William C. Duckworth

17.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
202 papers, 13.0k citations indexed

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William C. Duckworth is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, William C. Duckworth has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 13.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 71 papers in Molecular Biology and 56 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in William C. Duckworth's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (46 papers), Diabetes Management and Research (44 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (39 papers). William C. Duckworth is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (46 papers), Diabetes Management and Research (44 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (39 papers). William C. Duckworth collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. William C. Duckworth's co-authors include Frederick G. Hamel, Robert G. Bennett, Nicholas Emanuele, Carlos Abraira, Domenic J. Reda, Madeline McCarren, Peter D. Reaven, Thomas Moritz, Rodney A. Hayward and Abbas E. Kitabchi and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

William C. Duckworth

198 papers receiving 12.4k 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.

Glucose Control and Vascular Complications in Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes

2008 3.4k citations William C. Duckworth, Carlos Abraira et al. profile →
Intensive glucose control and macrovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes

2009 829 citations Carlos Abraira, William C. Duckworth et al. profile →
Combined Angiotensin Inhibition for the Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy

2013 763 citations Nicholas Emanuele, William C. Duckworth et al. profile →
Insulin Degradation: Progress and Potential*

1998 639 citations William C. Duckworth, Robert G. Bennett et al. profile →
Follow-up of Glycemic Control and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes

2015 477 citations Gideon Bahn, William C. Duckworth et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William C. Duckworth United States	45	7.2k	3.8k	3.0k	1.9k	1.8k	202	13.0k
Faramarz Ismail‐Beigi United States	53	9.3k 1.3×	5.0k 1.3×	2.8k 0.9×	2.4k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	203	16.6k
Harold E. Lebovitz United States	60	6.3k 0.9×	3.8k 1.0×	2.5k 0.8×	2.1k 1.1×	982 0.5×	226	12.0k
Saul Genuth United States	43	7.3k 1.0×	2.3k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	2.2k 1.2×	112	11.9k
James D. Best Australia	56	5.2k 0.7×	3.0k 0.8×	3.7k 1.3×	1.8k 0.9×	2.4k 1.3×	241	13.2k
John D. Brunzell United States	59	6.2k 0.9×	1.7k 0.4×	3.7k 1.3×	2.0k 1.0×	3.1k 1.7×	147	11.5k
Philip Raskin United States	65	9.8k 1.3×	3.6k 0.9×	4.7k 1.6×	2.3k 1.2×	2.5k 1.4×	272	16.7k
Yasuhiko Iwamoto Japan	50	4.9k 0.7×	2.8k 0.7×	2.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	272	10.5k
John P. Kane United States	70	6.2k 0.9×	4.6k 1.2×	7.2k 2.4×	1.4k 0.7×	3.5k 1.9×	261	16.8k
Atsunori Kashiwagi Japan	55	3.5k 0.5×	4.2k 1.1×	2.2k 0.7×	2.1k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	231	11.3k
Avraham Karasik Israel	41	5.5k 0.8×	4.0k 1.1×	2.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	927 0.5×	126	10.8k

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Agrawal, Lily, Nasrin Azad, Nicholas Emanuele, et al.. (2011). Observation on Renal Outcomes in the Veterans Affairs Diabetes Trial. Diabetes Care. 34(9). 2090–2094. 30 indexed citations

Alexander, Walter, William C. Duckworth, & Carlos Abraira. (2008). Digestive Disease Week and American Diabetes Association: Veterans Affairs Diabetes Trial (VADT). 33(9). 548–549.

Duckworth, William C., et al.. (2004). Insulin-Degrading Activity in Wound Fluid. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 89(2). 847–851. 28 indexed citations

Hamel, Frederick G., et al.. (2003). Insulin inhibition of protein degradation in cells expressing wild-type and mutant insulin receptors. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation. 26(11). 1088–1094. 4 indexed citations

Murata, Glen H., et al.. (2003). Risk factor management in stable, insulin-treated patients with Type 2 diabetes. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications. 17(4). 186–191. 11 indexed citations

Fawcett, Janet, Frederick G. Hamel, & William C. Duckworth. (2001). Characterization of the Inhibition of Protein Degradation by Insulin in L6 Cells. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 385(2). 357–363. 10 indexed citations

Duckworth, William C.. (2001). Hyperglycemia and cardiovascular disease. Current Atherosclerosis Reports. 3(5). 383–391. 94 indexed citations

Bennett, Robert G., Frederick G. Hamel, & William C. Duckworth. (2000). Insulin Inhibits the Ubiquitin-Dependent Degrading Activity of the 26S Proteasome*. Endocrinology. 141(7). 2508–2517. 51 indexed citations

Hamel, Frederick G., Robert G. Bennett, & William C. Duckworth. (1998). Regulation of Multicatalytic Enzyme Activity by Insulin and the Insulin-Degrading Enzyme**This work was supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs Research Service and the Bly Memorial Research Fund.. Endocrinology. 139(10). 4061–4066. 32 indexed citations

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Hamel, Frederick G., et al.. (1997). Insulin Inhibition of Proteasome Activity in Intact Cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 234(3). 671–674. 35 indexed citations

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Rabkin, Ralph, et al.. (1996). Processing of125I-Insulin by Polarized Cultured Kidney Cells. Experimental Cell Research. 224(1). 136–142. 3 indexed citations

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Blache, Philippe, A. Kervran, William C. Duckworth, & D. Bataille. (1992). Purification and partial characterization of the liver membrane endopeptidase which transforms glucagon into glucagon (19-29). Biomedical Research-tokyo. 13. 51–55. 7 indexed citations

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Duckworth, William C., J. J. Liepnieks, Frederick G. Hamel, et al.. (1989). Drosophila insulin degrading enzyme and rat skeletal muscle insulin protease cleave insulin at similar sites. Biochemistry. 28(6). 2471–2477. 29 indexed citations

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Duckworth, William C., et al.. (1988). Conversion of biosynthetic human proinsulin to partially cleaved intermediates by collagenase proteinases adsorbed to isolated rat adipocytes.. PubMed. 255(1). 277–84. 5 indexed citations

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Duckworth, William C., Frederick G. Hamel, Juris J. Liepnieks, et al.. (1987). Identification of A chain cleavage sites in intact insulin produced by insulin protease and isolated hepatocytes. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 147(2). 615–621. 21 indexed citations

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Golden, Michael P., M. Arthur Charles, Edward R. Arquilla, et al.. (1985). Insulin resistance in total lipodystrophy: Evidence for a pre-receptor defect in insulin action. Metabolism. 34(4). 330–335. 19 indexed citations

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Duckworth, William C., et al.. (1980). Glucose intolerance due to insulin resistance in patients with spinal cord injuries. Diabetes. 29(11). 906–910. 34 indexed citations

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Paulsen, Elsa P., et al.. (1979). Insulin Resistance Caused by Massive Degradation of Subcutaneous Insulin. Diabetes. 28(7). 640–645. 84 indexed citations

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Duckworth, William C., Alfonse T. Masi, & Abbas E. Kitabchi. (1974). Effect of Low-Dose Cortisol Therapy on Epinephrine Excretion in Man. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 39(4). 750–753. 2 indexed citations

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Duckworth, William C., et al.. (1966). Stokes-Adams attacks following sodium antimonylgluconate (Triostam).. PubMed. 40(42). 1029–30. 1 indexed citations

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