VR Young

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

VR Young is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Physiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, VR Young has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Cell Biology, 10 papers in Physiology and 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in VR Young's work include Muscle metabolism and nutrition (14 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (6 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (5 papers). VR Young is often cited by papers focused on Muscle metabolism and nutrition (14 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (6 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (5 papers). VR Young collaborates with scholars based in United States and France. VR Young's co-authors include Scrimshaw Ns, Morteza Janghorbani, Mark Gersovitz, Kathleen J. Motil, Melchor Sánchez Mendiola, Burke Jf, Ana Lydia Sawaya, Paul Fuss, Edward Saltzman and Naomi K. Fukagawa and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition and PubMed.

In The Last Decade

VR Young

20 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Plant proteins in relation to human protein and amino acid nutrition

1994 487 citations VR Young et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →

Peers

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Constance Kies United States

Elizabeth J. Brink Netherlands

M Krajcovicová-Kudlácková Slovakia

Ann Reed Mangels United States

Valerie Fishell United States

Magdalena Rosell Sweden

Etienne Pouteau France

DM Hegsted United States

K. Guggenheim Israel

ER Monsen United States

Constance Kies United States

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194 ×0.5

475 ×1.3

160 ×0.7

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34 ×0.2

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Countries citing papers authored by VR Young

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Fields of papers citing papers by VR Young

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of VR Young

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Young, VR, et al.. (1999). Foreword. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 53(S1). s1–s1. 5 indexed citations

Jf, Burke, et al.. (1996). Kinetics of plasma arginine and leucine in pediatric burn patients. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 64(1). 60–66. 31 indexed citations

Mendiola, Melchor Sánchez, et al.. (1995). Phenylalanine and tyrosine kinetics in young men throughout a continuous 24-h period, at a low phenylalanine intake. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 61(3). 555–570. 36 indexed citations

Sawaya, Ana Lydia, et al.. (1995). Dietary energy requirements of young and older women determined by using the doubly labeled water method. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 62(2). 338–344. 58 indexed citations

Fukagawa, Naomi K., et al.. (1994). The 24-h pattern and rate of leucine oxidation, with particular reference to tracer estimates of leucine requirements in healthy adults. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 59(5). 1012–1020. 78 indexed citations

Young, VR, et al.. (1994). Plant proteins in relation to human protein and amino acid nutrition. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 59(5). 1203S–1212S. 487 indexed citations breakdown →

Pelletier, Véronique, et al.. (1991). Branched-chain amino acid interactions with reference to amino acid requirements in adult men: valine metabolism at different leucine intakes. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 54(2). 395–401. 35 indexed citations

Young, VR, et al.. (1991). Methionine kinetics and balance at the 1985 FAO/WHO/UNU intake requirement in adult men studied with L-[2H3-methyl-1-13C]methionine as a tracer. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 54(2). 377–385. 40 indexed citations

Young, VR, et al.. (1991). Methionine kinetics in adult men: effects of dietary betaine onl-[2H3-methyl-1 -13C]methionine1–3. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 54(2). 386–394. 48 indexed citations

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Jf, Burke, et al.. (1991). Proline metabolism in adult male burned patients and healthy control subjects. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 54(2). 408–413. 31 indexed citations

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Jaksic, Tom, et al.. (1990). Plasma proline kinetics and concentrations in young men in response to dietary proline deprivation. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 52(2). 307–312. 12 indexed citations

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Young, VR, et al.. (1987). Leucine kinetics during three weeks at submaintenance-to-maintenance intakes of leucine in men: adaptation and accommodation.. PubMed. 41(1). 1–18. 55 indexed citations

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Young, VR, et al.. (1985). Wheat proteins in relation to protein requirements and availability of amino acids. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 41(5). 1077–1090. 25 indexed citations

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Rand, WM, Scrimshaw Ns, & VR Young. (1985). Retrospective analysis of data from five long-term, metabolic balance studies: implications for understanding dietary nitrogen and energy utilization. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 42(6). 1339–1350. 29 indexed citations

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Young, VR, et al.. (1984). Mammalian nitrate biochemistry: metabolism and endogenous synthesis.. PubMed. 247–53. 26 indexed citations

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Janghorbani, Morteza, et al.. (1983). Absorption of stable70 Zn in healthy young men in relation to zinc intake. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 38(2). 187–194. 48 indexed citations

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Gersovitz, Mark, et al.. (1982). Human protein requirements: assessment of the adequacy of the current Recommended Dietary Allowance for dietary protein in elderly men and women. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 35(1). 6–14. 127 indexed citations

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Janghorbani, Morteza, et al.. (1982). Selenium metabolism in healthy adults: quantitative aspects using the stable isotope74SeO-. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 35(4). 647–654. 38 indexed citations

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Young, VR & Scrimshaw Ns. (1979). Genetic and biological variability in human nutrient requirements. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 32(2). 486–500. 19 indexed citations

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Ns, Scrimshaw, et al.. (1979). Quantitative effect of an isoenergetic exchange of fat for carbohydrate on dietary protein utilization in healthy young men. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 32(11). 2217–2226. 40 indexed citations

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