Marcus Jacobson

5.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
52 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Marcus Jacobson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcus Jacobson has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 10 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Marcus Jacobson's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (24 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (9 papers) and Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (8 papers). Marcus Jacobson is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (24 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (9 papers) and Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (8 papers). Marcus Jacobson collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and United Kingdom. Marcus Jacobson's co-authors include R. Kevin Hunt, David Beach, Robert L. Levine, David Bodian, Katherine M. Lyser, Silvio Varon, Richard L. Sidman, Viktor Hamburger, Paul Weiß and Jay Angevine and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Marcus Jacobson

50 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Developmental Neurobiology

1978 953 citations Marcus Jacobson profile →
Embryonic vertebrate central nervous system: Revised terminology

1970 603 citations Marcus Jacobson et al. profile →
Developmental Neurobiology

1991 542 citations Marcus Jacobson profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marcus Jacobson United States	28	2.3k	2.0k	1.0k	651	443	52	4.1k
Stephen S. Easter United States	37	3.2k 1.3×	2.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	1.8k 2.8×	613 1.4×	70	5.1k
James W. Hinds United States	28	1.6k 0.7×	2.6k 1.3×	2.2k 2.1×	606 0.9×	444 1.0×	36	4.9k
Jennifer H. LaVail United States	29	1.9k 0.8×	2.0k 1.0×	544 0.5×	875 1.3×	698 1.6×	52	4.6k
Richard I. Hume United States	31	2.8k 1.2×	2.7k 1.3×	705 0.7×	629 1.0×	403 0.9×	70	5.1k
K Brauer Germany	33	1.6k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	374 0.4×	1.6k 2.4×	586 1.3×	105	3.8k
R. M. Gaze United Kingdom	34	2.9k 1.2×	3.0k 1.5×	654 0.6×	588 0.9×	1.5k 3.3×	84	5.1k
David I. Gottlieb United States	30	3.4k 1.4×	3.2k 1.6×	2.2k 2.1×	526 0.8×	1.1k 2.6×	59	7.0k
Susan Hockfield United States	48	3.4k 1.4×	3.0k 1.5×	1.4k 1.3×	2.4k 3.7×	576 1.3×	92	6.6k
Story C. Landis United States	38	2.4k 1.0×	3.4k 1.7×	863 0.8×	535 0.8×	575 1.3×	62	5.5k
Jack Rosenbluth United States	41	2.6k 1.1×	3.1k 1.5×	1.7k 1.6×	1.1k 1.7×	182 0.4×	118	6.1k

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Jacobson, Marcus. (1996). Performance medicine. Nature. 381(6585). 747–748. 1 indexed citations

Sheard, Philip W. & Marcus Jacobson. (1990). Analysis of Frequency of Intermingling between Labeled Clones in Xenopus Embryosa. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 599(1). 141–157. 2 indexed citations

Jacobson, Marcus, et al.. (1989). States of determination of single cells transplanted between 512-Cell Xenopus embryos. Developmental Biology. 131(1). 119–125. 7 indexed citations

Huang, Sen & Marcus Jacobson. (1986). Neurites show pathway specificity but lack directional specificity or predetermined lengths in Xenopus embryos. Journal of Neurobiology. 17(6). 593–603. 6 indexed citations

Jacobson, Marcus. (1985). Clonal analysis of the vertebrate CNS. Trends in Neurosciences. 8. 151–155. 9 indexed citations

Fujisawa, Hajime & Marcus Jacobson. (1980). Transsynaptic labeling of neurons in the optic tectum of xenopus after intraocular [3H]proline injection. Brain Research. 194(2). 431–441. 10 indexed citations

Beach, David & Marcus Jacobson. (1979). Influences of thyroxine on cell proliferation in the retina of the clawed frog at different ages. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 183(3). 615–623. 41 indexed citations

Jacobson, Marcus. (1976). Histogenesis of retina in the clawed frog with implications for the pattern of development of retinotectal connections. Brain Research. 103(3). 541–545. 99 indexed citations

Levine, Robert L. & Marcus Jacobson. (1975). Discontinuous mapping of retina onto tectum innervated by both eyes. Brain Research. 98(1). 172–176. 76 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Marcus & Robert L. Levine. (1975). Plasticity in the adult frog brain: filling the visual scotoma after excision or translocation of parts of the optic tectum. Brain Research. 88(2). 339–345. 35 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Marcus & Robert L. Levine. (1975). Stability of implanted duplicate tectal positional markers serving as targets for optic axons in adult frogs. Brain Research. 92(3). 468–471. 32 indexed citations

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Hunt, R. Kevin & Marcus Jacobson. (1974). Chapter 7 Neuronal Specificity Revisited. Current topics in developmental biology. 8. 203–259. 90 indexed citations

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Levine, R S & Marcus Jacobson. (1974). Deployment of optic nerve fibers is determined by positional markers in the frog's tectum☆. Experimental Neurology. 43(3). 527–538. 59 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Marcus & R. Kevin Hunt. (1973). The Origins of Nerve-Cell Specificity. Scientific American. 228(2). 26–35. 23 indexed citations

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Hunt, R. Kevin & Marcus Jacobson. (1973). Neuronal Locus Specificity: Altered Pattern of Spatial Deployment in Fused Fragments of Embryonic Xenopus Eyes. Science. 180(4085). 509–511. 29 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Marcus & Helmut V. B. Hirsch. (1973). Development and maintenance of connectivity in the visual system of the frog. I. The effects of eye rotation and visual deprivation. Brain Research. 49(1). 47–65. 39 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Marcus. (1971). Absence of Adaptive Modification in Developing Retinotectal Connections in Frogs after Visual Deprivation or Disparate Stimulation of the Eyes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 68(3). 528–532. 24 indexed citations

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Hunt, R. Kevin & Marcus Jacobson. (1971). Neurogenesis in frogs after early larval treatment with somatotropin or prolactin. Developmental Biology. 26(1). 100–124. 14 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Marcus & Robert E. Baker. (1969). Development of neuronal connections with skin grafts in frogs: Behavioral and electrophysiological studies. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 137(2). 121–141. 45 indexed citations

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Dodt, E. & Marcus Jacobson. (1963). PHOTOSENSITIVITY OF A LOCALIZED REGION OF THE FROG DIENCEPHALON. Journal of Neurophysiology. 26(5). 752–758. 61 indexed citations

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