Frank A. Brown

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Frank A. Brown is a scholar working on Ecology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank A. Brown has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Ecology, 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 11 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Frank A. Brown's work include Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects (10 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (9 papers) and Crustacean biology and ecology (8 papers). Frank A. Brown is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects (10 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (9 papers) and Crustacean biology and ecology (8 papers). Frank A. Brown collaborates with scholars based in United States, Philippines and France. Frank A. Brown's co-authors include C. Ladd Prosser, H. Marguerite Webb, Milton Fingerman, Muriel I. Sandeen, Miriam F. Bennett, Grover C. Stephens, Kate M. Scow, John D. Palmer, Young H. Park and V.J. Wulff and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Frank A. Brown

62 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

COMPARATIVE ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY 1962 2026 1983 2004 1962 200 400 600
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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. COMPARATIVE ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY
    1962 674 citations C. Ladd Prosser, Frank A. Brown The American Journal of the Medical Sciences profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frank A. Brown United States 25 789 466 257 257 242 63 2.2k
Ragnar Fänge Sweden 29 1.1k 1.3× 413 0.9× 181 0.7× 185 0.7× 429 1.8× 80 2.6k
R. Gilles Belgium 33 1.5k 1.9× 504 1.1× 290 1.1× 199 0.8× 606 2.5× 112 3.1k
Liana Bolis Italy 21 497 0.6× 202 0.4× 75 0.3× 218 0.8× 429 1.8× 52 1.8k
K. Bowler United Kingdom 27 1.6k 2.0× 608 1.3× 380 1.5× 402 1.6× 599 2.5× 85 2.9k
Johan B. Steen Norway 27 1.5k 1.9× 142 0.3× 193 0.8× 401 1.6× 143 0.6× 75 2.3k
E. J. W. Barrington United Kingdom 19 283 0.4× 176 0.4× 231 0.9× 126 0.5× 210 0.9× 47 1.2k
Everett Anderson United States 44 702 0.9× 534 1.1× 231 0.9× 490 1.9× 2.2k 9.3× 90 5.3k
Bodil Schmidt‐Nielsen United States 37 1.2k 1.5× 244 0.5× 146 0.6× 413 1.6× 944 3.9× 90 3.7k
Martin P. Schreibman United States 27 682 0.9× 357 0.8× 221 0.9× 287 1.1× 253 1.0× 72 2.6k
Wallis H. Clark United States 35 1.1k 1.4× 211 0.5× 409 1.6× 146 0.6× 449 1.9× 73 2.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brown, Frank A., et al.. (2015). Isoniazid Prophylaxis in Contacts of Persons with Known Tuberculosis1, 2. American Review of Respiratory Disease.
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Brown, Frank A., et al.. (1973). LUNAR-CORRELATED VARIATIONS IN WATER UPTAKE BY BEAN SEEDS. Biological Bulletin. 145(2). 265–278. 35 indexed citations
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Brown, Frank A. & H. Marguerite Webb. (1968). Some Temporal and Geographic Relations of Snail Response to Very Weak Gamma Radiation. Physiological Zoology. 41(4). 385–400. 3 indexed citations
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Brown, Frank A.. (1966). Effects and After-effects on Planarians of Reversals of the Horizontal Magnetic Vector. Nature. 209(5022). 533–535. 23 indexed citations
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Brown, Frank A. & Young H. Park. (1965). DURATION OF AN AFTER-EFFECT IN PLANARIANS FOLLOWING A REVERSED HORIZONTAL MAGNETIC VECTOR. Biological Bulletin. 128(3). 347–355. 16 indexed citations
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Brown, Frank A., Franklin H. Barnwell, & H. Marguerite Webb. (1964). ADAPTATION OF THE MAGNETORECEPTIVE MECHANISM OF MUD-SNAILS TO GEOMAGNETIC STRENGTH. Biological Bulletin. 127(2). 221–231. 19 indexed citations
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Prosser, C. Ladd & Frank A. Brown. (1962). COMPARATIVE ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 243(6). 818–818. 674 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brown, Frank A.. (1962). RESPONSES OF THE PLANARIAN, DUGESIA, AND THE PROTOZOAN, PARAMECIUM, TO VERY WEAK HORIZONTAL MAGNETIC FIELDS. Biological Bulletin. 123(2). 264–281. 70 indexed citations
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Brown, Frank A.. (1959). The rhythmic nature of animals and plants. American Scientist. 47(2). 147–168. 19 indexed citations
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Brown, Frank A., Miriam F. Bennett, & H. Marguerite Webb. (1958). MONTHLY CYCLES IN AN ORGANISM IN CONSTANT CONDITIONS DURING 1956 AND 1957. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 44(4). 290–296. 2 indexed citations
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Webb, H. Marguerite & Frank A. Brown. (1958). THE REPETITION OF PATTERN IN THE RESPIRATION OF UCA PUGNAX. Biological Bulletin. 115(2). 303–318. 15 indexed citations
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Brown, Frank A., et al.. (1957). SIMILARITIES BETWEEN DAILY FLUCTUATIONS IN BACKGROUND RADIATION AND O2-CONSUMPTION IN THE LIVING ORGANISM ,. Biological Bulletin. 113(1). 103–111. 8 indexed citations
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Brown, Frank A., H. Marguerite Webb, & Miriam F. Bennett. (1955). PROOF FOR AN ENDOGENOUS COMPONENT IN PERSISTENT SOLAR AND LUNAR RHYTHMICITY IN ORGANISMS. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 41(2). 93–100. 33 indexed citations
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Webb, H. Marguerite, Miriam F. Bennett, & Frank A. Brown. (1954). A PERSISTENT DIURNAL RHYTHM OF CHROMATOPHORIC RESPONSE IN EYESTALKLESS UCA PUGILATOR. Biological Bulletin. 106(3). 371–377. 20 indexed citations
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Brown, Frank A., Miriam F. Bennett, & H. Marguerite Webb. (1954). Persistent daily and tidal rhythms of O2‐consumption in fiddler crabs. Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology. 44(3). 477–505. 65 indexed citations
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Brown, Frank A., Milton Fingerman, Muriel I. Sandeen, & H. Marguerite Webb. (1953). Persistent diurnal and tidal rhythms of color change in the fiddler crab, Uca pugnax. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 123(1). 29–60. 107 indexed citations
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Brown, Frank A., H. Marguerite Webb, & Muriel I. Sandeen. (1953). Differential production of two retinal pigment hormones in Palaemonetes by light flashes. Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology. 41(1). 123–144. 6 indexed citations
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Sandeen, Muriel I. & Frank A. Brown. (1952). Responses of the Distal Retinal Pigment of Palaemonetes to Illumination. Physiological Zoology. 25(3). 222–230. 24 indexed citations
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Brown, Frank A., H. Marguerite Webb, & Muriel I. Sandeen. (1952). The action of two hormones regulating the red chromatophores of Palaemonetes. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 120(3). 391–420. 26 indexed citations
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Brown, Frank A., et al.. (1952). Alterations in the Capacity for Light and Dark Adaptation of the Distal Retinal Pigment of Palaemonetes. Physiological Zoology. 25(3). 231–239. 9 indexed citations

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