William B. Jakoby

31.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
149 papers, 27.3k citations indexed

About

William B. Jakoby is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, William B. Jakoby has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 27.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Biochemistry and 21 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in William B. Jakoby's work include Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms (29 papers), Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (20 papers) and Enzyme function and inhibition (20 papers). William B. Jakoby is often cited by papers focused on Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms (29 papers), Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (20 papers) and Enzyme function and inhibition (20 papers). William B. Jakoby collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Sweden. William B. Jakoby's co-authors include William H. Habig, M. Pabst, James H. Keen, W H Habig, Daniel M. Ziegler, Ronald D. Sekura, Edward M. Scott, Michael W. Duffel, Irwin M. Arias and Jeanne N. Ketley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William B. Jakoby

148 papers receiving 25.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Glutathione S-Transferases

1974 16.4k citations William H. Habig, M. Pabst et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
[51] Assays for differentiation of glutathione S-Transferases

1981 2.1k citations William H. Habig, William B. Jakoby Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology profile →
Mechanism for the several activities of the glutathione S-transferases.

1976 647 citations James H. Keen, William B. Jakoby et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
The Glutathione S ‐Transferases: A Group of Multifunctional Detoxification Proteins

1978 608 citations William B. Jakoby profile →
The Identity of Glutathione S -Transferase B with Ligandin, a Major Binding Protein of Liver

1974 432 citations William H. Habig, M. Pabst et al. profile →
[27] Glutathione S-transferases (rat and human)

1981 376 citations William H. Habig, William B. Jakoby Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William B. Jakoby United States	49	12.5k	5.3k	4.5k	4.4k	2.5k	149	27.3k
William H. Habig United States	23	8.8k 0.7×	4.7k 0.9×	3.9k 0.9×	3.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	40	21.2k
George L. Ellman United States	13	15.4k 1.2×	6.6k 1.2×	11.2k 2.5×	3.4k 0.8×	3.0k 1.2×	31	48.9k
Steven D. Aust United States	68	6.8k 0.5×	4.2k 0.8×	6.9k 1.5×	2.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	276	28.8k
Bengt Mannervik Sweden	67	19.0k 1.5×	2.0k 0.4×	3.4k 0.8×	4.0k 0.9×	2.9k 1.2×	591	30.6k
Nobuko Ohishi Japan	26	6.7k 0.5×	2.9k 0.5×	4.3k 1.0×	3.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	123	28.3k
Kunio Yagi Japan	28	7.1k 0.6×	3.0k 0.6×	4.7k 1.0×	4.0k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	109	31.9k
H. Aebi Switzerland	22	5.2k 0.4×	2.9k 0.5×	8.0k 1.8×	1.8k 0.4×	868 0.3×	124	23.8k
Helmut Bartsch France	86	10.6k 0.8×	3.3k 0.6×	3.5k 0.8×	2.1k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	450	26.3k
Joe M. McCord United States	63	12.8k 1.0×	3.7k 0.7×	3.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.3×	1.9k 0.8×	149	36.6k
Hiroshi Ohkawa Japan	17	6.6k 0.5×	2.8k 0.5×	4.5k 1.0×	3.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	27	27.2k

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Marshall, Aileen, P McPhie, & William B. Jakoby. (2000). Redox Control of Aryl Sulfotransferase Specificity. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 382(1). 95–104. 32 indexed citations

Yang, Yuling, et al.. (1998). Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Organic Cyclic Carbonates. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(14). 7814–7817. 28 indexed citations

Kim, Dong‐Hyun, Yuh‐Shyong Yang, & William B. Jakoby. (1990). Nonserine esterases from rat liver cytosol. Protein Expression and Purification. 1(1). 19–27. 2 indexed citations

Baron, Jeffrey, et al.. (1988). Sites for xenobiotic activation and detoxication within the respiratory tract: Implications for chemically induced toxicity. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 93(3). 493–505. 48 indexed citations

Ansher, Sherry S. & William B. Jakoby. (1986). Amine N-methyltransferases from rabbit liver.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 261(9). 3996–4001. 37 indexed citations

Jakoby, William B.. (1985). [61] Glutathione transferases: An overview. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 113. 495–499. 61 indexed citations

Jakoby, William B., John R. Bend, & John Caldwell. (1982). Metabolic basis of detoxication : metabolism of functional groups. Academic Press eBooks. 31 indexed citations

Jakoby, William B., et al.. (1982). Arylamine N-methyltransferase. Methylation of the indole ring.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 257(13). 7531–7535. 15 indexed citations

Habig, William H. & William B. Jakoby. (1981). [51] Assays for differentiation of glutathione S-Transferases. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 77. 398–405. 2130 indexed citations breakdown →

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Habig, William H. & William B. Jakoby. (1981). [27] Glutathione S-transferases (rat and human). Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 77. 218–231. 376 indexed citations breakdown →

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Weisiger, Richard A., Lawrence M. Pinkus, & William B. Jakoby. (1980). Thiol S-methyltransferase: suggested role in detoxication of intestinal hydrogen sulfide. Biochemical Pharmacology. 29(20). 2885–2887. 120 indexed citations

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Felton, James S., Jeanne N. Ketley, William B. Jakoby, et al.. (1980). Hepatic glutathione transferase activity induced by polycyclic aromatic compounds. Lack of correlation with the murine Ah locus.. PubMed. 18(3). 559–64. 21 indexed citations

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Weisiger, Richard A. & William B. Jakoby. (1979). Thiol S-methyltransferase from rat liver. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 196(2). 631–637. 68 indexed citations

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Jakoby, William B. & James H. Keen. (1977). A triple-threat in detoxification: the glutathione S-transferases. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 2(10). 229–231. 61 indexed citations

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KAMISAKA, Kazuaki, William H. Habig, Jeanne N. Ketley, Irwin M. Arias, & William B. Jakoby. (1975). Multiple Forms of Human Glutathione S‐Transferase and Their Affinity for Bilirubin. European Journal of Biochemistry. 60(1). 153–161. 250 indexed citations

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Habig, William H., M. Pabst, & William B. Jakoby. (1974). Glutathione S-Transferases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 249(22). 7130–7139. 16380 indexed citations breakdown →

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Steinman, Charles R. & William B. Jakoby. (1967). Yeast Aldehyde Dehydrogenase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 242(21). 5019–5023. 51 indexed citations

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Jakoby, William B., et al.. (1965). Quinolinate phosphoribosyltransferase. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 18(5-6). 710–715. 17 indexed citations

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Jakoby, William B. & Stuart A. Narrod. (1959). ALDEHYDE OXIDATION IV. Journal of Bacteriology. 77(4). 410–413. 6 indexed citations

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Yamada, Esther W. & William B. Jakoby. (1958). ENZYMATIC UTILIZATION OF AN ACETYLENIC COMPOUND. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 80(9). 2343–2344. 4 indexed citations

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