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Joseph S. Fruton

Joseph S. Fruton

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
9578
World Ranking
12213
National Ranking
5216

Chemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
9126
World Ranking
10413
National Ranking
2874

Joseph S. Fruton publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

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

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 214 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Joseph S. Fruton D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Joseph S. Fruton was affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their academic career focused on various aspects of biochemistry and the history of science, although specific fields of study and subfields are not detailed in the available data.

No records of recent papers, frequent co-authors, or publication venues were provided. There is also no listed information on book publications or the number of works contributed to specific publishers, indicating that such data may not be readily available or documented in the source.

The lack of detailed publication and research output data suggests that the primary recognized contributions of Joseph S. Fruton might lie outside recent active research documentation, possibly in earlier academic work or historical contributions to the study of biochemistry.

There is no explicit information on awards won or honors received, nor on specific scientific topics covered or research themes pursued.

Joseph S. Fruton was deceased at the time of this record's creation.

Best Publications

  • The Collected Papers of Paul Ehrlich.

    Joseph S. Fruton

  • Some Reactions of N-Ethylmaleimide1

    Derek G. Smyth;Atsuo Nagamatsu;Joseph S. Fruton

  • Peptide-protein interaction as studied by gel filtration.

    Gordon F. Fairclough;Joseph S. Fruton

  • THE SPECIFICITY OF TRYPSIN

    Max Bergmann;Joseph S. Fruton;Heinz Pollok

  • On the proteolytic enzymes of animal tissues. X. Beef spleen cathepsin C.

    Harris H. Tallan;Mary.Ellen. Jones;Joseph S. Fruton

  • A History Of Pepsin And Related Enzymes

    Joseph S. Fruton

  • Studies on the specificity of pepsin.

    Ken Inouye;Joseph S. Fruton

  • The Mechanism of the Catalytic Action of Pepsin and Related Acid Proteinases

    Joseph S. Fruton

  • CHEMICAL REACTIONS OF THE NITROGEN MUSTARD GASES.1 I. THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF METHYL-BIS(β-CHLOROETHYL)AMINE IN WATER

    Calvin Golumbic;Joseph S. Fruton;Max Bergmann

  • ON PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES: XII. REGARDING THE SPECIFICITY OF AMINOPEPTIDASE AND CARBOXYPEPTIDASE. A NEW TYPE OF ENZYME IN THE INTESTINAL TRACT

    Max Bergmann;Joseph S. Fruton

  • CATALYSIS OF TRANSAMIDATION REACTIONS BY PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES

    Robert B. Johnston;Mary J. Mycek;Joseph S. Fruton

  • Chemical reactions of the nitrogen mustard gases; the transformations of methyl-bis(beta-chloroethyl)amine in water.

    C Golumbic;J S Fruton;M Bergmann

  • SOME SYNTHETIC AND HYDROLYTIC EXPERIMENTS WITH CHYMOTRYPSIN

    Max Bergmann;Joseph S. Fruton

  • Proteinase-Catalyzed Synthesis of Peptide Bonds

    Joseph S. Fruton

  • Purification and properties of beef spleen cathepsin B.

    Lowell M. Greenbaum;Joseph S. Fruton

  • THE SPECIFICITY OF PEPSIN

    Joseph S. Fruton;Max Bergmann

  • Elongation of peptide chains in enzyme-catalyzed transamidation reactions.

    Joseph S. Fruton;Robert B. Johnston;Melvin. Fried

  • ON PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES XIII. SYNTHETIC SUBSTRATES FOR CHYMOTRYPSIN

    Max Bergmann;Joseph S. Fruton

  • Thermodynamics of hydrolysis of peptide bonds

    Alan Dobry;Joseph S. Fruton;Julian M. Sturtevant

  • The Specificity of Cathepsin D

    John B. Ferguson;John R. Andrews;Irene M. Voynick;Joseph S. Fruton

Frequent Co-Authors

Max Bergmann
Max Bergmann Rockefeller University
William H. Stein
William H. Stein Rockefeller University
Edward L. Tatum
Edward L. Tatum Rockefeller University
Stephen G. Sligar
Stephen G. Sligar University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Julian M. Sturtevant
Julian M. Sturtevant Yale University
Stanford Moore
Stanford Moore Rockefeller University

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