John R. Blinks

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

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John R. Blinks is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, John R. Blinks has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 17 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in John R. Blinks's work include bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research (23 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (11 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (10 papers). John R. Blinks is often cited by papers focused on bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research (23 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (11 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (10 papers). John R. Blinks collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and United Kingdom. John R. Blinks's co-authors include Jan Koch‐Weser, David G. Allen, Franklyn G. Prendergast, W. Gil Wier, Reinhardt Rüdel, Stuart R. Taylor, Makoto Endoh, Peter Hess, J. E. Brown and Alberto J. Kaumann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

John R. Blinks

50 papers receiving 4.8k citations

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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.

Measurement of Ca2+ concentrations in living cells

1982 566 citations John R. Blinks, W. Gil Wier et al. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology profile →
THE INFLUENCE OF THE INTERVAL BETWEEN BEATS ON MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTILITY

1963 490 citations Jan Koch‐Weser, John R. Blinks Pharmacological Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John R. Blinks United States	33	3.6k	2.3k	2.3k	1.1k	406	50	5.5k
F Fabiato United States	14	3.1k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	2.7k 1.2×	777 0.7×	442 1.1×	16	4.7k
Makoto Endo Japan	38	4.6k 1.3×	1.9k 0.8×	2.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	675 1.7×	113	6.6k
R C Thomas United Kingdom	35	3.0k 0.9×	2.9k 1.3×	639 0.3×	395 0.4×	561 1.4×	71	5.7k
A Fabiato United States	27	6.9k 2.0×	3.2k 1.4×	5.9k 2.5×	1.1k 1.0×	757 1.9×	55	9.9k
Angela F. Dulhunty Australia	46	5.6k 1.6×	2.0k 0.9×	2.5k 1.1×	790 0.7×	679 1.7×	193	6.9k
Philip Palade United States	37	3.6k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	321 0.3×	544 1.3×	104	4.4k
Martin F. Schneider United States	38	4.1k 1.2×	2.3k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	803 0.7×	590 1.5×	113	4.9k
Eduardo Rı́os United States	54	7.7k 2.2×	5.0k 2.1×	4.2k 1.8×	914 0.8×	649 1.6×	141	8.8k
L. J. Mullins United States	36	3.1k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	733 0.3×	333 0.3×	377 0.9×	123	4.9k
W. Trautwein Germany	68	9.8k 2.8×	7.4k 3.2×	7.9k 3.4×	514 0.5×	781 1.9×	175	13.1k

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Markova, Svetlana V., et al.. (2002). Obelin from the Bioluminescent Marine Hydroid Obelia geniculata: Cloning, Expression, and Comparison of Some Properties with Those of Other Ca²⁺-Regulated Photoproteins. Biochemistry. 41(7). 2227–2236. 98 indexed citations

Illarionov, Boris, Victoria Illarionova, Vladimir S. Bondar, Eugene S. Vysotski, & John R. Blinks. (2001). ALL THREE CALCIUM-BINDING SITES PARTICIPATE IN THE REGULATION OF OBELIN LUMINESCENCE. 75–78. 4 indexed citations

Illarionov, Boris, Ludmila A. Frank, Victoria Illarionova, et al.. (2000). Recombinant obelin: Cloning and expression of cDNA, purification, and characterization as a calcium indicator. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 223–249. 86 indexed citations

Klabusay, Martin & John R. Blinks. (1996). Some commonly overlooked properties of calcium buffer systems: a simple method for detecting and correcting stoichiometric imbalance in CaEGTA stock solutions. Cell Calcium. 20(3). 227–234. 15 indexed citations

Fagan, Thomas F., Yoshihiro Ohmiya, John R. Blinks, S Inouye, & Frederick I. Tsuji. (1993). Cloning, expression and sequence analysis of cDNA for the Ca²⁺‐binding photoprotein, mitrocomin. FEBS Letters. 333(3). 301–305. 53 indexed citations

Hannon, James D., et al.. (1992). Inositol trisphosphate (InsP3) causes contraction in skeletal muscle only under artificial conditions: Evidence that Ca2+ release can result from depolarization of T-tubules. Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility. 13(4). 447–456. 24 indexed citations

Blatter, Lothar A. & John R. Blinks. (1991). Simultaneous measurement of Ca2+ in muscle with Ca electrodes and aequorin. Diffusible cytoplasmic constituent reduces Ca(2+)-independent luminescence of aequorin.. The Journal of General Physiology. 98(6). 1141–1160. 18 indexed citations

Blinks, John R.. (1990). Use of photoproteins as intracellular calcium indicators.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 84. 75–81. 30 indexed citations

Endoh, M, Toru Yanagisawa, N Taira, & John R. Blinks. (1986). Effects of new inotropic agents on cyclic nucleotide metabolism and calcium transients in canine ventricular muscle.. PubMed. 73(3 Pt 2). III117–33. 134 indexed citations

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Housmans, Philippe R., et al.. (1983). Active Shortening Retards the Decline of the Intracellular Calcium Transient in Mammalian Heart Muscle. Science. 221(4606). 159–161. 141 indexed citations

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Blinks, John R., W. Gil Wier, Peter Hess, & Franklyn G. Prendergast. (1982). Measurement of Ca2+ concentrations in living cells. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 40(1-2). 1–114. 566 indexed citations breakdown →

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Blinks, John R., Reinhardt Rüdel, & Stuart R. Taylor. (1978). Calcium transients in isolated amphibian skeletal muscle fibres: detection with aequorin.. The Journal of Physiology. 277(1). 291–323. 397 indexed citations

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Taylor, Stuart R., Reinhardt Rüdel, & John R. Blinks. (1975). Calcium transients in amphibian muscle. PubMed. 34(5). 133–140. 51 indexed citations

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Brown, J. E. & John R. Blinks. (1974). Changes in Intracellular Free Calcium Concentration during Illumination of Invertebrate Photoreceptors. The Journal of General Physiology. 64(6). 643–665. 242 indexed citations

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Jewell, B. R. & John R. Blinks. (1968). Drugs and the Mechanical Properties of Heart Muscle. Annual Review of Pharmacology. 8(1). 113–130. 48 indexed citations

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Blinks, John R. & William K. Hamilton. (1965). THE NATURE OF THE ANTAGONISM BY METHOXAMINE OF THE CHRONOTROPIC AND INOTROPIC EFFECTS OF CATECHOLAMINES. Survey of Anesthesiology. 9(2). 153???154–153???154. 1 indexed citations

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Koch‐Weser, Jan & John R. Blinks. (1963). THE INFLUENCE OF THE INTERVAL BETWEEN BEATS ON MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTILITY. Pharmacological Reviews. 15(3). 601–652. 490 indexed citations breakdown →

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Koch‐Weser, Jan & John R. Blinks. (1962). ANALYSIS OF THE RELATION OF THE POSITIVE INOTROPIC ACTION OF CARDIAC GLYCOSIDES TO THE FREQUENCY OF CONTRACTION OF HEART MUSCLE. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 136(3). 305–317. 52 indexed citations

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Blinks, John R. & D. R. Waud. (1961). EFFECT OF GRADED DOSES OF RESERPINE ON THE RESPONSE OF MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTILITY TO SYMPATHETIC NERVE STIMULATION. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 131(2). 205–211. 13 indexed citations

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Blinks, John R.. (1956). Positive Chronotropic Effect of Increasing Right Atrial Pressure in the Isolated Mammalian Heart. American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content. 186(2). 299–303. 109 indexed citations

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