Daniel J. Christensen

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
3 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Daniel J. Christensen is a scholar working on Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel J. Christensen has authored 3 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Biophysics, 1 paper in Molecular Biology and 1 paper in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Daniel J. Christensen's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (2 papers), Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (1 paper) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (1 paper). Daniel J. Christensen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (2 papers), Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (1 paper) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (1 paper). Daniel J. Christensen collaborates with scholars based in United States. Daniel J. Christensen's co-authors include Maiken Nedergaard, John O’Donnell, Michael Chen, Lulu Xie, Meenakshisundaram Thiyagarajan, Charles Nicholson, Yonghong Liao, Hongyi Kang, Qiwu Xu and Jeffrey J. Iliff and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Pediatric Nephrology and Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE.

In The Last Decade

Daniel J. Christensen

3 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Sleep Drives Metabolite Clearance from the Adult Brain

2013 3.5k citations Lulu Xie, Hongyi Kang et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel J. Christensen United States	2	1.4k	1.4k	913	852	705	3	3.5k
John O’Donnell United States	11	2.1k 1.5×	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	898 1.1×	868 1.2×	11	4.7k
Seung Bong Hong South Korea	39	1.1k 0.7×	2.3k 1.7×	679 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	736 1.0×	197	4.7k
Fabio Placidi Italy	34	741 0.5×	2.1k 1.5×	1.1k 1.2×	974 1.1×	643 0.9×	159	4.1k
Hongyi Kang United States	12	2.7k 1.9×	1.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	883 1.0×	1.3k 1.9×	19	5.4k
Lulu Xie China	19	2.7k 1.9×	1.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	887 1.0×	1.3k 1.8×	58	5.9k
Claudio Liguori Italy	31	652 0.5×	1.5k 1.1×	761 0.8×	887 1.0×	872 1.2×	173	3.5k
Eun Yeon Joo South Korea	33	599 0.4×	2.1k 1.5×	938 1.0×	1.4k 1.6×	345 0.5×	236	4.1k
Michael Chen United States	15	2.5k 1.8×	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	892 1.0×	1.5k 2.1×	24	6.4k
Nigel P. Pedersen United States	19	1.1k 0.8×	2.1k 1.5×	1.3k 1.4×	787 0.9×	303 0.4×	47	3.2k
Nancy Foldvary‐Schaefer United States	35	748 0.5×	1.6k 1.2×	984 1.1×	904 1.1×	412 0.6×	152	4.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel J. Christensen

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Xie, Lulu, Hongyi Kang, Qiwu Xu, et al.. (2013). Sleep Drives Metabolite Clearance from the Adult Brain. Science. 342(6156). 373–377. 3453 indexed citations breakdown →

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Christensen, Daniel J. & Maiken Nedergaard. (2012). Random access multiphoton (RAMP) microscopy for investigation of cerebral blood flow regulation mechanisms. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8226. 822633–822633. 1 indexed citations

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Christensen, Daniel J. & Maiken Nedergaard. (2011). Two-photon in vivo imaging of cells. Pediatric Nephrology. 26(9). 1483–1489. 13 indexed citations

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