Aaron G. Blankenship

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Aaron G. Blankenship is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron G. Blankenship has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 4 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Aaron G. Blankenship's work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (4 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (2 papers). Aaron G. Blankenship is often cited by papers focused on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (4 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (2 papers). Aaron G. Blankenship collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Russia. Aaron G. Blankenship's co-authors include Marla B. Feller, Golo Kronenberg, Rupert W. Overall, Kathrin Lehmann, Gerd Kempermann, Matthias Staufenbiel, Susanne A. Wolf, Solange P. Brown, Chanel J. Matney and Shaul Hestrin and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, Journal of Neuroscience and Nature reviews. Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Aaron G. Blankenship

8 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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 threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Mechanisms underlying spontaneous patterned activity in developing neural circuits
    2009 546 citations Aaron G. Blankenship, Marla B. Feller Nature reviews. Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Aaron G. Blankenship United States 8 682 406 358 158 154 8 1.1k
Paolo Barbaresi Italy 21 937 1.4× 592 1.5× 300 0.8× 209 1.3× 125 0.8× 48 1.4k
Rylan S. Larsen United States 16 694 1.0× 437 1.1× 439 1.2× 79 0.5× 80 0.5× 23 1.1k
Alexa E. Horner United Kingdom 9 415 0.6× 410 1.0× 250 0.7× 115 0.7× 73 0.5× 10 965
Kazuhiro Sohya Japan 17 724 1.1× 468 1.2× 368 1.0× 63 0.4× 145 0.9× 24 1.1k
Roland Bock United States 11 802 1.2× 286 0.7× 434 1.2× 83 0.5× 63 0.4× 13 1.0k
Lucas Lecourtier France 18 1.1k 1.6× 670 1.7× 460 1.3× 112 0.7× 67 0.4× 33 1.6k
Brigitte Cosquer France 27 958 1.4× 889 2.2× 378 1.1× 185 1.2× 126 0.8× 59 1.7k
Se Joon Choi United States 15 703 1.0× 294 0.7× 500 1.4× 130 0.8× 95 0.6× 22 1.2k
Barbara Jorritsma‐Byham Netherlands 11 1.1k 1.6× 577 1.4× 325 0.9× 76 0.5× 243 1.6× 11 1.4k
Tali Kobilo United States 9 520 0.8× 501 1.2× 221 0.6× 268 1.7× 203 1.3× 10 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Aaron G. Blankenship

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Fields of papers citing papers by Aaron G. Blankenship

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aaron G. Blankenship

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Aaron G. Blankenship. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Aaron G. Blankenship based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Aaron G. Blankenship. Aaron G. Blankenship is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Kim, Juhyun, Chanel J. Matney, Aaron G. Blankenship, Shaul Hestrin, & Solange P. Brown. (2014). Layer 6 Corticothalamic Neurons Activate a Cortical Output Layer, Layer 5a. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(29). 9656–9664. 99 indexed citations
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Blankenship, Aaron G., Aaron M. Hamby, Alana Firl, et al.. (2011). The Role of Neuronal Connexins 36 and 45 in Shaping Spontaneous Firing Patterns in the Developing Retina. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(27). 9998–10008. 45 indexed citations
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Blankenship, Aaron G., Kevin Ford, Juliette Johnson, et al.. (2009). Synaptic and Extrasynaptic Factors Governing Glutamatergic Retinal Waves. Neuron. 62(2). 230–241. 81 indexed citations
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Blankenship, Aaron G. & Marla B. Feller. (2009). Mechanisms underlying spontaneous patterned activity in developing neural circuits. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 11(1). 18–29. 546 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Chih‐Tien, et al.. (2007). GABAAReceptor-Mediated Signaling Alters the Structure of Spontaneous Activity in the Developing Retina. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(34). 9130–9140. 48 indexed citations
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Wolf, Susanne A., Golo Kronenberg, Kathrin Lehmann, et al.. (2006). Cognitive and Physical Activity Differently Modulate Disease Progression in the Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP)-23 Model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Biological Psychiatry. 60(12). 1314–1323. 240 indexed citations
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Batsell, W. Robert, et al.. (2003). Effects of postconditioning inflation on odor + taste compound conditioning. Learning & Behavior. 31(2). 173–184. 8 indexed citations
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Batsell, W. Robert & Aaron G. Blankenship. (2002). Beyond Potentiation: Synergistic Conditioning in Flavor-Aversion Learning. 3(3). 383–408. 13 indexed citations

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