Christopher A. Brittin

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 862 citations indexed

About

Christopher A. Brittin is a scholar working on Aging, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher A. Brittin has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 862 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Aging, 3 papers in Physiology and 2 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Christopher A. Brittin's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (4 papers), Spaceflight effects on biology (3 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (2 papers). Christopher A. Brittin is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (4 papers), Spaceflight effects on biology (3 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (2 papers). Christopher A. Brittin collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Puerto Rico. Christopher A. Brittin's co-authors include David H. Hall, Scott W. Emmons, Adam Bloniarz, Steven J. Cook, J. Nichol Thomson, Donna G. Albertson, Meng Xu, Yi Wang, Janet S. Duerr and Leo T. H. Tang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and eLife.

In The Last Decade

Christopher A. Brittin

5 papers receiving 855 citations

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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.

Whole-animal connectomes of both Caenorhabditis elegans sexes

2019 477 citations Steven J. Cook, Christopher A. Brittin et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher A. Brittin United States	5	519	286	247	188	178	6	862
Adam Bloniarz United States	4	472 0.9×	266 0.9×	229 0.9×	180 1.0×	164 0.9×	4	835
Steven J. Cook United States	14	649 1.3×	327 1.1×	257 1.0×	313 1.7×	126 0.7×	20	1.0k
Emily A. Bayer United States	9	529 1.0×	314 1.1×	226 0.9×	218 1.2×	99 0.6×	13	830
Eviatar Yemini United States	14	714 1.4×	394 1.4×	299 1.2×	271 1.4×	208 1.2×	22	1.2k
Yee Lian Chew Australia	17	376 0.7×	188 0.7×	177 0.7×	290 1.5×	159 0.9×	32	986
Leo T. H. Tang United States	8	327 0.6×	179 0.6×	213 0.9×	208 1.1×	103 0.6×	9	668
Vivek Venkatachalam United States	12	376 0.7×	229 0.8×	165 0.7×	100 0.5×	82 0.5×	19	716
Maksim A. Yakovlev United States	4	292 0.6×	160 0.6×	134 0.5×	134 0.7×	92 0.5×	5	559
Johannes Larsch Germany	12	332 0.6×	247 0.9×	239 1.0×	206 1.1×	152 0.9×	14	860
David Biron United States	21	805 1.6×	668 2.3×	313 1.3×	138 0.7×	119 0.7×	37	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher A. Brittin

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Brittin, Christopher A., Steven J. Cook, David H. Hall, Scott W. Emmons, & Netta Cohen. (2021). A multi-scale brain map derived from whole-brain volumetric reconstructions. Nature. 591(7848). 105–110. 57 indexed citations

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Fan, Li, Mark W. Moyle, Christopher A. Brittin, et al.. (2020). Cadherin preserves cohesion across involuting tissues during C. elegans neurulation. eLife. 9. 8 indexed citations

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Brittin, Christopher A., et al.. (2020). A multiscale brain map derived from whole-brain volumetric reconstructions. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

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Brittin, Christopher A., et al.. (2020). Rotatable microfluidic device for simultaneous study of bilateral chemosensory neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. 24(8). 6 indexed citations

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Cook, Steven J., Christopher A. Brittin, Yi Wang, et al.. (2019). Whole-animal connectomes of both Caenorhabditis elegans sexes. Nature. 571(7763). 63–71. 477 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Yi, Adam Bloniarz, Christopher A. Brittin, et al.. (2012). The Connectome of a Decision-Making Neural Network. Science. 337(6093). 437–444. 314 indexed citations

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