Leonard Nelson

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Leonard Nelson is a scholar working on Reproductive Medicine, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonard Nelson has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Reproductive Medicine, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Leonard Nelson's work include Sperm and Testicular Function (13 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (6 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (4 papers). Leonard Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Sperm and Testicular Function (13 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (6 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (4 papers). Leonard Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States and Italy. Leonard Nelson's co-authors include A. G. E. Pearse, Jyotsna Chakraborty, Angele McGrady, Lucio Cariello, Norman C. Charles, Goodwin M. Breinin, J. Russell Claybrook, Giovanna Romano, Jagadish S. Jhunjhunwala and Kenneth Α. Kropp and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Leonard Nelson

40 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leonard Nelson United States	16	919	368	321	289	286	42	3.3k
Andrew W. Rogers United Kingdom	28	1.1k 1.2×	168 0.5×	252 0.8×	263 0.9×	494 1.7×	84	3.0k
Winston A. Anderson United States	38	1.3k 1.4×	274 0.7×	662 2.1×	264 0.9×	716 2.5×	151	5.6k
George Gömöri United States	18	1.1k 1.2×	349 0.9×	196 0.6×	178 0.6×	56 0.2×	73	2.8k
F.M. Clarke Australia	33	842 0.9×	465 1.3×	234 0.7×	102 0.4×	148 0.5×	62	2.6k
Paul J. Anderson United States	25	2.7k 3.0×	496 1.3×	440 1.4×	293 1.0×	104 0.4×	72	5.5k
Barry Jones United States	35	1.9k 2.1×	408 1.1×	278 0.9×	926 3.2×	89 0.3×	125	5.8k
Michael P. Osborne United Kingdom	41	1.3k 1.4×	163 0.4×	1.1k 3.4×	503 1.7×	72 0.3×	140	5.4k
Richard A. Lockshin United States	38	3.4k 3.7×	688 1.9×	465 1.4×	791 2.7×	167 0.6×	91	5.8k
Takeshi Watanabe Japan	46	1.7k 1.8×	194 0.5×	344 1.1×	273 0.9×	100 0.3×	137	6.6k
Elizabeth S. Russell United States	39	2.3k 2.5×	807 2.2×	1.2k 3.8×	139 0.5×	275 1.0×	121	5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Leonard Nelson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leonard Nelson

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All Works

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Nelson, Leonard, et al.. (2024). The Wills Eye Strabismus Surgery Handbook.

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Nelson, Leonard, et al.. (2011). Leonard Nelson -- Ein Früher Denker der Analytischen Philosophie?: Ein Symposion Zum 80. Todestag des Göttinger Philosophen. 1 indexed citations

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Nelson, Leonard. (1990). Pesticide perturbation of sperm cell function. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 45(6). 876–882. 14 indexed citations

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Nelson, Leonard & Lucio Cariello. (1989). Adrenergic stimulation of sea urchin sperm cells. Gamete Research. 24(3). 291–302. 4 indexed citations

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Nelson, Leonard, et al.. (1986). Cationic probes: Specificity of distribution of metal‐binding sites in bovine sperm. Gamete Research. 13(4). 339–351. 3 indexed citations

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Cariello, Lucio, Giovanna Romano, & Leonard Nelson. (1986). Acetylcholinesterase in sea urchin spermatozoa. Gamete Research. 14(4). 323–332. 11 indexed citations

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Cariello, Lucio & Leonard Nelson. (1985). Transglutaminase inhibitors, calmodulin antagonists, and calcium channel blockers: Influence on Arbacia sperm motility. Gamete Research. 11(3). 261–270. 4 indexed citations

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Nelson, Leonard. (1982). MEMBRANE-STABILIZING AND CALCIUM-BLOCKING AGENTS AFFECTARBACIASPERM MOTILITY. Biological Bulletin. 163(3). 492–503. 5 indexed citations

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Nelson, Leonard. (1980). The Socratic Method. Thinking The Journal of Philosophy for Children. 2(2). 34–38. 64 indexed citations

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Nelson, Leonard, et al.. (1980). Sperm motility and calcium transport: A neurochemically controlled process. Life Sciences. 26(21). 1739–1749. 27 indexed citations

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Chakraborty, Jyotsna, et al.. (1976). Basal lamina of human seminiferous tubule?Its role in material transport. Cell and Tissue Research. 174(2). 261–71. 20 indexed citations

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McGrady, Angele & Leonard Nelson. (1976). Cholinergic Effects on Bull and Chimpanzee Sperm Motility. Biology of Reproduction. 15(2). 248–253. 17 indexed citations

13.

Nelson, Leonard. (1972). Quantitative Evaluation of Sperm Motility Control Mechanisms1. Biology of Reproduction. 6(2). 319–324. 35 indexed citations

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Claybrook, J. Russell & Leonard Nelson. (1968). Flagellar Adenosine Triphosphatase from Sea Urchin Sperm: Properties and Relation to Motility. Science. 162(3858). 1134–1136. 11 indexed citations

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Nelson, Leonard. (1966). Enzyme distribution in “naturally‐decapitated” bull spermatozoa: Acetylcholinesterase, adenylpyrophosphatase and adenosinetriphosphatase. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 68(2). 113–116. 25 indexed citations

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Nelson, Leonard. (1965). Socratic Method and Critical Philosophy: Selected Essays. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 36 indexed citations

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Galletti, Pierre M., et al.. (1963). Studies of Myocardial Actomyosin and Myosin After Shock, Acute Hemorrhage, Acute Hypoxia, and Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Circulation. 27(4). 748–752. 4 indexed citations

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Nelson, Leonard, et al.. (1960). The Head, Neck and Trunk: Muscles and Motor Points. AIBS Bulletin. 10(6). 39–39. 2 indexed citations

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Nelson, Leonard. (1958). Cytochemical studies with the electron microscope. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 27(3). 634–641. 58 indexed citations

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Nelson, Leonard. (1955). ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATASE OF MYTILUS SPERMATOZOA. I. EFFECTS OF pH, CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM, AND CONCENTRATION OF ENZYME AND SUBSTRATE. Biological Bulletin. 109(2). 295–305. 17 indexed citations

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