Sidney Farber

8.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
99 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Sidney Farber is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sidney Farber has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in General Health Professions, 23 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 11 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Sidney Farber's work include Child and Adolescent Health (44 papers), Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare (17 papers) and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research (9 papers). Sidney Farber is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Health (44 papers), Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare (17 papers) and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research (9 papers). Sidney Farber collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iran and Canada. Sidney Farber's co-authors include George E. Foley, Herbert Lazarus, Betty G. Uzman, Barbara Boone, Robert E. McCarthy, Robert E. Gross, Giulio J. D’Angio, Charlotte L. Maddock, Isaac Djerassi and Allen C. Crocker and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Sidney Farber

88 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Continuous culture of human lymphoblasts from peripheral ... 1959 2026 1981 2003 1965 1959 250 500 750 1000
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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. Continuous culture of human lymphoblasts from peripheral blood of a child with acute leukemia
    1965 1.1k citations George E. Foley, Herbert Lazarus et al. Cancer profile →
  2. Potentiation of X-Ray Effects by Actinomycin D
    1959 299 citations Sidney Farber et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sidney Farber United States 26 1.0k 838 670 559 520 99 3.9k
Alan C. Aisenberg United States 43 817 0.8× 1.5k 1.8× 562 0.8× 256 0.5× 1.7k 3.2× 133 6.0k
D. W. Smithers United Kingdom 22 968 1.0× 2.3k 2.7× 808 1.2× 232 0.4× 588 1.1× 79 6.2k
Giora M. Mavligit United States 37 833 0.8× 1.9k 2.2× 643 1.0× 135 0.2× 1.0k 2.0× 153 4.3k
Paul B. Chretien United States 36 527 0.5× 1.3k 1.5× 779 1.2× 307 0.5× 996 1.9× 128 3.6k
T J McElwain United Kingdom 39 1.1k 1.1× 1.7k 2.0× 1.1k 1.7× 110 0.2× 637 1.2× 128 5.2k
I T Magrath United States 34 598 0.6× 1.9k 2.3× 212 0.3× 165 0.3× 800 1.5× 81 3.8k
W. Wilmanns Germany 34 1.3k 1.3× 1.2k 1.5× 564 0.8× 114 0.2× 1.4k 2.7× 265 5.0k
Stanley P. Balcerzak United States 33 1.2k 1.2× 1.1k 1.3× 379 0.6× 84 0.2× 398 0.8× 105 3.7k
L Schwarzenberg France 25 440 0.4× 1.2k 1.5× 340 0.5× 98 0.2× 789 1.5× 176 3.0k
Samuel O. Freedman Canada 25 1.9k 1.9× 2.0k 2.4× 775 1.2× 139 0.2× 984 1.9× 71 5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Sidney Farber

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sidney Farber

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sidney Farber

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sidney Farber. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sidney Farber 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 Sidney Farber. Sidney Farber 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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Jaffe, Norman, Sidney Farber, Demetrius Traggis, et al.. (1973). Favorable response of metastatic osteogenic sarcoma to pulse high-dose methotrexate with citrovorum rescue and radiation therapy. Cancer. 31(6). 1367–1373. 144 indexed citations
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Djerassi, Isaac, et al.. (1967). Continuous infusion of methotrexate in children with acute leukemia. Cancer. 20(2). 233–242. 68 indexed citations
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Farber, Sidney & Gordon F. Vawter. (1966). The Children's Hospital Medical Center Boston, Mass.. The Journal of Pediatrics. 68(3). 480–487. 2 indexed citations
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Uzman, Betty G., George E. Foley, Sidney Farber, & Herbert Lazarus. (1966). Morphologic variations in human leukemic lymphoblasts (CCRF-CEM cells) after long-term culture and exposure to chemotherapeutic agents:A study with the electron microscope. Cancer. 19(11). 1725–1742. 47 indexed citations
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Klein, Edmund, Sidney Farber, & Isaac Djerassi. (1965). Control and Prevention of Hemorrhage: Platelet Separation. Cancer Research. 25. 1504–1509. 8 indexed citations
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Farber, Sidney. (1965). Introductory Remarks: Review of Current Status of the Problem. Cancer Research. 25. 1472–1472. 1 indexed citations
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Farber, Sidney & Gordon F. Vawter. (1963). The Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Mass. USA. The Journal of Pediatrics. 63(2). 339–343. 2 indexed citations
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Djerassi, Isaac, Sidney Farber, & Audrey E. Evans. (1963). Transfusions of Fresh Platelet Concentrates to Patients with Secondary Thrombocytopenia. New England Journal of Medicine. 268(5). 221–226. 72 indexed citations
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Farber, Sidney & Gordon F. Vawter. (1963). The Children's Hospital Medical Center Boston, Mass.. The Journal of Pediatrics. 62(2). 282–287. 3 indexed citations
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Roy, Albert J., et al.. (1962). Effects of Escherichia coli endotoxin on rat platelets. American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content. 203(2). 296–298. 6 indexed citations
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Djerassi, Isaac, et al.. (1960). Survival of Total-Body X-Irradiated Mice after Delayed Infusions of Isologous Bone Marrow. Radiation Research. 12(5). 505–505. 2 indexed citations
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Farber, Sidney & Gordon F. Vawter. (1960). The Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Mass.. The Journal of Pediatrics. 57(2). 281–286. 1 indexed citations
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Farber, Sidney & John M. Craig. (1959). The Children's Medical Center, Boston, Mass.. The Journal of Pediatrics. 55(2). 240–248. 5 indexed citations
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Farber, Sidney & John M. Craig. (1957). The Children's Medical Center Boston, Mass.. The Journal of Pediatrics. 51(5). 584–592. 1 indexed citations
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Klein, Edmund, et al.. (1956). The preparation and clinical administration of lyophilized platelet material to children with acute leukemia and aplastic anemia. The Journal of Pediatrics. 49(5). 517–522. 57 indexed citations
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Farber, Sidney & John M. Craig. (1956). Children's Medical CenterBoston, Mass.. The Journal of Pediatrics. 49(6). 752–764. 4 indexed citations
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Farber, Sidney, et al.. (1956). Advances in Chemotherapy of Cancer in Man. Advances in cancer research. 4. 1–71. 153 indexed citations
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Modest, Edward J., George E. Foley, Maurice M. Pechet, & Sidney Farber. (1952). A SERIES OF NEW, BIOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIHYDROTRIAZINES. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 74(3). 855–856. 32 indexed citations
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Gross, Robert E., George Holcomb, & Sidney Farber. (1952). DUPLICATIONS OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT. PEDIATRICS. 9(4). 449–468. 215 indexed citations

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