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 Tom Reuter 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 Nation... 1960 2026 1982 2004 2009 1968 1968 1963 1960 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k 10.0k
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.

  1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
    2009 10.2k citations George Wald et al. profile →
  2. Molecular Basis of Visual Excitation
    1968 762 citations George Wald profile →
  3. The Molecular Basis of Visual Excitation
    1968 628 citations George Wald profile →
  4. Tautomeric Forms of Metarhodopsin
    1963 521 citations Rowena G. Matthews, Ruth Hubbard et al. The Journal of General Physiology profile →
  5. THE BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF VITAMIN A ACID
    1960 375 citations George Wald et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
George Wald 8.1k 4.7k 2.3k 1.6k 1.2k 118 18.7k
John E. Dowling 19.0k 2.3× 12.2k 2.6× 2.4k 1.1× 3.5k 2.2× 1.2k 1.0× 256 30.5k
B. J. WINER 2.4k 0.3× 3.7k 0.8× 780 0.3× 5.4k 3.4× 1.5k 1.2× 19 30.4k
Jeffrey C. Allen 7.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.2× 659 0.3× 639 0.4× 633 0.5× 613 24.7k
W. J. Dixon 2.2k 0.3× 1.6k 0.3× 709 0.3× 913 0.6× 948 0.8× 87 18.1k
Robert W. Williams 11.6k 1.4× 3.4k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 1.4k 0.9× 399 0.3× 564 24.0k
Henri Guitton 1.8k 0.2× 2.1k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 2.8k 1.8× 3.8k 3.1× 113 33.9k
David R. Cox 9.3k 1.1× 1.1k 0.2× 2.2k 1.0× 714 0.5× 1.3k 1.1× 189 30.1k
Toru Takumi 7.5k 0.9× 2.3k 0.5× 1.8k 0.8× 2.1k 1.3× 606 0.5× 178 22.2k
James C. Smith 19.2k 2.4× 1.7k 0.4× 950 0.4× 1.2k 0.8× 599 0.5× 474 28.3k
Kenneth K. Kídd 7.1k 0.9× 2.1k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 1.7k 1.1× 769 0.6× 389 24.1k

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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
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Wright, Woodring E., Paul K. Brown, & George Wald. (1973). Orientation of Intermediates in the Bleaching of Shear-Oriented Rhodopsin. The Journal of General Physiology. 62(5). 509–522. 14 indexed citations
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Wooten, B. R. & George Wald. (1973). Color-Vision Mechanisms in the Peripheral Retinas of Normal and Dichromatic Observers. The Journal of General Physiology. 61(2). 125–145. 70 indexed citations
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Wright, Woodring E., Paul K. Brown, & George Wald. (1972). The Orientation of Rhodopsin and Other Pigments in Dry Films. The Journal of General Physiology. 59(2). 201–212. 9 indexed citations
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Wald, George. (1971). Introduction to the Problem: An Interview with George Wald. Boston College environmental affairs law review. 1(1). 1. 1 indexed citations
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Reuter, Tom, Richard H. White, & George Wald. (1971). Rhodopsin and Porphyropsin Fields In the Adult Bullfrog Retina. The Journal of General Physiology. 58(4). 351–371. 116 indexed citations
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Wald, George & Edward B. Seldin. (1968). Spectral Sensitivity of the Common Prawn, Palaemonetes vulgaris. The Journal of General Physiology. 51(5). 694–700. 22 indexed citations
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Wald, George. (1968). Oscillations of Potential in the Electroretinogram of the Lobster. The Journal of General Physiology. 51(2). 261–271. 16 indexed citations
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Wald, George. (1968). Single and Multiple Visual Systems in Arthropods. The Journal of General Physiology. 51(2). 125–156. 82 indexed citations
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Brown, Paul K., I. R. Gibbons, & George Wald. (1963). THE VISUAL CELLS AND VISUAL PIGMENT OF THE MUDPUPPY, NECTURUS . The Journal of Cell Biology. 19(1). 79–106. 143 indexed citations
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Matthews, Rowena G., Ruth Hubbard, Paul K. Brown, & George Wald. (1963). Tautomeric Forms of Metarhodopsin. The Journal of General Physiology. 47(2). 215–240. 521 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wald, George, et al.. (1962). twenty-six afternoons of biology : an introductory laboratory manual. Addison-Wesley eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Wald, George, et al.. (1962). Visual excitation: a chemo-anatomical study. 16. 32–57. 24 indexed citations
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Radding, Charles M. & George Wald. (1958). THE ACTION OF ENZYMES ON RHODOPSIN. The Journal of General Physiology. 42(2). 371–383. 11 indexed citations
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Wald, George. (1957). THE METAMORPHOSIS OF VISUAL SYSTEMS IN THE SEA LAMPREY. The Journal of General Physiology. 40(6). 901–914. 61 indexed citations
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Wald, George & Paul K. Brown. (1957). THE VITAMIN A OF A EUPHAUSIID CRUSTACEAN. The Journal of General Physiology. 40(4). 627–634. 11 indexed citations
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Radding, Charles M. & George Wald. (1956). THE STABILITY OF RHODOPSIN AND OPSIN. The Journal of General Physiology. 39(6). 923–933. 62 indexed citations
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Radding, Charles M. & George Wald. (1956). ACID-BASE PROPERTIES OF RHODOPSIN AND OPSIN. The Journal of General Physiology. 39(6). 909–922. 76 indexed citations
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Wald, George & Paul K. Brown. (1953). THE MOLAR EXTINCTION OF RHODOPSIN. The Journal of General Physiology. 37(2). 189–200. 403 indexed citations
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Wald, George & Paul K. Brown. (1952). THE ROLE OF SULFHYDRYL GROUPS IN THE BLEACHING AND SYNTHESIS OF RHODOPSIN. The Journal of General Physiology. 35(5). 797–821. 163 indexed citations
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Wald, George & Austen Riggs. (1951). THE HEMOGLOBIN OF THE SEA LAMPREY, PETROMYZON MARINUS. The Journal of General Physiology. 35(1). 45–53. 62 indexed citations

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