Elliott Robbins

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Elliott Robbins is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Elliott Robbins has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cell Biology and 2 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Elliott Robbins's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (7 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (4 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers). Elliott Robbins is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (7 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (4 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers). Elliott Robbins collaborates with scholars based in United States. Elliott Robbins's co-authors include Nicholas K. Gonatas, Philip I. Marcus, Thoru Pederson, Thaddeus W. Borun, Matthew D. Scharff, Antonio Micali, A. C. Taylor, Gene A. Morrill, Paul Klein and Elliot M. Levine and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Elliott Robbins

33 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

THE ULTRASTRUCTURE OF A MAMMALIAN CELL DURING THE MITOTIC... 1964 2026 1984 2005 1964 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. THE ULTRASTRUCTURE OF A MAMMALIAN CELL DURING THE MITOTIC CYCLE
    1964 493 citations Elliott Robbins, Nicholas K. Gonatas The Journal of Cell Biology profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elliott Robbins United States 25 1.9k 861 303 285 239 33 3.0k
O. Behnke Denmark 34 1.5k 0.8× 1.1k 1.3× 309 1.0× 184 0.6× 492 2.1× 74 3.8k
Lionel I. Rebhun United States 29 1.7k 0.9× 1.0k 1.2× 223 0.7× 198 0.7× 228 1.0× 50 3.4k
Stephen L. Brenner United States 30 2.0k 1.1× 1.1k 1.3× 440 1.5× 146 0.5× 302 1.3× 44 3.6k
R. E. Stephens United States 36 2.3k 1.2× 1.5k 1.7× 484 1.6× 195 0.7× 162 0.7× 90 3.9k
John F. Ash United States 14 1.4k 0.7× 869 1.0× 177 0.6× 149 0.5× 272 1.1× 29 2.6k
Lawrence B. Smillie Canada 50 4.6k 2.4× 1.0k 1.2× 238 0.8× 173 0.6× 231 1.0× 130 7.0k
Jean‐Paul Revel United States 23 2.3k 1.2× 414 0.5× 252 0.8× 116 0.4× 242 1.0× 34 3.0k
Hewson Swift United States 33 2.0k 1.1× 336 0.4× 314 1.0× 455 1.6× 270 1.1× 61 3.0k
Neidhard Paweletz Germany 29 1.7k 0.9× 944 1.1× 226 0.7× 311 1.1× 96 0.4× 127 2.8k
G. Lucien United States 14 1.2k 0.7× 401 0.5× 386 1.3× 184 0.6× 227 0.9× 17 2.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Robbins, Elliott, Jane Fant, & William T. Norton. (1972). Intracellular Iron-Binding Macromolecules in HeLa Cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 69(12). 3708–3712. 27 indexed citations
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Robbins, Elliott & Thoru Pederson. (1971). On the role of ions in mitosis. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant. 6(5). 335–348. 14 indexed citations
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Pederson, Thoru & Elliott Robbins. (1970). RNA SYNTHESIS IN HELA CELLS. The Journal of Cell Biology. 47(3). 734–744. 30 indexed citations
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Pederson, Thoru & Elliott Robbins. (1970). ABSENCE OF TRANSLATIONAL CONTROL OF HISTONE SYNTHESIS DURING THE HELA CELL LIFE CYCLE. The Journal of Cell Biology. 45(3). 509–513. 17 indexed citations
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Robbins, Elliott & Gene A. Morrill. (1969). OXYGEN UPTAKE DURING THE HELA CELL LIFE CYCLE AND ITS CORRELATION WITH MACROMOLECULAR SYNTHESIS. The Journal of Cell Biology. 43(3). 629–633. 20 indexed citations
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Robbins, Elliott & Michael L. Shelanski. (1969). SYNTHESIS OF A COLCHICINE-BINDING PROTEIN DURING THE HELA CELL LIFE CYCLE. The Journal of Cell Biology. 43(2). 371–373. 18 indexed citations
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Robbins, Elliott, et al.. (1969). ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE MITOTIC APPARATUS AT THE METAPHASE-TO-ANAPHASE TRANSITION. The Journal of Cell Biology. 40(3). 678–691. 37 indexed citations
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Morrill, Gene A. & Elliott Robbins. (1967). The Role of Calcium in the Regulation of the Steady-State Levels of Sodium and Potassium in the HeLa Cell. The Journal of General Physiology. 50(4). 781–792. 38 indexed citations
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Robbins, Elliott, et al.. (1967). RAPID EMBEDDING OF CELL CULTURE MONOLAYERS AND SUSPENSIONS FOR ELECTRON MICROSCOPY. Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry. 15(3). 181–182. 21 indexed citations
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Scharff, Matthew D. & Elliott Robbins. (1966). Polyribosome Disaggregation during Metaphase. Science. 151(3713). 992–995. 77 indexed citations
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Scharff, Matthew D. & Elliott Robbins. (1965). Synthesis of Ribosomal RNA in Synchronized Hela Cells. Nature. 208(5009). 464–466. 81 indexed citations
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Morrill, Gene A., H. Ronald Kaback, & Elliott Robbins. (1964). Effect of Calcium on Intracellular Sodium and Potassium Concentrations in Plant and Animal Cells. Nature. 204(4959). 641–642. 44 indexed citations
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Robbins, Elliott, Philip I. Marcus, & Nicholas K. Gonatas. (1964). DYNAMICS OF ACRIDINE ORANGE-CELL INTERACTION. The Journal of Cell Biology. 21(1). 49–62. 113 indexed citations
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Robbins, Elliott & Nicholas K. Gonatas. (1964). IN VITRO SELECTION OF THE MITOTIC CELL FOR SUBSEQUENT ELECTRON MICROSCOPY. The Journal of Cell Biology. 20(2). 356–359. 79 indexed citations
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Robbins, Elliott & Philip I. Marcus. (1964). Mitotically Synchronized Mammalian Cells: A Simple Method for Obtaining Large Populations. Science. 144(3622). 1152–1153. 146 indexed citations
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Robbins, Elliott & Philip I. Marcus. (1963). DYNAMICS OF ACRIDINE ORANGE-CELL INTERACTION. The Journal of Cell Biology. 18(2). 237–250. 157 indexed citations
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Taylor, A. C. & Elliott Robbins. (1963). Observations on microextensions from the surface of isolated vertebrate cells. Developmental Biology. 7. 660–673. 104 indexed citations
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Robbins, Elliott. (1961). SOME THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF OSMIUM TETROXIDE FIXATION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE METAPHASE CHROMOSOMES OF CELL CULTURES. The Journal of Cell Biology. 11(2). 449–455. 12 indexed citations
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Robbins, Elliott & Alexander Mauro. (1960). Experimental Study of the Independence of Diffusion and Hydrodynamic Permeability Coefficients in Collodion Membranes. The Journal of General Physiology. 43(3). 523–532. 56 indexed citations
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Robbins, Elliott. (1960). The Rate of Proflavin Passage into Single Living Cells with Application to Permeability Studies. The Journal of General Physiology. 43(4). 853–866. 15 indexed citations

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