J.W. Black

4.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
87 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

J.W. Black is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, J.W. Black has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 18 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in J.W. Black's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (46 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (22 papers) and Mast cells and histamine (17 papers). J.W. Black is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (46 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (22 papers) and Mast cells and histamine (17 papers). J.W. Black collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. J.W. Black's co-authors include P. Leff, Nigel P. Shankley, J. S. Stephenson, R. G. Shanks, R.G. Shanks, A. F. Crowther, Anne Dornhorst, L. H. Smith, JodiAnne T. Wood and Elaine A. Harper and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

J.W. Black

84 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Operational models of pharmacological agonism

1983 874 citations J.W. Black, P. Leff Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences profile →
PHARMACOLOGY OF A NEW ADRENERGIC BETA-RECEPTOR-BLOCKING COMPOUND (NETHALIDE)

1962 394 citations J.W. Black, J. S. Stephenson The Lancet profile →
A NEW ADRENERGIC

1964 389 citations J.W. Black et al. The Lancet profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
J.W. Black United Kingdom	29	2.2k	1.3k	551	518	395	87	3.8k
P. Leff United Kingdom	28	2.6k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	863 1.6×	527 1.0×	209 0.5×	53	4.8k
Taku Nagao Japan	36	2.6k 1.2×	892 0.7×	474 0.9×	968 1.9×	360 0.9×	188	4.4k
Georges Vauquelin Belgium	45	4.2k 1.9×	2.7k 2.0×	560 1.0×	1.0k 1.9×	217 0.5×	224	6.5k
Robert Ruffolo United States	48	3.1k 1.4×	1.9k 1.4×	1.2k 2.2×	1.9k 3.7×	566 1.4×	188	6.8k
Bernard Rubin United States	24	2.0k 0.9×	833 0.6×	326 0.6×	998 1.9×	382 1.0×	63	3.6k
Victor J. Lotti United States	36	3.0k 1.4×	2.3k 1.7×	589 1.1×	826 1.6×	479 1.2×	138	5.9k
D. Palm Germany	35	2.0k 0.9×	678 0.5×	624 1.1×	451 0.9×	217 0.5×	171	4.1k
Mari R. Candelore United States	28	3.1k 1.4×	1.8k 1.4×	700 1.3×	115 0.2×	252 0.6×	47	4.2k
Richard A. Bond United States	37	4.0k 1.8×	1.8k 1.4×	1.7k 3.0×	1.6k 3.0×	266 0.7×	99	6.2k
George I. Drummond Canada	38	2.9k 1.3×	642 0.5×	841 1.5×	524 1.0×	309 0.8×	101	4.5k

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Black, J.W.. (2010). Reflections on drug research. British Journal of Pharmacology. 161(6). 1204–1216. 8 indexed citations

Black, J.W.. (2009). Reflections on some pilot trials of gastrin receptor blockade in pancreatic cancer. European Journal of Cancer. 45(3). 360–364. 16 indexed citations

Harper, Elaine A. & J.W. Black. (2007). Histamine H₃‐receptor agonists and imidazole‐based H₃‐receptor antagonists can be thermodynamically discriminated. British Journal of Pharmacology. 151(4). 504–517. 10 indexed citations

Black, J.W.. (1999). Future perspectives in pharmaceutical research. Pharmaceuticals Policy and Law. 1(1). 85–92. 4 indexed citations

Harper, Elaine A., et al.. (1999). Analysis of the behaviour of selected CCK_B/gastrin receptor antagonists in radioligand binding assays performed in mouse and rat cerebral cortex. British Journal of Pharmacology. 126(6). 1496–1503. 14 indexed citations

Harper, Elaine A., et al.. (1999). Characterization of the binding of [³H]‐clobenpropit to histamine H₃‐receptors in guinea‐pig cerebral cortex membranes. British Journal of Pharmacology. 128(4). 881–890. 19 indexed citations

Shankley, Nigel P., et al.. (1998). Pharmacological classification of adenosine receptors in the sinoatrial and atrioventricular nodes of the guinea‐pig. British Journal of Pharmacology. 124(4). 685–692. 17 indexed citations

Shankley, Nigel P., et al.. (1996). Analysis of the effects of α₁‐adrenoceptor antagonists on noradrenaline‐mediated contraction of rat small mesenteric artery. British Journal of Pharmacology. 118(5). 1308–1316. 25 indexed citations

Gerskowitch, V.P., et al.. (1996). Pharmacological analysis of the CCK_B/gastrin receptors mediating pentagastrin‐stimulated gastric acid secretion in the isolated stomach of the immature rat. British Journal of Pharmacology. 119(7). 1401–1410. 20 indexed citations

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Bishop, L.A., V.P. Gerskowitch, Robert A. D. Hull, Nigel P. Shankley, & J.W. Black. (1995). The use of receptor desensitization to analyse CCK_A and CCK_B/gastrin receptors coupled to contraction in guinea‐pig stomach muscle. British Journal of Pharmacology. 114(2). 339–348. 7 indexed citations

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Saxena, Pramod R., et al.. (1995). Exposure and characterization of the action of noradrenaline at dopamine receptors mediating endothelium‐independent relaxation of rat isolated small mesenteric arteries. British Journal of Pharmacology. 116(8). 3237–3242. 14 indexed citations

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Welsh, N J, Nigel P. Shankley, & J.W. Black. (1993). Comparative study of the control of basal acid output from rodent isolated stomachs. British Journal of Pharmacology. 109(4). 941–945. 10 indexed citations

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Hull, Robert A. D., Nigel P. Shankley, Elaine A. Harper, V.P. Gerskowitch, & J.W. Black. (1993). 2‐Naphthalenesulphonyl l‐aspartyl‐(2‐phenethyl)amide (2‐NAP)‐a selective cholecystokinin CCK_A‐receptor antagonist. British Journal of Pharmacology. 108(3). 734–740. 31 indexed citations

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Black, J.W. & Nigel P. Shankley. (1990). Interpretation of agonist affinity estimations: the question of distributed receptor states. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 240(1299). 503–518. 19 indexed citations

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Barraclough, Paul, J.W. Black, D. Cambridge, et al.. (1990). Inotropic Activities of Imidazopyridines. Archiv der Pharmazie. 323(8). 501–505. 4 indexed citations

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Black, J.W., D. H. Jenkinson, V.P. Gerskowitch, & H. O. Schild. (1987). Perspectives on receptor classification. 19 indexed citations

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Black, J.W. & P. Leff. (1983). Operational models of pharmacological agonism. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 220(1219). 141–162. 874 indexed citations breakdown →

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Angus, James A., J.W. Black, & M. Stone. (1978). Comparative assay of histamine H2-receptor antagonists using the isolated mouse stomach [proceedings].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 62(3). 445P–446P. 4 indexed citations

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Brimblecombe, R.W., W. A. M. Duncan, G. J. DURANT, et al.. (1975). Proceedings: The pharmacology of cimetidine, a new histamine H2-receptor antagonist.. British Journal of Pharmacology. 53(3). 435. 34 indexed citations

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Black, J.W. & J. S. Stephenson. (1962). PHARMACOLOGY OF A NEW ADRENERGIC BETA-RECEPTOR-BLOCKING COMPOUND (NETHALIDE). The Lancet. 280(7251). 311–314. 394 indexed citations breakdown →

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