William H. Danforth

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

William H. Danforth is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, William H. Danforth has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 3 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in William H. Danforth's work include Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects (3 papers), Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus (2 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (2 papers). William H. Danforth is often cited by papers focused on Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects (3 papers), Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus (2 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (2 papers). William H. Danforth collaborates with scholars based in United States. William H. Danforth's co-authors include Bakula Trivedi, Richard J. Bing, Ernst Helmreich, Carl F. Cori, John B. Lyon, Robert C. Ahlvin, Frank E. Trobaugh, Gerhard Michal and David H. McKenna and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William H. Danforth

18 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Effect of pH on the Kinetics of Frog Muscle Phosphofructo... 1965 2026 1985 2005 1966 1965 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Effect of pH on the Kinetics of Frog Muscle Phosphofructokinase
    1966 517 citations Bakula Trivedi, William H. Danforth Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  2. Glycogen Synthetase Activity in Skeletal Muscle
    1965 371 citations William H. Danforth Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

Peers

William H. Danforth
K. Seraydarian United States
Bakula Trivedi United States
Marijke Brink Switzerland
Zaza Khuchua United States
Kenneth P. Chepenik United States
W L Miller United States
R C Poole United Kingdom
Robert W. Wiseman United States
Laurence Kay France
Leonard P. Adam United States
K. Seraydarian United States
William H. Danforth
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Danforth, William H., et al.. (2011). Daring Venture: The Life Story Of William H. Danforth. 1 indexed citations
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Danforth, William H.. (1995). Universities Are Our Responsibility. Science. 269(5231). 1651–1651. 5 indexed citations
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Danforth, William H.. (1982). Indirect Costs and the Budget for the National Institutes of Health. New England Journal of Medicine. 307(6). 371–372.
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Danforth, William H.. (1976). I Dare You. 5 indexed citations
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Danforth, William H.. (1973). Management and Accountability in Higher Education. AAUP Bulletin. 59(2). 135–135. 1 indexed citations
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Trivedi, Bakula & William H. Danforth. (1966). Effect of pH on the Kinetics of Frog Muscle Phosphofructokinase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 241(17). 4110–4114. 517 indexed citations breakdown →
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Danforth, William H.. (1965). Glycogen Synthetase Activity in Skeletal Muscle. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 240(2). 588–593. 371 indexed citations breakdown →
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Danforth, William H. & Ernst Helmreich. (1964). Regulation of Glycolysis in Muscle. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 239(10). 3133–3138. 85 indexed citations
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Danforth, William H. & John B. Lyon. (1964). Glycogenolysis during Tetanic Contraction of Isolated Mouse Muscles in the Presence and Absence of Phosphorylase a. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 239(12). 4047–4050. 79 indexed citations
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Danforth, William H., et al.. (1964). Glycogen synthetase and control of glycogen synthesis in muscle. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 16(5). 466–471. 15 indexed citations
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McKenna, David H., et al.. (1962). Postpericardiotomy syndrome following left heart catheterization∗. The American Journal of Cardiology. 9(5). 810–812. 4 indexed citations
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Danforth, William H., Ernst Helmreich, & Carl F. Cori. (1962). THE EFFECT OF CONTRACTION AND OF EPINEPHRINE ON THE PHOSPHORYLASE ACTIVITY OF FROG SARTORIUS MUSCLE. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 48(7). 1191–1199. 160 indexed citations
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Danforth, William H., et al.. (1960). MYOCARDIAL METABOLISM OF FATTY ACIDS*. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 39(5). 717–723. 168 indexed citations
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Danforth, William H., et al.. (1960). Effect of Ischemia and Reoxygenation on Glycolytic Reactions and Adenosinetriphosphate in Heart Muscle. Circulation Research. 8(5). 965–971. 91 indexed citations
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Danforth, William H., et al.. (1959). THE MYOCARDIAL METABOLISM OF FRUCTOSE. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 238(1). 477–484. 3 indexed citations
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Michal, Gerhard, et al.. (1959). Metabolic changes in heart muscle during anoxia. American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content. 197(6). 1147–1151. 67 indexed citations
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Danforth, William H., et al.. (1959). Transmembrane electrical potentials in ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation. American Heart Journal. 57(2). 214–222. 40 indexed citations
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Danforth, William H., et al.. (1958). HYPERTROPHIC OSTEOARTHROPATHY AND PRETIBIAL MYXEDEMA ASSOCIATED WITH GRAVES' DISEASE. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 18(11). 1302–1307. 14 indexed citations
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Danforth, William H., et al.. (1958). Pseudoaortic stenosis produced by ventricular hypertrophy. The American Journal of Medicine. 25(5). 814–818. 97 indexed citations
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Trobaugh, Frank E., et al.. (1955). Agammaglobulinemia in the adult. The American Journal of Medicine. 19(2). 303–313. 48 indexed citations

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