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78
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28171
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17879
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8918

Rosalyn S. Yalow 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 Rosalyn S. Yalow sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 263 publications — 10th percentile

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Rosalyn S. Yalow 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 Rosalyn S. Yalow sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 78 D-Index — 12th percentile

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1988 - US President's National Medal of Science "For her historic contributions to the discovery and development of radioimmunassay, a technique that employs radioactive isotopes to detect and measure the levels of insulin and hormones in the blood and body tissues.", Presented by President Reagan in a White House ceremony on July 15, 1988.
  • 1977 - Nobel Prize for the development of radioimmunoassays of peptide hormones
  • 1976 - Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, Lasker Foundation
  • 1975 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1975 - AMA Scientific Achievement Award, American Medical Association
  • 1971 - Canada Gairdner International Award
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Rosalyn S. Yalow was affiliated with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in the United States. Their primary field of study was Medicine, with a specific focus on Surgery. The main topics addressed in their research included pancreatic function and diabetes.

The scientist collaborated frequently with several colleagues during their career. Notable frequent co-authors included:

  • Corey Able
  • Richard Bond
  • Arvid Carlsson
  • V. Daniel Castracane
  • Annica Dahlström

Throughout their career, Rosalyn S. Yalow received a number of awards recognizing their contributions. These awards included:

  • Nobel Prize in 1977 for the development of radioimmunoassays of peptide hormones
  • Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, Lasker Foundation, 1976
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1975
  • AMA Scientific Achievement Award, American Medical Association, 1975
  • Canada Gairdner International Award, 1971
  • US President's National Medal of Science, 1988, presented by President Reagan for the discovery and development of radioimmunoassay techniques that employ radioactive isotopes to detect and measure insulin and hormone levels in blood and tissues
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Their work centered on the use of radioactive isotopes to detect and measure biological substances such as insulin and hormones, which played a role in the understanding of pancreatic function and diabetes.

Best Publications

  • IMMUNOASSAY OF ENDOGENOUS PLASMA INSULIN IN MAN

    Rosalyn S. Yalow;Solomon A. Berson

  • Assay of Plasma Insulin in Human Subjects by Immunological Methods

    Rosalyn S. Yalow;Solomon A. Berson

  • INSULIN-I131 METABOLISM IN HUMAN SUBJECTS: DEMONSTRATION OF INSULIN BINDING GLOBULIN IN THE CIRCULATION OF INSULIN TREATED SUBJECTS

    Solomon A. Berson;Rosalyn S. Yalow;Arthur Bauman;Marcus A. Rothschild

  • Radioimmunoassay of gastrin

    Rosalyn S. Yalow;Solomon A. Berson

  • Hypoglycemia: a potent stimulus to secretion of growth hormone.

    Jesse Roth;Seymour M. Glick;Rosalyn S. Yalow;Solomon A. Berson

  • Quantitative aspects of the reaction between insulin and insulin-binding antibody.

    Solomon A. Berson;Rosalyn S. Yalow

  • Radioimmunoassay of ACTH in plasma

    Solomon A. Berson;Rosalyn S. Yalow

  • IMMUNOASSAY OF BOVINE AND HUMAN PARATHYROID HORMONE.

    Solomon A. Berson;Rosalyn S. Yalow;G. D. Aurbach;John T. Potts

  • IMMUNOASSAY OF HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE IN PLASMA.

    Seymour M. Glick;Jesse Roth;Rosalyn S. Yalow;Solomon A. Berson

  • Secretion of human growth hormone: physiologic and experimental modification

    J Roth;S M Glick;R S Yalow;S A Berson

  • Immunochemical heterogeneity of parathyroid hormone in plasma.

    A. Solomon Berson;Rosalyn S. Yalow

  • Parathyroid Hormone in Plasma in Adenomatous Hyperparathyroidism, Uremia, and Bronchogenic Carcinoma

    Soloman A. Berson;Rosalyn S. Yalow

  • Plasma insulin concentrations in nondiabetic and early diabetic subjects. Determinations by a new sensitive immuno-assay technic.

    Rosalyn S Yalow;Solomon A Berson

  • TRACER EXPERIMENTS WITH I131 LABELED HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN: DISTRIBUTION AND DEGRADATION STUDIES

    Solomon A. Berson;Rosalyn S. Yalow;Sidney S. Schreiber;Joseph Post

  • Separation of antibody-bound and unbound peptide hormones labelled with iodine-131 by talcum powder and precipitated silica.

    G. Rosselin;R. Assan;R. S. Yalow;S. A. Berson

  • THE REGULATION OF GROWTH HORMONE SECRETION.

    S M Glick;J Roth;R S Yalow;S A Berson

  • Ectopic ACTH Production in Carcinoma of the Lung

    George Gewirtz;Rosalyn S. Yalow

  • Radioimmunoassay: a probe for the fine structure of biologic systems.

    Yalow Rs

  • Cholecystokinin and its COOH-terminal octapeptide in the pig brain.

    Jurgen E. Muller;Eugene Straus;Rosalyn S. Yalow

  • Heterogeneity of Parathyroid Hormone. CLINICAL AND PHYSIOLOGIC IMPLICATIONS

    Robert Silverman;Rosalyn S. Yalow

Frequent Co-Authors

Jesse Roth
Jesse Roth National Institutes of Health
Stanley J. Goldsmith
Stanley J. Goldsmith Cornell University
Gerald D. Aurbach
Gerald D. Aurbach National Institutes of Health
John T. Potts
John T. Potts Harvard University
Robert H. Silverman
Robert H. Silverman Kent State University
Stanley Stein
Stanley Stein Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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