Brian Key

6.3k total citations
172 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Brian Key is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Sensory Systems and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Key has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 57 papers in Sensory Systems and 42 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Brian Key's work include Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (57 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (43 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (40 papers). Brian Key is often cited by papers focused on Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (57 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (43 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (40 papers). Brian Key collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Brian Key's co-authors include James A. St John, Richard Akeson, Philip Bradley, A.C. Puche, Nicole H. Wilson, T.A. Lovick, E. Marley, Piero P. Giorgi, Laurence A. Brown and Helen B. Treloar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Brian Key

170 papers receiving 4.9k 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 Key Australia 42 2.7k 1.6k 1.4k 1.1k 700 172 5.1k
Christopher S. von Bartheld United States 42 2.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 1.8k 1.3× 362 0.3× 993 1.4× 126 6.0k
Monica Mendelsohn United States 26 3.6k 1.3× 2.5k 1.6× 3.5k 2.5× 1.9k 1.8× 751 1.1× 33 7.8k
Sigrun I. Korsching Germany 39 6.1k 2.3× 2.2k 1.4× 2.1k 1.5× 1.3k 1.2× 1.9k 2.7× 93 8.2k
Yoshihiro Yoshihara Japan 50 4.5k 1.7× 3.6k 2.2× 2.2k 1.6× 2.5k 2.3× 629 0.9× 138 8.1k
Leonardo Belluscio United States 29 4.4k 1.6× 1.6k 1.0× 2.0k 1.4× 1.1k 1.1× 1.8k 2.5× 52 6.3k
Jean‐Didier Vincent France 42 2.3k 0.9× 869 0.5× 1.8k 1.3× 429 0.4× 614 0.9× 111 5.2k
Peter C. Brunjes United States 33 1.7k 0.6× 2.2k 1.4× 554 0.4× 1.0k 1.0× 898 1.3× 92 3.8k
Aldo Fasolo Italy 42 2.5k 0.9× 779 0.5× 1.4k 1.0× 323 0.3× 1.8k 2.6× 158 4.9k
Charles A. Greer United States 51 4.8k 1.8× 4.4k 2.7× 1.6k 1.2× 2.5k 2.4× 2.0k 2.8× 157 7.9k
James E. Schwob United States 44 2.4k 0.9× 3.8k 2.4× 1.6k 1.1× 1.9k 1.8× 1.4k 2.0× 95 6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Key

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Key

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Key

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brian Key. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brian Key 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 Key. Brian Key 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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Zalucki, Oressia, Deborah Brown, & Brian Key. (2023). What if worms were sentient? Insights into subjective experience from the Caenorhabditis elegans connectome. Biology & Philosophy. 38(5). 3 indexed citations
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Arlinghaus, Robert, Howard I. Browman, Steven J. Cooke, et al.. (2023). Reasons to Be Skeptical about Sentience and Pain in Fishes and Aquatic Invertebrates. Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture. 32(1). 127–150. 23 indexed citations
3.
Brown, Deborah & Brian Key. (2021). Plant sentience, semantics, and the emergentist dilemma. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 28. 155–183. 2 indexed citations
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Browman, Howard I., Steven J. Cooke, I. G. Cowx, et al.. (2018). Welfare of aquatic animals: where things are, where they are going, and what it means for research, aquaculture, recreational angling, and commercial fishing. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 76(1). 82–92. 79 indexed citations
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Key, Brian. (2016). Why fish do not feel pain. Animal Sentience. 1(3). 170 indexed citations
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Key, Brian & Victor Nurcombe. (2003). Making developmental biology relevant to undergraduates in an era of economic rationalism in Australia. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 47(2-3). 105–115. 2 indexed citations
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Clarris, Heidi J, Sonja J. McKeown, & Brian Key. (2002). Expression of neurexin ligands, the neuroligins and the neurexophilins, in the developing and adult rodent olfactory bulb. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 46(4). 649–652. 8 indexed citations
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Key, Brian, et al.. (2002). Development of axon pathways in the zebrafish central nervous system. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 46(4). 609–619. 42 indexed citations
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Key, Brian, et al.. (2002). Developmental biology in Australia and New Zealand. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 46(4). 341–351. 1 indexed citations
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Key, Brian, et al.. (2002). Role of hlx1 in zebrafish brain morphogenesis. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 46(4). 583–596. 11 indexed citations
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Cooper, Helen, et al.. (2001). A zebrafish homologue of deleted in colorectal cancer (zdcc) is expressed in the first neuronal clusters of the developing brain. Mechanisms of Development. 109(1). 105–109. 23 indexed citations
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Lovick, T.A., Laurence A. Brown, & Brian Key. (2000). Imaging neuronal nitric oxide production in slices of rat brain. European Journal of Neuroscience. 12. 379–379. 1 indexed citations
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Anderson, Richard B., et al.. (2000). DCC Plays a Role in Navigation of Forebrain Axons across the Ventral Midbrain Commissure in Embryonic Xenopus. Developmental Biology. 217(2). 244–253. 18 indexed citations
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Brown, Laurence A., et al.. (1998). Relationship between cerebral microvessels, pyramidal layer neurones and a nitric oxide synthase-containing nerve network in rat hippocampus: a morphological basis for flow-metabolism coupling in the brain?. The Journal of Physiology. 1 indexed citations
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Tenne-Brown, Janette, A.C. Puche, & Brian Key. (1998). Expression of galectin-1 in the mouse olfactory system. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 42(6). 791–799. 32 indexed citations
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Key, Brian & Adam C. Puché. (1997). Role of Galectin-1 in the Olfactory Nervous System.. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 9(45). 41–45. 7 indexed citations
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Key, Brian, et al.. (1996). Expression and localization of FGF-1 in the developing rat olfactory system. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 366(2). 197–206. 32 indexed citations
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Treloar, Helen B., Victor Nurcombe, & Brian Key. (1996). Expression of extracellular matrix molecules in the embryonic rat olfactory pathway. Journal of Neurobiology. 31(1). 41–55. 93 indexed citations
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Alcorn, Daine, Belinda Cancilla, Brian Key, et al.. (1996). Light-microscopic immunolocalization of fibroblast growth factor-1 and -2 in adult rat kidney. Cell and Tissue Research. 285(2). 179–187. 22 indexed citations
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Clarris, Heidi J, Brian Key, Konrad Beyreuther, Colin L. Masters, & David H. Small. (1995). Expression of the amyloid protein precursor of Alzheimer's disease in the developing rat olfactory system. Developmental Brain Research. 88(1). 87–95. 44 indexed citations

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