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82594
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18948
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9446

Donald S. Fredrickson publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Donald S. Fredrickson sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 170 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Donald S. Fredrickson D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Donald S. Fredrickson sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Donald S. Fredrickson was affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their main fields of study included Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. They contributed to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Cancer Research, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

Their work focused on several key topics, encompassing:

  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Lipid metabolism and disorders
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
  • Studies on Chitinases and Chitosanases

Throughout their career, Donald S. Fredrickson collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • William C. Roberts (4 joint works)
  • Victor J. Ferrans (2 joint works)
  • Jefferson Russo Victor (1 joint work)
  • L. Ferrans (1 joint work)
  • L. Maximilian Buja (1 joint work)

Their publication record, as indicated by available data, showed no recent papers listed with titles, venues, or citations. There were also no specific publication venues or book publications mentioned in the available data.

Best Publications

  • Estimation of the Concentration of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Plasma, Without Use of the Preparative Ultracentrifuge

    William T. Friedewald;Robert I. Levy;Donald S. Fredrickson

  • The metabolic basis of inherited disease

    John B. Stanbury;James B. Wyngaarden;Donald S. Fredrickson

  • Fat Transport in Lipoproteins-an Integrated Approach to Mechanisms and Disorders

    Donald S. Fredrickson;Robert I. Levy;Robert S. Lees

  • Classification of hyperlipidaemias and hyperlipoproteinaemias.

    J L Beaumont;L A Carlson;G R Cooper;Z Fejfar

  • A specific apoprotein activator for lipoprotein lipase.

    J.C. LaRosa;R.I. Levy;P. Herbert;S.E. Lux

  • Editorial A System for Phenotyping Hyperlipoproteinemia

    Donald S. Fredrickson;Robert S. Lees

  • Coronary Artery Disease in 116 Kindred with Familial Type II Hyperlipoproteinemia

    Neil J. Stone;Robert I. Levy;Donald S. Fredrickson;Joel Verter

  • Selective measurement of two lipase activities in postheparin plasma from normal subjects and patients with hyperlipoproteinemia.

    Ronald M. Krauss;Robert I. Levy;Donald S. Fredrickson

  • The metabolism of sphingomyelin. II. Evidence of an enzymatic deficiency in Niemann-Pick diseae.

    Roscoe O. Brady;Julian N. Kanfer;Michael B. Mock;Donald S. Fredrickson

  • The metabolism of albumin-bound C14-labeled unesterified fatty acids in normal human subjects.

    Donald S. Fredrickson;Robert S. Gordon

  • LIPOLYTIC ACTIVITY OF POST-HEPARIN PLASMA IN HYPERGLYCERIDEMIA.

    Donald S. Fredrickson;Katsuto Ono;Louis L. Davis

  • The ATP binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) modulates the development of aortic atherosclerosis in C57BL/6 and apoE-knockout mice.

    Charles W. Joyce;Marcelo J. A. Amar;Gilles Lambert;Boris L. Vaisman

  • The biochemical, clinical, and genetic features of type III hyperlipoproteinemia.

    Joel Morganroth;Robert I. Levy;Donald S. Fredrickson

  • Comparison of the triglyceride lipase of liver, adipose tissue, and postheparin plasma.

    John C. LaRosa;Robert I. Levy;Herbert G. Windmueller;Donald S. Fredrickson

  • Tangier Disease: Combined Clinical Staff Conference at the National Institutes of Health

    Donald S. Fredrickson;Paul H. Altrocchi;Louis V. Avioli;De Witt S. Goodman

  • Selective measurement of two different triglyceride lipase activities in rat postheparin plasma.

    Ronald M. Krauss;Herbert G. Windmueller;Robert I. Levy;Donald S. Fredrickson

  • The metabolism of chylomicra. I. The removal of palmitic acid-1-C14 labeled chylomicra from dog plasma.

    Richard J. Havel;Donald S. Fredrickson

  • Human ATP-binding cassette transporter 1 (ABC1): Genomic organization and identification of the genetic defect in the original Tangier disease kindred

    Alan T. Remaley;Stephan Rust;Marie Rosier;Cathy Knapper

  • Beta-sitosterolemia and xanthomatosis.

    Richard S. Shulman;Ashim K. Bhattacharyya;William E. Connor;Donald S. Fredrickson

  • The nature of pre beta (very low density) lipoproteins.

    R I Levy;R S Lees;D S Fredrickson

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio M. Gotto
Antonio M. Gotto Cornell University
Samuel E. Lux
Samuel E. Lux Harvard University
William C. Roberts
William C. Roberts Baylor University Medical Center
H. Bryan Brewer
H. Bryan Brewer MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Silvia Santamarina-Fojo
Silvia Santamarina-Fojo National Institutes of Health
Trudy M. Forte
Trudy M. Forte UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
Alan T. Remaley
Alan T. Remaley National Institutes of Health
Victor J. Ferrans
Victor J. Ferrans National Institutes of Health
Giovanna Chimini
Giovanna Chimini Grenoble Alpes University
Henry M. Fales
Henry M. Fales National Institutes of Health

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