J E Merritt

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

J E Merritt is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, J E Merritt has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 5 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in J E Merritt's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (7 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (5 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers). J E Merritt is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (7 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (5 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers). J E Merritt collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. J E Merritt's co-authors include T J Rink, Ron Jacob, T J Hallam, Trevor J. Hallam, Kitty Moores, Michael P.A. Davies, Christopher D. Benham, B. K. Leigh, Albert Jaxa‐Chamiec and Stewart O. Sage and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biochemical Journal and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

J E Merritt

25 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

SK&F 96365, a novel inhibitor of receptor-mediated ca... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 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. SK&F 96365, a novel inhibitor of receptor-mediated calcium entry
    1990 712 citations J E Merritt, Christopher D. Benham et al. Biochemical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J E Merritt United Kingdom 20 2.2k 1.0k 640 547 303 25 3.1k
Gillian M. Burgess United Kingdom 26 1.8k 0.8× 964 0.9× 401 0.6× 858 1.6× 170 0.6× 44 3.1k
Mayte Montero Spain 36 3.1k 1.4× 1.4k 1.3× 540 0.8× 569 1.0× 223 0.7× 98 4.1k
Tuan H. Kuo United States 23 1.7k 0.8× 502 0.5× 539 0.8× 265 0.5× 110 0.4× 49 2.3k
Rameshwar K. Sharma United States 37 2.7k 1.3× 1.4k 1.3× 219 0.3× 612 1.1× 305 1.0× 148 3.8k
John E. Bleasdale United States 25 1.8k 0.8× 612 0.6× 164 0.3× 641 1.2× 329 1.1× 56 3.7k
Shinji Nakade Japan 20 2.1k 1.0× 693 0.7× 448 0.7× 332 0.6× 118 0.4× 36 3.1k
H. Streb Germany 7 1.8k 0.8× 650 0.6× 292 0.5× 323 0.6× 139 0.5× 9 2.7k
Maud Frieden Switzerland 30 2.1k 0.9× 647 0.6× 698 1.1× 587 1.1× 179 0.6× 61 3.0k
Ágnes Enyedi Hungary 35 3.0k 1.4× 683 0.7× 394 0.6× 376 0.7× 160 0.5× 104 3.9k
Guylain Boulay Canada 30 2.3k 1.0× 1.4k 1.4× 2.1k 3.3× 362 0.7× 340 1.1× 63 4.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by J E Merritt

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J E Merritt

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Merritt, J E, Kitty Moores, A.T. Evans, et al.. (1993). Involvement of calcium in modulation of neutrophil function by phorbol esters that activate protein kinase C isotypes and related enzymes. Biochemical Journal. 289(3). 919–926. 27 indexed citations
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Rink, T J & J E Merritt. (1990). Calcium signalling. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 2(2). 198–205. 36 indexed citations
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Merritt, J E, Christopher D. Benham, Trevor J. Hallam, et al.. (1990). SK&F 96365, a novel inhibitor of receptor-mediated calcium entry. Biochemical Journal. 271(2). 515–522. 712 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sage, Stewart O., Elı́zabeth Pintado, Martyn P. Mahaut‐Smith, & J E Merritt. (1990). Rapid kinetics of agonist-evoked changes in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration in fura-2-loaded human neutrophils. Biochemical Journal. 265(3). 915–918. 30 indexed citations
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Davies, Michael P.A., T J Hallam, & J E Merritt. (1990). A role for calcium and protein kinase C in agonist-stimulated adhesion of human neutrophils. Biochemical Journal. 267(1). 13–16. 19 indexed citations
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Howson, William, Paul W. Armstrong, Kenneth C. Cassidy, et al.. (1990). Design and synthesis of a series of glycerol-derived receptor mediated calcium entry (RMCE) blockers. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 25(7). 595–602. 2 indexed citations
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Sage, Stewart O., J E Merritt, Trevor J. Hallam, & T J Rink. (1989). Receptor-mediated calcium entry in fura-2-loaded human platelets stimulated with ADP and thrombin. Dual-wavelengths studies with Mn2+. Biochemical Journal. 258(3). 923–926. 221 indexed citations
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Hallam, T J, Ron Jacob, & J E Merritt. (1989). Influx of bivalent cations can be independent of receptor stimulation in human endothelial cells. Biochemical Journal. 259(1). 125–129. 113 indexed citations
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Merritt, J E & T J Hallam. (1988). Platelets and parotid acinar cells have different mechanisms for agonist-stimulated divalent cation entry.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 263(13). 6161–6164. 98 indexed citations
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Hallam, Trevor J., Ron Jacob, & J E Merritt. (1988). Evidence that agonists stimulate bivalent-cation influx into human endothelial cells. Biochemical Journal. 255(1). 179–184. 160 indexed citations
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Merritt, J E & T J Rink. (1987). Rapid increases in cytosolic free calcium in response to muscarinic stimulation of rat parotid acinar cells.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 262(11). 4958–4960. 112 indexed citations
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Merritt, J E & T J Rink. (1987). Regulation of cytosolic free calcium in fura-2-loaded rat parotid acinar cells.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 262(36). 17362–17369. 223 indexed citations
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Merritt, J E, et al.. (1986). Evidence suggesting that a novel guanine nucleotide regulatory protein couples receptors to phospholipase C in exocrine pancreas. Biochemical Journal. 236(2). 337–343. 149 indexed citations
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Taylor, Colin W., J E Merritt, James W. Putney, & Ronald N. Rubin. (1986). Effects of Ca2+ on phosphoinositide breakdown in exocrine pancreas. Biochemical Journal. 238(3). 765–772. 40 indexed citations
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Merritt, J E & Ronald N. Rubin. (1985). Pancreatic amylase secretion and cytoplasmic free calcium. Effects of ionomycin, phorbol dibutyrate and diacylglycerols alone and in combination. Biochemical Journal. 230(1). 151–159. 82 indexed citations
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Merritt, J E & B. L. Brown. (1984). An investigation of the involvement of calcium in the control of prolactin secretion: studies with low calcium, methoxyverapamil, cobalt and manganese. Journal of Endocrinology. 101(3). 319–325. 14 indexed citations
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Merritt, J E, et al.. (1983). The relationship between prolactin secretion and calmodulin activity. Journal of Endocrinology. 98(3). 423–429. 16 indexed citations

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