Keith Summers

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 911 citations indexed

About

Keith Summers is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith Summers has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 911 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 3 papers in Cell Biology and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Keith Summers's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (3 papers), Micro and Nano Robotics (3 papers) and Cephalopods and Marine Biology (2 papers). Keith Summers is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (3 papers), Micro and Nano Robotics (3 papers) and Cephalopods and Marine Biology (2 papers). Keith Summers collaborates with scholars based in United States. Keith Summers's co-authors include I. R. Gibbons, Marc W. Kirschner, W. Zacheus Cande, Judith A. Snyder and J. Richard McIntosh and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Cell Biology and PubMed.

In The Last Decade

Keith Summers

6 papers receiving 803 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.

Adenosine Triphosphate-Induced Sliding of Tubules in Trypsin-Treated Flagella of Sea-Urchin Sperm

1971 555 citations Keith Summers, I. R. Gibbons Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keith Summers United States	6	534	493	227	150	92	6	911
T. Miki‐Noumura Japan	17	410 0.8×	357 0.7×	147 0.6×	77 0.5×	57 0.6×	33	693
Fred D. Warner United States	13	351 0.7×	476 1.0×	157 0.7×	184 1.2×	60 0.7×	15	795
Keiichi Takahashi Japan	21	446 0.8×	433 0.9×	363 1.6×	158 1.1×	89 1.0×	36	1.1k
Greta Sander United States	7	371 0.7×	458 0.9×	118 0.5×	140 0.9×	35 0.4×	9	732
Mitsuki Yoneda Japan	16	277 0.5×	296 0.6×	62 0.3×	64 0.4×	79 0.9×	31	863
Raymond E. Stephens United States	12	460 0.9×	587 1.2×	67 0.3×	171 1.1×	36 0.4×	20	1.0k
Yukihisa Hamaguchi Japan	18	568 1.1×	544 1.1×	62 0.3×	45 0.3×	73 0.8×	55	1.0k
Zenta Ramanis United States	21	904 1.7×	1.2k 2.5×	371 1.6×	432 2.9×	50 0.5×	24	1.6k
Dan Eshel United States	11	542 1.0×	552 1.1×	107 0.5×	54 0.4×	26 0.3×	22	812
Chikako Shingyoji Japan	23	886 1.7×	679 1.4×	588 2.6×	365 2.4×	161 1.8×	45	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Keith Summers

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Fields of papers citing papers by Keith Summers

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keith Summers

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Keith Summers. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Keith Summers 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 Keith Summers. Keith Summers is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Summers, Keith & Marc W. Kirschner. (1979). Characteristics of the polar assembly and disassembly of microtubules observed in vitro by darkfield light microscopy.. The Journal of Cell Biology. 83(1). 205–217. 93 indexed citations

2.

Summers, Keith. (1975). The role of flagellar structures in motility. PubMed. 416(2). 153–168. 24 indexed citations

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Cande, W. Zacheus, et al.. (1974). A Functional Mitotic Spindle Prepared from Mammalian Cells in Culture. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 71(4). 1559–1563. 76 indexed citations

4.

Summers, Keith. (1974). ATP-INDUCED SLIDING OF MICROTUBULES IN BULL SPERM FLAGELLA. The Journal of Cell Biology. 60(1). 321–324. 34 indexed citations

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Summers, Keith & I. R. Gibbons. (1973). EFFECTS OF TRYPSIN DIGESTION ON FLAGELLAR STRUCTURES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO MOTILITY. The Journal of Cell Biology. 58(3). 618–629. 129 indexed citations

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Summers, Keith & I. R. Gibbons. (1971). Adenosine Triphosphate-Induced Sliding of Tubules in Trypsin-Treated Flagella of Sea-Urchin Sperm. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 68(12). 3092–3096. 555 indexed citations breakdown →

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