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Joseph L. Goldstein

1940 - Today

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Joseph Leonard Goldstein ForMemRS (born April 18, 1940) is an American biochemist. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1985, along with fellow University of Texas Southwestern researcher, Michael Brown, for their studies regarding cholesterol. They discovered that human cells have low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors that remove cholesterol from the blood and that when LDL receptors are not present in sufficient numbers, individuals develop hypercholesterolemia and become at risk for cholesterol related diseases, notably coronary heart disease. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph L. Goldstein has received more than 174,116 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph L. Goldstein is the 250th most popular chemist (down from 239th in 2019), the 1,566th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,556th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular American Chemist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Joseph L. Goldstein has had the most page views in the with 16,585 views, followed by Chinese (3,827), and Persian (1,999). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (44.84%), Belarusian (43.96%), and Simple English (43.35%)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Joseph L. Goldstein ranks 250 out of 602. Before him are Ryōji Noyori, William C. Campbell, Paul Lauterbur, Ida Noddack, Sidney Altman, and Thomas A. Steitz. After him are Bernard Courtois, Walter Gilbert, Andreas Libavius, Michael Polanyi, Kikunae Ikeda, and Arieh Warshel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Joseph L. Goldstein ranks 99. Before him are Rudi Dutschke, James Brolin, Mamnoon Hussain, Nobuyoshi Araki, Edward C. Prescott, and Thomas A. Steitz. After him are Sepp Piontek, Mate Boban, Frida Boccara, Arieh Warshel, Víctor Erice, and Fabrizio De André.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph L. Goldstein ranks 1,566 out of 20,380. Before him are Burt Bacharach (1928), Ken Kesey (1935), Vint Cerf (1943), Louis Ignarro (1941), Peter Agre (1949), and Holland Taylor (1943). After him are Peter Dinklage (1969), Paul Revere (1735), Rollo May (1909), Jeremy Rifkin (1945), Chevy Chase (1943), and Hunter S. Thompson (1937).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Joseph L. Goldstein ranks 52. Before him are William Lipscomb (1919), Robert Bruce Merrifield (1921), Roger D. Kornberg (1947), Elias James Corey (1928), Paul Lauterbur (1929), and Thomas A. Steitz (1940). After him are Walter Gilbert (1932), Dudley R. Herschbach (1932), Richard Smalley (1943), Edward W. Morley (1838), Edwin G. Krebs (1918), and Martin Rodbell (1925).

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