William S. Murphy

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
103 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

William S. Murphy is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, William S. Murphy has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Organic Chemistry, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in William S. Murphy's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (11 papers), Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (10 papers) and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (9 papers). William S. Murphy is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (11 papers), Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (10 papers) and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (9 papers). William S. Murphy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and France. William S. Murphy's co-authors include Philip Leder, Jim Battey, Rebecca Taub, Christopher Moulding, Gilbert Lenoir, Huntington Potter, Timothy A. Stewart, Sompong Wattanasin, Stephen B. Murphy and Thomas J. Vasicek and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William S. Murphy

95 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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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.

The human c-myc oncogene: Structural consequences of translocation into the igh locus in Burkitt lymphoma

1983 663 citations William S. Murphy et al. profile →
Translocations Among Antibody Genes in Human Cancer

1983 612 citations William S. Murphy et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William S. Murphy United States	21	1.3k	588	527	377	321	103	2.9k
Daniel L. Dexter United States	35	2.0k 1.6×	497 0.8×	1.4k 2.6×	281 0.7×	236 0.7×	86	4.0k
Eddy Pasquier France	32	1.9k 1.5×	391 0.7×	1.4k 2.7×	259 0.7×	184 0.6×	69	4.0k
William D. Bloomer United States	32	658 0.5×	482 0.8×	491 0.9×	96 0.3×	226 0.7×	142	3.2k
Brian D. Marsden United Kingdom	30	2.7k 2.1×	303 0.5×	642 1.2×	197 0.5×	207 0.6×	65	3.9k
S. E. Salmon United States	33	1.7k 1.3×	189 0.3×	1.9k 3.6×	462 1.2×	301 0.9×	78	3.9k
Ram Ganapathi United States	33	2.7k 2.1×	252 0.4×	1.8k 3.4×	298 0.8×	189 0.6×	132	4.0k
László Őrfi Hungary	31	1.6k 1.3×	539 0.9×	1.0k 2.0×	335 0.9×	155 0.5×	113	3.3k
Akulapalli Sudhakar United States	20	2.2k 1.8×	145 0.2×	654 1.2×	352 0.9×	193 0.6×	29	4.0k
Daruka Mahadevan United States	34	2.1k 1.7×	246 0.4×	1.7k 3.1×	547 1.5×	430 1.3×	144	4.0k
Michele McTigue United States	18	1.7k 1.4×	388 0.7×	1.0k 1.9×	117 0.3×	225 0.7×	25	2.9k

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Klok, Frederikus A., Stefano Barco, Laurent Bertoletti, et al.. (2025). Optimal approach to performing and reporting computed tomography angiography for suspected acute pulmonary embolism: a clinical consensus statement of the ESC Working Group on Pulmonary Circulation & Right Ventricular Function, the Fleischner Society, the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care (ACVC) and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) of the ESC, endorsed by European Respiratory Society (ERS), Asian Society of Thoracic Radiology (ASTR), European Society of Thoracic Imaging (ESTI), and Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR). European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging. 26(7). 1085–1098.

Klok, Frederikus A., Stefano Barco, Laurent Bertoletti, et al.. (2025). Optimal Approach to Performing and Reporting Computed Tomography Angiography for Suspected Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Clinical Consensus Statement of the ESC Working Group on Pulmonary Circulation & Right Ventricular Function, the Fleischner Society, the Association for Acute Cardiovascular Care (ACVC) and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) of the ESC, Endorsed by European Respiratory Society (ERS), Asian Society of Thoracic Radiology (ASTR), European Society of Thoracic Imaging (ESTI), and Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR). Radiology. 315(3). e243833–e243833. 1 indexed citations

Murphy, William S., et al.. (2025). Accuracy of Acetabular Component Positioning Using a Mixed Reality-Guided Navigation System During Total Hip Arthroplasty. JBJS Open Access. 10(1).

Murphy, William S., et al.. (2023). Validation of a Novel Method of Measuring Cup Orientation Using BiPlanar Simultaneous Radiographic Images. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 38(7). S252–S256. 3 indexed citations

Pahalyants, Vartan, William S. Murphy, Nicole Gunasekera, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of electronic consults for outpatient pediatric patients with dermatologic complaints. Pediatric Dermatology. 38(5). 1210–1218. 13 indexed citations

Pahalyants, Vartan, William S. Murphy, Nikolai Klebanov, et al.. (2021). Immunosuppressive biologics did not increase the risk of COVID-19 or subsequent mortality: A retrospective matched cohort study from Massachusetts. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 86(1). 252–255. 10 indexed citations

Wongvibulsin, Shannon, Vartan Pahalyants, Mark Kalinich, et al.. (2021). Epidemiology and risk factors for the development of cutaneous toxicities in patients treated with immune-checkpoint inhibitors: A United States population-level analysis. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 86(3). 563–572. 57 indexed citations

Murphy, William S., et al.. (2018). 2018 John Charnley Award: Analysis of US Hip Replacement Bundled Payments: Physician-initiated Episodes Outperform Hospital-initiated Episodes. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 477(2). 271–280. 15 indexed citations

Murphy, William S., et al.. (2018). Higher Volume Surgeons Have Lower Medicare Payments, Readmissions, and Mortality After THA. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 477(2). 334–341. 12 indexed citations

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Siddiqi, Ahmed, et al.. (2018). Cost Savings in a Surgeon-Directed BPCI Program for Total Joint Arthroplasty.. PubMed. 33. 319–325. 11 indexed citations

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Murphy, William S., Ho Hyun Yun, Brett L. Hayden, Jens Kowal, & Stephen B. Murphy. (2018). The Safe Zone Range for Cup Anteversion Is Narrower Than for Inclination in THA. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 476(2). 325–335. 93 indexed citations

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Murphy, Stephen B., William S. Murphy, & Jens Kowal. (2013). THE SAFE ZONE FOR ACETABULAR COMPONENT ORIENTATION. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-british Volume. 132–132. 3 indexed citations

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Murphy, William S., et al.. (2012). Pelvic Tilt Is Minimally Changed by Total Hip Arthroplasty. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 471(2). 417–421. 72 indexed citations

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Taylor, James G., et al.. (2000). Hierarchy-of-models approach for aggregated-force attrition. Winter Simulation Conference. 1. 925–932. 5 indexed citations

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Murphy, William S., et al.. (1999). Conformational equilibria in amino steroids derived from fusidic acid. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 3311–3314. 1 indexed citations

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Murphy, William S., et al.. (1992). Regiospecific synthesis of mitosenes by a new bromoquinone-enamine annulation reaction. Tetrahedron Letters. 33(4). 531–534. 27 indexed citations

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Murphy, William S. & Sompong Wattanasin. (1986). Reductive cleavage of arylcyclopropyl ketones. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 1445–1445. 6 indexed citations

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Murphy, William S. & Sompong Wattanasin. (1981). Reductive cleavage of cyclopropyl ketones. Tetrahedron Letters. 22(7). 695–698. 13 indexed citations

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Murphy, William S., et al.. (1975). Intramolecular alkylation of phenols. Part II. ortho-versus para- Alkylation. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 1291–1291. 2 indexed citations

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Gerrard, W., Harry R. Hudson, & William S. Murphy. (1964). 434. Factors in the formation of isomerically and optically pure alkyl halides. Part III. Alkyl rearrangements in alcohol–boron trihalide reaction systems. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 0(0). 2314–2318. 2 indexed citations

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