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90
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2432
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Alan N. Schechter publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan N. Schechter sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 362 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Alan N. Schechter D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan N. Schechter sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Alan N. Schechter is affiliated with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant emphasis on physiology as a subfield. Other subfields of study include complementary and alternative medicine, animal science and zoology, biochemistry, and genetics.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics such as nitric oxide and endothelin effects, cardiovascular and exercise physiology, pharmacological effects and assays, eicosanoids and hypertension pharmacology, sulfur compounds in biology, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, and hemoglobinopathies and related disorders.

Alan N. Schechter has contributed to numerous publications, including recent papers that characterize various aspects of nitrate metabolism and effects on muscle and tissues. Notable papers include:

  • Time course of human skeletal muscle nitrate and nitrite concentration changes following dietary nitrate ingestion (2022, Nitric Oxide)
  • 15N-labeled dietary nitrate supplementation increases human skeletal muscle nitrate concentration and improves muscle torque production (2023, Acta Physiologica)
  • Potential roles of nitrate and nitrite in nitric oxide metabolism in the eye (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Distribution of dietary nitrate and its metabolites in rat tissues after 15N-labeled nitrate administration (2023, Scientific Reports)
  • Preparation of Rat Skeletal Muscle Homogenates for Nitrate and Nitrite Measurements (2021, Journal of Visualized Experiments)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Barbora Piknova, Ji Won Park, Anni Vanhatalo, Andrew M. Jones, and Lee J. Wylie.

Alan N. Schechter's research has been published repeatedly in specific journals and venues, particularly in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise and Physiology, each with three publications. Scientific Reports and Journal of Visualized Experiments have two publications each, as does Nutrients.

Alan N. Schechter was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1999.

Best Publications

  • Nitrite reduction to nitric oxide by deoxyhemoglobin vasodilates the human circulation.

    Kenyatta Cosby;Kristine S Partovi;Jack H Crawford;Rakesh P Patel

  • Pulmonary hypertension as a risk factor for death in patients with sickle cell disease

    Mark T. Gladwin;Vandana Sachdev;Maria L. Jison;Yukitaka Shizukuda

  • Cell-free hemoglobin limits nitric oxide bioavailability in sickle-cell disease.

    Christopher D Reiter;Xunde Wang;Jose E Tanus-Santos;Neil Hogg

  • Receptor-mediated endocytosis of transferrin in K562 cells

    R D Klausner;J Van Renswoude;G Ashwell;C Kempf

  • Nitrate and nitrite in biology, nutrition and therapeutics

    Jon O Lundberg;Mark T Gladwin;Amrita Ahluwalia;Nigel Benjamin

  • The emerging biology of the nitrite anion

    Mark T Gladwin;Alan N Schechter;Daniel B Kim-Shapiro;Rakesh P Patel

  • Enzymatic function of hemoglobin as a nitrite reductase that produces NO under allosteric control.

    Zhi Huang;Sruti Shiva;Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro;Rakesh P. Patel

  • Hypoxia, red blood cells, and nitrite regulate NO-dependent hypoxic vasodilation

    Jack H. Crawford;T. Scott Isbell;T. Scott Isbell;T. Scott Isbell;Zhi Huang;Zhi Huang;Zhi Huang;Sruti Shiva;Sruti Shiva;Sruti Shiva

  • Role of circulating nitrite and S-nitrosohemoglobin in the regulation of regional blood flow in humans

    Mark T. Gladwin;James H. Shelhamer;Alan N. Schechter;Margaret E. Pease-Fye

  • Plasma nitrite concentrations reflect the degree of endothelial dysfunction in humans

    Petra Kleinbongard;André Dejam;André Dejam;Thomas Lauer;Thomas Jax

  • Hemoglobin research and the origins of molecular medicine

    Alan N. Schechter

  • Hydroxyurea induces fetal hemoglobin by the nitric oxide–dependent activation of soluble guanylyl cyclase

    Vladan P. Cokic;Reginald D. Smith;Bojana B. Beleslin-Cokic;Joyce M. Njoroge

  • Erythrocytes are the major intravascular storage sites of nitrite in human blood.

    Andre Dejam;Christian J Hunter;Mildred M Pelletier;Lewis L Hsu

  • Nitric oxide's reactions with hemoglobin: a view through the SNO-storm

    Mark T. Gladwin;Jack R. Lancaster;Bruce A. Freeman;Alan N. Schechter

  • Erythropoietin and hypoxia stimulate erythropoietin receptor and nitric oxide production by endothelial cells

    Bojana B. Beleslin-Cokic;Vladan P. Cokic;Xiaobing Yu;Babette B. Weksler

  • Nitrite Infusion in Humans and Nonhuman Primates: Endocrine Effects, Pharmacokinetics, and Tolerance Formation

    André Dejam;Christian J. Hunter;Carole Tremonti;Ryszard M. Pluta

  • Effects of inhaled nitric oxide on regional blood flow are consistent with intravascular nitric oxidedelivery

    Richard O. Cannon;Alan N. Schechter;Julio A. Panza;Frederick P. Ognibene

  • Hematologic responses of patients with sickle cell disease to treatment with hydroxyurea.

    Griffin P. Rodgers;George J. Dover;Constance Tom Noguchi;Alan N. Schechter

  • Relative role of heme nitrosylation and beta-cysteine 93 nitrosation in the transport and metabolism of nitric oxide by hemoglobin in the human circulation.

    Mark T. Gladwin;Frederick P. Ognibene;Lewis K. Pannell;James S. Nichols

  • Unraveling the Reactions of Nitric Oxide, Nitrite, and Hemoglobin in Physiology and Therapeutics

    Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro;Alan N. Schechter;Mark T. Gladwin

Frequent Co-Authors

Constance Tom Noguchi
Constance Tom Noguchi National Institutes of Health
Mark T. Gladwin
Mark T. Gladwin University of Pittsburgh
David H. Sachs
David H. Sachs Columbia University
Christian B. Anfinsen
Christian B. Anfinsen National Institutes of Health
Neil Hogg
Neil Hogg Medical College of Wisconsin
Jay A. Berzofsky
Jay A. Berzofsky National Institutes of Health
Jack S. Cohen
Jack S. Cohen Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Raj K. Puri
Raj K. Puri US Food and Drug Administration
James H. Shelhamer
James H. Shelhamer National Institutes of Health
Richard O. Cannon
Richard O. Cannon National Institutes of Health

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