Alan G. Cock

982 total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 727 citations indexed

About

Alan G. Cock is a scholar working on Genetics, Animal Science and Zoology and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan G. Cock has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 727 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Genetics, 7 papers in Animal Science and Zoology and 5 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in Alan G. Cock's work include Animal Nutrition and Physiology (7 papers), Animal Genetics and Reproduction (6 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (5 papers). Alan G. Cock is often cited by papers focused on Animal Nutrition and Physiology (7 papers), Animal Genetics and Reproduction (6 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (5 papers). Alan G. Cock collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Portugal. Alan G. Cock's co-authors include Morten Simonsen, Donald R. Forsdyke, Anthony R. Henderson, J. R. Morton, B. R. Neal and Jacqueline M. Cohen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Development and Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Alan G. Cock

27 papers receiving 637 citations

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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.

Genetical Aspects of Metrical Growth and Form in Animals

1966 342 citations Alan G. Cock The Quarterly Review of Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan G. Cock United Kingdom	12	214	159	145	119	118	28	727
David E. Cowley United States	18	491 2.3×	211 1.3×	334 2.3×	202 1.7×	108 0.9×	29	1.0k
D. Dwight Davis United Kingdom	10	68 0.3×	304 1.9×	245 1.7×	75 0.6×	330 2.8×	17	683
Peter Charles Goody United Kingdom	7	89 0.4×	114 0.7×	132 0.9×	24 0.2×	282 2.4×	11	580
Mary C. McKitrick United States	12	317 1.5×	343 2.2×	290 2.0×	37 0.3×	259 2.2×	18	814
Jeff S. Wyles United States	8	155 0.7×	91 0.6×	202 1.4×	28 0.2×	99 0.8×	10	454
John E. Cronin United States	11	109 0.5×	94 0.6×	137 0.9×	28 0.2×	266 2.3×	14	635
Charles F. Bennett United States	10	213 1.0×	186 1.2×	191 1.3×	10 0.1×	97 0.8×	18	741
Mieczysław Wolsan Poland	19	391 1.8×	709 4.5×	274 1.9×	100 0.8×	723 6.1×	37	1.3k
Caroline Grigson United Kingdom	21	239 1.1×	381 2.4×	40 0.3×	26 0.2×	1.0k 8.5×	47	1.8k
Michael A. Nedbal United States	11	313 1.5×	420 2.6×	237 1.6×	84 0.7×	474 4.0×	11	863

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Henderson, Anthony R. & Alan G. Cock. (2014). The Responses of Young People to Their Experiences of First-Episode Psychosis: Harnessing Resilience. Community Mental Health Journal. 51(3). 322–328. 20 indexed citations

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Cock, Alan G. & Donald R. Forsdyke. (2008). Treasure Your Exceptions. 33 indexed citations

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Cock, Alan G.. (1989). Bateson's Two Toronto Addresses, 1921: 1. Chromosomal Skepticism. Journal of Heredity. 80(2). 91–95. 2 indexed citations

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Cock, Alan G.. (1983). Chauvinism and internationalism in science: the International Research Council, 1919-1926. Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science. 37(2). 249–288. 23 indexed citations

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Cock, Alan G.. (1983). William Bateson's rejection and eventual acceptance of chromosome theory. Annals of Science. 40(1). 19–59. 22 indexed citations

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Cock, Alan G.. (1979). The Genetical Society in 1924—a near demise?. Heredity. 42(1). 113–117. 4 indexed citations

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Neal, B. R. & Alan G. Cock. (1969). An analysis of the selection of small African mammals by two break‐back traps. Journal of Zoology. 158(3). 335–340. 16 indexed citations

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Cock, Alan G.. (1969). Genetical studies on growth and form in the fowl: 2. The complexity of changes in skeletal proportions produced by selection. Genetics Research. 14(3). 237–247. 10 indexed citations

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Cock, Alan G.. (1966). Genetical Aspects of Metrical Growth and Form in Animals. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 41(2). 131–190. 342 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cock, Alan G. & J. R. Morton. (1963). Maternal and sex-linked effects on size and conformation in domestic fowl. Heredity. 18(3). 337–350. 17 indexed citations

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Cock, Alan G.. (1963). Genetical studies on growth and form in the fowl 1. Phenotypic variation in the relative growth pattern of shank length and body-weight. Genetics Research. 4(2). 167–192. 22 indexed citations

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Cock, Alan G.. (1962). THE SURVIVAL OF TESTIS HOMOGRAFTS IN FOWLS, AND THEIR EFFECT ON SUBSEQUENT SKIN GRAFTS. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 29(4). 467–470. 4 indexed citations

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Cock, Alan G.. (1962). The immunological status of ovarian homografts in fowls.. PubMed. 5. 169–80. 4 indexed citations

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Cock, Alan G.. (1959). IRREGULAR MOSAICISM IN A HEN. Journal of Heredity. 50(4). 171–176. 2 indexed citations

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Cock, Alan G. & Morten Simonsen. (1958). Immunological attack on newborn chickens by injected adult cells.. PubMed. 1(2). 103–10. 52 indexed citations

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Cock, Alan G., et al.. (1957). Variability of Inbred and Incross Chickens. Nature. 179(4568). 1030–1031. 8 indexed citations

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Cock, Alan G.. (1956). Segregation of Hypostatic Colour Genes Within Inbred Lines of Chicken. Poultry Science. 35(3). 504–515. 11 indexed citations

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Cock, Alan G., et al.. (1956). Successful Skin Homografts in Inbred Chickens. Nature. 178(4525). 136–137. 15 indexed citations

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Cock, Alan G.. (1953). The interpretation of autosexing. Journal of Genetics. 51(2). 421–433. 8 indexed citations

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Cock, Alan G.. (1952). Autosexing without barring.. 1 indexed citations

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