William R. Best

10.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
88 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

William R. Best is a scholar working on Genetics, Genetics and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, William R. Best has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Genetics, 11 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in William R. Best's work include Inflammatory Bowel Disease (7 papers), Microscopic Colitis (6 papers) and Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control (6 papers). William R. Best is often cited by papers focused on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (7 papers), Microscopic Colitis (6 papers) and Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control (6 papers). William R. Best collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Japan. William R. Best's co-authors include Jack M. Becktel, John W. Singleton, Fred Kern, Robert W. Summers, Fred Kern, John T. Sessions, Donald M. Switz, Geert J. De Vries, A.A. Sluiter and Jennifer Daley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

William R. Best

80 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

Development of a Crohn's disease activity index. National... 1976 2026 1992 2009 1976 1976 1979 1979 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. Development of a Crohn's disease activity index. National Cooperative Crohn's Disease Study.
    1976 2.7k citations William R. Best, Jack M. Becktel et al. PubMed profile →
  2. Development of a Crohn's Disease Activity Index
    1976 2.6k citations William R. Best, Jack M. Becktel et al. Gastroenterology profile →
  3. National Cooperative Crohn's Disease Study: Results of drug treatment
    1979 910 citations Jack M. Becktel, William R. Best et al. Gastroenterology profile →
  4. Rederived values of the eight coefficients of the Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI)
    1979 467 citations William R. Best, Jack M. Becktel et al. Gastroenterology profile →

Peers

William R. Best
Jack M. Becktel United States
John W. Singleton United States
Fred Kern United States
Gary Wild Canada
Joseph B. Kirsner United States
Pieter Stokkers Netherlands
L. J. Witts United Kingdom
Harland S. Winter United States
Alain Bitton Canada
Corey A. Siegel United States
Jack M. Becktel United States
William R. Best
Citations per year, relative to William R. Best William R. Best (= 1×) peers Jack M. Becktel

Countries citing papers authored by William R. Best

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Fields of papers citing papers by William R. Best

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William R. Best

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William R. Best. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William R. Best based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with William R. Best. William R. Best is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Best, William R., et al.. (2024). Neutralizing Staphylococcus aureus PAMPs that Trigger Cytokine Release from THP-1 Monocytes. ACS Omega. 9(9). 10967–10978. 3 indexed citations
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Best, William R., et al.. (2022). Antibiofilm Activity of PEGylated Branched Polyethylenimine. ACS Omega. 7(49). 44825–44835. 3 indexed citations
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Best, William R.. (2006). Predicting the Crohnʼs disease activity index from the harvey-bradshaw index. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 12(4). 304–310. 230 indexed citations
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Amsterdam, Jan van, William R. Best, Antoon Opperhuizen, & F.A. de Wolff. (2003). Evaluation of a procedure to assess the adverse effects of illicit drugs. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 39(1). 1–4. 17 indexed citations
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Best, William R., Shukri F. Khuri, Maureen Phelan, et al.. (2002). Identifying Patient Preoperative Risk Factors and Postoperative Adverse Events in Administrative Databases: Results From The Department of Veterans Affairs National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 194(3). 257–266. 230 indexed citations
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Andrus, Charles H., et al.. (2001). Finance Modeling in the Delivery of Medical Care in Tertiary-Care Hospitals in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Journal of Surgical Research. 96(2). 152–157. 3 indexed citations
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Joseph, Emmanuella, Richard Zak, Susan A. Smith, et al.. (1992). PREDICTORS OF BLINDING OR SERIOUS EYE INJURY IN BLUNT TRAUMA. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 33(1). 19–24. 26 indexed citations
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Schrèk, Robert, William R. Best, & Stefano De Stefani. (1988). Relationship between in vitro and in vivo Radiosensitivity of Lymphocytes in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Acta Haematologica. 80(3). 129–133. 6 indexed citations
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Best, William R.. (1986). Software. JAMA. 256(22). 3164–3164. 1 indexed citations
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Best, William R.. (1982). Controversies in Clinical Care. JAMA. 247(14). 2031–2031. 7 indexed citations
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Best, William R., Jack M. Becktel, John W. Singleton, & Fred Kern. (1976). Development of a Crohn's Disease Activity Index. Gastroenterology. 70(3). 439–444. 2627 indexed citations breakdown →
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Best, William R.. (1975). The diagnosis of hemolytic anemias.. PubMed. 2(2). 153–60. 2 indexed citations
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Best, William R., et al.. (1971). Multivariate predictors in selecting medical students. Academic Medicine. 46(1). 42–50. 8 indexed citations
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Best, William R.. (1970). On the Logarithmic Transformation of Intestinal Bacterial Counts. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 23(12). 1608–1609. 33 indexed citations
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Best, William R., et al.. (1962). A Critical Look at the Splenectomy-S.L.E. Controversy. Medical Clinics of North America. 46(1). 19–47. 26 indexed citations
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Best, William R.. (1960). DIET IN CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS. JAMA. 174(1). 92–92. 2 indexed citations
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Winzler, Richard J., et al.. (1957). Metabolism of human leukocytes in vitro. I. Effects of A-methopterin on formate-C14 incorporation.. PubMed. 17(2). 108–16. 27 indexed citations
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Best, William R., Wilfrid F. White, Kenneth C. Robbins, W. A. Landmann, & S. L. Steelman. (1956). Studies on Urinary Excretion of Vitamin B12Co60 in Pernicious Anemia for Determining Effective Dosage of Intrinsic Factor Concentrates. Blood. 11(4). 338–351. 11 indexed citations
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Best, William R., et al.. (1954). Utilization of Intravenously Injected FRUCTOSE and INVERT SUGAR in NORMAL HUMAN SUBJECTS. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2(1). 32–37. 4 indexed citations
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Grossman, Morton I., Theodore E. Friedemann, William R. Best, et al.. (1954). The Effect of VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION on SOLDIERS Residing in a COLD ENVIRONMENT. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2(3). 179–194. 2 indexed citations

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