William F. Heath

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

William F. Heath is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, William F. Heath has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Organic Chemistry and 4 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in William F. Heath's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (8 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (4 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Reactions (3 papers). William F. Heath is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (8 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (4 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Reactions (3 papers). William F. Heath collaborates with scholars based in United States and Japan. William F. Heath's co-authors include R. B. Merrifield, James P. Tam, J. Richard Sportsman, Lawrence E. Stramm, Teruo Shiba, Toyoshi Inoguchi, George L. King, Sven–Erik Bursell, Tatsuya Tamaoki and Ronald L. Merriman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

William F. Heath

22 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

An SN2 deprotection of sy... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 100 200 300 400
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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. An SN2 deprotection of synthetic peptides with a low concentration of hydrofluoric acid in dimethyl sulfide: evidence and application in peptide synthesis
    1983 478 citations James P. Tam, William F. Heath et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William F. Heath United States 16 1.5k 301 282 267 240 22 2.3k
Kjeld Norris Denmark 24 2.0k 1.4× 177 0.6× 233 0.8× 520 1.9× 235 1.0× 45 3.1k
John P. Burnier United States 26 2.0k 1.3× 298 1.0× 142 0.5× 113 0.4× 349 1.5× 39 2.9k
Raymond F. Brown United States 9 2.3k 1.6× 192 0.6× 317 1.1× 233 0.9× 284 1.2× 12 3.6k
Jürgen Hoppe Germany 35 2.7k 1.8× 118 0.4× 327 1.2× 262 1.0× 239 1.0× 99 3.7k
James M. Trevillyan United States 34 2.4k 1.6× 411 1.4× 241 0.9× 184 0.7× 161 0.7× 68 4.1k
David B. Glass United States 29 2.6k 1.8× 163 0.5× 418 1.5× 183 0.7× 405 1.7× 46 3.4k
Tai-An Lin United States 17 2.2k 1.5× 115 0.4× 218 0.8× 243 0.9× 130 0.5× 20 2.9k
Raymond W. Ruddon United States 34 1.8k 1.2× 177 0.6× 130 0.5× 144 0.5× 95 0.4× 100 3.2k
H. Grunicke Austria 34 2.3k 1.5× 217 0.7× 202 0.7× 157 0.6× 196 0.8× 123 3.3k
Shizuo Handa Japan 26 1.5k 1.0× 330 1.1× 290 1.0× 119 0.4× 303 1.3× 81 2.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William F. Heath

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All Works

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Ido, Yasuo, Alessandro Vindigni, K. Chang, et al.. (1997). Prevention of Vascular and Neural Dysfunction in Diabetic Rats by C-Peptide. Science. 277(5325). 563–566. 278 indexed citations
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Reifel‐Miller, Anne, et al.. (1996). Comparison of ELISA and TLC for the Analysis of Promoter Activity When Using the CAT Reporter Gene. BioTechniques. 21(6). 1033–1036. 1 indexed citations
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Jirousek, Michael R., James R. Gillig, David A. Neel, et al.. (1995). Synthesis of bisindolylmaleimide macrocycles. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 5(18). 2093–2096. 12 indexed citations
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Shiba, Teruo, Toyoshi Inoguchi, J. Richard Sportsman, et al.. (1993). Correlation of diacylglycerol level and protein kinase C activity in rat retina to retinal circulation. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 265(5). E783–E793. 249 indexed citations
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Manetta, Joseph, Mei‐Huei T. Lai, Harold E. Osborne, et al.. (1992). Design and implementation of a particle concentration fluorescence method for the detection of HIV-1 protease inhibitors. Analytical Biochemistry. 202(1). 10–15. 13 indexed citations
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Slieker, Lawrence J., et al.. (1992). Glucose Transporter Levels in Tissues of Spontaneously Diabetic Zucker fa/fa Rat (ZDF/drt) and Viable Yellow Mouse (Avy/a). Diabetes. 41(2). 187–193. 71 indexed citations
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Heath, William F., Rama M. Belagaje, Gerald S. Brooke, et al.. (1992). (A-C-B) human proinsulin, a novel insulin agonist and intermediate in the synthesis of biosynthetic human insulin.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267(1). 419–425. 32 indexed citations
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Bruns, Robert F., Freeman D. Miller, Ronald L. Merriman, et al.. (1991). Inhibition of protein kinase C by calphostin C is light-dependent. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 176(1). 288–293. 348 indexed citations
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Heath, William F., Amanda Cantrell, Nancy G. Mayne, & S. Richard Jaskunas. (1991). Mutations in the heparin-binding domains of human basic fibroblast growth factor alter its biological activity. Biochemistry. 30(22). 5608–5615. 31 indexed citations
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Heath, William F., James P. Tam, & R. B. Merrifield. (1986). Improved deprotection of cysteine‐containing peptides in HF. International journal of peptide & protein research. 28(5). 498–507. 20 indexed citations
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Heath, William F. & R. B. Merrifield. (1986). A synthetic approach to structure-function relationships in the murine epidermal growth factor molecule.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 83(17). 6367–6371. 75 indexed citations
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Tam, James P., William F. Heath, & R. B. Merrifield. (1986). Mechanisms for the removal of benzyl protecting groups in synthetic peptides by trifluoromethanesulfonic acid-trifluoroacetic acid-dimethyl sulfide. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 108(17). 5242–5251. 159 indexed citations
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Tam, James P., William F. Heath, & R. B. Merrifield. (1983). SN 1 and SN 2 mechanisms for the deprotection of synthetic peptides by hydrogen fluoride. International journal of peptide & protein research. 21(1). 57–65. 83 indexed citations
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Tam, James P., William F. Heath, & R. B. Merrifield. (1983). An SN2 deprotection of synthetic peptides with a low concentration of hydrofluoric acid in dimethyl sulfide: evidence and application in peptide synthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 105(21). 6442–6455. 478 indexed citations breakdown →
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Heath, William F., James P. Tam, & R. B. Merrifield. (1982). Improved deprotection in solid phase peptide synthesis: deprotection of Ni-formyl-tryptophan to tryptophan in low concentrations of HF in Me2S–p- thiocresol mixtures. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 896–897. 9 indexed citations
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Tam, James P., William F. Heath, & R. B. Merrifield. (1982). Improved deprotection in solid phase peptide synthesis: quantitative reduction of methionine sulfoxide to methionine during HF cleavage. Tetrahedron Letters. 23(29). 2939–2942. 34 indexed citations
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Tam, James P., William F. Heath, & R. B. Merrifield. (1982). Improved deprotection in solid phase reptide synthesis: removal of protecting groups from synthetic peptides by an SN2 mechanism with low concentrations of HF in dimethylsulfide. Tetrahedron Letters. 23(43). 4435–4438. 15 indexed citations

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