B. C. Abbott

3.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
59 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

B. C. Abbott is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, B. C. Abbott has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 12 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in B. C. Abbott's work include Muscle activation and electromyography studies (10 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (9 papers) and Cephalopods and Marine Biology (7 papers). B. C. Abbott is often cited by papers focused on Muscle activation and electromyography studies (10 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (9 papers) and Cephalopods and Marine Biology (7 papers). B. C. Abbott collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. B. C. Abbott's co-authors include X Aubert, J. M. Ritchie, Brenda Bigland, W. F. H. M. Mommaerts, J. Lowy, D. Wilkie, Raymond B. Manning, J. V. Howarth, Archibald Vivian Hill and I. Parnas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

B. C. Abbott

58 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The force exerted by active striated muscle during and after change of length

1952 491 citations B. C. Abbott, X Aubert The Journal of Physiology profile →
The physiological cost of negative work

1952 475 citations B. C. Abbott, Brenda Bigland et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →
A STUDY OF INOTROPIC MECHANISMS IN THE PAPILLARY MUSCLE PREPARATION

1959 264 citations B. C. Abbott, W. F. H. M. Mommaerts The Journal of General Physiology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
B. C. Abbott United States	29	1.3k	986	672	633	501	59	3.0k
B. R. Jewell United Kingdom	17	967 0.7×	1.8k 1.9×	959 1.4×	564 0.9×	119 0.2×	23	2.5k
N. A. Curtin United Kingdom	29	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	955 1.4×	274 0.4×	365 0.7×	80	2.5k
Jan Lännergren Sweden	38	2.0k 1.5×	1.1k 1.1×	2.2k 3.3×	787 1.2×	962 1.9×	86	4.7k
K. W. Ranatunga United Kingdom	29	1.4k 1.0×	1.6k 1.6×	1.2k 1.8×	221 0.3×	466 0.9×	88	2.6k
David Ottoson Sweden	30	636 0.5×	112 0.1×	583 0.9×	1.3k 2.1×	166 0.3×	88	2.9k
R. Niedergerke United Kingdom	24	713 0.5×	2.0k 2.1×	2.0k 3.0×	1.1k 1.7×	93 0.2×	35	3.6k
I. A. Boyd United Kingdom	21	669 0.5×	200 0.2×	852 1.3×	1.0k 1.6×	132 0.3×	37	2.7k
P. Horowicz United States	22	881 0.7×	766 0.8×	2.3k 3.5×	1.9k 3.0×	40 0.1×	39	3.5k
A. S. Paintal India	32	354 0.3×	1.1k 1.1×	614 0.9×	922 1.5×	46 0.1×	54	4.3k
Lloyd Guth United States	47	849 0.6×	530 0.5×	2.7k 4.1×	2.7k 4.2×	242 0.5×	100	6.9k

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Abbott, B. C., et al.. (1986). Optics, range-finding, and neuroanatomy of the eye of a mantis shrimp, Squilla mantis (Linnaeus) (Crustacea, Stomatopoda, Squillidae). 18 indexed citations

Abbott, B. C., et al.. (1985). Possible monocular range-finding mechanisms in stomatopods from different environmental light conditions. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology. 80(3). 271–280. 28 indexed citations

Manning, Raymond B., et al.. (1984). Cornea shape and surface structure in some stomatopod crustacea. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 4(3). 502–513. 32 indexed citations

Abbott, B. C., et al.. (1973). Purification and biological activity of Gymnodinium breve toxins. Toxicon. 11(1). 85–93. 19 indexed citations

Abbott, B. C., et al.. (1969). Comparative Physiology. BioScience. 19(11). 1043–1045. 2 indexed citations

Abbott, B. C., Fred Lang, & I. Parnas. (1969). Physiological properties of the heart and cardiac ganglion of Limulus polyphemus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. 28(1). 149–158. 35 indexed citations

Abbott, B. C. & I. Parnas. (1965). Electrical and Mechanical Responses in Deep Abdominal Extensor Muscles of Crayfish and Lobster. The Journal of General Physiology. 48(5). 919–931. 57 indexed citations

Parnas, I. & B. C. Abbott. (1965). Physiological activity of the ichthyotoxin from Prymnesium parvum. Toxicon. 3(2). 133–145. 18 indexed citations

Abbott, B. C. & Ronald J. Baskin. (1960). Determination of Small Rapid Volume Changes in a Muscle during Activity. Nature. 186(4730). 1055–1055. 1 indexed citations

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Brady, A. J., B. C. Abbott, & W. F. H. M. Mommaerts. (1960). Inotropic Effects of Trains of Impulses Applied during the Contraction of Cardiac Muscle. The Journal of General Physiology. 44(2). 415–432. 29 indexed citations

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Abbott, B. C. & W. F. H. M. Mommaerts. (1959). A STUDY OF INOTROPIC MECHANISMS IN THE PAPILLARY MUSCLE PREPARATION. The Journal of General Physiology. 42(3). 533–561. 264 indexed citations breakdown →

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Abbott, B. C., Archibald Vivian Hill, & J. V. Howarth. (1958). The positive and negative heat production associated with a nerve impulse. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 148(931). 149–187. 128 indexed citations

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Abbott, B. C., et al.. (1957). The toxin fromGymnodinium veneficumBallantine. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 36(1). 169–189. 54 indexed citations

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Abbott, B. C. & J. Lowy. (1957). Stress relaxation in muscle. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 146(923). 281–288. 73 indexed citations

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Abbott, B. C. & J. Lowy. (1956). Mechanical properties ofPinnaadductor muscle. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 35(3). 521–530. 11 indexed citations

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Abbott, B. C. & J. Lowy. (1956). Resting Tension in Snail Muscle. Nature. 178(4525). 147–148. 6 indexed citations

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Abbott, B. C. & D. Wilkie. (1953). The relation between velocity of shortening and the tension‐length curve of skeletal muscle. The Journal of Physiology. 120(1-2). 214–223. 153 indexed citations

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Abbott, B. C. & Brenda Bigland. (1953). The effects of force and speed changes on the rate of oxygen consumption during negative work. The Journal of Physiology. 120(3). 319–325. 50 indexed citations

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Abbott, B. C. & X Aubert. (1951). Changes of energy in a muscle during very slow stretches. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 139(894). 104–117. 61 indexed citations

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Abbott, B. C., X Aubert, & Archibald Vivian Hill. (1951). 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. 139(894). 86–104. 73 indexed citations

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