Maurice R. Elphick

11.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
143 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

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Maurice R. Elphick is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Aquatic Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Maurice R. Elphick has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 58 papers in Aquatic Science and 29 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Maurice R. Elphick's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (52 papers), Echinoderm biology and ecology (52 papers) and Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (27 papers). Maurice R. Elphick is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (52 papers), Echinoderm biology and ecology (52 papers) and Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (27 papers). Maurice R. Elphick collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Maurice R. Elphick's co-authors include Michaela Egertová, Michael O’Shea, Benjamin F. Cravatt, Allyn C. Howlett, S P H Alexander, Olivier Mirabeau, Ken Mackie, Vincenzo Di Marzo, George Kunos and Mary E. Abood and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Maurice R. Elphick

140 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. LXXIX. Cannabinoid Receptors and Their Ligands: Beyond CB1 and CB2

2010 1.3k citations Roger G. Pertwee, Allyn C. Howlett et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maurice R. Elphick United Kingdom	42	3.7k	3.2k	1.3k	1.1k	889	143	7.2k
Hubert Vaudry France	54	3.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.3×	217 0.2×	3.9k 3.7×	1.5k 1.7×	283	10.7k
K. Lederis Canada	46	1.8k 0.5×	1.0k 0.3×	277 0.2×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	204	6.4k
Etsuro Ito Japan	35	2.7k 0.7×	312 0.1×	349 0.3×	1.6k 1.6×	253 0.3×	261	5.3k
Hubert Vaudry France	69	12.4k 3.4×	1.3k 0.4×	410 0.3×	8.2k 7.8×	4.7k 5.3×	696	21.9k
Naweed I. Syed Canada	41	3.8k 1.0×	291 0.1×	147 0.1×	1.6k 1.6×	403 0.5×	150	5.9k
Tim Tully United States	48	6.5k 1.8×	743 0.2×	79 0.1×	3.5k 3.3×	717 0.8×	101	9.7k
Ken Lukowiak Canada	39	3.8k 1.0×	188 0.1×	271 0.2×	874 0.8×	500 0.6×	164	5.2k
M. Geffard France	59	5.6k 1.5×	305 0.1×	138 0.1×	2.9k 2.8×	1.3k 1.5×	281	10.4k
Dan Larhammar Sweden	60	5.8k 1.6×	189 0.1×	552 0.4×	5.1k 4.8×	2.5k 2.9×	239	11.7k
Michaela Egertová United Kingdom	24	1.1k 0.3×	1.4k 0.4×	223 0.2×	302 0.3×	393 0.4×	41	2.3k

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Abood, Mary E., Christian C. Felder, Peter J. Greasley, et al.. (2025). Cannabinoid receptors in GtoPdb v.2025.1. IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE. 2025(1).

Hossain, Mohammed Akhter, Hidekazu Katayama, Stuart J. Smith, et al.. (2025). Receptor deorphanization in starfish reveals the evolution of relaxin signaling as a regulator of reproduction. BMC Biology. 23(1). 59–59. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Wenlong, Cleidiane G. Zampronio, Andrew R. Bottrill, et al.. (2025). Discovery and functional characterization of a bombesin-type neuropeptide signaling system in an invertebrate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(13). e2420966122–e2420966122.

González, Víctor M, et al.. (2024). Neuropeptide expression and action in the reproductive system of the starfish Asterias rubens. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 532(1). e25585–e25585.

Sun, Yongxin, et al.. (2024). Research Progress on Starfish Outbreaks and Their Prevention and Utilization: Lessons from Northern China. Biology. 13(7). 537–537. 3 indexed citations

Mercurio, Silvia, Giorgio Scarı̀, Benedetta Barzaghi, et al.. (2024). A feather star is born: embryonic development and nervous system organization in the crinoid Antedon mediterranea. Open Biology. 14(8). 240115–240115. 2 indexed citations

González, Vı́ctor M., et al.. (2023). Localization of relaxin‐like gonad‐stimulating peptide expression in starfish reveals the gonoducts as a source for its role as a regulator of spawning. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 531(13). 1299–1316. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Tianfang, Saowaros Suwansa‐ard, Utpal Bose, et al.. (2023). Structure and proteomic analysis of the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster sp.) radial nerve cord. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 3349–3349. 2 indexed citations

Abood, Mary E., S P H Alexander, Francis Barth, et al.. (2023). Cannabinoid receptors in GtoPdb v.2023.1. IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE. 2023(1). 3 indexed citations

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Thompson, Jeffrey R., et al.. (2021). The Development and Neuronal Complexity of Bipinnaria Larvae of the Sea Star Asterias rubens. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 61(2). 337–351. 7 indexed citations

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Tinoco, Ana B., Antón Barreiro‐Iglesias, Luis Alfonso Yáñez-Guerra, et al.. (2021). Ancient role of sulfakinin/cholecystokinin-type signalling in inhibitory regulation of feeding processes revealed in an echinoderm. eLife. 10. 27 indexed citations

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Sobrido‐Cameán, Daniel, Luis Alfonso Yáñez-Guerra, Diego Robledo, et al.. (2019). Cholecystokinin in the central nervous system of the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus: precursor identification and neuroanatomical relationships with other neuronal signalling systems. Brain Structure and Function. 225(1). 249–284. 15 indexed citations

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Abood, Mary E., S P H Alexander, Francis Barth, et al.. (2019). Cannabinoid receptors (version 2019.4) in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology Database. IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE. 2019(4). 12 indexed citations

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Yáñez-Guerra, Luis Alfonso, Jérôme Delroisse, Antón Barreiro‐Iglesias, et al.. (2018). Discovery and functional characterisation of a luqin-type neuropeptide signalling system in a deuterostome. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 7220–7220. 30 indexed citations

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Tinoco, Ana B., et al.. (2018). Characterization of NGFFYamide Signaling in Starfish Reveals Roles in Regulation of Feeding Behavior and Locomotory Systems. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 9. 507–507. 20 indexed citations

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Zandawala, Meet, Ismail Moghul, Luis Alfonso Yáñez-Guerra, et al.. (2017). Discovery of novel representatives of bilaterian neuropeptide families and reconstruction of neuropeptide precursor evolution in ophiuroid echinoderms. Open Biology. 7(9). 55 indexed citations

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D’Aniello, Salvatore, Jérôme Delroisse, Elijah K. Lowe, et al.. (2015). Opsin evolution in the Ambulacraria. Marine Genomics. 24. 177–183. 31 indexed citations

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Jones, Christopher E., et al.. (2014). Bioactivity and structural properties of chimeric analogs of the starfish SALMFamide neuropeptides S1 and S2. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1844(10). 1842–1850. 4 indexed citations

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Elphick, Maurice R., Yutaka Satou, & Nori Satoh. (2003). The invertebrate ancestry of endocannabinoid signalling: an orthologue of vertebrate cannabinoid receptors in the urochordate Ciona intestinalis. Gene. 302(1-2). 95–101. 57 indexed citations

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Elphick, Maurice R., Joseph R. Reeve, Robert D. Burke, & Michael C. Thorndyke. (1991). Isolation of the neuropeptide SALMFamide-1 from starfish using a new antiserum. Peptides. 12(3). 455–459. 55 indexed citations

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