Gerald Offer

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Gerald Offer is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerald Offer has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 35 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Gerald Offer's work include Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (44 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (27 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (17 papers). Gerald Offer is often cited by papers focused on Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (44 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (27 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (17 papers). Gerald Offer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Gerald Offer's co-authors include Roger Starr, John Trinick, Arthur Elliott, Roger Craig, Pauline M. Bennett, K. W. Ranatunga, Alan H. Sharp, Carl Moos, Peter J. Knight and Howard D. White and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Molecular Biology and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Gerald Offer

64 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

On the mechanism of water holding in meat: The swelling a... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 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. On the mechanism of water holding in meat: The swelling and shrinking of myofibrils
    1983 664 citations Gerald Offer, John Trinick Meat Science profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gerald Offer United Kingdom 31 2.0k 2.0k 1.7k 878 473 64 4.3k
Marvin H. Stromer United States 34 615 0.3× 1.8k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 1.8k 2.1× 239 0.5× 79 3.8k
Koui Takahashi Japan 23 499 0.3× 734 0.4× 606 0.4× 512 0.6× 113 0.2× 61 1.7k
A. Weber United States 22 1.3k 0.7× 1.6k 0.8× 104 0.1× 1.0k 1.1× 419 0.9× 30 3.0k
R K Craig United Kingdom 37 947 0.5× 2.6k 1.3× 76 0.0× 445 0.5× 104 0.2× 103 4.6k
Yoshiaki Nonomura Japan 27 614 0.3× 1.4k 0.7× 112 0.1× 613 0.7× 139 0.3× 94 2.3k
E Eisenberg United States 39 3.5k 1.8× 3.3k 1.7× 126 0.1× 1.4k 1.6× 650 1.4× 62 5.3k
W. Moll Austria 34 75 0.0× 1.1k 0.6× 167 0.1× 458 0.5× 167 0.4× 101 3.4k
Takahide Tsuchiya Japan 32 94 0.0× 1.2k 0.6× 963 0.6× 519 0.6× 137 0.3× 144 2.9k
Thallapuranam Krishnaswamy Suresh Kumar United States 32 134 0.1× 2.3k 1.2× 46 0.0× 358 0.4× 163 0.3× 174 3.4k
Ekkehard Leberer Canada 39 497 0.2× 3.8k 1.9× 41 0.0× 1.1k 1.2× 246 0.5× 57 4.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gerald Offer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerald Offer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gerald Offer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gerald Offer 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 Gerald Offer. Gerald Offer 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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Ranatunga, K. W. & Gerald Offer. (2017). The force generation process in active muscle is strain-sensitive and endothermic: a temperature-perturbation study. Journal of Experimental Biology. 220(Pt 24). 4733–4742. 2 indexed citations
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Offer, Gerald & K. W. Ranatunga. (2016). Reinterpretation of the Tension Response of Muscle to Stretches and Releases. Biophysical Journal. 111(9). 2000–2010. 8 indexed citations
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Offer, Gerald & K. W. Ranatunga. (2013). A Cross-Bridge Cycle with Two Tension-Generating Steps Simulates Skeletal Muscle Mechanics. Biophysical Journal. 105(4). 928–940. 22 indexed citations
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Offer, Gerald & K. W. Ranatunga. (2010). Crossbridge and filament compliance in muscle: implications for tension generation and lever arm swing. Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility. 31(4). 245–265. 29 indexed citations
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Knupp, Carlo, Gerald Offer, K. W. Ranatunga, & John M. Squire. (2009). Probing Muscle Myosin Motor Action: X-Ray (M3 and M6) Interference Measurements Report Motor Domain Not Lever Arm Movement. Journal of Molecular Biology. 390(2). 168–181. 18 indexed citations
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Ranatunga, K. W., et al.. (2007). Force generation examined by laser temperature‐jumps in shortening and lengthening mammalian (rabbit psoas) muscle fibres. The Journal of Physiology. 585(1). 263–277. 16 indexed citations
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Offer, Gerald, et al.. (2007). Comparison of the tension responses to ramp shortening and lengthening in intact mammalian muscle fibres: crossbridge and non-crossbridge contributions. Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility. 28(2-3). 123–139. 64 indexed citations
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Burgess, Stan A., Matt Walker, Peter J. Knight, et al.. (2004). Structural Studies of Arthrin: Monoubiquitinated Actin. Journal of Molecular Biology. 341(5). 1161–1173. 22 indexed citations
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Xu, Sengen, et al.. (2003). Helical Order in Myosin Filaments and Evidence for One Ligand Inducing Multiple Myosin Conformations. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 538. 305–316. 1 indexed citations
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Offer, Gerald, Matthew R. Hicks, & Derek N. Woolfson. (2002). Generalized Crick Equations for Modeling Noncanonical Coiled Coils. Journal of Structural Biology. 137(1-2). 41–53. 52 indexed citations
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Rhodes, Troy E., Betty Belknap, G. Rosenbaum, et al.. (1999). The M·ADP·Pi State Is Required for Helical Order in the Thick Filaments of Skeletal Muscle. Biophysical Journal. 77(5). 2665–2676. 47 indexed citations
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Offer, Gerald & Peter J. Knight. (1996). The Structure of the Head-Tail Junction of the Myosin Molecule. Journal of Molecular Biology. 256(3). 407–416. 44 indexed citations
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Offer, Gerald, et al.. (1995). Atomic force microscopy of the myosin molecule. Biophysical Journal. 68(4). 1604–1606. 28 indexed citations
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Offer, Gerald. (1990). Skip residues correlate with bends in the myosin tail. Journal of Molecular Biology. 216(2). 213–218. 53 indexed citations
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Offer, Gerald, et al.. (1989). The Structural Basis of the Water-Holding, Appearance and Toughness of Meat and Meat Products. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 8(1). 17. 202 indexed citations
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Voyle, C. A., et al.. (1984). The effect of salt and pyrophosphate on the structure of meat. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 3(2). 3. 7 indexed citations
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Offer, Gerald & John Trinick. (1983). On the mechanism of water holding in meat: The swelling and shrinking of myofibrils. Meat Science. 8(4). 245–281. 664 indexed citations breakdown →
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Starr, Roger & Gerald Offer. (1982). [14] Preparation of C-Protein, H-Protein, X-Protein, and phosphofructokinase. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 85 Pt B. 130–138. 61 indexed citations
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Offer, Gerald. (1964). The antagonistic action of magnesium ions and ethylenediaminetetraacetate on myosin A ATPase (potassium activated). Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Specialized Section on Enzymological Subjects. 89(3). 566–569. 27 indexed citations

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