George Wald

33.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
118 papers, 18.7k citations indexed

About

George Wald is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, George Wald has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 18.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 32 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in George Wald's work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (31 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (21 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (10 papers). George Wald is often cited by papers focused on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (31 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (21 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (10 papers). George Wald collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. George Wald's co-authors include John E. Dowling, Paul K. Brown, Ruth Hubbard, Tôru Yoshizawa, Rowena G. Matthews, I. R. Gibbons, Patricia H. Smith, Charles M. Radding, Deric Bownds and Richard H. White and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

George Wald

112 papers receiving 17.4k citations

Hit Papers

Proceedings of the N... 1960 2026 1982 2004 2009 1968 1968 1963 1960 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k 10.0k

Peers

George Wald
Comparison fields: 5 of 237
  • Molecular Biology 8.1k
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 4.7k
  • Plant Science 2.3k
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 1.6k
  • Ecology 1.2k
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Countries citing papers authored by George Wald

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Fields of papers citing papers by George Wald

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Wald

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1 70
2 14
3 9
4
Introduction to the Problem: An Interview with George Wald
1
5 116
6 22
7 143
8
Tautomeric Forms of Metarhodopsin breakdown →
521
9
Visual excitation: a chemo-anatomical study
24
10
twenty-six afternoons of biology : an introductory laboratory manual
1
11 11
12 44
13 11
14 76
15 267
16 57
17 403
18 60
19 163
20 62

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