Bob Eisenberg

15.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
294 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

About

Bob Eisenberg is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Bob Eisenberg has authored 294 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Molecular Biology, 122 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 62 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Bob Eisenberg's work include Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (81 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (78 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (57 papers). Bob Eisenberg is often cited by papers focused on Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (81 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (78 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (57 papers). Bob Eisenberg collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Hungary. Bob Eisenberg's co-authors include Wolfgang Nonner, Dirk Gillespie, Peter W. Gage, Dezső Boda, Chun Liu, Douglas Henderson, Richard T. Mathias, Victor Barcilon, Z. Schuss and Jinn‐Liang Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Bob Eisenberg

282 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

Behavioural improvements with thalamic stimulation after ... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 200 400 600
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. Behavioural improvements with thalamic stimulation after severe traumatic brain injury
    2007 660 citations Bob Eisenberg et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bob Eisenberg United States 62 4.8k 4.4k 2.2k 1.7k 1.6k 294 11.2k
Kenichi Yoshikawa Japan 68 4.9k 1.0× 9.6k 2.2× 1.5k 0.7× 2.2k 1.3× 1.8k 1.2× 827 20.5k
Sergey M. Bezrukov United States 55 3.3k 0.7× 5.9k 1.4× 789 0.4× 839 0.5× 853 0.5× 225 9.7k
R. Dean Astumian United States 58 1.9k 0.4× 2.8k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 2.2k 1.3× 1.1k 0.7× 131 10.9k
W. W. Webb United States 56 3.4k 0.7× 6.6k 1.5× 1.3k 0.6× 2.7k 1.6× 793 0.5× 128 14.5k
Terrell L. Hill United States 51 2.3k 0.5× 4.2k 1.0× 474 0.2× 2.6k 1.5× 615 0.4× 209 11.0k
Shin‐Ho Chung Australia 46 1.5k 0.3× 3.8k 0.9× 2.0k 0.9× 493 0.3× 513 0.3× 165 7.1k
Toshio Yanagida Japan 62 3.0k 0.6× 8.2k 1.9× 953 0.4× 3.7k 2.2× 1.2k 0.8× 293 16.4k
David S. Maxwell United States 34 2.2k 0.5× 5.2k 1.2× 1.4k 0.6× 2.7k 1.6× 1.5k 1.0× 88 16.1k
Serdar Kuyucak Australia 39 1.2k 0.3× 2.8k 0.6× 667 0.3× 1.2k 0.7× 409 0.3× 150 4.9k
John P. Wikswo United States 50 3.2k 0.7× 2.1k 0.5× 1.7k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 297 9.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Bob Eisenberg

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bob Eisenberg

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bob Eisenberg

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bob Eisenberg. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bob Eisenberg 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 Bob Eisenberg. Bob Eisenberg 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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Xu, Shixin, et al.. (2024). Interaction of Ionic Solution with Permeable Membranes: A Variational Approach. 57(1). 24–52. 1 indexed citations
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Catacuzzeno, Luigi, Luigi Sforna, Fabio Franciolini, & Bob Eisenberg. (2020). Multiscale modeling shows that dielectric differences make NaV channels faster than KV channels. The Journal of General Physiology. 153(2). 11 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yi, Shixin Xu, Bob Eisenberg, & Huaxiong Huang. (2020). A Tridomain Model for Potassium Clearance in Optic Nerve. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Kaufman, I. Kh., et al.. (2017). Ionic Coulomb blockade and anomalous mole fraction effect in the NaChBac bacterial ion channel and its charge-varied mutants. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 4–4. 5 indexed citations
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Lin, Tai‐Chia & Bob Eisenberg. (2013). A new approach to the Lennard-Jones potential and a new model: PNP-steric equations. Communications in Mathematical Sciences. 12(1). 149–173. 42 indexed citations
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Hyon, YunKyong, et al.. (2011). A New Poisson-Nernst-Planck Equation (PNP-FS-IF) for Charge Inversion Near Walls. Biophysical Journal. 100(3). 578a–578a. 18 indexed citations
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Mori, Yoichiro, Chun Liu, & Bob Eisenberg. (2011). Electrodiffusion and Osmotic Water Flow and its Variational Structure. Biophysical Journal. 100(3). 86a–87a. 4 indexed citations
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Jimenez‐Morales, David, Jie Liang, & Bob Eisenberg. (2011). Active Sites of Enzymes are Crowded with Charge. Biophysical Journal. 100(3). 218a–218a. 2 indexed citations
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Luchinsky, D. G., et al.. (2007). Effect of charge fluctuations on the permeation of ions through biological ion channels. AIP conference proceedings. 922. 647–650.
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Aboud, Shela, et al.. (2004). Brownian Dynamics Simulation of Transport Properties in Potassium Ion Channels. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 1(2004). 135–138. 1 indexed citations
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Eisenberg, Bob, et al.. (2002). Structure-function study of Porins. TechConnect Briefs. 2(2002). 64–67. 6 indexed citations
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Nonner, Wolfgang, et al.. (1999). Progress and Prospects in Permeation. The Journal of General Physiology. 113(6). 773–782. 81 indexed citations
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Eisenberg, Bob, et al.. (1995). Hydrodynamic model of temperature change in open ionic channels. Biophysical Journal. 69(6). 2304–2322. 62 indexed citations
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Barcilon, Victor, et al.. (1992). Constant fields and constant gradients in open ionic channels. Biophysical Journal. 61(5). 1372–1393. 45 indexed citations
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Gates, Peter, Kim Cooper, James L. Rae, & Bob Eisenberg. (1989). Predictions of diffusion models for one-ion membrane channels. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 53(3). 153–196. 23 indexed citations
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Mobley, Bert A., Joanne Leung, & Bob Eisenberg. (1975). Longitudinal impedance of single frog muscle fibers.. The Journal of General Physiology. 65(1). 97–113. 25 indexed citations
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Valdiosera, R., Casper Hyttel Clausen, & Bob Eisenberg. (1974). Circuit Models of the Passive Electrical Properties of Frog Skeletal Muscle Fibers. The Journal of General Physiology. 63(4). 432–459. 39 indexed citations
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Mobley, Bert A., Joanne Leung, & Bob Eisenberg. (1974). Longitudinal Impedance of Skinned Frog Muscle Fibers. The Journal of General Physiology. 63(5). 625–638. 13 indexed citations
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Howell, Junia, et al.. (1972). The Capacitance of Skeletal Muscle Fibers in Solutions of Low Ionic Strength. The Journal of General Physiology. 59(3). 347–359. 20 indexed citations
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Eisenberg, Bob & E Engel. (1970). The Spatial Variation of Membrane Potential Near a Small Source of Current in a Spherical Cell. The Journal of General Physiology. 55(6). 736–757. 45 indexed citations

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