Michael Bárány

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
175 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Bárány is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Bárány has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Molecular Biology, 63 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 46 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael Bárány's work include Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (59 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (40 papers) and Muscle metabolism and nutrition (38 papers). Michael Bárány is often cited by papers focused on Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (59 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (40 papers) and Muscle metabolism and nutrition (38 papers). Michael Bárány collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Michael Bárány's co-authors include Kate Bárány, Thomas Glonek, C. Tyler Burt, R. Close, Eric Gaetjens, Gary Bailin, Carles Arús, John T. Barron, F. Finkelman and Stephen J. Kopp and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Bárány

165 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

ATPase Activity of Myosin Correlated with Speed of Muscle... 1967 2026 1986 2006 1967 500 1000 1.5k
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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. ATPase Activity of Myosin Correlated with Speed of Muscle Shortening
    1967 1.6k citations Michael Bárány profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Bárány United States 40 3.3k 2.4k 1.4k 834 742 175 6.3k
S V Perry United Kingdom 54 6.3k 1.9× 4.8k 2.0× 2.1k 1.5× 463 0.6× 288 0.4× 155 9.7k
Setsuro Ebashi Japan 40 3.7k 1.1× 2.9k 1.2× 1.4k 1.0× 640 0.8× 144 0.2× 85 6.2k
Hans M. Eppenberger Switzerland 57 8.0k 2.4× 3.0k 1.3× 3.3k 2.3× 461 0.6× 885 1.2× 163 12.0k
Martin J. Kushmerick United States 45 3.2k 1.0× 2.3k 1.0× 1.6k 1.1× 1.6k 1.9× 1.0k 1.4× 129 6.8k
W. F. H. M. Mommaerts United States 34 1.7k 0.5× 1.4k 0.6× 865 0.6× 877 1.1× 146 0.2× 99 4.0k
D. Wilkie United Kingdom 38 2.6k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 482 0.3× 1.8k 2.1× 590 0.8× 121 5.4k
Ronald A. Meyer United States 43 1.8k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 1.5k 1.1× 1.1k 1.4× 1.4k 1.9× 104 6.5k
Wilhelm Hasselbach Germany 38 3.7k 1.1× 1.2k 0.5× 1.0k 0.7× 451 0.5× 84 0.1× 185 5.4k
Michael P. Walsh Canada 65 8.3k 2.5× 3.2k 1.3× 2.0k 1.4× 253 0.3× 183 0.2× 261 12.5k
Torben Clausen Denmark 54 4.8k 1.5× 1.3k 0.6× 1.3k 0.9× 1.2k 1.5× 84 0.1× 194 8.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Bárány

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Bárány

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All Works

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Bárány, Michael, et al.. (2016). A Dusty Discipline. 1 indexed citations
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Bárány, Michael. (2015). The myth and the medal. Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 62(1). 15–20. 2 indexed citations
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Bárány, Michael & Kate Bárány. (1993). Calponin phosphorylation does not accompany contraction of various smooth muscles. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1179(2). 229–233. 29 indexed citations
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Bárány, Michael, Erzsébet Polyák, & Kate Bárány. (1992). Protein phosphorylation during the contraction-relaxation-contraction cycle of arterial smooth muscle. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 294(2). 571–578. 22 indexed citations
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Bárány, Michael, et al.. (1991). Exchange of 20-kDa myosin light chain-bound phosphate during sustained contraction of arterial smooth muscle. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 287(1). 199–203. 2 indexed citations
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Bárány, Michael, Palamadai N. Venkatasubramanian, Irwin M. Siegel, et al.. (1989). Quantitative and qualitative fat analysis in human leg muscle of neuromuscular diseases by 1H MR spectroscopy in vivo. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 10(2). 210–226. 38 indexed citations
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Erdődi, Ferenc, et al.. (1988). Phosphorylation of the 20,000-Da myosin light chain isoforms of arterial smooth muscle by myosin light chain kinase and protein kinase C. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 266(2). 583–591. 18 indexed citations
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Erdődi, Ferenc, Michael Bárány, & Kate Bárány. (1987). Myosin light chain isoforms and their phosphorylation in arterial smooth muscle.. Circulation Research. 61(6). 898–903. 41 indexed citations
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Bárány, Michael, et al.. (1987). High resolution proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of human brain and liver. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 5(5). 393–398. 29 indexed citations
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Bárány, Michael, et al.. (1984). Myosin light chain phosphorylation and tension development in stretch-activated arterial smooth muscle.. PubMed. 30(12 Pt 1). 2063–8. 3 indexed citations
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Bárány, Michael & Thomas Glonek. (1982). [53] Phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance of contractile systems. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 85 Pt B. 624–676. 120 indexed citations
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Bárány, Kate, Michael Bárány, Jean‐Marie Gillis, & Martin J. Kushmerick. (1979). Phosphorylation-dephosphorylation of the 18,000-dalton light chain of myosin during the contraction-relaxation cycle of frog muscle.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 254(9). 3617–3623. 98 indexed citations
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Bárány, Kate, et al.. (1977). Lack of phosphate incorporation into TN-I in live frog muscle. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 179(1). 81–85. 9 indexed citations
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Bárány, Michael & Kate Bárány. (1973). A Proposal for the Mechanism of Contraction in Intact Frog Muscle. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 37(0). 157–167. 16 indexed citations
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Bárány, Michael & Kate Bárány. (1969). Adenosine Triphosphate-dependent Reaction of 1-Fluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene with Various Myosins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 244(19). 5206–5212. 7 indexed citations
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Bárány, Michael, Kate Bárány, & Gary Bailin. (1968). Reactivity of actomyosin and myosin with 1-fluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene in vivo and in vitro. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure. 168(2). 298–310. 11 indexed citations
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Gaetjens, Eric & Michael Bárány. (1966). N-acetylaspartic acid in G-actin. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 117(1). 176–183. 31 indexed citations
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Bárány, Michael, Eric Gaetjens, & Kate Bárány. (1966). MYOSIN IN HEREDITARY MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY OF CHICKENS*. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 138(1). 360–366. 26 indexed citations
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Bárány, Michael, et al.. (1960). Polyelektrolyte als interaktions-inhibitoren und die bedeutung von Ca und Mg für die aktin-myosin interaktion. PubMed. 41(2). 204–216. 42 indexed citations

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