G. Simms

6.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
6 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

G. Simms is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, G. Simms has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Physiology, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in G. Simms's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (5 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (3 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (2 papers). G. Simms is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (5 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (3 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (2 papers). G. Simms collaborates with scholars based in Australia. G. Simms's co-authors include Colin L. Masters, Gerd Multhaup, K Beyreuther, Benjamin McDonald, Konrad Beyreuther, Ralph N. Martins, C. Hilbich, Robert W. Retallack, Philip Montgomery and Athel Hockey and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

G. Simms

6 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Amyloid plaque core protein in Alzheimer disease and Down syndrome.

1985 3.6k citations Colin L. Masters, G. Simms et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Neuronal origin of a cerebral amyloid: neurofibrillary tangles of Alzheimer's disease contain the same protein as the amyloid of plaque cores and blood vessels.

1985 825 citations Colin L. Masters, Gerd Multhaup et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
Amyloid A4 Protein and Its Precursor in Down's Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease

1989 519 citations B. Rumble, Robert W. Retallack et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
G. Simms Australia	5	4.5k	2.7k	866	766	696	6	5.3k
Caine W. Wong United States	8	4.8k 1.1×	3.0k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	935 1.2×	781 1.1×	9	6.0k
K Beyreuther Australia	6	4.0k 0.9×	2.4k 0.9×	817 0.9×	679 0.9×	681 1.0×	8	5.2k
Axel Unterbeck United States	12	4.8k 1.1×	3.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	1.0k 1.3×	767 1.1×	16	5.6k
Marcia B. Podlisny United States	30	5.4k 1.2×	3.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	1.1k 1.5×	837 1.2×	38	6.2k
Mark R. Emmerling United States	35	3.3k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	878 1.0×	674 0.9×	615 0.9×	63	5.0k
Benjamin McDonald Australia	7	3.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	656 0.8×	547 0.7×	529 0.8×	13	3.7k
Asano Odaka Japan	15	3.6k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	753 0.9×	588 0.8×	577 0.8×	19	4.3k
Dennis J. Selkoe United States	15	4.8k 1.1×	3.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	1.2k 1.6×	898 1.3×	17	6.4k
Steven G. Younkin United States	22	4.2k 1.0×	2.1k 0.8×	997 1.2×	1.0k 1.4×	723 1.0×	30	5.0k
Y C Tung United States	11	4.4k 1.0×	2.7k 1.0×	902 1.0×	1.3k 1.8×	359 0.5×	15	5.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. Simms

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of G. Simms. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of G. Simms 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 G. Simms. G. Simms is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Rumble, B., Robert W. Retallack, C. Hilbich, et al.. (1989). Amyloid A4 Protein and Its Precursor in Down's Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease. New England Journal of Medicine. 320(22). 1446–1452. 519 indexed citations breakdown →

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Davies, L., Beata M. Wolska, C. Hilbich, et al.. (1988). A4 amyloid protein deposition and the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Neurology. 38(11). 1688–1688. 283 indexed citations

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Guiroy, Don C., Motoichi Miyazaki, Gerd Multhaup, et al.. (1987). Amyloid of neurofibrillary tangles of Guamanian parkinsonism-dementia and Alzheimer disease share identical amino acid sequence.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 84(7). 2073–2077. 80 indexed citations

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Masters, Colin L., et al.. (1985). Neuronal origin of a cerebral amyloid: neurofibrillary tangles of Alzheimer's disease contain the same protein as the amyloid of plaque cores and blood vessels.. The EMBO Journal. 4(11). 2757–2763. 825 indexed citations breakdown →

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Masters, Colin L., et al.. (1985). Amyloid plaque core protein in Alzheimer disease and Down syndrome.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 82(12). 4245–4249. 3579 indexed citations breakdown →

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Williams, Vincent, et al.. (1981). Evolution of the Major Histocompatibility Complex 1. Survival of Autologous, Allogeneic and Xenogeneic Red Blood Cells in the Lizard Tiliqua Rugosa. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 5(4). 629–638. 1 indexed citations

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