Leonard Cook

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Leonard Cook is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonard Cook has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Leonard Cook's work include Behavioral and Psychological Studies (14 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (13 papers) and Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects (10 papers). Leonard Cook is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral and Psychological Studies (14 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (13 papers) and Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects (10 papers). Leonard Cook collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Leonard Cook's co-authors include Roger T. Kelleher, S. William Tam, Edwin F. Weidley, Jerry Sepinwall, Edwin J. Fellows, George F. Steinfels, Ralph E. Tedeschi, Paul A. Mattis, David H. Tedeschi and Arnold B. Davidson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Leonard Cook

57 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF SOME PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGICAL AGENTS 1957 2026 1980 2003 1957 100 200 300
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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. BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF SOME PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGICAL AGENTS
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leonard Cook United States 26 1.2k 796 646 565 290 57 2.5k
Irving Geller United States 18 1.3k 1.0× 353 0.4× 495 0.8× 549 1.0× 246 0.8× 73 2.0k
Richard H. Rech United States 27 1.7k 1.3× 653 0.8× 176 0.3× 441 0.8× 188 0.6× 101 2.4k
James B. Appel United States 23 1.0k 0.8× 399 0.5× 370 0.6× 277 0.5× 96 0.3× 77 1.6k
A. Randrup Denmark 28 2.3k 1.8× 1.0k 1.3× 160 0.2× 448 0.8× 596 2.1× 90 3.9k
Albert Weissman United States 18 1.6k 1.3× 791 1.0× 140 0.2× 363 0.6× 206 0.7× 53 2.8k
S.R. Goldberg United States 33 2.1k 1.7× 1.2k 1.5× 260 0.4× 360 0.6× 168 0.6× 78 2.8k
William L. Woolverton United States 39 2.9k 2.4× 1.2k 1.5× 446 0.7× 636 1.1× 331 1.1× 100 3.7k
Donald E. Clody United States 18 1.0k 0.8× 600 0.8× 134 0.2× 486 0.9× 120 0.4× 22 1.8k
Zoltan Annau United States 23 886 0.7× 490 0.6× 193 0.3× 528 0.9× 151 0.5× 63 2.2k
W. L. Woolverton United States 31 2.6k 2.1× 1.1k 1.3× 253 0.4× 420 0.7× 237 0.8× 77 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Leonard Cook

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leonard Cook

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cook, Leonard & A. Charles Catania. (1996). EFFECTS OF DRUGS ON AVOIDANCE AND ESCAPE BEHAVIOR.. PubMed. 23. 818–35. 19 indexed citations
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Gilligan, Paul J., Gary A. Cain, Thomas E. Christos, et al.. (1992). Novel piperidine .sigma. receptor ligands as potential antipsychotic drugs. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 35(23). 4344–4361. 58 indexed citations
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Holtzman, Stephen G., Leonard Cook, & George F. Steinfels. (1991). Discriminative stimulus effects of spiradoline, a kappa-opioid agonist. Psychopharmacology. 105(4). 447–452. 30 indexed citations
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DeNoble, Victor J., et al.. (1990). Comparison of DuP 996, with physostigmine, THA and 3,4-DAP on hypoxia-induced amnesia in rats. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 36(4). 957–961. 37 indexed citations
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Cook, Leonard, Victor J. Nickolson, George F. Steinfels, Kenneth W. Rohrbach, & Victor J. DeNoble. (1990). Cognition enhancement by the acetylcholine releaser DuP 996. Drug Development Research. 19(3). 301–314. 51 indexed citations
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Steinfels, George F., S. William Tam, & Leonard Cook. (1987). Discriminative stimulus properties of a σ receptor agonist in the rat: role of monoamine systems. European Journal of Pharmacology. 141(1). 163–166. 8 indexed citations
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Steinfels, George F. & Leonard Cook. (1986). Antinociceptive profiles of mu and kappa opioid agonists in a rat tooth pulp stimulation procedure.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 236(1). 111–117. 21 indexed citations
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Steinfels, George F., S. William Tam, & Leonard Cook. (1986). (+)-3-(3-Hydroxyphenyl)-N-(1-propyl)piperidine [(+)-3-PPP] but not (-)-3-PPP produces (+)-N-Allynormetazocine-like (SKF 10,047) discriminative stimuli. Life Sciences. 39(26). 2611–2615. 8 indexed citations
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Davidson, Arnold B., et al.. (1971). A RAPID AUTOMATIC TECHNIQUE FOR GENERATING OPERANT KEY‐PRESS BEHAVIOR IN RATS. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 15(1). 123–127. 14 indexed citations
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Cook, Leonard, et al.. (1963). Ribonucleic Acid: Effect on Conditioned Behavior in Rats. Science. 141(3577). 268–269. 51 indexed citations
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Sawyer, John L., et al.. (1962). Effect of Repeated Oral Administration of Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors On Rat Brain Amines. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 109(2). 347–349. 7 indexed citations
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Kelleher, Roger T., et al.. (1961). EFFECTS OF MEPROBAMATE ON OPERANT BEHAVIOR IN RATS. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 133(2). 271–280. 85 indexed citations
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Tedeschi, Ralph E., et al.. (1959). A NEW ANTITUSSIVE METHOD INVOLVING MECHANICAL STIMULATION IN UNANESTHETIZED DOGS. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 126(4). 338–344. 17 indexed citations
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Kelleher, Roger T., et al.. (1959). INTER‐RESPONSE TIME DISTRIBUTION AS A FUNCTION OF DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT OF TEMPORALLY SPACED RESPONSES. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 2(2). 91–106. 64 indexed citations
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Cook, Leonard, Edward Macko, & Edwin J. Fellows. (1955). THE EFFECT OF β-DIETHYLAMINOETHYLDIPHENYLPROPYLACETATE HYDROCHLORIDE ON THE ACTION OF A SERIES OF BARBITURATES AND C.N.S. DEPRESSANTS. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 115(4). 463–463. 3 indexed citations
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Cook, Leonard, et al.. (1954). THE EFFECT OF β-DIETHYLAMINOETHYLDIPHENYLPROPYL-ACETATE HYDROCHLORIDE (SKF NO. 525-A) ON HEXOBARBITAL. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 111(2). 131–141. 11 indexed citations
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Cook, Leonard, Edward Macko, & Edwin J. Fellows. (1954). THE EFFECT OF β-DIETHYLAMINOETHYLDIPHENYLPROPYLACETATE HYDROCHLORIDE ON THE ACTION OF A SERIES OF BARBITURATES AND C.N.S. DEPRESSANTS. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 112(3). 382–386. 2 indexed citations
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Cook, Leonard, et al.. (1954). Enhancement of the action of certain analgetic drugs by beta-diethylaminoethyldiphenyl-propylacetate hydrochloride.. PubMed. 112(4). 473–9. 17 indexed citations
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Cook, Leonard & Desmond D. Bonnycastle. (1953). AN EXAMINATION OF SOME SPINAL AND GANGLIONIC ACTIONS OF ANALGETIC MATERIALS. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 109(1). 35–44. 13 indexed citations

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