Brian Bàlmer

674 total citations
36 papers, 379 citations indexed

About

Brian Bàlmer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, History and Philosophy of Science and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Bàlmer has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 379 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 7 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Brian Bàlmer's work include Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research (8 papers), Biotechnology and Related Fields (4 papers) and Historical Medical Research and Treatments (3 papers). Brian Bàlmer is often cited by papers focused on Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research (8 papers), Biotechnology and Related Fields (4 papers) and Historical Medical Research and Treatments (3 papers). Brian Bàlmer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and India. Brian Bàlmer's co-authors include Sally Wyatt, Catherine Holloway, Raquel Velho, Margaret Sharp, Jane Gregory, Jon Agar, Brian Rappert, Jeremy C. Hebden, Victoria Armstrong and Ben R. Martin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Research Policy.

In The Last Decade

Brian Bàlmer

34 papers receiving 353 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian Bàlmer United Kingdom 11 97 62 61 44 38 36 379
Frances B. McCrea United States 4 136 1.4× 10 0.2× 58 1.0× 23 0.5× 32 0.8× 7 370
Sabine Häder Germany 8 114 1.2× 29 0.5× 17 0.3× 20 0.5× 6 0.2× 21 267
Tom Wilkie United Kingdom 9 58 0.6× 21 0.3× 54 0.9× 16 0.4× 78 2.1× 16 287
Martina Franzen Germany 8 105 1.1× 6 0.1× 30 0.5× 15 0.3× 15 0.4× 13 284
Matthias Wienroth United Kingdom 12 64 0.7× 48 0.8× 126 2.1× 22 0.5× 151 4.0× 35 461
Erik Thorstensen Norway 9 68 0.7× 21 0.3× 19 0.3× 8 0.2× 24 0.6× 28 244
Bjørn K. Myskja Norway 11 75 0.8× 104 1.7× 209 3.4× 11 0.3× 61 1.6× 38 494
Peter Morgan Australia 8 49 0.5× 12 0.2× 13 0.2× 19 0.4× 16 0.4× 45 238
Dana Wilson‐Kovacs United Kingdom 11 102 1.1× 10 0.2× 60 1.0× 35 0.8× 33 0.9× 24 328

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Bàlmer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Bàlmer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Bàlmer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brian Bàlmer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brian Bàlmer 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 Brian Bàlmer. Brian Bàlmer 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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Bàlmer, Brian. (2021). Intelligence, Ignorance, and Diplomacy in the Cold War: The UK Reaction to the Sverdlovsk Anthrax Outbreak. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 2 indexed citations
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Rappert, Brian & Brian Bàlmer. (2015). Absence in Science, Security and Policy. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Bàlmer, Brian. (2011). Life as Surplus: Biotechnology and Capitalism in the Neoliberal Era. Journal of Cultural Economy. 4(1). 105–108. 31 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Victoria, et al.. (2009). Constructing a safe research environment: Technology talk between researchers and volunteer research subjects. Health Risk & Society. 11(2). 99–116. 5 indexed citations
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Gregory, Jane, et al.. (2008). The Anatomy of the Brain Drain Debate, 1950–1970s: Witness Seminar. Contemporary British History. 23(1). 35–60. 11 indexed citations
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Bàlmer, Brian, et al.. (2007). Middle Range Theories in Science and Technology Studies. Science Technology & Human Values. 32. 2 indexed citations
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Wyatt, Sally & Brian Bàlmer. (2007). Home on the Range. Science Technology & Human Values. 32(6). 619–626. 27 indexed citations
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Bàlmer, Brian. (2006). A Secret Formula, a Rogue Patent and Public Knowledge about Nerve Gas. Social Studies of Science. 36(5). 691–722. 18 indexed citations
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Bàlmer, Brian, et al.. (2005). Volunteer human subjects’ understandings of their participation in a biomedical research experiment. Social Science & Medicine. 62(4). 998–1008. 50 indexed citations
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Bàlmer, Brian. (2004). How does an accident become an experiment? Secret science and the exposure of the public to biological warfare agents. Science as Culture. 13(2). 197–228. 7 indexed citations
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Bàlmer, Brian. (2002). Biological Weapons: The Threat in Historical Perspective. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Bàlmer, Brian. (2002). Biological warfare: The threat in historical perspective. Medicine Conflict & Survival. 18(2). 120–137. 3 indexed citations
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Bàlmer, Brian. (2001). Britain and Biological Warfare. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 17 indexed citations
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Bàlmer, Brian, et al.. (1998). Funding research through directed programmes: AIDS and the human genome project in the UK. Science and Public Policy. 4 indexed citations
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Bàlmer, Brian. (1997). The drift of biological weapons policy in the UK 1945–1965. Journal of Strategic Studies. 20(4). 115–145. 5 indexed citations
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Bàlmer, Brian. (1996). The Political Cartography of the Human Genome Project. Perspectives on Science. 4(3). 249–282. 9 indexed citations
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Bàlmer, Brian & Margaret Sharp. (1993). The battle for biotechnology: Scientific and technological paradigms and the management of biotechnology in Britain in the 1980s. Research Policy. 22(5-6). 463–478. 21 indexed citations
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Bàlmer, Brian & Ben R. Martin. (1991). Who's doing what in human genome research?. Scientometrics. 22(3). 369–377. 3 indexed citations

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