William J. Scott

8.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
158 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

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William J. Scott is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Scott has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Molecular Biology, 45 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 34 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in William J. Scott's work include Congenital limb and hand anomalies (18 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (13 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (13 papers). William J. Scott is often cited by papers focused on Congenital limb and hand anomalies (18 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (13 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (13 papers). William J. Scott collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. William J. Scott's co-authors include J. K. Stille, Edmond J. Ritter, Claire M. Schreiner, G. T. Crisp, John E. Mc Murry, Heinz Nau, Sheila M. Bell, John E. McMurry, Rochelle Fradkin and Michael D. Collins and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William J. Scott

154 papers receiving 5.7k citations

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Palladium-catalyzed coupling of vinyl triflates with organostannanes. Synthetic and mechanistic studies

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William J. Scott United States	42	2.4k	1.9k	878	658	441	158	6.0k
Robert Lyle United States	44	4.5k 1.9×	670 0.4×	986 1.1×	1.9k 2.8×	912 2.1×	205	7.9k
Seymour Packman United States	44	2.6k 1.1×	607 0.3×	494 0.6×	551 0.8×	101 0.2×	135	6.5k
John B. Lloyd United Kingdom	37	2.0k 0.8×	454 0.2×	628 0.7×	408 0.6×	286 0.6×	182	5.0k
Christian Jacobsen Denmark	50	4.2k 1.8×	1.2k 0.6×	956 1.1×	582 0.9×	228 0.5×	144	10.9k
Michael J. McPhaul United States	51	3.8k 1.6×	162 0.1×	146 0.2×	2.8k 4.2×	396 0.9×	160	7.5k
Giovanni Romeo Italy	42	3.4k 1.4×	2.2k 1.2×	236 0.3×	843 1.3×	40 0.1×	242	6.8k
Kenichi Tanaka Japan	42	2.6k 1.1×	414 0.2×	208 0.2×	814 1.2×	573 1.3×	243	6.1k
Diether Neubert Germany	34	1.4k 0.6×	85 0.0×	526 0.6×	322 0.5×	315 0.7×	258	5.3k
William S. Sly United States	83	13.4k 5.6×	3.8k 2.0×	524 0.6×	1.8k 2.8×	556 1.3×	328	23.7k
Kazuo Murakami Japan	53	4.9k 2.1×	400 0.2×	403 0.5×	711 1.1×	187 0.4×	455	10.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Collins, Michael D. & William J. Scott. (2025). Thalidomide-induced limb malformations: an update and reevaluation. Archives of Toxicology. 99(5). 1643–1747. 3 indexed citations

Parker, Adwoa, Arabella Scantlebury, Alison Booth, et al.. (2018). Interagency collaboration models for people with mental ill health in contact with the police: a systematic scoping review. BMJ Open. 8(3). e019312–e019312. 38 indexed citations

Bell, Sheila M., Claire M. Schreiner, John A. Goetz, David J. Robbins, & William J. Scott. (2005). Shh signaling in limb bud ectoderm: Potential role in teratogen‐induced postaxial ectrodactyly. Developmental Dynamics. 233(2). 313–325. 16 indexed citations

Bell, Sheila M., Claire M. Schreiner, Karla A. Hess, Kathleen P. Anderson, & William J. Scott. (2003). Asymmetric limb malformations in a new transgene insertional mutant, footless. Mechanisms of Development. 120(5). 597–605. 23 indexed citations

Bell, Sheila M., Claire M. Schreiner, & William J. Scott. (1998). The loss of ventral ectoderm identity correlates with the inability to form an AER in the legless hindlimb bud. Mechanisms of Development. 74(1-2). 41–50. 24 indexed citations

Argào, Eric A., Michael J. Kern, William W. Branford, William J. Scott, & S. Steven Potter. (1995). Malformations of the heart, kidney, palate, and skeleton in α-MHC-Hoxb-7 transgenic mice. Mechanisms of Development. 52(2-3). 291–303. 23 indexed citations

Schreiner, Claire M., et al.. (1995). Estimating intracellular pH in developing rodent embryos using a computer imaging technique: Changes in embryonic pH and proliferation rates following maternal treatment with acetazolamide. Teratology. 52(3). 160–168. 6 indexed citations

Brown, Thomas L., et al.. (1994). Identification of a 100-kDa Phosphoprotein in Developing Murine Embryos as Elongation Factor 2. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 309(1). 105–110. 3 indexed citations

Scott, William J., et al.. (1994). Endogenous Status of Retinoids and Their Cytosolic Binding Proteins in Limb Buds of Chick vs Mouse Embryos. Developmental Biology. 165(2). 397–409. 49 indexed citations

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Schreiner, Claire M., William J. Scott, Dorothy M. Supp, & S. Steven Potter. (1993). Correlation of Forelimb Malformation Asymmetries with Visceral Organ Situs in the Transgenic Mouse Insertional Mutation, legless. Developmental Biology. 158(2). 560–562. 21 indexed citations

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Srivastava, M. K., Michael D. Collins, William J. Scott, W. Wittfoht, & Heinz Nau. (1991). Transplacental distribution of weak acids in mice: Accumulation in compartments of high pH. Teratology. 43(4). 325–329. 5 indexed citations

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Collins, Michael D., Rochelle Fradkin, & William J. Scott. (1990). Induction of postaxial forelimb ectrodactyly with anticonvulsant agents in A/J mice. Teratology. 41(1). 61–70. 14 indexed citations

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Zimmerman, Ernest F., William J. Scott, & Michael D. Collins. (1990). Ethanol‐induced limb defects in mice: Effect of strain and Ro 15‐4513. Teratology. 41(4). 453–462. 28 indexed citations

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McNeish, John D., et al.. (1990). Phenotypic characterization of the transgenic mouse insertional mutation, legless. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 253(2). 151–162. 41 indexed citations

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Nau, Heinz & William J. Scott. (1987). Interspecies comparison and maternal/embryonic-fetal drug transfer. CRC Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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Nau, Heinz & William J. Scott. (1987). Experimental aspects In Vivo and In Vitro. CRC Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Scott, William J.. (1981). Pathogenesis of Preaxial Hindlimb Polydactyly in Rats. Congenital Anomalies. 21(3). 277. 2 indexed citations

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Scott, William J., et al.. (1981). Pathogenesis of Preaxial Polydactyly. Congenital Anomalies. 21(4). 441–448. 4 indexed citations

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Ritter, Edmond J., William J. Scott, James G. Wilson, Beatrice C. Lampkin, & John E. Neely. (1980). Effect of 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine on deoxyribonucleotide pools in vivo.. PubMed. 65(3). 603–5. 14 indexed citations

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Beliles, Robert P. & William J. Scott. (1967). Effect of β-mercaptoethylamine on reproduction of the rat. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 11(3). 523–528. 2 indexed citations

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