansen. Shirley Hansen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Hansen, Shirley. (1999). Helicobacter pylori Infection and Risk of Cardia Cancer and Non-Cardia Gastric Cancer: A Nested Case-Control Study. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 34(4). 353–360. 125 indexed citations

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Perry, Thomas L., Charles Krieger, Shirley Hansen, & Ali Tabatabaei. (1991). Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurology. 41(4). 487–487. 20 indexed citations

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Perry, Thomas L., Charles Krieger, Shirley Hansen, & Andrew Eisen. (1990). Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Amino acid levels in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid. Annals of Neurology. 28(1). 12–17. 134 indexed citations

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Perry, Thomas L., et al.. (1989). β-N-Methylamino-l-alanine. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 94(1-3). 173–180. 63 indexed citations

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Hansen, Shirley, et al.. (1989). Schizophrenia, tardive dyskinesia, and brain GABA. Biological Psychiatry. 25(2). 200–206. 23 indexed citations

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Perry, Thomas L., Shirley Hansen, Frances Booth, et al.. (1988). An unusual aminoacidopathy associated with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 12(1). 23–32. 3 indexed citations

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Perry, Thomas L., V. Wee Yong, Shirley Hansen, et al.. (1987). α-Tocopherol and β-carotene do not protect marmosets against the dopaminergic neurotoxicity of N-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 81(2-3). 321–331. 36 indexed citations

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Perry, Thomas L., Margaret G. Norman, V. Wee Yong, et al.. (1985). Hallervorden‐Spatz disease: Cysteine accumulation and cysteine dioxygenase deficiency in the globus pallidus. Annals of Neurology. 18(4). 482–489. 136 indexed citations

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Perry, Thomas L., David V. Godin, & Shirley Hansen. (1982). Parkinson's disease: A disorder due to nigral glutathione deficiency?. Neuroscience Letters. 33(3). 305–310. 615 indexed citations breakdown →

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Perry, Thomas L., Shirley Hansen, & Stephen J. Kish. (1979). Effects of chronic administration of antipsychotic drugs on GABA and other amino acids in the mesolimbic area of rat brain. Life Sciences. 24(3). 283–288. 28 indexed citations

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Hansen, Shirley, et al.. (1978). Abnormalities in neurotransmitter amino acids in dominantly inherited cerebellar disorders.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 21. 303–14. 6 indexed citations

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Haworth, J. C., Thomas L. Perry, John P. Blass, Shirley Hansen, & Nadine Urquhart. (1976). Lactic acidosis in three sibs due to defects in both pyruvate dehydrogenase and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complexes.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 58(4). 564–72. 52 indexed citations

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Urquhart, Nadine, Thomas L. Perry, Shirley Hansen, & Janet Kennedy. (1975). GABA CONTENT AND GLUTAMIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE ACTIVITY IN BRAIN OF HUNTINGTON'S CHOREA PATIENTS AND CONTROL SUBJECTS¹. Journal of Neurochemistry. 24(5). 1071–1075. 72 indexed citations

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Hansen, Shirley, et al.. (1973). Brain amino acids in baboons with light-induced epilepsy. Brain Research. 50(2). 480–483. 20 indexed citations

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Perry, Thomas L., et al.. (1973). Huntington's Chorea. New England Journal of Medicine. 288(7). 337–342. 644 indexed citations breakdown →

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Perry, Thomas L., et al.. (1971). Acetic and benzoic acids in the urine of patients with chronic schizophrenia. Clinica Chimica Acta. 31(1). 181–186. 15 indexed citations

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Hansen, Shirley, et al.. (1968). SERUM-CARNOSINASE DEFICIENCY IN CARNOSINÆMIA. The Lancet. 291(7554). 1229–1230. 49 indexed citations

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Hansen, Shirley, et al.. (1968). TREATMENT OF HOMOCYSTINURIA WITH A LOW-METHIONINE DIET, SUPPLEMENTAL CYSTINE, AND A METHYL DONOR. The Lancet. 292(7566). 474–478. 53 indexed citations

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Perry, Thomas L., Shirley Hansen, & Lynne MacDougall. (1967). Identity and Significance of Some Pink Spots in Schizophrenia and Other Conditions. Nature. 214(5087). 484–485. 27 indexed citations

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Perry, Thomas L., et al.. (1967). Carnosinemia. New England Journal of Medicine. 277(23). 1219–1227. 97 indexed citations

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