William W. Epstein

2.1k total citations
64 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

William W. Epstein is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, William W. Epstein has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Organic Chemistry and 10 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in William W. Epstein's work include Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (15 papers), Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (11 papers) and Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies (9 papers). William W. Epstein is often cited by papers focused on Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (15 papers), Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (11 papers) and Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies (9 papers). William W. Epstein collaborates with scholars based in United States and Japan. William W. Epstein's co-authors include Hans C. Rilling, Faye Sweat, C. Dale Poulter, E. Bruenger, Diane W. Davidson, William G. Dauben, Christopher G. Anderson, Patricia Berger, Mark J. Brown and Norman C. Negus and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William W. Epstein

64 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William W. Epstein United States 21 731 475 184 171 135 64 1.6k
E. J. Eisenbraun United States 20 398 0.5× 686 1.4× 255 1.4× 147 0.9× 106 0.8× 144 1.6k
H. Erdtman Sweden 22 564 0.8× 566 1.2× 278 1.5× 128 0.7× 179 1.3× 94 1.5k
Akio Furusaki Japan 27 614 0.8× 1.2k 2.4× 303 1.6× 399 2.3× 136 1.0× 132 2.3k
Jean‐Pierre Girault France 25 1.2k 1.7× 410 0.9× 307 1.7× 118 0.7× 122 0.9× 112 2.1k
H. T. Andrew Cheung Australia 19 649 0.9× 241 0.5× 154 0.8× 71 0.4× 116 0.9× 75 1.2k
Richard B. Herbert United Kingdom 18 610 0.8× 487 1.0× 223 1.2× 302 1.8× 64 0.5× 105 1.2k
A. J. Birch Australia 21 642 0.9× 718 1.5× 224 1.2× 431 2.5× 65 0.5× 129 1.8k
Mytosk Mazurek Canada 17 674 0.9× 495 1.0× 446 2.4× 102 0.6× 51 0.4× 31 1.4k
Ian H. Sadler United Kingdom 21 603 0.8× 386 0.8× 453 2.5× 131 0.8× 84 0.6× 92 1.5k
T. Norin Sweden 19 427 0.6× 365 0.8× 208 1.1× 67 0.4× 97 0.7× 70 1.2k

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All Works

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Rivera, Susan B., et al.. (2002). The monoterpenes of Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana, Artemisia cana ssp. viscidula and Artemisia tridentata ssp. spiciformis. Phytochemistry. 59(2). 197–203. 26 indexed citations
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Epstein, William W., et al.. (1996). Identification of Prenylcysteines and Prenylated Proteins by Formation of Substituted Naphthopyrans. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 61(15). 4890–4893. 2 indexed citations
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Epstein, William W., et al.. (1994). Thioprenols as Hydrazinolysis Products of Prenylated Proteins: Dependence upon Methylation of the Prenylcysteine. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 311(2). 199–204. 1 indexed citations
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Brown, Mark J., et al.. (1991). ChemInform Abstract: Prenylated Proteins. A Convenient Synthesis of Farnesyl Cysteinyl Thioethers.. ChemInform. 22(30). 1 indexed citations
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Epstein, William W., et al.. (1990). Neotropical ant gardens. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 16(6). 1791–1816. 44 indexed citations
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Davidson, Diane W., et al.. (1990). Neotropical ant gardens II. Bioassays of seed compounds. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 16(10). 2993–3013. 27 indexed citations
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Rilling, Hans C., E. Bruenger, William W. Epstein, & A.A. Kandutsch. (1989). Prenylated proteins: Demonstration of a thioether linkage to cysteine of proteins. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 163(1). 143–148. 12 indexed citations
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Epstein, William W., et al.. (1986). Dynamics of 6-methoxybenzoxazolinone in winter wheat. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 12(10). 2011–2020. 46 indexed citations
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Epstein, William W., et al.. (1984). Essential oil constituents of Artemisia tridentata rothrockii. The isolation and characterization of two new irregular monoterpenes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 49(15). 2748–2754. 19 indexed citations
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Epstein, William W., et al.. (1984). Volatile oil constituents of sagebrush. Phytochemistry. 23(10). 2257–2262. 21 indexed citations
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Epstein, William W., et al.. (1982). High-yield synthesis of 1-isopropyl-7-methylbicyclo[4.3.0]non-6-ene by a cationic olefin cyclization-rearrangement process. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 47(6). 1128–1131. 7 indexed citations
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Epstein, William W., et al.. (1980). Eskimo uses ofArtemisia tilesii (Compositae). Economic Botany. 34(2). 97–100. 3 indexed citations
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Epstein, William W., et al.. (1979). Structure and stereochemistry of officinalic acid, a novel triterpene from Fomes officinalis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 101(10). 2748–2750. 19 indexed citations
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Shaw, James E., et al.. (1975). Methyl (2R),(3S)-2,5-dimethyl-3-vinylhex-4-enoate (methyl santolinate) a new irregular monoterpene constituent of Artemesia tridentada tridentada. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 590–590. 8 indexed citations
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Alexander, Kenneth & William W. Epstein. (1975). Biogenesis of non-head-to-tail monoterpenes. Isolation of (1R,3R)-chrysanthemol from Artemesia ludoviciana. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 40(17). 2576–2576. 19 indexed citations
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Poulter, C. Dale, et al.. (1972). The absolute configuration of santolina alcohol from. Tetrahedron Letters. 13(1). 71–74. 4 indexed citations
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Anderson, Christopher G. & William W. Epstein. (1971). Metabolic intermediates in the biological oxidation of lanosterol to eburicoic acid. Phytochemistry. 10(11). 2713–2717. 14 indexed citations
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Epstein, William W. & Hans C. Rilling. (1970). Studies on the Mechanism of Squalene Biosynthesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 245(18). 4597–4605. 70 indexed citations
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Miles, M. H., Edward M. Eyring, William W. Epstein, & Michael T. Anderson. (1966). Deuterium Oxide Solvent Isotope Effects on Fast Reactions of Substituted Malonic Acids1. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 70(11). 3490–3493. 7 indexed citations
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Miles, M. H., Edward M. Eyring, William W. Epstein, & Richard E. Ostlund. (1965). Fast Reactions Involving Hydrogen Bonding in 2,2-Disubstituted Malonic Acids. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 69(2). 467–476. 15 indexed citations

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