J. M. Ritchie

10.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
146 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

J. M. Ritchie is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, J. M. Ritchie has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 53 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in J. M. Ritchie's work include Ion channel regulation and function (44 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (31 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (27 papers). J. M. Ritchie is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (44 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (31 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (27 papers). J. M. Ritchie collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Russia. J. M. Ritchie's co-authors include R. B. Rogart, Shing Yan Chiu, H P Rang, W. W. Douglas, R. W. Straub, B. C. Abbott, Paul Greengard, R. D. Keynes, Brenda Bigland and Gary R. Strichartz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

J. M. Ritchie

128 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

The physiological cost of negative work 1952 2026 1976 2001 1952 1972 100 200 300 400
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. The physiological cost of negative work
    1952 475 citations J. M. Ritchie et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →
  2. The binding of labelled tetrodotoxin to non‐myelinated nerve fibres
    1972 183 citations David Colquhoun, J. M. Ritchie et al. The Journal of Physiology 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. M. Ritchie United States 51 4.4k 3.8k 1.0k 950 923 146 7.8k
S. Thesleff Sweden 49 4.3k 1.0× 5.7k 1.5× 1.1k 1.1× 958 1.0× 753 0.8× 151 9.2k
Norio Akaike Japan 60 9.3k 2.1× 8.3k 2.2× 1.6k 1.6× 320 0.3× 1.2k 1.4× 459 13.8k
S. Rock Levinson United States 45 4.5k 1.0× 4.7k 1.2× 1.6k 1.6× 126 0.1× 635 0.7× 114 7.7k
Keiji Imoto Japan 48 6.3k 1.4× 8.9k 2.3× 862 0.8× 222 0.2× 1.8k 2.0× 107 12.2k
Clay M. Armstrong United States 56 9.6k 2.2× 10.6k 2.8× 490 0.5× 562 0.6× 3.5k 3.8× 96 13.6k
John H. Caldwell United States 34 2.7k 0.6× 3.0k 0.8× 593 0.6× 483 0.5× 558 0.6× 81 4.8k
B. Sakmann Germany 18 13.0k 3.0× 16.4k 4.3× 1.2k 1.2× 530 0.6× 5.2k 5.6× 19 20.0k
J. I. Hubbard New Zealand 39 2.9k 0.7× 2.4k 0.6× 512 0.5× 339 0.4× 384 0.4× 100 4.8k
J. del Castillo Puerto Rico 24 3.9k 0.9× 3.4k 0.9× 383 0.4× 592 0.6× 257 0.3× 57 6.0k
Bernard Katz United Kingdom 27 4.0k 0.9× 3.7k 1.0× 424 0.4× 521 0.5× 249 0.3× 57 6.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ritchie, J. M.. (2014). Book Review: Psychosocial Criminology: An Introduction. Social & Legal Studies. 23(1). 141–144. 1 indexed citations
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Minturn, Jane E., Harald Sontheimer, J.A. Black, et al.. (1991). Membrane‐Associated Sodium Channels and Cytoplasmic Precursors in Glial Cells. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 633(1). 255–271. 10 indexed citations
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Ritchie, J. M.. (1990). Irmgard Keun's Weimar Girls. 60(1). 63–79. 2 indexed citations
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Ritchie, J. M.. (1988). Sodium-channel turnover in rabbit cultured Schwann cells. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 233(1273). 423–430. 33 indexed citations
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Howe, James R. & J. M. Ritchie. (1988). Two types of potassium current in rabbit cultured Schwann cells. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 235(1278). 19–27. 28 indexed citations
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Shrager, Peter, Shing Yan Chiu, J. M. Ritchie, Dejan Zečević, & LB Cohen. (1987). Optical recording of action potential propagation in demyelinated frog nerve. Biophysical Journal. 51(2). 351–355. 11 indexed citations
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Ritchie, J. M. & R. D. Keynes. (1985). The production and absorption of heat associated with electrical activity in nerve and electric organ. Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics. 18(4). 451–476. 45 indexed citations
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Shrager, Peter, Shing Yan Chiu, & J. M. Ritchie. (1985). Voltage-dependent sodium and potassium channels in mammalian cultured Schwann cells.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 82(3). 948–952. 122 indexed citations
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Ritchie, J. M., H P Rang, & Richard Pellegrino. (1981). Sodium and potassium channels in demyelinated and remyelinated mammalian nerve. Nature. 294(5838). 257–259. 64 indexed citations
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Ritchie, J. M. & R. B. Rogart. (1977). The binding of labelled saxitoxin to the sodium channels in normal and denervated mammalian muscle, and in amphibian muscle.. The Journal of Physiology. 269(2). 341–354. 38 indexed citations
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Ritchie, J. M. & R. B. Rogart. (1977). The binding of saxitoxin and tetrodotoxin to excitable tissue. Reviews of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology. 79. 1–50. 317 indexed citations
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Colquhoun, David, H P Rang, & J. M. Ritchie. (1973). The binding of labelled tetrodotoxin and cobra toxin by the rat diaphragm.. PubMed. 47(3). 632P–633P. 3 indexed citations
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Colquhoun, David & J. M. Ritchie. (1972). The Kinetics of the Interaction between Tetrodotoxin and Mammalian Nonmyelinated Nerve Fibers. Molecular Pharmacology. 8(3). 285–292. 36 indexed citations
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Ritchie, J. M., et al.. (1968). Seven expressionist plays : Kokoschka to Barlach. 1 indexed citations
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Ritchie, J. M., et al.. (1965). THE EFFECT OF THE NERVE SHEATH ON THE ACTION OF LOCAL ANESTHETICS. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 150(1). 160–164. 74 indexed citations
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Ritchie, J. M., et al.. (1965). THE ACTIVE STRUCTURE OF LOCAL ANESTHETICS. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 150(1). 152–159. 27 indexed citations
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Ritchie, J. M. & Christine J. Armett. (1963). ON THE ROLE OF ACETYLCHOLINE IN CONDUCTION IN MAMMALIAN NONMYELINATED NERVE FIBERS. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 139(2). 201–207. 23 indexed citations
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Ritchie, J. M. & Paul Greengard. (1961). ON THE ACTIVE STRUCTURE OF LOCAL ANESTHETICS. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 133(2). 241–245. 138 indexed citations
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Armett, Christine J. & J. M. Ritchie. (1960). The action of acetylcholine on conduction in mammalian non‐myelinated fibres and its prevention by anticholinesterase. The Journal of Physiology. 152(1). 141–158. 76 indexed citations
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Douglas, W. W. & J. M. Ritchie. (1957). A technique for recording functional activity in specific groups of medullated and non‐medullated fibres in whole nerve trunks. The Journal of Physiology. 138(1). 19–30. 70 indexed citations

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