Bernard Katz

8.0k total citations · 8 hit papers
57 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Bernard Katz is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard Katz has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Bernard Katz's work include Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (21 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (13 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers). Bernard Katz is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (21 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (13 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers). Bernard Katz collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Israel and United States. Bernard Katz's co-authors include Ricardo Miledi, J. del Castillo, Cameron B. Gundersen, R Rahamimoff, John E. Heuser, Janice Green, P. Fatt, E. Podjarny, Jacques Bernheim and Sydney Benchetrit and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Reviews of Modern Physics and Hypertension.

In The Last Decade

Bernard Katz

54 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

Nerve, Muscle and Synapse 1957 2026 1980 2003 1966 1969 1965 1965 1957 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. Nerve, Muscle and Synapse
    1966 922 citations Bernard Katz profile →
  2. The release of neural transmitter substances
    1969 903 citations Bernard Katz profile →
  3. The effect of calcium on acetylcholine release from motor nerve terminals
    1965 514 citations Bernard Katz, Ricardo Miledi Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences profile →
  4. The measurement of synaptic delay, and the time course of acetylcholine release at the neuromuscular junction
    1965 463 citations Bernard Katz, Ricardo Miledi Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences profile →
  5. Interaction at end-plate receptors between different choline derivatives
    1957 356 citations J. del Castillo, Bernard Katz Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences profile →
  6. Propagation of electric activity in motor nerve terminals
    1965 326 citations Bernard Katz, Ricardo Miledi Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences profile →
  7. The release of acetylcholine from nerve endings by graded electric pulses
    1967 302 citations Bernard Katz, Ricardo Miledi Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences profile →
  8. Tetrodotoxin and neuromuscular transmission
    1967 208 citations Bernard Katz, Ricardo Miledi Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bernard Katz United Kingdom 27 4.0k 3.7k 839 809 521 57 6.0k
J. del Castillo Puerto Rico 24 3.9k 1.0× 3.4k 0.9× 639 0.8× 861 1.1× 592 1.1× 57 6.0k
J. I. Hubbard New Zealand 39 2.9k 0.7× 2.4k 0.7× 486 0.6× 745 0.9× 339 0.7× 100 4.8k
P. Fatt United Kingdom 26 5.3k 1.3× 3.4k 0.9× 686 0.8× 1.6k 2.0× 1.1k 2.0× 47 7.8k
R Rahamimoff Israel 32 3.2k 0.8× 2.9k 0.8× 814 1.0× 543 0.7× 244 0.5× 84 4.4k
P. F. Baker United Kingdom 43 4.1k 1.0× 5.3k 1.4× 1.2k 1.5× 291 0.4× 450 0.9× 88 7.6k
K. Koketsu Japan 36 3.6k 0.9× 3.0k 0.8× 302 0.4× 667 0.8× 272 0.5× 174 5.1k
J. M. Ritchie United States 51 4.4k 1.1× 3.8k 1.0× 362 0.4× 683 0.8× 950 1.8× 146 7.8k
Louis J. DeFelice United States 46 3.5k 0.9× 3.6k 1.0× 284 0.3× 644 0.8× 297 0.6× 129 6.5k
John H. Caldwell United States 34 2.7k 0.7× 3.0k 0.8× 386 0.5× 430 0.5× 483 0.9× 81 4.8k
Stanley B. Kater United States 51 7.6k 1.9× 3.9k 1.1× 1.5k 1.7× 1.3k 1.6× 186 0.4× 124 10.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernard Katz

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Katz, Bernard. (1996). Neural transmitter release: from quantal secretion to exocytosis and beyond. Journal of Neurocytology. 25(1). 677–686. 58 indexed citations
2.
Katz, Bernard, et al.. (1992). The oil market in the 1980s -- a decade of decline. Praeger eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Katz, Bernard, et al.. (1992). The Economic transformation of Eastern Europe : views from within. Praeger eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Katz, Bernard, et al.. (1992). Privatization and investment in sub-Saharan Africa. Praeger eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Rahamimoff, R & Bernard Katz. (1986). Calcium, Neuronal Function and Transmitter Release. 55 indexed citations
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Gundersen, Cameron B., Bernard Katz, & Ricardo Miledi. (1982). The antagonism between botulinum toxin and calcium in motor nerve terminals. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 216(1204). 369–376. 78 indexed citations
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Katz, Bernard & Ricardo Miledi. (1982). An endplate potential due to potassium released by the motor nerve impulse. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 216(1205). 497–507. 13 indexed citations
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Katz, Bernard. (1982). Stephen William Kuffler, 24 August 1913 - 11 October 1980. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 225–259. 4 indexed citations
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Katz, Bernard & Ricardo Miledi. (1981). Does the motor nerve impulse evoke ‘non-quantal’ transmitter release?. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 212(1186). 131–137. 47 indexed citations
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Gundersen, Cameron B., Bernard Katz, & Ricardo Miledi. (1981). The reduction of endplate responses by botulinum toxin. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 213(1193). 489–493. 23 indexed citations
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Katz, Bernard. (1978). Archibald Vivian Hill, 26 September, 1886 - 3 June 1977. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 24(24). 71–149. 27 indexed citations
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Katz, Bernard. (1971). Mexican import policy and industrialization, 1929-1965. University Microfilms eBooks.
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Katz, Bernard, Friedrich‐Wilhelm Bentrup, & R Hengstenberg. (1971). Nerv, Muskel und Synapse: Eine Einführung in die Elektrophysiologie. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 5 indexed citations
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Katz, Bernard. (1971). Physiological evidence for quantal transmitter release. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 261(839). 381–381. 2 indexed citations
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Katz, Bernard. (1961). The termination of the afferent nerve fibre in the muscle spindle of the frog. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 243(703). 221–240. 198 indexed citations
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Castillo, J. del & Bernard Katz. (1957). The identity of 'intrinsic’ and ‘extrinsic’ acetylcholine receptors in the motor end-plate. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 146(924). 357–361. 28 indexed citations
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Castillo, J. del & Bernard Katz. (1957). A study of curare action with an electrical micro-method. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 146(924). 339–356. 144 indexed citations
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Castillo, J. del & Bernard Katz. (1957). Interaction at end-plate receptors between different choline derivatives. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 146(924). 369–381. 356 indexed citations breakdown →
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Castillo, J. del & Bernard Katz. (1957). A comparison of acetylcholine and stable depolarizing agents. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 146(924). 362–368. 51 indexed citations
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Fatt, P. & Bernard Katz. (1952). The electric activity of the motor end-plate. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 140(899). 183–186. 18 indexed citations

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