B. B. Boycott

9.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
69 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

B. B. Boycott is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, B. B. Boycott has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 44 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 15 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in B. B. Boycott's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (45 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (31 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (21 papers). B. B. Boycott is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (45 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (31 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (21 papers). B. B. Boycott collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. B. B. Boycott's co-authors include Heinz Wässle, John E. Dowling, Leo Peichl, Jürgen Röhrenbeck, J.M. Hopkins, Ulrike Grünert, Helga Kolb, Robert‐Benjamin Illing, S K Fisher and David I. Vaney and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Neuroscience and Physiological Reviews.

In The Last Decade

B. B. Boycott

68 papers receiving 7.6k 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.

Functional architecture of the mammalian retina

1991 865 citations Heinz Wässle, B. B. Boycott profile →
Organization of the primate retina: electron microscopy

1966 808 citations John E. Dowling, B. B. Boycott Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences profile →
The morphological types of ganglion cells of the domestic cat's retina

1974 759 citations B. B. Boycott, Heinz Wässle profile →
Organization of the primate retina: Light microscopy, with an appendix: A second type of midget bipolar cell in the primate retina

1969 445 citations B. B. Boycott, John E. Dowling Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The mosaic of horizontal cells in the macaque monkey retina: With a comment on biplexiform ganglion cells 2000 ·Visual Neuroscience ·Heinz Wässle, Dennis M. Dacey, (unknown), Silke Haverkamp, Ulrike Grünert, B. B. Boycott	73
2	John Zachary Young. 18 March 1907–4 July 1997 1998 ·Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society ·B. B. Boycott	11
3	The cone synapses of cone bipolar cells of primate retina 1997 ·Journal of Neurocytology ·J.M. Hopkins, B. B. Boycott	47
4	Synapses between cones and diffuse bipolar cells of a primate retina 1995 ·Journal of Neurocytology ·J.M. Hopkins, B. B. Boycott	27
5	Parasol (Pα) ganglion-cells of the primate fovea: Immunocytochemical staining with antibodies against GABAA-receptors 1993 ·Vision Research ·Ulrike Grünert, Ursula Greferath, B. B. Boycott, Heinz Wässle	82
6	Cone synapses of a flat diffuse cone bipolar cell in the primate retina 1993 ·Journal of Neurocytology ·B. B. Boycott, J.M. Hopkins	23
7	Cone bipolar cells and cone synapses in the primate retina 1991 ·Visual Neuroscience ·B. B. Boycott, J.M. Hopkins	51
8	Retinal ganglion cell density and cortical magnification factor in the primate 1990 ·Vision Research ·Heinz Wässle, Ulrike Grünert, Jürgen Röhrenbeck, B. B. Boycott	253
9	Horizontal Cells in the Monkey Retina: Immunocytochemical staining with antibodies against calcium binding proteins 1989 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·Jürgen Röhrenbeck, Heinz Wässle, B. B. Boycott	110
10	Neurofibrillar long-range amacrine cells in mammalian retinae 1988 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·David I. Vaney, Leo Peichl, B. B. Boycott	49
11	Cephalopods, memory, neurofilaments, mammalian hibernation, the vertebrate retina: An autobiographical research note for John H. Welsh in his 85th year 1988 ·Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Comparative Pharmacology ·B. B. Boycott	1
12	Horizontal cells of mammalian retinae 1988 ·Neuroscience Research Supplements ·B. B. Boycott	19
13	Alpha ganglion cells in mammalian retinae 1987 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·Leo Peichl, (unknown), B. B. Boycott	169
14	Cone connections of the horizontal cells of the rhesus monkey’s retina 1987 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·B. B. Boycott, J.M. Hopkins, Harry G. Sperling	122
15	Alpha ganglion cells in the rabbit retina 1987 ·The Journal of Comparative Neurology ·Leo Peichl, Eberhard H. Buhl, B. B. Boycott	114
16	Appendix. Neurofibrillar staining of cat retinae 1981 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·B. B. Boycott, Leo Peichl	15
17	Morphology and mosaic of on- and off-beta cells in the cat retina and some functional considerations 1981 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·Heinz Wässle, B. B. Boycott, Robert‐Benjamin Illing	282
18	Morphology and topography of on- and off-alpha cells in the cat retina 1981 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·Heinz Wässle, Leo Peichl, B. B. Boycott	273
19	Neurones Without Impulses; Society for Experimental Biology Seminar Series 6. 1981 ·Journal of Anatomy ·B. B. Boycott	1
20	Organization of the primate retina: Light microscopy, with an appendix: A second type of midget bipolar cell in the primate retina breakdown → 1969 ·Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·B. B. Boycott, John E. Dowling	445

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