Standout Papers

Classical conditioning an... 1974 2026 1991 2008 1985 1994 1974 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Classical conditioning and retention in normal and mutantDrosophila melanogaster
    1985 927 citations Tim Tully, William G. Quinn Journal of Comparative Physiology A profile →
  2. Induction of a dominant negative CREB transgene specifically blocks long-term memory in Drosophila
    1994 792 citations Jie Yin, Maria Del Vecchio et al. Cell profile →
  3. Conditioned Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster
    1974 486 citations William G. Quinn, William A. Harris et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Immediate Impact

57 by Nobel laureates 56 from Science/Nature 92 hit
Sub-graph 1 of 17

Citing Papers

The Molecular and Systems Biology of Memory
2014 HitNobel
Coming to terms with fear
2014 Hit
66 intermediate papers

Works of William G. Quinn being referenced

Induction of a dominant negative CREB transgene specifically blocks long-term memory in Drosophila
1994 Hit
dunce, a mutant of Drosophila deficient in learning.
1976
and 19 more

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
William G. Quinn 4.7k 2.0k 1.6k 1.1k 1.0k 35 6.1k
Thomas Préat 4.0k 0.8× 1.9k 0.9× 1.7k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 871 0.9× 96 6.0k
Yoshinori Aso 3.9k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 1.9k 1.2× 1.2k 1.1× 744 0.7× 77 5.8k
Scott Waddell 5.3k 1.1× 1.3k 0.7× 2.5k 1.5× 1.7k 1.6× 1.3k 1.3× 78 6.8k
Hiromu Tanimoto 5.0k 1.1× 1.4k 0.7× 2.3k 1.4× 1.5k 1.4× 1.1k 1.1× 85 6.0k
Jay Hirsh 4.6k 1.0× 2.4k 1.2× 2.0k 1.2× 979 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 89 6.8k
J. Douglas Armstrong 4.2k 0.9× 2.3k 1.2× 1.6k 1.0× 1.0k 1.0× 559 0.6× 116 6.6k
Tim Tully 6.5k 1.4× 3.5k 1.7× 2.3k 1.4× 1.4k 1.3× 1.2k 1.2× 101 9.7k
Erich Buchner 4.5k 0.9× 2.5k 1.3× 1.3k 0.8× 934 0.9× 610 0.6× 65 6.2k
Ann‐Shyn Chiang 3.1k 0.6× 1.6k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 838 0.8× 610 0.6× 115 5.1k
Ralph J. Greenspan 4.5k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 2.2k 1.4× 1.5k 1.4× 824 0.8× 101 7.6k

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