2026 Rosalyn S. Yalow: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	78	17879	8918	263	28171

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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

4558
Citations
Assay of Plasma Insulin in Human Subjects by Immunological Methods

Rosalyn S. Yalow;Solomon A. Berson

1388
Citations
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

1102
Citations
Radioimmunoassay of gastrin

Rosalyn S. Yalow;Solomon A. Berson

1090
Citations
Hypoglycemia: a potent stimulus to secretion of growth hormone.

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

865
Citations
Quantitative aspects of the reaction between insulin and insulin-binding antibody.

Solomon A. Berson;Rosalyn S. Yalow

841
Citations
Radioimmunoassay of ACTH in plasma

Solomon A. Berson;Rosalyn S. Yalow

654
Citations
IMMUNOASSAY OF BOVINE AND HUMAN PARATHYROID HORMONE.

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

548
Citations
IMMUNOASSAY OF HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE IN PLASMA.

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

517
Citations
Secretion of human growth hormone: physiologic and experimental modification

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

507
Citations
Immunochemical heterogeneity of parathyroid hormone in plasma.

A. Solomon Berson;Rosalyn S. Yalow

504
Citations
Parathyroid Hormone in Plasma in Adenomatous Hyperparathyroidism, Uremia, and Bronchogenic Carcinoma

Soloman A. Berson;Rosalyn S. Yalow

446
Citations
Plasma insulin concentrations in nondiabetic and early diabetic subjects. Determinations by a new sensitive immuno-assay technic.

Rosalyn S Yalow;Solomon A Berson

419
Citations
TRACER EXPERIMENTS WITH I131 LABELED HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN: DISTRIBUTION AND DEGRADATION STUDIES

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

389
Citations
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

381
Citations
THE REGULATION OF GROWTH HORMONE SECRETION.

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

380
Citations
Ectopic ACTH Production in Carcinoma of the Lung

George Gewirtz;Rosalyn S. Yalow

351
Citations
Radioimmunoassay: a probe for the fine structure of biologic systems.

Yalow Rs

322
Citations
Cholecystokinin and its COOH-terminal octapeptide in the pig brain.

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

311
Citations
Heterogeneity of Parathyroid Hormone. CLINICAL AND PHYSIOLOGIC IMPLICATIONS

Robert Silverman;Rosalyn S. Yalow

283
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jesse Roth National Institutes of Health

Stanley J. Goldsmith Cornell University

Gerald D. Aurbach National Institutes of Health

John T. Potts Harvard University

Robert H. Silverman Kent State University

Stanley Stein Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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