Therese Vargo

3.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
9 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Therese Vargo is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Therese Vargo has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Therese Vargo's work include Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (6 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (4 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (3 papers). Therese Vargo is often cited by papers focused on Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (6 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (4 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (3 papers). Therese Vargo collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Therese Vargo's co-authors include Roger Guillemin, Nicholas Ling, Floyd E. Bloom, Jean Rossier, Wylie Vale, Scott Minick, Catherine Rivier, S. S. C. YEN, BILL R. HOPPER and K. H. Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Therese Vargo

9 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

β-Endorphin and Adrenocorticotropin Are Selected Concomit... 1977 2026 1993 2009 1977 1977 1977 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. β-Endorphin and Adrenocorticotropin Are Selected Concomitantly by the Pituitary Gland
    1977 1.2k citations Roger Guillemin, Therese Vargo et al. Science profile →
  2. Regional dissociation of beta-endorphin and enkephalin contents in rat brain and pituitary.
    1977 365 citations Jean Rossier, Therese Vargo et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Endorphins are located in the intermediate and anterior lobes of the pituitary gland, not in the neurohypophysis
    1977 223 citations Floyd E. Bloom, Elena Battenberg et al. Life Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Therese Vargo United States 9 1.7k 1.2k 697 600 406 9 2.8k
Glen R. Van Loon United States 35 1.4k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 772 1.1× 816 1.4× 587 1.4× 104 3.2k
Sandor Arancibia France 29 1.6k 0.9× 636 0.5× 686 1.0× 872 1.5× 459 1.1× 73 3.2k
Scott Minick United States 10 1.2k 0.7× 810 0.7× 536 0.8× 555 0.9× 318 0.8× 11 2.0k
J.F. Bruni United States 17 1.0k 0.6× 571 0.5× 262 0.4× 364 0.6× 616 1.5× 19 1.9k
Shirzad Jenab United States 26 1.4k 0.8× 805 0.7× 470 0.7× 521 0.9× 283 0.7× 78 2.4k
D M Dorsa United States 26 925 0.5× 772 0.6× 390 0.6× 386 0.6× 490 1.2× 42 2.5k
Michael Wilkinson Canada 32 1.0k 0.6× 822 0.7× 724 1.0× 282 0.5× 322 0.8× 162 3.4k
Nadav Zamir United States 23 1.2k 0.7× 825 0.7× 700 1.0× 215 0.4× 133 0.3× 41 2.4k
Teresa L. Krukoff Canada 37 1.4k 0.8× 747 0.6× 861 1.2× 524 0.9× 261 0.6× 82 3.3k
Keith J. Lookingland United States 24 772 0.4× 522 0.4× 314 0.5× 292 0.5× 264 0.7× 89 2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Therese Vargo

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

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Lu, K. H., BILL R. HOPPER, Therese Vargo, & S. S. C. YEN. (1979). Chronological Changes in Sex Steroid, Gonadotropin and Prolactin Secretion in Aging Female Rats Displaying Different Reproductive States1. Biology of Reproduction. 21(1). 193–203. 349 indexed citations
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Iversen, L L, Susan D. Iversen, Floyd E. Bloom, Therese Vargo, & Roger Guillemin. (1978). Release of enkephalin from rat globus pallidus in vitro. Nature. 271(5646). 679–681. 98 indexed citations
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Guillemin, Roger, Therese Vargo, Jean Rossier, et al.. (1978). β-ENDORPHIN AND ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN ARE SECRETED CONCOMITANTLY BY THE PITUITARY GLAND. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 33(3). 184–185. 220 indexed citations
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Rossier, Jean, Alejandro Bayón, Therese Vargo, et al.. (1977). Radioimmunoassay of brain peptides: Evaluation of a methodology for the assay of β-endorphin and enkephalin. Life Sciences. 21(6). 847–852. 118 indexed citations
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Guillemin, Roger, Nicholas Ling, & Therese Vargo. (1977). Radioimmunoassays for α-endorphin and β-endorphin. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 77(1). 361–366. 213 indexed citations
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Rossier, Jean, et al.. (1977). Regional dissociation of beta-endorphin and enkephalin contents in rat brain and pituitary.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 74(11). 5162–5165. 365 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guillemin, Roger, Therese Vargo, Jean Rossier, et al.. (1977). β-Endorphin and Adrenocorticotropin Are Selected Concomitantly by the Pituitary Gland. Science. 197(4311). 1367–1369. 1161 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bloom, Floyd E., Elena Battenberg, Jean Rossier, et al.. (1977). Endorphins are located in the intermediate and anterior lobes of the pituitary gland, not in the neurohypophysis. Life Sciences. 20(1). 43–47. 223 indexed citations breakdown →
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Naftolin, Frederick, et al.. (1973). Nocturnal Patterns of Serum Gonadotropins During the Menstrual Cycle. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 37(1). 6–10. 18 indexed citations

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