William Gaffield

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
71 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

William Gaffield is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, William Gaffield has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Spectroscopy and 14 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in William Gaffield's work include Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (23 papers), Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (12 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (7 papers). William Gaffield is often cited by papers focused on Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (23 papers), Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (12 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (7 papers). William Gaffield collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. William Gaffield's co-authors include Henk Roelink, Raj P. Kapur, John P. Incardona, Richard F. Keeler, Seth J. Karp, Eleonora Minina, Andrew P. McMahon, Andrea Vortkamp, Yoshio Tomimatsu and Dwight R. Cordero and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

William Gaffield

68 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

The teratogenic Veratrum alkaloid cyclopamine inhibits Sonic hedgehog signal transduction

1998 539 citations William Gaffield, Raj P. Kapur et al. Development profile →
Circular dichroism, optical rotatory dispersion and absolute configuration of flavanones, 3-hydroxyflavanones and their glycosides

1970 409 citations William Gaffield Tetrahedron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Gaffield United States	31	3.6k	916	428	380	374	71	4.8k
Christopher P.F. Redfern United Kingdom	36	2.4k 0.7×	717 0.8×	148 0.3×	110 0.3×	114 0.3×	166	4.1k
Milena Stevanović Serbia	28	2.4k 0.7×	1.8k 2.0×	67 0.2×	429 1.1×	104 0.3×	133	3.9k
Renhua Li United States	33	1.4k 0.4×	984 1.1×	66 0.2×	536 1.4×	450 1.2×	86	3.3k
Richard T. Swank United States	40	3.4k 1.0×	710 0.8×	62 0.1×	232 0.6×	173 0.5×	88	6.5k
Daniel Djakiew United States	39	1.5k 0.4×	511 0.6×	83 0.2×	67 0.2×	59 0.2×	74	3.8k
A.N. Plotnikov United States	39	5.2k 1.5×	764 0.8×	38 0.1×	227 0.6×	338 0.9×	75	6.7k
Jens Peter von Kries Germany	32	5.0k 1.4×	560 0.6×	41 0.1×	178 0.5×	242 0.6×	86	6.2k
Dennis A. Holt United States	29	2.1k 0.6×	574 0.6×	98 0.2×	164 0.4×	645 1.7×	100	3.4k
Makoto Yanagisawa Japan	31	3.2k 0.9×	367 0.4×	23 0.1×	376 1.0×	253 0.7×	57	4.8k
Robert Z. Qi Hong Kong	38	3.0k 0.8×	398 0.4×	39 0.1×	122 0.3×	223 0.6×	98	4.5k

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Cordero, Dwight R., Ralph Marcucio, Diane Hu, et al.. (2004). Temporal perturbations in sonic hedgehog signaling elicit the spectrum of holoprosencephaly phenotypes. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 114(4). 485–494. 151 indexed citations

Brink, Gijs R. van den, Sylvia A. Bleuming, James C.H. Hardwick, et al.. (2004). Indian Hedgehog is an antagonist of Wnt signaling in colonic epithelial cell differentiation. Nature Genetics. 36(3). 277–282. 292 indexed citations

Liu, Hong‐Xiang, Donald K. MacCallum, Chris Edwards, William Gaffield, & Charlotte M. Mistretta. (2004). Sonic hedgehog exerts distinct, stage-specific effects on tongue and taste papilla development. Developmental Biology. 276(2). 280–300. 81 indexed citations

Qualtrough, David, Andrea Buda, William Gaffield, Ann C. Williams, & Christos Paraskeva. (2004). Hedgehog signalling in colorectal tumour cells: Induction of apoptosis with cyclopamine treatment. International Journal of Cancer. 110(6). 831–837. 138 indexed citations

Detmer, Kristina, et al.. (2004). Hedgehog signaling and cell cycle control in differentiating erythroid progenitors. Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases. 34(1). 60–70. 13 indexed citations

Panter, Kip E., et al.. (2004). Effects of steroidal glycoalkaloids from potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) on in vitro bovine embryo development. Animal Reproduction Science. 85(3-4). 243–250. 26 indexed citations

Mistretta, Charlotte M., Hong‐Xiang Liu, William Gaffield, & Donald K. MacCallum. (2003). Cyclopamine and jervine in embryonic rat tongue cultures demonstrate a role for Shh signaling in taste papilla development and patterning: fungiform papillae double in number and form in novel locations in dorsal lingual epithelium. Developmental Biology. 254(1). 1–18. 99 indexed citations

Lamm, Marilyn, Daniel Barnett, Christy M. Hebner, et al.. (2002). Sonic Hedgehog Activates Mesenchymal Gli1 Expression during Prostate Ductal Bud Formation. Developmental Biology. 249(2). 349–366. 133 indexed citations

Kessaris, Nicoletta, Rachel H. Woodruff, Anita Hall, et al.. (2001). Hedgehog-dependent oligodendrocyte lineage specification in the telencephalon. Development. 128(13). 2545–2554. 273 indexed citations

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Haraguchi, Ryuma, Rong Mo, Chi‐chung Hui, et al.. (2001). Unique functions of Sonic hedgehog signaling during external genitalia development. Development. 128(21). 4241–4250. 215 indexed citations

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Gaffield, William, Yvonne Lange, Adele Cooney, et al.. (2000). Cyclopamine Inhibition of Sonic Hedgehog Signal Transduction Is Not Mediated through Effects on Cholesterol Transport. Developmental Biology. 224(2). 440–452. 81 indexed citations

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Chiang, Chin, Ryan Z. Swan, Marina Grachtchouk, et al.. (1999). Essential Role forSonic hedgehogduring Hair Follicle Morphogenesis. Developmental Biology. 205(1). 1–9. 423 indexed citations

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Gaffield, William & Richard F. Keeler. (1993). Implication of C-5, C-6 unsaturation as a key structural factor in steroidal alkaloid-induced mammalian teratogenesis. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 49(10). 922–924. 19 indexed citations

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Elliger, Carl A., Rosalind Y. Wong, Mabry Benson, William Gaffield, & Anthony C. Waiss. (1992). Diterpenes of Calibrachoa parviflora. Journal of Natural Products. 55(10). 1477–1487. 13 indexed citations

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Keeler, Richard F., Dale C. Baker, & William Gaffield. (1990). Spirosolane-containing Solanum species and induction of congenital craniofacial malformations. Toxicon. 28(8). 873–884. 28 indexed citations

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McKeon, Thomas A. & William Gaffield. (1990). Viewing stereopictures in three dimensions with naked eyes. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 15(11). 412–413. 6 indexed citations

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Weaver, M. L., et al.. (1990). Nonenzymatic Release of Intact Protoplasts from Mature Pollen of Bean. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 115(4). 640–643. 3 indexed citations

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Baker, Dale C., Richard F. Keeler, & William Gaffield. (1988). Mechanism of Death in Syrian Hamsters Gavaged Potato Sprout Material. Toxicologic Pathology. 16(3). 333–339. 15 indexed citations

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Gaffield, William, et al.. (1971). Circular dichroism and absolute configuration of α-chloro and α-bromo alkyl carboxylic acids. Tetrahedron. 27(5). 915–934. 35 indexed citations

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Gaffield, William, et al.. (1969). Absolute configuration of (–)-2-chloro- and (–)-2-bromo-3,3-dimethylbutanoic acids. Journal of the Chemical Society C Organic. 0(19). 2437–2438.

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