B. C. Abbott

3.9k citations

59 papers · 3.0k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 29

Impact in

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine top 1%
- Sports Performance and Training
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine top 2%
- Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies

Papers in ⓘ

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 13
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research 9
- Neuroscience and Neural Engineering 4
Biomedical Engineering 13
- Muscle activation and electromyography studies 10
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials 6

Co-authors: X Aubert (3 shared papers)J. M. Ritchie (4 shared papers)Brenda Bigland (2 shared papers)W. F. H. M. Mommaerts (3 shared papers)J. Lowy (6 shared papers)D. Wilkie (1 shared paper)J. V. Howarth (3 shared papers)Raymond B. Manning (7 shared papers)
Journals: The Journal of Physiology (11 papers)Nature (4 papers)Toxicon (4 papers)The Journal of General Physiology (4 papers)BioScience (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Italy

In The Last Decade

B. C. Abbott

58 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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A STUDY OF INOTROPIC MECHANISMS IN THE PAPILLARY MUSCLE PREPARATION 1959 · 264 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1959 The Journal of General Physiology
1952 The Journal of Physiology
1952 The Journal of Physiology

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1	The force exerted by active striated muscle during and after change of length The Journal of Physiology ·B. C. Abbott, X Aubert Hit paper breakdown →	1952	491
2	The physiological cost of negative work The Journal of Physiology ·B. C. Abbott, Brenda Bigland, J. M. Ritchie Hit paper breakdown →	1952	475
3	A STUDY OF INOTROPIC MECHANISMS IN THE PAPILLARY MUSCLE PREPARATION The Journal of General Physiology ·B. C. Abbott, W. F. H. M. Mommaerts Hit paper breakdown →	1959	264
4	The relation between velocity of shortening and the tension‐length curve of skeletal muscle The Journal of Physiology ·B. C. Abbott, D. Wilkie	1953	153
5	The positive and negative heat production associated with a nerve impulse Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·B. C. Abbott, Archibald Vivian Hill, J. V. Howarth	1958	128
6	Muscle membrane potentials in episodic adynamia Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology ·O. Creutzfeldt, B. C. Abbott, William M. Fowler, Carl M. Pearson	1963	112
7	A commentary on muscle mechanics. Circulation Research ·B. C. Abbott, Donald Gordon	1975	81
8	The absorption of work by a muscle stretched during a single twitch or a short tetanus Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·B. C. Abbott, X Aubert, Archibald Vivian Hill	1951	73
9	Stress relaxation in muscle Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·B. C. Abbott, J. Lowy	1957	73
10	Isolation and structure of a hoplonemertine toxin Toxicon ·William R. Kem, B. C. Abbott, Robert M. Coates	1971	66
11	Changes of energy in a muscle during very slow stretches Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·B. C. Abbott, X Aubert	1951	61
12	Electrical and Mechanical Responses in Deep Abdominal Extensor Muscles of Crayfish and Lobster The Journal of General Physiology ·B. C. Abbott, I. Parnas	1965	57
13	The toxin fromGymnodinium veneficumBallantine Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ·B. C. Abbott, Dorothy Ballantine	1957	54
14	The heat production associated with the maintenance of a prolonged contraction and the extra heat produced during large shortening The Journal of Physiology ·B. C. Abbott	1951	52
15	Volume changes in frog muscle during contraction The Journal of Physiology ·B. C. Abbott, Ronald J. Baskin	1962	52
16	The effects of force and speed changes on the rate of oxygen consumption during negative work The Journal of Physiology ·B. C. Abbott, Brenda Bigland	1953	50
17	Eye Structure and the Classification of Stomatopod Crustacea Zoologica Scripta ·Raymond B. Manning, Helga Schiff, B. C. Abbott	1984	40
18	Early tension relaxation during a muscle twitch The Journal of Physiology ·B. C. Abbott, J. M. Ritchie	1951	39
19	The onset of shortening in striated muscle The Journal of Physiology ·B. C. Abbott, J. M. Ritchie	1951	38
20	Contraction in molluscan smooth muscle The Journal of Physiology ·B. C. Abbott, J. Lowy	1958	37

About B. C. Abbott

B. C. Abbott is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Ecology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, having authored 59 papers that have together received 3.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Muscle activation and electromyography studies (10 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (9 papers), Cephalopods and Marine Biology (7 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (7 papers), Crustacean biology and ecology (7 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (6 papers), Sports Performance and Training (5 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (501 citations), Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (986 citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (633 citations), Biomedical Engineering (1.3k citations) and Complementary and alternative medicine (197 citations). B. C. Abbott has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Frequent co-authors include X Aubert, J. M. Ritchie, Brenda Bigland, W. F. H. M. Mommaerts, J. Lowy, D. Wilkie, J. V. Howarth, Raymond B. Manning, Archibald Vivian Hill and I. Parnas. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Physiology, Nature, Toxicon, The Journal of General Physiology and BioScience.

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