Alan Roberts

5.8k total citations
116 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Alan Roberts is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Roberts has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 57 papers in Cell Biology and 44 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Alan Roberts's work include Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (52 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (51 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (40 papers). Alan Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (52 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (51 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (40 papers). Alan Roberts collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Russia. Alan Roberts's co-authors include Wenchang Li, S. R. Soffe, Stephen R. Soffe, Nicholas Dale, Jonathan D. W. Clarke, Keith T. Sillar, B. P. Hayes, Ole Petter Ottersen, Jon Storm‐Mathisen and Ervin Wolf and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alan Roberts

116 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan Roberts United Kingdom 43 3.1k 2.4k 1.4k 1.3k 812 116 4.7k
Joseph R. Fetcho United States 41 2.3k 0.7× 3.3k 1.3× 1.1k 0.8× 1.6k 1.3× 962 1.2× 67 5.1k
Abdeljabbar El Manira Sweden 46 3.5k 1.1× 2.3k 0.9× 1.5k 1.1× 1.8k 1.4× 1.1k 1.4× 110 6.6k
Florian Engert United States 41 3.3k 1.1× 2.8k 1.2× 2.7k 1.9× 2.0k 1.6× 442 0.5× 83 6.7k
Shin‐ichi Higashijima Japan 51 2.7k 0.9× 4.0k 1.6× 1.0k 0.8× 4.4k 3.5× 1.1k 1.4× 94 7.8k
Wilhelmus J. A. J. Smeets Netherlands 40 2.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 638 0.5× 1.3k 1.0× 602 0.7× 78 4.1k
Michael J. O’Donovan United States 46 3.4k 1.1× 1.7k 0.7× 1.8k 1.3× 1.7k 1.4× 809 1.0× 123 6.4k
Carl M. Rovainen United States 30 1.4k 0.5× 1.0k 0.4× 690 0.5× 788 0.6× 536 0.7× 55 3.5k
Mario F. Wullimann Germany 42 1.7k 0.5× 3.2k 1.3× 545 0.4× 2.4k 1.9× 1.4k 1.7× 82 5.9k
Agustı́n González Spain 42 2.2k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 720 0.5× 2.3k 1.9× 1.1k 1.3× 181 5.5k
Hans J. ten Donkelaar Netherlands 31 1.4k 0.5× 893 0.4× 582 0.4× 966 0.8× 592 0.7× 85 3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Roberts

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Roberts

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Roberts

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Buhl, Edgar, Alan Roberts, & Stephen R. Soffe. (2012). The role of a trigeminal sensory nucleus in the initiation of locomotion. The Journal of Physiology. 590(10). 2453–2469. 18 indexed citations
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Roberts, Alan, et al.. (2012). The firing patterns of spinal neurons:in situpatch‐clamp recordings reveal a key role for potassium currents. European Journal of Neuroscience. 36(7). 2926–2940. 12 indexed citations
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Borisyuk, Roman, et al.. (2011). Modeling the Connectome of a Simple Spinal Cord. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. 5. 20–20. 16 indexed citations
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Li, Wenchang, Alan Roberts, & Stephen R. Soffe. (2010). Specific Brainstem Neurons Switch Each Other into Pacemaker Mode to Drive Movement by Activating NMDA Receptors. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(49). 16609–16620. 51 indexed citations
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Roberts, Alan, Wenchang Li, & S. R. Soffe. (2008). Roles for inhibition: studies on networks controlling swimming in young frog tadpoles. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 194(2). 185–193. 27 indexed citations
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Li, Wenchang, Bart Sautois, Alan Roberts, & Stephen R. Soffe. (2007). Reconfiguration of a Vertebrate Motor Network: Specific Neuron Recruitment and Context-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(45). 12267–12276. 70 indexed citations
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Li, Wenchang, S. R. Soffe, & Alan Roberts. (2004). Glutamate and acetylcholine corelease at developing synapses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(43). 15488–15493. 71 indexed citations
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Tunstall, Mark J., Alan Roberts, & S. R. Soffe. (2002). Modelling Inter-Segmental Coordination of Neuronal Oscillators: Synaptic Mechanisms for Uni-Directional Coupling During Swimming in Xenopus Tadpoles. Journal of Computational Neuroscience. 13(2). 143–158. 29 indexed citations
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Li, Wenchang, et al.. (2002). The neuronal targets for GABAergic reticulospinal inhibition that stops swimming in hatchling frog tadpoles. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 189(1). 29–37. 23 indexed citations
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Li, Wenchang, et al.. (2001). Defining classes of spinal interneuron and their axonal projections in hatchling Xenopus laevis tadpoles. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 441(3). 248–265. 50 indexed citations
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Roberts, Alan. (2000). Early functional organization of spinal neurons in developing lower vertebrates. Brain Research Bulletin. 53(5). 585–593. 98 indexed citations
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Zhao, Fei & Alan Roberts. (1998). Assessing the roles of glutamatergic and cholinergic synaptic drive in the control of fictive swimming frequency in young Xenopus tadpoles. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 183(6). 753–758. 7 indexed citations
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Roberts, Alan, et al.. (1992). The stopping response of Xenopus laevis embryos: behaviour, development and physiology. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 170(2). 171–80. 43 indexed citations
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Roberts, Alan. (1990). How does a nervous system produce behaviour? A case study in neurobiology.. PubMed. 74(293 Pt 1). 31–51. 77 indexed citations
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Roberts, Alan & Keith T. Sillar. (1990). Characterization and Function of Spinal Excitatory Interneurons with Commissural Projections in Xenopus laevis embryos. European Journal of Neuroscience. 2(12). 1051–1062. 53 indexed citations
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Roberts, Alan. (1989). A mechanism for switching in the nervous system: turning ON swimming in a frog tadpole. Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc. eBooks. 229–243. 7 indexed citations
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Armstrong, James P. K., et al.. (1989). Development of early swimming inXenopus laevis embryos: Myotomal musculature, its innervation and activation. Neuroscience. 32(1). 113–126. 36 indexed citations
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Hayes, B. P. & Alan Roberts. (1983). The anatomy of two functional types of mechanoreceptive 'free' nerve-ending in the head skin of Xenopus embryos. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 218(1210). 61–76. 28 indexed citations
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Roberts, Alan, et al.. (1983). Competition during innervation of embryonic amphibian head skin. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 218(1210). 49–59. 25 indexed citations
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Roberts, Alan & Brian M. H. Bush. (1981). Neurones without impulses : their significance for vertebrate and invertebrate nervous systems. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 25 indexed citations

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