William Scher

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

William Scher is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, William Scher has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in William Scher's work include Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (7 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (5 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (5 papers). William Scher is often cited by papers focused on Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (7 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (5 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (5 papers). William Scher collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. William Scher's co-authors include Charlotte Friend, J. G. Holland, Tôru Satô, Harvey D. Preisler, Susannah Waxman, B M Scher, Samuel Waxman, David E. Housman, Henry J. Vogel and Samuel H. Boyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Blood.

In The Last Decade

William Scher

42 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Hemoglobin Synthesis in Murine Virus-Induced Leukemic Cel... 1971 2026 1989 2007 1971 250 500 750 1000
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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. Hemoglobin Synthesis in Murine Virus-Induced Leukemic Cells In Vitro: Stimulation of Erythroid Differentiation by Dimethyl Sulfoxide
    1971 1.2k citations Charlotte Friend, William Scher et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Scher United States 19 1.5k 486 349 328 323 45 2.4k
Manfred Eulitz Germany 31 1.8k 1.2× 432 0.9× 215 0.6× 282 0.9× 437 1.4× 88 2.7k
J. G. Holland United States 9 1.1k 0.7× 304 0.6× 220 0.6× 255 0.8× 291 0.9× 13 1.7k
G.E.J. Staal Netherlands 27 1.7k 1.2× 690 1.4× 194 0.6× 126 0.4× 351 1.1× 129 2.8k
J Kruh France 28 2.3k 1.6× 267 0.5× 405 1.2× 137 0.4× 420 1.3× 143 3.3k
J. Gordon Foulkes United Kingdom 27 2.0k 1.4× 158 0.3× 254 0.7× 477 1.5× 266 0.8× 37 2.9k
David Brankow United States 19 1.6k 1.1× 200 0.4× 332 1.0× 151 0.5× 659 2.0× 24 3.0k
Linda K. Jolliffe United States 31 1.5k 1.0× 280 0.6× 520 1.5× 619 1.9× 780 2.4× 60 3.7k
John Hozier United States 28 1.7k 1.1× 107 0.2× 397 1.1× 227 0.7× 371 1.1× 63 2.6k
Lou A. Smets Netherlands 32 1.7k 1.2× 136 0.3× 192 0.6× 278 0.8× 566 1.8× 97 2.9k
S Tsai United States 18 2.0k 1.4× 153 0.3× 787 2.3× 672 2.0× 374 1.2× 21 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Scher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Scher

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All Works

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Mistry, Sucharita J., et al.. (2010). Isolation and characterization of a large soluble form of fibronectin that stimulates adhesion, spreading, and alignment of mouse erythroleukemia cells. Experimental Cell Research. 316(15). 2402–2413. 5 indexed citations
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Scher, B M, et al.. (1998). Dephosphorylation of Vav is associated with the induction of mouse erythroleukemia cell differentiation: effects of orthovanadate and levamisole.. International Journal of Oncology. 12(6). 1307–13. 2 indexed citations
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Licht, Jonathan D., et al.. (1994). Retinoic acid is required for and potentiates differentiation of acute promyelocytic leukemia cells by nonretinoid agents. Blood. 84(7). 2122–2129. 52 indexed citations
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Wu, Henry C., et al.. (1991). Reduction in lactate accumulation correlates with differentiation-induced terminal cell division of leukemia cells*. Differentiation. 48(1). 51–58. 11 indexed citations
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Scher, William, et al.. (1990). Phorbol ester-treated human acute myeloid leukemia cells secrete G-CSF, GM-CSF and erythroid differentiation factor into serum-free media in primary culture. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1055(3). 278–286. 7 indexed citations
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Scher, William. (1989). The Role of Extracellular Proteases in Cell Proliferation and Differentiation. Humana Press eBooks. 187–213. 44 indexed citations
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Scher, B M, William Scher, & Samuel Waxman. (1988). A possible effect of heme on the fate of DNA ligase activity extracted from differentiating mouse erythroleukemia cells.. PubMed. 48(22). 6278–84. 6 indexed citations
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Scher, B M, et al.. (1987). Induction of differentiation in mouse erythroleukaemia cells by the action of papain at the cell surface. Cell Proliferation. 20(6). 571–581. 1 indexed citations
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Scher, William & Samuel Waxman. (1983). EFFECTS OF DEXAMETHASONE AND PHORBOL MYRISTATE ACETATE ON THE INDUCTION OF DIFFERENTIATION IN MOUSE ERYTHROLEUKEMIC CELLS BY DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE, PROTEASES, AND OTHER COMPOUNDS*. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 411(1). 180–190. 12 indexed citations
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Scher, William, et al.. (1981). Alterations in glycosyltransferase levels in mouse erythroleukemia cells during erythrodifferentiation and cell growth.. PubMed. 41(3). 790–4. 8 indexed citations
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Scher, William & Charlotte Friend. (1978). Breakage of DNA and alterations in folded genomes by inducers of differentiation in Friend erythroleukemic cells.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 38(3). 841–9. 157 indexed citations
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Scher, William, et al.. (1974). Alterations in macromolecular synthesis and cellular growth in mouse embryo fibroblasts infected with friend leukemia virus. International Journal of Cancer. 13(3). 343–352. 8 indexed citations
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Friend, Charlotte, William Scher, & Harvey D. Preisler. (1974). HEMOGLOBIN BIOSYNTHESIS IN MURINE VIRUS‐INDUCED LEUKEMIA CELLS IN VITRO *. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 241(1). 582–588. 15 indexed citations
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Friend, Charlotte, Harvey D. Preisler, & William Scher. (1974). Chapter 3 Studies on The Control of Differentiation of Murine Virus-Induced Erythroleukemic Cells. Current topics in developmental biology. 81–101. 68 indexed citations
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Preisler, Harvey D., David E. Housman, William Scher, & Charlotte Friend. (1973). Effects of 5-Bromo-2′-Deoxyuridine on Production of Globin Messenger RNA in Dimethyl Sulfoxide-Stimulated Friend Leukemia Cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 70(10). 2956–2959. 65 indexed citations
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Boyer, Samuel H., Andrea N. Noyes, William Scher, et al.. (1972). Hemoglobin Biosynthesis in Murine Virus-induced Leukemic Cells In Vitro: Structure and Amounts of Globin Chains Produced. Blood. 40(6). 823–835. 110 indexed citations
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Scher, William, J. G. Holland, & Charlotte Friend. (1971). Hemoglobin Synthesis in Murine Virus-induced Leukemic Cells In Vitro. I. Partial Purification and Identification of Hemoglobins. Blood. 37(4). 428–437. 78 indexed citations

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