Thomas Spector

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Thomas Spector is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Spector has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Oncology and 9 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Thomas Spector's work include Biochemical and Molecular Research (17 papers), Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies (10 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (9 papers). Thomas Spector is often cited by papers focused on Biochemical and Molecular Research (17 papers), Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies (10 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (9 papers). Thomas Spector collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Canada. Thomas Spector's co-authors include Vincent Massey, Robert E. Parks, Ram P. Agarwal, Joan A. Harrington, Thomas A. Krenitsky, David Porter, Willard W. Hall, Larry G. Howell, C. G. Lis and Robert D. Levin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Spector

61 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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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.

Refinement of the Coomassie blue method of protein quantitation

1978 1.5k citations Thomas Spector Analytical Biochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Spector United States	28	1.9k	552	485	315	309	61	3.9k
Edgar Pick Israel	40	2.9k 1.5×	333 0.6×	382 0.8×	239 0.8×	271 0.9×	126	7.9k
Donald Armstrong United States	39	1.7k 0.9×	375 0.7×	587 1.2×	376 1.2×	105 0.3×	151	5.2k
Hiroshi Nakajima Japan	44	2.8k 1.5×	394 0.7×	486 1.0×	323 1.0×	107 0.3×	370	6.7k
Donald L. Hill United States	38	3.0k 1.6×	821 1.5×	347 0.7×	211 0.7×	192 0.6×	167	4.8k
Vincenzo Zappia Italy	41	2.6k 1.4×	441 0.8×	355 0.7×	99 0.3×	289 0.9×	124	5.3k
Thomas L. Leto United States	57	4.7k 2.5×	394 0.7×	580 1.2×	384 1.2×	437 1.4×	124	11.0k
Antonio Macho Spain	29	4.1k 2.2×	572 1.0×	501 1.0×	160 0.5×	122 0.4×	68	6.4k
Nicholas M. Kredich United States	40	3.0k 1.6×	315 0.6×	360 0.7×	160 0.5×	341 1.1×	75	4.5k
Vera Bianchi Italy	39	2.6k 1.3×	457 0.8×	415 0.9×	406 1.3×	422 1.4×	129	4.4k
Abraham Novogrodsky Israel	40	3.0k 1.6×	614 1.1×	254 0.5×	107 0.3×	144 0.5×	155	5.9k

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Rivera, Edgardo, Jenny C. Chang, Semiglazov Vf, et al.. (2013). Eniluracil Plus 5-Fluorouracil and Leucovorin: Treatment for Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients in Whom Capecitabine Treatment Rapidly Failed. Clinical Breast Cancer. 14(1). 26–30. 7 indexed citations

Levin, Robert D., et al.. (2013). Phase I clinical trial to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of high-dose intravenous ascorbic acid in patients with advanced cancer. Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology. 72(1). 139–146. 176 indexed citations

Spector, Thomas & Shousong Cao. (2010). A Possible Cause and Remedy for the Clinical Failure of 5-Fluorouracil Plus Eniluracil. Clinical Colorectal Cancer. 9(1). 52–54. 9 indexed citations

Paff, Melanie, David P. Baccanari, Stephen T. Davis, et al.. (2000). Preclinical Development of Eniluracil: Enhancing the Therapeutic Index and Dosing Convenience of 5-Fluorouracil. Investigational New Drugs. 18(4). 365–371. 9 indexed citations

Porter, David, et al.. (1995). Enzymatic elimination of fluoride from α-fluoro-β-alanine. Biochemical Pharmacology. 50(9). 1475–1484. 14 indexed citations

Porter, David, et al.. (1994). 5-Ethynyl-2(1H)-pyrimidinone: Aldehyde oxidase-activation to 5-ethynyluracil, a mechanism-based inactivator of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase. Biochemical Pharmacology. 47(7). 1165–1171. 14 indexed citations

Cao, Shousong, Youcef M. Rustum, & Thomas Spector. (1994). 5-Ethynyluracil (776C85): modulation of 5-fluorouracil efficacy and therapeutic index in rats bearing advanced colorectal carcinoma.. PubMed. 54(6). 1507–10. 95 indexed citations

Porter, David, et al.. (1994). (R)-5-Fluoro-5,6-dihydrouracil: Kinetics of oxidation by dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase and hydrolysis by dihydropyrimidine aminohydrolase. Biochemical Pharmacology. 48(4). 775–779. 13 indexed citations

Spector, Thomas, Joan A. Harrington, & David Porter. (1993). 5-ethynyluracil (776C85): Inactivation of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase in vivo. Biochemical Pharmacology. 46(12). 2243–2248. 88 indexed citations

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Furfine, Eric S., et al.. (1992). Two-step binding mechanism for HIV protease inhibitors. Biochemistry. 31(34). 7886–7891. 54 indexed citations

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Spector, Thomas, Joan A. Harrington, & David Porter. (1991). Herpes and human ribonucleotide reductases. Biochemical Pharmacology. 42(1). 91–96. 26 indexed citations

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Harrington, Joan A. & Thomas Spector. (1991). Human ribonucleotide reductase. Biochemical Pharmacology. 42(4). 759–763. 6 indexed citations

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Spector, Thomas, Willard W. Hall, David Porter, et al.. (1989). Inhibition of xanthine oxidase by 4-hydroxy-6-mercaptopyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine. Biochemical Pharmacology. 38(23). 4315–4320. 10 indexed citations

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Spector, Thomas, et al.. (1989). Glucuronidation of 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine: Human and rat enzyme specificity. Biochemical Pharmacology. 38(9). 1389–1393. 45 indexed citations

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Spector, Thomas & Joan A. Harrington. (1989). Rapid sampling of multiple enzyme reactions. Journal of Virological Methods. 26(2). 237–243. 3 indexed citations

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Spector, Thomas, Jacqueline Stonehuerner, Karen K. Biron, & D R Averett. (1987). Ribonucleotide reductase induced by varicella zoster virus. Biochemical Pharmacology. 36(24). 4341–4346. 24 indexed citations

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Spector, Thomas. (1985). Improvement of a Simple Method to Purify Ribonucleotide Reductase. Preparative Biochemistry. 15(3). 183–188. 10 indexed citations

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Spector, Thomas, Randolph L. Berens, & J. Joseph Marr. (1982). Adenylosuccinate synthetase and adenylosuccinate lyase from trypanosoma cruzi. Biochemical Pharmacology. 31(2). 225–229. 38 indexed citations

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Spector, Thomas. (1978). Refinement of the Coomassie blue method of protein quantitation. Analytical Biochemistry. 86(1). 142–146. 1496 indexed citations breakdown →

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Spector, Thomas & Vincent Massey. (1972). p-Hydroxybenzoate Hydroxylase from Pseudomonas fluorescens. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 247(17). 5632–5636. 55 indexed citations

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