Ann Silver

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Ann Silver is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ann Silver has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Pharmacology, 16 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 10 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Ann Silver's work include Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (17 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (11 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (7 papers). Ann Silver is often cited by papers focused on Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (17 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (11 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (7 papers). Ann Silver collaborates with scholars based in Slovakia, Italy and United Kingdom. Ann Silver's co-authors include Catherine O. Hebb, K. Krnjević, P.G. Guertzenstein, C. C. D. Shute, P. R. Lewis, Jude F. Mitchell, P. Kása, Alicia A. Swan, Alvin M. Burt and J. H. Gaddum and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Ann Silver

58 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

The biology of cholineste... 1967 2026 1986 2006 1974 1967 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 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. The biology of cholinesterases
    1974 771 citations Ann Silver profile →
  2. Confirmation from choline acetylase analyses of a massive cholinergic innervation to the rat hippocampus
    1967 382 citations Ann Silver et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →

Author Peers

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

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Ann Silver 1.8k 1.3k 1.2k 748 459 58 3.6k
I.W. Chubb 1.9k 1.1× 1.6k 1.2× 906 0.7× 421 0.6× 358 0.8× 58 3.2k
George B. Koelle 1.6k 0.9× 1.6k 1.3× 1.7k 1.3× 259 0.3× 423 0.9× 125 4.1k
Lincoln T. Potter 2.8k 1.6× 3.5k 2.8× 846 0.7× 469 0.6× 740 1.6× 88 5.6k
Richard E. McCaman 2.3k 1.3× 1.8k 1.4× 543 0.4× 286 0.4× 479 1.0× 64 4.0k
Franco Borsini 3.5k 1.9× 2.0k 1.5× 933 0.8× 589 0.8× 662 1.4× 152 6.1k
François Petitet 2.5k 1.4× 1.1k 0.8× 1.4k 1.1× 683 0.9× 319 0.7× 45 3.5k
A. W. Clark 1.6k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 875 1.2× 986 2.1× 16 3.5k
Marı́a L. de Ceballos 2.0k 1.1× 1.6k 1.3× 2.0k 1.6× 514 0.7× 996 2.2× 88 5.0k
Maria Grazia Giovannini 1.4k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 869 0.7× 510 0.7× 801 1.7× 98 4.2k
Tsutomu Kameyama 4.2k 2.4× 3.2k 2.6× 1000 0.8× 1.1k 1.5× 1.3k 2.9× 332 6.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ann Silver

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ann Silver

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ann Silver. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ann Silver 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 Ann Silver. Ann Silver is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ansari, Husam, et al.. (2003). Simultaneous Occurrence of Neuroretinitis and Optic Perineuritis in a Single Eye. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology. 23(1). 24–27. 13 indexed citations
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Silver, Ian A. & Ann Silver. (1987). Oxygen Transport to Tissue IX. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 17 indexed citations
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Heap, R. B., Ann Silver, & D. Eric Walters. (1981). EFFECTS OF PREGNANCY ON THE FEBRILE RESPONSE IN SHEEP. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology. 66(2). 129–144. 14 indexed citations
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Bligh, John, Ann Silver, Mark Bacon, & C.A. Smith. (1978). Thermoregulatory effects on the sheep of intracerebroventricular injections of L-glutamic acid. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 34(3). 370–371. 8 indexed citations
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Bligh, John, Ann Silver, Mark Bacon, & C.A. Smith. (1978). The central role of a cholinergic synapse in thermoregulation in the sheep. Journal of Thermal Biology. 3(3). 147–151. 11 indexed citations
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Bligh, John, Ann Silver, & Smith Ca. (1977). A central cholinergic synapse between cold sensors and heat production effectors in the sheep: true or false [proceedings]?. PubMed. 266(1). 88P–89P. 1 indexed citations
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Silver, Ann. (1977). Acetylcholinesterase in blood vessels of the guinea-pig ovary during different phases of the reproductive cycle. The Histochemical Journal. 9(3). 341–355. 5 indexed citations
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Taylor, Ronald P. & Ann Silver. (1976). Bovine serum albumin as a catalyst. 5. A sensitive assay of the correct refolding of individual fragments of the protein. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 98(15). 4650–4651. 15 indexed citations
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Rb, Heap, et al.. (1974). Proceedings: Cholinesterase activity in the autotransplanted ovary of a sheep.. PubMed. 242(2). 10P–11P. 3 indexed citations
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Guertzenstein, P.G. & Ann Silver. (1974). Fall in blood pressure produced from discrete regions of the ventral surface of the medulla by glycine and lesions. The Journal of Physiology. 242(2). 489–503. 295 indexed citations
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Silver, Ann & J. H. Wolstencroft. (1971). The distribution of cholinesterases in relation to the structure of the spinal cord in the cat. Brain Research. 34(2). 205–227. 37 indexed citations
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Krnjević, K., R. J. Reiffenstein, & Ann Silver. (1970). Inhibition and paroxysmal activity in long-isolated cortical slabs. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 29(3). 283–294. 19 indexed citations
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Silver, Ann, et al.. (1970). Cholinesterases and choline acetylase in the spinal cord of the cat.. PubMed. 210(2). 92P–93P. 9 indexed citations
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Silver, Ann. (1967). Cholinesterases of the Central Nervous System with Special Reference to the Cerebellum. International review of neurobiology. 10. 57–109. 125 indexed citations
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Krnjević, K. & Ann Silver. (1966). Acetylcholinesterase in the developing forebrain.. PubMed. 100(Pt 1). 63–89. 81 indexed citations
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Krnjević, K. & Ann Silver. (1965). A histochemical study of cholinergic fibres in the cerebral cortex.. PubMed. 99(Pt 4). 711–59. 165 indexed citations
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Silver, Ann, William Montagna, & İlhan Karacan. (1964). AGE AND SEX DIFFERENCES IN SPONTANEOUS, ADRENERGIC AND CHOLINERGIC HUMAN SWEATING.. PubMed. 43. 255–65. 27 indexed citations
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Silver, Ann. (1963). A histochemical investigation of cholinesterases at neuromuscular junctions in mammalian and avian muscle. The Journal of Physiology. 169(2). 386–393. 61 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Jude F. & Ann Silver. (1963). The spontaneous release of acetylcholine from the denervated hemidiaphragm of the rat. The Journal of Physiology. 165(1). 117–129. 141 indexed citations
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Hebb, Catherine O. & Ann Silver. (1956). Choline acetylase in the central nervous system of man and some other mammals. The Journal of Physiology. 134(3). 718–728. 181 indexed citations

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